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Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — At next week’s unusual gathering of several hundred senior U.S. generals and admirals, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will deliver his message of restoring the “warrior ethos” to the U.S. military [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Sunday he is “hopeful” a government shutdown can be avoided as Congress lurches toward its Tuesday deadline to reach a spending agreement. Jeffries’ comments [Read More…]

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — President Donald Trump’s executive order strapping a six-figure fee to the H1-B visa has created confusion for tech firms and the tens of thousands of foreign employees that the [Read More…]

Chris Murphy speaks during the 2025 Concordia Annual Summit on September 24, 2025 in New York City. (Riccardo Savi/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Word of former FBI Director James Comey’s federal indictment sent anger and shockwaves [Read More…]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Justice Clarence Thomas said the Supreme Court should take a more critical approach to settled precedent, saying decided cases are not “the gospel” and suggesting some may have been based [Read More…]

Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the United Nations headquarters on September 26, 2025 in New York City (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) [Read More…]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has asked a large number of general officers and admirals to gather next Tuesday at the Marine base at Quantico, Virginia, according to five U.S. officials. [Read More…]

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A key Senate hearing from five years ago is the center of the federal probe into former FBI Director James Comey, sources told ABC News Thursday. At least two [Read More…]

Vice President JD Vance greets local law enforcement as he arrives to depart on Air Force Two at Piedmont Triad International Airport, September 24, 2025 in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Alex Brandon/Pool via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) [Read More…]

Former FBI Director James Comey testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Washington D.C., June 8, 2017. Mark Reinstein/Corbis via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump’s handpicked U.S. Attorney in Virginia is planning to ask a [Read More…]

Wreckage from American Airlines flight 5342 is pulled from the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan National Airport, Feb. 3, 2025. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Family members of one of those killed [Read More…]

President Donald Trump listens to a reporter’s question during a bilateral meeting with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN headquarters on September [Read More…]

Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congress is out of town this week, but when lawmakers return on Monday, Sept. 29, they’ll be facing an immediate government funding deadline. If Congress doesn’t act [Read More…]

Democratic congressional candidate Adelita Grijalva speaks to the media during a primary election-night party, July 15, 2025, in Tucson, Ariz. Rebecca Noble/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Tuesday’s special election for Arizona’s 7th Congressional District will likely [Read More…]

U.S. President Donald walks toward reporters while departing the White House on September 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump is scheduled to travel to New York City this evening. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) [Read More…]

 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the United Nations headquarters on September 23, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — President [Read More…]

ormer Vice President Kamala Harris speaks with Michael Strahan on “Good Morning America,” Sept. 23, 2025, in New York City. ABC News (NEW YORK) — Former Vice President Kamala Harris, on ABC’s “Good Morning America” [Read More…]

The U.S. Supreme Court is shown March 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Trump administration defied a federal judge’s court order this past weekend in a case related to the deportation of more than 200 [Read More…]

Aerial view of Trenton New Jersey Skyline featuring state capitol dome of New Jersey. (Visions of America/Joseph Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) (TRENTON, N.J.) — As New Jersey’s 2025 election for governor — one [Read More…]

FBI Director Kash Patel listens as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks before signing a Presidential Memorandum in the Oval Office on September 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — During Charlie [Read More…]