Demolition continued Wednesday at the White House to make way for President Donald Trump’s $250 million ballroom, but the renovation is much more extensive than he had let on. While Trump had said in July that the ballroom would not “interfere” with the existing building (it would be “close to but not touching it”), a…
The Mega Million jackpot now stands at $680 million after no winners were selected in Tuesday night’s drawing. The next drawing is Friday night at 11 pm. While no one won the grand prize, one person in Illinois won $3 million for matching all the white balls. The numbers drawn on Saturday night were: 2,…
Tropical Storm Melissa, headed for the Caribbean, may become a hurricane in the next 24 to 48 hours. The storm will stay away from the continental United States. Instead, Melissa poses the greatest threat to Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Cuba and Jamaica, where days of heavy rain and strong winds could trigger potentially deadly landslides….
The National Guard deployment to Washington, D.C., could extend into the summer of 2026, according to a new court filing and emails from National Guard leaders obtained by ABC News. The documents, submitted last week to the District of Columbia attorney general in the ongoing lawsuit against President Donald Trump and the D.C. National Guard,…
President Donald Trump is pushing for his Justice Department to pay approximately $230 million as a settlement for investigations he faced during the Biden administration and his first term, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News on Tuesday. The extraordinary agreement, as first reported The New York TimesHe would likely first need approval…
There are no plans for President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet “in the immediate future,” a White House official said Tuesday, canceling a summit expected in Hungary in the coming weeks. Trump announced Thursday that he and Putin planned to meet again, predicting it would happen “within about two weeks.” First,…
As the federal government shutdown enters its third week, some Americans are concerned about the future of Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies. Subsidies, or premium tax credits, help reduce or eliminate the out-of-pocket cost of monthly premiums for those who purchase insurance through the health insurance marketplace. They were improved during the COVID-19 pandemic and…
LONDON – The president and director of the Louvre Museum in Paris has been summoned to appear before French lawmakers amid the ongoing investigation into the brazen theft of priceless jewels over the weekend. Laurence des Cars has been summoned to appear before the Culture Committee of France’s Senate on Wednesday to answer questions about…
The Trump administration’s push to lift a lower court’s order banning the deployment of the National Guard in Chicago is based on “mischaracterizations” of the facts on the ground, attorneys for the city of Chicago and the state of Illinois wrote in a brief to the Supreme Court on Monday. They urged the high court…
A United Airlines flight diverted to Salt Lake City last week after an object hit the plane’s windshield at 36,000 feet, causing it to crack and injuring the pilot, according to the airline and officials. Amid the mystery of what may have hit the plane’s windshield Monday night, WindBorne Systems, a long-duration smart weather balloon…
