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A few elections might serve as bellwethers on the Democrats' future.

Trump has sent the vice president out to pitch tax cuts for working families.

ABC News' Selina Wang asked President Donald Trump on Sunday why his administration has been targeting Democratic cities, rather than cities in red states where FBI data shows have higher crime rates.

Khanna says there will be enough votes in the House to force the files' release.

The Ukrainian president spoke with ABC News days before massive Russian strikes.

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Chris Gordon, the Pentagon editor for Air and Space Forces magazine, discusses why the initial decision was made in the 1940s to rename the Department of War the Department of Defense.

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The president was asked about the matter during an Oval Office appearance.

Officials say it gives them a new tool to help Americans held captive abroad.

He is currently detained at a detention center in Virginia.

Hegseth said the move was about "restoring the warrior ethos" in the military.

"I can’t go to Moscow" as missiles rain on Ukraine, he tells ABC News.

A Mexican Independence Day festival was postponed because of the ICE activity.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday renaming the Department of Defense the Department of War.

The formal renaming of the department would require Congress to act.

A GOP senator asked Kennedy if Trump deserved a Nobel prize for COVID program.

WABC reporter Darla Miles delivers the latest on the New York City mayoral race after ABC News confirmed that the White House has been pushing Mayor Eric Adams to drop his bid for reelection.

Sec. Lonnie Bunch said that the institution's "independence is paramount."

Health professionals are reacting to Florida's plan to become the first in the nation to remove all vaccine mandates.

ABC News' Selina Wang and medical contributor Dr. Alok Patel discus the fallout from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Senate Finance Committee testimony.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order Friday allowing pharmacists to prescribe and give COVID-19 vaccines, saying it empowers New Yorkers to make “their own healthcare decisions.”

Ret. Gen. Wesley Clark discusses the executive order, which President Donald Trump is expected to sign, renaming the Department of Defense the Department of War.

The formal renaming would require Congress to act, but the order is expected to say the new name can be used in official correspondence and ceremonial contexts. ABC News' Karen Travers reports.

Four years after Kabul fell, veterans advocate for Afghan partners overseas.

National Guard will remain on active duty in the capital through Nov. 30.

ABC News’ Linsey Davis discusses the Missouri Republican controlled legislature’s efforts to redraw its congressional map with Democratic Congressman Emanuel Cleaver.

Kennedy faced questioning around CDC turmoil, vaccine policy.

The formal renaming of the department would require Congress to act.

ABC News’ Linsey Davis was joined by former deputy director of the CDC, Dr. Deb Houry, to react to the testimony heard by HHS secretary RFK Jr.

The former president has had previous skin cancer treatments.

The HHS secretary repeated several false and misleading claims.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced a grilling before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday amid turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Democrat and Republican senators grilled Kennedy over recent vaccine changes.

Trump has undertaken a monthslong pressure campaign urging lower interest rates.

President Donald Trump claimed Tuesday's attack on a vessel he says carrying suspected Tren de Aragua drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea was full of "massive" amounts of drugs.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was grilled on everything from vaccine availability to his staffing shakeups at the CDC.

The president could still cut the order short or extend them, officials said.

Kennedy was grilled on vaccine availability, his staffing shakeups at the CDC. Several Republicans expressed concern on vaccines, while Democrats accused Kennedy of breaking pledges.

Sen. Bernie Sanders suggested he will bring ousted CDC director Susan Monarez to Capitol Hill to testify while grilling RFK Jr. in front of the Senate Finance Committee.

Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren accused Kennedy of turning back on his statements during his confirmation hearing that he would not take away vaccines for Americans who want them.

Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet grilled Kennedy on his firing of all 17 members of the CDC's vaccine advisory panel.

Nearly 2,300 troops from seven states have been stationed in D.C. since Aug. 11.

One teacher said AI could end up replacing "some parts" of teaching.

Epstein survivors joined House members to demand all files be released.

Trump advisers reportedly discussed jobs for Adams and Sliwa.

It justified the strike as being against a foreign terrorist organization.

Wyden criticized Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, saying he hadn't complied.

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani reacted to reporting Wednesday in the New York Times that the White House is considering administration jobs for Mayor Eric Adams.

The president suggested the video was "AI-generated."