Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The judge in Donald Trump’s criminal hush money case in New York has granted the Manhattan district attorney’s request for a limited gag order on the former president. The order, by Judge Juan Merchan, restricts Trump’s public statements about witnesses and others. Statements madeRead More →

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House Ethics Committee is investigating Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, the panel said in a statement on Tuesday. The committee did not specify what it is investigating and said it will make another announcement on the matter by May 10. TheRead More →

John Nacion/Getty Images (OAKLAND, Calif.) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has named Nicole Shanahan as his running mate. Kennedy spoke glowingly about Shanahan on stage during his announcement event in Oakland, California, citing, among other attributes, her passion for health care. He also said choosing a youngRead More →

Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden gave remarks Tuesday on the Baltimore bridge collapse, telling residents “we’re going to stay with you as long as it takes.” “It’s my intention that the federal government will pay for the entire cost of reconstruction in that bridge. I expect theRead More →

ABC News Capitol Police on Tuesday morning arrested 13 protesters who were demonstrating against the Supreme Court’s examination of restrictions to the abortion pill mifepristone. The Supreme Court justices on Tuesday are hearing arguments over whether the Food and Drug Administration lawfully relaxed restrictions to make it easier to accessRead More →

Fulton County Sheriff’s Office Michael Roman, a former Trump campaign aide who was indicted alongside the former president in the Georgia election interference case, has been subpoenaed as part of a separate probe in Arizona investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in that state, according to a sourceRead More →

Andrew Doyle (BALTIMORE) — A ship struck Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge early Tuesday, causing a partial collapse and sending vehicles and people into the water, officials in Maryland said.  “I can confirm at 1:35 a.m., Baltimore City police were notified of a partial bridge collapse, with workers possibly inRead More →

Andrea Renault/Star Max/GC Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump appeared to blame Israel for antisemitism, saying Israel made a “big mistake” in its response to Hamas’ attack on Oct. 7 and is “losing a lot of support” from around the world. But he also noted that he would haveRead More →

Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Flaco, the Eurasian eagle owl who escaped from his vandalized Central Park Zoo enclosure in February 2023, had high levels of rat poison in his system and was suffering from “severe herpesvirus” that he contracted from eating pigeons when he died lastRead More →

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (LANCASTER, Penn.) — Several drag queen story hours across the country have been faced with bomb threats, backlash and cancellations. On Saturday morning, Lancaster Public Library in Pennsylvania became the most recent story hour impacted by such threats. A Lancaster City Police K-9 and Lancaster County SheriffRead More →