Politics

Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A plurality of Americans think former President Donald Trump should have been charged by a Manhattan grand jury with a history-making indictment, yet a near equal amount believe that the charges against him are politically motivated, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll. According to the […]

CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Multiple U.S. Secret Service agents connected to former President Donald Trump’s security detail have been subpoenaed by special counsel Jack Smith, according to a source familiar with the situation. The subpoenas are part of Smith’s investigation into Trump’s handling of classified information at his Mar-a-Lago estate after leaving […]

CBS via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene faced fresh questions about her history of incendiary behavior and spreading baseless attacks on Democratic opponents — but doubled down in an interview with “60 Minutes” which aired on CBS on Sunday night. “On an issue, when I’m outspoken about it, and I take […]

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will kick off an administration-wide “Investing in America” tour with a trip to Minnesota on Tuesday, according to a White House official. While in the North Star State, Biden will visit the Fridley headquarters of Cummins, which manufactures truck engines and alternative clean […]

OsakaWayne Studios/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The 2024 presidential race is shaping up, with Donald Trump mounting a comeback bid for the White House against competition from politicians like former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and others. Here’s an updated list of who is running for president in 2024 and a brief […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson made his 2024 White House bid official on Sunday in an exclusive sit-down interview with ABC “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl. Ahead of his presidential announcement, Hutchinson, a Republican, spent several days in the first-in-the nation caucus state of Iowa, stirring speculation that he intended to enter […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Donald Trump’s lawyer doesn’t know what to expect when the former president is arraigned on Tuesday in New York City given the historic nature of Trump’s indictment, he said on Sunday. “This is unprecedented. I don’t know. I’ve done a million arraignments in that courthouse with celebrities and whatnot. But this […]

Mark Wilson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy did not say the House will consider an assault weapons ban when he was asked about the calls for reform, setting up a familiar showdown between President Joe Biden and Republicans in Congress following the tragic mass shooting in Nashville. The speaker emphasized his conference’s commitment to […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Russia’s detention of an American journalist is sparking sharp condemnation from the Biden administration and Capitol Hill. Evan Gershkovich from The Wall Street Journal was detained in Ekaterinburg, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said Thursday. The intelligence agency has accused Gershkovich of spying and collecting “state secrets.” The Kremlin took […]

Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — An unusual cross-section of lawmakers has emerged against a TikTok ban, with usual ideological foes employing similar language to denounce what they say would be censorship. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is the latest to voice opposition to a total prohibition of the popular social media app — joining […]