Politics

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Democratic Rep. Brittany Pettersen, who on Tuesday held her newborn son during a speech on the House floor in support of a bipartisan effort to allow proxy voting for new lawmaker parents, said the decision to bring her 9-week-old was “difficult,” but illustrated the need to pass the petition. “We have […]

Pool via ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Education Secretary Linda McMahon interrupted a press conference by House Democrats outside the Department of Education to give an impromptu statement after they met in a closed-door meeting earlier Wednesday. With about a minute’s notice, the secretary’s team told some attendees that McMahon would be making a statement. Rep. […]

STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A unanimous Supreme Court on Wednesday backed the Food and Drug Administration’s refusal to authorize the sale of kid-friendly flavored e-cigarettes and vapes, including the flavors “Killer Kustard Blueberry,” “Rainbow Road,” and “Pineapple Express.” Justice Samuel Alito, in his opinion for the court, rejected the manufacturers’ claims that the agency […]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Shares in Donald Trump’s social media company sank in morning trading on Wednesday, a day after the company filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission that could allow the president’s trust to sell more than $2 billion of shares. Trump Media and Technology Group filed a registration with the SEC on Tuesday that […]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump’s social media company on Monday filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission that could allow the president’s trust to sell more than $2 billion of shares. Trump Media and Technology Group filed a registration with the SEC that would open the door for the president’s trust to sell up to nearly […]

Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal judge in New York on Wednesday dismissed corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams, but not in the way the Trump administration wanted. Judge Dale Ho dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning it cannot be revived. The Justice Department sought to have the case dismissed to free up […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday will unveil in the White House Rose Garden what are expected to be broad-based “reciprocal tariffs” on imports as part of his “America First” agenda. It’s a moment months in the making for the president who has repeatedly billed it as “Liberation Day,” claiming it […]

Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is launching a “Save Our Schools” campaign on Wednesday against President Donald Trump and Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s attempt to dismantle the Department of Education. “The federal government has invested in our public schools,” Warren said in an exclusive interview with ABC News. “Taking […]

Jemal Countess/Getty Images for MoveOn (WASHINGTON) — As Democrats continue to express frustrations over Elon Musk’s outsized role in reshaping the federal bureaucracy, a new effort on Capitol Hill takes aim at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) while proposing guardrails to reassert congressional oversight authority over the executive branch. California Democratic Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove […]

Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After creating history by smashing the record for the longest Senate speech in history, Sen. Cory Booker told reporters as he walked off the floor that he was achy and tired, but grateful for his time. “I didn’t know how long I could go. I’m so grateful I lasted for […]