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Georgetown fellow detained over alleged Hamas ties was targeted for wife’s Palestinian heritage: Lawsuit
Georgetown University (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration appears to be targeting a Georgetown University fellow due to his wife’s identity as a Palestinian and her constitutionally protected speech, a lawsuit alleges. On March 17, Badar Khan Suri, [Read More…]

DOJ pushes FBI to review, release more Epstein files amid mounting pressure from Trump supporters: Sources
Kypros/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department is in the midst of an urgent and chaotic effort to review sensitive materials from the FBI investigation into the convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein, with [Read More…]

Wrongful death lawsuit filed over Philadelphia EMS response
The Igwe Firm (PHILADELPHIA) — A Philadelphia man who requested medical help died after emergency services personnel responded to his home but left without attempting to forcibly enter it, a new lawsuit alleges. Roberto Santiago [Read More…]

Wildfires erupt as strong winds continue to hit parts of the country
ABC News (NEW YORK) — More than 24 million Americans are under wildfire warnings due to strong winds on Thursday, posing a threat to existing fires in several states, and as a powerful storm moves [Read More…]

Michigan hospital employee shoots co-worker outside building in ‘targeted attack’: Police
avid_creative/Getty Images (TROY, Mich.) — A hospital employee shot a co-worker multiple times in Troy, Michigan, at the building’s parking garage on Thursday in a “targeted attack,” according to police. The employee was struck twice [Read More…]

Released JFK files reveal Social Security numbers of former staffers
Bettmann / Contributor (WASHINGTON) — The Social Security numbers and other personal details of at least two former congressional staffers who investigated the assassination of President John F. Kennedy were revealed by this week’s release [Read More…]

Minnesota Republican state Sen. Justin Eichorn arrested for soliciting minor: Police
Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office (BLOOMINGTON, Minn.) — A Minnesota Republican state senator was charged on Wednesday with soliciting a minor, according to federal prosecutors. Justin David Eichorn, the Republican state senator for District 6, was [Read More…]

‘Get them here now!’: 911 calls from California’s Eaton Fire full of pleas for help
ABC News (CALIFORNIA) — Voices were full of panic when 911 operators began answering the urgent calls for help that started flowing into the emergency line on the evening of Jan. 7. “There’s houses on [Read More…]

Top Trump official tasked with dismantling USAID is out
Ezra Acayan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Pete Marocco, the Trump administration official tasked with dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development, told State Department staff on Tuesday night that he is stepping away from his role at USAID [Read More…]

Man with apparent handgun outside CIA headquarters in custody after barricade incident
ABC News Federal authorities responded to the CIA headquarters in Virginia on Wednesday after a man brandished what appeared to be a handgun outside the building, sources told ABC News. At one point, the man [Read More…]

Attorney general calls Tesla arson attacks ‘nothing short of domestic terrorism’
Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Attorney General Pam Bondi called the recent spate of arson attacks and vandalism against Tesla vehicles “nothing short of domestic terrorism” and promised harsh punishments for perpetrators if they [Read More…]

Crowdfunding campaign raises over $100,000 for Connecticut man held captive in home for 20 years
A woman was charged for allegedly holding her “severely emaciated” stepson in captivity for over 20 years, since he was 11 years old, and forcing him to endure “prolonged abuse, starvation, severe neglect, and inhumane [Read More…]

Residents told to ‘leave now’ as wildfires threaten Oklahoma towns
ABC News (NORMAN, Okla.) — Winds of up to 75 mph were fanning multiple fast-moving Oklahoma wildfires on Wednesday morning, prompting evacuation orders for towns in the path of the flames, officials said. Firefighters are battling blazes [Read More…]

Judge calls out military’s history of discrimination in blocking Trump’s transgender soldier ban
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s attempt to ban transgender people from military service continues an unfortunate history of the armed services excluding marginalized people from the “privilege of serving,” a [Read More…]

Trump administration escalates legal battle over alleged gang member deportations
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A day after a federal judge ordered the Justice Department to provide details about two deportation flights to El Salvador over the weekend, the Trump administration is escalating its legal battle against [Read More…]

JFK files key takeaways: What we learned and didn’t
Robert Alexander/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The National Archives on Tuesday released thousands of pages of declassified records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. The records were posted to the National [Read More…]

Trump again assails federal judge at center of deportation flight controversy
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is lashing out again against the top federal judge of the Washington, D.C. circuit, who issued an order stopping deportation flights of alleged gang members under the [Read More…]

Concerns about the FAA’s air traffic control system date back decades
J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Federal watchdogs have raised concerns about the Federal Aviation Administration’s air traffic control system for decades, an ABC News analysis of government reports found. In the weeks since the [Read More…]

Toddler found wandering streets alone with soiled diaper leads police back to shocking scene at home
Facebook / Flagler County Sheriff’s Department (PALM COAST, FL) — A toddler found wandering in the middle of a Florida street with a heavily soiled diaper ended up leading police to a home with extremely [Read More…]

Government releases thousands of declassified records related to JFK assassination
Bettmann Archive/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The National Archives on Tuesday released thousands of pages of declassified records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. The records were posted to the National [Read More…]