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Some in Hurricane Helene-ravaged North Carolina embrace Trump's push to abolish FEMA
President Donald Trump's suggestion about “getting rid of” the nation's disaster relief agency doesn't sound like a bad idea for some residents of western North Carolina who are still navigating the long recovery process from Hurricane Helene
08:38 AM on 02/16/2025 ABC Politics Dismantling of federal efforts to monitor election interference creates opening for foreign meddling
President Donald Trump's administration has disbanded an FBI task force focused on investigating foreign influence campaigns and placed on leave several election security employees at the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency
08:39 AM on 02/16/2025 ABC Politics Trump Media says it lost more than $400 million last year
The parent company of President Donald Trump’s social networking site Truth Social says it lost $400.9 million last year and its annual revenue declined 12% to $3.6 million
01:22 PM on 02/15/2025 ABC Politics Vivek Ramaswamy will kick off his bid for Ohio governor in Cincinnati on Feb. 24
Republican Vivek Ramaswamy will launch his bid for Ohio governor on Feb. 24 in his native Cincinnati, with ensuing events in the Columbus, Toledo and Cleveland areas
03:14 PM on 02/14/2025 ABC Politics CDC to lose one-tenth of workforce under Trump administration probationary job cuts
Nearly 1,300 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are being forced out under the Trump administration’s move to get rid of all probationary employees
12:58 PM on 02/14/2025 ABC Politics McConnell tests the strengths and limits of his power opposing a trio of Trump's Cabinet nominees
No longer in charge, Sen. Mitch McConnell has been speaking his mind
07:54 AM on 02/14/2025 ABC Politics Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily lift funding freeze on US aid abroad
Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily lift funding freeze on US aid abroad
10:33 PM on 02/14/2025 ABC Politics Including people without legal status in census has had little impact on House seats, study finds
Republicans are trying to exclude people who are in the U.S. illegally from the numbers used to portion out congressional seats among the states
12:26 AM on 02/14/2025 ABC Politics Seattle officers who attended Jan. 6 rally can't remain anonymous, Washington high court rules
The Washington State Supreme Court has ruled that Seattle police officers who attended the January 2021 rally and protests at the U.S. Capitol can be identified in public court records
08:58 PM on 02/14/2025 ABC Politics Louisiana to end mass vaccine promotion, state's top health official says
The Louisiana Department of Health “will no longer promote mass vaccination.”
07:55 PM on 02/14/2025 ABC Politics Alaska US senators introduce bill that would again designate North America's tallest peak as Denali
Alaska’s Republican U.S. senators have introduced legislation seeking to designate North America’s tallest peak as Denali
05:38 PM on 02/13/2025 ABC Politics Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota wont seek reelection, dealing blow to Democrats hopes to take Senate
U.S. Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota says she won’t seek reelection, dealing a blow to her fellow Democrats’ hopes of retaking the Senate in 2026
12:02 PM on 02/13/2025 ABC Politics Could Canada really become the 51st US state? Here's what it would take
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said Canada should be the 51st U.S. state, erasing the 5,525-mile border the nations share and alleviating the need for tariffs he’s threatened against one of America’s top allies
07:38 AM on 02/13/2025 ABC Politics Denver Public Schools sues to stop Trump administration policy allowing ICE agents in schools
Denver Public Schools has become the first U.S. school district to sue the Trump administration challenging its policy allowing ICE immigration agents in schools
11:54 PM on 02/13/2025 ABC Politics Jim Justice says he turned West Virginia's budget from cow dung to gold. Gov. Morrisey disagrees
When he ended his term as governor to head to the U.S. Senate, Jim Justice assured West Virginians he was leaving the state in glowing financial condition
08:50 PM on 02/13/2025 ABC Politics Modi is meeting with Trump in a visit meant to boost the US-India relationship and avoid tariffs
President Donald Trump is meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has heaped praise on the president and is hoping to avoid tariffs that the new administration has slapped on other countries in its opening weeks
02:02 AM on 02/13/2025 ABC Politics Trump's third-term musings seem more a tease than a pledge
President Donald Trump has just started his second term, the last one permitted under the U.S. Constitution
12:50 AM on 02/13/2025 ABC Politics Tennessee governor to sign new school voucher program that will exclude some immigrant families
Gov. Bill Lee will sign legislation designed to drastically expand school voucher access throughout the Volunteer State that will allow families to use taxpayer dollars on private school expenses regardless of income
03:06 PM on 02/12/2025 ABC Politics Former Buckeyes football coach Jim Tressel confirmed as Ohios lieutenant governor
Former Ohio State Buckeyes football coach Jim Tressel has been confirmed as Ohio's next lieutenant governor
03:06 PM on 02/12/2025 ABC Politics Trump's former personal lawyer defends him at a Senate hearing and decries 'partisan lawfare'
President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, Todd Blanche, criticized the criminal cases against the Republican as “partisan lawfare” during his confirmation hearing to become the No. 2 Justice Department official
03:06 PM on 02/12/2025 ABC Politics House Republicans unveil blueprint to extend $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and lift the debt ceiling
House Republicans have set the stage for advancing many of President Donald Trump’s top domestic priorities
01:37 PM on 02/12/2025 ABC Politics Connecticut Rep. John Larson says a complex partial seizure caused him to stop speech on House floor
Connecticut U.S. Rep. John Larson, who inexplicably stopped speaking during a speech Monday on the House of Representatives floor, says he suffered a complex partial seizure
10:42 PM on 02/12/2025 ABC Politics New York City argues for noncitizen voting law before state's top court
New York’s top court has been asked to reverse a ruling against a law that would allow noncitizens to vote in New York City municipal elections
08:02 PM on 02/12/2025 ABC Politics Alabama seeks to join states that allow the death penalty for child rape
Alabama lawmakers advanced legislation that would allow child rapists to be sentenced to death
07:39 PM on 02/12/2025 ABC Politics FBI says it found 2,400 new JFK assassination records
The FBI says it's discovered 2,400 records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy as federal agencies work to comply with President Donald Trump's executive order to release thousands of classified files
04:00 PM on 02/11/2025 ABC Politics DOGE cuts $900 million from agency that tracks American students' academic progress
A federal research office that tracks the progress of America’s students is being hit with almost $900 million in cuts after Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency found no need for much of its work
01:38 PM on 02/11/2025 ABC Politics As Georgia lieutenant governor raises cash, a possible 2026 opponent questions how it can be spent
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr raised $2.2 million for his 2026 gubernatorial bid in less than two months after he took the unprecedented step of announcing in November
12:34 PM on 02/11/2025 ABC Politics It's time to revalue running backs after Saquon Barkley caps best rushing year with Super Bowl win
Saquon Barkley's fantastic first season in Philadelphia shows it's time for teams to revalue the running back position after years of devaluing the NFL's ground game
08:26 AM on 02/11/2025 ABC Politics Top Justice Department official orders prosecutors to drop charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams
The Justice Department has ordered federal prosecutors to drop corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams and halt the ongoing investigation
10:50 PM on 02/11/2025 ABC Politics Trump will host Jordan's King Abdullah II as he escalates pressure on his Gaza resettlement plan
President Donald Trump will host Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the White House as he escalates pressure on the Arab nation to take in refugees from Gaza as part of his audacious plan to remake the Middle East
12:10 AM on 02/11/2025 ABC Politics US cyber agency puts election security staffers who worked with the states on leave
Staffers at the nation’s cybersecurity agency whose job is to ensure the security of U.S. elections have been placed on administrative leave, jeopardizing critical support provided to state and local election offices across the country
07:06 PM on 02/11/2025 ABC Politics Nearly two dozen states sue the Trump Administration to halt cuts in medical research funding
Attorney generals from 22 states have filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration for slashing funding for medical and public health research at universities nationwide
01:14 PM on 02/10/2025 ABC Politics Senator opens inquiry into US Center for SafeSports hiring of investigator charged with sex crimes
The chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee is looking into how a former police officer landed an investigator's job at the U.S. Center for SafeSport despite sex-crime allegations that littered his past, while also asking if the center knew he had been...
01:30 PM on 02/10/2025 ABC Politics Supreme Court that Trump helped shape could have the last word on his aggressive executive orders
President Donald Trump will need the Supreme Court, with three justices he appointed, to enable the most aggressive of the many actions he has taken in just the first few weeks of his second White House term
01:06 AM on 02/10/2025 ABC Politics Vance and Musk question the authority of the courts as Trump's agenda faces legal pushback
Top Trump administration officials are openly questioning the judiciary’s authority to serve as a check on executive power as the new president’s sweeping agenda faces growing pushback from the courts
07:22 PM on 02/10/2025 ABC Politics A presidential first: Trump at the Super Bowl, latest chapter in a complicated legacy with football
Donald Trump made history Sunday as the first sitting president to attend the Super Bowl
09:54 PM on 02/10/2025 ABC Politics Trump says he is serious about Canada becoming 51st state in Super Bowl interview
President Donald Trump said he is serious about wanting Canada to become the 51st state in an interview that aired Sunday during the Super Bowl preshow
11:14 PM on 02/10/2025 ABC Politics California approves $50M to protect immigrants and defend state against Trump administration
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed laws to help safeguard the state's progressive policies from challenges by Republican President Donald Trump's administration
08:39 PM on 02/08/2025 ABC Politics GOP state AGs campaign group brings back leader who resigned in Jan. 6 aftermath
A group that dedicated to electing Republicans to state attorney general positions has brought back a former executive director who resigned in the aftermath of Jan. 6
12:24 PM on 02/07/2025 ABC Politics Trump promotes misleading claims about federal governments media subscriptions
Federal government payments for subscriptions to media outlets have become the latest target of President Donald Trump's spending hawks
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