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Trump to shift the course of US climate policy starting on Day 1
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — On the first day of his second term, President Donald Trump announced some energy and environmental policy priorities that represent a stark departure from U.S. climate policy [Read More…]
Trump administration to acknowledge only a person’s gender assigned at birth, officials say
Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is expected to issue a slew of executive actions on Monday that would impact transgender Americans, including an executive order declaring that the U.S. government [Read More…]
Trump will rename Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America’ among 1st executive orders
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Among the first executive orders set to be signed by President Donald Trump will be an order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the newly named “Gulf [Read More…]
Trump to order ‘national energy emergency,’ eliminate federal DEI programs as part of executive actions
Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump will order a “national energy emergency” and issue a “presidential memorandum on inflation” as part of a slew of executive actions on his first day [Read More…]
LA fires live updates: Firefighters gain upper hand, as dangerous winds return
Apu Gomes/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — At least 27 people have died as multiple wildfires, fueled by severe drought conditions and strong winds, rage across the Los Angeles area. Thousands of firefighters are battling wildfires [Read More…]
Trump’s inauguration to be most frigid since 1985, with coldest air in 2 years moving into Northeast
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The coldest air of the season is moving into the Northeast and a huge part of the U.S., including the Gulf Coast, after a snowstorm. At least 40 states, from [Read More…]
Post-inauguration ICE raids starting as soon as Tuesday: Sources
(danielfela/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — As part of President-elect Donald Trump’s strategy to secure the border, Immigration and Customs Enforcement will carry out post-inauguration raids as early as Tuesday, sources briefed on the plans told ABC [Read More…]
Over 85 million Americans under cold weather alerts
Via ABC News. (NEW YORK) — Over 85 million Americans are under cold weather alerts over the next few days as arctic air plunges south across the country. Portions of North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin [Read More…]
Menendez brothers’ resentencing hearing postponed due to impact of wildfires
Erik and Lyle Menendez booking photos taken Oct. 10, 2024. Via CRDC. (LOS ANGELES) — The resentencing hearing for the Menendez brothers has been postponed nearly two months due to the wildfires impacting Los Angeles [Read More…]
What to know about Secret Service inauguration security before Monday’s event
400tmax/Getty (WASHINGTON) — Two apparent assassination attempts, a terrorist-inspired attack in New Orleans, an explosion in Las Vegas and a pair of global conflicts see President-elect Donald Trump returning to the Oval Office under circumstances [Read More…]
LA fires live updates: Mayor names chief recovery officer, plans outside probe
Apu Gomes/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — At least 27 people have died as multiple wildfires, fueled by severe drought conditions and strong winds, rage across the Los Angeles area. Thousands of firefighters are battling wildfires [Read More…]
Alabama community demands accountability for flood damage before Biden’s term ends
Jared Kofsky/ABC News (SHILOH, Ala.) — At a recent church service in Cleveland, a group of visitors from a rural Alabama community nearly 900 miles away, including pastor and business owner Timothy Williams, joined congregants [Read More…]
Former CIA analyst pleads guilty to leaking Israeli retaliation plans
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A former CIA analyst arrested in November and charged with leaking highly classified records showing Israeli plans to launch a retaliatory strike on Iran pleaded guilty Friday in a federal [Read More…]
Trump urges Georgia Supreme Court to keep DA Fani Willis disqualified from election interference case
Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — President-elect Donald Trump, in a court filing Friday, urged the Georgia Supreme Court to keep Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis disqualified from the criminal election interference case against him. [Read More…]
Trump AG pick Pam Bondi made at least $3 million from Truth Social merger, filings show
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general pick, Pam Bondi, made at least $3 million from the merger that formed the parent company of Trump’s Truth Social platform, her [Read More…]
Federal judge to decide fate of Jack Smith’s final report on Trump’s classified docs case
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Six months after a federal judge dismissed special counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents case against Donald Trump and his two co-defendants, defense attorneys are set to return to Florida to [Read More…]
Rare Gulf Coast winter storm may hit next week: Latest forecast
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A developing winter storm may bring rare snow and ice to cities along the Gulf Coast, from Texas to Florida. The storm is set to hit the region on Tuesday. [Read More…]
LA fires live updates: 18 missing as death toll rises
Apu Gomes/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — At least 25 people have died as multiple wildfires, fueled by severe drought conditions and strong winds, rage across the Los Angeles area. Thousands of firefighters are battling wildfires [Read More…]
Altadena family recounts their harrowing escape from Eaton Fire
ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — The Los Angeles wildfires have destroyed thousands of structures since Jan. 7. In Altadena, north of Pasadena, the Eaton Fire has damaged or destroyed 7,000 structures. One of the structures destroyed by [Read More…]
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul deploys more cops to subway system after high-profile crimes
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Users of the nation’s largest subway system will start seeing New York City police officers on every overnight train starting Monday as Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a strategy Thursday [Read More…]