Month: March 2025

Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump said he plans to speak on Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid the U.S. president’s efforts to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. Trump added that “a [Read More…]

DHS detains Lebanese doctor with a work visa to teach medicine in the US

Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images (BOSTON) — A doctor who was arriving in the United States to teach medicine was detained at Boston’s Logan International Airport on March 13, according to legal documents [Read More…]

At least 40 killed as dozens of tornadoes, storms swept the country over the weekend

Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In the moments before a tornado destroyed her family’s Arkansas home, Misty Drope noticed the silence. “There’s a silence that happens before a strong storm hits you,” Drope told [Read More…]

3.9 magnitude earthquake recorded in Malibu, California: USGS

Dimas Ardian/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Southern California was struck by a 3.9 magnitude earthquake near Malibu, California, on Sunday evening, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There were no immediate reports of damage or [Read More…]

Trump claims Biden pardons for Jan. 6 committee ‘void, vacant’

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump claimed that former President Joe Biden’s preemptive pardons of members of the Jan. 6 Select Committee and others were “void, vacant, and of no future force of [Read More…]

No pain, still gain: ‘Novocaine’ debuts at #1 at box office

Disney/Randy Holmes Novocaine debuted at #1 during a slow weekend at the box office. According to Box Office Mojo, the action film, starring Jack Quaid as a man who can’t feel pain, brought in $8.7 million in [Read More…]

Iranian general raises prospect of response amid US strikes on Houthis

ABC News LONDON — An Iranian general warned on Sunday of the potential for a “decisive and devastating” response to any executed threat, a day after the U.S. conducted strikes on Houthis in Yemen. Gen. [Read More…]

At least 59 killed in ‘catastrophic’ North Macedonia nightclub fire

ABC News LONDON and BELGRADE — Dozens of people were killed in a fire at a nightclub in North Macedonia’s southern city of Kocani, local authorities said Sunday. At least 59 people — all aged [Read More…]

Putin ‘prolonging’ Ukraine war, Zelenskyy says after Trump peace appeal

ABC News LONDON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of “prolonging the war” and “ignoring” U.S.-led efforts to agree to a ceasefire, as a first step toward ending Moscow’s three-year-old invasion [Read More…]

Democrats need to stop infighting ‘as quickly as we can’: Sen. Whitehouse

ABC News Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., said Sunday that Republicans forced Democratic lawmakers to choose between supporting a continuing resolution or a government shutdown, which would have allowed them to further slash the federal [Read More…]

US strikes ‘took out’ multiple Houthi leaders: National security adviser Mike Waltz

ABC News The U.S. airstrikes that bombarded Yemen on Saturday targeted and “took out” multiple leaders of the Iranian-backed Houthis, White House national security adviser Mike Waltz said Sunday. Speaking on ABC’s “This Week,” Waltz [Read More…]

Trump orders attacks against Houthis in Yemen

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (SANA’A, Yemen) — President Donald Trump announced he ordered the U.S. military to launch “decisive and powerful military action” against the Houthis in Yemen. “They have waged an unrelenting campaign of piracy, [Read More…]

Department of Education cuts expected to have ‘huge impacts’ on teachers

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Following the Department of Education’s gutting of nearly 50% of its workforce Tuesday evening, educators have expressed deep concern — not only for students’ futures but for their own as [Read More…]

Judge grants temporary restraining order, halting removal of migrants under Alien Enemies Act

(Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Hours after the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in anticipation of the president invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a federal judge granted [Read More…]

Trump targets law firm Paul Weiss, restricting government access