The man accused of firebombing Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s house over the weekend had struggled in recent years with problems in his home life as well as issues stemming from covering his home mortgage, according to court records reviewed by ABC News. Cody Allen Balmer was arrested on Sunday for allegedly breaking into the governor’s … Read more
A lawyer for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man and alleged gang member who was deported in error to El Salvador, said Monday that it might take a contempt order to prompt the U.S. government to return him from that country. As ordered by a federal judge, U.S. officials over the weekend confirmed in a … Read more
The sequel to the biggest victory of the #MeToo era starts Tuesday when disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein is retried in New York for alleged sex crimes. It could take five days to seat a jury, Judge Curtis Farber has said. A jury in the same courthouse convicted Weinstein in 2020 of sex assault before … Read more
President Donald Trump on Monday doubled down on his idea of sending U.S. citizens to foreign prisons, telling El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele he wanted to send “homegrown criminals” to his country next, according to a video posted by Bukele’s office on X. The comments came as Trump welcomed Bukele, a key partner in his … Read more
Markets in Asia and Europe ticked higher on Tuesday, as U.S. futures signalled a potentially narrow rise, amid uncertainty over President Donald Trump’s tariff plan. Trump’s administration said on Friday that many consumer electronics would be exempt from his wide-ranging reciprocal tariffs, an announcement that sent global markets higher on Monday. Trump on Monday also … Read more
Two people have been rescued in separate incidents after being stranded in remote areas of the desert in southern Arizona, authorities said. The first incident took place on Saturday when Tucson Sector Border Patrol Search Trauma and Rescue (BORSTAR) agents, along with help from the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, responded to a call from a … Read more
WASHINGTON — Former President Joe Biden returns to the national stage Tuesday to elevate liberal concerns that President Donald Trump’s agenda is threatening the health of Social Security. The 82-year-old Democrat has largely avoided speaking publicly since leaving the White House in January. That’s even as Trump frequently blames Biden for many of the nation’s … Read more
The U.S. detected and tracked Russian military aircraft that entered the Air Defense Identification Zone off of Alaska on Monday, the U.S. military said. The ADIZ is an area that stretches out 150 miles from U.S. territory, where the U.S. requires aircraft to have their transponders on or to identify themselves. “This Russian activity in … Read more
NEW YORK — As President Donald Trump pushes the historical boundaries of executive power, some of the Democratic Party’s core political institutions are preparing for the possibility that the federal government may soon launch criminal investigations against them. The Democrats’ dominant national fundraising platform, ActBlue, and the party’s largest protest group, Indivisible, are working with … Read more
Elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park rushed to protect their young as Monday’s 5.2 magnitude quake shook California. Source link