The Department of Homeland Security announced Friday that it has blocked 43 Chinese companies from having their products enter the United States because of allegations of unethical labor practices, making it the largest single-day enforcement action against Chinese forced labor goods in recorded history. DHS blocked the companies because they stand accused of using “slave…
LONDON — Andy Burnham officially became British prime minister on Monday — the country’s seventh leader in 10 years — having already been elected as the leader of the country’s Labour Party last week. Burnham, who until recently was serving as the mayor of Greater Manchester, succeeded outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Speaking outside the…
President Donald Trump’s fast-paced days and sleepless nights seem to suggest that he knows the clock is ticking, according to a veteran White House correspondent. On a new episode of The Daily Beast Podcast, ABC News’ Jonathan Karl joined a chorus of officials and reporters who have flagged the 79-year-old’s unusual lifestyle—and why “the guy…
President Donald Trump, speaking in the Oval Office on Wednesday alongside FBI Director Kash Patel, said his administration is going to “go into other cities” to combat crime. “We’re going to have a surge of strong, good people, patriots. And they’re going to go in, they straighten it all out,” Trump said. In the rare…
In a speech to Israel’s parliament on a day when the country’s living 20 hostages were released as part of the first phase of a ceasefire agreement he helped broker, President Donald Trump told the Knesset, “This is the historic dawn of a new Middle East.” “This will be remembered as the moment that everything…
CHICAGO (WLS) — There was cautious optimism among Chicago-area Ukrainians Wednesday as President Donald Trump appeared to shift his tone regarding Russia’s war in Ukraine. The president posted on social media that he now believes Ukraine could win back all of its territory lost to Russia. It comes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rallied for…
Donald Trump threatened to investigate Chris Christie after the former New Jersey governor criticized him on ABC’s This Week earlier on Sunday. Trump wrote on Truth Social, “I just watched Sloppy Chris Christie be interviewed on a ratings challenged ‘News’ Show, ‘This Week With George Slopadopolus,’ on ABC Fake News (By the way, what the…
MONTAUK, Long Island — An autopsy conducted on a woman found dead on a boat in Montauk did not show evidence of violence, according to Suffolk County, New York, police. The final cause of 33-year-old Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra’s death is still pending further examination, police said on Wednesday. Nolan-O’Slatarra’s body was found around midnight on Tuesday,…
The S&P 500 closed at an all-time record high on Friday afternoon, extending breakneck gains achieved in recent weeks as investors shrugged off concerns about newly imposed tariffs and war in the Middle East. Despite stocks dipping slightly after President Donald Trump’s announcement that the U.S. would end all trade talks with Canada, the S&P…
ABC News announced on Tuesday that it won’t renew its agreement with senior correspondent Terry Moran after he made, and later deleted, a social media post criticizing President Trump and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller. “We are at the end of our agreement with Terry Moran and based on his recent post…