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Texas House Democrats plan to flee state to try to stop proposed congressional maps

Sunday, August 3 by ABC News

(AUSTIN, Texas) -- Democratic statehouse legislators are planning to leave Texas on Sunday in order to break the quorum of a special legislative session in which Republican state legislators are aiming to pass a new congressional map that could create up to five new... Read More.

Deadly DC plane crash was years in the making, air traffic manager tells NTSB

Sunday, August 3 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The deadly mid-air collision at Reagan Airport in January was years in the making, the operations manager of the DCA air traffic control tower on the night of the accident told the National Transportation Safety Board on Friday."I don't think this accident... Read More.

Office of Special Counsel says it’s opened Hatch Act probe of Jack Smith

Saturday, August 2 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Office of Special Counsel confirmed Saturday that it has opened an investigation into former Special Counsel Jack Smith and whether he violated the Hatch Act through his criminal investigations into President Donald Trump.The investigation follows a referral from Republican Sen.... Read More.

Appeals court upholds restrictions on Los Angeles immigration arrests

Saturday, August 2 by ABC News

(LOS ANGELES) -- An appeals court upheld a lower court’s order to temporarily block federal immigration agents from conducting immigration-related arrests in Los Angeles without probable cause.In the ruling on Friday night, the ninth circuit court of appeals agreed with a federal judge that... Read More.

Democratic governors throw support behind Newsom, back partisan redistricting

Saturday, August 2 by ABC News

(MADISON, WI) -- -- A number of high-profile Democratic governors are ready to fight -- ardently throwing support behind their colleagues who have said they will draw new Congressional maps to favor Democrats before the 2026 midterm elections in order to directly counter Texas... Read More.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting to begin shutting down its operations

Friday, August 1 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced Friday that it will begin a "wind-down of its operations" and cut a majority of its jobs by the end of September following Congress' vote to cut nearly more than $1 billion in its federal funding.This... Read More.

Trump moves nuclear submarines in response to Russia’s ‘highly provocative’ statement

Friday, August 1 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump said on Friday he's ordered two nuclear submarines to move in the "appropriate regions" in response to what he called "highly provocative statements" from the Deputy Chair of Russia's Security Council Dmitry Medvedev.This is a developing story. Please check... Read More.

Republican Rep. Bryan Steil booed defending Trump tariffs at Wisconsin town hall

Friday, August 1 by ABC News

(ELKHORN, Wis.) -- In a rowdy town hall on Thursday night, Wisconsin Republican Rep. Bryan Steil was booed when he expressed support for President Donald Trump's trade policies.An attendee pressed Steil on Trump's tariffs against scores of U.S. trade partners."I really feel that... Read More.

Trump to sign order to revive Presidential Fitness Test for students

Thursday, July 31 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Kids in America's public schools will soon be lacing up their sneakers for the Presidential Fitness Test as President Donald Trump is set to announce its return more than a decade after it was discontinued.Trump will sign an executive order on Thursday... Read More.

1,350 more National Guard members withdrawn from Los Angeles

Thursday, July 31 by ABC News

(LOS ANGELES) -- The Pentagon has announced that 1,350 more federalized members of the California National Guard will be withdrawn from the security mission in Los Angeles that started in early June following protests against immigration raids carried out by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement... Read More.

Texas House Democrats plan to flee state to try to stop proposed congressional maps

Deadly DC plane crash was years in the making, air traffic manager tells NTSB

Office of Special Counsel says it’s opened Hatch Act probe of Jack Smith

Appeals court upholds restrictions on Los Angeles immigration arrests

Democratic governors throw support behind Newsom, back partisan redistricting

Corporation for Public Broadcasting to begin shutting down its operations

Trump moves nuclear submarines in response to Russia’s ‘highly provocative’ statement

Republican Rep. Bryan Steil booed defending Trump tariffs at Wisconsin town hall

Trump to sign order to revive Presidential Fitness Test for students

1,350 more National Guard members withdrawn from Los Angeles

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