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Trump administration may be ready to 'move on' from Ukraine peace talks

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says an agreement to end the war in Ukraine needs to be reached in a matter of days.
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VIDEO: Trump administration may be ready to 'move on' from Ukraine peace talks
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Iran-US nuclear talks to continue in Oman on Saturday, Tehran says

The Iranian Foreign Ministry announced that the second round on Tuesday.
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This handout picture provided by Khabar Online on April 12, 2025, shows Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (2nd-L) speaking with members of the Iranian delegation after a meeting in Muscat.
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Judge blocks deportation of noncitizens to 3rd countries without due process

A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from deporting noncitizens to countries other than their place of origin without due process.
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President Donald Trump listens to a question from a reporter as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, April 17, 2025, in Washington.
April 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM

Appeals court temporarily halts contempt inquiry over deportation flights

A divided panel of judges has temporarily paused an effort to investigate whether the Trump administration engaged in contempt of court.
April 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
President Donald Trump in Washington, April 14, 2025 and James Boasberg, chief judge of the US District Court for the District of Columbia in Washington, April 2, 2025.
April 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM

As administration eyes more AEA deportation flights, judge says he can't block them

A judge said Friday he lacks the authority to block deportations under the Alien Enemies Act, as a DOJ lawyer said they "reserve the right" to resume flights Saturday.
April 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
ACLU submitted a document they say their clients received notifying them of their removal from the U.S. under the AEA.
April 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM

Trump replaces acting IRS commissioner just days after appointing him

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Gary Shapley was being removed.
April 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
IRS Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley arrives to testify on the Hunter Biden investigation during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing, Dec. 5, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
April 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM

Judge orders halt to mass firings at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered an immediate halt to the planned firings of nearly 1,500 employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
April 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
A security officer works inside of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau building headquarters Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in Washington.
April 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM

Exclusive: Wife of man wrongfully deported to El Salvador speaks out

Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, speaks with “GMA” about the legal battle involving her husband now playing out in the courts.
April 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
VIDEO: Exclusive: Wife of man wrongfully deported to El Salvador speaks out
April 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM

Wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia says seeing photo of him alive is 'very overwhelming'

Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, told ABC's "Good Morning America" Friday that seeing a photo of him alive has been "very overwhelming."
April 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Jennifer Vasquez Sura speaks with ABC News.
April 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM

SCOTUS to hear Trump bid on birthright citizenship

The Supreme Court said it would hear expedited oral arguments in May over Pres. Trump's emergency request to rollback nationwide injunctions against his executive order to end birthright citizenship.
April 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
VIDEO: SCOTUS to hear Trump bid on birthright citizenship
April 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM

Rubio signals US may abandon Ukraine peace talks

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been in Paris for meetings with European leaders about a deal to stop the war in Ukraine.
April 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
VIDEO: Trump could abandon Russia-Ukraine peace talks: Rubio
April 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM

First to ABC: House Dems urge JD Vance to preserve Smithsonian independence

First to ABC: House Dems urge JD Vance to preserve Smithsonian independence.
April 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Completed in 1855 and made from Seneca red sandstone, the Smithsonian Institution Building, or "Castle," stands on the National Mall on August 21, 2023 in Washington, DC. An investigation by the Washington Post into the Smithsonian's human remains collections revealed the revered institution is holding 30,700 bones and body parts, including 255 brains as party of its "Racial Brain Collection." Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch III has apologized for how the collection was created and has built a task force to decide what to do with the remains. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
April 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM

Maryland senator travels to El Salvador to meet with Kilmar Abrego Garcia

A source close to Abrego Garcia’s family told ABC News that the meeting in the capital was set up by El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, as both he and the Trump administration say Abrego Garcia won’t return to the U.S.
April 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
VIDEO: Maryland senator travels to El Salvador to meet with Kilmar Abrego Garcia
April 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM

Lawyers for Venezuelan detainee imprisoned in El Salvador say detention is 'lawless'

The government is “paying” for his “torture in El Salvador with U.S. taxpayer dollars, his attorneys claim.
April 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Salvadoran soldiers stand guard, as the CECOT logo is seen, during a media tour at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, in Tecoluca, El Salvador April 4, 2025.
April 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM

Sen. Chris Van Hollen goes to El Salvador amid erroneous deportation

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., has flown to El Salvador to seek answers over the contested deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
April 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., has flown to El Salvador to seek answers over the contested deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
April 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM

Trump administration faces possible contempt over deportation flights: Analysis

Former Justice Department spokesperson Sarah Isgur provides analysis on the Trump administration facing a possible contempt investigation over its failure to turn deportation flights around.
April 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
VIDEO: Trump administration faces possible contempt over deportation flights: Analysis
April 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM

DHS demands 'detailed records' of student visa holders at Harvard

The Department of Homeland Security is demanding "detailed records" on Harvard University's student visa holders, according to a statement from the department.
April 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a news conference to announce the re-launch of the VOICE office at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters, April 9, 2025, in Washington.
April 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM

RFK Jr. contradicts experts on rise of autism diagnoses

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he was determined to find the "environmental exposures" behind the rise of autism diagnoses.
April 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
VIDEO: RFK Jr. contradicts experts on rise of autism diagnoses
April 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM

Judge escalates battle with Trump administration over deportation flights

A federal judge is threatening to open a high-stakes contempt investigation into the Trump administration for deporting more than 200 Venezuelan migrants to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
April 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
VIDEO: Judge escalates battle with Trump administration over deportation flights
April 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM

DOJ plans to appeal Abrego Garcia ruling, releases documents it says tie him to gang

The Justice Department has released two documents that were used to allegedly tie wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the MS-13 gang.
April 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Undated photo provided by the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, a man identified by Jennifer Vasquez Sura as her husband, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is led by force by guards through the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador.
April 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM

IRS considering revoking Harvard’s tax-exempt status: Reports

ABC News’ Jon Karl has the latest on reports that the IRS is now considering whether to pull the university’s tax-exempt status after the institution rejected the Trump administration’s demands.
April 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
VIDEO: IRS considering revoking Harvard’s tax-exempt status: Reports
April 17, 2025 at 11:24 AM

Senator heads to El Salvador to find migrant deported erroneously by Trump

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., has flown to El Salvador to seek answers over the contested deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
April 17, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Sen. Chris Van Hollen speaks during a press conference in Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador, April 16, 2025.
April 17, 2025 at 2:13 AM

Administration likely acted in contempt by not returning deportation flights: Judge

A judge found probable cause the Trump administration acted in contempt of court when officials defied his order to turn two planes around carrying alleged gang members.
April 17, 2025 at 2:13 AM
President Donald Trump in Washington, April 14, 2025 and James Boasberg, chief judge of the US District Court for the District of Columbia.
April 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM

Law firm files suit challenging Trump administration's authority to issue tariffs

Senior counsel for Liberty Justice Center Jeffrey Schwab joins ABC News Live to discuss his firm representing a group of five small businesses that have filed a lawsuit against the president.
April 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
VIDEO: Law firm files suit challenging Trump administration's authority to issue tariffs
April 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM

Federal judge finds probable cause that Trump administration acted in contempt

A federal judge has found probable cause that the Trump administration acted in contempt of court over the handling of two planes carrying alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador.
April 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
VIDEO: Federal judge finds probable cause that Trump administration acted in contempt
April 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM

New York Attorney General Letitia James targeted by federal housing agency

A letter from the Federal Housing Finance Agency alleges that James "appears to have falsified records" in order to "receive favorable loan terms."
April 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
A letter from the Federal Housing Finance Agency alleges that James "appears to have falsified records" in order to "receive favorable loan terms."
April 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM

Trump DOJ sues Maine in standoff over transgender athletes in women's sports

It alleges Maine’s policy allowing transgender athletes violates Title IX.
April 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Attorney General Pam Bondi attends a press conference, as she unveils actions against the state of Maine, which is locked in a dispute with the Trump administration over transgender policy, at the Justice Department in Washington, April 16, 2025.
April 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM

Abrego Garcia case 'should be alarming to all of us,' says former DOJ attorney

Liz Oyer, former pardon attorney at the DOJ, discusses Abrego Garcia case as judge orders Trump administration officials to testify under oath.
April 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
VIDEO: Abrego Garcia case 'should be alarming to all of us,' says former DOJ attorney
April 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM

Harvard Crimson reporter on Trump administration freezing billions in Harvard funding

Senior reporter at the Harvard Crimson, Dhruv Patel, reacts to the Trump administration's decision to freeze billions in funding to Harvard University after the institution rejected their demands.
April 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
VIDEO: Harvard Crimson reporter on Trump administration freezing billions in Harvard funding
April 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM

Mahmoud Khalil's lawyers say DHS relied on 'tabloids' as evidence

ABC News has reviewed over 100 pages of evidence submitted in immigration court by both DHS lawyers and those representing Mahmoud Khalil.
April 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Mahmoud Khalil speaks to members of media about the Revolt for Rafah encampment at Columbia University during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in Gaza, in New York City, June 1, 2024.
April 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM

Trump administration’s standoff with Harvard escalates

The White House is suggesting that Harvard University should lose its tax-exempt status if it does not comply with a series of demands from President Donald Trump's administration.
April 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
VIDEO: Trump administration’s standoff with Harvard escalates
April 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM

Trump DOJ sues Maine in standoff over transgender athletes in women's sports

The Justice Department has filed suit against Maine in an effort to challenge the state's policy regarding transgender athletes competing in girls' and women's sports.
April 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
VIDEO: Trump DOJ sues Maine in standoff over transgender athletes in women's sports
April 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM

2 Hegseth staffers put on leave amid Signal chat leak investigation

Dan Caldwell, a top adviser to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Darin Selnick, Hegseth’s deputy chief of staff, have both been placed on administrative leave as part of a leak investigation.
April 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
VIDEO: 2 Hegseth staffers put on leave amid Signal chat leak investigation
April 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM

Legal implications of Trump administration's deportations, Harvard standoff

ABC News' Chief Legal Analyst Dan Abrams breaks down the administration's lack of compliance with the Supreme Court's order to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and the demands on Harvard.
April 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
VIDEO: Legal implications of Trump administration's deportations, Harvard standoff
April 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM

High-stakes hearing in deportation standoff

A federal judge is giving the Trump administration two weeks to hand over information on what it has done to comply with the Supreme Court’s order to facilitate the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
April 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
VIDEO: High-stakes hearing in deportation standoff
April 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM

Judge in Abrego Garcia case orders officials to testify under oath

The federal judge overseeing the wrongful deportation case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia said she will order expedited discovery in order to "apply the law to the facts."
April 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Undated photo provided by the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, a man identified by Jennifer Vasquez Sura as her husband, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is led by force by guards through the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador.
April 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM

6 times the Trump administration has clashed with opponents over court orders

The clashes range from unilaterally freezing federal funding to the use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport noncitizens.
April 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM
President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office of the White House, April 14, 2025 in Washington.
April 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM

Who has more leverage in the US-China trade war?

"The only issue remaining is who is going to blink first," one expert said.
April 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing, March 28, 2025 and President Donald Trump, in Washington, April 7, 2025.
April 15, 2025 at 10:47 PM

Trump wants to send US citizens to foreign prisons. Legal experts say he can't.

The Trump administration's deported hundreds of migrants it alleges are gang members to El Salvador's notorious mega-prison CECOT. But could an American citizen be next?
April 15, 2025 at 10:47 PM
President Donald Trump meets with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, April 14, 2025.
April 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM

Columbia student arrested by ICE was one step from citizenship, lawyer says

Mohsen Mahdawi was arrested during the interview and detained in Vermont, Luna Droubi, one of his attorneys, told ABC News.
April 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Columbia student and Palestinian Mohsen Madawi being arrested during a visit to the immigration office in Colchester, VT, April 14, 2025.
April 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM

International students sue after Trump administration terminates their legal status

A group of international students are seeking relief from deportation in court after their F-1 student visas were revoked, jeopardizing their legal status in the U.S.
April 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Aerial of downtown Detroit, Michigan
April 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM

Obama blasts Trump administration's 'unlawful' Harvard demands

Barack Obama praised Harvard for its rejection of President Donald Trump's demands as the university faces a funding freeze for alleged inaction on antisemitism.
April 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Barack Obama participates in a book talk with former German Chancellor Angela Merkel at The Anthem on December 02, 2024 in Washington, DC.
April 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM

Obama blasts Trump administration's 'unlawful' Harvard demands

Barack Obama praised Harvard for its rejection of President Donald Trump's demands as the university faces a funding freeze for alleged inaction on antisemitism.
April 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
VIDEO: Obama blasts Trump administration's 'unlawful' Harvard demands
April 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM

Columbia University associate of Mahmoud Khalil arrested by DHS

Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi, who co-founded a pro-Palestinian campus organization with Mahmoud Khalil, was arrested by DHS agents Monday.
April 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Columbia student and Palestinian Mohsen Madawi being arrested during a visit to the immigration office in Colchester, VT, April 14, 2025.
April 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM

White House signals move toward pharmaceutical and semiconductor tariffs

President Donald Trump and his administration are laying the groundwork to invoke national security to impose a new tax on pharmaceuticals and semiconductors.
April 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
VIDEO: White House signals move towards pharmaceutical and semiconductor tariffs
April 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM

White House freezes funding for Harvard after it defies demands

The Trump administration has frozen more than $2 billion in federal grant money after Harvard University rejected a list of government demands, including overhauling hiring and admission practices.
April 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
VIDEO: White House freezes funding for Harvard after it defies demands
April 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM

US and El Salvador double down on mistakenly deported man despite court order

El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said during a meeting at the White House that he will not return Kilmar Abrego García, a migrant from Maryland who was wrongfully deported.
April 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
VIDEO: US and El Salvador double down on mistakenly deported man despite court order
April 15, 2025 at 5:27 AM

Core Democratic groups are preparing to be targeted by the Trump administration

Some of the Democratic Party’s core political groups are preparing for the possibility that President Donald Trump’s allies may soon launch criminal investigations that could handicap Democratic infrastructure
April 15, 2025 at 5:27 AM
FILE - Attorney Marc Elias stands on the plaza of the Supreme Court in Washington, March 21, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
April 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM

US has responsibility to return MD man from El Salvador: Expert

ABC News' Devin Dwyer and Michael Paarlberg, associate professor at VCU, discuss El Salvador's president Nayib Bukele's visit to the White House.
April 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
VIDEO: US has responsibility to return MD man from El Salvador: Expert
April 14, 2025 at 11:47 AM

Plans to celebrate America's 250th anniversary were underway until federal cuts

Leaders of state humanities councils throughout the country say federal funding cuts by President Donald Trump's administration will force them to scale back or eliminate celebrations next year commemorating the nation's 250th anniversary
April 14, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Mary Wearn, president of Georgia Humanities, poses for a portrait in their office in Atlanta, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)