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‘Too early to tell’ if Iran has given up its nuclear ambitions: Sen. Lindsey Graham
ABC News Sen. Lindsey Graham said it’s “too early to tell” if Iran has given up its nuclear ambitions following U.S. strikes against key nuclear facilities in the country, but the Trump ally said he [Read More…]
Jeffries holds back on endorsing Democratic NYC mayoral candidate Mamdani
ABC News House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries hesitated to endorse presumptive Democratic New York City mayor nominee Zohran Mamdani but praised his “successful” campaign and messaging. “I have not,” Jeffries said when asked by “This [Read More…]
Republicans aim to tie Democrats to Zohran Mamdani after primary upset
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Speaking at the Faith and Freedom Coalition summit in Washington, D.C., an annual evangelical gathering in the nation’s capital, Republican leaders showcased an emerging line of attack against Democrats [Read More…]
Trump celebrates Supreme Court decision limiting nationwide injunctions on birthright citizenship
Omar Havana/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump took a victory a lap on Friday after the Supreme Court limited nationwide injunctions issued by lower court judges against his executive order to effectively end birthright [Read More…]
Supreme Court upholds online age verification for porn sites
Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court ruled Friday that a Texas law that mandated websites with “sexual material harmful to minors” have age verification is constitutional. The court’s conservative judges ruled [Read More…]
SCOTUS rules in favor of parents seeking to opt children out of reading LGBTQ-themed books
Kevin Carter/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled in favor of parents seeking to opt their children out of public school instruction that conflicts with sincerely held religious beliefs. The case, [Read More…]
Supreme Court, in birthright citizenship case, limits judges’ power to block Trump’s policies nationwide
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Friday granted a partial stay of nationwide injunctions issued by district judges against President Donald Trump’s executive order to effectively end birthright citizenship. The 6-3 opinion came from [Read More…]
Supreme Court rejects challenge to Obamacare mandate task force
Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court ruled Friday that a government task force that determines what preventive health care services insurers must cover at no cost under the Affordable Care Act is constitutional. [Read More…]
Trump to host event to rally Republicans behind his megabill
Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Despite a setback to President Donald Trump’s megabill Thursday morning, the president is set to hold an event in the East Room of the White House to rally Republicans behind [Read More…]
‘Rangers lead the way’ — World War II Army Rangers honored with Congressional Gold Medal
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — “We didn’t do it for recognition. We did it out of duty to one another and to our country.” Those are the humble words of Pfc. John Wardell, 99, as [Read More…]
Hegseth calls Trump-directed Iran strikes ‘resounding success,’ intel leak political
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday said the U.S. military bomb strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities had “significantly damaged [Iran’s] nuclear program” and “set it back by years” in [Read More…]
Senate GOP ‘frustrated’ by parliamentarian’s Medicaid ruling in Trump’s bill — but won’t overrule her
Kevin Carter/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Many Republican senators dismissed the idea of overruling the Senate parliamentarian after she rejected key Medicaid provisions in Trump’s tax and immigration bill Thursday, which dealt a blow to Republicans’ [Read More…]
Trump admin launches full-court press defending Iran strikes as questions remain
Patrick van Katwijk/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Thursday offered enthusiastic praise of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s briefing at the Pentagon, where he provided more information about the U.S. strikes on Iran and [Read More…]
Supreme Court decision bolsters efforts to defund Planned Parenthood
Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Thursday said individual Medicaid recipients do not have a right to sue over their state’s decision to cut off Planned Parenthood from the government-funded health insurance [Read More…]
Senate parliamentarian blocks Medicaid changes in Trump’s bill — a blow to GOP
Kevin Carter/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate’s rule enforcer dealt a major blow to Senate Republicans Thursday morning by ruling a key Medicaid provision in the megabill that advances President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda is out of [Read More…]
Zohran Mamdani tells ABC News he plans to win over moderate Dems, other voters after upset in NYC mayoral primary
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Zohran Mamdani, the presumptive Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, told ABC News in a wide-ranging interview aired Wednesday that he plans to win over moderate voters — even as [Read More…]
Trump, Hegseth slam news coverage of US intel report on Iran attack, say B-2 pilots upset
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday both continued to counter a preliminary U.S. intelligence assessment that the attack on three Iranian nuclear facilities did [Read More…]
NATO secretary-general calls Trump ‘Daddy’
Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte called President Donald Trump “Daddy” on Tuesday, reacting to the president’s recent use of expletives when he accused Iran and Israel of violating a ceasefire agreement. [Read More…]
Schumer briefly hospitalized after lightheadedness
Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was briefly hospitalized Wednesday morning after he got lightheaded at the gym, his spokesperson told ABC News. He was treated for dehydration and released [Read More…]
Trump doesn’t rule out sending Ukraine more Patriot missiles after Zelenskyy meeting
Getty/Anton Petrus (WASHINGTON) — Following his closed-door meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the NATO Summit on Wednesday, President Donald Trump didn’t rule out sending Ukraine monetary and defense aid as he voiced frustrations [Read More…]