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This is a listing for 'This Week' airing Sunday, May 4, 2025.

Some locals are worried about SpaceX's efforts to make a Starbase municipality.

Soldiers from each of the Army's divisions would be represented in the parade.

The Army is weighing plans for a parade through the streets of D.C. that would involve some 6,600 soldiers, infantry vehicles, helicopter flyovers and parachute jumps.

Former national security adviser Mike Waltz was photographed using the Signal app during a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, a day before President Donald Trump nominated him as U.N. ambassador.

Babbitt's family sued the government in January 2024 seeking $30 million.

The White House says the order was about taxpayers funding “biased media” and both organizations plans to take the Trump administration to court.

Several Republicans criticized the proposal, taking issue with defense numbers.

The spy agency released Mandarin-language videos aimed at Chinese officials.

President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to take away Harvard's tax-exempt status. "We are going to be taking away Harvard's Tax Exempt Status. It's what they deserve," Trump said on Truth Social.

The White House on Friday released President Donald Trump's proposed budget for the 2026 fiscal year, which calls for $163 billion in cuts to federal spending.

The public broadcasting group said only Congress controls its funding.

"It's what they deserve," Trump said, renewing his threat on social media.

ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke with Wendy Sherman, deputy secretary of state under former President Joe Biden, about the shake-up today within President Donald Trump’s cabinet.

Waltz was at the center of the Signal chat about a strike on Houthis in Yemen.

Marco Rubio will stay on as secretary of state as well, Trump announced.

President Donald Trump on Thursday announced he's nominating Mike Waltz to be the U.N. ambassador, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio will serve as interim national security adviser.

They may get "2 dolls instead of 30" and "cost a couple of bucks more," he said.

Promise comes amid review into equal opportunity programs, cuts to personnel.

While celebrating the 100-day mark of his second term with his Cabinet on Wednesday, President Donald Trump said, "maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls."

President Donald Trump announced he's nominating Michael Waltz to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio will serve as interim national security adviser.

The former presidential candidate spoke as she considers re-entering politics.

More than 7 in 10 Americans believe the economy is in bad shape, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll.

President Donald Trump set a record for signing more executive orders during his first 100 days than any other presidential administration in U.S. history.

Kurt Volker, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, says a mineral resource deal will allow the U.S. to support Ukraine “without it costing U.S. taxpayers.”

The department said the programs were not advancing administration priorities.

This move comes as President Trump has been increasingly frustrated by Waltz after he came under intense scrutiny for inadvertently adding a reporter to a Signal chat.

Musk said his time in the government has been "very intense."

Former Vice President Kamala Harris, who has stayed largely out of the limelight since leaving office, sharply criticized President Donald Trump in remarks on Wednesday.

The former presidential candidate spoke as she considers re-entering politics.

Trump’s "America First" policy has already had impact around the globe.

Bessent says it signals Russia that Trump is committed to a peace process.

Economists also largely rejected the attribution of blame for egg prices to any president, whether former President Joe Biden or President Trump.

Respondents were invited to use one word to express their personal reaction to Trump's performance as president so far.

Oklahoma court had blocked the Catholic Church's charter school contract.

The president ramped up arrests, deportation threats and immigrant detention.

"A lot of his people are dying," the president said.

He told ABC's Terry Moran he was elected to get immigrants out fast.

President Donald Trump made the announcement to media during a meeting with his cabinet on Wednesday.

Musk spoke about the work of the Department of Government Efficiency and was thanked by President Donald Trump.

A Catholic school in Oklahoma is asking the Supreme Court to clear the way for it to become the nation's first religious charter school funded directly by taxpayers. ABC News' Devin Dwyer reports.

President Donald Trump again sought to blame former President Joe Biden for the Commerce Department's report showing the U.S. economy contracting in the first quarter of 2025.

President Donald Trump spoke to reporters during his Cabinet meeting, saying that factories are closing “all over China.”

ABC News’ Steve Osunsami reports from Oklahoma, where the nation’s first-ever religious charter school might upend America’s long-standing separation between church and state.

President Donald Trump discussed his first 100 days in office during an exclusive interview with ABC News, discussing a wide range of topics from the economy to immigration, and foreign policy.

ABC News’ Mary Bruce spoke with ABC News contributors Reince Priebus and Donna Brazile about Trump’s first 100 days in office and how the administration has shifted U.S. policy.

Justices will decide whether taxpayer dollars can fund a Catholic school.

Terry Moran interviews President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.

Then-President Joe Biden appointed the former second gentleman in January.

Asked if he’s using his presidential power for revenge, Trump said, “I’m not treating people rough. I was treated worse than any other president in the history of our country.”