Category Archives: ABC News: Top Stories

How environmental groups are responding to Trump's executive orders
Environmental nonprofits are gearing up to challenge the number of actions President Donald Trump has issued since he took office.
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 08, 2025

Transgender, nonbinary people sue Trump administration over passport policy
A new lawsuit accuses the State Department of freezing document changes for transgender or nonbinary people.
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 08, 2025

Hamas releases 3 more Israeli hostages in exchange for 183 Palestinian prisoners
Hamas militants freed three more Israeli hostages on Saturday in exchange for Israel releasing another 183 Palestinian prisoners as part of the ceasefire agreement.
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 08, 2025

Major cancer research group calls on Trump administration to restore data access
The American Cancer Society is calling on the Trump administration to restore access to comprehensive scientific data.
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 07, 2025

Wreckage of missing Alaska plane located, all 10 believed to be dead: Coast Guard
Crews in Nome, Alaska, were conducting search-and-rescue operations after the report of a missing Bering Air caravan with 10 people aboard.
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 07, 2025

Trump pauses tariffs on millions of low-value packages from China
President Donald Trump has paused the imposition of tariffs on small-value packages arriving from China
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 07, 2025

California approves $50M to protect immigrants and defend state against Trump administration
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed laws to help safeguard the state's progressive policies from challenges by Republican President Donald Trump's administration
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 07, 2025

Here are all the agencies that Elon Musk and DOGE have been trying to dismantle
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has made swift work of the billionaire's goal to curtail the government. Here are some of the actions it has taken.
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 07, 2025

Administration vows to rehire DOGE Treasury Department staffer who left over posts
One day after a DOGE Treasury Department employee resigned over racist social media posts, the Trump administration has vowed to rehire him.
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 07, 2025

Judge blocks Trump administration from placing 2,200 USAID employees on leave
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from orchestrating its plan to place more than 2,000 USAID employees on leave at midnight.
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 07, 2025

