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(NEW YORK) -- The nationwide fight over the Trump Administration's top prosecutors moves to an Albany courtroom this morning, when a federal judge hears arguments about whether Acting U.S. Attorney John Sarcone has the authority to act as Northern New York’s chief law enforcement officer.New York Attorney General Letitia James began the legal fight against Sarcone after the Federal Bureau of Investigation served two grand jury subpoenas to her office […]

ABC News exclusive: Photo of suspected explosive device found near RNC headquarters, Jan. 6, 2021. (ABC News) (WASHINGTON) -- Federal authorities have arrested a Virginia man in connection with the placement of two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic National Committees the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News.  Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. […]

(NEW YORK) -- A year to the day after Luigi Mangione allegedly stalked and gunned down United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a Manhattan sidewalk, the 27-year-old alleged killer returns to court Thursday as a high-profile hearing in his state murder case enters its third day.His lawyers are attempting to convince the judge overseeing his case to prohibit prosecutors from using critical evidence, including the alleged murder weapon and Mangione's […]

(WASHINGTON) -- A 19-year old college student who was deported the week before Thanksgiving after a federal judge blocked her removal said she was handcuffed and later forced to sleep on the floor in a detention center."I burst into tears because I couldn't believe it, and spending the night there, sleeping on the floor," Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, speaking from Honduras, told ABC News in an exclusive interview.Lopez Belloza, who […]

(NEW ORLEANS, La.) -- More than 200 federal agents are expected to begin fanning out across New Orleans on Wednesday after the Department of Homeland Security announced the start of an immigration crackdown dubbed Operation Catahoula Crunch.Named after the Louisiana state dog, the immigration enforcement operation in New Orleans is the latest stop in the Trump administration's nationwide effort targeting undocumented migrants with criminal records, according to the DHS.U.S. Customs and Border Protection […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The United States has paused all pending immigration applications from 19 "countries of concern," meaning that even applicants with pending green card applications will be subject to a pause and review, following the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C.A memo from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services posted on Tuesday says that anyone from a country on the administration's new travel ban list who is in the United […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department has indicted a former Navy petty officer and four others for allegedly leading an online extortion group that authorities say later helped spawn the global extremist network known as "764," which the FBI now describes as "modern day terrorism" for its sadistic and violent tormenting of teens online.An indictment unsealed Tuesday alleges that the earlier group, calling themselves "Greggy's Cult," engaged in a criminal enterprise that pushed young […]

(SIMI VALLEY, Calif.) -- The son of a California radiologist has been identified as the suspect in the fatal shooting of his parents at their home.Dr. Eric Cordes, 63, and wife, Vicki, 66, were shot multiple times in their Simi Valley garage on Sunday shortly after 12 p.m. local time. The couple was taken to a local hospital and later died of their injuries, the Simi Valley Police Department told […]

Low Temperatures - Thursday Map (ABC News) (NEW YORK) -- The Northeast is bracing for its coldest temperatures of the season as an arctic blast hits the Midwest and then moves east.On Thursday morning, the temperature is forecast to plunge to 5 degrees in Chicago; minus 4 degrees in Minneapolis; minus 1 degree in Green Bay, Wisconsin; and 8 degrees in Kansas City, Missouri.On Friday, the temperature could fall to 1 degree […]