Stories That Shape Everyday America


  • Virginia Giuffre Documented Her Claims of Husbandโ€™s Alleged Abuse in Diary: โ€˜The Stronger I Became, the Scarier He Becameโ€™

    Virginia Giuffre Documented Her Claims of Husbandโ€™s Alleged Abuse in Diary: โ€˜The Stronger I Became, the Scarier He Becameโ€™

    After years of advocacy and survival following her alleged abuse by Jeffrey Epstein, Virginia Giuffreโ€™s final months were marked by turmoil at home. In a private diary recovered after her death, she detailed claims of her husbandโ€™s alleged abuse. Giuffre, who became one of the most prominent voices among survivors of Epsteinโ€™s abuse, died by…

  • Bush teams up with notorious Trump foes to trash โ€˜colossal mistakeโ€™ shuttering USAID

    Bush teams up with notorious Trump foes to trash โ€˜colossal mistakeโ€™ shuttering USAID

    Former President George W. Bush joined up with former President Barack Obama and U2 singer Bono to comfort United States Agency for International Development employees Monday, while also taking shots at President Donald Trump and his administration for shuttering the agency plagued by accusations of fraud and abuse. โ€œGutting USAID is a travesty, and itโ€™s…

  • Trump administration pauses $6B in education programs ahead of school year

    Trump administration pauses $6B in education programs ahead of school year

    President Donald Trumpโ€™s administration is pausing over $6 billion of congressionally-appropriated federal funding for after-school, student support, teacher training, English language and other education programs, according to a Department of Education memo obtained by ABC News. In a letter to Congress from the agencyโ€™s office of legislation and congressional affairs Monday afternoon, the DOE said…

  • Alleged killer still on the run 3 years after Tampa Bay mom shot to death

    Alleged killer still on the run 3 years after Tampa Bay mom shot to death

    Enrique Toledo admitted to killing his wife, allegedly took off his ankle monitor, and hasnโ€™t been seen since. The victimโ€™s family is devastated and calling for accountability. Thursday marks three years since her murder, and her family plans to do everything she loved to do. Heather Toledoโ€™s family lives every day looking over their shoulder…

  • Trump administration sues LA, Mayor Bass and City Council over sanctuary city immigration policies

    Trump administration sues LA, Mayor Bass and City Council over sanctuary city immigration policies

    The Trump administration Monday sued the city of Los Angeles, Mayor Karen Bass and the City Council over L.A.โ€™s so-called โ€œsanctuary cityโ€ policies, alleging in federal court that the ordinance violates the Constitution by โ€œthwartingโ€ immigration enforcement. The lawsuit contends that the sanctuary laws โ€” in which local law enforcement officials refuse to assist immigration…