Politics

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — The grand jury in Washington, D.C., investigating former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election is not meeting Friday, according to sources. Court security confirmed to ABC News that the jury will not convene Friday. Special counsel Jack Smith informed Trump by letter on Sunday that Trump […]

Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The three separate criminal statutes that sources say are referenced in the target letter former President Donald Trump received over the weekend could offer hints as to what he could ultimately be charged with if special counsel Jack Smith moves forward with indicting him […]

Stockbyte/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Almost 72 hours after 23-year-old U.S. Army Private 2nd Class Travis King entered North Korea, American officials say they have not been able to gain clarity on his location or condition — and even the circumstances that led him to cross the border remain a mystery. The Pentagon announced on Thursday […]

Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy denied a report claiming he promised former President Donald Trump that the House will hold a vote before August recess on expunging Trump’s past impeachments. “There’s no deal, but I’ve been very clear from long before — when I voted against impeachments — that […]

Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday will — for the first time — vote to advance legislation that would require the U.S. Supreme Court to adopt a binding code of ethics, adhere to more stringent disclosure requirements and explain recusal decisions to the public. The unusual step follows a wave […]

Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — At least one witness is expected to appear Thursday before the grand jury in Washington, D.C., investigating former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, sources tell ABC News. Trump aide Will Russell previously appeared before the grand jury, so Thursday would be a return appearance. Russell served in […]

Jemal Countess/Getty Images for TIME (CONCORD, N.H.) — New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu said Wednesday that he will not run for reelection next year, elevating the race to replace him to the heart of the gubernatorial map in 2024. Sununu, a Republican who is serving his fourth two-year term as his state’s executive, hails from a […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sat down Tuesday with CNN’s Jake Tapper for an interview — and even just by sitting across from Tapper, DeSantis entered unfamiliar territory. It was the first interview that DeSantis has given a mainstream media outlet since he announced his run for president in late May. That […]

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s campaign slammed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ culture war platform on Tuesday as a “contrived political stunt,” in its first on the record comments on the Republican presidential candidate. DeSantis rolled out a proposal to “rip the woke out of the military” by, in […]

Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Concerned about the massive bureaucratic lift of restarting student loan payments this fall, some Senate Democrats are questioning whether loan servicers can smoothly transition out of a three-year-long payment pause. “With the resumption of payments now fast approaching, we are requesting updated information on your plans to ensure a smooth […]