Politics

ABC News In a new interview with ABC News, Vice President Kamala Harris deflected on why President Joe Biden’s campaign has a TikTok account and encourages Americans to follow it given the White House’s security concerns with the platform — and support for legislation that could lead to it being banned in the U.S. if […]

ABC News Florida’s Marco Rubio, a top Senate Republican, on Sunday largely defended Donald Trump’s claims of immunity against prosecution as the former president faces multiple criminal trials heading into the 2024 election. Rubio, who is reported to be one of the people under consideration to be Trump’s running mate this year, seemed to walk […]

Former President Donald Trump greets Ohio Republican candidate for US Senate Bernie Moreno during a rally in Vandalia, OH, March 16, 2024. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Some Republicans say they are weighing how closely candidates in key Senate races should embrace former President Donald Trump after his preferred candidate romped in this week’s Ohio […]

Sen. Bob Menendez arrives for a Senate Finance Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on March 21, 2024. (Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez said on Thursday that will not seek another term as a Democrat, as he faces corruption and other charges that he denies — but he left open […]

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally at the Dayton International Airport, on March 16, 2024, in Vandalia, Ohio. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee are, right now, facing a serious financial disadvantage in the early stages of the general election […]

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Donald Trump, in his third run for the White House, has made “retribution” central to his agenda if elected. “For hard-working Americans, Nov. 5 will be our new Liberation Day,” Trump said as he headlined this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference. “But for the liars, and cheaters, and fraudsters, […]

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump’s social media company Truth Social completed a merger Friday morning that could net the former president over $3 billion. Shareholders of Digital World Acquisition Corporation — a special purpose acquisition company — approved a merger with Trump Media & Technology Group, which owns Truth Social. The company can […]

Spencer Platt/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In his State of the Union address this month, President Joe Biden boasted that the nation reported a historically low murder rate in 2023 and violent crime had plummeted to one of the lowest levels in 50 years. For some Americans, however, the perception of crime is clashing with the […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House passed a $1.2 trillion government funding package, the first in a series of steps that need to be taken to avert a partial government shutdown before a deadline at midnight Friday. The bills passed in a 286-134 vote despite pushback from far-right members of the Republican caucus. More […]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Friday filed a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair, threatening to oust Speaker Mike Johnson just months after he ascended to the speakership. “I filed the motion to vacate today, but it’s more of a warning and a pink slip,” Greene told reporters […]