Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A company and six of its executives were charged Wednesday in New York with allegedly operating a sham safety school that said it certified thousands of construction workers as properly trained when, in fact, it had not, prosecutors say. Prosecutors said the allegedRead More →
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell, the longest serving Republican Senate leader in history, will step down from that position in November. McConnell, who turned 82 last week, announced the decision in a speech on the Senate floor. “To serve Kentucky in the Senate has been the honorRead More →
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows has lost his latest bid to have the election interference case against him in Georgia removed to federal court. When a federal judge denied his effort last year, Meadows appealed to a three-judge panel for the U.S.Read More →
Carl Juste/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE) — Hundreds of transgender and nonbinary Floridians and allies are expected to march through the state capital in Tallahassee Wednesday in opposition to years-long legislative efforts targeting gender-diverse communities. “As we march through the streets of Florida, let our collective voiceRead More →
Jefferson Siegel via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The New York City judge who oversaw former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial received an envelope containing a white powder Wednesday, prompting an emergency response from police and fire officials, law enforcement sources told ABC News. The envelope was addressed toRead More →
Giles Clarke/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Idaho serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech’s last-minute request for a stay of execution. Associate Justice Elena Kagan issued the decision to deny Creech’s request Wednesday morning, clearing the way for prison authorities to carry out his execution by lethalRead More →
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are seeking to pause the enforcement of the penalties in his civil fraud trial, telling the court that he intends to post a bond of only $100 million — well short of the $464 million judgement ordered by ManhattanRead More →
Peter Zay/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least nine tornadoes were reported across Illinois, Michigan and Ohio as a storm barreled through the Midwest overnight. Wind gusts reached 82 mph near Chicago, and hail was larger than golf balls in DuPage County, Illinois, just outside of Chicago. 2024Read More →
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will undergo his yearly physical Wednesday morning at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in what could be the final health update before the November election. Biden, 81, last received his physical on Feb. 16, 2023. Results have been released on theRead More →
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate Democrats on Wednesday aim to force Republicans to take a public stand in the controversy over in vitro fertilization by requiring them to either support or oppose legislation led by Sen. Tammy Duckworth — a measure that would establish a statutory right to accessRead More →
