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Jackie Robinson, in military uniform, signs a contract with the minor league club in Montreal, a farm team for the Brooklyn Dodgers. (Bettmann Archive/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — The Pentagon said Wednesday that in “rare cases” it may have deliberately or mistakenly removed some webpages in efforts to remove diversity, equity and inclusion content after […]

om Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke on Wednesday about a partial ceasefire on energy infrastructure amid broader efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war. Their conversation came one day after Trump failed to persuade Russia’s Vladimir Putin to sign on to the 30-day total ceasefire proposed […]

om Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is speaking with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday as talks continue to try to end the Russia-Ukraine war. The call was underway as of 10:38 a.m. ET, according to White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino. Their conversation comes one day […]

J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon is attempting to reduce the size of its civilian workforce by between 50,000 to 60,000 employees through voluntary workforce reductions, though it remains unclear if it will be able to meet that goal without possibly having to carry out forced reductions in the civilian workforce. The Defense […]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (MEXICO) — The FBI extradited an alleged senior leader of the MS-13 gang who was on the agency’s “10 most wanted” list with the help of the Mexican government, FBI Director Kash Patel said Tuesday. Patel said Mexican authorities arrested Francisco Javier Roman-Bardales — who Patel said is believed to be a […]

Andrew Leyden/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is ending U.S. Secret Service protection for former President Joe Biden’s adult children. Trump made the announcement on his conservative social media platform on Monday evening. Earlier Monday, as he toured the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Trump was asked by a reporter about the […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer defended his choice to vote with the minority of his party to keep the government open last week and his position as leader in an appearance on “The View” on Tuesday. His comments come as some Democrats have publicly raised questions about their confidence in […]

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg; Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts pushed back against calls from President Donald Trump — and some House Republicans — to impeach a judge whose ruling conflicted with the Trump administration’s deportation plans. Roberts issued a rare statement on Tuesday […]

Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. military is tracking strong early-year recruiting figures across the services, a signal it will meet or exceed 2024 performances, military officials told ABC News. The Army and Navy, the two largest services and the most ailing from recruiting challenges, both say they’ve recruited at promising rates in […]

Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump hurled insults at the federal judge who conducted a “fact-finding” hearing on Monday over whether the Trump administration knowingly violated a court order when it handed over more than 200 alleged gang members to El Salvadoran authorities over the weekend. In a post on his […]