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Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem incorrectly responded to a lawmaker’s question on the definition of habeas corpus during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on the Department [Read More…]

Chris McGrath/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is hosting South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House on Wednesday amid tensions between the two nations over the U.S. resettlement of white South Africans. [Read More…]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday unveiled plans to begin building a sophisticated new missile defense shield that could intercept threats from space, estimating the endeavor would cost some $175 billion [Read More…]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is set to unveil at the White House Tuesday afternoon his plans to build a massive missile shield system to protect the United States against threats from [Read More…]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday morning turned up the heat on House Republican holdout votes endangering passage of the megabill aimed at advancing his legislative agenda, sources told ABC News. [Read More…]

Yoon S. Byun/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In a copy of “Original Sin, President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again” obtained by ABC News, authors and [Read More…]

Police body cam image of New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver outside of an ICE detention facility, in Newark, N.J., May 9, 2025. United States District Court/District of New Jersey (NEWARK, N.J.) — New Jersey Rep. [Read More…]

Handout/Presidencia El Salvador via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A 20-year-old Venezuelan man seeking a return to the United States after being sent to El Salvador won a legal victory over President Donald Trump’s administration on [Read More…]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Joe Biden’s office announced on Sunday that he was diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer. Biden’s office also said the cancer had metastasized, spreading to his [Read More…]

Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump has called for a “major investigation” into several celebrity endorsements former Vice President Kamala Harris received during the 2024 presidential campaign, suggesting without evidence that some of [Read More…]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — It’s crunch time in the House, where the next 48 hours will test Speaker Mike Johnson’s leadership like never before as he scrambles to secure the needed votes to pass [Read More…]

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is set to pay out nearly $5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of Ashli Babbitt, a rioter fatally shot [Read More…]

ABC News (LONDON) — President Donald Trump held a high-stakes phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, as the White House continues its push for an end to Moscow’s 3-year-old invasion of Ukraine [Read More…]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — It’s crunch time in the House, where the next 48 hours will test Speaker Mike Johnson’s leadership like never before as he scrambles to secure the needed votes to pass [Read More…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]