Former President Obama is ramping up pressure in Virginia to have voters support the state's redistricting measure and give Democratic candidates a stronger chance in the November midterm elections, telling Virginians, "we're counting on you." ABC News obtained the new video of
“I think our members are going to be very interested in what next steps are,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune said.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had a callous and wildly inaccurate response to a question about millions of Americans losing their health insurance at a congressional hearing Friday. The secretary of health and human services was testifying before the House Committee on Education and
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Friday that the Trump administration is looking into whether there may be a link among nearly a dozen American scientists who have reportedly died or gone missing in the past almost three years. Leavitt wrote in a post on social
The United Kingdom and France gathered more than 50 countries in Paris on Friday for a discussion focused on joint efforts to secure free trade through the Strait of Hormuz. French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer co-chaired the panel. The
A top Department of Justice official was removed Friday from an investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan after she reportedly expressed doubts about the probe. Maria Medetis Long, chief of the national security section for the U.S. attorney’s office in Miami,
Caitlyn Jenner, perhaps the most prominent transgender Trump supporter around , made a public appeal to President Trump, begging him to reconsider his executive order requiring passports to only offer options for male and female—and match the gender the passport holder was
An Iranian state news outlet on Friday questioned the "unexpected tweet" from Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi about the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz following the start of Israel and Lebanon's 10-day ceasefire. Araghchi wrote on the social platform X that the Strait
President Donald Trump claimed Friday that Iran had finally agreed to hand over its nuclear stockpile—but Tehran said otherwise. Speaking with CBS News , Trump claimed that Iran had “agreed to everything,” including working with the U.S. to remove the roughly 2,000 kilograms of
President Trump is headlining Turning Point USA's event Friday afternoon in Arizona, as Republicans seek to bolster support ahead of November. The “Build the Red Wall” event comes at a time when Trump's backing among young voters is slipping as the conflict in Iran persists and
Rümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts University student who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last year, has completed her Ph.D. program and is returning to her home country of Turkey, her lawyers announced Friday. Öztürk was detained by ICE in 2025 after she
As the World Cup approaches, there is growing controversy in the greater New York-New Jersey area over the high train ticket prices to MetLife Stadium.
MS NOW host Jen Psaki attempted to shut down hopes from Democrats to invoke the 25th Amendment to oust President Trump from office amid criticism of his rhetoric and strikes on Iran. “I have no issue with people saying they're for invoking the 25th Amendment, but it's not
Donald Trump is in “discussions” to settle a $10 billion lawsuit with the Internal Revenue Service over the release of his tax returns. The president’s lawyers asked a judge Friday to extend key deadlines on the multibillion lawsuit against his presidential administration, but
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tried to claim Friday that vaping is healthier than smoking. Speaking before the House Education and Workforce Committee, Kennedy tried to peddle some of his classic pseudoscience. “There’s an argument for vapes,” Kennedy said . “Vapes
Aaron Carter accidentally drowned in his bathtub due to sedatives and gas inhalation.
Amongst the upper echelons of the MAGA movement, Donald Trump’s word is God’s. Paula White-Cain, a Pentecostal televangelist who has offered Trump spiritual guidance since 2002 and was appointed to run the new White House Faith Office last year, once said that “saying no to
After being held in a U.S. immigration detention facility for the past 16 days, an elderly French woman returned home to France on Friday. Marie-Thérèse Ross was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Alabama on April 1 for overstaying her 90-day visa. She
As Donald Trump’s MAGA base sours on him, some of them now think the 2024 assassination attempt on him in Butler, Pennsylvania, was staged. Wired reports that this conspiracy theory started to take hold after Joe Kent, who resigned from the Trump administration over the Iran
Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.) grilled Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about President Trump's mental fitness Friday, pressing him about some of Trump's recent social media posts. During a Friday hearing in the House Education and Workforce Committee
A Trump-appointed federal judge handed down another loss to the Justice Department on Friday, striking down the department’s demand for personal voter information in Rhode Island. U.S. District Judge Mary S. McElroy said the DOJ lacked the authority “to conduct the kind of
The Trump administration has officially scheduled an auction for the rights to drill in a controversial spot: a wildlife refuge in Alaska. The auction, in which companies will be able to bid for the right to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, is set for June 5. The
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will cut down on flights at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport in anticipation of summer travel delays, the agency announced Thursday. The FAA will limit the number of flights at the airport on a daily basis this summer to 2,708.
Former White House strategist Steve Bannon said he believes artificial intelligence company Anthropic “had it right” in demanding its technology not be used in fully autonomous lethal weapons, setting off a fight with the Pentagon. The Pentagon has insisted it be allowed to
Despite recent tensions, the U.K. and U.S. have maintained a special relationship for over 80 years due to their strategic utility, but for the relationship to endure, the U.K. must become more powerful on its own terms with a stronger defense, diplomatic and development
📉 Plus: Oil prices dramatically fall, stock market jumps {beacon} Happy Friday! The National Zoo’s new baby elephant made her big debut. She made a friend and I cannot handle how cute it is. Oh, and both the NHL playoffs and the NBA playoffs begin this weekend! In today's
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is targeting video gamers to serve in air traffic controller roles, an effort Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy described as “wildly successful.” “This has been wildly successful, and if you think just what these gamers are doing on
Sen. Katie Britt (Ala.), the chair of the Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee and a leading GOP voice on immigration issues, says a House-passed bill to extend legal protections for Haitian refugees is “dead on arrival” in the Senate. Britt offered a stinging
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Friday that he was “furious” that he did not know former Labour Party minister Peter Mandelson failed his security vetting before becoming the United Kingdom’s top diplomat in Washington. The Guardian reported a day earlier that
They are turning it into propaganda tools, weaponizing that history to turn Americans against each other and against the war.
This week, scientists reported that the collapse of a critical Atlantic current system is more likely than many of them feared. The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation , or AMOC, sends warm water from the Southern Ocean near Antarctica up to the Arctic Sea and then
Virginia voters will soon decide on a proposed amendment that would allow the state legislature to draw its own House districts, potentially leading to a partisan arms race and weakening the voices of voters.
Iran reopened the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, marking the end of a multi-week trade embargo that massively exacerbated oil and gas costs around the globe. Donald Trump, however, was not happy. The president went on a social media bender as the news came in, complaining that he
U.S. soldiers stationed in the Middle East are getting fed mystery meat and single tortillas because of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and Lebanon. The Military Postal Service Agency and USPS have indefinitely suspended all mail to U.S. warships and zip codes in the Middle East.
Donald Trump doesn’t want anyone to think that he’s giving Iran money. The president posted on his Truth Social account Friday about a plan to end the war between the U.S. and Iran, and stressed that “no money will exchange hands in any way, shape, or form.” That’s despite a
The Great Sphinx of Giza stands 66 feet tall. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is around 180 feet. Paris’s Arc de Triomphe, 164 feet. The Sydney Opera House soars to 220 feet. But all would be dwarfed by the Arc de Trump, whose golden (of course) statues would rise to 250 feet above
The Senate on Friday passed a 10-day extension of the nation’s warrantless spy powers, approving a House plan hatched on the floor after a chaotic rejection of a package negotiated with skeptics. The bill will now head to the president’s desk, but Section 702 of the Foreign
A federal judge this week rejected the Trump administration’s pre-emptive lawsuit from last year to block the state of Hawaii from suing fossil fuel companies over climate impact concerns. Hawaii Senior U.S. District Judge Helen Gillmor dismissed the administration’s lawsuit
The Trump administration is making rooting out fraud in social safety net programs a top priority, but it is essential to ensure that people with disabilities are not harmed in the process and that the government's response is precise and targeted.
Stephen Colbert, the host of CBS’ “The Late Show,” released on Friday a Kendrick Lamar-inspired diss track against President Trump that included a depiction of Pope Leo XIV. The diss track, called “They not pious” and set to Kendrick Lamar’s 2024 song of the year “They Not
Two Senate Republicans who previously rejected Democratic-led efforts to curb President Trump’s ability to continue the military action against Iran without obtaining congressional approval signaled this week that their view on war powers could shift if the conflict stretches
The stock market saw a boost after the opening bell Friday morning, after a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon took effect and Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz “completely open.” The S&P 500 was up 1.1 percent, and the Nasdaq Composite rose 1.4 percent as of 10:30
Oil prices dropped dramatically on Friday as Iran announced that it was opening the Strait of Hormuz, a critical oil shipping lane. International benchmark Brent crude plummeted 12 percent while U.S. benchmark WTI fell an even more dramatic 14 percent as of Friday morning. The
Donald Trump had several gripes while speaking at his “no tax on tips” event in Las Vegas Thursday evening. Yet in an incredible mental lapse, one of Trump’s points of frustration was about who the president was in 2025. “A year ago, our country was an embarrassment,” Trump
FIFA President Gianni Infantino said Wednesday that Iran will participate in the World Cup “for sure” despite its war with the U.S.. Speaking at CNBC’s Invest in America Forum, Infantino said it is important that Iran participates in the World Cup even though its status has
Those who survive the horrors of war carry grief and rage that spreads through the culture like a cancer.
ATLANTA— Roblox is announcing new gaming platform options for underage users on the heels of a reported $12 million settlement with the state of Nevada. The company has been under pressure as state investigations related to the safety of children using its platforms are
A Tennessee man who pleaded guilty to repeatedly hacking into the Supreme Court’s electronic filing system was sentenced on Friday to one year of probation. Nicholas Moore, 25, admitted he hacked the high court more than two dozen times, in addition to hacking accounts at
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) slammed comedian Dave Chapelle for saying she “weaponized” his jokes about transgender people. "I think that’s what he’s done. I think he’s doubled down on it quite a bit, has he not?” Boebert told independent journalist Nicholas Ballasy. “And it
Years of budget shortfalls led to a decline in Navy force levels from a Reagan-era peak of 597 warships in 1987, to 293 battle force ships as of October 1 2025. The fiscal 2026 budget plan for 19 new ships marked a serious reversal of that trend. The new fiscal 2027 budget adds