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  • From sumo wrestling to trade talks, 5 things to know about Trump's Tokyo visit

    Prime Minister Abe was the first world leader to meet then newly elected Trump.

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• May 25

  • Fired up Bernie Sanders to returns home for first Vermont rally of 2020 cycle

    The Vermont senator came out swinging, calling Trump a 'pathological liar.'

    May 25

• May 25

  • Sanders holds first Vermont rally of 2020 cycle

    In a barnstorming speech, Sanders came out swinging, calling President Donald Trump a "pathological liar" who was driving the nation towards...

    May 25

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• May 25

  • Democratic candidates split on the best path forward for US trade policy

    Democrats contrast themselves with the Trump administration’s hard-line.

    May 25

• May 25

  • 2020 candidates' Memorial Day travel zeroes in on early-voting states

    Some senators head to Iowa while other candidates hit New Hampshire.

    May 25

• May 25

  • Nearly halfway through the year, Congress has only passed 17 laws

    Lawmakers tend to pass fewer bills when government is divided.

    May 25

• May 25

  • Judge blocks $1 billion in funding for President Trump's border wall

    Trump has made building the wall his signature promise.

    May 25

• May 24

  • Trump admin bypassing Congress with $8 billion arms sale to Saudis, Emiratis

    The notification has infuriated Republicans and Democrats, who vow to push back.

    May 24

• May 24

  • Meet 22-year-old who beat a politician who had served longer than he'd been alive

    Will Haskell, a 22-year-old Dem, takes ABC News behind the scenes

    May 24

• May 24

  • 1,500 more troops and defensive capabilities headed to Middle East to deter Iran

    U.S. Central Command requested additional defensive capabilities.

    May 24

• May 24

  • Trump gives Barr sweeping power to declassify intelligence in Russia probe review

    Trump ordered the intelligence community to cooperate with the attorney general.

    May 24

• May 24

  • Trump defends personal attacks on Pelosi: 'Did you hear what she said about me?'

    Trump also denied the review of how the Russia probe began is about payback.

    May 24

• May 24

  • Manipulated Pelosi video may be a sign of things to come in the 2020 election cycle

    YouTube removed the content, Facebook “heavily” reduced its distribution.

    May 24

• May 24

  • Artist places Harriet Tubman on $20 bills, despite Trump's ambivalence

    “We’ll see about that,”the artist said of a planned 2028 $20 bill revision.

    May 24

• May 24

  • Sunday on 'This Week': Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Rep. Liz Cheney, Sen. Martha McSally

    This is a listing for "This Week" airing Sunday, May 26.

    May 24

• May 24

  • Mueller wants to avoid 'political spectacle' of public testimony: Nadler

    Attorney General William Barr said it's Mueller's decision whether to testify.

    May 24

• May 24

  • Nancy Pelosi is not helping this country': Trump

    President Trump on Friday called Democrats "obstructionists" as they continue to focus on the Mueller Russia investigation.

    May 24

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• May 24

  • House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler appears to nearly faint at New York event

    Nadler later tweeted he had gotten dehyrdated.

    May 24

• May 24

  • Rolling Thunder set to take final ride this Memorial Day weekend

    Historic parade comes to an end after lack of funding and claims of harassment.

    May 24

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• May 24

  • Trump administration rolls back Obama-era protection for transgender patients

    Other protections, such as race, sex and religion, remain intact.

    May 24

• May 24

  • Disaster relief package stalls in House after quick Senate approval

    “This legislation has already taken far too long to deliver,” McConnell says.

    May 24

• May 24

  • Pete Buttigieg takes on President Trump over Vietnam War medical deferment

    Trump was exempted from military service in the 1960s after receiving a letter from a doctor saying he had a bone spur ailment.

    May 24

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• May 24

  • Finance, front-runners and foreign policy: Here's the roundup of the 2020 field

    The Democratic field continues to trail Joe Biden.

    May 24

• May 24

  • The Note: Pelosi figures out Trump's game

    The image of Trump walking away from the negotiating table works for Democrats.

    May 24

• May 24

  • President Trump, Speaker Pelosi exchange heated words

    Donald Trump also sent a memo ordering the intelligence community to cooperate with Attorney General William Barr's review of the Russia probe. ABC...

    May 24

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• May 24

  • Parents push to prevent hot-car deaths

    In the aftermath of his son's death, one parent pushed to prevent hot-car deaths at a House Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Thursday, May 23,...

    May 24

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• May 23

  • Pete Buttigieg takes on Trump over Vietnam War medical deferment

    "I don't mean to trivialize disability, but I think that's exactly what he did."

    May 23

• May 23

  • Trump calls on aides to affirm how 'calm' he was in meeting with Democrats

    President Trump called on his aides to affirm how calm he was during a meeting.

    May 23

• May 23

  • Inslee, 2020 Dems tout sweeping initiatives to combat climate change

    Inslee's "Moonshot" plan aims at 100% clean energy.

    May 23

• May 23

  • More troops, defensive capabilities requested to Middle East to deter Iran

    U.S. Central Command is requesting additional defensive capabilities.

    May 23

• May 23

  • GOP challenger turns up heat on Trump: 'He would prefer an Aryan nation'

    Trump's lone primary challenger seems to be ratcheting up his attacks.

    May 23

• May 23

  • Dubbed the 'American Taliban,' John Walker Lindh released from prison

    John Walker Lindh has spent the past 17 years in prison on terrorism charges.

    May 23

• May 23

  • Trump places flags at Arlington graves in annual Memorial Day ritual

    The president and first lady visited Arlington National Cemetery.

    May 23

• May 23

  • Trump announces $16 billion in aid to farmers impacted by trade war

    The emergency aid will be the second package to help farmers hit by tariffs.

    May 23

• May 23

  • Trump calls Pelosi 'a mess' after her 'intervention' comment

    Speaker Pelosi calls President Trump "a master of distraction."

    May 23

• May 23

  • Trump announces $16 billion bailout for farmers hit by trade war with China

    The Trump administration unveiled a $16 billion aid package for farmers hurt by the ongoing trade war with China, the second such deal intended to...

    May 23

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• May 23

  • Democrats inch closer to ultimate prize: Trump’s financial records

    Judges in two federal courts sided with Democrats this week.

    May 23

• May 23

  • Only at-risk migrant children separated from families: Homeland Security

    Those cases occur one to three times a day, McAleenan said.

    May 23

• May 23

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• May 23

  • Farmer says aid package is 'band-aid' for tariffs

    Two farmers share how tariffs and Trump's bailout affect their businesses.

    May 23

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• May 23

  • Iranians fear as threats of war with US escalate

    Mana Mostatabi, the communications director for the National Iranian American Council, says Iranian people's psychology has been "devastated."

    May 23

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• May 23

  • Trump says 'she's a mess' after Pelosi says his family needs to stage 'intervention'

    President Donald Trump fired back at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday, escalating a feud that reignited on Wednesday when she said he was...

    May 23

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• May 23

  • WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces additional charges in new indictment

    The news comes as Assange fights extradition to the U.S.

    May 23

• May 23

  • 'American Taliban' released from prison

    John Walker Lindh, 38, was the first prisoner brought into a U.S. courtroom to face charges in the War on Terror, following the Sept. 11 attacks.

    May 23

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• May 23

  • Conway says Pelosi dismissed her as 'staff'

    The tension at Wednesday's failed meeting between President Donald Trump and top Democrats didn't end when he abruptly left the room.

    May 23

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• May 23

  • Conway blasts Pelosi, says she dismissed her as if she were her maid

    Pelosi declined to further address Conway's comments on Thursday.

    May 23

• May 23

  • 2020 Dems join striking McDonald's workers

    Five presidential hopefuls join the picket lines on Thursday.

    May 23

• May 23

  • Trump denies 'temper tantrum' during infrastructure meeting

    The president tweeted Thursday morning, "I was extremely calm in my meeting with Pelosi & Schumer."

    May 23

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• May 23

  • Trump family joining president, first lady on UK state visit with the queen

    Next month the Royal family could meet the Trump family.

    May 23