Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images (BOSTON) — As more than two million federal employees face a midnight Thursday deadline to accept the Trump administration’s buyout offer, a federal judge in Massachusetts will consider an eleventh-hour request to block the buyout from moving forward. U.S. District Judge George O’Toole Jr. set ThursdayRead More →
CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Internet-connected cameras made in China are giving the Chinese government the ability to “conduct espionage or disrupt US critical infrastructure,” according to a Department of Homeland Security bulletin obtained by ABC News. The cameras typically lack data encryption and security settings and, by default, communicate withRead More →
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Department of Justice and lawyers representing a group of FBI agents involved in investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack were in active negotiations Thursday to reach an agreement that would prevent the DOJ from publicly releasing the identities ofRead More →
John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Champion figure skaters are coming together for a tribute show called “Legacy on Ice” to honor the victims of the American Airlines plane crash. The event will be on Sunday, March 2, at 3 p.m. at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. Olympians TaraRead More →
ABC (NEW YORK) — A winter storm has pummeled the Midwest and the Northeast with sleet, freezing rain and snow, leaving dangerous travel conditions for millions. In Cleveland, cars, trees and power lines have been coated in sheets of ice, and in Kansas, the icy roads were blamed for carRead More →
Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Protesters gathered nationwide Wednesday as part of a movement opposing the Trump administration’s policies and Project 2025, the controversial conservative presidential wish list. The protests, which took place largely in state capitals, were organized by an online movement dubbed 50501 — meaning 50Read More →
Deb Cohn-Orbach/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — New legislation in Congress aims to tackle a financial burden weighing on millions of households — rent that is “too damn high,” as one New York City housing activist famously claimed. The bill, introduced by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and co-sponsoredRead More →
CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) is demanding swift action after ABC News’ exclusive reporting about hidden links in DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence tool that could potentially send data to a Chinese state-owned telecommunications company. “I think we should ban DeepSeek from all government devices immediately.Read More →
Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After two deadly plane crashes in the past week — one in Washington, D.C., killing 67, and another in Philadelphia, killing 7 and injuring 19 — it wouldn’t be unusual if travelers reported heightened apprehension toward air travel, according to experts. “Given the fact thatRead More →
Curtis Means-Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Donations to Luigi Mangione’s legal defense fund have picked up after a news report that they had slowed down. Mangione’s online fund has received over $248,000 in donations to help defend him against state and federal charges in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO BrianRead More →
