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President Trump on Sunday said the regional grocer, Giant Eagle, would lower prices on “more than” 300 products as he seeks to settle concerns regarding affordability. “I have just been informed that Giant Eagle, a GREAT American Grocery Company, will be lowering Prices, by a lot, across more than 300 products this Summer, through Labor...

Maine’s former CDC Director Nirav Shah dropped out of the Democratic primary for Senate on Sunday, a day after pleading his case to delegates in Augusta. “A few weeks ago, I entered this race because I could not accept the idea of Susan Collins gliding to a sixth term at the very moment Maine families...

US Central Command (CENTCOM) on Saturday said it relaunched strikes against Iran following the death of one service member in Iraq. “CENTCOM began conducting a new wave of strikes against Iran at 7 p.m. ET today for the ninth consecutive night,” CENTCOM said in a Saturday statement posted to X.  “The strikes will continue degrading...

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Saturday slammed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s post commemorating two U.S. service members killed in Jordan as a result of Iranian strikes.  “Godspeed, heroes. Their sacrifice only stiffens our resolve,” Hegseth wrote on social platform X. Greene said it was inappropriate to deem their deaths a “sacrifice.” “Sacrifice?? What...

Second lady Usha Vance delivered a baby boy on Sunday morning, marking the first time a sitting second lady has been pregnant or given birth in 156 years. “We are excited to announce that our baby boy, Alec Neel Vance, was born this morning. Usha and the baby are happy and healthy, and our kids...

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) on Sunday said she was dropping out of the Democratic primary for the Senate in the Pine Tree State a little more than a week after announcing her campaign. “Today I am withdrawing from the U.S. Senate race. Donald Trump's attacks on our democracy are only accelerating, and...

The State Department issued a Saturday warning to Americans living and traveling abroad, urging them to remain cautious in the face of increased threats on U.S. diplomatic facilities. “Due to heightened tensions in the Middle East, the security environment remains complex with the potential for unforeseen escalation,” the State Department wrote in a Saturday statement. ...

A survivor of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Saturday said she was "gaslit" during her meeting last week with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. Jess Michaels told MS NOW's Alex Witt about this recent meeting, along with other survivors, with Blanche. She said that Blanche repeatedly denied that anything in the Department of Justice's...

House lawmakers face a packed legislative agenda this week before departing for the monthlong August recess, with GOP leaders aiming to advance a stopgap funding bill, kick off work on a third reconciliation package, hold a long-awaited vote on a congressional stock trading ban and finally take up an annual defense policy bill. Republicans are...

Several high-profile Trump administration nominees face committee votes in the coming weeks that will show whether outgoing GOP senators are willing to buck the administration — or at least exert some leverage. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director nominee Erica Schwartz and attorney general nominee Todd Blanche received a tepid reception at their...

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) on Sunday said President Trump's primetime speech shows that he’s not serious about securing elections, pointing to the recent firings of the remaining Democratic members at an independent election administration agency earlier this month. “There was something called the Elections Assistance Commission. Nobody knows about it, but it works with local...

Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Sunday said the U.S. "will continue to assure flow of traffic" through the Strait of Hormuz more than a week after hostilities between the U.S. and Iran resumed. "The president is always looking for the diplomatic off-ramp," Wright told ABC News's Jonathan Karl in an interview on "This Week." "President...

A U.S. service member was killed in northern Iraq on Saturday during a “controlled detonation” of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone, the U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said on Sunday. Another service member was injured and continues to receive medical treatment for a “minor” injury, according to Centcom. The announcement marks the...

Comedian Bill Maher on Sunday slammed the Democratic Party and its socialist wing, adding that he would be open to voting for Vice President Vance if he runs for president in 2028. Maher told ABC News's Jonathan Karl on "This Week" that the Democratic Party is being "taken over." "Every day I hear about a...