Lori Daybell, the mother convicted of murdering two of her children in a so-called doomsday plot, delivered her closing argument Monday during her latest trial in Arizona, where she is charged with conspiring with her brother to kill her fourth husband. Dubbed the “doomsday mom,” Daybell has maintained that her brother shot her then-husband of…
Stocks were already headed for a lower open on Monday, but lost more ground following President Donald Trump’s post on Truth Social criticizing Fed Chair Jerome Powell. The Dow is down more than 800 points. The S&P is down more than 2% and the NASDAQ is down nearly 3%. Stocks are lower, but the price…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used a second Signal chat to discuss last month’s airstrikes in Yemen with his wife, brother and personal lawyer, sources told ABC News on Sunday. In response, Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois called for him to “resign in disgrace” in a statement on Sunday. “How many times does Pete Hegseth need…
The process by which a new pope is elected has undergone numerous changes in the nearly two millennia that the Catholic Church has existed, with the current procedure a combination of ancient traditions and modern updates as recent as 2013, reflecting changes instituted by Pope Benedict XVI. Even so, the essential ritual has remained largely…
Pope Francis will be remembered as “a beacon of compassion, humility and spiritual courage,” India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday, as tributes for the pontiff continued. “From a young age, he devoted himself towards realising the ideals of Lord Christ. He diligently served the poor and downtrodden,” Modi’s statement read in part. He added,…
Days after an arson attack damaged his official residence, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro sat down with Good Morning America co-anchor George Stephanopoulos for an exclusive interview and a tour of the charred rooms. “This is sadly a real part of our society today. And it needs to be universally condemned, George,” Shapiro said regarding the…
Department of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared details about an imminent attack on Houthis in Yemen in March in a second group chat using the messaging app Signal that included his wife, his brother and his personal lawyer two sources familiar with the contents of the chat told ABC News. Those details shared in the…
After his deportation was temporarily blocked by a Supreme Court order, 19-year-old Venezuelan migrant Alessandro Paredes spoke to ABC News from a detention center in Texas. “This is not being done by law, this is totally illegal and it’s out of the blue,” Paredes said, recounting the attempted deportation on Friday. “We get grabbed in…
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered an immediate halt to the planned firings of nearly 1,500 employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and is ordering the Trump administration to hand over communications and make top officials available for testimony to determine whether they deliberately violated one of her court orders. District Judge…
Trump administration border czar Tom Homan criticized Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s trip to El Salvador to visit deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia, accusing the Democrat of traveling “on the taxpayer dime to meet with an MS-13 gang member, public safety threat, [and] terrorist.” “What concerns me is Van Hollen never went to the border the last…
