Politics

(WASHINGTON) — During an Oval Office event, President Donald Trump was asked about a video that began circulating online this past weekend of what appears to be a bag being thrown out of a second-story window at the White House. Trump said on Tuesday that it was “probably AI-generated” and said that you can’t open […]

(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday cast the Jeffrey Epstein controversy as “irrelevant” amid an effort on Capitol Hill to force a vote to release all files related to the deceased sex offender. “This is a Democrat hoax that never ends,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when asked about the push for […]

(WASHINGTON) — A group of Jeffrey Epstein survivors spoke out on Capitol Hill on Wednesday as part of a push to have all files related to the accused sex trafficker released. “This is not a hoax. It’s not going to go away,” said Marina Lacerda, a central witness in Epstein’s 2019 indictment who spoke with ABC […]

(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump took to his social media platform as Chinese President Xi Jinping, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared together in Beijing for China’s largest-ever military parade on Wednesday. Trump accused Xi of “conspiring against” the United States as they attended the parade, which marked the […]

(NEW YORK) — A group of Jeffrey Epstein survivors are set to speak at the Capitol on Wednesday morning. The 10:30 a.m. ET news conference comes as a bipartisan pair of lawmakers push to force a vote on the House floor on releasing the Epstein files. Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie defended the effort he and […]

(WASHINGTON) — More than a year after a Secret Service counter sniper team killed a would-be assassin targeting President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, a report from the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General found the team faces “chronic understaffing.” “The United States Secret Service’s (Secret Service) Counter Sniper Team (CS) is staffed 73 percent […]

(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday again took aim at Chicago as he suggested federal intervention is needed to combat crime. Trump pointed to gun violence in the city over Labor Day weekend, as eight people were killed and more than 50 injured. “Chicago is the worst and most dangerous city in the World, by far,” […]

(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration’s use of federal troops in Los Angeles to conduct law enforcement operations is unlawful, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer issued an order prohibiting troops from engaging in security patrols, riot control, arrests, searches and crowd control. The order does not take effect until Sept. 12 to […]

Siavosh Hosseini/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani was injured in a vehicle accident Saturday evening in New Hampshire, his security chief said in a statement on Sunday. A source familiar with his condition told ABC News on Monday that Giuliani is now out of the hospital and […]

(NEW YORK) — A federal judge on Sunday blocked the Trump administration from deporting 76 unaccompanied Guatemalan children from the United States to Guatemala. A judge had temporarily blocked the administration from removing the minors and set an emergency hearing for 3 p.m. Sunday, but U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan moved the hearing to 12:30 […]