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In federal courthouses across the country Thursday, President Donald Trump’s administration faced a series of legal setbacks to implementing the president’s agenda. On issues ranging from education policy and voting rights to congestion pricing, the series of rulings and developments marked the latest legal setbacks for an administration battling nearly 200 lawsuits in court. Three … Read more
Despite negotiations to end the war in Ukraine hitting a wall and a deadly Russian strike on the country’s capital city early Thursday, President Donald Trump remained insistent that talks had made “a lot of progress.” “We’ll see what happens,” the president said during a bilateral meeting with the prime minister of Norway at the … Read more
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used the Signal app on a personal computer in his office that was connected to the internet on an unsecured commercial line, what’s known as a “dirty line,” two sources confirmed to ABC News Thursday. A “dirty line” is the nickname given to a commercial internet line that is used to … Read more
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she felt something brush against her leg as a thief was dragging away her purse at a Washington restaurant on Sunday. Noem said she thought one of her grandchildren who was dining with her had kicked her by accident. “I think I was a busy grandma with four grandkids … Read more
As JD Vance has stepped into the spotlight as vice president of the United States, so too has his family, the country’s new second family. Vance and his wife Usha and their three children now call the vice president’s mansion on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., home. In April, the … Read more
A federal judge in Maryland has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a 20-year-old Venezuelan man deported to El Salvador, whose removal violated a previous court settlement, according to an order issued on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher, a Trump appointee, also ordered the government not to remove other individuals covered … Read more
Robert Crimo III, the gunman who killed seven people and injured dozens in a mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, on July 4, 2022, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Thursday. Crimo was sentenced to seven consecutive life sentences, Judge Victoria A. Rossetti announced on Thursday. “This court hopes … Read more
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order to keep Mohsen Mahdawi, the Columbia student who was arrested during his citizenship interview last week, in Vermont while his case proceeds. In the written order filed on Thursday morning, U.S. District Judge Geoffrey Crawford said the order was necessary to “prevent disputes” about jurisdiction “or any … Read more
A 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of starting a massive New Jersey wildfire that has consumed 13,000 acres and continued to burn Thursday, authorities said. In a statement released Thursday morning, New Jersey officials, including Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer, announced the arrest of Joseph Kling of Waretown, New Jersey, on charges … Read more
U.S. applications for jobless benefits rose modestly last week as business continue to retain workers despite fears of a possible economic downturn. Jobless claim applications inched up by 6,000 to 222,000 for the week ending April 19, the Labor Department said Thursday. That’s just barely more than the 220,000 new applications analysts forecast. Weekly applications … Read more
