Politics

Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Senate voted to expand compensation for victims of the radiation exposure that resulted from nuclear arms development in the American Southwest on the heels of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer taking in $80 million at the box office last week. Some Navajo Nation residents, who are among the most affected […]

Bo Zaunders/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. President Joe Biden will sign a “historic” executive order on Friday that will change how the military handles sexual assault cases, the White House said. The executive order will amend the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) by transferring key decision-making powers from commanders to specialized, independent military prosecutors […]

Caroline Purser/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House quickly rejected the idea of a pardon for Hunter Biden, the president’s son, after his plea deal with federal prosecutors fell apart in court. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked during Thursday’s briefing if there was “any possibility” that President Joe Biden would wind up […]

DOJ via US Southern District of Florida (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice’s superseding indictment of former President Donald Trump and two co-defendants revealed new allegations that they allegedly mishandled government documents and plotted to block the federal investigation. Carlos De Oliveira, the head of maintenance at the Florida residence, has been charged along with […]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump and two others are facing additional charges in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into Trump’s handling of classified documents after leaving office. The charges came in a superseding indictment returned by a grand jury in the Southern District of Florida that adds one defendant and four […]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — New details about Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s health are emerging after an unusual episode on Capitol Hill on Wednesday in which he froze up during a press conference and had to briefly return to his office. While the 81-year-old Kentucky lawmaker has repeatedly said since then that he’s “fine,” […]

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden has a yawning early lead in FiveThirtyEight’s new Democratic presidential primary polling average as he ramps up his reelection campaign. As of Thursday, the new average shows Biden with 65.5% support nationally and controversial environmental advocate and attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr. trailing […]

Al Diaz/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump met Thursday morning with special counsel Jack Smith’s team as a potential indictment of the former president looms, sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News. Trump attorneys John Lauro and Todd Blanche met with Smith’s team following the […]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration on Tuesday said it was canceling $130 million in federal debt for 7,400 students who went to a Colorado college that the government says lied about its successes. “These borrowers were lied to, ripped off and saddled with mountains of debt,” President Joe Biden said in a statement. […]

David Peinado Romero/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration expressed a federal judge’s ruling striking down the Biden administration’s asylum policy that established a “rebuttable presumption” of asylum ineligibility. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said he disagreed with the court’s ruling. “It does not limit our ability to deliver consequences for unlawful […]