Mike Pont/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman has filed a lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James after she threatened legal action over the county’s recent anti-transgender sports ban. The lawsuit was filed on Wednesday by Blakeman, a Republican, who said he believes the designationRead More →
Aaron Chown/PA Images via Getty Images (LONDON) — Former President Donald Trump’s escalating legal penalties are a little larger after a judge in the United Kingdom ordered him to pay more than $380,000 to a firm run by Christopher Steele, the ex-British spy who penned the infamous 2016 dossier accusingRead More →
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — In an election year when polls show voters don’t approve of either President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump, third party and independent options are attracting notice from some. “I do think that these conditions with two candidates who are not well-liked running — thatRead More →
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden disappointed some Democrats and immigration activists when he used the term “illegal” at the State of the Union when referring to an undocumented migrant accused of killing 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley. Now, the administration and his campaign are weighingRead More →
Nathan Howard/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — President Joe Biden is heading to battleground Pennsylvania on Friday afternoon to build off his momentum from the State of the Union, kicking off a major ramp-up in his reelection campaign. Biden is being joined by the first lady as he delivers remarks in theRead More →
Jorge Cabrera/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted on drug trafficking charges Friday in a Manhattan federal court. Hernandez, who served as president of Honduras from 2014 to 2022, had been charged by U.S. authorities with drug trafficking and weapons offenses that linked himRead More →
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images (PONTIAC, Mich.) — James Crumbley’s manslaughter trial continued Friday with multiple witnesses taking the stand testifying about his alleged activity in the days leading up to the shooting, including purchasing the firearm that his son later used in a school shooting. As the trial continues, Judge CherylRead More →
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Embattled former Rep. George Santos, who was expelled from Congress in December, has announced that he’s once again running for the House — but, Republican leadership in the Long Island district he’s eyeing told ABC News on Friday that there is “no appetite” for Santos.Read More →
Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris, in a post-State of the Union interview with ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Mary Bruce on Friday, praised President Joe Biden’s “passionate” performance but was noncommittal on whether he will debate rival Donald Trump. “We’ll get to that at someRead More →
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. job gains far exceeded expectations in February, a defiant show of strength that keeps the economy humming but signals a cooldown from the breakneck start to 2024, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data on Friday showed. The economy added 275,000 jobs last month, blowingRead More →
