Politics

Prasit photo/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House said they are “alarmed” by what happened to Taylor Swift online this week as explicit artificial intelligence generated photos of the singer were posted. Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told ABC News White House Correspondent Karen L. Travers that Congress should move forward on legislation to address deep […]

Richard Sharrocks/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With Republican and Democratic senators closing in on a rare bipartisan deal on tough new border security, the fate of any agreement appeared in doubt Friday with key Republicans expressing concern former President Donald Trump could derail the whole thing. House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday piled on Trump’s pressure […]

Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Muslim and Arab American leaders in Michigan canceled a meeting with President Joe Biden’s campaign team amid increasing opposition to his administration’s response to the Israel-Hamas war, multiple people tell ABC News. “We’re dumbfounded,” the National Executive Director of The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Abed Ayoub, told ABC News. “Why does […]

Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While highlighting new and ongoing infrastructure investments across the country, President Joe Biden on Thursday continued to praise the recent GDP report that found the nation’s economy grew at a 3.3% annual pace — much more rapid than expected — and he gave credit to Americans for an economy that […]

In this June 21, 2023, file photo, the Golden Pass LNG plant is shown under construction in Sabine Pass, Texas. — picture alliance via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration announced a pause on applications for liquified natural gas export terminals on Friday to consider their impact on climate change, a major step […]

simon2579/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. and Iraq will begin formal talks in coming days that officials say could lead to the eventual withdrawal of American troops in the country, a major milestone in the years-long effort by the two countries to fight the Islamic State. The decision to move forward with the discussions, known […]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — CIA Director Bill Burns will soon travel to Europe to meet with Middle Eastern officials as part of an ambitious push to lock down an agreement that would free all of the hostages kidnapped during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel that are still being held inside of Gaza in […]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Immigration, one of the most politically divisive and complex matters in the U.S. for decades, is emerging as a top issue in the 2024 election. Look no further than Iowa and New Hampshire, two early-voting states thousands of miles from the southwest border. Voters there ranked immigration nearly as important […]

Republican presidential candidate, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley delivers remarks at her primary-night rally at the Grappone Conference Center, Jan. 23, 2024, in Concord, N.H. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley faced a growing chorus of calls from former President Donald Trump’s allies and other top Republicans to suspend her […]

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — “I don’t get too angry, I get even,” former President Donald Trump sniped on Tuesday night during his New Hampshire victory speech shortly after his former U.N Ambassador Nikki Haley, whom he’d just beaten by double digits, vowed to fight on against him for the 2024 Republican nomination. “Who […]