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Senate Republicans push back against Trump’s calls to end ‘blue slips’

Monday, August 25 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump is once again upping the pressure on Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley to do away with a century-old Senate tradition that places some constraints on the president's authority to appoint judicial nominees.Trump is targeting the Senate's "blue slip"... Read More.

DC students head back to school amid Trump’s law enforcement surge

Monday, August 25 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Despite more than 2,000 National Guard troops authorized by President Donald Trump's crackdown on crime, Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said students in the nation's capital will not be aided by their presence as children return to school this week."We don't need... Read More.

Former CIA Director Petraeus says Putin is ‘the obstacle to peace’ in Ukraine

Sunday, August 24 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Former CIA Director and retired Army Gen. David Petraeus said Sunday that he's dubious that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet to discuss ending the war in Ukraine."There's not that much right now that would lead us... Read More.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from criminal custody in Tennessee

Friday, August 22 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported in March before being brought back to the U.S., has been released from criminal custody in Tennessee and is on his way to Maryland, an attorney for Abrego Garcia told ABC News.The Salvadoran native... Read More.

RNC elects longtime Trump loyalist, Florida state Sen. Joe Gruters, as new chair

Friday, August 22 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The Republican National Committee on Friday elected President Donald Trump's candidate of choice, Florida state Sen. Joe Gruters, by unanimous voice vote.Gruters' ascendency underscores the RNC's commitments to boosting those who share Trump's political vision as the White House zeros in on... Read More.

White House tours to pause as ballroom construction starts, congressional offices say

Thursday, August 21 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The Trump administration will suspend public White House tours due to the construction that is scheduled to start soon on a new ballroom, multiple congressional offices told ABC News.Spokespeople or the official websites for several of these members say they were told... Read More.

Trump says he will go out with police, military to patrol DC Thursday night

Thursday, August 21 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump announced that he is "going out" with police and military in Washington, D.C. on Thursday to oversee the surge in federal law enforcement and National Guard, who are responding to what he says is a crime emergency in the... Read More.

Texas, California legislatures gear up for major redistricting face off

Thursday, August 21 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Texas Republicans are triumphant Thursday morning after a success in their efforts to redraw the state's congressional maps – but California Democrats are set to make their move, in a redistricting battle that has become a proxy war between President Donald Trump... Read More.

Protesters heckle Vance, Hegseth at photo op to thank National Guard troops in DC

Thursday, August 21 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- As President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops in Washington continued Wednesday, protesters booed Vice President JD Vance during a photo op with the guardsmen stationed in the city.The protesters jeered Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House deputy... Read More.

California Supreme Court denies GOP request for hold on Dem-pushed redistricting legislation

Thursday, August 21 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The California Supreme Court on Wednesday night denied a petition from Republican state legislators requesting that the court mandate lawmakers wait 30 days before taking any action on legislation that could put new congressional maps in front of voters in November."The... Read More.