Politics

(Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As President Donald Trump’s battle with the judiciary escalates, House Republicans are eyeing ways to rein in judges from blocking parts of his agenda. House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan said on Monday his panel will hold hearings next week on U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, who is at […]

Jason Almond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Monday named Alina Habba, his personal attorney-turned-White House counselor, to serve as the next interim U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey. “Alina will lead with the same diligence and conviction that has defined her career, and she will fight tirelessly to […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Members of the Trump administration coordinated highly sensitive Yemen war plans on an unsecure group chat, which accidentally included Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, he wrote in a report for the publication on Monday. White House National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes shared with ABC News the statement […]

Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court for an emergency stay of a district court judge’s order that 16,000 terminated federal probationary employees across six agencies and departments be immediately reinstated. The request is the latest challenge to a nationwide preliminary injunction issued by a federal district court judge […]

Jason Almond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Second lady Usha Vance will be part of a delegation traveling to Greenland this week, after President Donald Trump’s repeated statements that the U.S. should own and control the semiautonomous Danish territory. Vance’s office announced the trip on Sunday, describing it as one dedicated […]

Jason Almond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Monday named Alina Habba, his personal attorney-turned-White House counselor, to serve as the next interim U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey. “Alina will lead with the same diligence and conviction that has defined her career, and she will fight tirelessly to […]

Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The United States Supreme Court on Monday will hear arguments in a Louisiana case involving politics, race and voting maps with potential implications for the 2026 midterm elections. The justices are considering a dispute over how Louisiana’s congressional districts were drawn after the 2020 census. Louisiana has six congressional districts […]

Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Tech billionaire Elon Musk was slated to visit the Pentagon on Friday and attend a meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that would touch on China, among other things, two United States officials confirmed to ABC News — but that plan changed after The New York Times […]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump seemed to issue a warning to individuals who participate in Tesla vandalisms, as reports of destruction to vehicles, dealerships and charging stations surge across the country. Early Friday morning, Trump posted on his social media platform: “People that get caught sabotaging Teslas will stand a very good […]

President Donald Trump stands with Secretary of Education Linda McMahon /Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump announced Friday that two key functions of the agency he is seeking to dismantle, the Department of Education, will be moved to new departments: The Small Business Administration will take on student loans, and the Department of […]