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A view of the U.S. Capitol on September 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Dozens of employees at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration were laid off in the wave of government shutdown firings last week, multiple sources told ABC News. Best known for overseeing the rollout of the 988 suicide […]
Booking photo of arson suspect, Cody Balmer. (Dauphin County District Attorney) (NEW YORK) — The man who firebombed the official residence of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro pleaded guilty on Tuesday and was sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison, prosecutors said. Cody Balmer pleaded guilty to charges including aggravated arson, arson and the attempted murder of […]
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As the federal government shutdown enters its tenth day, one major health care issue has continued to be a sticking point: insurance subsidies. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies, or premium tax credits, help lower or eliminate the out-of-pocket cost of monthly premiums for those who […]
Oscar Wong/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Consumer sentiment soured in October as a government shutdown threatens to weaken a wobbly economy beset by an uptick in inflation and a sharp slowdown of hiring, fresh data on Friday showed. The reading marked a decrease from the previous month but it came in higher than economists expected. Shopper attitudes […]
Win McNamee/Getty Images (LONDON) — A supply of U.S. Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine could help “push Russia back,” Margus Tsahkna — the foreign minister of NATO ally Estonia — told ABC News, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had “sort of made a decision” on whether to green-light the long-range weapon for Ukrainian use. […]
Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J., conducts a news conference in the U.S. Capitol on the inclusion of solar tax credit legislation in reconciliation on Tuesday, September 28, 2021. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)/Jack Ciattarelli and Matt Servitto attend 2025 Paisan Con at The Williams Center on May 10, 2025 in Rutherford, New […]
(NEW ORLEANS) — The last of 10 inmates who had been on the lam following a New Orleans jailbreak in May has been captured, police said Wednesday. Derrick Groves, 28, was apprehended following a “brief stand-off” in Atlanta, Louisiana State Police said. The capture involved a “coordinated effort” that included the U.S. Marshals Service, the FBI, Homeland […]
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. appears before the Senate Finance Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on September 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. The committee met to hear testimony on President Trump’s 2026 health care agenda. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) […]
A close-up of a Starbucks coffee shop sign on September 8, 2025 in Cardiff, Wales. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Coffee giant Starbucks will lay off workers and close stores as part of a $1 billion restructuring plan, CEO Brian Niccol said in a memo to employees on Thursday. The company will […]
Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — As Israel’s military prepared last month to launch its ground offensive into Gaza City, the Israel Defense Forces published a warning about al-Kawthar Tower, a residential high-rise in the city. Avichay Adraee, the IDF’s Arab-language spokesperson, shared on social media a satellite photo with the building highlighted in […]
