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Judge blocks Trump administration from deporting Guatemalan minors

Sunday, August 31 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A federal judge on Sunday blocked the Trump administration from deporting hundreds of unaccompanied Guatemalan children from the U.S. to Guatemala.A federal judge had temporarily blocked the administration from removing the minors and set an emergency hearing for 3 p.m. Sunday,... Read More.

Former CDC immunizations chief: ‘I only see harm coming’ with RFK Jr. leading HHS

Sunday, August 31 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) immunizations chief Dr. Demetre Daskalakis said Sunday that he’s concerned with the direction the agency is going and worried about public health going forward.Daskalakis, who served as director of the National Center for... Read More.

Moore: ‘I have no interest in fighting with the president, but I have an interest in fighting for my communities’

Sunday, August 31 by ABC News

(BALTIMORE) -- Maryland Gov. Wes Moore defended his rhetoric against President Donald Trump over crime in his home city of Baltimore amid an escalating feud between the two leaders."I have no interest in fighting with the president, but I have an interest in fighting... Read More.

GOP Whip Rep. Emmer says church shooting suspect shouldn’t have been able to possess firearm

Sunday, August 31 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- GOP Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer said Sunday that Minnesota laws should have prevented the suspect from purchasing a gun that allowed them to kill two children and wound more than a dozen other people in a shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church... Read More.

Texas Gov. Abbott signs redrawn congressional map favoring Republicans into law after Trump push

Friday, August 29 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said on Friday that he has signed the bill redrawing Texas’ congressional map into law, a milestone for the Republican-driven mid-decade redistricting in the Lone Star state that comes as other states also prepare to consider redrawing their... Read More.

Trump revokes Kamala Harris’ Secret Service detail extended by Biden

Friday, August 29 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump revoked Secret Service protection for former Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a copy of the letter reviewed by ABC News.The executive memorandum was issued Thursday afternoon by Trump, who sent it to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi... Read More.

House Speaker Mike Johnson weighs in on CDC turmoil, Epstein files and more on ‘Good Morning America’

Friday, August 29 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, on "Good Morning America" on Friday, weighed in on turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Minneapolis school shooting and what's next for Congress on the Jeffrey Epstein files.Johnson defended Health and Human Services... Read More.

White House says new CDC chief to be picked ‘soon’ as standoff over Monarez firing continues

Thursday, August 28 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- A rare political standoff continued between the leader of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Trump administration continued on Thursday, leaving CDC Director Susan Monarez's termination in limbo as high-level CDC officials resigned in protest.White House press secretary Karoline... Read More.

Former MLB All-Star Mark Teixeira running for Congress in Texas

Thursday, August 28 by ABC News

Sam Hodde/MLB Photos via Getty Images(SAN ANTONIO) -- Former Major League Baseball player Mark Teixeira has announced a run for Congress in Texas in a red district that includes areas around San Antonio and Austin."As a lifelong conservative who loves this country, I'm ready... Read More.

Trump pledges to protect Social Security amid possible cost cutting

Wednesday, August 27 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump is once again vowing to protect Social Security if congressional Republicans seek another reconciliation bill.Asked earlier this week what he would prioritize should Republicans in Congress seek a reconciliation bill, a cost-cutting tactic that would bypass the usual Senate... Read More.

Judge blocks Trump administration from deporting Guatemalan minors

Former CDC immunizations chief: ‘I only see harm coming’ with RFK Jr. leading HHS

Moore: ‘I have no interest in fighting with the president, but I have an interest in fighting for my communities’

GOP Whip Rep. Emmer says church shooting suspect shouldn’t have been able to possess firearm

Texas Gov. Abbott signs redrawn congressional map favoring Republicans into law after Trump push

Trump revokes Kamala Harris’ Secret Service detail extended by Biden

House Speaker Mike Johnson weighs in on CDC turmoil, Epstein files and more on ‘Good Morning America’

White House says new CDC chief to be picked ‘soon’ as standoff over Monarez firing continues

Former MLB All-Star Mark Teixeira running for Congress in Texas

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