Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin about ending the war in Ukraine, which started three years ago when Putin’s forces launched a full-scale invasion. “I just had a lengthy and highly productive phone call with President Vladimir Putin of Russia,”Read More →

Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate confirmed Tulsi Gabbard to serve as director of national intelligence by a vote of 52-48 on Wednesday. Former Republican Leader Mitch McConnell was the only Republican to break ranks and vote against Gabbard’s nomination. All other Republicans voted for Gabbard andRead More →

Emily Curiel/The Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (TOPEKA, Kan.) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed Senate Bill 63, which would have restricted gender-affirming care for transgender youth. “Right now, the legislature should be focused on ways to help Kansans cope with rising prices,” Kelly said inRead More →

Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A 25-year-old associate of Elon Musk and former Treasury Department employee was “mistakenly” given the ability to make changes to a sensitive federal payment system, officials with the Bureau of the Fiscal Service disclosed in a series of court filings late Tuesday. TreasuryRead More →

Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is gearing up for major changes to the Department of Education, which, among its other functions, oversees a $1.6 trillion portfolio of student loans — the third largest source of household debt in the U.S. Those loans belong to over 44 millionRead More →

The NYPD is searching for a man who allegedly tried to rape a woman in Brooklyn on Feb. 11, 2025. NYPD (NEW YORK) — Authorities in New York City are searching for a man who allegedly impersonated a federal immigration enforcement agent before trying to rape a 51-year-old woman inRead More →

ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — A new atmospheric river is bearing down on California, including fire-ravaged Los Angeles, where residents are bracing for the possibility of mudslides and landslides. The storm moves into the Golden State on Wednesday, with the heaviest rain falling on Thursday and Friday. Some areas could see asRead More →

J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A group of nonprofits suing the Trump administration over its 90-day foreign aid freeze is accusing government officials of “accelerating their terminations of contracts and suspensions of grants of USAID and State Department partners,” according to court documents filed Wednesday. The aid groups, who filed their suit Tuesday,Read More →

ABC News Illustration (NEW YORK) — As the Mid-Atlantic digs out from a significant snowstorm, a new winter storm is underway in the Plains that will move through the Midwest before reaching the East Coast. On Wednesday morning, the second storm is hitting Kansas City, Missouri, and Des Moines, Iowa.Read More →

ABC (NEW YORK) — New York City is known for its towering skyscrapers and bustling streets, but lurking beneath the glitz and glamour of the city that never sleeps are 3 million resilient rats that have cemented their place as native New Yorkers. According to Orkin, the pest control service,Read More →