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Trump administration halts funding for two cybersecurity efforts
The Trump administration has cut millions of dollars in federal funding from two cybersecurity initiatives, including one dedicated to helping state and local election officials
07:32 PM on 03/10/2025 ABC Politics Scholars stranded in America and abroad amid funding freeze of State Department programs
The U.S. State Department has frozen funding indefinitely for thousands of scholars participating in long-established cross-cultural programs connecting the U.S. to other parts of the world
11:58 PM on 03/10/2025 ABC Politics Drawing huge crowds, Bernie Sanders steps into leadership of the anti-Trump resistance
At 83 years old, Bernie Sanders has emerged as an unlikely leader of the Democratic resistance to Donald Trump
12:46 AM on 03/10/2025 ABC Politics Air Force intercepts aircraft flying in a restricted zone near Mar-a-Lago
Air Force fighter jets on Sunday intercepted a civilian aircraft flying in the temporarily restricted airspace near President Donald Trump’s Florida home, bringing the number of violations to more than 20 since Trump took office on Jan. 20
04:26 PM on 03/09/2025 ABC Politics How one small business is navigating Trumps on-again, off-again tariffs on Canadian goods
At Fishtown Seafood, owner Bryan Szeliga is worried about the oysters
10:38 AM on 03/09/2025 ABC Politics Earle-Sears has faced tough races before. Her campaign for Virginia governor is no different
Virginia's lieutenant governor is used to facing formidable obstacles in her political campaigns
08:18 AM on 03/08/2025 ABC Politics Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
08:50 PM on 03/08/2025 ABC Politics Freedom Caucus in Wyoming claims victory with approval of most priorities
Freedom Caucus leaders in the Wyoming House of Representatives are claiming victory after a legislative session in which most of their priorities got passed
05:46 PM on 03/08/2025 ABC Politics Trump tells crypto leaders at White House summit he's committed to helping their industry
President Donald Trump said Friday that he’s committed to making the U.S. a world leader in cryptocurrencies as industry leaders heaped praise on him for reversing what they said had been unfair attacks on digital assets by the previous administration
05:46 PM on 03/08/2025 ABC Politics Avalanche, Jets and Stars raise stakes in NHL' s Central Division with big trades at the deadline
Just when it looked like the Colorado Avalanche made a big move by getting center Brock Nelson, their chief rivals in the Central Division answered with serious salvos in the hours before the NHL trade deadline
07:14 PM on 03/08/2025 ABC Politics Utah governor mulls measure eliminating universal mail-in voting
Utah has sent a bill to its Republican governor that would do away with the state's universal mail-in voting system
08:20 PM on 03/08/2025 ABC Politics George Santos ex-fundraiser is sentenced to a year in prison for wire fraud
A former campaign fundraiser for ex-U.S. Rep. George Santos has been sentenced to serve one year in prison for impersonating a high-ranking congressional aide while raising campaign cash for the disgraced New York Republican
03:44 PM on 03/07/2025 ABC Politics New EPA guidance says spending items greater than $50,000 must get approval from DOGE
The Environmental Protection Agency has issued new guidance directing senior staff to submit spending items greater than $50,000 for approval from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency
01:14 PM on 03/07/2025 ABC Politics Wisconsin Democrats vent, cry and issue call to action to counter Musk and Trump
They came to vent and to cry and to exhort
12:42 PM on 03/07/2025 ABC Politics Georgia lawmakers pass bill allowing Trump and others to recover costs of election meddling case
Georgia’s Senate has passed a bill that would allow President Donald Trump and more than a dozen people to seek compensation for legal bills stemming from an attempt to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state
11:54 PM on 03/07/2025 ABC Politics U.S. economy likely generated a solid 160,000 jobs last month, but Trump's trade wars cloud outlook
The U.S. labor market likely kept on churning out jobs last month, economists say, but the outlook is cloudy and getting cloudier as the Trump administration wages trade wars, purges federal employees and seeks to deport millions of immigrants
12:02 AM on 03/07/2025 ABC Politics Judge deciding whether to let charges drop against NYC Mayor Eric Adams is about to get key advice
A former U.S. solicitor general who was brought in to help a federal judge decide whether to accept a Justice Department request to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams is set to submit written arguments
12:26 AM on 03/07/2025 ABC Politics Efforts by Georgia lawmakers to legalize sports betting fizzle again
It turns out 2025 isn’t the year for legalized sports betting in Georgia
12:48 AM on 03/07/2025 ABC Politics Elon Musk tells Republican lawmakers he's not to blame for federal firings
Elon Musk is telling Republican lawmakers that he's not to blame for the firings of thousands of federal workers as he pushes to downsize the government
04:34 PM on 03/06/2025 ABC Politics Wisconsin voters whose ballots were not counted in November election seek damages
Four Wisconsin voters whose ballots were not counted in the November presidential election have initiated a class action lawsuit seeking $175,000 in damages each
12:34 PM on 03/06/2025 ABC Politics Trump issues 'last warning' to Hamas to release all remaining hostages held in Gaza
President Donald Trump has issued what he calls a “last warning” to Hamas to release all remaining hostages held in Gaza
02:26 AM on 03/06/2025 ABC Politics Trump has dropped a high-profile abortion case in Idaho. Here's what that means
A yearslong legal battle over the right to an emergency abortion in Idaho has been abruptly upended now that President Donald Trump has moved to drop the high-profile case
01:14 AM on 03/06/2025 ABC Politics Texas Rep. Al Green unrepentant as he faces censure vote in House for disrupting Trump speech
Rep. Al Green is facing censure in the House for his outburst during President Donald Trump’s address to Congress
12:26 AM on 03/06/2025 ABC Politics Appeals court allows removal of watchdog agency head as legal battle rages over Trump firing
An appeals court has removed the head of a federal watchdog agency in the latest twist in a legal fight over Republican President Donald Trump’s authority to fire the special counsel
09:06 PM on 03/06/2025 ABC Politics Stock market today: Wall Street gains ground as U.S. softens position on some tariffs
U.S. stocks are gaining ground as the U.S. softens its position on some of its tariffs against several key trading partners
02:02 PM on 03/05/2025 ABC Politics Trump administration moves to drop Idaho emergency abortion case with national implications
The Trump administration is dropping an emergency abortion case in Idaho in one of the administration’s first moves on the issue since President Donald Trump's second term began
12:26 PM on 03/05/2025 ABC Politics US Rep. and former Houston mayor Sylvester Turner dies at 70
A spokesperson for Democratic U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner of Texas says he has died just two months after taking office and hours after attending President Donald Trump's address before Congress
11:53 AM on 03/05/2025 ABC Politics The Latest: The world reacts to Trump's 'swift and unrelenting action' as president
President Donald Trump vowed more “swift and unrelenting action” reorienting the nation’s economy, immigration and foreign policy in an unyielding address before Congress as Democratic lawmakers showed their dissent
09:06 AM on 03/05/2025 ABC Politics First-term Michigan senator assails Trump's policies in Democratic response
First-term Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan has delivered the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s joint congressional address
11:46 PM on 03/05/2025 ABC Politics The Florida attorney general's office is investigating Andrew and Tristan Tate
Florida’s attorney general says his office has opened a criminal investigation into Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are charged with human trafficking in Romania
08:50 PM on 03/05/2025 ABC Politics Fargo has an election method that helps mainstream candidates. North Dakota lawmakers may ban it
When Fargo voters approved a unique local election system in 2018, their goal was to choose candidates with broader support to lead North Dakota’s largest city
02:10 PM on 03/04/2025 ABC Politics Census Bureau under Trump seeks permission to delete questions about gender identity
The U.S. Census Bureau under the Trump administration has sought permission to delete questions about gender identity from a monthly survey
01:46 PM on 03/04/2025 ABC Politics Trump vowed to leverage federal money to fight antisemitism. He's starting at Columbia
Columbia University has become the first target in President Donald Trump’s campaign to cut federal money to colleges accused of tolerating antisemitism amid the Israel-Hamas war
01:38 PM on 03/04/2025 ABC Politics Wyoming's governor vetoes ultrasound requirement for medication abortions
Wyoming's Republican governor has vetoed bill that would have required women seeking medication abortions to get ultrasounds
01:38 PM on 03/04/2025 ABC Politics Tennessee sets execution dates for four inmates after nearly three-year pause
The Tennessee Supreme Court has set new execution dates for four inmates after a nearly three-year pause
01:14 PM on 03/04/2025 ABC Politics Democrats promise to 'punch back' against Musk in Wisconsin court race
Democrats are casting the race for control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court as a referendum on billionaire Elon Musk as he and other Republican allies have outpaced Democrats in spending with the election just a month away
01:14 PM on 03/04/2025 ABC Politics Hegseth orders suspension of Pentagon's offensive cyberoperations against Russia
The U.S. Cyber Command is pausing its offensive operations against Russia
08:24 PM on 03/04/2025 ABC Politics NCAA Tournament women's bubble watch: Seton Hall, Ivy League, Virginia Tech
With the calendar turning to March, conference tournaments get underway this week — the last chance for teams to try to impress the NCAA Tournament selection committee
01:30 PM on 03/03/2025 ABC Politics Melania Trump goes to Capitol Hill to lobby for anti-revenge porn bill
Melania Trump is heading to the Capitol to lend her support to an online safety bill
12:02 PM on 03/03/2025 ABC Politics Wisconsin audit of Trump win finds not a single voting machine error
A new audit of the November election won by President Donald Trump in swing-state Wisconsin has found that not a single vote was counted incorrectly, altered or missed by tabulating machines
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