Politics

Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is compiling a list of agents and other FBI officials from around the country who they believe should be fired or forced to resign in the coming days, several sources told ABC News. Trump administration officials are especially looking at whether anyone tied in any […]

Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Thursday claimed, without citing evidence, that diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives for air traffic controllers at the Federal Aviation Administration — under Democratic presidents — were partly to blame for the tragic plane and helicopter collision in Washington on Wednesday night. The air disaster […]

Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Lawmakers on the Senate Intelligence Committee peppered director of national intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard with questions about her controversial rhetoric on Russian aggression, Syria’s use of chemical weapons, and government surveillance programs at her high-stakes confirmation hearing on Thursday. But it was her statements about Edward Snowden, the […]

Handout/Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon Giles/U.S. Coast Guard via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The three soldiers of the Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a jetliner on Wednesday night just off of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport were all very experienced and not only had thousands of hours of flight time between them […]

Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Thursday claimed, without citing evidence, that diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives for air traffic controllers at the Federal Aviation Administration — under Democratic presidents — were partly to blame for the tragic plane and helicopter collision in Washington on Wednesday night. The air disaster […]

(Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — If she is confirmed as director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard would be the youngest-ever in that role, the first millennial, the first Asian American, and only the second woman to hold the position. But she is expected to face questions in her confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump is set to sign the Laken Riley Act Wednesday afternoon as the president approves a series of initiatives meant to tackle his key goal of curbing illegal immigration. The bill, which will symbolically be the first bill Trump signs in his second term, will require the detention of […]

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge signaled he will issue a temporary restraining order barring the Trump administration from freezing federal loans and grants, raising concerns the White House will try to enact the same policy described in the now-rescinded memo from the Office of Management and Budget. District Judge John McConnell Jr. has not […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s rapid reshaping of the federal government continues with executive orders and action from his acting agency heads. Federal departments face a 5 p.m. deadline Tuesday to cease spending on any financial assistance programs, according to a memo from the White House’s Office of Management and Budget. More firings of […]

Aaron Schwartz/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Amid a flurry of executive actions President Trump is taking to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives within the federal government, the Trump administration is also turning its attention to private companies and institutions. President Trump signed an executive order the day after he was sworn in to his second term that not […]