Jimmy Carter is being mourned in his tiny hometown and around the world
President Joe Biden confirmed that Jan. 9, 2025, will be a day of national mourning, with federal offices closed for Carter's state funeral at the National Cathedral.
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Biden announces nearly $2.5 billion more in military aid for Ukraine
President Joe Biden said Monday that the United States will send nearly $2.5 billion more in weapons to Ukraine as his administration works quickly to spend all the money it has available to help Kyiv fight off Russia before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
Former President Jimmy Carter, celebrated champion of human rights, dies at 100
Jimmy Carter, the former U.S. president known as a champion of international human rights both during and after his White House tenure and who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his lifetime of dedication to that cause, has died at 100, ABC News has learned.
Trump asks Supreme Court to delay TikTok ban so he can weigh in after he takes office
President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a “political resolution” to the issue.
Trump vows to pursue executions after Biden commutes most of federal death row
President-elect Donald Trump promised on Tuesday to “vigorously pursue” capital punishment after President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of most people on federal death row partly to stop Trump from pushing forward their executions.
International students urged to return to US campuses before Trump inauguration
A growing number of U.S. colleges and universities are advising international students to return to campus before President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated, over concerns that he might impose travel bans like he did during his first administration.
Biden vetoes once-bipartisan effort to add 66 federal judgeships, citing 'hurried' House action
President Joe Biden on Monday vetoed a once-bipartisan effort to add 66 federal district judgeships, saying “hurried action” by the House left important questions unanswered about the life-tenured positions.
Senate review of Supreme Court ethics finds more luxury trips and urges enforceable code of conduct
A nearly two-year investigation by Democratic senators of Supreme Court ethics details more luxury travel by Justice Clarence Thomas and urges Congress to establish a way to enforce a new code of conduct.
Deal spares federal workers before Christmas but there's concern about possible job cuts under Trump
Johnny Zuagar said he tried to hide his worries about a potential government shutdown from his three boys as he weighed how much to spend on Christmas presents.
Senate passes Social Security benefits boost for many public service retirees
The Senate passed legislation early Saturday to boost Social Security payments for millions of people, pushing a longtime priority for former public employees through Congress in one of its last acts for the year.
Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates before Trump can resume executions
President Joe Biden announced on Monday that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment, takes office.
A third proposal pushes through averting a government shutdown, for now
House Republicans agree on third spending proposal to avoid a government shutdown
Trump was poised to inherit a strong economy. Then things got rocky and he added to the uncertainty
The smooth economy that Donald Trump was poised to inherit suddenly looks a bit rockier — with critics saying the president-elect is contributing to the uncertainty.
Trump's words of opposition stop a bipartisan budget deal in its tracks with Musk's help
President-elect Donald Trump delivered a likely death blow to bipartisan congressional budget negotiations, rejecting the measure as full of giveaways to Democrats after billionaire ally Elon Musk whipped up outrage toward the bill and cheered on Republican lawmakers who announced their opposition.
Trump wants debt ceiling in the budget deal. If not, he says let the government shutdown start now
Hours before the start of a federal government shutdown, President-elect Donald Trump doubled-down Friday on his insistence that a debt ceiling increase be included in any deal — and if not, let the closures “start now.”
National Politics
- Shutdown talk heats up as Democrats insist on stopping health care cuts Sep 15, 2025 11:50 PM EDTA deadline looming, Congress is charging toward a federal government shutdown
- Lawsuit dismissed in funding dispute over kinship caregiver law in Kentucky Sep 15, 2025 11:48 PM EDTA judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's administration over a kinship caregiver law funding dispute
- Trump admin boosts HBCU funding after cutting grants for Hispanic-serving colleges Sep 15, 2025 4:34 PM EDTThe Trump administration is redirecting nearly $500 million in federal funding toward historically Black colleges and tribal colleges, a one-time investment covered primarily by other cuts to colleges serving large numbers of minority students
- California Democrat turns to TikTok to reach Hispanic voters in governor's race Sep 15, 2025 12:30 PM EDTA Democratic candidate for governor of California will be giving TikTok a go
- Pakistan's security forces kill 31 insurgents in overnight raids in northwest, military says Sep 15, 2025 12:14 PM EDTPakistan’s security forces have raided two militant hideouts in the northwest, killing 31 insurgents
- Utah governor says the motive in Kirk shooting is not yet certain but the suspect was on the left Sep 15, 2025 12:06 PM EDTUtah Gov. Spencer Cox says investigators are not yet ready to discuss a motive in the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk but that the 22-year-old who was arrested leaned to the left
- Problems officiating the tush push could be the new argument to support banning it Sep 15, 2025 10:54 AM EDTThe Super Bowl rematch turned into bully ball highlighted by the NFL’s ugliest play
- New York Gov. Kathy Hochul endorses Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor Sep 15, 2025 3:18 AM EDTDemocratic Gov. Kathy Hochul has urged New Yorkers to vote Zohran Mamdani for mayor of New York City, giving the Democratic nominee one of his most significant endorsements to date in the contest to lead the nation’s biggest city
- Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar, a popular two-term Republican, dies at 79 Sep 15, 2025 2:46 AM EDTHe publicly disclosed his cancer diagnosis earlier this year.
- After Kirk's killing a growing chorus of conservatives wants his critics ostracized or fired Sep 15, 2025 12:14 AM EDTSome conservatives are targeting people and organizations they believe disparaged Charlie Kirk after his death
