Politics

Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON)– Some Republicans are facing pushback in their hometowns as President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency make severe cuts across the federal government, both through sweeping employee terminations and looming budget cuts. Rep. Rich McCormick, R-Ga., faced a grilling from his constituents on DOGE’s and Trump’s […]

Thierry Monasse/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took a jab at President Donald Trump after Canada’s victory over the United States in an international hockey tournament on Thursday. “You can’t take our country — and you can’t take our game,” Trudeau wrote on X. Canada bested the United States 3-2 with an […]

Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Gen. C.Q. Brown, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the Navy’s top admiral, are on the list of general officers provided to Congress this week whom Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth could fire or remove from their current jobs, according to […]

Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Longtime Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell announced on Thursday he will not seek reelection next year. McConnell, who turned 83 today, was largely expected to end his Senate tenure at the conclusion of his term in January 2027 but made it official in a floor speech in which he […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Thursday confirmed Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s choice to be FBI director. The final vote was 51-49. Two Republicans, Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, voted against Patel. Democrats were unanimous in their opposition. Despite his controversial nomination, Republicans rallied around Patel, arguing he is the right […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Thursday will vote on Kash Patel’s controversial nomination to lead the FBI. If confirmed, Patel will be the 18th Cabinet official approved by lawmakers since President Donald Trump’s inauguration one month ago. Republicans have rallied around Patel, arguing he would bring reform to the nation’s top law […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The future looked bright for Luis Eduardo Perez Parra, Leonel Rivas Gonzalez and Abrahan Josue Barrios last week. After being held in immigration custody for over a year and facing the possibility of transfer to Guantánamo Bay, the three men asked a federal court to intervene, warning they might have “disappeared […]

Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Trump administration’s cuts to the federal workforce affect the World Trade Center Health Program, putting the health of 9/11 first responders at risk, critics said. Sixteen probationary staff members at the World Trade Center Health Program have been fired as part of the layoffs at the […]

Simancas family (WASHINGTON) — Early this month, as part of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration, the first flight carrying “high threat” migrants landed at Guantanamo Bay, home of the notorious U.S. prison camp that administration officials said would house the most violent “worst of the worst” migrants apprehended on American soil. ABC News, […]

J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The chief of the criminal division at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Washington, D.C. abruptly resigned Tuesday amid pressure from top Trump Justice Department appointees to freeze assets stemming from a Biden administration-era environmental initiative, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. A resignation letter sent to the […]