Category Archives: ABC News: Top Stories

DHS could request up to 10,000 troops for the border, internal memo shows
DHS could request up to 10,000 troops to help with efforts along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to an internal Border Patrol memo obtained by ABC News.
ABC News: Top Stories Jan 23, 2025

7 governors back Ben Wikler for DNC chair: Exclusive
Seven sitting governors are throwing their support behind Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Ben Wikler's run for Democratic National Committee chair.
ABC News: Top Stories Jan 23, 2025

WATCH: Man found carrying gun inside US Capitol: ABC Exclusive
A Massachusetts man was found to be carrying a gun after attending a tour of the U.S. Capitol, police officials told ABC News on Thursday.
ABC News: Top Stories Jan 23, 2025

RFK Jr. react after Trump signs order to declassify JFK, MLK assassination files
Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to declassify files related to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
ABC News: Top Stories Jan 23, 2025

Pete Hegseth clears Senate test vote despite opposition from 2 Republicans
Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon, cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate on Thursday to advance his nomination.
ABC News: Top Stories Jan 23, 2025

Trump questions if concerns over TikTok are 'that important.' Some aides say they are
Donald Trump is downplaying the potential threat that TikTok poses to national security -- but numerous aides and allies are squarely at odds with the president.
ABC News: Top Stories Jan 23, 2025

Trump continues to defend Jan. 6 pardons, suggests Biden should have pardoned himself
President Donald Trump continued to defend his controversial pardons of the Jan. 6 rioters with false claims that they were wrongly prosecuted.
ABC News: Top Stories Jan 23, 2025

WATCH: New York ferries contend with icy waters
The icy conditions on the Hudson River made the journey between New York and New Jersey a little more difficult to navigate on Thursday.
ABC News: Top Stories Jan 23, 2025

USDA secretary nominee says politics shouldn't influence California wildfire response
President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the U.S. Department of Agriculture says efforts by the U.S. Forest Service to fight wildfires in California shouldn’t be influenced by politics
ABC News: Top Stories Jan 23, 2025

Trump tells world business leaders to invest in the US or else
President Donald Trump gave international business leaders to invest in the U.S. or else.
ABC News: Top Stories Jan 23, 2025

