Category Archives: ABC News: Top Stories

Firefighters battle large blaze at Chevron refinery in Southern California
Gov. Gavin Newsom and L.A. Mayor Karen Bass said late Thursday they were briefed on the fire, which was burning in Los Angeles County.
ABC News: Top Stories Oct 02, 2025

WATCH: College freshman lives out his dream of playing football at age 58
Tom Cillo, a 58-year-old college freshman at Lycoming College in Pennsylvania, is gunning to become the oldest college football player to see the field in more than a decade.
ABC News: Top Stories Oct 02, 2025

Unlikely source behind $300,000 raised for family of suspect in LDS attack
David Butler, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is raising money for the family of a man who allegedly attacked a Michigan chapel.
ABC News: Top Stories Oct 02, 2025

WATCH: ABC News' Selina Wang answers the most searched questions about the shutdown
Many people have specific questions about how the government shutdown will affect them and their families. ABC News' Selina Wang answers the most searched questions on the second day of the shutdown.
ABC News: Top Stories Oct 02, 2025

Trump openly threatens to use shutdown to target Democrats for cuts
The White House also said the prospect of mass firings of federal workers was "very real."
ABC News: Top Stories Oct 02, 2025

Fed workers say they're stressed, financially stretched by government shutdown
Some federal workers cast into limbo by the government shutdown said they are already feeling stressed over how they will make ends meet.
ABC News: Top Stories Oct 02, 2025

Vatican's Swiss Guard debuts new uniform
The Swiss Guard's new uniform is for events outside the Vatican.
ABC News: Top Stories Oct 02, 2025

Howard Lutnick believes Epstein may have used blackmail to get a lighter sentence
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says he believes high-profile associates of Jeffrey Epstein participated in his behavior, and that he may have blackmailed them.
ABC News: Top Stories Oct 02, 2025

WATCH: Government shutdown enters day 2
The next vote on bills that could get federal money flowing again is not scheduled until Friday, as thousands of workers remain furloughed and many government services are at a standstill.
ABC News: Top Stories Oct 02, 2025

Shutdown in Day 2 with no end in sight, looming federal firings
Thune said Democrats are "playing a losing game" when it comes to the stalemate.
ABC News: Top Stories Oct 02, 2025

