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Former President Trump is scheduled to return to New York City Thursday to sit for a second deposition as part of Letitia James’ $250 million civil fraud lawsuit. Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to return to New York City Thursday to sit for a second deposition as part of New York Attorney General Letitia James' $250 million civil fraud lawsuit , sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. Trump previously sat for an hourslong deposition in August, prior to James filing her lawsuit that accused Trump, his eldest children and his company of fraudulently inflating the value of the Trump real estate portfolio and his net worth. MORE: Video shows Donald Trump give deposition ahead of $250 million lawsuit The attorney general's office has the right to depose relevant parties after the filing of the lawsuit as part of the discovery process. Trump is expected to sit for this new deposition Thursday at the attorney general's downtown office. TOPSHOT - Former Pre...

National Zoo pandas Mei Xiang, Tian-Tian and Xiao Qi Ji are set to return to China in mid-November, roughly a month earlier than expected. It's panda -monium at the National Zoo for panda lovers who will have to say goodbye to the trio of bears earlier than expected. Zoo officials told ABC News Wednesday morning that the date for the three giant panda s, Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi Ji to leave Washington, D.C., had been moved forward to mid-November, a few weeks prior to their originally scheduled return on Dec. 7. After they leave, the only remaining giant panda s in the United States will be in Atlanta. The zoo is not releasing an exact departure date due to security concerns. It's not clear why the timing of the pandas' departure changed. The three bears will make the 19-hour journey to China aboard a specialized FedEx "Giant Panda Express" plane. People watch male giant panda Xiao Qi Ji walk around his enclosure during a 'Panda Palooza...

It's been six weeks since the 81-year-old Republican leader was hurt in a fall. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is re turning to Congress on Monday, nearly six weeks after suffering a concussion and a fractured rib from a fall at a Washington hotel. The Kentucky senator, who's 81, has been recovering at home upon release from a rehabilitation facility March 25, following a five-day in the hospital after falling at the ​​Waldorf Astoria while attending a private dinner on March 8. "I am looking forward to re turning to the Senate on Monday," McConnell said in a Tweet on Thursday. "We've got important Business to tackle and big fights to win for Kentuckians and the American people." Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to the media during the weekly Republican press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, March 7, 2023. Bonnie Cash/Reuters, FILE MORE: McConnell released from inpatient therapy after concussion, fractured rib MOR...

If lawmakers don't reach a deal before the "X-date," the U.S. would default for the first time in history. As lawmakers return Monday from recess, they are staring down a fast-approaching deadline to address the debt limit or risk an unprecedented default. The United States reached its $31.4 trillion borrowing limit back in January and is now relying on "extraordinary measures" to keep the government fully funded and avoid what would be an economically catastrophic default. When exactly those measures will run out -- dubbed the "X-date" -- is a moving target, experts told ABC News, though it could happen as early as this summer. "The clock is ticking," said Rachel Snyderman, the senior associate director of economic policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center, which predicts the U.S. will be unable to meet its financial obligations at some point in the "summer or early fall." MORE: US reaches debt limit amid showdown and 'extraordin...