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PhotoAlto/Ale Ventura/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Some hospitals in the U.S. are seeing an increase in RSV and higher levels of “walking pneumonia” among young children despite overall respiratory illness activity remaining low nationally. Cook Children’s Medical Centers in Texas reported a “steep increase” in children visiting the emergency room due to respiratory-related illnesses. On […]
U.S. Embassy in London, United Kingdom (L. Toshio Kishiyama/Getty Images) (LONDON) — A suspicious package was discovered outside the United States embassy in London on Friday morning, police said. The London Metropolitan Police immediately closed Ponton Road outside of the embassy in “an abundance of caution,” according to their statement, before they destroyed it in […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — On the same day that former Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew himself from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general, Trump announced that former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is his second choice to fill that role in his administration. Bondi, 59, has remained in Trump’s inner circle for years […]
John Moore/Getty Images (STARR COUNTY, Texas) — Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham is offering the incoming Trump administration 1,402 acres the state purchased along the Texas-Mexico border to be used in a mass deportation operation. In a letter to President-elect Donald Trump, Buckingham said she’s offering the land “to be used to construct deportation facilities.” […]
Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Pharrell is gearing for the 2025 release of a film he’s co-producing titled Golden. Directed by Michel Gondry, it’s a coming-of-age story starring Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Halle Bailey that is set in his native Virginia. But it’s not to be confused with his recent Lego-animated biopic. “Piece By Piece is about my life, whereas Golden […]
James Devaney/GC Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump distanced himself from Project 2025 on the campaign trail but has since nominated several authors or contributors from the controversial conservative presidential wishlist to his administration. Trump called the Project 2025 policy proposals — which include restrictions on abortion pills, birth control pills and Medicare access, as well as eliminating a […]
John Lamparski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President-elect JD Vance returned to Capitol Hill Thursday to accompany President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial pick to be secretary of the Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth, where they met with Republican senators in hopes of helping his nomination process amid new details about a 2017 sexual assault claim against him. […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — On the same day that former Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general, Trump announced that he will pick former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to fill that role in his administration. Bondi, 59, has remained in Trump’s inner circle for years and has […]
Roy Rochlin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The woman who accused Pete Hegseth of sexual assault in 2017 told police at the time that he took her phone and blocked her from leaving his hotel room on the night of the incident, according to a 22-page police report obtained by ABC News. The report, compiled in […]
Patrick Semansky-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds introduced the “Returning Education Back to Our States Act” on Thursday, signaling a commitment to deliver on President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to dismantle the Department of Education. In the conservative movement to return education back to local control, Rounds said the legislation would “eliminate” the […]
