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Construction at the future site of a helipad and ballroom on the South Lawn of the White House on July 3, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Finn Gomez/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) -- A federal appeals court has issued a ruling blocking the construction of President Donald Trump's $400 million White House ballroom, concluding that congressional approval is needed for the project. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Copyright © 2026, ABC […]

National Park Service water intake pipes that used to draw water from Lake Mead are shown going down the side of Pyramid Island, which is no longer surrounded by water, to the left of Saddle Island, which displays a white "bathtub ring" of mineral deposits left by higher water levels on the rocks on July 25, 2026, in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) […]

Tracy Mingo is accused of using disguises to evade identification so he could target employees at Circle K, Subway and Family Dollar stores throughout the Atlanta area between October 2025 and January 2026, the FBI said. (U.S. Attorney’s Office for the northern District of Georgia) (NEW YORK) -- A man who federal prosecutors in Atlanta nicknamed "master of disguise" is facing federal charges Thursday for allegedly robbing 10 businesses at […]

(WASHINGTON) -- A 21-year-old pregnant mother has been detained, along with her infant son, for more than a month at the family immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas, her family and an advocacy group told ABC News.Laura Rojas Ortiz was in the process of applying for a U visa -- which is for victims or witnesses of crimes -- when she was detained during a check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in […]

(NEW YORK) -- More than 18 months after it ignited and became one of the most destructive wildfires in U.S. history, authorities announced the cause of the 2025 Eaton Fire in Southern California.The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACFD) and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) on Tuesday released a report blaming the Eaton Fire on electrical arcing events that took place on an out-of-service Southern California Edison […]

A water tower is illuminated at dusk, Sept. 17, 2016, in Seaside Park, New Jersey. (Mark Makela/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- Two municipal water systems in New Jersey were targeted in cyberattacks in the last week, widely thought to be the work of Iran, the state said Wednesday.The affected utilities, which were not named, were temporarily blinded when automated systems went down. Both utilities shifted to manual operations and the state […]

(NEW YORK) -- The recent release of two credible ransom notes sent to Nancy Guthrie's family in the days after her abduction generated a "slight increase" in tips, but none that have cracked the case, authorities told ABC News.The 84-year-old mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie was kidnapped from her Tucson, Arizona, home in the early hours of Feb. 1 and remains missing.On Friday, the Pima County Sheriff's Department released details from two ransom […]

(NEW YORK) -- The Trump administration is set to award a multimillion-dollar contract to a small Texas law firm without immigration expertise to provide legal representation for thousands of unaccompanied migrant children in government custody during immigration proceedings.In a notice published in the Federal Register, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced its intent to award the $150 million contract to Burke Law Group, a law firm headquartered […]