Politics

Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to forgo a traditional presidential campaign launch and will instead hold his “campaign kickoff” event next week in the key state of Iowa, according to campaign plans exclusively obtained by ABC News. The May 30 kickoff event will begin a four-day swing through 12 […]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ novel way to kick off his 2024 presidential campaign — via a live Twitter event featuring one of the world’s most famous businessmen — was hamstrung on Wednesday night by the most ordinary of internet obstacles: spotty technology. DeSantis had planned to begin his appearance with Twitter […]

Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After three weeks of negotiations and eight days from a possible default, as of Wednesday there was still no breakthrough in talks to avert potential financial catastrophe as soon as June 1. Shortly before noon, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told reporters he was sending his House Republican bargaining team to the […]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ron DeSantis is expected to enter the 2024 Republican presidential primary race on Wednesday — setting the stage for a long awaited and potentially volatile contest between the Florida governor, who is a rising star in his party, and former President Donald Trump, who has so far dominated most polls […]

Patricia Marroquin/Getty Images (FLORIDA) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will launch his 2024 presidential campaign during a social media event with Elon Musk on Wednesday night, multiple sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. DeSantis will declare he is seeking the Republican nomination during a live, audio-only Twitter Spaces event at 6 p.m. ET […]

Javier Ghersi/Getty Images (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — As Washington struggles to reach a debt ceiling deal with little more than a week until potential default, a key hangup in the negotiations is turning out to be — “work requirements.” A long-sought effort by Republicans to impose stricter conditions on recipients of Medicaid and other federal assistance […]

RUNSTUDIO/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A New York City judge has set a trial date of March 25, 2024, for former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial on charges of falsifying business records. The former president appeared, virtually, in a Manhattan court Tuesday before the judge presiding over his criminal case. Trump, sitting side-by-side with his […]

Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy left a White House meeting with President Joe Biden on Monday saying he was optimistic about progress toward a deal on the nation’s debt ceiling — but “philosophical differences” with Democrats remained, as the clock continues to tick down toward an unprecedented default. […]

Prasit photo/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As the nation heads toward a potential default, possibly as soon as June 1, President Joe Biden is facing pressure from some Democrats to use the 14th Amendment to unilaterally raise the debt ceiling. With time growing short, Biden was asked again Sunday whether he was considering such action as […]

Stephanie Keith/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump’s words about writer E. Jean Carroll may, again, come back to haunt him. Carroll’s attorneys sought on Monday to amend her initial defamation lawsuit against Trump, filed in 2019, to account for allegedly defamatory statements he made about her after a jury found him liable […]