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Allison Joyce/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — During a South Carolina speech Tuesday where former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley vowed to stay in the 2024 Republican primary race, she grew emotional speaking about her husband — recently the subject of jabs from former President Donald Trump — who is deployed to Africa with the South Carolina Army […]

Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images, FILE (EAGLE PASS, Texas) — Texas is building a new military base for National Guard members deployed to the southern border in Eagle Pass, Texas — where state and federal authorities have been in a tense conflict over dealing with immigration — Gov. Greg Abbott said. At a news […]

belterz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The White House will announce a new “major sanctions” package on Friday “to hold Russia accountable” in response to Alexei Navalny’s death, said National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Alex Wong/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — The House Ethics Committee has issued a subpoena for the testimony of a former girlfriend of Rep. Matt Gaetz as part of the panel’s ongoing investigation into the Florida Republican. The committee is demanding Gaetz’s ex-girlfriend appear before the committee over a Zoom call on Feb. 29, according to […]

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally on February 17, 2024 in Waterford, Michigan. CREDIT: Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday used his first direct comment on Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death to complain about the alleged political persecution he claims he’s […]

Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After Speaker Mike Johnson rejected the Senate-passed national security supplemental, a bipartisan group of House lawmakers unveiled a new proposal late last week to provide defense-only aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan and funds for the U.S. southern border — however, it’s not yet clear if GOP leadership […]

President Biden. CREDIT: Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (NEW YORK) — President Joe Biden, in the wake of the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, said congressional Republicans are “making a big mistake” by not passing additional aid to Ukraine. Biden, returning to the White House on Monday, was asked by a […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA, Penn.)– The day after a New York judge fined him $355 million in the wake of a lengthy fraud trial, former President Donald Trump spent his Saturday in two battleground states, Pennsylvania and Michigan. First stop: Sneaker Con in Philadelphia. “Sneakerheads, your sneakerheads, right? Does everybody in the room consider themselves […]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON)– Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, one of Joe Biden’s top Democratic surrogates, on Sunday urged the president’s other supporters to start putting in the work to reelect him amid worries over his prospects at the ballot box. “Well, the race is close. But understand, the campaign hasn’t really even joined yet,” Shapiro […]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON)– Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Sunday wouldn’t definitively say if she’ll back primary rival Donald Trump in the general election but stressed that she’s staying in the race against him because of what she called his unfitness for office. “I am running against him for a reason. … The last […]