Politics

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (PITTSBURGH) — Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Thursday to hunker down and prepare for the ABC News Sept. 10 debate with former President Donald Trump, according to a campaign aide. Choosing to stay in Pennsylvania, a critical battleground state, could potentially allow Harris to continue campaigning while […]

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are set to face off in their first debate of the 2024 election next week, moderated by ABC News. With only weeks until Election Day, the debate is a crucial opportunity for both candidates to work to sway undecided voters in what’s […]

Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (R) takes part in a town hall moderated by Fox News broadcaster Sean Hannity at the New Holland Arena in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on September 4, 2024. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump participated in another town hall Wednesday where he took […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a sweeping crackdown Wednesday on dueling efforts by the Russian government to influence the upcoming 2024 election through covert networks aimed at spreading disinformation to American voters. For months, the Biden administration has been publicly warning of Russia’s efforts to influence Americans through disinformation and […]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A group of more than 30 current and former Republican officials filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday condemning a Tennessee law that bans gender-affirming medical care for trans youth. “States have no business overruling the decisions of fit parents who make an informed medical choice for […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said Wednesday that Vice President Kamala Harris’s nomination as the first Black and Asian woman nominee for U.S. president “gives a lot of people hope” that greater equality of opportunity is possible. “I know a little bit about being a first,” said Jackson, the nation’s […]

Grace Cary/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While polling sites around the country are gearing up for huge voter turnout on Election Day, data and experts predict that a majority of the votes that will decide this year’s key races will be cast months before. In fact, many of those votes could be cast in the next […]

Jose A. Alvarado Jr./Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Linda Sun, a former aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, schemed to advance the interests of China while working in New York State government, federal prosecutors alleged in an indictment unsealed Tuesday. The indictment charges Sun with failure to register as a foreign agent, […]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign kicked off a weekslong 50-stop “reproductive freedom bus tour” across battleground states in West Palm Beach, Florida — former President Donald Trump’s backyard — on Tuesday. The campaign said “reproductive rights storytellers” will join campaign surrogates along the route to help emphasize the split screen […]

Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Every election cycle, political observers speculate about the power and prevalence of ticket-splitters: voters who support one party for president and another on down-ballot races. This year, their influence is unquestioned: they hold the House and Senate majorities in their hands. Given the congressional maps and margins, […]