(Tim Graham/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer announced Thursday night that he plans to vote to keep the government open, signaling that there will almost certainly be enough Democratic votes to advance a House GOP funding bill before...
(SimpleImages/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge temporarily paused the Trump administration's "illegal" reductions in force and reinstated approximately 20,000 probationary government employees across 18 agencies who had been terminated.U.S. District Judge...
(Gary Kemp Photography/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- As Republicans brand the impending lapse in government funding the "Schumer Shutdown," hundreds of thousands of federal workers are on edge as the Senate struggles to reach a deal ahead of Friday night's looming...
Photo by Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The White House has quietly directed the FBI to halt the background check process for dozens of President Donald Trump's top staffers, and has transferred the process to the Pentagon, sources familiar...
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In a sneaky legislative maneuver tied into the effort to pass a funding bill and avert a government shutdown, House Republicans earlier this week successfully blocked Democrats from forcing votes and debate on President...
Hulton Deutsch/Corbis via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- As early as Friday, President Donald Trump is expected to invoke the Alien Enemies Act -- a wartime law that allows the president to detain or deport the natives and citizens of an enemy nation -- as part of...
Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump's administration has asked the Supreme Court to significantly narrow nationwide injunctions issued by three different federal judges blocking his executive order redefining...
Robert Alexander/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of probationary employees fired last month from a half dozen federal agencies.U.S. District Judge William Alsup ordered the Trump...
Shannon Finney/Getty Images(LANSING, Mich.) -- Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced Thursday morning that he will not run for U.S. Senate or governor in the state of Michigan, potentially clearing the way to possibly mount a run for president in...
Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The White House on Thursday pulled President Donald Trump’s nomination of Dr. David Weldon to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, multiple sources told ABC News.The...
Caroline Purser/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A former Tennessee lawmaker who was once represented by White House Counsel David Warrington said he received a pardon from President Donald Trump after pleading guilty to an illegal campaign finance scheme in 2022.The White...
(Skyhobo/Getty Image)(WASHINGTON) -- Calling it the "biggest deregulatory action in U.S. history," the Environmental Protection Agency rolled out sweeping moves Wednesday aimed at walking back environmental protections and eliminating a host of climate change...
(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- Joe Murphy, whose position as a management and data analyst was eliminated when the Department of Education laid off nearly 50% of its workforce Tuesday evening, said on Wednesday that he and his colleagues are...
U.S. President Donald Trump and White House Senior Advisor, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk sit in a Tesla Model S on the South Lawn of the White House on March 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump and...
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(SILVER SPRING, Md.) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is preparing to lay off more than 1,000 workers as part of the Trump administration's mandate for agencies to prepare "reductions in force,"...
Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to pass the House-approved deal to fund the government, heightening the alert for a potential government shutdown at the end of the...
Robert Alexander/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Environmental Protection Agency staff members across the country have been told by supervisors they are prohibited from communicating with grantee partners they are supposed to supervise and monitor, according to multiple...
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The deadline has quietly passed on Attorney General Pam Bondi delivering a report to President Donald Trump on whether any leftover Biden administration policies infringe on Americans' right to bear arms. It came just days...
Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge on Wednesday entered an emergency order barring the Trump administration from implementing major parts of its executive order that sought to target the law firm Perkins Coie over its representation...
Win Mcnamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Department of Education's mass layoffs on Tuesday affected some 1,315 employees -- including civil servants around the country who are now left wondering who will advocate for those they served.The cuts -- which account for...
