Trump taps Bill Pulte as acting intelligence director after Gabbard steps aside for husband's cancer battle

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday morning that Bill Pulte, the 38-year-old director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and chairman of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, will serve as acting director of national intelligence following Tulsi Gabbard's planned departure from the role. Gabbard recently revealed she would step back from her post as her husband, […]

Rep. Tom Kean Jr. promises disclosure on medical condition after nearly four months away from Congress

New Jersey Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. has not cast a vote on the House floor since March 5, nearly four months of silence on one of the narrowest margins in modern congressional history. On Tuesday, he broke that silence with a promise: he will explain his absence and disclose his medical condition "within a […]

House advances geothermal energy bill in rare bipartisan vote to cut federal permitting delays

The House approved the Geothermal Energy Advancement Act on Tuesday afternoon, sending a bipartisan permitting-reform package to the Senate that would force the Interior Department to process geothermal project applications within 60 days and carve out exemptions from a 55-year-old environmental review law that critics say has strangled domestic energy development. The bill passed by […]

Usha Vance calls for respect toward Supreme Court justices amid rising tensions

Second Lady Usha Vance, a former Supreme Court clerk who knows the institution from the inside, told ABC News that justices deserve to be treated with basic respect, a message that lands at a moment when criticism of the court has grown sharper from nearly every direction, including from within the White House itself. "I […]

Interior Secretary Burgum says Trump's D.C. restorations prove urban squalor is a leadership failure

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum says the Trump administration has removed 152 homeless camps from Washington, D.C., restored long-broken fountains, and transformed neglected public parks, all without controversy, and that the results prove urban decay in America's cities is a choice made by the people in charge, not an inevitability. Burgum laid out the case during […]

Secret Service probes viral video of nurse who appeared to threaten President Trump with a knife

The U.S. Secret Service is investigating a woman identified as a nurse after a viral video appeared to show her threatening to drive to Washington, D.C., and use a knife on President Donald Trump, the latest in a string of healthcare workers posting graphic threats against the president on social media. The video, shared Sunday […]

A 66-year-old great-grandmother was stabbed to death on an Atlanta train — and riders say no one stepped in

Margaret Swan was sitting alone on a MARTA train in Atlanta on Saturday morning when a 25-year-old man walked up beside her, pulled a knife, and allegedly slit her throat. What followed, according to an arrest warrant and surveillance footage, was a sustained attack in which Swan was stabbed 18 to 20 times while she […]

Greg Hardy knocked out at Fight Nation Championship 31 despite 52-pound weight advantage

Former NFL defensive end Greg Hardy missed weight by 25 pounds, entered the cage carrying a 52-pound size advantage over his opponent, and still got knocked out in the third round Saturday at Fight Nation Championship 31. Serbian heavyweight Darko Stosic landed a left hook that sent Hardy backward, followed by a hammer fist to […]

Teen's Fitbit named "bomb" forces United Airlines flight back to Newark

A Spain-bound United Airlines jet carrying passengers out of Newark Liberty International Airport turned around mid-flight Saturday evening after a Bluetooth device labeled "bomb" appeared on travelers' screens, the product, officials determined, of a 16-year-old's Fitbit nickname. United flight 236, headed for Palma De Mallorca, Spain, departed Newark at about 6 p.m. Roughly four hours […]

Prosecutor who secured Comey indictment exits case with no explanation

The federal prosecutor who brought criminal charges against former FBI Director James Comey over a threatening social media post has quietly walked away from the case, and the court filing replacing him offers no reason why. Matthew Petracca, the Justice Department attorney who secured a two-count indictment against Comey in the Eastern District of North […]