Politics

Texas House Democrats plan to flee state to try to stop proposed congressional maps

Sunday, August 3 by ABC News

(AUSTIN, Texas) -- Democratic statehouse legislators are planning to leave Texas on Sunday in order to break the quorum of a special legislative session... Read More.

Deadly DC plane crash was years in the making, air traffic manager tells NTSB

Sunday, August 3 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The deadly mid-air collision at Reagan Airport in January was years in the making, the operations manager of the DCA air traffic... Read More.

Office of Special Counsel says it’s opened Hatch Act probe of Jack Smith

Saturday, August 2 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Office of Special Counsel confirmed Saturday that it has opened an investigation into former Special Counsel Jack Smith and whether... Read More.

Appeals court upholds restrictions on Los Angeles immigration arrests

Saturday, August 2 by ABC News

(LOS ANGELES) -- An appeals court upheld a lower court’s order to temporarily block federal immigration agents from conducting immigration-related arrests in Los Angeles... Read More.

Democratic governors throw support behind Newsom, back partisan redistricting

Saturday, August 2 by ABC News

(MADISON, WI) -- -- A number of high-profile Democratic governors are ready to fight -- ardently throwing support behind their colleagues who have said... Read More.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting to begin shutting down its operations

Friday, August 1 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced Friday that it will begin a "wind-down of its operations" and cut a majority of its... Read More.

Trump moves nuclear submarines in response to Russia’s ‘highly provocative’ statement

Friday, August 1 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump said on Friday he's ordered two nuclear submarines to move in the "appropriate regions" in response to what he... Read More.

Republican Rep. Bryan Steil booed defending Trump tariffs at Wisconsin town hall

Friday, August 1 by ABC News

(ELKHORN, Wis.) -- In a rowdy town hall on Thursday night, Wisconsin Republican Rep. Bryan Steil was booed when he expressed support for President... Read More.

Trump to sign order to revive Presidential Fitness Test for students

Thursday, July 31 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Kids in America's public schools will soon be lacing up their sneakers for the Presidential Fitness Test as President Donald Trump is... Read More.

1,350 more National Guard members withdrawn from Los Angeles

Thursday, July 31 by ABC News

(LOS ANGELES) -- The Pentagon has announced that 1,350 more federalized members of the California National Guard will be withdrawn from the security mission... Read More.

Federal government paying 154,000 people not to work

Thursday, July 31 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The federal government is paying more than 154,000 federal employees not to work as part of the deferred resignation program, an administration... Read More.

Bessent tries to clarify comments suggesting Social Security could be privatized

Thursday, July 31 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is trying to walk back his suggestion that the so-called Trump savings accounts for newborns could be a... Read More.