An atmospheric river event that has been pummeling the Pacific Northwest with rain is now focused on western Washington, where “historic” flooding could force 100,000 people to evacuate. After two days of rain, 4 to 8 more inches are possible Wednesday and Thursday in the higher elevations of western Washington state. Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson…
The Department of Education has moved to finish one of former President Joe Biden’s most popular student loan forgiveness plans, affecting millions of Americans, through a proposed joint agreement with the state of Missouri on Tuesday. The pending agreement ends the Savings on a Valuable Education or “SAVE” plan, which houses more than 7 million…
LONDON – Ukraine and Russia continued to exchange cross-border drone strikes overnight into Wednesday morning, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his team prepared to present their latest peace plan proposal to the United States. Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces shot down at least 38 Ukrainian drones overnight Wednesday. Among them were six drones…
The Federal Reserve will announce its latest interest rate adjustment on Wednesday, potentially cutting borrowing costs for the third time this year in an effort to boost sluggish hiring. Top Federal Reserve officials have shown an unusual degree of public disagreement over a potential interest rate cut. Inflation has risen in recent months along with…
President Donald Trump, after initially saying he had “no problem” releasing video of the Sept. 2 attack on a suspected drug ship in the Caribbean Sea that killed two survivors, is now changing course and deferring to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. “I didn’t say that,” Trump claimed when ABC News chief political correspondent Rachel Scott…
Eight teenagers from a Philadelphia youth soccer team were arrested and charged with felonies after they allegedly stole thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from Dick’s Sporting Goods in Florida, just hours before their championship game. The United Thoroughbreds players, ages 14 and 15, had traveled to Polk County from Pennsylvania, where they stole $2,296.07…
In the wake of the bombing of his official residence earlier this year, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is now facing questions about how he spends tax money on security upgrades for his private home. A GOP-led committee in the state legislature voted Tuesday to issue three subpoenas seeking records related to, among other things, roughly…
One student was killed and another was seriously injured in a shooting Tuesday at Kentucky State University in Frankfort, according to school officials and police. A suspect is in custody, according to Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear and local police. Preliminary information indicates the shooting was caused by a personal dispute and was not a random…
A federal judge on Tuesday granted the Justice Department’s motion to release grand jury materials and other non-public evidence from the criminal case of Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell to comply with a congressional directive to publicly release materials from government files on the wealthy financier and convicted sex offender who died by suicide. in…
Amid criticism that he has focused too much on foreign policy rather than an “America First” agenda, President Donald Trump will kick off what will be a year focused on domestic travel and promoting his economic agenda with a speech in the battleground state of Pennsylvania on Tuesday, a White House official confirmed to ABC…
