Politics

Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House is back in session Tuesday after a two-week-long Easter recess, and Speaker Mike Johnson is returning with his speakership under threat after fellow Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene filed a motion to oust him just months after he ascended to the position. The Georgia Republican […]

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (PALM BEACH, Fla.) — Former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party officially kicked off their high-dollar general election fundraising operation Saturday evening, with major donors — both his vocal loyalists and those just now getting off the sidelines — gathering in Palm Beach, Florida, to support the GOP’s presumptive nominee. For […]

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A judge has denied former President Donald Trump’s last-minute attempt Monday to delay his criminal trial in New York and move the case out of Manhattan. Judge Lizbeth Gonzalez denied it without explanation in a one-sentence order. Trump’s attorneys asked an intermediary appellate court to stay the April 15 […]

Sean Gallup/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When President Joe Biden hosts Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House for an official visit Wednesday, a senior administration official tells ABC News the two countries will make “historic” announcements that will take the U.S.-Japan alliance to “new heights.” This official said the leaders will unveil more […]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday celebrated his role in ending national guarantees to abortion access and indicated that he believes the issue, which political experts of both parties believe could be influential in the 2024 race, should now remain in the hands of individual states. Trump had long been […]

Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department informed House Republicans on Monday it has no plans to hand over an audio recording of President Joe Biden’s interview with former special counsel Robert Hur, despite GOP threats to possibly hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt for continuing to withhold the records. “Our efforts […]

John Moore/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After voting in February to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, impeachment proceedings will head to the next stage on Wednesday, when the articles of impeachment are expected to be transmitted to the Senate. One thing is clear: this is not going to look like the impeachments we’ve seen in […]

Arturo Jimenez/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After months of dodging questions about his abortion position, former president Donald Trump rejected calls to endorse a national abortion ban, saying he believes it should be a states’ rights issue, though he declined to say a specific number of weeks bans should be set at. “My […]

People walk on the campus of the University of Southern California on March 21, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President Biden is set to announce new student debt forgiveness plans that, combined with actions the administration has already taken, will benefit over 30 million Americans if the plans […]

ABC News The Israeli drone strike that killed seven workers with chef José Andrés’ aid group, World Central Kitchen, is something he will “have to live with” for the rest of his life, he said in an exclusive new interview with ABC News. “It is unforgivable,” Andrés told “This Week” co-anchor Martha Raddatz in a […]