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New images appear to show that the entire East Wing of the White House has been demolished to make way for President Donald Trump’s $300 million ballroom. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the demolition under questions from reporters at a briefing Thursday. President Trump initially said in July that the project would not…
LONDON – Two traces of DNA were found on one of the helmets and one of the gloves that suspects left behind after a jewelry robbery at the Louvre on Sunday, French police told ABC News. In what could be the first major breakthrough in the investigation into the $102 million jewel heist at the…
Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups has been charged in an illegal poker operation linked to the mafia, law enforcement sources told ABC News. Billups was arrested in Oregon, where he is expected to make an initial court appearance Thursday, sources said. Billups coached the Trail Blazers in the season opener on Wednesday night,…
A collective funeral ceremony was held on Wednesday in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, for 54 unidentified Palestinians whose bodies were returned from Israel, the Palestinian Civil Defense (PCD) reported. Not all of the Palestinian bodies returned by Israel could be identified by their families “due to the serious circumstances” surrounding their deaths, according to the…
While the Trump administration has not yet released a full list of donors contributing to the planned construction of a White House ballroom, a picture is beginning to emerge of the potential donors and companies funding the project. President Donald Trump reiterated again in the Oval Office on Wednesday afternoon that the ballroom was “100%…
President Donald Trump’s plan to seek $230 million from the Justice Department as a settlement for investigations he faced during the Biden administration and his first term has no parallel in American history, according to an ABC News legal contributor. Trump is seeking damages related to the investigation he faced into allegations of his 2016…
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he “felt it was time” to hit Russia with tougher sanctions, a major escalation amid his latest attempt to pressure Vladimir Putin to end his war against Ukraine. “Today is a very important day in terms of what we’re doing. They are tremendous sanctions. They are very big,” Trump…
The US military carried out another airstrike against a suspected drug cartel ship on Tuesday night, according to two US officials, this time in the Pacific Ocean. This is the eighth known US attack on a suspected drug trafficking ship since early September. There were no survivors of Tuesday night’s attack and two or three…
Demolition continued Wednesday at the White House to make way for President Donald Trump’s $250 million ballroom, but the renovation is much more extensive than he had let on. While Trump had said in July that the ballroom would not “interfere” with the existing building (it would be “close to but not touching it”), a…
Tropical Storm Melissa, headed for the Caribbean, may become a hurricane in the next 24 to 48 hours. The storm will stay away from the continental United States. Instead, Melissa poses the greatest threat to Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Cuba and Jamaica, where days of heavy rain and strong winds could trigger potentially deadly landslides….
