Politics

Jason Marz/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — A two-day trial began in Georgia Monday that will decide whether a six-week abortion ban is legal under the state’s constitution. The so-called “heartbeat bill” was signed into law in 2019 by Gov. Brian Kemp but was prevented from going into effect following legal challenges. In July, three weeks after […]

File photo. (ABC News) (WASHINGTON) — Senate Budget Committee Chair Bernie Sanders said Sunday that he opposes eliminating the debt ceiling, the financial limit on the federal government that could produce fierce clashes if the GOP wins back one or both chambers of Congress in November’s midterm elections. “You have to increase the debt ceiling,” […]

Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Liz Cheney said Sunday that while the House Jan. 6 committee was “anticipating” that former President Donald Trump would comply with the subpoena the panel issued to him last week, “He’s not going to turn this into a circus.” That meant that committee members likely weren’t […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — New York Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, the chair of House Democrats’ campaign arm, insisted on Sunday that his party will buck both history and the current polling in November’s midterm elections. In a lively interview with ABC “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl, Maloney pointed to special election wins in Alaska and […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — In an interview on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday, Arizona Republican gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake would not explicitly commit to accepting the outcome of her upcoming election if she loses to her Democratic opponent. “Let me ask you why it is that you have not said — or maybe you’ll do […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Former Vice President Mike Pence had this to say on Wednesday night when asked if he would vote for Donald Trump in 2024, if his former boss were the Republican presidential nominee: “There might be somebody else I’d prefer more.” Speaking at Georgetown University about the future of conservatism, where he […]

Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Jan. 6 committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol has yet to formally subpoena former President Donald Trump, in part because investigators are still trying to find someone authorized to accept service of it, sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News. Last week, the […]

MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images (PITTSBURGH, Penn.) — With the clock ticking toward next month’s midterm elections, President Joe Biden on Thursday traveled to battleground Pennsylvania to tout his infrastructure law and stump for Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman. Biden’s first stop was in Pittsburgh to visit Fern Hollow Bridge — which collapsed earlier this […]

Daniel Karmann/picture alliance via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Despite a gradual upward trend in military suicides over the last decade, 2021 saw a more than 15% decrease for active duty service members, according to a new Defense Department report. “For the active component there was over a 15% decrease in the rate of suicides from […]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After nearly 100 consecutive days of falling gas prices, fuel costs have spiked in recent weeks. This time, the price increase coincides with the lead up to the midterm elections — and the trend could determine which party gains control of Congress. The approval rating of President Joe Biden — […]