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  • WATCH: Trump talks about Putin call, Comey indictment as he welcomes Artemis II astronauts to the White House

    WATCH: Trump talks about Putin call, Comey indictment as he welcomes Artemis II astronauts to the White House

    Apr 29, 2026 06:25 PM EDT

    President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Russia's Vladimir Putin offered to help the U.S. handle Iran’s enriched uranium as part of a potential nuclear deal. Watch President Donald Trump with the Artemis II crew in our video player above. Speaking at the White House with crew members ...

  • WATCH: EPA's Zeldin testifies on Trump's budget request in Senate Environment hearing

    WATCH: EPA's Zeldin testifies on Trump's budget request in Senate Environment hearing

    Apr 29, 2026 05:31 PM EDT

    ... a particular focus on the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, which has attacked environmental harms from products like fertilizer. The movement's biggest champion is Trump's health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, asked Zeldin whether he understood concerns from those advocates about industry influence ...

  • Comey appears in court in Trump threat case that's likely to pose a challenge for Justice Department

    Comey appears in court in Trump threat case that's likely to pose a challenge for Justice Department

    Apr 29, 2026 05:22 PM EDT

    James Comey was indicted in North Carolina on Tuesday on charges of making threats against President Donald Trump related to a photograph he posted on social media last year of seashells arranged in the numbers “86 47.” The Justice Department contends those numbers amounted to a threat against Trump, the 47th president.

  • LISTEN: Supreme Court considers Trump effort to end protections for Haitian and Syrian migrants

    LISTEN: Supreme Court considers Trump effort to end protections for Haitian and Syrian migrants

    Apr 29, 2026 01:15 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday mulled the Trump administration’s push to end legal protections for migrants fleeing war and natural disaster, in one in a series of immigration cases the justices are considering against the backdrop of the president's far-reaching crackdown. Watch in our video ...

  • Senate Republicans reject attempt to end Trump's blockade of Cuba

    Senate Republicans reject attempt to end Trump's blockade of Cuba

    Apr 29, 2026 12:13 AM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans rejected legislation from Democrats on Tuesday that would have required President Donald Trump to end the U.S. energy blockade on Cuba unless he receives approval from Congress. The vote on the war powers resolution showed how Republicans continue to stand behind Trump as he acts ...

  • WATCH: Powell says he plans to stay at Fed after chair term ends amid legal attacks by the Trump administration

    WATCH: Powell says he plans to stay at Fed after chair term ends amid legal attacks by the Trump administration

    Apr 29, 2026 12:07 AM EDT

    ... presidents have historically been more likely to dissent, while the Washington-based governors more often support the chair. The dissents could renew tension between the Trump administration and the bank presidents, who White House officials have previously criticized. Powell's decision to stay on could worsen tensions with the Trump ...

  • James Comey indicted over social media post Trump's DOJ says crossed a line

    James Comey indicted over social media post Trump's DOJ says crossed a line

    Apr 28, 2026 10:55 PM EDT

    ... President Trump's first term. But Geoff, the statute of limitations on these cases is five years. So any forthcoming cases stemming from this one would likely have to be related to President Trump's second term. Geoff Bennett: Ali Rogin, thanks again for this reporting. Ali Rogin: You bet.

  • FCC threatens ABC's licenses as Trumps call for Kimmel's firing

    FCC threatens ABC's licenses as Trumps call for Kimmel's firing

    Apr 28, 2026 10:37 PM EDT

    And it's going to cause a protracted legal battle, but the action today is being called by the lone Democrat on the FCC, Anna Gomez -- quote -- "the most egregious action the FCC has taken in violation of the First Amendment to date." She basically says Brendan Carr heard Trump ...

  • James Comey indicted in probe over online post officials say constituted Trump threat

    James Comey indicted in probe over online post officials say constituted Trump threat

    Apr 28, 2026 06:57 PM EDT

    Trump, in a Fox News Channel interview in May, accused Comey of knowing “exactly what that meant." “A child knows what that meant,” Trump said. "If you’re the FBI director and you don’t know what that meant, that meant assassination. And it says it loud and clear.” Comey ...

  • WATCH: Trump welcomes King Charles to the White House on his day of diplomacy in Washington

    WATCH: Trump welcomes King Charles to the White House on his day of diplomacy in Washington

    Apr 28, 2026 05:13 PM EDT

    ... taken a particularly sour turn over the past several months as the Republican president has sought to rally international support for the war in Iran. Trump criticized Starmer, who has largely resisted his overtures, by saying “this is not Winston Churchill that we're dealing with.” Trump has also imposed ...

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