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Buonfiglio the new Italian Olympic Committee boss ahead of Milan-Cortina Games
Luciano Buonfiglio has been elected president of the Italian Olympic committee to keep the body moving in the same direction ahead of next winter’s Milan-Cortina Games
07:33 AM ABC Politics Trump officials to give first classified briefing to Congress on Iran strikes
Senators are set to meet with top national security officials amid questions from lawmakers about President Donald Trump’s decision to bomb three Iranian nuclear sites — and whether those strikes were ultimately successful
12:22 AM ABC Politics Trump's latest rejection of intelligence assessments reflects a long distrust of spy agencies
A leaked intelligence memo contradicting President Donald Trump's assessment of recent U.S. strikes on Iran is just the latest conflict with a part of the federal government that Trump has viewed with deep suspicion
12:30 AM ABC Politics New Social Security Commissioner faces pointed questions about staffing, privacy
After months of job cuts, leadership turnover and other turmoil at the Social Security Administration, the agency’s newly minted commissioner faced pointed questions from lawmakers about the future of the agency and its ability to pay Americans their b...
07:09 PM ABC Politics Meet Rep. LaMonica McIver, the Democrat being prosecuted over encounter outside NJ immigration jail
U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver captured the spotlight this month when she was indicted on charges she assaulted officials during an oversight visit to an immigration detention center in May
03:50 PM ABC Politics Zohran Mamdani claimed victory over Cuomo. His next obstacle: Eric Adams, the Republicans and more
Zohran Mamdani has claimed victory over a wounded, but still perhaps formidable Andrew Cuomo in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary
03:10 PM ABC Politics Ex-Ohio Supreme Court Justice Bill O'Neill joins race for district held by GOP US Rep. David Joyce
Former Ohio Supreme Court Justice Bill O’Neill has announced plans to run for the northeast Ohio congressional seat held by Republican U.S. Rep. David Joyce
02:35 PM ABC Politics Ohio graduate student says he'll make another bid for governor in 2026
An Ohio State University master’s student in public administration is running for governor as an independent
02:14 PM ABC Politics Bipartisan bill seeks to ban Chinese AI from federal agencies
A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Wednesday vowed to keep Chinese artificial intelligence systems out of federal agencies while pledging to ensure the U.S. will prevail against China in the global AI competition
12:54 PM ABC Politics Wisconsin Supreme Court sides with Republican Legislature in fight with governor
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has handed a victory to the Republican-controlled Legislature in a power struggle with Democratic Gov. Tony Evers
11:42 AM ABC Politics Illinois Governor JB Pritzker to seek a 3rd term amid questions about higher political ambitions
JB Pritzker, who has spent years building a national profile, will seek a third term as Illinois’ governor
09:50 AM ABC Politics Ex-GOP US Sen. Scott Brown in Massachusetts seeks to succeed Shaheen in New Hampshire
Scott Brown, a Republican who once represented Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate, has announced his second bid for the New Hampshire Senate being vacated by Democrat Jeanne Shaheen next year
09:14 AM ABC Politics An 85-year-old former IOC member could be the key candidate in contentious vote for CONI presidency
An 85-year-old former IOC member could be the decisive candidate in a contentious election for the presidency of the Italian Olympic Committee
07:58 AM ABC Politics A whirlwind 48 hours: How Trump's Israel-Iran ceasefire agreement came together
In a 48-hour whirlwind, President Donald Trump went from elated to indignant to triumphant as the fragile Israel-Iran ceasefire agreement came together, teetered toward collapse and ultimately coalesced
05:26 AM ABC Politics North Carolina to send mailers to about 200,000 voters asking for missing registration info
North Carolina election officials will be sending mailers to about 200,000 voters asking them to provide information missing from their state registration records
03:58 PM ABC Politics New York City closes arrival center for migrants in once grand Manhattan hotel
New York City has closed the arrival center for migrants it had established in a once grand Manhattan hotel
04:22 PM ABC Politics Anthony Weiner far behind in NYC council primary with race to be decided by ranked choice count
Disgraced former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner is trailing badly in the Democratic primary for a New York City Council seat as the race moves to a ranked choice count to decide the winner
02:14 AM ABC Politics Kilmar Abrego Garcia is expected to be released from jail only to be taken into immigration custody
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is expected to be released from jail in Tennessee on Wednesday, only to be taken into immigration custody
12:46 AM ABC Politics Alvin Bragg, Manhattan prosecutor who took on Trump, wins Democratic primary in bid for second term
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has won a Democratic primary in his bid for a second term
10:06 PM ABC Politics Court orders Trump administration to facilitate another deported man's return from El Salvador
A federal appeals court in New York has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a man who was deported to El Salvador roughly 30 minutes after the court suspended an order to remove him from the U.S. Tuesday's ruling in Jordin Alex...
05:42 PM ABC Politics Immigrant rights groups urge sheriffs to prioritize public safety over immigration enforcement
A coalition of immigrant rights, faith and pro-democracy organizations presented a letter with 12,000 signatures to the National Sheriffs’ Association Conference in Florida, urging them to protect public safety rather than work with U.S. Immigration an...
05:42 PM ABC Politics South Dakota eager for Trump's statue garden near Mount Rushmore despite local opposition
Officials in South Dakota are pushing hard to build President Donald Trump’s proposed National Garden of American Heroes in the Black Hills near Mount Rushmore
12:46 AM ABC Politics Trump heads to the NATO summit on the heels of a possible Israel-Iran ceasefire
President Donald Trump’s first appearance at NATO since returning to the White House was supposed to center on how the U.S. secured a historic military spending pledge from others in the alliance
12:14 AM ABC Politics New York votes in mayoral primary as Cuomo tries a comeback. Zohran Mamdani stands in his way
New York City voters will decide whether Andrew Cuomo has done enough to make a political comeback by winning the Democratic mayoral primary
12:06 AM ABC Politics Texas, Oklahoma and Nevada make changes to lure business amid Delawares Dexit concern
Changes approved recently by lawmakers in Texas, Oklahoma and Nevada could help their states lure some of the big-money legal business that Delaware and its specialized court have dominated as the world’s incorporation capital
11:50 PM ABC Politics Judge halts another Trump administration effort to block foreign students from attending Harvard
A federal judge has blocked another effort by the Trump administration to keep international students from attending Harvard University, granting a second preliminary injunction in the case
10:46 PM ABC Politics Trump and his political operation target their first GOP incumbent: Kentucky's Thomas Massie
President Donald Trump and his political operation are working to unseat their first Republican incumbent: Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, who has drawn Trump’s wrath by saying the president lacked the authority to attack Iran’s nuclear sites without cong...
06:46 PM ABC Politics Democratic Arkansas state senator announces bid for governor
A Democratic state senator from Arkansas says he's seeking his party's nomination for governor next year
07:50 PM ABC Politics Some candidates focus on blocking Cuomo's path a day before NYC's mayoral primary
Their chances of becoming the next mayor of New York City may have dimmed
03:56 PM ABC Politics The number of abortions kept rising in 2024 because of telehealth prescriptions, report finds
A new report finds that the number of abortions in the U.S. grew in 2024 as more women obtained pills through telehealth
06:54 AM ABC Politics Shapiro remains steadfast on no state money for new arenas, champions Pa. sports scene at Pocono
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro reaffirmed the state would provide no funding for any new sports arenas and said there were conversations about bringing NASCAR to Philadelphia
03:10 PM ABC Politics Brother and sister compete for Florida state Senate seat in a sibling showdown
Randolph Bracy and LaVon Bracy Davis are taking sibling rivalry to a new level
11:52 PM ABC Politics Judge blocks Trump administration's science research funding cuts
The change could have stripped universities of tens of millions in funding.
02:14 PM ABC Politics Judge rules Trump administration can't require states to help on immigration to get transport money
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from withholding billions of dollars in transportation funds from states that don’t agree to participate in some immigration enforcement actions
11:02 AM ABC Politics ICE raids and their uncertainty scare off workers and baffle businesses
Farmers, cattle ranchers and hotel and restaurant managers breathed a sigh of relief last week when President Donald Trump ordered a pause to immigration raids that were disrupting those industries and scaring foreign-born workers off the job
06:18 AM ABC Politics In Virginia and New Jersey governor's races, Democrats reprise a 2018 roadmap for opposing Trump 2.0
Democrats have spent the early months of Donald Trump's second presidency trying to find the right messages and messengers to counter an aggressive administration
12:14 AM ABC Politics Trump's latest judicial pick is someone that Joe Biden almost nominated
President Donald Trump says he plans to tap Chad Meredith, a former state solicitor general in Kentucky, for a federal judgeship in the state — a move that could face objections from Sen. Rand Paul
12:06 AM ABC Politics Trump remakes the White House with new flagpoles
President Donald Trump has overseen the installation of a massive new flagpole on the South Lawn of the White House
05:42 PM ABC Politics Families of trans kids worry about what's next after Supreme Court rules on gender-affirming care
A U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors is leaving transgender children and their parents uncertain and anxious about its impact
06:46 PM ABC Politics What to know about the impacts of the Supreme Court's ruling on transgender care for youth
The U.S. Supreme Court said Tennessee did not violate the constitution by banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors
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