Politics

ABC News/Ipsos poll Americans broadly pick Kamala Harris as the winner of last week’s widely watched presidential debate – yet neither she nor Donald Trump moved the needle in terms of trust on the issues, ratings of the candidates’ personal attributes or vote preferences in the 2024 election. Even Taylor Swift shows little impact: Just […]

ABC News The FBI is investigating what it called an “attempted assassination” of former President Donald Trump after Secret Service agents fired at a man with an AK-47 rifle on or near Trump’s Palm Beach, Florida, golf course on Sunday. A spokesperson for Donald Trump’s campaign said the former president is “safe.” Law enforcement sources […]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — On the presidential debate stage, Donald Trump was given an opportunity to acknowledge he lost the 2020 election. He did not take it. ABC News moderator David Muir read aloud recent quotes from the former president in which he appeared to admit being defeated by President Joe Biden, including last […]

Doug Mills/The New York Times/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a debate that often turned heated over key issues, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump were at odds over abortion, a top concern for voters heading into the election. Harris tried to label Trump’s position as extreme, pointing to his role […]

Justin Paget/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When Kamala Harris and Donald Trump met on the ABC News debate stage this week, the vice president reiterated her changed energy position, saying she would not institute a “fracking ban” if elected. The debate was held at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania is a key swing […]

Jason Marz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Federal prosecutors are expected to file criminal charges in connection with the alleged hack of emails from members of former President Donald Trump’s campaign, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News. The charges in connection with the hack, which the U.S. government has attributed to Iran, could be […]

Allison Joyce/Bloomberg via Getty Images (GREENSBORO, N.C.) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, said Thursday that Vice President Kamala Harris’ chances in the crucial battleground state of North Carolina are “excellent,” because of her momentum following the ABC News debate as well as the governor’s race. “Her chances are excellent, and most people […]

Christina House / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Former President Donald Trump on Friday said he would conduct a mass deportation of immigrants living in Springfield, Ohio, and dismissed a question from ABC News about the bomb threats the town is experiencing in the wake of unsubstantiated claims about Haitian migrants. […]

Celal Gunes /Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden weighed in Friday on unsubstantiated claims that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are abducting and eating cats and dogs, saying the narrative is “simply wrong” and has “no place in America.” “This has to stop, what he’s doing. It has to stop,” he added, […]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (JOHNSTOWN, Penn.) — Vice President Kamala Harris told reporters she was “feeling very good about Pennsylvania” while campaigning on Friday in the key battleground state, even as both supporters and detractors came out for the occasion. In an unannounced stop to Classic Elements, a cafe and bookstore in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Harris told […]