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Hegseth calls rare meeting of large number of generals and admirals

Thursday, September 25 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has asked a large number of general officers and admirals to gather next Tuesday at the Marine base at Quantico, Virginia, according to five U.S. officials. Two of them told ABC News they don't know what prompted this... Read More.

Federal probe into James Comey centers around 2020 Senate testimony: Sources

Thursday, September 25 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- A key Senate hearing from five years ago is the center of the federal probe into former FBI Director James Comey, sources told ABC News Thursday.At least two exchanges he had with lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee in September of 2020... Read More.

Trump, Vance direct blame at Democrats for Dallas ICE shooting

Thursday, September 25 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance blamed Democrats after a sniper opened fire on an ICE facility in Texas -- as questions remain about the motive behind the attack and the intended target."This violence is the result of the Radical Left... Read More.

Newly appointed US attorney will attempt to charge James Comey despite prosecutors finding no probable cause: Sources

Wednesday, September 24 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Donald Trump’s handpicked U.S. Attorney in Virginia is planning to ask a grand jury in the coming days to indict former FBI Director James Comey for allegedly lying to Congress, despite prosecutors and investigators determining there was insufficient evidence to charge him,... Read More.

First lawsuit over DC plane crash blames the airline, the FAA and the Army

Wednesday, September 24 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Family members of one of those killed on American Airlines Flight 5342 announced the first federal lawsuit filed Wednesday over the January midair collision between a regional jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Washington Reagan National Airport.The lawsuit filed in... Read More.

Trump hangs autopen image instead of Biden portrait in presidential portrait gallery

Wednesday, September 24 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump is once again making decorative changes to the White House -- disparaging former President Joe Biden in the process. The White House has installed a new presidential portrait gallery along the West Wing Colonnade, unveiling the wall of photos on... Read More.

Rubio meets with Russia’s Lavrov after Trump’s shift on Russia and Ukraine

Wednesday, September 24 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met on Wednesday, one day after President Donald Trump called Moscow a "paper tiger" and said Ukraine could win back its seized land.Rubio and Lavrov sat with their delegations on... Read More.

The government could shut down in less than a week. Here’s what you need to know

Wednesday, September 24 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Congress is out of town this week, but when lawmakers return on Monday, Sept. 29, they'll be facing an immediate government funding deadline. If Congress doesn't act before Wednesday, Oct. 1, there will be a government shutdown.Right now, congressional leaders are busy... Read More.

Arizona special House election could be a tipping point on releasing the Epstein files

Tuesday, September 23 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Tuesday’s special election for Arizona’s 7th Congressional District will likely narrow Republicans’ slim majority in the House and deliver the decisive vote on the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.The heavily blue district will vote to replace the late Democratic Rep. Raúl... Read More.

Trump says NATO countries should shoot down Russian aircraft that violate their airspace

Tuesday, September 23 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump on Tuesday said NATO countries should shoot down Russian aircraft if they enter their airspace.The comments came as Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.Pressed on whether the... Read More.