Politics

Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration announced Friday that it expects to commit $5 billion in a public-private consortium for research and development of computer chips. The White House said this would advance President Joe Biden’s goals of driving research and development in the United States, which include cutting down on the time and […]

Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden-Harris campaign, its surrogates and allies were forced to do damage control on Friday after special counsel Robert Hur’s report about President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents painted a scathing picture of his age and memory, raising new questions for voters nine months before the November election. Despite Hur […]

Henrik5000/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Based on analysis of the vote so far, ABC News projects former President Donald Trump will win Thursday’s Republican caucuses in Nevada. Thursday saw the second of the state’s two presidential nominating contests held this week, though the caucuses were the only race in which candidates could earn delegates to bring […]

US President Joe Biden speaks in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. Photographer: Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden came out with a fiery defense against Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report that questioned his mental acuity and suggested his memory […]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik, who is being floated as a possible running mate to Donald Trump in 2024, signaled if she had been serving as vice president in 2020 she wouldn’t have certified the election results. “I would not have done what Mike Pence did,” Stefanik said. Stefanik made the […]

by Marc Guitard/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Less than 24 hours after the release of a harsh report from special counsel Robert Hur that concluded President Joe Biden would not face charges over his handling of classified documents but cast doubt on his mental fitness, the White House fired back Friday. President Biden, who lashed out […]

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo speaks during the UK Artificial Intelligence (AI) Safety Summit at Bletchley Park, in central England, on November 1, 2023. (Photo by Leon Neal / POOL / AFP) (WASHINGTON) — Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said she is “very worried” about artificial intelligence being used nefariously in the 2024 election, she told […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden addressed a harsh report from special counsel Robert Hur on his classified documents probe, highlighting differences between his case and that of former President Donald Trump. “Bottom line is the special counsel in my case decided against moving forward with any charges,” he said. “And this matter is […]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (DETROIT) — Record warm winter weather is having severe ramifications on the ice cover that typically engulfs the Great Lakes at this time of year. Just 5.9% of the Great Lakes are currently covered with ice compared to an average of about 40% for this time of year, according to the latest Great […]

Mark Abramson/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley continues on in her quest to try to take down former President Donald Trump in the Republican nominating race, after three straight losses so far, she is focusing on states where non-Republicans can vote — and targeting voters outside of a GOP […]