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James Devaney/GC Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump on Monday confirmed he would declare a national emergency to carry out his campaign promise of mass deportations of migrants living in the U.S. without legal permission. Overnight, Trump responded to a social media post from Judicial Watch’s Tom Fitton, who said earlier this month there are reports the […]
ABC (NEW YORK) — Prosecutors with the Manhattan District Attorney’s office are expected to rest their case Monday against Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran who is charged with manslaughter and negligent homicide in the chokehold death of a homeless man aboard a New York City subway car. Penny, 25, has pleaded not guilty to the charges in Jordan […]
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will send Congress an emergency funding bill “in the coming days,” with the intent to address the urgent need for disaster relief throughout the United States following a brutal storm season, a White House official said in a memo on Monday. Several agencies said they are running […]
David Swanson/Afp via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Thanksgiving travel period will see record-breaking numbers for those hitting both the roads and the skies, according to reports from several airlines and travel organizations. American Automobile Association The American Automobile Association projected that 79.9 million travelers will head to destinations at least 50 miles from […]
Jeff Hutchens/Getty Images (WEATHERFORD, OK) — A tornado-producing storm was tearing through southwestern Oklahoma early Monday, with at least one confirmed tornado, the National Weather Service said. The storm was near Granite, a town with a population of about 1,600, at about 3:37 a.m. CST, the service said. Tornado warnings were in effect for western […]
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Sen.-elect Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., expressed concern Sunday that some of President-elect Donald Trump’s selections of national security Cabinet positions could be beholden to his political preferences rather than an objective interpreting of intelligence. Slotkin, a current U.S. representative and former CIA officer and Pentagon official, told “This Week” co-anchor Martha Raddatz […]
Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For the first time in days, the Northeast was under no red flag warnings, but officials cautioned that fire danger in the region remains high as drought conditions persist. All red flag warnings, which signal critical fire weather conditions like strong winds and low relative humidity, were […]
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal appeals court has granted Special Counsel Jack Smith’s request to pause his appeal of President-elect Donald Trump’s classified documents case until Dec. 2. Smith asked for a delay earlier this week to assess the “unprecedented circumstance” of Trump’s election and impending presidential inauguration. The move is part of […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Nearly 43 million people are under red flag warnings across eight states as the fire danger remains elevated in the Northeast. Relative humidity as low as 20% coupled with wind gusts up to 40 mph could help accelerate the spread of any fires. While Sunday brings a slight improvement in […]
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sean Combs’ new application for bail should be denied because the music mogul “poses serious risks of danger and obstruction” to his criminal sex trafficking case, federal prosecutors argued in an overnight court filing. Prosecutors took aim at Combs’ activities from behind bars where, they alleged, “the defendant has, […]
