Politics

grandriver/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump has vowed, if he’s elected, to conduct a large-scale deportation operation that some immigration and military experts agree is theoretically possible but also problematic, and could cost tens — even hundreds — of billions a year. In FY 2023, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers conducted 170,590 […]

Jeff Fuller, a retired Army special forces officer and self-described “2020 election denier,” trains GOP poll watchers in Prince William County, Virginia. Image via ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Deep distrust in the American election system among Republican voters has inspired a wave of general election poll watchers purporting to protect against fraud in battleground states, […]

Kristin Gambardella speaks to ABC News. (ABC News) (PHOENIX) — Kristin and Dave Gambardella never expected the journey of growing their family to include an abortion procedure, but in summer 2023, the married couple nevertheless found themselves in a Planned Parenthood parking lot in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a seven-hour drive from their home in Tucson, […]

Miguel Sotomayor/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Millions of dollars from Republican groups and figures are being poured into anti-transgender ads criticizing policies that support the trans community, despite these issues being among the least important concerns motivating voters heading into the 2024 election, according to a recent Gallup poll. LGBTQ advocates fear the intensified campaign will […]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Election Day nears, tens of millions of voters have already cast their ballots throughout the country. Whether through mail-in ballots or early in-person polling stations, more than 68 million Americans, roughly 43% of the 2020 turnout, had voted against standing in line on Election Day as of Friday afternoon, […]

Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With three days to go until Election Day — and the candidates engaging in their final push — Donald Trump is lashing out at Liz Cheney, who’s supporting Kamala Harris. Thursday night in Arizona, he called her a “war hawk” and said she should face “nine barrels,” appearing to suggest […]

adamkaz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Democratic National Committee on Saturday is launching a new ad campaign targeted at rural voters to boost turnout in two southern battlegrounds in the final days of the presidential election. The effort, backed by a six-figure media buy, comes as Democrats are especially concerned that early vote turnout is low […]

A screengrab from a video which purports to show Haitian migrants voting in Georgia. The intelligence community assessed on Friday that the video was part of a Russian influence operation to sow discord in the Election. Obtained by ABC News. (WASHINGTON) — The origins of the video that falsely showed individuals from Haiti voting in […]

Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams will stand trial on federal corruption charges starting on April 21, 2025, a judge said Friday. The date upset the defense, which argued for a schedule that could end the trial no later than early April to accommodate “grave, grave Democratic […]

Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With four days until Election Day, Kamala Harris is attacking Donald Trump for saying Wednesday night in Wisconsin that, against his advisers’ advice, he is going to keep saying he will “protect the women” “whether the women like it or not.” Both candidates continue their whirlwind campaigns in […]