Politics

Logan Cyrus/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a court filing late Monday night, lawyers for former President Donald Trump called for a lengthy delay of his federal trial on charges related to his handling of classified documents, suggesting it would not be possible to try the case prior to the 2024 election. Trump’s attorneys […]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican presidential candidate and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy on Monday launched a commission-based fundraising program called “Vivek Kitchen Cabinet,” which one campaign finance expert said appears to be the first of its kind. In a tweet, Ramaswamy wrote that “starting today, *anyone* can fundraise for the Vivek 2024 campaign & […]

Filip Singer – Pool/Getty Images (VILNIUS, Lithuania) — Turkey is dropping its opposition to Sweden’s bid to join NATO, a big development on the eve of the alliance’s 74th annual summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. The announcement was applauded by President Joe Biden and comes a day after he spoke with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan […]

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — John Kirby, the spokesperson for the White House’s National Security Council, on Sunday defended the Biden administration’s decision to send controversial cluster munitions to Ukraine despite the weapons’ risk to civilians — and numerous other countries forbidding their use. In an interview with ABC This Week co-anchor Martha […]

Digital Vision./Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon will tighten existing security controls on access to classified information in the wake of the arrest of Jack Teixeira for allegedly being behind the Discord leak of classified documents. The Massachusetts Air National Guardsman had a top secret clearance because of his job as an IT technician at […]

U.S. District Court (WASHINGTON) — The Jan. 6 defendant arrested near the Washington, D.C., home of former President Barack Obama last week attempted to evade the Secret Service and was looking for “entrance points” along the street to enter the restricted area, court documents filed by prosecutors Wednesday said. Taylor Taranto allegedly made “several concerning […]

Saul Loeb/Pool via Getty Images, FILE (SIOUX CITY, Iowa) — During his campaign swing through Iowa, former Vice President Mike Pence encountered a resident angry over his role in certifying Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election on Jan. 6, 2021. “Do you ever second-guess yourself?” a woman asked Pence during a campaign stop […]

Becky Pringle, president of the National Education Association, speaks to “Good Morning America” in a Zoom interview on Sept. 9, 2022. — ABC News (WASHINGTON) — As President Joe Biden moves forward with a second attempt at student loan debt forgiveness, following a 6-3 defeat at the Supreme Court, his administration has also been touting […]

Mel Musto/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has raised $20 million since the launch of his presidential bid in late May, his campaign announced on Thursday, boasting that it shows “enthusiasm” for the governor’s run for the White House. According to FiveThirtyEight, early polls so far show DeSantis as the second […]

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House Freedom Caucus (HFC), a hard-line conservative group, voted last month to oust Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, multiple sources confirmed to ABC News. The caucus held a vote to remove Greene as a member just before Congress went on recess at the end of June, sources […]