Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups has been charged in an illegal poker operation linked to the mafia, while Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier is among several people charged in a separate but related illegal gambling case, authorities announced Thursday. Billups, in his fifth season as head coach, was arrested in Oregon, where he…

LONDON – Two traces of DNA were found on one of the helmets and one of the gloves that suspects left behind after a jewelry robbery at the Louvre on Sunday, French police told ABC News. In what could be the first major breakthrough in the investigation into the $102 million jewel heist at the…

While the Trump administration has not yet released a full list of donors contributing to the planned construction of a White House ballroom, a picture is beginning to emerge of the potential donors and companies funding the project. President Donald Trump reiterated again in the Oval Office on Wednesday afternoon that the ballroom was “100%…

President Donald Trump’s plan to seek $230 million from the Justice Department as a settlement for investigations he faced during the Biden administration and his first term has no parallel in American history, according to an ABC News legal contributor. Trump is seeking damages related to the investigation he faced into allegations of his 2016…

Demolition continued Wednesday at the White House to make way for President Donald Trump’s $250 million ballroom, but the renovation is much more extensive than he had let on. While Trump had said in July that the ballroom would not “interfere” with the existing building (it would be “close to but not touching it”), a…

Tropical Storm Melissa, headed for the Caribbean, may become a hurricane in the next 24 to 48 hours. The storm will stay away from the continental United States. Instead, Melissa poses the greatest threat to Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Cuba and Jamaica, where days of heavy rain and strong winds could trigger potentially deadly landslides….

The Trump administration has filed a motion to dissolve the remaining order preventing them from deploying National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon. Monday’s filing came after the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals earlier that day vacated another temporary restraining order that prevented the Trump administration from deploying the Oregon National Guard to Portland. A panel…

Lawyers representing former special counsel Jack Smith sent a letter to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley on Tuesday seeking to correct what they call “inaccurate” claims that Smith wiretapped or spied on Republican lawmakers as part of his investigation into President Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss. “Although you have not contacted us…

The National Guard deployment to Washington, D.C., could extend into the summer of 2026, according to a new court filing and emails from National Guard leaders obtained by ABC News. The documents, submitted last week to the District of Columbia attorney general in the ongoing lawsuit against President Donald Trump and the DC National Guard…

President Donald Trump is pushing for his Justice Department to pay approximately $230 million as a settlement for investigations he faced during the Biden administration and his first term, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News on Tuesday. The extraordinary agreement, as first reported The New York TimesHe would likely first need approval…