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U.S. President Donald Trump takes a question from reporters during an event in the Oval Office on Aug. 10, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) -- The same legal team that successfully challenged President Donald Trump's first bid to end birthright citizenship is asking a federal judge to clarify that the Supreme Court's ruling also blocks a second executive order attempting to target specific children who Trump says are exempt […]

(NEW YORK) -- Robert Gilman, a U.S. citizen and former Marine, has been freed from detention in Russia on humanitarian grounds, a State Department spokesperson confirmed Tuesday. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Copyright © 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

(NEW YORK) -- Accused CEO killer Luigi Mangione is in a packed Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday for the last scheduled pre-trial conference before jury selection begins next month in his state murder case. The last two rows of the courtroom were filled with about 20 Mangione supporters, some wearing shirts declaring his innocence or calling for expanded courtroom access. Tuesday's appearance could be the last time Mangione is seen in public before jury selection […]

U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) looks on during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing in the U.S. Capitol Building on March 04, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) (GARFIELD COUNTY, Colo.) -- Tyler Boebert, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s oldest son, has been arrested on charges of sexual exploitation of a child, according to the Garfield County Sheriff's Office.Boebert of New Castle, Colorado, was arrested Aug. […]

(NEW YORK) -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Monday that it's providing water trailers to Puerto Rico as the island grapples with a water crisis.The trailers will be distributed for up to 30 days initially, following the Puerto Rican government's request for federal support, a FEMA spokesperson said."This support is intended to assist local efforts as Puerto Rico manages increased demand for potable water distribution in affected communities," the […]

(NEW YORK) -- Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon said on Sunday that authorities are working closely with federal agencies as they grapple with a water crisis that has left more than 180,000 households facing 48-hour water supply shuts-off and rationing.Gonzalez-Colon declared a state of emergency in the U.S. territory on July 31 in response to serious drought and falling levels in water reservoirs. On Friday, authorities began implementing rotating 48-hour water […]

The New York Police Department said a 27-year-old woman and a 5-month-old girl were killed, August 8, 2026, when the boat they were aboard capsized near Liberty Island in New York Harbor, pictured here. (Aire Images/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- The operator of a boat that capsized in New York Harbor, leaving a mother and her baby daughter dead, is in federal custody, prosecutors said.Manuel Hernandez, 46, is due to […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The mother of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old woman whose body was found hanging from a tree on Aug. 3 in Jackson, Mississippi, told ABC News on Sunday afternoon that her daughter’s death has “just devastated" her family.“This has just devastated us,” Fortune's mother, Christy Spivey, said. “Tasia was strong-minded, she was full of laughs and love, she had faith in God. … She had so little and gave […]

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump acknowledged on Sunday that there was "no video or proof" of alleged vandalism to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after weeks of claiming that damage to the pool's surface was the deliberate work of saboteurs. Even after acknowledging contractor error and a lack of evidence of vandalism on Sunday, the president still went back to the case against former Olympian David Hearn, whose charges prosecutors moved […]