By BEN GITTLESON, ABC NEWS(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump on Friday wrote he was instructing the Treasury Department "to re-examine" the "tax-exempt status ...and/or funding" of "universities and school systems" that, he said, "are about Radical Left Indoctrination, not Education."In a pair of tweets sent while he flew to the…... Read More

By KENDALL KARSON, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- President Donald Trump is facing broad disapproval for his management of the two major crises gripping the nation, with two-thirds of Americans giving him low marks for both his response to the coronavirus pandemic and his handling of race relations, according to a…... Read More

By LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Thursday that the intelligence on the Russian bounty program had not been corroborated by intelligence agencies and that they do not believe any attacks in Afghanistan that…... Read More

By LAUREN LANTRY, ABC NEWS(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling on Thursday, held that nearly half of Oklahoma – home to 1.8 million residents – is Native American territory, saying any Native American resident on Native American land cannot be tried in state criminal court, and instead…... Read More

By MOLLY NAGLE and JOHN VERHOVEK, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Former Vice President Joe Biden tore into President Donald Trump Thursday on the incumbent's signature issue, the economy, seeking to cast him as a divisive and incompetent leader while unveiling the first major plank of his economic recovery plan."Donald Trump may…... Read More

(WASHINGTON) -- BY: IVAN PEREIRA, ABC NewsThe statehouse in Mississippi has been closed as a surge in novel coronavirus cases now includes at least 26 lawmakers -- both representatives and senators -- and 10 Capitol employees."That number will certainly grow," Dr. Thomas Dobbs, the state's health officer, said at a…... Read More

(WASHINGTON) -- BY: ALEXANDER MALLIN, ABC NewsIn an exclusive interview with ABC News, Attorney General William Barr announced the creation of a new nationwide law enforcement initiative -- dubbed 'Operation Legend' -- intended to send federal resources to states and cities seeing a recent surge in violent crime.In an opening…... Read More

(WASHINGTON) -- BY: JORDYN PHELPSThe head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday struggled to say what federal guidance might look like for the nation’s schools to reopen this fall, after the president said the current advice was too tough and Vice President Mike Pence promised a…... Read More

BY: AARON KATERSKY, ERIC AVRAM, and IVAN PEREIRA (NEW YORK) -- Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, was taken back into federal custody Thursday in what his attorney said was a surprise decision that felt like "the rug had been pulled out from underneath" his client.Cohen was released…... Read More

By DEVIN DWYER, ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- In a history-making decision on Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled President Donald Trump cannot claim "absolute immunity" from criminal investigation while in office and may need to comply with a New York grand jury subpoena seeking his personal financial records.The decision is a…... Read More