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ilbusca/Getty Images (AUGUSTA, Maine) — Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows on Friday asked the state’s highest appeals court to consider her decision to bar former President Donald Trump off of Maine’s GOP primary ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment — before the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the Colorado 14th Amendment case […]

Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Friday announced that the U.S. conducted more strikes against Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen Friday morning. “This morning, U.S. forces conducted three successful self-defense strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen. This is the fourth preemptive action that the U.S. military has taken in the past week […]

Richard Sharrocks/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congress narrowly averted a partial government shutdown, buying a few extra weeks to try to work out an agreement on a set of bills that will fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year. After several days of nail biting over Friday’s looming deadline, which would have seen […]

Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden will sit for a deposition with the House Oversight and Judiciary committees on Feb. 28, the committee chairmen said in a statement on Thursday, after weeks of back and forth with the younger Biden’s legal team. Hunter Biden had been subpoenaed to sit for […]

Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump on Thursday filed his brief with the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of the justices hearing arguments next month about whether the 14th Amendment’s “insurrection clause” disqualifies him from being president again. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights […]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (ATKINSON, N.H.) — When Vivek Ramaswamy took the stage in Atkinson, New Hampshire, on Tuesday just one day after ending his presidential campaign, he gave a passionate speech. It was the same speech, in fact, Ramaswamy had given on the trail multiple times when pitching himself to voters, but with one exception: […]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The best-laid plans of politicians and pollsters often go awry. Thursday night was supposed to be the sixth debate of the Republican presidential primary, and three candidates were originally lined up to participate: former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley. […]

Former U.S. President Donald Trump during a campaign event in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. (Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump’s convincing victory in Monday’s Iowa caucuses shows his continued strength among Republicans, and a new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds once more that Trump is both […]

Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will host top lawmakers at the White House on Wednesday to discuss his national security supplemental funding request, which includes urgent aid for Ukraine and Israel. The $106 billion request made by Biden in October has been stalled amid fierce debate on immigration policy, with Republicans […]

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to a crowd gathered at the South Carolina State House on Monday, Jan.15, 2024. (Tracy Glantz/The State/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — As the Republican presidential candidates jockeyed for votes during the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses on Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris was in South Carolina, shoring up support […]