Politics

Dylan Hollingsworth/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The annual Conservative Political Action Conference has long been a proving ground for would-be presidents, launching the political aspirations of heavyweights like Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump. This year, all eyes were on who could be No. 2. Former President Trump has handily dispatched nearly all of his […]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Laura McGarraugh, an emergency room nurse from Austin, Texas, is confident Democrats will replace President Joe Biden atop their ticket this year. She’s just not sure with whom. Speaking to ABC News at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, a longtime Republican cattle call that in recent years has morphed […]

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — South Carolina is set to hand former President Donald Trump a landslide victory in its GOP presidential primary Saturday, dealing former Gov. Nikki Haley another setback in her home state. Trump is on an apparent glide path to his third straight GOP White House nomination, having handily won nominating contests […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (COLUMBIA, S.C.) — Former President Donald Trump said he was speaking to President Joe Biden’s worst nightmare while courting Black conservatives at the Black Conservative Federation Gala in Columbia, South Carolina: “Hundreds of proud Black conservative American patriots.” Trump spent the night using racially charged sentiments by suggesting he has strengthened his […]

Glowimages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A coalition of countries led by the U.S. and U.K. on Saturday carried out a new round of strikes on the Houthis in Yemen “in response to the Houthis’ continued attacks against commercial and naval vessels” in and around the Red Sea, officials said. According to a joint statement from the […]

Leon Neal/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Two years into the war on Ukraine, the economic sanctions against Russia leveled by the Biden administration are working, according to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, but she said there is more to do. “We’re working with 30-plus other countries all around the globe, to work together to do everything we […]

Jason Marz/Getty Images (BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) — Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall does not intend to prosecute in vitro fertilization providers or families in the wake of a state Supreme Court ruling that embryos should be considered children — a decision that has thrown the whole process into chaos. “Attorney General Marshall has no intention of […]

Brett Carlsen/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As this week’s Alabama Supreme Court ruling raised concerns on protections for in vitro fertilization treatments, former President Donald Trump is finally breaking his silence, calling on the state legislature “to act quickly to find an immediate solution to preserve the availability of IVF in Alabama.” “We want […]

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (CHARLESTON, S.C.) — Brian Gray, a black South Carolinian, said he isn’t affiliated with a particular political party, but has tended to vote more blue than red. He has one exception: Nikki Haley. Gray said he voted for her the two times that she ran to be South Carolina’s governor. And, in […]

Henrik5000/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Months before they’re set to begin, law enforcement is already planning a massive effort to protect the presidential nominating conventions set for this summer, according to a new federal bulletin. The Republican and Democratic gatherings – the signature gatherings of the 2024 presidential election – would make attractive targets for would-be […]