Politics

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge in Maryland is set to consider whether President Donald Trump will be able to redefine the meaning of the 14th Amendment to exclude the children of undocumented immigrants from birthright citizenship. U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman is hearing arguments Wednesday over a request by five pregnant undocumented […]

Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday voted to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s controversial nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services under President Donald Trump. The panel voted along party lines, 14-13. It was a high-stakes vote for Kennedy, as with the committee’s makeup it […]

Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Transgender young adults and families with transgender youth filed a legal challenge Tuesday against an executive order from the Trump administration that restricts gender-affirming care for transgender people under 19. “When the Tennessee Legislature passed a law that banned gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, I […]

Kevin Lamarque/Reuters/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate Republicans defended the Trump administration’s sweeping revamp of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) led by Elon Musk. But some lawmakers downplayed the billionaire’s power over the president. “In terms of any decisions made, those are made by the president or the secretary,” Sen. Josh Hawley, […]

Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday voted to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s controversial nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services under President Donald Trump. The panel voted along party lines 14-13. It was a high-stakes vote for Kennedy, as with the committee’s makeup it […]

Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s administration is filling one of the State Department’s top positions with a controversial conservative journalist who has promoted conspiracy theories related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and was fired as a speechwriter by the first Trump administration when it was revealed […]

Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Dozens of Department of Education employees received letters as business hours closed Friday placing them on administrative leave, according to a copy of one letter obtained by ABC News. While no specific reason was given, some employees told ABC News they believe the only common thread among […]

Luis Barron/ Pixelnews/Future Publishing via Getty Images (MEXICO CITY) — The U.S. has paused the implementation of tariffs for a month in both Canada and Mexico following conversations on Monday with President Donald Trump, according to each country’s leader. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a post on social media, writing, “Canada is implementing our $1.3 […]

Luis Barron/ Pixelnews/Future Publishing via Getty Images (MEXICO CITY) — U.S. tariffs imposed on Mexico have been “paused for a month,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said in a post on X Monday shortly after speaking to President Donald Trump. Trump confirmed the news shortly after in a social media post of his own. Sheinbaum said Mexico has […]

Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Executive orders signed recently by President Donald Trump state that diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs prioritize diversity over merit in hiring, claiming DEI efforts are an “immense public waste and shameful discrimination.” Some experts in the DEI field disagree, and several tell ABC News that diversity, […]