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U.S. President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting with members of his administration in the Cabinet Room of the White House on August 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. This is the seventh cabinet meeting of [Read More…]

In this handout, the mug shot of Jeffrey Epstein, 2019. (Photo by Kypros/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — A group of Jeffrey Epstein survivors spoke out on Capitol Hill on Wednesday as part of a push to [Read More…]

Chinese President Xi jinping (R) shows the way to Russian President Vladimir Putin during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025 at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Centre on September 1, 2025 in Tianjin, China. [Read More…]

Kevin Carter/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — More than a year after a Secret Service counter sniper team killed a would-be assassin targeting President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, a report from the Department of Homeland Security [Read More…]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday again took aim at Chicago as he suggested federal intervention is needed to combat crime. Trump pointed to gun violence in the city over Labor Day weekend, [Read More…]

DHS police and Marines guard the Federal Detention Center on Thursday, July 17, 2025 as people protest against immigration enforcement in Los Angeles, CA. (Luke Johnson / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — [Read More…]

Siavosh Hosseini/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani was injured in a vehicle accident Saturday evening in New Hampshire, his security chief said in a statement on Sunday. [Read More…]

Christian Torres/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal judge on Sunday blocked the Trump administration from deporting 76 unaccompanied Guatemalan children from the United States to Guatemala. A judge had temporarily blocked the [Read More…]

Christian Torres/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal judge on Sunday blocked the Trump administration from deporting hundreds of unaccompanied Guatemalan children from the U.S. to Guatemala. A federal judge had temporarily blocked [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) immunizations chief Dr. Demetre Daskalakis said Sunday that he’s concerned with the direction the agency is going and worried about public health [Read More…]

Nathan Luna/ABC News (BALTIMORE) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore defended his rhetoric against President Donald Trump over crime in his home city of Baltimore amid an escalating feud between the two leaders. “I have no [Read More…]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — GOP Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer said Sunday that Minnesota laws should have prevented the suspect from purchasing a gun that allowed them to kill two children and wound more than [Read More…]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the bill redrawing Texas’ congressional map into law, he said on Friday. The milestone for the Republican-driven mid-decade redistricting in the Lone Star state comes [Read More…]

Former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a keynote address during the Emerge 20th Anniversary Gala at the Palace Hotel on April 30, 2025 in San Francisco, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President Donald [Read More…]

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson appears speaks with ABC News while appearing on “Good Morning America,” Aug. 29, 2025. ABC News (NEW YORK) — House Speaker Mike Johnson, on “Good Morning America” on Friday, [Read More…]

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on August 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — A rare political [Read More…]

Sam Hodde/MLB Photos via Getty Images (SAN ANTONIO) — Former Major League Baseball player Mark Teixeira has announced a run for Congress in Texas in a red district that includes areas around San Antonio and [Read More…]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is once again vowing to protect Social Security if congressional Republicans seek another reconciliation bill. Asked earlier this week what he would prioritize should Republicans in Congress [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams is saying he’s sorry for the controversy that has surrounded his administration over the past year amid allegations of corruption against the mayor and [Read More…]

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy boards a NextGen Amtrak Acela train for a trip to Boston following a news conference for the upgraded train’s first day of service along the Northeast Corridor on August 27, [Read More…]