Politics

Mark Wilson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy, deposed just last week as House speaker, on Monday didn’t rule out returning to that position as he spoke out against the Hamas attack on Israel. Touting his own experience as a strong supporter of Israel, McCarthy said President Joe Biden’s “first priority” should be rescuing […]

Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is dropping out of the Democratic primary race against Joe Biden to launch an independent campaign for president next year, he said in a speech on Monday. Speaking to a crowd in front of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, he cast his decision to leave […]

Samuel Corum/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Monday confirmed at least 11 Americans have been killed in the fighting in Israel, and believes more may have been taken hostage by Hamas. “It’s heart wrenching,” Biden said in a statement. “These families have been torn apart by inexcusable hatred and violence.” Biden said his […]

ABC News In the wake of brutal and ongoing attacks in Israel by the militant group Hamas — which have already led to the deaths of hundreds — Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday said that the U.S. had pledged its “full support” to the Israeli government and engaged allies in the region to […]

ABC News Two lawmakers from opposite sides of the aisle on Sunday weighed in on the ongoing disarray in the House of Representatives, after a small group of Republicans last week booted Speaker Kevin McCarthy with Democrats’ help, leaving the chamber leader-less and paralyzing one half of Congress. Washington is staring down a November deadline […]

ABC News Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie said on Sunday that the U.S. should provide Israel with “everything that it needs to be able to take whatever actions it needs to take” in the wake of a large-scale attack by the militant group Hamas that shook the country and the region. Christie, a former New […]

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — A number of former President Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the Fulton County election interference case have received plea deal offers or have been approached about potentially making a deal by the District Attorney’s office, multiple sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. Last week, one of the 19 defendants […]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden weighed in Wednesday on the historic ouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, calling on Congress to change the “poisonous atmosphere in Washington” and come together on important issues, such as funding for Ukraine. “More than anything, we need to change the poisonous atmosphere in Washington. You know, we […]

Marcia Straub/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump made his first motion to dismiss his federal election interference case Thursday, citing what his lawyers claim is his “absolute immunity” from prosecution for actions taken while serving in the nation’s highest office. “Breaking 234 years of precedent, the incumbent administration has charged President Trump for […]

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A group of prominent Republican donors is asking representatives for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley’s 2024 presidential campaigns to travel to Dallas later this month to pitch why they feel their candidates are each the best Republican alternative to Donald Trump. NBC and The New […]