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January 24

'Schools are no longer safe': Communities prepare for ICE raids on public schools

The immigration debate is finding its way into classrooms nationwide.
January 24
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building stands in Washington, D.C., Jan. 18, 2025.
January 23

Trump's definition of 'male,' 'female' criticized by medical and legal experts

President Trump issued an executive order limiting gender definitions on Monday.
January 23
President Donald Trump signs documents as he issues executive orders and pardons for Jan. 6 defendants in the Oval Office at the White House on Inauguration Day in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025.
January 24

Trump 'border czar' tells ABC military planes will deport migrants every day

Tom Homan spoke with ABC's Martha Raddatz for "This Week."
January 24
Trump Administration ‘Border Czar’ Tom Homan talks with Martha Raddatz of ABC News, Jan. 24, 2025.
2 hours ago

Hegseth sworn in as defense secretary after narrow Senate vote

Vice President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote Friday.
2 hours ago
Vice President JD Vance, from left, swears in Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense as his wife Jennifer Rauchet, right, holds the Bible in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, D.C., Jan. 25, 2025.
January 24

Trump teased an executive order to 'terminate' FEMA. Can he do that?

Eliminating the agency would need congressional action.
January 24
Swannanoa resident Lucy Bickers, who received assistance from FEMA after Hurricane Helene damaged her property, holds a sign in support of the government agency as she waits on the route of visiting U.S. President Donald Trump's motorcade in Swannanoa, North Carolina, Jan. 24, 2025.
January 23

RFK Jr. react after Trump signs order to declassify JFK, MLK assassination files

The documents will not be immediately made available, though.
January 23
President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Jan. 23, 2025.
January 20

Without putting hand on Bible, Trump takes oath of office

Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath of office.
January 20
Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Melania Trump holds the Bible during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the Capitol, Jan. 20, 2025.
January 24

JFK assassination experts hopeful, but skeptical about timing of secret files release

One fears the intelligence community will keep resisting despite Trump's order.
January 24
President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Texas Governor John Connally, and others smile at the crowds lining their motorcade route in Dallas, Nov. 22, 1963.
January 23

Trump crypto meme coin is a 'deep concern,' Dem lawmakers tell regulators

Trump launched the $TRUMP coin Friday night, just days before he took office.
January 23
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after signing a series of executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Jan. 23, 2025, in Washington.
January 24

US military's mission on border moving quickly

Publicizing the mission is a priority for the White House and the Pentagon.
January 24
U.S. Customs and Border Protection security agents guide a group of illegal aliens onboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft assigned to the 60th Air Mobility Wing for a removal flight at Fort Bliss, Texas, on Jan. 23, 2025.
January 24

Trump administration testing system to message all federal workers

Federal workers were caught off guard Thursday by a test email.
January 24
President Donald Trump is briefed on the effects of Hurricane Helene at Asheville Regional Airport in Fletcher, N.C., Jan. 24, 2025.
January 24

Migrants allowed in temporarily under Biden programs can be removed: DHS memo

Migrants from Haiti, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela could be quickly expelled.
January 24
Migrants seeking asylum in the United States gather near the border wall after crossing a razor wire fence deployed to inhibit their crossing into the United States, as a member of the Texas National Guard escorts them, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Dec. 19, 2024.
January 21

White House orders removal of Mark Milley portrait from Pentagon hallway

It came hours after the former Joint Chiefs chairman was pardoned by Biden.
January 21
 Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts the unveiling of former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Ret. U.S. Army Gen. Mark A. Milley’s portrait at the Pentagon, Washington, Jan. 10, 2025.
January 25

Trump, Putin signal they'll have a phone call soon. What will they talk about?

It would the first U.S.-Russian leader contact in nearly three years.
January 25
President Donald Trump departs the White House for his first trip as the new President, in Washington, D.C., Jan. 24, 2025. | Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Lomonosov Moscow State University, in Moscow, Jan. 24, 2025.
January 24

Trump tours LA wildfires after threats to withhold aid over water policy, voter ID

Trump has harshly criticized Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom's response.
January 24
President Donald Trump talks with California Gov. Gavin Newsom after arriving on Air Force One at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Jan. 24, 2025.
January 22

Trump authorizes ICE to target courthouses, schools and churches

DHS said it would roll back a policy prohibiting arrests in "sensitive" areas.
January 22
An ICE agent with U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), watches as Guatemalan police investigate the scene after detaining a suspected human trafficker on May 29, 2019 in Guatemala City.
January 20

Biden sparks outrage with last-minute commutation of man who killed FBI agents

Leonard Peltier was convicted of killing two FBI agents in 1975.
January 20
Marchers carry a large painting of jailed American Indian Leonard Peltier during a march on the National Day of Mourning in Plymouth, Mass., Nov. 22, 2001.
January 23

Security breach at US Capitol: ABC News exclusive

A man who toured the Capitol was found with a gun on Tuesday, officials said.
January 23
The US Capitol in Washington, DC, Dec. 10, 2024.
January 22

Sen. John Fetterman on flurry of Trump executive actions

The senator says he will find a way to work together with Republican colleagues.
January 22
Sen. John Fetterman arrives before the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the Capitol in Washington, DC,  Jan. 20, 2025.
January 23

7 governors back Ben Wikler for DNC chair: Exclusive

Four of the governors are voting DNC members.
January 23
Ben Wikler, chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, discusses the 2024 Democratic National Convention during a news conference, April 18, 2024, in Chicago.
January 22

Trump's record-breaking executive actions prompt lawsuits, outrage

'It's all about common sense," Trump said of his executive actions.
January 22
President Donald Trump holds an executive order he just signed during the inaugural parade, in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025.
January 20

A wave of Trump-demanded departures hits the State Department

A large number of senior career diplomats who served in politically appointed leadership positions and also lower-level posts at the State Department are leaving their jobs at the demand of the incoming Trump administration, which plans to install its ...
January 20
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a nominee for Secretary of State, attends the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP)