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The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday pressed Washington, D.C., officials about public safety, police reform and the crime bill Republican members of the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday pressed Washington, D.C., officials about public safety and the city's management in the wake of Congress taking the unusual step of blocking controversial changes to the local criminal code. For almost four hours, legislators debated D.C.'s laws at a hearing nominally focused on policing in the district. Having stopped the so-called crime bill last month, House Republicans are now seeking to repeal a law enforcement reform bill in D.C. But most of the session focused on crime in D.C. -- such as the recent attack on a staffer for Sen. Rand Paul -- and on the crime bill, rather than on police reform. Some lawmakers were blunt in their questioning. "Why is D.C. allowing violent criminals to remain on the streets for so long?" asked Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C. She cited the Sa...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers re-introduced legislation to create a no-fly list for passengers fined or convicted for assaulting crew members on board an aircraft. A bipartisan group of lawmakers re-introduced legislation Wednesday that would create a no-fly list for passengers fined or convicted for assaulting crew members on board an aircraft. The Protection from Abusive Passengers Act, originally introduced in April 2022, would direct the Transportation Security Administration to "create and manage a program" that bars such unruly passengers from flying again. A Transportation Security Administration officer works at Dallas Love Field Airport on June 24, 2020, in Dallas. Tony Gutierrez/AP, FILE Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., along with Reps. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., said the legislation they introduced is in the interest of everybody on board a flight. MORE: 85% of flight attendants have dealt with an unruly passenger in 2021: Survey "We must ...

Ron DeSantis will travel to Cobb County, Georgia, on Thursday to visit a gun store as part of his ongoing book tour, days after the Nashville shooting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will travel to Cobb County, Georgia, on Thursday to visit a popular gun store as part of his ongoing book tour ahead of what is expected to be a presidential campaign announcement this summer. The previously scheduled trip happens to come days after a shooter killed six people at a private school in Nashville, Tennessee, which Georgia Democrats noted in criticizing DeSantis, who is seen as a rising Republican star after easily winning reelection in November. The governor is continuing a tour pegged to his new memoir and promoting what he calls Florida's "blueprint" for the rest of the country, believing it can serve as a model for governing and politics nationwide. The gun store in suburban Atlanta, Adventure Outdoors, has been a campaign stop for other Republicans, including Georgia Gov. Brian Ke...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Thursday that lawmakers aren't considering new gun reforms such as an assault weapons ban in the aftermath of the Nashville shooting. Speaker Kevin McCarthy did not say the House will consider an assault weapons ban when he was asked about the calls for reform, setting up a familiar showdown between President Joe Biden and Republicans in Congress following the tragic mass shooting in Nashville. The speaker emphasized his conference's commitment to tackling the issue of mass shootings, though he did not mention particular pieces of legislation he would put forth as calls mount for changes to existing gun laws. "There's not one person in America who doesn't want to try to solve all this," he said when asked at an unrelated press conference on Thursday about his plan to deal with mass shootings. "We want to make sure we're taking all the information." "I would say to the nation as a whole that the proble...

An unusual cross-section of lawmakers has emerged against banning TikTok. An unusual cross-section of lawmakers has emerged against a TikTok ban, with usual ideological foes employing similar language to denounce what they say would be censorship. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is the latest to voice opposition to a total prohibition of the popular social media app -- joining the ranks of progressive "Squad" members such as Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jamaal Bowman and others. Paul effectively shut down an attempt Wednesday from his Republican colleague Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., to get unanimous consent to ban the Chinese-owned app. "If you don't like TikTok or Facebook or YouTube, don't use them," Paul said in a 12-minute floor speech. "But don't think that any interpretation of the Constitution gives you the right to ban them." MORE: 'Uncharted territory': How would a TikTok ban in the US work? Paul argued a ban would amount to violat...

Trump's indictment over the Stormy Daniels payment could change the outlook for the still-forming field of Republican presidential candidates in 2024 The bombshell indictment of former President Donald Trump in New York City is history-making, even as much remains currently unknown about the criminal accusations he faces. Beyond the legal implications, Trump being formally accused of a crime could change the outlook for the still-forming field of Republican presidential candidates in 2024 -- either rallying primary voters primed by his talk of the "deep state" and "retribution" or opening up an unprecedented line of criticism for Trump's rivals. The indictment itself isn't disqualifying, legally speaking. The U.S. Constitution doesn't prevent people under indictment or criminal investigation from running for the White House, experts have told ABC News, so the former president could still be reelected despite the indictment -- and would still be el...

Sources told ABC News the Manhattan District Attorney’s office is also investigating a $150,000 payment to Playboy model Karen McDougal as part of the Trump case. In addition to former President Donald Trump’s alleged role in the $130,000 hush payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News the Manhattan District Attorney’s office is also investigating a $150,000 payment to Playboy model Karen McDougal, who, like Daniels, claimed to have had an affair with Trump. The former president, who was indicted Thursday in New York on charges which remain sealed, has denied having an affair with either woman and has called the entire investigation a witch hunt. A spokeswoman for the Manhattan District Attorney’s office declined to comment. MORE: The Manhattan DA's investigation into Trump and the Stormy Daniels hush payment, explained McDougal was paid for the rights to her story in August 2016 by American Media, publisher of the National Enqui...