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Trump to swing through two battleground states for first time since start of criminal hush money trial

Wednesday, May 1 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Former President Donald Trump is back on the campaign trail, hitting two battleground states Wednesday after severe weather and his legal calendar have prevented him from holding his traditional campaign stops for weeks.Trump will first campaign in Waukesha, Wisconsin, and then head... Read More.

Kamala Harris travels to Florida as six-week abortion ban goes into effect

Wednesday, May 1 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Jacksonville, Florida, on Wednesday, to focus on abortion access -- the same day the state's six-week abortion ban goes into effect.Harris' trip comes a little more than a week after President Joe Biden also traveled... Read More.

Justice Stephen Breyers blunt message to Supreme Court conservatives: Slow down

Wednesday, May 1 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Associate Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer retired from the high court in 2022 but isn't finished prodding his former conservative colleagues to abandon what he sees as an aggressive tack to the right in how they interpret the law."Slow down. Period," Breyer,... Read More.

DEA plans to back reclassifying marijuana as less serious drug, sources say

Wednesday, May 1 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- In a historic shift, the Drug Enforcement Administration supports recommending the reclassification of marijuana as a less dangerous drug, moving it from a Schedule 1 classification, alongside drugs like heroin and ecstasy, to a Schedule 3 drug, like ketamine, steroids and testosterone,... Read More.

Trump says it depends if there will be violence if he loses 2024 election to Biden

Wednesday, May 1 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Former President Donald Trump is playing down but not ruling out the possibility of political violence if he loses the November election."I don't think we're going to have that. I think we're going to win," Trump told Time magazine in a cover... Read More.

Netanyahu again vows military operation in Rafah, as Biden administration hopes for cease-fire in coming days

Tuesday, April 30 by ABC News

(JERUSALEM) -- As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated Tuesday that Israel would proceed with a military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah "with or without a deal," the Biden administration -- which has repeatedly warned against a Rafah offensive -- appears to... Read More.

Speaker Johnson, House Republicans ramp up criticism of out of control college protests

Tuesday, April 30 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Speaker Mike Johnson and other House Republicans are stepping up their criticism of the college protests happening nationwide in connection to the Israel-Hamas war.Johnson, speaking on Tuesday alongside other GOP leaders at their weekly press conference, denounced the latest developments at Columbia... Read More.

House Democratic leaders announce they would save Johnson if threat to oust comes to floor

Tuesday, April 30 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- House Democratic leadership announced on Tuesday that if a motion to vacate Speaker Mike Johnson is brought to the House floor for a vote, they would vote to table the effort -- effectively saving the speaker from ouster. Less than an hour... Read More.

House Democratic leaders announce they would save Johnson if motion to vacate comes to floor

Tuesday, April 30 by ABC News

Trump says its up to individual states whether they want to prosecute women for abortions

Tuesday, April 30 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Former President Donald Trump maintained in a new interview that he'd leave it up to individual states whether or not they want to monitor women's pregnancies to determine if someone gets an abortion after their state's legal ban and then prosecute them.Asked... Read More.

Surprising and disturbing: Legal experts react to Supreme Court arguments on Trumps immunity claim

Tuesday, April 30 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- When Donald Trump began to claim presidential immunity from criminal prosecution related to his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, many legal analysts ABC News spoke with considered it a weak argument.But last week, in nearly three hours of oral arguments,... Read More.

Emerging AI technologies make it easier for bad actors to conceptualize and conduct chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear attacks: DHS

Tuesday, April 30 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Emerging technologies in artificial intelligence will make it easier for bad actors to "conceptualize and conduct" chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear attacks, according to a report released by the Department of Homeland Security on Monday.Selected excerpts of the report to President Joe... Read More.

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Trump to swing through two battleground states for first time since start of criminal hush money trial

Kamala Harris travels to Florida as six-week abortion ban goes into effect

Justice Stephen Breyers blunt message to Supreme Court conservatives: Slow down

DEA plans to back reclassifying marijuana as less serious drug, sources say

Trump says it depends if there will be violence if he loses 2024 election to Biden

Netanyahu again vows military operation in Rafah, as Biden administration hopes for cease-fire in coming days

Speaker Johnson, House Republicans ramp up criticism of out of control college protests

House Democratic leaders announce they would save Johnson if threat to oust comes to floor

House Democratic leaders announce they would save Johnson if motion to vacate comes to floor

Trump says its up to individual states whether they want to prosecute women for abortions

Surprising and disturbing: Legal experts react to Supreme Court arguments on Trumps immunity claim

Emerging AI technologies make it easier for bad actors to conceptualize and conduct chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear attacks: DHS

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