Politics

Henrik5000/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is projected to win Washington, D.C.’s Republican primary on Sunday, ABC News reports, her first primary win over former President Donald Trump, but one that does little to ameliorate the daunting task of actually leapfrogging him in the race for the GOP nomination. The projected […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Chef and humanitarian José Andrés, whose nonprofit World Central Kitchen has been sending significant aid into Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war, on Sunday pushed back on criticism that airdrops into the Palestinian territory are wrong because they are hypocritical and insufficient compared to broader solutions. “We need to bring food into […]

Leigh Vogel/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images (SELMA, Ala.) — Vice President Kamala Harris spoke on Sunday afternoon in Selma, Alabama, to mark the 59th anniversary of a milestone moment in the civil rights movement — “Bloody Sunday.” At the top of her remarks, however, Harris addressed something else: She called on the Israelis to, in her […]

Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Facing angry lawmakers for the first time since his cancer diagnosis, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testified Thursday that he takes “full responsibility” for keeping the White House in the dark when he underwent surgery and later when he was admitted to the intensive care unit after suffering complications. “Again, we […]

Andi Rice/Bloomberg via Getty Images (MONTGOMERY, Ala.) — The Alabama House of Representatives has passed legislation to restore access to in vitro fertilization after a controversial state Supreme Court ruling that embryos are children raised questions about the treatment in Alabama. Thursday’s vote, which was 94-6 with three abstentions, completes another step in a process […]

Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump has made immigration a central campaign message and spent nearly every appearance on the trail talking about the issue while touting what he would do about it should he win another term. Both he and President Joe Biden are making competing trips to Texas on Thursday […]

Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The FBI will examine what may be debris from a balloon found by fishermen off the coast of Alaska, multiple sources familiar with the matter said Friday. The fishing vessel carrying the debris is expected to return to shore sometime this weekend, sources said, at which […]

Stefania Pelfini, La Waziya Photography/Getty Images/STOCK (GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) — Though Republicans held a presidential primary election in Michigan on Tuesday, their delegates to the Republican National Convention will officially be allocated on Saturday at a state convention. Former President Donald Trump is running against former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley for the delegates, though […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday said the U.S. would carry out airdrops of humanitarian aid into Gaza in the coming days. Speaking in an Oval Office meeting with Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, he referred to what he called the “tragic and alarming event” in North Gaza on Thursday in […]

Alexander Welscher/picture alliance via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon is expected to lift its flight ban on V-22 Osprey as early as next week, clearing the way for the services to fly the tilt-rotor aircraft once again after nearly three months after it was grounded. The decision was briefed to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin […]