Politics

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden was exasperated at not more quickly being informed of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s ongoing hospitalization — which was only publicly revealed late last week after several days — a U.S. official tells ABC News as the Pentagon is providing new details about Austin’s health issues. The […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been hospitalized at a military hospital since Monday night due to complications resulting from a recent elective medical procedure, the Pentagon announced Friday night. “On the evening of January 1, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (DES MOINES, Iowa) — Eight years ago, then-first time presidential hopeful Donald Trump kicked off his campaign rallies dancing to the 1970s’ disco anthem “YMCA.” He still does, except now the campaign also plays in-depth videos explaining the caucus process, hosts panel discussions among caucus precinct captains and even gives out “limited edition” […]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) —  President Joe Biden has accepted House Speaker Mike Johnson’s invitation to deliver his State of the Union address on March 7. “Looking forward to it, Mr. Speaker,” Biden posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, Saturday afternoon. Looking forward to it, Mr. Speaker. https://t.co/YChdO92WQK — President Biden (@POTUS) January 6, […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (MASON CITY, Iowa) — On Jan. 6, 2021, then-President Donald Trump spoke on the Ellipse near the White House on the heels of his 2020 election loss, telling supporters to march to the U.S. Capitol “peacefully and patriotically,” but also proclaiming, “If you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (DENVER) — Former President Donald Trump is among the list of candidates certified by Colorado’s secretary of state on Friday to be on the state’s Republican primary ballot. That, despite the U.S. Supreme Court saying Friday it will consider an appeal by Trump’s legal team of a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that declared […]

MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images (VALLEY FORGE, Penn.) — In his first major campaign event of 2024, President Joe Biden on Friday, the eve of the third anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, delivered a speech near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, to argue democracy and fundamental freedoms are under threat if […]

ilbusca/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Florida abortion rights advocates on Friday said they surpassed the required number of signatures needed to put a referendum that would enshrine abortion rights in Florida’s Constitution on the state’s 2024 ballot in November. If the referendum, which needed 891,523 total verified signatures to be placed on the ballot, prevails […]

Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday said it would consider the appeal of former President Donald Trump’s disqualification from the Colorado GOP primary ballot. Moving with relative speed in matter that could prove consequential in the 2024 presidential election, the justices set oral arguments for Thursday, Feb. 8. Trump’s team […]

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Harry Dunn, who struggled to defend the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and has been one of the most outspoken members of law enforcement to condemn the attack, announced Friday that he is running for Congress. Dunn, who resigned as a Capitol Police officer last month, said he […]