Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump posted a flurry of announcements to his Truth Social account on Tuesday night, including the appointment of Kimberly Guilfoyle as the ambassador to Greece and Tom Barrack as the ambassador to Turkey. Guilfoyle, a former fundraiser for Trump and a former hostRead More →

David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Democratic governors prepare to navigate and resist parts of President-elect Donald Trump’s next administration, one told ABC News she is most alarmed by Trump’s tariff plan. “Tariffs would be devastating to our economy, especially with the amount of trade we doRead More →

Allison Pecorin/ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell fell during the Senate Republican lunch on Tuesday. It was initially unclear if McConnell, 82, was injured or what the severity of the fall was. Two medical responders were seen briefly entering his office and then departed. Shortly afterward, McConnell’sRead More →

Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images (ALTOONA, Pa.) — The firearm found on the suspect in the murder of the UnitedHealthcare CEO is believed to have been an untraceable ghost gun, according to police. Police have said they believe the gun was 3D printed, and that it had no serial number.Read More →

Luigi Mangione is seen inside the police station in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Dec. 9, 2024/Obtained by ABC News (NEW YORK) — Luigi Mangione,  the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, yelled to the press about “an insult to the intelligence of the American people” as he was physicallyRead More →

Houston Chronicle via Getty Images, FILE (HOUSTON, Tex.) — A restaurant owned by NBA player James Harden in Houston, Texas, has been named in a wrongful death lawsuit filed this week. The lawsuit, filed in Harris County District Court on Monday, alleges that the restaurant, Thirteen by James Harden, causedRead More →

Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON) —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, is set to head to Capitol Hill next week for meetings with multiple senators, Kennedy’s spokesperson says. Kennedy transition spokesperson Katie Miller told ABC News thatRead More →

NYPD (PHILADELPHIA) — Family and friends reacted with shock and disbelief after Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old Ivy League graduate, was identified as the suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione was taken into custody at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania on Monday following a dayslong manhunt after anRead More →

Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A top government watchdog raised concerns Tuesday over the handling of leak investigations during the first Trump administration that targeted members of Congress and the media despite finding no evidence that the inquiries were politically motivated, according to a newly released report. Justice DepartmentRead More →

Luigi Mangione is seen inside the police station in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Dec. 9, 2024/Obtained by ABC News (NEW YORK) — Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel last week, considered the slaying to be a “symbolic takedown” of UnitedHealthcare overRead More →