Year: 2025
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Trump and allies ramp up attacks on judges, courts as agenda hits legal roadblocks
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As courts block parts of his agenda, President Donald Trump and his allies are ramping up criticism of judges and continuing to question judicial oversight of the executive branch. While [Read More…]
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Trump says he spoke with Putin about ending war in Ukraine
Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin about ending the war in Ukraine, which started three years ago when Putin’s forces launched a full-scale invasion. “I [Read More…]
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Senate confirms Gabbard as director of national intelligence
Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate confirmed Tulsi Gabbard to serve as director of national intelligence by a vote of 52-48 on Wednesday. Former Republican Leader Mitch McConnell was the only Republican [Read More…]
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Trans youth care ban vetoed by Kansas governor again
Emily Curiel/The Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (TOPEKA, Kan.) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed Senate Bill 63, which would have restricted gender-affirming care for transgender youth. “Right now, the legislature [Read More…]
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Musk staffer ‘mistakenly’ given ability to edit Treasury Department payment system, legal filings say
Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A 25-year-old associate of Elon Musk and former Treasury Department employee was “mistakenly” given the ability to make changes to a sensitive federal payment system, officials with the [Read More…]
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Fighter jet crashes into San Diego Harbor, 2 pilots rescued: Fire officials
(SAN DIEGO) — A fighter jet crashed into the San Diego Harbor on Wednesday, with the two pilots on board ejecting before being rescued by the Coast Guard, according to San Diego Fire-Rescue. A Navy [Read More…]
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Grocery stores limit egg purchases, thefts increase as bird flu spreads across US
Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As bird flu continues to spread across the U.S., stores around the country are reporting a shortage of eggs amid soaring prices, high demand and supply [Read More…]
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Attempted rapist told victim he was an ICE agent: Police sources
The NYPD is searching for a man who allegedly tried to rape a woman in Brooklyn on Feb. 11, 2025. NYPD (NEW YORK) — Authorities in New York City are searching for a man who [Read More…]
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Fire-ravaged Los Angeles braces for landslides as atmospheric river brings heavy rain to California
ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — A new atmospheric river is bearing down on California, including fire-ravaged Los Angeles, where residents are bracing for the possibility of mudslides and landslides. The storm moves into the Golden State on [Read More…]
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Nonprofits accuse administration of ‘accelerating’ USAID firings
J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A group of nonprofits suing the Trump administration over its 90-day foreign aid freeze is accusing government officials of “accelerating their terminations of contracts and suspensions of grants of USAID and [Read More…]
ABC World News
Egypt to offer Trump Gaza reconstruction plan without Palestinian displacement
Ron Sachs/Pool via Bloomberg (LONDON) — Egypt plans to “present a comprehensive vision for the reconstruction” of the Gaza Strip that does not require the displacement of Palestinians, the country’s foreign ministry said. Cairo said it [Read More…]
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Many Palestinian doctors are either dead, jailed or displaced, US doctors tell UN
Doaa Albaz/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON and NEW YORK) — Many Palestinian doctors who worked in the Gaza Strip are either dead, have fled the territory or are in prison, U.S. doctors told the United Nations. [Read More…]
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Proposed men’s penitentiary project funding still in play in Pierre
Austin Goss-South Dakota Broadcasters Association The latest skirmish in South Dakota’s years long bid to build a new prison pitted opponents and supporters Wednesday, ending in a stalemate. The House State Affairs Committee voted 12-1 [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘How To Train Your Dragon’ live-action remake gets trailer featuring unlikely friendship
Universal Pictures How To Train Your Dragon has a brand-new trailer showing the budding friendship between a Viking and dragon. The new look at the live-action remake of the 2010 animated movie features Mason Thames [Read More…]
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‘Anora’ star Mikey Madison talks best actress Oscars race: ‘We’ve all already won’
Neon Mikey Madison is opening up about what her first Oscar nomination means to her. Madison is nominated this year for best actress for her starring role in Anora, director Sean Baker‘s modern-day take on [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Inflation increased in January, posing obstacle for Trump tariff plans
Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Consumer prices rose 3% in January compared to a year ago, ticking up from the previous month and posing an obstacle for Trump administration tariff policies [Read More…]
ABC World News
Palestinians hope to return to Gaza, West Bank, while some Israelis want annexation
Mohammad Mansour/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — Israel has occupied the Gaza Strip and West Bank since its victory in the Six-Day War in 1967. Palestinians hope that one day both territories will become part [Read More…]
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Full Ukrainian liberation from Russia ‘unrealistic,’ Hegseth tells allies
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (LONDON and THE PENTAGON) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared at his first meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group on Wednesday to tell allies that the liberation of all Russian-occupied Ukrainian [Read More…]
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Putin ‘not preparing for peace,’ Zelenskyy says after deadly ballistic missile strike
Viktor Kovalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images (LONDON) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine called on Western partners to apply more pressure to Russia after an overnight ballistic missile and drone strike killed at least [Read More…]
ABC National News
Another storm hitting Midwest, East Coast as Mid-Atlantic digs out from major snowfall
ABC News Illustration (NEW YORK) — As the Mid-Atlantic digs out from a significant snowstorm, a new winter storm is underway in the Plains that will move through the Midwest before reaching the East Coast. [Read More…]