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DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas impeachment proceedings: What to expect
(WASHINGTON) -- After voting in February to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, impeachment proceedings will head to the next stage on Wednesday, when the articles of impeachment are expected to be transmitted to the Senate.One thing is clear: this is not going to look like the impeachments we've seen…
Trump’s abortion position leaves key questions unanswered on major campaign issue
(WASHINGTON) -- Former President Donald Trump on Monday celebrated his role in ending national guarantees to abortion access and indicated that he believes the issue, which political experts of both parties believe could be influential in the 2024 race, should now remain in the hands of individual states.Trump had long…
Trump’s abortion position leaves key questions unanswered on major campaign issue
(WASHINGTON) -- Former President Donald Trump on Monday celebrated his role in ending national guarantees to abortion access and indicated that he believes the issue, which political experts of both parties believe could be influential in the 2024 race, should now remain in the hands of individual states.Trump had long…
US, Japan to make ‘historic’ announcements at summit: Official
(WASHINGTON) -- When President Joe Biden hosts Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House for an official visit Wednesday, a senior administration official tells ABC News the two countries will make "historic" announcements that will take the U.S.-Japan alliance to "new heights."This official said the leaders will unveil…
US, Japan to make ‘historic’ announcements at summit: Official
(WASHINGTON) -- When President Joe Biden hosts Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House for an official visit Wednesday, a senior administration official tells ABC News the two countries will make "historic" announcements that will take the U.S.-Japan alliance to "new heights."This official said the leaders will unveil…
Trump says abortion should be a states’ rights issue, Republicans ‘must also win elections’
(NEW YORK) -- After months of dodging questions about his abortion position, former president Donald Trump rejected calls to endorse a national abortion ban, saying he believes it should be a states' rights issue, though he declined to say a specific number of weeks bans should be set at."My view…
President Biden to announce more student loan relief plans
(WASHINGTON) -- President Biden is set to announce new student debt forgiveness plans that, combined with actions the administration has already taken, will benefit over 30 million Americans if the plans are finalized, according to the White House."Our goal is for the overwhelming majority of things like interest, loans that…
Trump’s Palm Beach fundraiser, joined by Melania Trump, rakes in $50 million, organizers say
(PALM BEACH, Fla.) -- Former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party officially kicked off their high-dollar general election fundraising operation Saturday evening, with major donors -- both his vocal loyalists and those just now getting off the sidelines -- gathering in Palm Beach, Florida, to support the GOP's presumptive…
Israeli reforms after strike on aid workers must be verified to restore ‘confidence,’ White House says
White House national security spokesman John Kirby said on Sunday that reforms by Israel after its deadly strike on an aid convoy in Gaza last week have to be verified over time to restore "confidence."Seven workers with the World Central Kitchen, or WCK, were killed in the attack, which Israel…
Chef José Andrés says Israel’s ‘unforgivable’ strike on his aid workers must force ‘real reckoning’
The Israeli drone strike that killed seven workers with chef José Andrés' aid group, World Central Kitchen, is something he will "have to live with" for the rest of his life, he said in an exclusive new interview with ABC News."It is unforgivable," Andrés told "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz…