Brent Stirton/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is preparing to issue a sweeping series of pardons for defendants charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, including commuting the prison sentences of hundreds of his supporters who have been convicted of violent attacks against law enforcement,Read More →
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — At noon today, Donald Trump takes the presidential oath for a second time, capping a historic political comeback to the White House. The ceremony has been moved inside to the U.S. Capitol Rotunda because of frigid weather for only the first time since Ronald Reagan’sRead More →
Julia Demaree Nikhinson – Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden issued pardons to several close family members Monday in the final minutes of his presidency. “My family has been subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me — the worst kind of partisanRead More →
Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As President Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term, a long list of political leaders, tech CEOs, celebrities and others were in attendance in the U.S. Capitol. Former Vice President Mike Pence was seen in the Rotunda, as wellRead More →
Saul Loeb/AFP/Bloomberg via Getty Images Republican businessman Vivek Ramaswamy is planning to leave his new appointment leading The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and announce a run for Ohio governor, according to two sources familiar with the planning. Ramaswamy is expected to announce his run for governor early next week,Read More →
Apu Gomes/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — At least 27 people have died as multiple wildfires, fueled by severe drought conditions and strong winds, rage across the Los Angeles area. Thousands of firefighters are battling wildfires across 45 square miles of densely populated Los Angeles County. About 82,000 people remain underRead More →
Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — On a call with reporters on Inauguration Day morning, incoming White House officials previewed a series of executive orders and other actions they said the incoming Trump administration plans to take to address immigration and U.S. border issues. “We will protect theRead More →
Jason Ryan/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (LOS ANGELES) — Two people from Oregon were arrested for posing as firefighters in the Pacific Palisades area, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. A Los Angeles Police Department unit was patrolling through the evacuation zones on Saturday, when they discovered a fireRead More →
Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump will order a “national energy emergency” and issue a “presidential memorandum on inflation” as part of a slew of executive actions on his first day in office, incoming White House officials told reporters Monday morning. Among the actions described byRead More →
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The coldest air of the season is moving into the Northeast and a huge part of the U.S., including the Gulf Coast, after a snowstorm. At least 40 states, from Oregon to Florida and up to Maine, are on cold alerts on Monday morning. TheRead More →
