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Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON, D.C) — Some gun violence prevention groups said Wednesday that they plan to double down in their fight for stronger firearm-control laws in the wake of former President Donald Trump recapturing the White House and promising to roll back President Joe Biden’s efforts to curb the national plague. During […]
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel Jack Smith is in active talks with senior leadership at the Justice Department evaluating ways he can end his prosecutions of President-elect Donald Trump, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. The decision is based on longstanding Department of Justice policy that a sitting president cannot face […]
Brendan Gutenschwager/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — World leaders and top officials reacted to the unfolding results of the 2024 presidential election as the contest drew to a conclusion. With former President Donald Trump significantly ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris in the race for the White House and claiming victory, French President Emmanuel Macron […]
Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — On Election Day 2024, Rudy Giuliani cannot escape the consequences of his defamation of two Georgia poll workers in the aftermath of Election Day 2020. A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the former New York City mayor to appear in court later in the week to […]
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris will not be speaking as election night went into Wednesday morning, according to Harris Campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond who took the stage at a Harris watch party at Howard University. Photos show partygoers thinning out and Harris supporters crying as results continued to come in. The […]
ABC News (CECIL TOWNSHIP, Pa.) — Fracking has been on the national stage this election season and swing state Pennsylvania, with its 19 electoral votes in play, is at the center of the issue with one the largest natural gas deposits in the U.S. Hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as fracking, sees water and other chemicals […]
Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Americans are going to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots in the historic election between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Surveys ahead of Election Day found the two candidates in a virtual dead heat nationally and in several key swing states. Broad […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While tens of millions of early votes have already been cast, there are still millions of Americans who will be heading to the polls on Election Day. Experts predict the 2024 election will be one of the closest in history, with several key states still in contention that could determine […]
Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While Election Day is finally here, more than 83 million people have already cast their ballots. Election Day was trending on the busy side, with roughly half of the 161.42 million registered voters still heading to the polls. In Georgia, one of seven key swing states, long lines were forming […]
da-kuk (WASHINGTON) — From the polling place to the courtroom, ABC News tracks the latest election security developments as experts warn about the spread of misinformation and disinformation from within the U.S. and abroad. Security experts stress that the nation’s voting infrastructure is highly secure, and that isolated voting issues do not indicate widespread election […]