Politics

CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With former President Donald Trump now formally charged on criminal charges, a majority of Americans (53%) believe he intentionally did something illegal, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll. An additional 11% say he acted wrongly but not intentionally. Only 20% believe Trump did not do anything […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump’s former Attorney General William Barr warned Sunday that, in his view, Trump faces more legal peril from the federal probe into his possession of classified documents after leaving office than from the case in New York City over hush money paid to Stormy Daniels. “I don’t think it has any […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Former Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson said Sunday he expects to be quickly reappointed after what he called his “unprecedented” expulsion for participating in a raucous, unrecognized gun violence protest on the Legislature floor. “I do hope to continue to serve District 86 in the reappointment,” Pearson, a Memphis Democrat, told ABC […]

Andrew Thomas via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In August 2015, shortly after announcing his candidacy for president, Donald Trump convened a meeting at his namesake Manhattan skyscraper to hatch a plan to “suppress negative stories” that might threaten to derail his White House bid, prosecutors claimed in charging documents on Tuesday. Two of the […]

jean meyntjens via Getty Images (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — The Easter Egg Roll returns to the White House on Monday, with first lady Jill Biden continuing her theme of “EGGucation.” For the second year in a row, the South Lawn will be turned into a “school community” with plenty of “fun educational activities” to entertain the […]

Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon and State Department have shared with Congress their after-action reports on the 2021 military withdrawal from Afghanistan, the White House announced at Thursday’s press briefing — immediately drawing a flurry of questions from reporters on an issue that has long been controversial. National security spokesman John Kirby was […]

Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Top Democrats on Saturday slammed the ruling by a federal judge in Texas suspending the FDA approval of Mifepristone, though they were short on possible legislative solutions to protect access to the abortion drug. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Washington Sen. Patty Murray looked to paint the controversial decision by […]

Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The judge overseeing the criminal case against former President Donald Trump has received dozens of threats in recent days, police sources told ABC News. Trump himself has repeatedly lashed out at New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan both before and after his court appearance, calling Merchan […]

William B. Plowman/NBC via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans on Thursday took the next step in their probe of the Manhattan district attorney’s yearslong investigation of former President Donald Trump by issuing a subpoena to depose a former prosecutor in the office. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, one of Trump’s closest allies on […]

wagnerokasaki via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As Congress considers banning TikTok amid growing fears over potential data privacy issues and Chinese government intrusion, some states are taking matters into their own hands to regulate social media access. Last week, Utah became the first state to pass a law limiting access to social media for […]