Category Archives: ABC News: Top Stories

OMB general counsel faces backlash following federal funding freeze order: Sources
Senior White House officials had not reviewed the Office of Management and Budget's sweeping order freezing federal grants and loans before it was issued, sources say.
ABC News: Top Stories Jan 31, 2025

Federal employees told to remove pronouns from email signatures by end of day
Employees at multiple federal agencies were ordered to remove pronouns from their email signatures by Friday afternoon, according to internal memos obtained by ABC News.
ABC News: Top Stories Jan 31, 2025

WATCH: A look at recent good news
ABC News' Will Ganss recaps recent good news stories.
ABC News: Top Stories Jan 31, 2025

USDA orders removal of climate change mentions from public websites
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has directed officials to remove content related to climate change from its public websites, according to emails obtained by ABC News.
ABC News: Top Stories Jan 31, 2025

5-year-old killed in hyperbaric chamber explosion
A 5-year-old boy was killed and his mother was injured after a hyperbaric chamber exploded at a medical facility in Troy, Michigan.
ABC News: Top Stories Jan 31, 2025

WATCH: DC plane crash: A timeline of the deadly helicopter collision
Sixty-seven are presumed dead in the incident where a Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Virginia.
ABC News: Top Stories Jan 31, 2025

No official cause identified in DC plane crash but Trump continues to speculate
While no cause has been determined in the Washington plane crash, President Donald Trump was quick to try to assign blame on Thursday to Democrats, DEI and other factors.
ABC News: Top Stories Jan 31, 2025

Housing migrants at Guantanamo comes with challenges, national security expert says
ABC News' Phil Lipof talks to Fordham Law School's Karen Greenberg about President Donald Trump's plan to hold migrants at Guantanamo Bay.
ABC News: Top Stories Jan 31, 2025

US colleges returning to campus sexual assault rules created during Trump's 1st term
Schools and universities responding to complaints of sexual misconduct must return to policies created during President Donald Trump’s first term, with requirements for live hearings and more pr...
ABC News: Top Stories Jan 31, 2025

Trump rails against DEI after DC plane crash, but it doesn't apply to controllers
Donald Trump claimed, without citing evidence, that DEI initiatives at the FAA were partly to blame for the tragic plane and helicopter collision in D.C.
ABC News: Top Stories Jan 31, 2025

