Category Archives: ABC News: Top Stories

Tesla's law firm helps draft bill some experts say could restore Musk's pay package
A law firm representing Elon Musk and Tesla helped draft a bill some experts say could, if passed, possibly restore Musk's lost multibillion-dollar compensation package.
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 19, 2025

Grand jury says police department should be 'abolished' as 5 officers charged
An Alabama grand jury has recommended that the Hanceville Police Department be "immediately abolished," prosecutors said Wednesday.
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 19, 2025

Emil Bove cites Trump's agenda for dropping Eric Adams corruption case
In a court appearance Wednesday, acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove denied that dropping the bribery case against NYC Mayor Eric Adams was part of a "quid pro quo."
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 19, 2025

Musk compares DOGE to Clinton's govt efficiency initiative, but there are differences
Elon Musk is likening DOGE's aggressive government overhaul to a Clinton-era task force that oversaw a shrinking of the federal workforce
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 19, 2025

Generals, senior officers at DOD could soon be fired: US officials
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is considering firing or removing generals and senior officers as early as this week, according to multiple officials.
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 19, 2025

GOP senators walk fine line on Ukraine without bashing Trump's comments
Republican senators went to great lengths to avoid bashing President Donald Trump's comments on Ukraine but they didn't hold back on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 19, 2025

HHS employees decry hole left by federal firings: 'It almost feels like a bomb site'
Bracing frigid temperatures, crowds of former and current federal workers protested the deep cuts to HHS, warning it will permanently set back scientific progress.
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 19, 2025

DOGE claims $55 billion in cuts so far -- but the figure is hard to verify
DOGE claims that so far its cuts have saved the public $55 billion in federal funds -- but that's not yet possible to verify based on the records that DOGE has disclosed.
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 19, 2025

WATCH: Teen celebrates 15th birthday after 18-hour surgery
After an 18-hour surgery to repair his left artery, Matthew got to celebrate his birthday at home doing what he loves best: playing his guitar and his viola.
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 19, 2025

Andrew Lester dies while awaiting sentencing for shooting of Ralph Yarl
Andrew Lester, the man who pleaded guilty to felony assault in the second degree for the shooting of Ralph Yarl, died while awaiting sentencing.
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 19, 2025

