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(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump kicked off his second term with a flurry of executive actions on immigration, Jan. 6, health policy and more. More orders are expected Tuesday amid fallout from his first moves, including his issuing pardons for more than a thousand rioters convicted in connection with the violent Jan. 6 attack on […]
(WASHINGTON) — Among the first executive orders signed by President Donald Trump was an order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the newly named “Gulf of America.” “President Trump is bringing common sense to government and renewing the pillars of American civilization,” the newly inaugurated president’s executive order said. Trump also called for Alaska’s […]
An ABC News graphic shows the weather forecast on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (ABC News) (NEW YORK) — The first ever blizzard warning has been issued for parts of the Texas and Louisiana coast as a historic snowstorm hits the South. Debilitating travel conditions and power outages are possible across the region. Houston’s airports are […]
(LOS ANGELES) — At least 27 people have died as multiple wildfires, fueled by severe drought conditions and strong winds, rage across the Southern California. Thousands of firefighters have been battling wildfires across 45 square miles of densely populated Los Angeles County. The two largest fires, the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades and the Eaton […]
Facebook / Coweta County Fire Rescue (CHAMBERS COUNTY, AL) — A fire chief in Alabama has been shot and killed after he stopped to help a driver who had hit a deer with their vehicle, police said. The incident occurred at approximately 5 p.m. on Sunday when Chambers County deputies in Alabama were dispatched to […]
(NEW YORK) — About 265 million Americans, or nearly 80% of the population, are under cold weather alerts on Tuesday, as dangerous temperatures are felt in at least 43 states. About 45 million Americans in the South are under winter storm alerts as the largest winter storm in decades slams the Gulf states today from […]
(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Monday issued preemptive pardons to potential targets of the incoming Trump administration, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and lawmakers who served on the House Jan. 6 Committee. “Our nation relies on dedicated, selfless public servants every day. They are the lifeblood of our democracy,” Biden said […]
Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As President Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term, a long list of political leaders, tech CEOs, celebrities and others were in attendance in the U.S. Capitol. Former Vice President Mike Pence was seen in the Rotunda, as well as former President Barack Obama, […]
(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden issued pardons to several close family members Monday in the final minutes of his presidency. “My family has been subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me — the worst kind of partisan politics,” Biden wrote in a statement. “Unfortunately, I have no reason […]
(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden has sparked outrage after commuting the sentence of Leonard Peltier in a last-minute move before leaving office Monday. Peltier, 80, has spent nearly 50 years in prison after being convicted of the murder of two FBI agents on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation in 1975. He also escaped from federal […]
