Politics

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Philosopher and presidential Green Party candidate Cornel West currently owes more than half a million dollars between unpaid taxes and unpaid child support, according to tax records. Records show West owes nearly $466,000 in federal income taxes from 2013 until 2017. This came after he accrued (and later repaid) a […]

Bloomberg/Alyssa Pointer/Bloomberg via Getty Image (ATLANTA) — Just days after a grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, indicted former President Donald Trump on charges related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, most of his GOP primary rivals converged on the same county for a conservative conference, with several calling on him — […]

Jeff Swensen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Several Republican candidates are clawing for a spot on next week’s presidential debate stage, while former President Donald Trump plans to skip the event altogether. With time quickly running out before Wednesday’s debate in Milwaukee, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and former Texas Rep. Will Hurd say they are inching […]

Scott Eisen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump is planning on not attending the first Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee next Wednesday and is strongly considering sitting down for an interview with Tucker Carlson that day instead, according to sources familiar with the matter. But sources indicated no final decision has been reached and […]

Joe Raedle/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump’s press conference previously scheduled for Monday regarding Georgia’s 2020 election results — in which he was expected to provide more unproven claims about voter fraud — is now canceled. Trump posted on his Truth Social platform Thursday that the press conference was canceled because […]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The countdown to the first Republican primary debate has begun, with just six days until candidates take the stage in Milwaukee on Wednesday night. A slew of documents drawing back the curtain on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ possible debate preparation were published online by a group associated with the DeSantis-allied […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Now that former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has filed a motion to move the Georgia election interference case to federal court, his former boss — Donald Trump — is expected to follow suit, according to sources familiar with the matter. The potential advantages for Trump in doing […]

Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In a week where former President Donald Trump was indicted for a fourth time, a majority (63%) of Americans say that the charges approved by a grand jury in Georgia related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in the state are serious (47%) or […]

Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump’s promised press conference to refute the allegations in the indictment handed up by the Fulton County DA’s Office is now very much in doubt, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News. Sources tell ABC News that Trump’s legal advisors have told him that […]

Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Normally, four-time indicted politicians would have their presidential ambitions dashed, not boosted. But former President Donald Trump is no traditional politician — and rival campaigns are making their peace with that. Conversations with a half-dozen Republican operatives working with rival campaigns showed they didn’t expect Trump to take […]