Politics

Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday announced he has named former U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Robert Hur as a special counsel in the Biden classified documents matter. Hur, who has been appointed by former President Donald Trump as U.S. Attorney, is currently a litigation partner at a Washington, […]

Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Within the last month, multiple associates of former President Donald Trump received new wide-ranging subpoenas from Special Counsel Jack Smith requesting documents and records far more expansive than the previous outreaches these individuals received from the Department of Justice before Smith’s appointment, ABC News has learned. The subpoenas, which were described […]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After classified materials were found at an old office of President Joe Biden’s, aides discovered a second batch of classified documents at a location that Biden was known to use after leaving office as vice president, ABC News has learned. Sources familiar with the matter said the second set of […]

Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday faced a growing political headache — and outstanding questions — after classified documents were found in his former office in Washington. But the president and his aides have left several key questions unanswered, allowing congressional Republicans to seize on the news and speculate […]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York Republicans on Wednesday called on newly sworn-in Rep. George Santos to resign following revelations that he fabricated or embellished much of his background while running for Congress last year. At a press conference, Nassau County GOP Chair Joseph Cairo said that Santos’ campaign was filled with “deceit.” […]

Hector Vivas/Getty Images (MEXICO CITY) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday said that he was “surprised” to learn that that any government records had been taken to a former personal office where classified documents were discovered in November. For the first time answering questions on the revelation that surfaced Monday — speaking a North American Leaders’ […]

Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy and leading Republicans are expected to soon make good on a vow to keep three Democrats from seats on influential committees in the new House. McCarthy’s focus is Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, who has served on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, as well as Reps. Adam Schiff […]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The new chair of the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday notified the White House that his panel is investigating President Joe Biden’s handling of classified records from Biden’s time as vice president — some of which were found in November at an office Biden had used in Washington, D.C. In […]

Hisham Ibrahim/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans on Monday night made good on a campaign promise by approving a bill that would zero-out funding from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which is intended to dramatically increase the IRS’ enforcement abilities — and, Democrats and the government say, target wealthy tax cheats. Conservatives have cast the […]

Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court is back in action for 2023 and staring down a long list of blockbuster decisions due for release in the weeks ahead. The justices, who convened Monday for oral arguments for the first time this year, have been scrambling to draft opinions in 27 cases heard […]