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June 17, 2025 at 3:42 AM

Entire Fulbright Scholarship board quits, citing Trump admin actions

The 12-member board alleged the Trump administration "usurped the authority of the Board" by denying Fulbright awards to some selected for the 2025-2026 year.
June 17, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The State Department building is in Washington D.C., March 17, 2025.
June 17, 2025 at 3:34 AM

G7 summit opens in Canada with a focus on trade, wars — and not riling Trump

President Donald Trump is abruptly leaving the Group of Seven summit, departing a day early Monday as the conflict between Israel and Iran intensifies and the U_S_ leader has declared that Tehran should be evacuated “immediately.”
June 17, 2025 at 3:34 AM
U.S. President Donald Trump, front right, listens to a question being shouted out by a reporter while seated next to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, back left, during working session at the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, Monday, June 16, 2025. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
June 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM

Trump admin tells ICE to pause most raids on farms, hotels, restaurants

The Trump administration has instructed ICE to pause most raids on farms. About 42% percent of farm workers are undocumented, according to data from the Agriculture Department.
June 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM
VIDEO: Trump admin tells ICE to pause most raids on farms, hotels, restaurants
June 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM

RFK Jr. recently removed 17 people from a CDC vaccine panel. Now they're speaking out

The 17 members of the CDC's vaccine advisory committee, who were ousted last week, argued their abrupt dismissal has "left the U.S. vaccine program critically weakened."
June 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Committee on Appropriations hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services budget, on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 20, 2025.
June 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM

Judge extends block on Trump ban prohibiting Harvard students from entering US

A temporary restraining order on Donald Trump's proclamation barring foreign Harvard University students from entering the U.S. will remain in effect until Monday.
June 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
People enter and exit the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 15, 2025.
June 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM

Anti-domestic violence groups sue Trump administration over grant requirements

A coalition of anti-domestic violence and sexual assault groups is suing President Donald Trump's administration over anti-DEI requirements for grants
June 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
FILE - President Donald Trump throws pens used to sign executive orders to the crowd during an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
June 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM

Trump admin outlines US Steel plan, but union voices concerns

President Donald Trump would have unique influence over the operations of U.S. Steel under the terms of the investment being made by Nippon Steel
June 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
President Donald Trump arrives to speak at U.S. Steel Corporation's Mon Valley Works-Irvin plant, Friday, May 30, 2025, in West Mifflin, Pa. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
June 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM

Wisconsin farmer sues Trump admin. claiming discrimination against white farmers

A Wisconsin dairy farmer has alleged in a federal lawsuit that the Trump administration is illegally denying financial assistance to white farmers by continuing programs that favor minorities
June 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
In this photo released by The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, Faust’s attorneys, Wisconsin dairy farmer Adam Faust, who is suing the Trump administration alleging discrimination against white farmers like him, poses inside his dairy barn in Chilton, Wisconsin, in 2021. (The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty via AP)
June 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM

'No Kings' protests underway across the US

Thousands of "No Kings Day" protests are being held across the U.S. on Saturday to protest the Trump administration and to counterprogram the military parade in Washington, D.C.
June 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Video: 'No Kings' protests underway across the US
June 14, 2025 at 2:04 AM

Judge blocks State Department from firing workers while injunction is in effect

A federal judge in San Francisco has stopped Secretary of State Marco Rubio from proceeding with plans to downsize the State Department
June 14, 2025 at 2:04 AM
President Donald Trump, right, speaks with reporters as Secretary of State Marco Rubio listens upon arriving at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., en route to Camp David, Md., Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
June 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM

Appeals court delays order blocking National Guard deployment

Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta filed an emergency request to block expansion of what they called the Trump administration's "unlawful militarization."
June 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
California National Guard are positioned at the Federal Building on Tuesday, June 11, 2025, in downtown Los Angeles.
June 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM

CDC rehires 450 employees cut in HHS restructuring, internal documents show

The government hired back more than 450 CDC employees that were fired as part of the widespread restructuring that took place in April.
June 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Sept. 30, 2014.
June 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM

Abrego Garcia's attorneys ask judge for sanctions against Trump administration

Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia have asked a federal judge to impose sanctions on the Trump administration for "repeated violations of its discovery obligations."
June 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Undated photo provided by CASA, an immigrant advocacy organization, in April 2025, shows Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
June 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM

Immigrant rights groups asks judge to halt expedited removals amid courthouse arrests

The motion is part of a lawsuit challenging the administration's expansion of the process which allows the government to quickly expel migrants.
June 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Federal agents walk around at the immigration court at Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building in New York, June 9, 2025.
June 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM

Senate Democrats seek probe of Ed Martin's early actions at DOJ

Senate Judiciary Democrats are pushing for an investigation into Ed Martin's early tenure at the Justice Department.
June 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin speaks during a press conference, May 13, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
June 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM

US military can temporarily detain protesters in Los Angeles, commander says

The commander overseeing military operations in Los Angeles said that troops deployed to the city can temporarily detain individuals but cannot make arrests.
June 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Colorado National Guard Brigadier General Scott Sherman makes a point during a news conference to announce expanded eligibility for state residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19 at the Governor's Mansion, Feb. 26, 2021, in Denver.
June 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM

RFK Jr. appoints new members to CDC's vaccine advisory panel, including shot critics

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Wednesday eight new members of the CDC's independent vaccine advisory committee, some of whom have been critics of shots.
June 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Committee on Appropriations hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services budget, on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 20, 2025.
June 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM

House will vote on Trump's request to cut funding for NPR, PBS and foreign aid

House Republicans will look to cut about $9.4 billion in spending already approved by Congress as President Donald Trump’s administration seeks to follow through on work by the Department of Government Efficiency when it was overseen by Elon Musk
June 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., hold a news conference on the GOP reconciliation bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
June 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM

Judge rules Trump admin cannot continue to detain Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil

The judge is staying his injunction until Friday to allow the Department of Homeland Security time to appeal the decision.
June 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Student negotiator Mahmoud Khalil is seen at a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on the Columbia University campus in New York, April 29, 2024.
June 12, 2025 at 6:50 AM

Oman FM says there will be sixth round of negotiations between Iran and US on Sunday

Oman’s foreign minister says there will be a sixth round of negotiations between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program this weekend
June 12, 2025 at 6:50 AM
FILE - The flag of the International Atomic Energy Agency flys in front of its headquarters during an IAEA Board of Governors meeting in Vienna, Austria, Feb. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Heinz-Peter Bader, File)
June 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM

Judge rules Trump admin. cannot continue to detain activist Mahmoud Khalil

A New Jersey federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction barring the Trump administration from deporting or continuing to detain Columbia University pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil.
June 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM
A New Jersey federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction barring the Trump administration from deporting or continuing to detain Columbia University pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil.
June 11, 2025 at 11:27 PM

Bondi says LA protests 'very different' than Jan. 6 rioters who were pardoned

Pam Bondi rejected that Donald Trump's pardons for hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters creates a double standard with its response to violence at immigration protests in LA.
June 11, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Pam Bondi rejected that Donald Trump's pardons for hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters creates a double standard with its response to violence at immigration protests in LA.
June 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM

Tulsi Gabbard warns of nuclear threat in social media video

The US is closer to "brink of nuclear annihilation than ever before," she said.
June 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard issued a stark warning about the threat of nuclear war in a video she posted on social media on Tuesday.
June 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM

What may be next for CDC vaccine committee after RFK Jr. removed all its members?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently removed all 17 sitting members of the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee. Who could be on the committee next and what changes may be coming?
June 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Committee on Appropriations hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services budget, on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 20, 2025.
June 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM

State Department orders departure of nonessential staff from Baghdad embassy

State Department orders departure of nonessential staff from embassy in Baghdad due to concern over increased security risks in the region.
June 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
A general view of the US embassy compound on the banks of the Tigris River.
June 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM

CDC employees protest after vaccine panel disbanding

Current and former CDC employees were protesting HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to fire all 17 experts from the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP).
June 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
VIDEO: CDC employees walk out after vaccine panel disbanding
June 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM

Bondi draws line between Jan. 6 rioters, LA protests: 'This is very different'

Pam Bondi rejected that Donald Trump's pardons for hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters creates a double standard with its response to violence at immigration protests in LA.
June 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks to the press, outside the West Wing of the White House, in Washington, June 11, 2025.
June 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM

What to know about the national debt debate surrounding Trump's megabill

Concerns about the national debt from Elon Musk and some Republican lawmakers is complicating the path to passage for Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act."
June 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
President Donald Trump waves as he departs the White House, June 6, 2025 in Washington.
June 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM

US-China trade talks in London enter their second day

Chinese state media say that the U.S. and China have agreed in principle on a framework to carry out an agreement they reached on resolving their trade disputes last month
June 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The Union Flag flies from the top of Lancaster House, during the talks between the U.S. and China, in London, Tuesday, June 10, 2025.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
June 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM

CDC workers plan protest against removal of CDC’s vaccine advisory committee 

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Monday he is removing all 17 members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee.
June 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
VIDEO: CDC workers plan walkout in protest of removal of CDC's vaccine advisory committee
June 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM

Trump administration argues it complied with court order to return Abrego Garcia

The Trump administration complied with an order to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia after he was mistakenly sent to his native El Salvador, the DOJ argued.
June 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Undated photo provided by Murray Osorio PLLC shows Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
June 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM

Hegseth, congresswoman spar over cost of Marine deployment to LA

Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn., asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about the cost of the deployment of troops to Los Angeles as part of a crackdown on Immigration and Customs Enforcement protests.
June 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
VIDEO: Hegseth, congresswoman spar over cost of Marine deployment to LA
June 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM

Hegseth faces lawmaker grilling on budget, Marine deployment to LA

ABC News’ Jay O’Brien reports on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s testimony on Capitol Hill before the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee.
June 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Hegseth faces lawmaker grilling on budget, Marine deployment to LA
June 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM

RFK Jr. removes all members of CDC's vaccine advisory committee

The Health and Human Services secretary said replacing all 17 members of the CDC's vaccine advisory committee "is necessary to reestablish public confidence in vaccine science." 
June 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
VIDEO:  RFK Jr. removes all members of CDC's vaccine advisory committee
June 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM

Why RFK Jr. says he terminated every member of CDC vaccine committee

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Monday he is removing all 17 members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee.
June 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on Capitol Hill on May 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.
June 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM

More than 300 NIH staff sign open letter criticizing Trump administration's actions

More than 300 scientists from the NIH signed an open letter on Monday to director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, criticizing the Trump administration over recent moves.
June 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Gateway Center is seen in the rain in Bethesda, Md., June 8, 2025.
June 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM

Warren urges Department of Education IG to probe DOGE access to student loan data

Sen. Elizabeth Warren urges Department of Education inspector general to probe DOGE's access to student loan data ahead of first meeting with Secretary Linda McMahon.
June 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Sen. Elizabeth Warren conducts a special forum on the rising cost of education at the Dirksen Senate Office Building, on May 14, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
June 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM

Immediate impact of Trump’s travel ban on 12 countries

ABC News’ Matt Rivers and Shawn VanDiver, founder and president of #AfghanEvac, a nonprofit that helps settle Afghans in the U.S., discuss the ban.
June 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
VIDEO: Immediate impact of Trump’s travel ban on 12 countries
June 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM

Americans seek UK move in 'record' numbers, London mayor says in 'nationalism' rebuke

Students shut out of U.S. universities by President Donald Trump's administration should instead come to the U.K., London Mayor Sadiq Khan told an event on Monday.
June 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan speaks in London, UK, on June 8, 2025.
June 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM

Concerns over Elon Musk’s access to government info

Jacob Braun, the former acting principal deputy national cyber director, joins ABC News Live to address concerns over Elon Musk’s access to sensitive U.S. government information.
June 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Concerns over Elon Musk’s access to government info
June 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM

Investigators looking at who sent Hegseth's Signal messages, sources say

The Defense Department’s Inspector General has spent several weeks interviewing Hegseth’s current and former staff members.
June 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivers a speech at the US cemetery to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings, June 6, 2025 in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy.
June 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM

How the Trump administration’s aid cuts may be putting children's lives at risk

The Trump administration's cuts to foreign aid have resulted in children in Ugandan orphanages losing access to medication, according to local workers.
June 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Ms. Mary, pictured in the yellow dress, serves food to children.
June 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM

Judge blocks Trump's move to stop international Harvard students from entering US

Harvard University is calling President Donald Trump's proclamation to block foreign students from attending university another "illegal retaliatory step."
June 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
A graduating student wears their hat, decorated with a statement of support for international students, during the 374th Commencement exercises at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., May 29, 2025.
June 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM

Trump administration, for 1st time, returns wrongly deported migrant to US

A wrongly deported Guatemalan man has been returned to the U.S., marking the first time the Trump administration has brought back a deportee based on a judge's order.
June 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
President Donald Trump speaks at a Summer Soiree on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, June 4, 2025.
June 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM

ICE arresting migrants at immigration courts, attorneys say

Immigration attorneys tell ABC News that federal agents are arresting migrants at immigration courts, in some cases after their deportation cases have been dismissed.
June 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
VIDEO: ICE arresting migrants at immigration courts, attorneys say
June 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM

Secretary McMahon wants Harvard to 'come back to the table' to negotiate with admin

Amid the Trump administration's feud with Harvard University, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said she wants the school to come to negotiate with the White House.
June 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Education Secretary Linda McMahon speaks with ABC News after testifying before a House Committee on Education and Workforce hearing, June 4, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
June 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM

'KILL the BILL': Musk continues to blast Trump's bill in social media posts

Multiple people who have spoken to Trump and Musk describe a widening rift.
June 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Elon Musk attends a news conference with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, May 30, 2025.
June 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM

Trump directs DOJ, White House counsel to investigate Biden’s mental state in office

The move by the White House represents a significant escalation, as it is a directive to the Justice Department to formally investigate.
June 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
President Donald Trump speaks during a summer soiree on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, June 4, 2025, in Washington.
June 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM

Trump signs proclamation banning travel from 12 countries

President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Wednesday banning travel from 12 countries, citing national security concerns.
June 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
(FILES) US President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 3, 2025. US President Donald Trump signed a new travel ban June 4, 2025 targeting 12 countries, saying it was spurred by an attack on a Jewish protest in Colorado that authorities blamed on a man they said was in the country illegally.
June 5, 2025 at 10:46 AM

Trump orders probe into Biden’s ‘cognitive decline’

President Donald Trump is ordering the Justice Department to investigate the final years of former President Joe Biden's presidency.
June 5, 2025 at 10:46 AM
President Donald Trump is ordering the Justice Department to investigate the final years of former President Joe Biden's presidency.