Politics

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie said Sunday that rival Donald Trump should not shrug off his mounting indictments, all of which he denies. “Trump needs to be smart and careful about this, if that’s at all possible. Which is that he is a criminal defendant,” Christie told ABC “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Gabriel Sterling, a Republican and a top Georgia elections official who has repeatedly rebuked former President Donald Trump’s claims of fraud after Trump lost the state to Joe Biden in 2020, said Sunday as a potential indictment looms against Trump in Georgia that his “biggest concern” remains the potential risk of violence […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, said Sunday that the process of getting a special counsel appointed to investigate Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s younger son, was “bumpy” and that it seems Hunter Biden did “unlawful and wrong things.” But, Raskin said, federal prosecutors should be […]

Prasit photo/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration has unveiled a $40 billion supplemental funding request to Congress, which includes aid for the war in Ukraine, border and migration, disaster response and firefighter pay — an ask that will be a hard sell to Republican lawmakers in the House. For Ukraine and other international needs, […]

Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With the Iowa State Fair now underway, much of the nation’s attention will soon turn to Des Moines as Republican and Democratic presidential hopefuls descend on the Midwestern city to show face and make their cases to future caucus-goers. But while other candidates pose with butter sculpted […]

Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s campaign is making the case for Vice President Kamala Harris’ spot on the Democratic ticket in a strategic memo to donors, supporters and political strategists obtained exclusively by ABC News, as she courts the party’s base. The document dated Friday defends the campaign’s strategy of […]

Megan Varner/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Nearly a decade ago, Judge Jerry Baxter oversaw the prosecution that first thrust Georgia’s Fani Willis in the spotlight — a massive scandal involving cheating by teachers in Atlanta’s public schools. Now, many more eyes are watching the Fulton County district attorney as her investigation into alleged efforts by former President […]

ftwitty/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The judge overseeing special counsel Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 case against Donald Trump issued a protective order against the former president following a hearing Friday in which she cautioned Trump against making “inflammatory statements” about the case and said that his First Amendment rights are “not absolute.” Judge Tanya Chutkan heard […]

Julia Nikhinson/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss as a special counsel in his investigation of President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden, Garland announced on Friday. The move came as a plea deal struck between Hunter Biden and federal prosecutors fell apart last month and […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Republicans gathered Friday for Day 2 of the Iowa State Fair, news broke in Washington that the U.S. attorney investigating Hunter Biden was being elevated to special counsel. Several candidates in the 2024 GOP field welcomed the development, with former Vice President Mike Pence telling reporters it’s “about time.” […]