Politics

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, charged along with 18 others in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ sweeping racketeering indictment for alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia, heads to court Monday to try to have his trial moved from state to federal […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Chris Christie said on Sunday that the “most amazing part” of the first Republican primary debate was seeing the majority of candidates say they would support Donald Trump as the party’s nominee even if the former president is criminally convicted — as Christie called that a recipe for “four more years of […]

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The most recent ABC News/Ipsos poll, conducted Aug. 15-17, showed some problems for former President Donald Trump in terms of public opinion on his mounting criminal charges amid his comeback bid for the White House. The poll, released after his fourth indictment, over efforts to reverse his 2020 loss in […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is not looking to make former President Donald Trump’s legal troubles central to his 2024 pitch, the co-chair of his reelection campaign said Sunday. “The president has said from the beginning that he wanted an independent Justice Department … so we’re not going to comment,” Cedric Richmond said […]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (MILWAUKEE, Wisc.) — With a show of hands Wednesday night, most Republican presidential hopefuls indicated they would back Donald Trump even if he’s a convicted criminal. Six candidates on the debate stage in Milwaukee raised their hands when asked if they would support Trump as the party’s nominee if he is found […]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (MILWAUKEE, Wisc.) — Many of the headlines from the first GOP primary debate focused on the candidates’ comments on key issues such as abortion, Ukraine and Jan. 6. But the two-hour debate included many other topics on voters’ minds such as climate change, the southern border, mental health and guns, and UFOs. […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — From Detroit to Albuquerque, Democratic members of Congress across the country have held events this summer about their party’s efforts to eliminate so-called “junk fees,” with more scheduled in the next few weeks. Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin, the three-term congresswoman who represents a purple district in Michigan and is running for […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Martin Luther King Jr.’s only grandchild was among those who gathered on the National Mall Saturday to honor the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, a prominent moment in the Civil Rights Movement that saw him deliver his historic “I Have a Dream” speech. Yolanda Renee King, 15, told the […]

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Anti-abortion advocates blasted individual candidates including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley for refusing to commit to a national ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy — a pledge taken by some of their competitors on stage. Vice President Mike Pence, South […]

MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images (LAKE TAHOE, Calif.) — President Joe Biden on Friday weighed in on former President Donald Trump’s mug shot. Biden, who is vacationing in Lake Tahoe, chuckled when asked by reporters whether he’d seen the image yet. “I did see it on television,” Biden responded. When asked what he thought, Biden […]