Scott Olson/Getty Images (CARISBAD, Calif.) — A judge granted a gun violence protective order against a Carlsbad, California, man who authorities allege was communicating with the Abundant Life Christian School shooting suspect. Carlsbad police filed the application for a gun violence emergency protective order against Alexander Charles Paffendorf in San DiegoRead More →
Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images, FILE A judge has denied a motion to dismiss charges in the Uvalde, Texas, criminal case stemming from the 2022 mass shooting and has set a tentative trial date. Former Uvalde school district police chief Pete Arredondo, who was the on-site commander at Robb Elementary SchoolRead More →
Jeff Swensen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Luigi Mangione traveled from Georgia to allegedly stalk and kill UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and said he targeted the health care industry because “it checked every box” — one of a number of entries in a notebook in which the suspect discussed the plot in theRead More →
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — GOP House leaders and Vice-President-elect JD Vance continue to meet behind closed doors in Speaker Mike Johnson’s office Thursday to craft a path forward and reach a budget deal — hoping to both appease President-elect Donald Trump’s evolving demands as well as rank and fileRead More →
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump, after rejecting House Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to avoid a government shutdown, worked the phones on Thursday, showing wavering confidence in Johnson and claiming he is aligned with billionaire Elon Musk, who first posted multiple calls to kill the GOP-brokered spending deal.Read More →
Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — If Congress fails to pass the continuing resolution to fund the government by Saturday, millions of federal workers could head into the holidays without paychecks. They could be furloughed or be asked to work without pay. That includes some members of the military,Read More →
Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday took credit for killing the House Republican-proposed government funding bill, telling ABC News there will be a government shutdown unless Congress eliminates or extends the limit on government borrowing. “We’re not going to fall into the debt ceiling quicksand,” Trump said inRead More →
Obtained by ABC News (NEW YORK) — The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ban on drone operations in several areas of New Jersey until Jan. 17, unless operators are granted special permission from the government due to “special security reasons.” Uncrewed aerial drones have been lighting up the sky atRead More →
Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Ingrid Lewis-Martin, the former chief adviser to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, surrendered at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office on Thursday morning to face criminal charges. The exact charges against her are expected to to be announced later Thursday. Lewis-Martin resignedRead More →
Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The Georgia Court of Appeals on Thursday disqualified Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from her prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump and his co-defendants in their election interference case. “After carefully considering the trial court’s findings in its order, we conclude that it erredRead More →
