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Supreme Court allows Trump administration to end protections for Venezuelan migrants
J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to terminate Temporary Protected Status for approximately 350,000 Venezuelans who were protected from deportation and allowed to work in the [Read More…]

Trump and Putin hold high-stakes phone call over war in Ukraine
ABC News (LONDON) — A high-stakes phone call between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin is underway, as the White House continues its push for an end to Moscow’s 3-year-old invasion of Ukraine [Read More…]

Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ passes House Budget Committee vote
ABC News The House Budget Committee voted late Sunday night to advance President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” after several GOP hard-liners blocked the measure from moving forward Friday. The vote passed down [Read More…]

Trump to ask Putin to stop ‘bloodbath’ in Ukraine peace call
ABC News LONDON — President Donald Trump is expected to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin at around 10 a.m. ET on Monday, as the White House continues its push for an end to Moscow’s [Read More…]

Former President Joe Biden diagnosed with ‘aggressive’ prostate cancer
ABC News Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, according to a statement from his office released Sunday afternoon. “Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a [Read More…]

Supreme Court maintains temporary block on Trump’s Alien Enemies Act deportations
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court, in a 7-2 ruling, extended its injunction that temporarily bars the Trump administration from removing Venezuelan immigrants from the United States under the Alien Enemies Act proclamation and [Read More…]

Republican hard-liners defy Trump, Johnson as mega-bill fails to advance
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A vote on the megabill aimed at advancing President Donald Trump’s agenda failed in the House Budget Committee Friday afternoon amid objections from hard-liners, halting the bill’s progress at the [Read More…]

Trump blasts former FBI director James Comey over controversial Instagram post
Waleed Zein/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump lashed out Friday against ex-FBI director James Comey over an Instagram post that contained an image that top Trump officials claimed was a threat. In a now-deleted [Read More…]

Trump pressures GOP hard-liners to ‘unite’ behind bill that advances his agenda
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is weighing in on House Republicans’ mega-bill aimed at advancing his legislative agenda Friday morning — calling on his party to unite behind it despite objections from [Read More…]

Republican hardliners threaten to derail GOP bill encompassing Trump’s agenda
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A mega-bill encompassing President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda appears to be in jeopardy as several Republican hardliners on Thursday signaled their opposition to advancing the package out of the House [Read More…]

What to know about birthright citizenship as Supreme Court weighs blocks on Trump’s order to end it
Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Thursday heard oral arguments over President Donald Trump’s emergency request to roll back nationwide injunctions blocking his executive order to end birthright citizenship. The rare May sitting of [Read More…]

Democratic leaders vow to kill colleague’s effort to impeach Trump
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Democratic Rep. Shri Thanedar is taking an unorthodox step in defiance of his party’s leadership, forcing an impeachment vote against President Donald Trump on Wednesday [Read More…]

Democrats say it’s a ‘sad day for DHS’ under Kristi Noem’s leadership in fiery House hearing
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem came under fire from House Democrats while testifying before the House Homeland Security Committee on her department’s 2026 budget on Wednesday. The hearing quickly turned [Read More…]

Supreme Court to weigh blocks on Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship
Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Thursday over President Donald Trump’s emergency request to roll back nationwide injunctions blocking his executive order to end birthright citizenship. The rare [Read More…]

Democrat Adam Schiff presses DOD inspector general for details on Trump’s Qatari plane gift
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., is requesting that the Department of Defense’s Office of Inspector General launch an inquiry on the department’s role in “facilitating and serving as a pass-through” for [Read More…]

Federal judge in Pennsylvania rules that Trump’s invocation of AEA is lawful
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged migrant gang members is lawful, but determined that the administration [Read More…]

Ed Martin, Trump’s DOJ pardon attorney, says he’ll review Biden’s outgoing pardons
Valerie Plesch/For The Washington Post (WASHINGTON) — Ed Martin, the outgoing Washington, D.C., U.S. attorney who will soon start his role as DOJ’s pardon attorney and chief of the so-called “Weaponization Working Group,” said he [Read More…]

Trump administration faces criticism for prioritizing white South African refugees
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration’s move to prioritize the resettlement of white South African refugees in the United States even as it has turned away refugees from countries including Afghanistan and Haiti [Read More…]

Buttigieg to headline Iowa town hall amid 2028 speculation
Win McNamee/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is heading to Iowa Tuesday, fueling speculation that he is mounting a bid for the White House in 2028. On Tuesday evening, Buttigieg — [Read More…]

Do-over move for DNC vice-chair elections could put 2 officials — including reformer David Hogg — in jeopardy
Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Democratic National Committee’s Credentials subcommittee has recommended that the party should once again hold vice-chair elections over complaints that there were issues with how the balloting was conducted — [Read More…]