Category Archives: National News

Post-inauguration ICE raids starting as soon as Tuesday: Sources

Post-inauguration ICE raids starting as soon as Tuesday: Sources

(danielfela/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) — As part of President-elect Donald Trump’s strategy to secure the border, Immigration and Customs Enforcement will carry out post-inauguration raids as early as Tuesday, sources briefed on the plans told ABC News.ICE will likely start in Chicago and could move on to other big cities, according to sources, who noted the plans…read more »

Over 85 million Americans under cold weather alerts

Over 85 million Americans under cold weather alerts

Via ABC News.(NEW YORK) — Over 85 million Americans are under cold weather alerts over the next few days as arctic air plunges south across the country.Portions of North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin have an extreme cold warning in effect as wind chills may reach as low as -50°F.While it won’t be quite that cold…read more »

Menendez brothers’ resentencing hearing postponed due to impact of wildfires

Menendez brothers’ resentencing hearing postponed due to impact of wildfires

Erik and Lyle Menendez booking photos taken Oct. 10, 2024. Via CRDC.(LOS ANGELES) — The resentencing hearing for the Menendez brothers has been postponed nearly two months due to the wildfires impacting Los Angeles County, the county’s lead prosecutor said Friday.Erik and Lyle Menendez had been scheduled to appear in court in the resentencing case…read more »

What to know about Secret Service inauguration security before Monday’s event

What to know about Secret Service inauguration security before Monday’s event

400tmax/Getty(WASHINGTON) — Two apparent assassination attempts, a terrorist-inspired attack in New Orleans, an explosion in Las Vegas and a pair of global conflicts see President-elect Donald Trump returning to the Oval Office under circumstances that can only be described as high pressure and high stakes.Monday’s inauguration of the 47th president — which will be the…read more »

LA fires live updates: Mayor names chief recovery officer, plans outside probe

LA fires live updates: Mayor names chief recovery officer, plans outside probe

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 under mandatory evacuation orders and another 90,000 are…read more »

Alabama community demands accountability for flood damage before Biden’s term ends

Alabama community demands accountability for flood damage before Biden’s term ends

Jared Kofsky/ABC News(SHILOH, Ala.) — At a recent church service in Cleveland, a group of visitors from a rural Alabama community nearly 900 miles away, including pastor and business owner Timothy Williams, joined congregants in singing the spiritual “I Don’t Mind Waiting.”Williams has grown used to waiting.After six years of frequent flooding, two presidential administrations…read more »

Former CIA analyst pleads guilty to leaking Israeli retaliation plans

Former CIA analyst pleads guilty to leaking Israeli retaliation plans

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A former CIA analyst arrested in November and charged with leaking highly classified records showing Israeli plans to launch a retaliatory strike on Iran pleaded guilty Friday in a federal court in Virginia.Asif Rahman, 34, pleaded guilty to two counts of transmission of national defense information, according to court records.Rahman faces…read more »

Los Angeles wildfires timeline: How the deadly blazes unfolded

Los Angeles wildfires timeline: How the deadly blazes unfolded

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Los Angeles County has been devastated by two deadly wildfires that have become some of the most destructive in California history.The Palisades and Eaton fires both erupted on Jan. 7, fueled by severe drought conditions and strong Santa Ana winds.Dozens of people are believed to have died in the fires,…read more »

Trump urges Georgia Supreme Court to keep DA Fani Willis disqualified from election interference case

Trump urges Georgia Supreme Court to keep DA Fani Willis disqualified from election interference case

Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images(ATLANTA) — President-elect Donald Trump, in a court filing Friday, urged the Georgia Supreme Court to keep Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis disqualified from the criminal election interference case against him.The filing from Trump’s attorneys, just days before Trump’s inauguration, asked the court to uphold the appeals court ruling last month that disqualified…read more »