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Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ever the developer-in-chief, President Donald Trump made a surprise appearance on the White House roof above the briefing room in an apparent effort to inspect future construction. The press, which had been pushed significantly down the driveway, attempted to figure out what was going on. “Mr. President, what are you […]
Tom Brenner For The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department is set to seek hate crime charges and the death penalty against the alleged gunman who fatally shot two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, D.C., two sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News Wednesday. Prosecutors are poised to request that a […]
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (LINCOLN, Neb.) — House Republican Rep. Mike Flood faced what appeared to be a hostile crowd during a rowdy town hall on Monday night in Lincoln, Nebraska. The crowd erupted within just minutes of the start of the forum, shouting and heckling at the congressman as he touted […]
Maui Emergency Management Agency (LOS ANGELES) — Firefighters in Maui are battling a brush fire burning above Kaanapali, Hawaii, on Monday. The fire is near the old Sugar Cane Train warehouse, the Maui Emergency Management Agency said. Both lanes of Honoapiʻilani Highway between Puʻukoliʻi Road and Lower Honoapiʻilani Highway have been shut down amid firefighting […]
Los Padres National Forest Service (SOLVANG, Calif.) — Over 1,000 firefighters continue to battle a wildfire in Southern California that has scorched over 65,000 acres, prompted evacuation orders and caused three injuries, according to officials. The Gifford Fire, which began on Friday afternoon, is situated within the Los Padres National Forest in Solvang, California, impacting […]
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — A showdown is unfolding in Texas as Gov. Greg Abbott threatens to remove Democrats who have fled the state in protest of Republican-led effort to create a new congressional map. Abbott said Texas House Democrats have until 3 p.m. local time on Monday to return to the statehouse for the special […]
Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The deadly mid-air collision at Reagan Airport in January was years in the making, the operations manager of the DCA air traffic control tower on the night of the accident told the National Transportation Safety Board on Friday. “I don’t think this accident occurred that night,” Clark Allen, the operations […]
Courtesy Polk County, Tennessee, Sheriff’s Office (CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.) — Tennessee man was taken into custody Friday after authorities allege he threatened to kill public officials and law enforcement and was then discovered with 14 improvised explosive devices in his home when investigators arrived to arrest him. Kevin Wade O’Neal, 54, was arrested at a residence […]
P A Thompson/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — Democratic statehouse legislators are planning to leave Texas on Sunday in order to break the quorum of a special legislative session in which Republican state legislators are aiming to pass a new congressional map that could create up to five new GOP seats. The move comes after a […]
Craig T Fruchtman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A small earthquake rattled some parts of the New York City area Saturday night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter of the 3.0 magnitude quake was northeast of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, in Bergen County, about 10 kilometers below the surface, USGS said. Though the quake […]
