Politics

David McNew/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — There are currently 4,100 California National Guardsmen and 700 Marines in the greater Los Angeles area after President Donald Trump ordered them to protect federal buildings and federal law enforcement as protests opposed to ICE raids increased over the weekend. Most of the attention has been focused on the […]

Isaac Wasserman/NCAA Photos via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Elon Musk called President Donald Trump on Monday night, two sources familiar with the conversation told ABC News, after their bitter public feud last week. Musk posted on X early on Wednesday morning, “I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Pam Bondi rejected that President Donald Trump’s pardons for hundreds of rioters who assaulted police during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol creates a double standard with the administration’s aggressive response to violence at immigration protests in Los Angeles. “Well, this is very different,” Bondi said Wednesday in an […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — President Donald Trump’s challenge to his “one of a kind” felony hush money conviction in New York should be removed from state appellate courts and heard in federal court, an attorney for the president argued Wednesday. Just over a year after Trump became the first former president to be found guilty of a […]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (SAN ANTONIO) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he was deploying the Texas National Guard to multiple locations across the state to “ensure peace and order.” The deployment comes ahead of planned protests this week in Texas, including on in San Antonio. A statement from Abbott’s office obtained by ABC News’ affiliate […]

J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s political operation has approached Texas Republicans about redrawing the Texas congressional map ahead of next year’s midterms, in a bid to protect Republicans’ fragile House majority, multiple sources familiar with the discussions told ABC News. Texas Republican lawmakers, who met on the topic at the U.S. […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Just over a year after Donald Trump became the first former president to be found guilty of a felony, an appeals court is set to hear the president’s bid to move his case to federal court. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit has scheduled oral arguments […]

Kevin Carter/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Smithsonian tried to affirm its autonomy from outside influences in a statement on Monday after President Donald Trump announced that he fired National Portrait Gallery head Kim Sajet for being a “highly partisan person.” The institution, which is the world’s largest museum, education and research complex, sent the statement […]

Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/The Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images (WASHINGTON)  — Democratic senators on Tuesday were walking a line between criticizing the White House for sending troops to put down protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Los Angeles and the violence the administration says caused it to act. Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to use “heavy force” against “any” protesters at the military parade being held in Washington this weekend. “We’re going to celebrate big on Saturday,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office right after he spoke about sending the National Guard and Marines to Los […]