Politics

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman is “well on his way to recovery” a little more than two weeks after he first checked himself into a Washington hospital “to receive treatment for clinical depression,” his chief of staff said on Monday. Adam Jentleson shared the health update in a tweet along with […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump is seeking to prevent the special counsel investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election from using testimony provided by former top White House lawyers to a federal grand jury, sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News. In recent weeks Trump’s attorneys have asked a court […]

Nick Kerr/ABC News (SIMI VALLEY, Calif.) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visited Southern California on Sunday, taking swipes at Gov. Gavin Newsom in his own backyard amid a widening Republican Primary battle ahead of 2024. “I know you guys got a lot of problems out here, but your governor is very concerned about what we’re […]

Michael Swensen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Sunday had sharp words for the chorus of Republican-led critics to his response to the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, in February. In an interview with CNN, Buttigieg offered his most vociferous defense to date, seeking to rebut claims that the Biden administration doesn’t […]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Equal Rights Amendment was first drafted and introduced in Congress in 1923 — and now, a century later, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is working to at last enshrine its guarantees of gender equality in the Constitution. “I’m dismayed that in 2023, we still have to fight to be seen […]

Brian Stukes/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump makes his case as a Republican presidential candidate at CPAC. Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced on Sunday that he will not seek the Republican presidential nomination for 2024. Hogan made clear that he’s not running so he can focus on defeating former President Donald Trump […]

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — Though President Joe Biden has yet to announce his anticipated reelection bid, he will now have at least one long shot challenger from within his own party, with self-help author and former political candidate Marianne Williamson formally launching her 2024 campaign on Saturday. But leading Democrats […]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Embattled New York Rep. George Santos said Friday that he will comply “100%” with the House Ethics Committee, which is probing numerous allegations against the freshman Republican. The committee voted unanimously Thursday to establish an “Investigative Subcommittee” to look into the claims made against Santos, which is the panel’s first […]

Col. Paris Davis speaks with ABC News on the day before his Medal of Honor ceremony. President Joe Biden is scheduled to award Davis with the Medal honor March 3, 2023. — ABC News (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday awarded the Medal of Honor to a Black Army Special Forces hero from the […]

Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) — Thousands of formerly incarcerated people in Minnesota woke up Saturday morning with a right they lacked the day prior. On Friday, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed House File 28, which restores the right to vote to convicted felons who complete their term of incarceration. According to the governor’s office, 55,000 individuals […]