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Attorney General Pam Bondi fires top Justice Department ethics official

Monday, July 14 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired one of the top career officials tasked with advising her and other senior Justice Department officials of their ethical obligations, an official familiar with the dismissal confirmed to ABC News Monday.Joseph Tirrell on Monday took to LinkedIn... Read More.

Prime Video issues community guidelines for ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ fans ahead of season 3

Monday, July 14 by ABC News

Prime Video is asking Team Conrad and Team Jeremiah to keep it civil.The streaming service has issued a statement asking fans of The Summer I Turned Pretty to keep online discourse respectful throughout the third and final season of the show."PSA for the... Read More.

Supreme Court allows Trump to continue effort to gut Education Department

Monday, July 14 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court on Monday lifted an injunction against the Trump administration's efforts to gut the Department of Education.The move allows the administration to proceed, for now, with mass firings that slashed nearly half of the agency's workforce in March as well... Read More.

Andrew Cuomo will stay in NYC mayoral race

Monday, July 14 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday that he will actively stay in the New York City mayoral race, but that he will accept a pledge to abide by the results of a proposed September poll, where he and... Read More.

Elmo X account hacked, posts ‘antisemitic and racist messages,’ Sesame Workshop says

Monday, July 14 by ABC News

Elmo's social platform X account is now secure after it was hacked and several racist and antisemitic messages were shared, according to the producers of Sesame Street."Elmo's X account was briefly compromised yesterday by an unknown hacker who posted disgusting messages, including antisemitic and... Read More.

Rian Johnson on his scrapped ‘Star Wars’ trilogy: ‘Nothing really happened with it’

Monday, July 14 by ABC News

Rian Johnson is sharing an update about his scrapped Star Wars trilogy.The director, who helmed the 2017 film Star Wars: The Last Jedi, had been set to direct a trilogy of films set in the Star Wars universe. In a recent interview with Read More.

Mountain biker reported missing in Oregon, search efforts underway

Monday, July 14 by ABC News

(CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore.) -- An avid mountain biker has been reported missing in Oregon after not returning from a planned biking trip near Mount Hood on Friday, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office.Ralph Sawyer, 52, was reported missing on Friday at approximately 10:30... Read More.

Senate looks to formalize cuts to public broadcast, USAID by week’s end

Monday, July 14 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Senate Republicans are expected to spend the week rushing to try to deliver President Donald Trump a package that formalizes some of the cuts made by Elon Musks' Department of Government Efficiency by striking $9.4 billion from the previously approved federal budget.Congress... Read More.

States sue Trump administration over $6 billion+ education funding pause

Monday, July 14 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- About two dozen state attorneys general and Democratic governors sued the Trump administration on Monday for withholding more than $6 billion in federal funds for several education programs nationwide."This is plainly against the law," North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson told ABC... Read More.

UC Berkeley professor ‘murdered in cold blood’ in Greece, family says

Monday, July 14 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A marketing professor at the University of California, Berkeley, was "murdered in cold blood" while visiting his children in Greece, according to his family.Przemyslaw Jeziorski, an associate marketing professor at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, was allegedly shot and killed... Read More.

Attorney General Pam Bondi fires top Justice Department ethics official

Attorney General Pam Bondi fires top Justice Department ethics official

Prime Video issues community guidelines for ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ fans ahead of season 3

Supreme Court allows Trump to continue effort to gut Education Department

Andrew Cuomo will stay in NYC mayoral race

Elmo X account hacked, posts ‘antisemitic and racist messages,’ Sesame Workshop says

Rian Johnson on his scrapped ‘Star Wars’ trilogy: ‘Nothing really happened with it’

Mountain biker reported missing in Oregon, search efforts underway

Senate looks to formalize cuts to public broadcast, USAID by week’s end

States sue Trump administration over $6 billion+ education funding pause

UC Berkeley professor ‘murdered in cold blood’ in Greece, family says

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