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(NEW YORK) -- President Donald Trump's bid to cut off birthright citizenship is a "flagrantly unlawful attempt to strip hundreds of thousands American-born children of their citizenship based on their parentage," attorneys for 15 states and the city of San Francisco said Tuesday in a lawsuit challenging the president's executive order signed just hours after he was sworn in Monday.The lawsuit accused Trump of seeking eliminate a "well-established and longstanding […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The federal judge who oversaw Donald Trump's classified documents case has blocked the Department of Justice from sharing special counsel Jack Smith's final report on his probe with select members of Congress.Judge Aileen Cannon, in an order issued one day after Trump's inauguration, offered a scathing criticism of the Department of Justice's "startling" conduct and willingness to "gamble" with the rights of Trump's former co-defendants by attempting to […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Among the first executive orders signed by President Donald Trump was an order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the newly named "Gulf of America.""President Trump is bringing common sense to government and renewing the pillars of American civilization," the newly inaugurated president's executive order said.Trump also called for Alaska’s 20,000-foot mountain, Denali, to be reverted back to Mount McKinley, which was its name before former President […]

An ABC News graphic shows the weather forecast on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (ABC News) (NEW YORK) -- The first ever blizzard warning has been issued for parts of the Texas and Louisiana coast as a historic snowstorm hits the South.Debilitating travel conditions and power outages are possible across the region.Houston's airports are closed and nearly 2,000 flights are canceled across the U.S.The snow is underway Tuesday morning from Austin […]

(NEW YORK) -- About 265 million Americans, or nearly 80% of the population, are under cold weather alerts on Tuesday, as dangerous temperatures are felt in at least 43 states.About 45 million Americans in the South are under winter storm alerts as the largest winter storm in decades slams the Gulf states today from Texas to Florida and up through the Carolina coast.That storm is bringing the first-ever blizzard warning […]

Facebook / Coweta County Fire Rescue (CHAMBERS COUNTY, AL) -- A fire chief in Alabama has been shot and killed after he stopped to help a driver who had hit a deer with their vehicle, police said.The incident occurred at approximately 5 p.m. on Sunday when Chambers County deputies in Alabama were dispatched to County Road 267 near U.S. 431 in the Stroud -- located about 100 miles northeast of […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- At least 27 people have died as multiple wildfires, fueled by severe drought conditions and strong winds, rage across the Southern California.Thousands of firefighters have been battling wildfires across 45 square miles of densely populated Los Angeles County. The two largest fires, the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades and the Eaton Fire near Pasadena, remain active."Good Morning America" kicked off its "SoCal Strong" (#SoCalStrong) coverage on Friday, […]

(WASHINGTON) -- On the first day of his second term, President Donald Trump announced some energy and environmental policy priorities that represent a stark departure from U.S. climate policy under former President Joe Biden.His professed policies include a declaration of a "national energy emergency," a rollback of the previous administration's vehicle emissions standards -- which were released last March -- and the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, which is […]

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump is expected to issue a slew of executive actions on Monday that would impact transgender Americans, including an executive order declaring that the U.S. government will only recognize a person’s gender assigned at birth, Trump officials told reporters during a press call.The executive orders, which Trump is expected to sign on Monday, his first day in office, include prohibiting federal funds from being used in […]