Politics

Brandon Bell/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Despite not being a candidate, Donald Trump is looming large this midterm election cycle, but what difference he’s making won’t be clearer until Election Day or soon after. The former president’s approval rating among Republicans remains high — even as he faces multiple investigations and the fallout from the […]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In the wake of the 2020 election, state and local election officials have faced a wave of threats and misinformation, prompting mass resignations up and down their ranks — and stoking fear among some experts that their replacements would put partisan loyalties above the free and fair administration of the […]

adamkaz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Voters will help shape the future of American democracy next week when they cast their first statewide ballots since 2020, with a new generation of Republicans who have made election denialism a centerpiece of their campaign. Several of these Trump-backed candidates are running for positions that would oversee future elections, like […]

Jason Marz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump settled a civil lawsuit Wednesday that alleged his security guards violently assaulted protesters outside Trump Tower in 2015. The case, brought by Efrain Galicia and four other protesters of Mexican origin against Trump and his head of security, Keith Schiller, was in the middle of jury […]

Oliver Contreras/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden, with less than a week to go until the midterms, delivered a speech Wednesday night condemning political violence and urging voters to protect democracy. “We must with an overwhelming voice stand against political violence and voter intimidation, period,” he said. “Stand up and speak against it. We […]

Tetra Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday will announce new steps the Biden administration is taking to help lower energy costs for Americans this winter. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is providing $4.5 billion in assistance to help cut heating costs for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program […]

Jack Date/ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The divisiveness in the United States is something adversaries seek to take advantage of, especially during the midterm elections, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told ABC News in an interview on Tuesday. “The divisiveness that now grips this country is something that our adversaries, our adverse nation-states seek to exploit,” […]

Mint Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Liz Cheney said the House Jan. 6 committee is in talks with former President Donald Trump’s lawyers about his potential testimony. “The committee is in discussions with President Trump’s attorneys and he has an obligation to comply,” Cheney, the vice chair of the committee, said Tuesday during a discussion […]

Leonardo Munoz/VIEWpress/Getty Images (DENVER) — The tax fraud trial against former President Donald Trump’s namesake company has paused just one day after it began when the first witness on the stand tested positive for COVID-19. Jeff McConney, the Trump Organization’s controller, tested positive for COVID-19 Tuesday after informing the court he wasn’t feeling well. McConney […]

Provided to ABC News (NEW YORK) — A woman who accused Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker of pressuring her into having an abortion defended her claims in an exclusive interview with ABC News, saying he is not fit for office and that “honesty matters.” Walker has denied the allegations, which were first made at […]