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(WASHINGTON) -- Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are seeking testimony from private investigators who removed and stored a trove of evidence from the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's Palm Beach mansion before it was searched by police in 2005, according to letters reviewed by ABC News.With the Department of Justice appearing to have never obtained the evidence -- which included three desktop computers and more than two dozen phone […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Lawyers for the Trump administration will face serious questions for the first time on Friday about the search and seizure of more than 650 boxes of 2020 election records from a Fulton County, Georgia, election site.Fulton County officials have argued the FBI "intentionally or recklessly omitted material facts" about purported discrepancies in the 2020 election in Georgia to secure a warrant for the materials, and a federal judge […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- A woman reportedly known as the "Ketamine Queen," who admitted to providing the ketamine that killed Matthew Perry, should serve 15 years in prison for her "cold callousness and disregard for life," federal prosecutors said in a new court filing ahead of her sentencing.Defense attorneys for Jasveen Sangha, who has been behind bars since her arrest in August 2024 in connection with the 54-year-old "Friends" actor's fatal […]

(NEW YORK) -- After three months in jail, ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro appeared thinner and grayer, but still in command, as he appeared in federal court in Manhattan for a status conference on Thursday.Maduro -- was shackled at the ankles and wearing a beige smock over an orange shirt -- nodded to the gallery and said “good morning,” in English.Judge Alvin Hellerstein said he would not dismiss the narcoterrorism […]

Undated photos of Cheryl Henry and Andy Atkinson who were killed in 1990. (Harris County District Attorney’s Office) (HOUSTON) -- A man has been arrested in a 1990 cold case double murder known as the "Lovers' Lane" killings, Houston police said.Floyd William Parrott, 64, is charged with capital murder for the killings of Cheryl Henry, 22, and Garland "Andy" Atkinson, 21, police said.The victims were found in a car parked […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The FBI has announced charges against a brother and sister in connection with an alleged improvised explosive device that was found near the visitors center at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida last week.Alen Zheng was charged by indictment with one count of attempted damage of government property by fire or explosion, one count of unlawful making of a destructive device and possession of an unregistered destructive device.Ann […]

(NEW YORK) -- Wind power production will continue to advance, despite the Trump administration's attempts to halt the growing momentum of renewable energy, experts told ABC News.On Monday, the U.S. Department of the Interior reached a $928 million deal with French energy company TotalEnergies to end the company’s offshore wind development off the East Coast and redirect that investment into domestic fossil fuel initiatives, describing the "landmark agreement" as a […]

(NEW YORK) -- Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores are set to return to a Manhattan courtroom on Thursday for a status conference that could determine the trajectory of the criminal case against them.Maduro and Flores pleaded not guilty to federal charges including narco-terrorism during their first appearance in court in January, and their attorneys have since pushed to have the case dismissed over concerns that […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department has reached an agreement with President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn to pay him roughly $1.2 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the former general claiming he was politically targeted for prosecution during Trump's first administration, sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Copyright © 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.