House Speaker Mike Johnson appears on ABC News’ “Good Morning America” on March 5, 2025. (ABC News) (WASHINGTON) — As Washington sought on Wednesday to make sense of President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress, House Republicans saw the speech as going “overwhelmingly well,” while Democrats said it was “oneRead More →

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Delivering the Democrat response to President Trump’s joint address to Congress, Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan accused him of having no credible plan to deal with high grocery and home prices. But she opened her remarks with an emphasis on unity. “My dad was a lifelongRead More →

Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a dramatic scene only a few minutes into President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress on Tuesday, a longtime Democratic congressman interrupted the speech in an outburst that eventually caused him to be ejected from the House chamber.Read More →

Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump turned the nation’s attention to Devarjaye “DJ” Daniel, a 13-year-old who aspired to become a police officer but was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2018, and made him an honorary member of the U.S. Secret Service. “Joining us in theRead More →

Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (TUKWILA, WA) — A postal employee was shot and killed at the United States Postal Service Processing and Distribution Center in Tukwila, Washington, on Tuesday, according to reports from the Tukwila Police Department and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service of Seattle. Officers responded to theRead More →

Astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore, Sunita “Suni” Williams and Nick Hague, who are on the International Space Station, discuss the challenges of sending humans to Mars. (ABC News) (WASHINGTON) — It’s been a lofty goal America’s leaders have set their sights on for generations, and President Donald Trump kicked off hisRead More →

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is addressing a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night, six weeks into his historic return to the White House. The speech comes after markets tumbled following Trump’s steep tariffs on key U.S. trading partners. Meanwhile, his administration could sign a mineralRead More →

Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Education Secretary Linda McMahon has released what she calls the “final mission” for the Department of Education, as the Trump administration appears to be laying the groundwork for the agency’s dismantling. The newly confirmed secretary’s plans for the coming months will result inRead More →