Politics

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 […]

Jason Marz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After pleading not guilty to 34 felony counts, former President Donald Trump on Tuesday launched attacks on the Manhattan district attorney and judge overseeing his case — despite the judge’s request that both sides refrain from making inflammatory public comments. Trump called Alvin Bragg a “failed district attorney” and […]

Hill Street Studios via Getty Images (CHICAGO) — Brandon Johnson, a progressive who won the Windy City’s mayoral race against moderate Democrat Paul Vallas, and Janet Protasiewicz, who won an open seat on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court against GOP-aligned Dan Kelly, clinched victory with muscular support for top issues like abortion rights while fending off avalanches […]

Seth Herald/Getty Images (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — The Republican-led Tennessee House of Representatives held a hearing to vote to expel three Democratic members on Thursday over their involvement in a gun control protest last week following the Nashville school shooting. After a day-long hearing, the House voted to expel Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, but not Rep. […]

ilbusca/Getty Images (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Two Democratic lawmakers have been ousted from the Republican-controlled Tennessee state House of Representatives and one was allowed to stay in what marks the first partisan expulsion in the state’s modern history. State Rep. Justin Jones, the first lawmaker expelled when lawmakers voted to adopt HR65, called the resolution “a […]