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Transportation chief seeks to weaken fuel economy standards, calls Biden-era rule 'illegal'
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says Biden-era fuel economy standards for gas-guzzling cars and trucks were illegal and moved to reverse the rules
05:42 PM ABC Politics Supreme Court allows DOGE team to access Social Security systems with data on millions of Americans
The Supreme Court is clearing the way for the Department of Government Efficiency to access Social Security systems containing personal data on millions of Americans
04:50 PM ABC Politics Federal vs. state power at issue in a hearing over Trump's election overhaul executive order
Democratic state attorneys general are seeking to block President Donald Trump’s proposal for an overhaul of U.S. elections in a case that tests a constitutional bedrock — the separation of powers
07:02 AM ABC Politics Trump's surgeon general pick criticizes others' conflicts but profits from wellness product sales
President Donald Trump’s pick to be U.S. surgeon general has said the nation’s medical and food systems are corrupted by special interests and people out to make a profit at the expense of Americans’ health
12:14 AM ABC Politics Top US universities raced to become global campuses. Under Trump, it's becoming a liability
Three decades ago, foreign students at Harvard University accounted for just 11% of the total student body
05:02 AM ABC Politics Detained Columbia graduate claims irreparable harm to career and family as he pleads for release
A Columbia graduate facing deportation over his pro-Palestinian activism on campus has outlined the “irreparable harm” caused by his continued detention as a federal judge weighs his release
08:38 PM ABC Politics Michigan House Republicans sue the secretary of state over election training materials
Michigan Republicans are suing Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson in an escalating fight over access to election training material
06:22 PM ABC Politics Diver convicted of freeing sharks off Florida coast says he was surprised by presidential pardon
A boat captain convicted of theft for freeing 19 sharks from a fisherman’s longline off Florida says he felt like he was living in an alternate universe for the past five years
04:30 PM ABC Politics Officer who used excessive force allowed to plead guilty to misdemeanor after felony conviction
A Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy will serve four months in prison on a misdemeanor conviction for using excessive force after the new Trump-appointed U.S. attorney offered an unusual plea deal despite a jury convicting him of a felony
10:46 PM ABC Politics New York won't rescind Native American mascot ban, despite Trump's threat of cutting federal funds
New York education officials have refused to rescind the state’s ban on Native American mascots and team names, despite threats from the Trump administration that it risks losing federal funding
05:26 PM ABC Politics David Jolly, a Trump critic, former GOP congressman, to run for governor as Democrat
A former Republican congressman and vocal critic of Donald Trump says he wants to become governor in the president’s adopted home state of Florida, and he’s running as a Democrat
05:47 AM ABC Politics Consultant behind AI-generated robocalls mimicking Biden goes on trial in New Hampshire
A political consultant who sent voters artificial intelligence-generated robocalls mimicking former President Joe Biden last year is set to go on trial
12:38 AM ABC Politics In a crowded NYC mayoral debate, Cuomo faces attacks from all sides
New York City mayoral race front-runner Andrew Cuomo was forced to fend off a volley of attacks from his Democratic primary rivals in a debate
11:42 PM ABC Politics Trump moves to block US entry for foreign students planning to study at Harvard University
President Donald Trump is moving to block nearly all foreign students from entering the country to attend Harvard University, his latest attempt to choke the Ivy League school from an international pipeline that accounts for a quarter of the student body
02:43 AM ABC Politics Bipartisan deals on voting and election changes are rare. It just happened in one swing state
In a bipartisan move, Nevada's Democratic-controlled Legislature has passed a last-minute bill supported by the Republican governor that will require photo ID to vote in person
08:22 PM ABC Politics Guatemalan man deported to Mexico returns to US after court order
Attorneys for a Guatemalan man deported to Mexico say he has landed in California
08:28 PM ABC Politics Trump says Putin told him that Russia will respond to Ukrainian attack on airfields
President Donald Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin told him “very strongly” in a phone call Wednesday that he will respond to Ukraine’s weekend drone attack on Russian airfields
01:02 PM ABC Politics Ex-White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre book out this fall, 'Independent'
Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has a book out this fall that promises a close look at President Biden’s decision not to run for reelection and calls for thinking beyond the two-party system
09:00 AM ABC Politics NBA mock draft: Duke's Cooper Flagg closing in on completing journey to becoming No. 1 overall pick
Duke's Cooper Flagg is the easy choice to be the No. 1 overall pick in The Associated Press' NBA mock draft
06:46 AM ABC Politics Mexican 4-year-old is granted humanitarian parole to continue receiving lifesaving care in US
A 4-year-old Mexican girl who receives lifesaving medical care from a Southern California hospital has been granted permission to remain in the country
09:58 PM ABC Politics Hegseth will skip a meeting on organizing military aid to Ukraine
America’s Pentagon chief will not be in attendance when more than 50 other defense leaders meet this week to coordinate military aid to Ukraine
06:49 PM ABC Politics Trump, pushing for Ciattarelli, says New Jersey 'ready to pop out of blue horror show'
President Donald Trump implored voters in New Jersey’s primary for governor to vote for Republican Jack Ciattarelli when early in-person voting begins Tuesday and said the state was ready for a change from years of Democratic control
09:02 PM ABC Politics New York governor's No. 2 is challenging her in next year's election
New York Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado says he will challenge his boss, Gov. Kathy Hochul, in the governor’s race next year, months after a feud between the two Democrats erupted into public view
07:10 PM ABC Politics Trump pardons 2 divers who freed 19 sharks off the coast of Florida
Two South Florida shark divers convicted of theft for freeing 19 sharks and a giant grouper from a fisherman’s longline have been pardoned by President Donald Trump
06:40 AM ABC Politics Iowa state lawmaker enters US Senate race after Ernst retort on Medicaid cuts
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06:25 PM ABC Politics Supreme Court to hear private prison company appeal in suit over immigration detainee $1-a-day wages
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from a private prison company facing a lawsuit claiming immigration detainees were forced to work and paid a $1 a day in Colorado
05:58 PM ABC Politics Trump officials visit key operations at prolific Alaska oil field amid push to expand drilling
Three Trump Cabinet members have toured a key point of operations at a prolific oil field near the Arctic Ocean in Alaska
06:14 PM ABC Politics Supreme Court to consider reviving Republican challenge to Illinois mail ballots law
The Supreme Court has agreed to consider reviving a Republican challenge to an Illinois law that allows mail ballots to be counted if they are received up to two weeks after Election Day
12:39 PM ABC Politics John Kennedy, Georgia's top Senate Republican, joins race for lieutenant governor
John Kennedy is joining a growing field of GOP candidates seeking to become the state’s next lieutenant governor in 2026
08:06 AM ABC Politics California track-and-field championships draw limited protest over trans student's participation
The California high school track-and-field championship has kicked off to a relatively quiet atmosphere
02:14 PM ABC Politics Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says Trump told her he would not pardon men convicted in kidnapping plot
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says President Donald Trump would be going back on his word to her if he pardoned two men who are serving prison sentences for leading a 2020 plot to kidnap her
02:54 PM ABC Politics Trump's education secretary threatens to pull funding from NY over its Native American mascot ban
President Donald Trump’s top education official says her department has determined that New York is discriminating against a school district that is refusing a state order to get rid of its Native American chief mascot
02:30 PM ABC Politics Rural Democratic lawmaker announces switch to the GOP in the latest setback for Kentucky Democrats
A longtime state lawmaker in Kentucky has announced that she is switching parties
11:10 AM ABC Politics Trump has long warned of a government 'deep state.' Now in power, he's under pressure to expose it
President Donald Trump has built a coalition by promising to demolish a so-called deep state that he claims is behind dark government conspiracies
07:26 AM ABC Politics Leadership shakeups at agency tasked with carrying out Trump's mass deportations agenda
A staff reorganization is underway at the agency carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign
02:20 AM ABC Politics Trump's latest pardons benefit an array of political allies and public figures
The latest pardons by President Donald Trump are another example of him flexing his power to bestow clemency on political allies and prominent public officials, including those convicted of defrauding the public
09:18 PM ABC Politics Trump's big plans on trade and more run up against laws of political gravity, separation of powers
President Donald Trump’s big plans on trade, deportations and more are running up against the laws of political gravity and the separation of powers
09:10 PM ABC Politics Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announces run for US Senate
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has announced he's running for the U.S. Senate
05:42 PM ABC Politics California track-and-field final enters spotlight for rule change after trans athlete's success
The California high school track-and-field championship is set to begin Friday amid a controversy over the participation of a transgender female athlete
02:10 AM ABC Politics Maryland's Wes Moore says he's not running for president but high-profile stops keep chatter alive
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has been saying for months that he does not plan to run for president in 2028
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