Category Archives: ABC News: Top Stories

Service members sue Trump administration over transgender military service ban
Leading LGBTQ+ advocacy groups filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of six active duty service members over the Trump administration's ban on transgender military service.
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 06, 2025

Inspector general vacancies after Trump firings draw questions about agency oversight
The inspectors general for at least 17 agencies were terminated in late January, with one such official receiving a letter citing "changing priorities."
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 06, 2025

'Border czar' threatens military action if cartels target troops at border
"Border czar" Tom Homan said he expects to use the U.S. military if Mexican cartels target American troops on the border.
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 06, 2025

Rubio says it's 'not our intention' to uproot USAID workers abroad
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told embassy officials that it was "not our intention" to uproot USAID staffers working abroad, despite the agency mandating their return.
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 06, 2025

Airline passenger breaks window, restrained by other passengers
A man aboard a Frontier Airlines flight was restrained by fellow passengers on Wednesday after damaging the plane window, officials said.
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 06, 2025

WATCH: Hotel guest returns to room and finds seal taking a nap inside
The seal became "quite grumpy due to his disturbed beauty sleep."
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 06, 2025

Judge issues 2nd preliminary injunction against Trump birthright citizenship order
A federal judge in Seattle has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against President Donald Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship.
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 06, 2025

Judge temporarily blocks Trump's federal government employee buyout
Just hours before the deadline for federal employees to accept the Trump administration's deferred resignation offer, a judge has temporarily blocked the buyout offer.
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 06, 2025

Rents are high. A new bill in Congress aims to change that.
New legislation in Congress aims to tackle a financial burden weighing on millions of households -- rent that is too damn high, as one NYC activist famously claimed.
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 06, 2025

Johnson says talks with Trump were productive, but some hardliners are frustrated
After meeting at the White House with Trump for four hours, House Republicans say they made progress, but some fiscal hardliners are frustrated.
ABC News: Top Stories Feb 06, 2025

