Judge temporarily blocks payouts from Trump’s $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ settlement fund
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from paying claims through a $1.776 billion settlement fund for Trump allies.
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Pam Bondi to face closed-door questioning from House lawmakers over Epstein files
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi is appearing behind closed doors before House lawmakers investigating Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse cases
Recent survivors of US boat strikes haven’t been found, bringing overall death toll to 199
The death toll from the Trump administration’s monthslong series of strikes on suspected drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean has risen to at least 199 people after survivors of recent attacks weren’t found.
ABC stations call FCC’s early call for license renewal ‘unconstitutional’
ABC-owned TV stations across the U.S. are criticizing the Federal Communications Commission for an early review of their broadcast licenses. On Thursday, WABC in New York called the move “unlawful” and “unconstitutional,” accusing the FCC of targeting disfavored editorial voices.
A history of E. Jean Carroll’s legal battle with President Donald Trump
The former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll has been battling President Donald Trump in court for nearly seven years over her allegation that he sexually assaulted her in the dressing room of a fancy Manhattan department store in 1996.
In new memoir, Jill Biden wonders whether acknowledging Joe’s poor debate would have been better
In her new memoir, Jill Biden reflects on Joe Biden’s poor 2024 presidential debate performance against Donald Trump. She wonders if it would have been better to acknowledge it rather than trying to reassure supporters.
Exclusive: Inside an African hotel where asylum seekers deported by the US are imprisoned
Under a Trump administration deal, Equatorial Guinea’s president turned a family hotel into a prison for asylum seekers deported from the US
Newsom seeks to shield California elections from federal interference before Tuesday primary
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation that aims to shield California elections from federal interference ahead of the state’s primary next week.
What to know about Louisiana’s effort to redraw congressional districts before the midterm elections
Republican lawmakers in Louisiana are poised to eliminate a majority-Black congressional district in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
FACT FOCUS: Trump says Obama and Biden spent ‘hundreds of millions’ on reflecting pool. They did not
President Donald Trump has falsely claimed that the Obama and Biden administrations spent “hundreds of millions of dollars” to fix the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and alleged that renovations he is currently overseeing will be much more economical.