Category Archives: ABC News: Top Stories

Trump stokes alarm about view of presidential power with apparent Napoleon reference
President Trump, over the weekend, stoked criticism and alarm when he posted a blunt and cryptic statement seemingly suggesting the nation's laws don't apply to him.
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 17, 2025

Delta plane crashes, overturns in Toronto; all survive, officials say
A Delta flight crashed upon arrival at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday and the plane was seen upside-down on the snow-covered ground.
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 17, 2025

Trump 2nd term live updates: Dan Bongino named as deputy FBI director
President Donald Trump's administration is continuing its radical effort to cut much of the federal government and make sweeping changes.
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 17, 2025

'Waste, fraud and abuse' is a political fight older than the nation
Pinpointing the genesis of “waste, fraud and abuse” as political rhetoric is difficult
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 17, 2025

Pence emerges as one of the few Republicans willing to challenge Trump 2.0
His group spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on ads opposing Robert F
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 17, 2025

USAID official says 'changes' to system have delayed payments to some staffers
A top USAID official acknowledged that "changes" in the agency's payment system had left some foreign service officers without "certain allowance payments."
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 17, 2025

WATCH: Demonstrators protest mass government layoffs outside of US Capitol
ABC News' Jay O'Brien reports from the protests outside of the U.S. Capitol building as the Trump administration and DOGE begin mass government layoffs.
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 17, 2025

What Supreme Court might say about Musk and DOGE
Federal courts are considering whether Elon Musk's status as de facto administrator of DOGE complies with the Constitution's Appointments Clause.
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 17, 2025

Former Vice President Kamala Harris to be honored by NAACP with Chairman's Award
Former Vice President Kamala Harris is to receive the NAACP’s Chairman’s Award during the civil rights organization’s Image Awards ceremony this weekend
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 17, 2025

Judge denies request to temporarily block DOGE's mass firings, access to data
A federal judge denied an urgent request to temporarily block Elon Musk and DOGE from firing employees or accessing records from a half a dozen government agencies.
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 17, 2025


