Politics

Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump will travel to the new “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention center in Florida‘s Everglades on Tuesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed on Monday. The Trump administration is turning the remote Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport into a facility that officials say will eventually hold up […]

Andrew Caballero-reynolds/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Monday lifted U.S. sanctions on Syria, signing an executive order to carry out a promise he made in May. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters ahead of the signing that Trump’s action was designed to “promote and support the country’s path to stability […]

Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, on Monday said he would back challengers to members of Congress who vote for President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” Musk broke his short-lived X silence about the bill over the weekend, unloading on it for being “utterly insane.” On Monday, Musk […]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate is plowing ahead toward a final vote on President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and immigration bill, as Republicans rush to get it across the finish line by July 4. The self-imposed deadline by Trump meant a rare weekend session for lawmakers, one filled with partisan drama and some […]

Al Drago/Getty Image (WASHINGTON) — GOP Sen. Thom Tillis was back on Capitol Hill on Monday as Senate Republicans struggled to pass their “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” he opposes — before President Donald Trump’s July Fourth deadline. “I may look for an opportunity to speak again,” Tillis said during his fiery remarks on the […]

Mario Tama/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice is suing the city of Los Angeles over its sanctuary city policy, alleging it interferes with the enforcement of federal immigration laws, officials announced on Monday. “The challenged law and policies of the City of Los Angeles obstruct the Federal Government’s enforcement of federal immigration law […]

Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is threatening all of Harvard University‘s federal funding after it said it found the university to be in “violent violation” of the Civil Rights Act, according to a new letter sent to the university that was viewed by ABC News. The letter, sent to Harvard’s President […]

Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Monday said it will hear a Republican challenge to limits on federal campaign spending in its next term, which will begin in October. Congress has capped the amount of money parties and campaign organizations can spend on advertising in direct coordination with the candidates, but the […]

boonchai wedmakawand/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Iranian-affiliated cyber actors and hacktivist groups “may still conduct malicious cyber activity,” according to a joint bulletin from U.S. law enforcement agencies. “Based on the current geopolitical environment, Iranian-affiliated cyber actors may target U.S. devices and networks for near-term cyber operations,” the bulletin from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security […]

ABC News House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries hesitated to endorse presumptive Democratic New York City mayor nominee Zohran Mamdani but praised his “successful” campaign and messaging. “I have not,” Jeffries said when asked by “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl about if he had endorsed the self-proclaimed democratic socialist candidate. Jeffries said he spoke to Mamdani […]