The Trump administration has cut funding to the program that provides legal representation to tens of thousands of unaccompanied migrant children, according to a memo issued Friday by the Interior Department, which handles contracts for the Office of Refugee Resettlement. According to the memo obtained by ABC News, organizations that collectively receive over $200 million…
President Donald Trump seemed to issue a warning to individuals who participate in Tesla vandalisms, as reports of destruction to vehicles, dealerships and charging stations surge across the country. Early Friday morning, Trump posted on his social media platform: “People that get caught sabotaging Teslas will stand a very good chance of going to jail…
Former heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman, known as much for his gregarious personality as his vicious right hook, died Friday. He was 76 years old. A two-time heavyweight champion, he also won gold at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics and later saw success, in his post-boxing career, pitching the now-omnipresent countertop grill that bears his…
The acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration now says he is “not shutting down the agency” after earlier suggesting he might do so in the wake of a judge’s ruling limiting the Department of Government of Efficiency’s access to sensitive agency data. Leland Dudek, the acting head of the agency, said in a statement…
Columbia University appears to have ceded to the Trump administration’s demands after a threat to withhold $400 million in federal funds. The school posted a four-page memo entitled “Advancing Our Work to Combat Discrimination, Harassment, and Antisemitism at Columbia.” Columbia’s response is being closely watched by other schools that became flashpoints for pro-Palestinian protests last year….
DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza — Former ABC News journalist Husam al-Titi was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Monday evening local time, the night the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas ended, according to al-Titi’s family. Former ABC News Journalist Husam Al-Titi was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Monday evening local…
The number of measles cases associated with an outbreak in western Texas has grown to 309, with 30 cases reported over the last three days, according to new data released Friday. This means the total number of Texas cases linked to the outbreak in roughly two months has surpassed the number confirmed for the entirety…
As the Trump administration’s legal tug-of-war with the nation’s judges over its controversial policies and actions escalates, constitutional law experts are sounding the alarm that the country could be inching closer to a constitutional crisis. What would a constitutional crisis involve, and when and how would it get triggered? Over the weekend, the administration defied…
An attorney representing a migrant sent to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act says her client was deported due to a soccer logo tattoo, according to court declarations submitted Wednesday night. Linette Tobin is representing Jerce Reyes Barrios, a professional soccer player from Venezuela who protested the Maduro regime in February and March 2024…
The Department of Government Efficiency approach’s to identifying fraud at the Social Security Administration “is tantamount to hitting a fly with a sledgehammer,” a federal judge said Thursday, blocking DOGE’s unlimited access to sensitive agency data. In a 137-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander wrote the Trump administration never justified the need to…
