Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Since becoming President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard’s rosy posture toward Moscow has prompted some Democratic critics to suggest that she could be “compromised,” or perhaps even a “Russian asset” — claims the ex-Hawaii representative and Army officer has forcefullyRead More →

Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House Judiciary Committee will see a changing of the guard in the 119th Congress with a new Democratic leader. Rep. Jerry Nadler announced Wednesday that he would not run to be the top Democrat on the committee, which he has beenRead More →

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, said on Wednesday he would not “back down” as new misconduct allegations cause growing concern among Republican senators tasked with whether to confirm him. Going public in his own defense, Hegseth alsoRead More →

Craig Hastings/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Svetlana Dali, the woman who stowed away on a Delta Air Lines flight to France, was arrested by the FBI upon her return to New York, an official confirmed. She returned to John F. Kennedy International Airport on Wednesday, once again flying Delta, butRead More →

Anna Barclay/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. officials suspect that a recently discovered Chinese hacking and espionage campaign scooped up data on hundreds of thousands of American mobile phone users, likely stealing information about more than 1 million customers, ABC News has learned. Sources familiar with the investigation gave ABC NewsRead More →

Pennsylvania State Police (UNITY TOWNSHIP, Pa.) — The dangerous search for a missing grandmother who officials believe fell into a deep sinkhole in Pennsylvania is now considered a recovery effort, police said Wednesday. A challenging excavation has been underway at an abandoned coal mine in Unity Township since Tuesday whenRead More →

Jeremy Hogan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Three Fort Cavazos soldiers have been accused of a conspiracy to smuggle undocumented immigrants, according to the Department of Justice. The Texas-based soldiers were caught on Nov. 27 allegedly driving three people — one Mexican national and two Guatemalan nationals — after a UnitedRead More →

ABC (NEW YORK) — The jury has requested to receive two readbacks and several pieces of footage as they continue to deliberate in the subway chokehold death trial of Daniel Penny. Little more than an hour into deliberations on Tuesday, the jury asked for a readback of a portion ofRead More →

ABC News (NEW YORK) — The Minnesota Department of Transportation has issued a “no travel advisory” for highways in northwestern Minnesota as high winds cause dangerous blowing snow and low visibility. Drivers in Minnesota and North Dakota should be prepared for intense bursts of heavy snow, wind gusts over 40Read More →

Allison Robbert/AFP/Bloomberg via Getty Images (GEORGIA) — Donald Trump’s Georgia election interference case should be dismissed because a sitting president is immune from criminal prosecution, the president-elect’s lawyer told a Georgia appeals court on Wednesday. “A sitting president is completely immune from indictment or any criminal process, state or federal,”Read More →