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(NEW YORK) -- President Donald Trump is expected to fire the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia after investigators were unable to find incriminating evidence of mortgage fraud against New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to sources. Federal prosecutors in Virginia had uncovered no clear evidence to prove that James had knowingly committed mortgage fraud when she purchased a home in the state in 2023, ABC News first reported earlier this week, […]

Comptroller Brad Lander joins 11 local elected officials inside lower Manhattan’s federal building, demanding access to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) holding area on the building’s 10th floor on September 18, 2025, in New York City. Members of the group were later arrested. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- Several elected officials in New York were arrested Thursday during a protest at an immigration office in Manhattan, […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The Department of Homeland Security has designated the upcoming funeral and memorial service for conservative activist Charlie Kirk as a Special Event Assessment Rating (SEAR) Level 1 event, a DHS official told ABC News.The funeral will have the same level of security as the Super Bowl or the Boston Marathon.SEAR 1 events are "reserved for events of the highest national significance and enable the federal government to provide […]

(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge on Thursday issued a preliminary injunction barring the Trump administration from deporting unaccompanied minors to Guatemala, saying the government's claims that it was simply reuniting children with their parents "crumbled like a house of cards."The move came 18 days after government officials put dozens of children on planes destined for their home country. An emergency order prevented the children from being removed. During the initial emergency hearing on Aug. 31, […]

A scenic view is shown in Rio Grande National Forest, Colorado, in the Conejos District. (STOCK IMAGE/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- A search is underway for two elk hunters who we're reported missing near the New Mexico-Colorado border on Saturday, according to officials.Investigators responded to the Rio De Los Pinos Trail Head on Saturday to search for the hunters, finding their vehicle at the trail head, the Conejos County Sheriff’s […]

Nina Kravtsov is shown inside her room at Seagate Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. (Obtained by ABC News) (NEW YORK) -- A 95-year-old woman is being held at Rikers on charges accusing her of beating her roommate to death at their Brooklyn nursing home.Galina Smirnova, 95, was arraigned and charged Wednesday with second-degree murder and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon in connection with the death of 89-year-old Nina Kravtsov, whose […]

(NEW YORK) -- Erika Kirk, the widow of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, was named the new CEO and chair of the board for Turning Point USA after her husband -- the founder of the organization -- was killed on Sept. 10, the board announced on Thursday."It was the honor of our lives to serve as board members at Charlie's side. Charlie prepared all of us for a moment like this […]

Cars sit at the Madigan Gate at the Joint Base Lewis McChord March 12, 2012 in Fort Lewis, Washington. Stephen Brashear/Getty Images (THURSTON COUNTY, Wash.) -- A military helicopter on a routine training flight crashed late Wednesday in a rural area near Joint Base Lewis–McChord in Washington state, officials said."This remains a developing situation, and no additional details are available at this time," Scot Keith, a JBLM garrison public affairs […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- A Los Angeles home where D4vd had been living was searched overnight, law enforcement sources told ABC News on Thursday, as authorities investigate the death of a teenage girl whose body was found in the trunk of a Tesla registered to the 20-year-old singer. A search warrant was executed at a home in Hollywood Hills that the singer does not own but had been staying at, the sources said.The development […]