Politics

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 […]

krisanapong detraphiphat/Getty Images (WASHINGTON)– After a protracted legal battle that reached the U.S. Supreme Court, Alabama residents will cast ballots in the 2024 congressional elections using a map that includes a second district designed to empower Black voters, a federal court ruled on Thursday. The new order, from a three-judge panel in Alabama, determines which […]

Jason Marz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nancy Marks, the former treasurer for embattled Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal conspiracy charge. Marks allegedly filed the names of false donors to Santos’ congressional campaign. Federal prosecutors said she did so to inflate the amount of campaign donations Santos appeared to have amassed […]

Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans are rudderless in Washington as they search for a new leader — leaving one half of Congress in the lurch and freezing key legislative business — but the political ripple effects of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s ouster this week could stretch far beyond Capitol Hill. By shunting McCarthy, […]

Mark Makela/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Progressive activist Cornel West switched parties for the second time as he wages a third-party presidential campaign. West is planning to run as an independent for president, ditching the Green Party, which has a more formalized infrastructure to gain access to the ballot, shifting the calculus of how much of […]

Mary Altafeer-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump is considering attending House Republicans’ candidate forum for speaker next week, multiple sources familiar with his thinking told ABC News. The sources, however, cautioned that nothing is finalized and his plans could change. The closed-door candidate forum is scheduled for Tuesday. There, lawmakers will make their […]

SANDY HUFFAKER/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Thursday said his administration had no choice but to build about 20 miles more southern border wall — after he’s long dismissed Donald Trump’s wall as a waste of money that doesn’t work to stop illegal immigration. “Money was appropriated for the border wall,” […]

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s memorial service taking place in San Francisco on Thursday will now be closed to the public, according to officials from the late senator’s office. “Due to increased security, tomorrow’s memorial service” is no longer open to the public, only guests with invites will be allowed to […]

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — Days after borrowers once again began paying back their student loan debts after a three-year pause amid the COVID-19 pandemic, President Joe Biden highlighted what his administration has done to fix holes in the system — signaling to voters that he hasn’t given up on broad debt […]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — For the first time in U.S. history, the speaker of the House was toppled with a motion to vacate that laid bare the divisions in the Republican Party. Now, the question becomes who will replace Kevin McCarthy in the top post. The horse race began not long after Rep. Patrick McHenry, […]