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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday endorsed a spending deal that House Republican leadership said it had reached to continue to fund the government through March and avoid a government shutdown at the end of the week. “All Republicans, and even the Democrats, should do what is best for our Country, and vote […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (CARISBAD, Calif.) — A judge granted a gun violence protective order against a Carlsbad, California, man who authorities allege was communicating with the Abundant Life Christian School shooting suspect. Carlsbad police filed the application for a gun violence emergency protective order against Alexander Charles Paffendorf in San Diego County Superior Court on Tuesday. […]
Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images, FILE A judge has denied a motion to dismiss charges in the Uvalde, Texas, criminal case stemming from the 2022 mass shooting and has set a tentative trial date. Former Uvalde school district police chief Pete Arredondo, who was the on-site commander at Robb Elementary School on the day of the […]
Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Ingrid Lewis-Martin, the former chief adviser to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, surrendered Thursday morning at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office on bribery and money laundering charges. Lewis-Martin reported to the courthouse in lower Manhattan early Thursday with her son, Glenn Martin II, […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump, after rejecting House Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to avoid a government shutdown, worked the phones on Thursday, showing wavering confidence in Johnson and claiming he is aligned with billionaire Elon Musk, who first posted multiple calls to kill the GOP-brokered spending deal. “If the speaker acts decisively, […]
Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has reached a settlement with Amazon over allegations of hazardous workplace conditions, ABC News first reported Thursday. The settlement requires that Amazon adopt “corporate-wide ergonomic measures” to reduce the risk of injuries to workers. The 10 facilities cited in the […]
This illustration shows the locations where ABC News tested abandoned oil and gas wells for leaks; ABC News (WEST TEXAS, Texas) — Rancher Laura Briggs rises early to care for the livestock scattered across her homestead on the arid plains of West Texas. Briggs and her husband saved up for years to purchase the land […]
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — GOP House leaders and Vice-President-elect JD Vance continue to meet behind closed doors in Speaker Mike Johnson’s office Thursday to craft a path forward and reach a budget deal — hoping to both appease President-elect Donald Trump’s evolving demands as well as rank and file members on the right who […]
Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — If Congress fails to pass the continuing resolution to fund the government by Saturday, millions of federal workers could head into the holidays without paychecks. They could be furloughed or be asked to work without pay. That includes some members of the military, and other critical government workers, […]
Jeff Swensen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is charged in a four-count federal criminal complaint with stalking, murder through the use of a firearm and a firearms offense involving a silencer. He waived extradition on Thursday morning and was transported via plane and helicopter from […]
