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Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House is voting Thursday on a budget blueprint to fund President Donald Trump’s agenda, which was passed by the Senate last week. “I’m happy to tell you that this morning, I believe we have the votes to finally adopt the budget resolution so we can move forward on President […]
(WASHINGTON) — A federal judge in Boston Thursday will consider pumping the brakes on a controversial Trump administration policy of removing migrants to countries where they have no prior connection without allowing them to raise concerns about their safety. A group of noncitizens with final removal orders filed a federal lawsuit challenging the policy last […]
(LONDON) — U.S.-Russian dual citizen Ksenia Karelina was released from Russian prison in an overnight prisoner exchange, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Thursday. The exchange took place overnight in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Karelina’s lawyer Mikhail Mushailov confirmed to ABC News that she had been released. Secretary of State Marco […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Asian and European markets rallied in Thursday trading in response to President Donald Trump’s dramatic decision to suspend planned tariffs on nearly all American trading partners for 90 days — with the exception of China. Key Asian indices recorded notable recoveries on Thursday — marking a reprieve for most […]
LONDON — U.S.-Russian dual citizen Ksenia Karelina was released from Russian prison in an overnight prisoner exchange, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Thursday. The exchange took place overnight in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Karelina’s lawyer Mikhail Mushailov confirmed to ABC News that she had been released. Secretary of State Marco […]
The Democratic National Committee — continuing its push to host town halls in Republican-held districts — is announcing a new set of town halls focused on the Republican-led budget bill and featuring high-profile officials such as Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., ABC News has learned exclusively. These “People’s Town Halls,” which will be held during Congress’ […]
Photo by Curtis Means-Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Harvey Weinstein was back in court on Wednesday with less than a week before the start of his second New York sex assault trial. His trial is expected to last four to six weeks once testimony begins, prosecutors at the Manhattan district attorney’s office said Wednesday. Jury selection […]
(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration has frozen more than $1 billion in federal funding to Cornell and $790 million to Northwestern, as the government investigates alleged civil rights violations at the schools, according to two White House officials. “On Monday, several Trump administration agencies froze roughly $790M of federal funding and roughly $1.05B of federal funding from […]
(MOSCOW, Idaho) — University of Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger returned to court on Wednesday for a high-stakes hearing to decide what evidence will be allowed at his trial, which is set to begin in August. The use of particular language has been a major point of contention in the ongoing hearing. Judge Steven Hippler agreed […]
Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Karen Read’s emergency request to delay her state murder trial until it reviews her appeal. No explanation was given for the denial of her request. Read had filed an emergency petition on Monday, asking the court for a stay of […]
