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What to know about Trump administration’s $20B bailout for Argentina

Wednesday, October 15 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump's $20 billion bailout of Argentina's economy has raised red flags in the U.S., especially among American farmers desperate for help dealing with a crop crisis triggered by his trade war with China.Argentina's President Javier Milei met with Trump and... Read More.

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan calls on Jack Smith to testify over Trump investigations

Tuesday, October 14 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The House Judiciary Committee wants former special counsel Jack Smith to testify before the panel behind closed doors about his investigations into President Donald Trump.Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on Tuesday requested an interview by Oct. 28 and is demanding documents and communications... Read More.

In ‘monumental’ voting rights case, Supreme Court weighs use of race in redistricting

Tuesday, October 14 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- When a federal court concluded Louisiana’s 2022 congressional map violated the Voting Rights Act by discriminating against Black voters, the state legislature created a new map with a second majority-Black district to comply with the law.In a blockbuster case that could be... Read More.

North Carolina is the next state to take up partisan redrawing of congressional maps

Tuesday, October 14 by ABC News

(RALEIGH, N.C.) -- North Carolina's GOP statehouse leaders say the legislature will meet next week to consider redrawing the state's congressional districts, saying they want to bolster President Donald Trump as the White House continues to encourage Republicans to redistrict mid-decade ahead of next... Read More.

‘I don’t have any strategy’: Speaker Johnson still backs GOP’s clean CR as shutdown drags into 3rd week

Tuesday, October 14 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Speaker Mike Johnson dismissed the possibility he could change his strategy to end the government shutdown by negotiating legislative changes with Democrats, telling reporters on Tuesday that he doesn't "have any strategy" to end the impasse in place of the GOP’s lackluster... Read More.

Mental health, substance abuse staffers fired amid government shutdown: Sources

Tuesday, October 14 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Dozens of employees at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration were laid off in the wave of government shutdown firings last week, multiple sources told ABC News. Best known for overseeing the rollout of the 988 suicide prevention hotline, SAMHSA works... Read More.

Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones’ appeal of $1.4 billion Sandy Hook judgement

Tuesday, October 14 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the appeal from conservative commentator and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who has been ordered to pay $1.4 billion in damages to the families of victims of the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.The court did... Read More.

Trump set to posthumously award Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Tuesday, October 14 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump on Tuesday is expected to posthumously award conservative activist Charlie Kirk the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.Kirk was fatally shot on Sept. 10 while speaking at Utah Valley University on the first stop of his... Read More.

Trump touts ‘historic dawn of a new Middle East’ in Knesset speech

Monday, October 13 by ABC News

In a speech to Israel's parliament on a day when the country's living 20 hostages were released as part of a ceasefire agreement he helped broker, President Donald Trump told the Knesset, "This is the historic dawn of a new Middle East.""This will be... Read More.

Vance confirms to ABC that Hamas has 20 living hostages, expected release in next 24 hours

Sunday, October 12 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Vice President JD Vance confirmed to ABC "This Week" co-anchor George Stephanopoulos that Hamas has said they are holding 20 living hostages, and that those hostages are expected to be released in the next 24 hours as President Donald Trump was headed... Read More.