White House distances itself from accusations Alex Pretti was ‘domestic terrorist’ ABC News’ Mary Bruce asked White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt if President Donald Trump agrees with administration officials who labeled Alex Pretti a “domestic terrorist.” January 26, 2026 Source link
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Republican-led House blocks effort to limit President Trump’s war powers in Venezuela : NPR
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks alongside Republican Conference Chair Representative Lisa McClain, R-Mich., and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on January 21, 2026. SAUL LOEB/AFP hide caption toggle caption SAUL LOEB/AFP House Republicans blocked a resolution in a tie vote on […]
Air Force One turns around amid trip to Davos after ‘minor electrical issue,’ White House press secretary says
DAVOS, Switzerland — Air Force One turned around mid-flight as President Donald Trump was heading to Davos, Switzerland, after the crew identified “a minor electrical issue,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Tuesday night. The aircraft turned back and was set to land at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, where the president and […]
Machado presented Trump with her Nobel award at White House meeting
Watch: Machado says she “presented” her Nobel Peace Prize medal to Trump Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has told reporters that she presented the medal for her Nobel Peace Prize to President Donald Trump at a private White House meeting on Thursday, but did not say if he accepted it. “I think today is […]
Minnesota senator: White House ‘attempting to cover up’ Good shooting
Minnesota Democratic Sen. Tina Smith said Sunday that the Trump administration was “attempting to cover up what happened” in the fatal shooting of Renee Good, a U.S. citizen and mother of three, by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday. ABC News obtained cell phone video of the incident that was taken by the ICE agent […]
Former Democratic House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer to announce retirement after more than 40 years in Congress
US Representative Steny Hoyer (D-MD) speaks during an event with US Vice President Kamala Harris, not pictured, on the administration’s efforts to lower costs for homebuyers, at Bowie State University in Bowie, Maryland, on February 22, 2023. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Source link
White House says ‘all options’ on the table for Greenland : NPR
Homes covered by snow are seen from the sea in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 6, 2025. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP hide caption toggle caption Evgeniy Maloletka/AP The White House is standing by President Trump’s interest in Greenland, saying “all options” are on the table as the administration weighs a potential acquisition of the territory that’s controlled by […]
Trump to meet with House Republicans amid questions about Venezuela : NPR
President Trump walks on the South Lawn after landing at the White House on Jan. 4, 2026. Trump returned to Washington from his winter break at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., one day after U.S. forces captured former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife in a raid on his compound in the […]
‘We will grind you down’: how rogue peers became Labour’s toughest opponents | House of Lords
Dining in the House of Lords canteen just after Labour came to power, one Labour adviser found themselves sitting opposite two Tory peers. In particular, the pair were fuming about the forthcoming abolition of hereditary peers. Both agreed, the adviser said, that there should be a deliberate strategy to undermine the government on all its […]
NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin’s father killed, mother injured in North Carolina house fire
A fire at the home of NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin’s parents on Sunday left his father dead and his mother injured, officials confirmed to ABC News. Firefighters in Gaston County, North Carolina, were dispatched at 6:19 p.m. to the two-story home that was “mostly engulfed, with flames showing through the entire attic,” when they arrived, […]