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Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Elon Musk’s political action committee is offering Wisconsin voters $100 who sign a petition opposing “activist judges” ahead of the April 1 Wisconsin Supreme Court election, [Read More…]

(spxChrome/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Government Efficiency approach’s to identifying fraud at the Social Security Administration “is tantamount to hitting a fly with a sledgehammer,” a federal judge said Thursday, blocking DOGE’s unlimited [Read More…]

(SimpleImages/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — In President Donald Trump’s escalating battle with the judiciary, he and his Republican allies have zeroed in on a similar message. No single judge, they argue, should be able to use [Read More…]

People hold signs as they hold an “informational picket” over DOGE’s reductions to the federal workforce outside the Jacob K. Javits Federal Office Building on March 19, 2025 in New York City. Federal workers and [Read More…]

(Marie Hickman/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Democrats are settling into the year with some of their strongest February grassroots fundraising numbers on record, according to the Democratic National Committee, which says it brought in $9 million [Read More…]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump continued his sweeping education agenda as he signed an executive order to diminish the Department of Education at the White House on Thursday. The president’s order directs [Read More…]

Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, the federal judge who blocked the Trump administration from deporting noncitizens — Venezuelan immigrants that it alleges are members of the gang Tren de [Read More…]

Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — George Glezmann, a U.S. citizen who was detained by the Taliban for more than two years, has been released, according to the State Department. “Today, after two and [Read More…]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order to diminish the Department of Education at the White House on Thursday, multiple sources told ABC News. The president’s order [Read More…]

Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — George Glezmann, a U.S. citizen who was detained by the Taliban for more than two years, has been released, according to the State Department. “Today, after two and [Read More…]

El Salvador Presidency/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — An attorney representing a migrant sent to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act says her client was deported due to a soccer logo tattoo, according to court declarations [Read More…]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Elizabeth Warren is urging Education Secretary Linda McMahon to reinstate former Department of Education employees who were critical to the nation’s federal student aid process or else borrowers will [Read More…]

Jackie Robinson, in military uniform, signs a contract with the minor league club in Montreal, a farm team for the Brooklyn Dodgers. (Bettmann Archive/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — The Pentagon said Wednesday that in “rare [Read More…]

om Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke on Wednesday about a partial ceasefire on energy infrastructure amid broader efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war. Their conversation [Read More…]

J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon is attempting to reduce the size of its civilian workforce by between 50,000 to 60,000 employees through voluntary workforce reductions, though it remains unclear if it will [Read More…]

om Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday as talks continue to try to end the Russia-Ukraine war. Their conversation came one day [Read More…]

J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon is attempting to reduce the size of its civilian workforce by between 50,000 to 60,000 employees through voluntary workforce reductions, though it remains unclear if it will [Read More…]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (MEXICO) — The FBI extradited an alleged senior leader of the MS-13 gang who was on the agency’s “10 most wanted” list with the help of the Mexican government, FBI Director Kash [Read More…]

Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. military is tracking strong early-year recruiting figures across the services, a signal it will meet or exceed 2024 performances, military officials told ABC News. [Read More…]

Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump hurled insults at the federal judge who conducted a “fact-finding” hearing on Monday over whether the Trump administration knowingly violated a court [Read More…]