
Karen Travers
@karentravers
ABC News White House correspondent, @WHCA board member, Philly sports fan, Georgetown Hoya, mom of 3
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Happy 1st day of school DC Public Schools! Good luck to all the teachers, staff and students (And commuters trying to get in to work)




For those of you who have made the switch or are using multiple social sites...I am now on Bluesky at Karen Travers.bsky.social Nice to see many of you news folks over there & hope to see my sports world too. Give me a follow for White House news, Philly sports, Bravo musings

New reporting this AM from Will Steakin Our story last night on USAID turmoil: When shown Musk’s posts on X targeting USAID, a senior official for the agency told ABC News, “The warp-speed of this mafia-like takeover has shaken USAID staff to the core.” abcnews.go.com/Politics/turmo…

Melania Trump praised "successful" USAID programs. Ivanka Trump led the $50M “Women's Global Development and Prosperity" Initiative distributed by USAID. Pres Trump now says agency made up of “radical left lunatics.” W/@abc’s Lucien Bruggeman Cindy Smith abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump…

Big news for radio stations! An hour-long version of the award-winning ABC Start Here podcast will soon be available for weekend airplay. Congrats and good luck to Brad Mielke and team! dgepress.com/abcnews/pressr…


USAID IG Paul Martin was fired tonight by White House Comes a day after his office released report saying USAID lost ability to track & monitor more than $8B in unspent aid & risked spoiling $500M in US grown food aid as a result of Trump’s changes to agency. Ben Siegel Will Steakin

President Trump and Vice President Vance sparred with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy during a high-stakes meeting at the White House. Karen Travers says that in her years of covering the White House, she has never seen an exchange like this. abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-…

After a heated exchange at the Oval Office between Pres. Trump and Ukrainian Pres. Zelenskyy, their scheduled press conference has been cancelled. Karen Travers, Tom Soufi Burridge and Michael "Mick" Patrick Mulroy join Elizabeth Schulze.


ABC News' Karen Travers asked Pres. Trump whether he thinks he has the authority to deport individuals without showing evidence against them to a court. Trump responded: "That's what the law says and that's what our country needs." abcnews.visitlink.me/RmV2yu


Beautiful story by Alex Coffey “My vision is hearing the kids out there, laughing and playing. And I just hope the boys will be able to hear it, and be able to see it, somehow. And think, ‘This is what my parents and my sisters did for us.’” inquirer.com/flyers/gaudrea…


ABC News' Karen Travers asked President Trump if he thinks El Salvador's President Bukele would turn down a potential request to return Abrego Garcia to the U.S. "I don't know, I haven't spoken to him," Trump said. "I really leave that to the lawyers." abcnews.link/ED9UrJF
