ABC is asking for its viewers to support the network as it faces scrutiny from the Trump administration challenging whether its daytime table talk program “The View” is a bona fide news program. The network this week rolled out an on-air campaign promoting the show and blasting the Federal Communications Commission, (FCC) which it says…
A former FBI hostage negotiator flagged a dark detail in the new Nancy Guthrie ransom note that was delivered to the family on Monday. In the note, Guthrie's abductors claimed that the 84-year-old mother of "Today!" co-host Savannah Guthrie had been "buried with nature now," according to a source close to the investigation who spoke to NewsNation reporter Brian Entin. Chip Massey, a former hostage negotiator, told CNN's Erin Burnett that the abductors also included details in the note that point to where the investigation may go next. "The messaging itself, Erin, as you pointed out, is also interesting because now we're shifting," Massey said. "The captors have shifted from a point of leverage to now it seems like they're trying to manage the narrative."Guthrie disappeared from her home in Tucson, Arizona, in the middle of the night in late January after seeing her family at a dinner engagement. Authorities have released scant details about the suspects or their motives, other than a few pictures captured by the doorbell camera at Guthrie's home. Massey said the new note suggests that the abductors want to convince the Guthries, and possibly the public, that Guthrie's death was an accident. "Whatever the wording is, that's a narrative control," he said. "And so what we're seeing is that perhaps they're thinking, 'In the event that we are caught, or we want the public to see us in this light.' As opposed to murderous kidnappers."
President Donald Trump's administration is conditioning nearly $1 billion in public safety grants on local police cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, a move critics argue is designed to exclude Democratic-led cities. Approximately $700 million flows through the existing COPS grant program. NPR reports this new $300 million Model Cities Initiative will go to just two to four cities, bypassing standard competitive peer-review processes, explained Amy Solomon, senior fellow at the Council on Criminal Justice and former head of the DOJ's Office of Justice Programs.Any program that impedes or hinders federal immigration enforcement will not receive funding, according to the mandate. This includes failing to honor requests from the Department of Homeland Security. Legal experts warn the approach is highly unusual, with critics predicting only Republican-led jurisdictions will apply, allowing the administration to portray Democrats as soft on crime. Police chiefs have long opposed linking local law enforcement to immigration enforcement, citing erosion of community trust and witness cooperation. Federal data shows over 70 percent of immigrant detainees lack criminal convictions. The DOJ defended the policy, while the first Trump administration's similar tactic was previously challenged in court and reversed under Former President Joe Biden.Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag.
The Senate advanced the 21st Century Road to Housing Act, a Trump-backed package aimed at preventing the U.S. from becoming a "nation of renters."
The US president was once considered to have a close friendship with Keir Starmer, but that quickly fell apart with the war in Iran.
The FBI identified new suspects in the alleged plot targeting UFC Freedom 250 in D.C. involving explosive drones and a planned White House assault.
