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Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- Special counsel Jack Smith is in active talks with senior leadership at the Justice Department evaluating ways he can end his prosecutions of President-elect Donald Trump, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.The decision is based on longstanding Department of Justice policy that a sitting president cannot face criminal prosecution while in office, sources said.It is unclear as of today how Smith’s prosecutors will […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The White House is set to see another history-making vice presidential spouse.With Ohio Sen. JD Vance set to become the next vice president, his wife, Usha Vance, who is the daughter of Indian immigrants, is set to be the first Indian American second lady in the White House. She will also be the first Hindu second lady.That will follow Doug Emhoff's history-making mark as the first second gentleman […]

ABC News (FLORIDA KEYS, Fla.) -- Hurricane Rafael strengthened to a major Category 3 hurricane as it neared the coast of Cuba on Wednesday afternoon.Rafael is expected to bring life-threatening storm surge, hurricane-force winds and flash flooding to the western part of the island.A tropical storm warning is in effect for the Florida Keys, where heavy rain, gusty winds and even tornadoes are possible on Wednesday and into Thursday morning.Rafael […]

ABC News (FLORIDA KEYS, Fla.) -- Hurricane Rafael, now a powerful Category 2 hurricane, could strengthen into a major Category 3 hurricane later in the day before making landfall in Cuba on Wednesday night.A tropical storm warning is in effect for the Florida Keys, where heavy rain, gusty winds and even tornadoes are possible on Wednesday and into Thursday morning.By the weekend, Rafael will weaken as it stalls in the Gulf of […]

ABC/Michael Le Brecht II (WASHINGTON) -- President-elect Donald Trump's election victory is already beginning to elicit requests from his supporters charged in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol for delays in their cases due to the potential they could be pardoned after Trump's inauguration.Attorneys for Christopher Carnell, a 21-year-old defendant from North Carolina who was found guilty earlier this year of felony and misdemeanor charges over his participation in the Capitol assault, […]

ABC/Michael Le Brecht II (WASHINGTON) -- President-elect Donald Trump's election victory is already beginning to elicit requests from his supporters charged in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol for delays in their cases due to the potential they could be pardoned after Trump's inauguration.Attorneys for Christopher Carnell, a 21-year-old defendant from North Carolina who was found guilty earlier this year of felony and misdemeanor charges over his participation in the Capitol assault, […]

(NEW YORK) -- Americans are going to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots in the historic election between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.Surveys ahead of Election Day found the two candidates in a virtual dead heat nationally and in several key swing states.Broad economic discontent, sharp divisions about the nation's future and polarized views of the major-party candidates mark voter attitudes nationally in ABC News' […]

(CECIL TOWNSHIP, Pa.) -- Fracking has been on the national stage this election season and swing state Pennsylvania, with its 19 electoral votes in play, is at the center of the issue with one the largest natural gas deposits in the U.S.Hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as fracking, sees water and other chemicals pumped into underground rock formations that contain methane or natural gas. The fluids crack the rock, releasing the […]

(NEW YORK) -- On Election Day 2024, Rudy Giuliani cannot escape the consequences of his defamation of two Georgia poll workers in the aftermath of Election Day 2020.A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the former New York City mayor to appear in court later in the week to explain why he allegedly "secreted away" his property and failed to transfer anything into the custody of former election workers Ruby Freeman […]