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The White House has argued Trump has plenary power on immigration.

Trump met with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday.

In the Oval Office, Trump showed videos and articles he said proved his claims.

The Army on Wednesday began preparing to ship Abrams tanks from its base in Fort Cavazos, Texas, to Washington, D.C., to participate in its 250th birthday parade.

The meeting came as GOP leaders scramble to advance the bill.

The United States officially accepted a luxury jet to use as Air Force One from Qatar, the Department of Defense confirmed to ABC News on Wednesday.

The parade marks the Army's 250th year and falls on Trump's birthday.

DHS said the deportees had committed crimes "uniquely monstrous and barbaric."

The issue pits Republicans from high-tax states against fiscal hardliners.

The future of President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" that would fund his second-term agenda could depend on SALT.

The consent decrees came after the killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd.

ABC News contributor Dr. John Brownstein explains the Food and Drug Administration's announcement to limit access to future COVID-19 shots only to people over 65 years old or high risk groups.

The critical 3 p.m. meeting, which will include the House Freedom Caucus, comes as GOP leaders are scrambling to get the bill back on track after negotiations went south with hard-liners overnight.

President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa engaged in a back-and-forth at the White House over Trump's unfounded claims of "genocide" against white South African farmers.

The Air Force will work to ensure the jet can securely transport the president.

The Justice Department said Wednesday it is moving to drop police reform agreements reached with the cities of Louisville, Kentucky and Minneapolis. ABC News' Alex Mallin reports.

Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., talks about Republican opposition to the legislation, officially titled the "One Big, Beautiful Bill Act.”

ABC News’ Jay O’Brien reports on the holdouts to the budget bill that fulfills a laundry list of President Donald Trump's campaign promises from taxes to border security.

Connolly represented Virginia in Congress since 2009.

Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia has died, his office announced Wednesday morning. He was 75 years old.

The young attendees were able to grill White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.

Hard-liners are pushing for changes before the bill is set to head to the floor.

An official said Gen. Michael Guetlein will lead planning for the new system.

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) weighs his support for President Donald Trump’s spending bill as the president urges Republicans to come together to pass it.

Russia launched more than 100 drones into Ukraine following the conclusion of a phone call between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

He's repeatedly promised his personal relationship would produce results.

Experts say the timing is what's currently recommended for men over 70.

Speaker Mike Johnson is scrambling for support ahead of a Wednesday vote.

Dept. of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem incorrectly responded to a question on the definition of habeas corpus during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing.

The secretary appeared to testify before a committee on the DHS' 2026 budget.

"Have you no sense of decency?" Van Hollen pressed Rubio.

Marco Rubio returned to the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday to defend the president's foreign policy and the administration's budget priorities.

Rep. Tim Moore, R-N.C., joined ABC News Live to discuss the upcoming vote on President Donald Trump's spending bill.

Leaving Capitol Hill on Tuesday after talking with House Republicans about his "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," President Donald Trump said, "it was a meeting of love."

Journalists' tell-all says that demonstrates the "Bidens' capacity for denial."

The New Jersey congresswoman claims the charges are "purely political."

President Trump, flanked by Speaker Mike Johnson, talked with reporters at the Capitol ahead of his meeting with House Republicans on his "One Big Beautiful Bill Act."

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, discusses the tax bill, as well as the signing of the Take It Down Act, a bill aimed at cracking down on revenge porn and deepfake images generated by artificial intelligence.

Former President Joe Biden's cancer diagnosis is drawing new questions about his health while in the White House.

U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver was charged on Monday for allegedly assaulting law enforcement officers outside of an ICE detention facility earlier this month.

Biden has been diagnosed with an "aggressive" form of prostate cancer.

ABC News’ Alex Presha reports on the changes borrowers face when repaying their student loans under the new Trump administration.

Biden, 82, left office as the oldest serving president in U.S. history.

The Venezuelans were protected from deportation to work in the U.S.

President Donald Trump held a high-stakes phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday as he continued his push for an end to Moscow's 3-year-old invasion of Ukraine.

Biden, 82, left office as the oldest serving president in U.S. history.

He launched the moonshot after his son, Beau, died from brain cancer in 2015.

Johnson doesn't have the votes at this time.

Babbitt was killed during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

The Supreme Court allowed the Trump admin to terminate protected status for 350,000 Venezuelans who were protected from deportation and allowed to work in the U.S.