Lauren Peller

Washington, D.C., United States

Congress Reporter at ABC News

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

1 week ago | thepulseofnh.com | Alexandra Hutzler |Janice Mcdonald |Lauren Peller |Peter Charalambous

(WASHINGTON) -- The Trump administration has deported hundreds of migrants it alleges are MS-13 gang members -- calling them "terrorists" -- to El Salvador's notorious CECOT mega-prison. Could American citizens convicted of violent crimes be next? "If it's a homegrown criminal, I have no problem," President Donald Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday during his meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. "If we can do that, that's good. And I'm talking about violent people.
Protesters tased, arrested at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Georgia town hall

1 week ago | abc13.com | Janice Mcdonald |Lauren Peller

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, one of President Donald Trump's most loyal allies in the House, faced several protesters who were removed by police for disrupting her town hall on Tuesday. Police said at least six attendees were escorted out without incident, while three others were arrested -- two of whom were stunned with a Taser during their removal.
Protesters tased, arrested at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Georgia town hall

1 week ago | abcnews.go.com | Janice Mcdonald |Lauren Peller

Three people were arrested, two of whom were stunned with a Taser, police said. ByJanice McDonald and Lauren PellerRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks at a town hall in Cobb County, Ga., on April 15, 2025. Pool via ABC NewsRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, one of President Donald Trump's most loyal allies in the House, faced several protesters who were removed by police for disrupting her town hall on Tuesday.
Protesters tased, arrested at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Georgia town hall

1 week ago | abc30.com | Janice Mcdonald |Lauren Peller

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, one of President Donald Trump's most loyal allies in the House, faced several protesters who were removed by police for disrupting her town hall on Tuesday. Police said at least six attendees were escorted out without incident, while three others were arrested -- two of whom were stunned with a Taser during their removal.
Protesters tased, arrested at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Georgia town hall

1 week ago | abc7chicago.com | Janice Mcdonald |Lauren Peller

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, one of President Donald Trump's most loyal allies in the House, faced several protesters who were removed by police for disrupting her town hall on Tuesday. Police said at least six attendees were escorted out without incident, while three others were arrested -- two of whom were stunned with a Taser during their removal.
Protesters tased, arrested at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Georgia town hall

1 week ago | abc7news.com | Janice Mcdonald |Lauren Peller

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, one of President Donald Trump's most loyal allies in the House, faced several protesters who were removed by police for disrupting her town hall on Tuesday. Police said at least six attendees were escorted out without incident, while three others were arrested -- two of whom were stunned with a Taser during their removal.
Is Trump's Ukraine peace effort stalled amid Putin's relentless strikes?

1 week ago | thepulseofnh.com | Shannon Kingston |Janice Mcdonald |Lauren Peller

(WASHINGTON) -- After a devastating missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Sumy appeared to have killed dozens of civilians gathered for Palm Sunday celebrations, President Donald Trump downplayed the incident as a "mistake" -- and lashed out with recriminations. He continued to insist that the broader war was started by Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and that President Joe Biden failed to stop it -- rather than blaming Russian President for causing the conflict.
House passes budget blueprint to fund Trump’s agenda

2 weeks ago | 1430wcmy.com | Lauren Peller |John Parkinson |Allison Pecorin

(WASHINGTON) — The House narrowly voted to approve the GOP budget blueprint Thursday by a vote of 216-214, delivering a major victory for President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda. Trump congratulated the House on the bill’s passage, saying in a post on his Truth Social platform that this “sets the stage for one of the Greatest and Most Important Signings in the History of our Country.”“Among many other things, it will be the Largest Tax and Regulation Cuts ever even contemplated,” Trump said.
House passes budget blueprint to advance Trump's agenda

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Lauren Peller |John Parkinson |Allison Pecorin

The House narrowly voted to approve the GOP budget blueprint Thursday by a vote of 216-214, delivering a major victory for President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda. Trump congratulated the House on the bill's passage, saying in a post on his Truth Social platform that this "sets the stage for one of the Greatest and Most Important Signings in the History of our Country.""Among many other things, it will be the Largest Tax and Regulation Cuts ever even contemplated," Trump said.
House passes budget blueprint to fund Trump's agenda

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Lauren Peller |John Parkinson |Allison Pecorin

6 hours agoAs Trump’s trade war roils the world, the many free traders in his own party are taking the path of appeasement. Since President Donald Trump started a global trade war last week, the Republicans who run the United States Congress have been reduced to playing the same role as stock traders: hoping …