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Super Bowl Sunday forecast: 15 million under winter storm alerts

Sunday, February 9 by ABC News

More than 15 million people across a large portion of the nation were under winter storm alerts on Super Bowl Sunday morning, with many digging out from snow left by the first of three storms forecast to slam the U.S. through Thursday.Snow was continuing... Read More.

Migrant farm workers go on high alert amid immigration raids

Saturday, February 8 by ABC News

(LOS ANGELES) -- California's Central Valley is considered "America's bread basket," supplying a quarter of the nation's food and producing 40% of its fruits, nuts and other table foods.However, roughly half of California's farm workers are undocumented immigrants, so President Donald Trump's plan to... Read More.

Children, schools face renewed fears over heightened immigration enforcement

Saturday, February 8 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- In classrooms across the country, children of immigrants are facing heightened fears over news that immigration enforcement officers are now allowed to enter schools, according to educators.While it's unclear if immigration raids have actually taken place in schools, the lifting of the... Read More.

JFK assassination files one step closer to possible public release

Saturday, February 8 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The decades-long wait for the release of the government's secret files on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy could be nearing an end, with word from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) that a plan to make the... Read More.

Federal judge denies effort to block DOGE from accessing DOL data despite concerns

Saturday, February 8 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge, in a ruling late Friday evening, has denied an effort to block the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing sensitive data from the Department of Labor.In his ruling, federal Judge John D. Bates found that the five federal employee... Read More.

Judge blocks Trump administration from placing 2,200 USAID employees on leave at midnight

Saturday, February 8 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from orchestrating its plan to place 2,200 employees of the United States Agency for International Development on leave at midnight.In an order late Friday, U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols -- a Trump appointee -- issued... Read More.

Confusion, tears and Hunger Games at USAID as agency prepares to go dark

Friday, February 7 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- At the U.S. Agency for International Development this week, as a team from the Department of Government Efficiency quietly worked to dismantle the aid agency, those who hadn't already been locked out of its Washington headquarters busied themselves with work they never imagined... Read More.

Security camera captures man attacking priest during church service

Friday, February 7 by ABC News

(SPOKANE, Wash.) --A 40-year-old man attacked a priest during a church service in Spokane, Washington, on Tuesday night, according to officials.Around 350 to 400 people had gathered at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes in downtown Spokane on Tuesday for the second night of... Read More.

Judge to consider temporary order blocking Trumps dismantling of USAID

Friday, February 7 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge on Friday will consider issuing a temporary restraining order to block the dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development, the embattled agency that handles foreign aid, disaster relief and international development programs.Two foreign service unions are suing the... Read More.

Denver ICE raids targeting 100+ gang members yielded one alleged gang member: Sources

Friday, February 7 by ABC News

(DENVER) -- Two federal law enforcement sources briefed on Wednesday morning's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)-led raids in seven locations across Denver tell ABC News that the operation yielded the arrest of just one alleged gang member. Twenty-nine people were also detained, sources told... Read More.

Judge to decide whether to block DOGE from accessing sensitive Labor Department records

Friday, February 7 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge on Friday will consider blocking the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing records from the Department of Labor after a lawsuit alleged that Elon Musk's cost-cutting team sought to illegally access highly sensitive data, including medical information, from the... Read More.

Alexander brothers plead not guilty, prosecutors say they raped more than 60 women

Friday, February 7 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Luxury real estate brokers Tal and Oren Alexander, along with their brother Alon, on Friday pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiring to drug and sexually assault dozens of women nearly two months after their arrest.The three Alexander brothers arrived in... Read More.