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President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Jan. 23, 2025.
President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Jan. 23, 2025.
RFK Jr. react after Trump signs order to declassify JFK, MLK assassination files
Jan 23
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    President Donald Trump makes a special address remotely to the World Economic Forum attend the 55th annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 23, 2025.
    President Donald Trump makes a special address remotely to the World Economic Forum attend the 55th annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 23, 2025.
    Trump says he will 'demand' lower interest rates
    Jan 23
  • Trump continues to defend Jan. 6 pardons, suggests Biden should have pardoned himself
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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)