US attorney 'declined' to prosecute over threat to congressman, letter claims
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana declined to prosecute a man who threatened to kill an Indiana congressman and his family, according to a letter obtained by ABC News.
Federal judge pauses law giving law enforcement ability to arrest migrants in Iowa illegally
Getty Images – STOCK (DES MOINES, Iowa.) — A federal judge in Iowa paused a state law giving local law enforcement the ability to arrest migrants in the state illegally, saying it is not the state’s job,
Biden's Title IX rule change temporarily blocked over LGBTQ protections
Kris Connor/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s Title IX expansion from going into effect in Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves criticized
Oklahoma voters to decide between well-known GOP incumbent Tom Cole and well-funded challenger Paul Bondar
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) — On Tuesday in Oklahoma, Republican Rep. Tom Cole, chair of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, will face one of his most significant and costly primary challenges since he went to
Social media and youth mental health defining challenge of our time: Surgeon general
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Creating a surgeon general’s warning for social media is a necessary step to respond to the “defining public health challenge of our time,” U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy told ABC News’
Judge grants request from families of Ethiopian Air Boeing 737 MAX crash victims to share confidential docs with DOJ
Getty Images – STOCK (CHICAGO) — A federal magistrate judge in Chicago on Monday granted a request from families of victims of the 2019 Ethiopian Air Boeing 737 MAX crash to provide the U.S. Department of Justice
NASA says star studied for decades is actually twin duo: 'Our jaws dropped'
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A recent astronomical discovery from NASA’s James Webb telescope left researchers amazed and led to the announcement that a long-studied star is actually a pair of twins. The agency reported that
US Secret Service agent robbed at gunpoint during Biden trip to California
Getty Images – STOCK A U.S. Secret Service agent was robbed at gunpoint in Tustin, California, over the weekend, according to police. The unnamed agent, who was off-duty, had his bag stolen Saturday night at about 9:30
'Mysterious' monolith similar to column seen in 2020 appears in Las Vegas desert: Police
Getty Images – STOCK (LAS VEGAS) — A reflective monolith, similar to one that became an Internet sensation during the height of the pandemic in 2020, was seen in Las Vegas in what local officials are dubbing
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signs executive order for reparations task force
Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Monday to establish a Reparations Task Force to develop a reparations plan for the city. According to the mayor’s office, the task force will