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1 month ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Katherine Faulders |Rachel Scott |Arthur Jones II
President Donald Trump continued his sweeping education agenda as he signed an executive order to diminish the Department of Education at the White House on Thursday. The president's order directs Education Secretary Linda McMahon to take all necessary steps permitted by law to shrink the Department of Education, according to the sources. Trump signed the order during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House while flanked on each side by schoolchildren seated at desks.
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2 months ago | 
abcnews.go.com | Jay O'Brien |Rachel Scott |Nathan Luna |Benjamin Siegel |Emily Chang
Hundreds of workers were informed that their terminations had been rescinded. ByJay O'Brien, Rachel Scott, Nathan Luna, Benjamin Siegel, and Emily ChangFebruary 20, 2025, 3:51 PMElon Musk speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Feb. 11, 2025.
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2 months ago | 
abcnews.go.com | Luis Martinez |Rachel Scott |Katherine Faulders
The officials said a list has been circulated of generals who could be fired. ByLuis Martinez, Rachel Scott, and Katherine FauldersFebruary 19, 2025, 5:47 PMUS Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during join press conference with Poland's Defense Minister after their meeting at the Ministry of Defense headquarters in Warsaw on Feb. 14, 2025.
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2 months ago | 
6abc.com | Rachel Scott |Will Steakin |Katherine Faulders |Molly Nagle
WASHINGTON -- The top official at the Social Security Administration stepped down after a clash with DOGE employees over access to sensitive personal records, two sources told ABC News. Michelle King, a career official who served at the agency for more than 30 years, was serving as acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration but left the agency after she was replaced with Leland Dudek this weekend.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
news.yahoo.com | Ivan Pereira |Nadine El-Bawab |Stacey Dec |Rachel Scott
Ahead of Inauguration Day on Monday, President-elect Donald Trump is holding a reception and fireworks show Saturday night at his golf club in Virginia. On Sunday, he will lay a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery and then hold a "Make America Great Again Victory Rally" in Washington ahead of Monday's swearing-in ceremony, which has now been moved inside to the Capitol Rotunda because of frigid temperatures in the nation's capital. Maj. Gen.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
autos.yahoo.com | Ivan Pereira |Nadine El-Bawab |Stacey Dec |Rachel Scott
Ahead of Inauguration Day on Monday, President-elect Donald Trump is holding a reception and fireworks show Saturday night at his golf club in Virginia. On Sunday, he will lay a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery and then hold a "Make America Great Again Victory Rally" in Washington ahead of Monday's swearing-in ceremony, which has now been moved inside to the Capitol Rotunda because of frigid temperatures in the nation's capital.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
abc7.com | Mary Bruce |Jonathan Karl |Rachel Scott
ByMary Bruce, Jonathan Karl and Rachel ScottThursday, December 5, 2024 9:15PMPresident Joe Biden walks along the colonnade towards the Rose Garden to deliver remarks on the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, at the White House, Nov. 26, 2024, in Washington. automationPresident Joe Biden and his senior aides are discussing possible preemptive pardons for people who might be targeted by the incoming Trump administration, according to a source close to the president.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Jonathan Karl |Katherine Faulders |John Santucci |Rachel Scott |Lauren Peller
As Hegseth's fight to head Pentagon lags, Trump not working the phones to save him: SourcesPete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary, was back on Capitol Hill on Thursday to meet with Republican lawmakers as misconduct allegations continued to cloud his selection to lead the Pentagon. Behind the scenes, Trump's political team is focused on figuring out where female Republican senators stand on Hegseth, according to two people involved in the conversations.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
abcnews.go.com | Mary Bruce |Jonathan Karl |Rachel Scott
Possible names include Gen. Mark Miley, Liz Cheney, Adam Schiff and Dr. Fauci. ByMary Bruce, Jonathan Karl, and Rachel ScottDecember 5, 2024, 9:26 AMPresident Joe Biden and his senior aides are discussing possible preemptive pardons for people who might be targeted by the incoming Trump administration, according to a source close to the president. Possible names include current and former officials such as retired Gen. Mark Milley, former GOP Rep.
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Jul 21, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | John Santucci |Rachel Scott
With calls growing for President Joe Biden to step aside, ABC News has learned more about how the Trump campaign is preparing for a scenario in which Vice President Kamala Harris becomes the Democratic nominee for president. The Trump campaign is preparing new ads to attack Harris' record, and is compiling opposition research books and conducting polling to test her weaknesses in a general election matchup, sources familiar with the plans tell ABC News.
