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ABC News has yet to explain why it seemingly deleted a report accusing the president's sons of enriching themselves through investments in companies with government contracts.The story, published Wednesday, claimed that Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump had sizable investments in companies that received about $6 billion in active or promised contracts under the Trump administration.'No note, no explanation , no comment.'After the story was vehemently criticized for what appeared to be accounting misunderstandings and other errors, ABC News seemingly pulled the story. There was no correction, no explanation, no editor's note.The link now says the page is unavailable.Media analysts are now taking note."This is absolutely wild," Andrew Kaczynski of CNN responded. "ABC News completely retracted this story like two days ago just totally nuked it. No note, no explanation, no comment," he continued."ABC News will have to comment on this. They'd be smarter to do it sooner, rather than later," journalist Dylan Byers replied.Among those who reposted the story was Gavin Newsom, the Democratic governor of California."The American people were fleeced. Accountability is coming," he posted on Wednesday.Trump Jr. responded and mocked the governor."ABC deleted this article in less than 24 hours because it's false. Sounds about as long as your presidential campaign would last," he replied.Blaze News' requests for comment from Disney, the parent company of ABC News, were not returned.RELATED: Trump BANS 'FAKE NEWS' outlets from White House — and warns more bans are coming ABC News was among the news outlets that joined a boycott on pool reporting at the White House after the president banned three other outlets a few weeks ago for what he said was biased reporting."The public has a vital interest in receiving accurate, independent information about its government," reads a joint statement from the group. "No administration should restrict a news organization because it objects to its reporting."A Trump judge later restored the outlets' credentials temporarily, though no final ruling in the case has been made.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The failed execution of convicted murderer Christa Pike has reignited a long-standing debate over capital punishment, but BlazeTV host Nick Freitas believes the Christian case for the death penalty is often misunderstood.“From a Christian perspective — we look at things, and I’ve even said before, whenever somebody says the death penalty is inhumane,” Freitas says, “I’m like, OK, well, I’ll let the author of Leviticus know, right?” Freitas notes that “Leviticus is a book in the Bible which actually lays out the various crimes for which the death penalty is acceptable, or, in even some cases, you could argue, mandated.” “So I’ve always found it a little bit disingenuous for someone to say that the death penalty is, in and of itself, inhumane,” he says. In this particular case, Freitas says, “She lured her 19-year-old classmate to a park, tortured her, carved a pentagram into her chest, and then kept a piece of her skull as a souvenir.”“We’re talking about somebody who, again, committed an act of premeditated murder, and not just murder but torture,” he explains. “She also tried to strangle another inmate to death. So this idea that simply because someone is in prison, they no longer have the capacity to commit other crimes is, again, something that we need to take into question,” he adds. And the idea that one cannot be pro-life and pro-death-penalty, Freitas says, is “an absolutely 100% absurd argument.” “To be pro-life is to say that a baby in the womb is innocent. It is innocent human life. And the way we know it's human life is because at the moment of conception, it actually has all the necessary characteristics to be distinguished from a living entity and a non-living entity,” he explains. “And more specifically from a living human entity versus some other kind of living entity,” he says.“Now, we make distinctions between human life guilty of a crime and human life which is not guilty of a crime,” he continues. “We don’t put everybody in prison, for obvious reasons. So how do we make that distinction between guilt and innocent?” “Well, there’s the objective reality, which is to say that if someone has committed a crime, they are guilty … but in the case of a baby in the womb, they simply do not have the capacity to be guilty of a crime,” he adds.“Making the Argument with Nick Freitas” is available on BlazeTV+, YouTube, and major podcast platforms.Start watching Nick Freitas NOW at blazetv.com and use the promo code NICK for $20 off your BlazeTV+ subscription.

President Donald Trump announced on Friday the appointment of a media analyst and attorney to be the next White House press secretary.The New York Times had first reported that Katie Zacharia had been tapped for the role, and sources confirmed the offer to Politico.'She has an unblemished record of support, and has been a loyal and brilliant supporter, right from the beginning. She is, likewise, a devoted fan and member of MAGA!'Zacharia, 42, is a graduate of Pepperdine who worked briefly at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and is currently the senior communications adviser for the Trump Media and Technology Group, which owns the Truth Social online platform."She was previously involved in my Campaigns, assisting in key Swing States, where we won 7 out of 7," said the president on Truth Social. "She has an unblemished record of support, and has been a loyal and brilliant supporter, right from the beginning. She is, likewise, a devoted fan and member of MAGA!" She has been a frequent commentator on political issues at Fox News, Newsmax, CNN, and OANN.The press secretary role has been open at the White House since Karoline Leavitt left at the end of August after giving birth to her second child.Leavitt was the youngest press secretary in White House history. She turned 29 years old at the end of August. On Monday, Fox News announced that Leavitt was joining the network as a political commentator.Zacharia has also worked as general counsel for a conservative advocacy nonprofit named Fix California, founded by Trump special envoy Richard Grenell. RELATED: 3 moments that will make you miss Karoline Leavitt She has been married to film producer Tyler Zacharia for 15 years and is a mother to four children.Zacharia will also be the seventh woman in a row to be White House press secretary. The last male to hold the position was Sean Spicer in the first Trump administration.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The husband of a Texas mother accused of stabbing her young children — ages 3 years and 10 months — and him early Tuesday morning told police she was going through postpartum depression at the time, WFAA-TV reported, citing a newly released arrest affidavit.The husband also was concerned about her behavior before the stabbing, the station said, citing the affidavit.The husband 'was trying to get to the children, but the children were in another room, and she was actively trying to stab him.'Northlake Police officers were dispatched to a home in the 1200 block of Daylily Drive around 4:20 a.m. regarding a stabbing in progress, KXAS-TV said.Police said a man called 911 and reported that his wife had a knife and was stabbing him, KXAS said.Holly Leeann Flores, 37, was taken into custody and booked into the Denton County Jail on preliminary charges of attempted capital murder (two counts) and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, police told WFAA, adding that bond for each of the attempted capital murder charges has been set at $1,000,000; bond has not been set for the aggravated assault charge.WFAA, citing an arrest affidavit the station said it obtained, sait arriving officers saw Flores' husband — Justin Hommel — standing in the home's driveway holding a knife; there was blood on his head. Hommel immediately dropped the knife, WFAA said, and officers entered the home, found Flores, and detained her. Officers also heard children screaming in the house, and they found the couple's two small children, who also had been stabbed, police told WFAA.Both children were conscious when officers arrived, and they were rushed to a hospital with multiple stab wounds, WFAA reported, citing the affidavit. Police told WFAA the injured were:A 34-year-old man, who suffered head injuriesA 3-year-old girl, who suffered a stab wound to the chestA 10-month-old boy, who suffered a stab wound to the chestHommel and the children were taken to a Fort Worth hospital, the station said, adding that Flores was taken to a Denton hospital for observation and possible injuries — and once she was treated and released, she was sent to jail. Police on Thursday said the children have been released from the hospital and are in the care of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, WFAA said, adding that Hommel also has has been released from the hospital.RELATED: Mother accused of stabbing her young children — 1 of them just 10 months old — and her husband Northlake Police Chief Robert Crawford told WFAA he listened to the 911 call saying that the husband "was trying to get to the children, but the children were in another room, and she was actively trying to stab him."The station said audio of the emergency radio traffic was posted on the scanner-monitoring site Broadcastify, and it captured a dispatcher relaying the initial report: "Caller stated wife is stabbing husband, stabbed in the head. ... Female is turning on gas stove in the house. There are children in the house." Police have not said if the report about the stove was confirmed, WFAA noted.In a 911 call, Hommel is heard asking his wife amid the attack if this is a "postpartum thing," the station added.Police said they responded to five other calls at the home since March, WFAA said, adding that the arrest affidavit indicates police confirmed they previously had responded to the home multiple times for welfare concerns and overdoses.A dispatcher said on the radio, "They have a history of welfare concerns involving CPS with the mother," the station said, adding that Child Protective Services confirmed it had been involved with the family but did not release details about the case.More from WFAA:In an interview with police, Hommel told police that his wife was recently struggling with postpartum depression and that her behavior has recently changed. Due to his concerns, he planned to sleep on a couch to be closer to his children. On the night of the incident, Hommel said he saw Flores take a candle into the children's bedroom, which he thought was strange, the affidavit states. He then awoke around 1 a.m. to the sound of Flores attempting to use a lighter in the bedroom. When he entered to check on Flores, he saw her lighting a candle and saw a kitchen knife on the bedroom dresser, police said.The knife "freaked him out" and he attempted to enter the room; however, Holly was able to close the door on him, and he went back to sleep, the affidavit states.The station said that Hommel told police that he awoke later that evening to sounds of his children crying in their bedroom and knocked on the door.WFAA, citing the affidavit, said that when Flores opened the door, she was holding the knife and began attacking him, after which Hommel was able to wrestle the knife away from her. The station said officers observed bite marks on his arm, indicating a struggle.Like Blaze News? 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