Politics

Grace Cary/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Officially four weeks out from Election Day, the 2022 midterm cycle is entering a final sprint as both parties wrestle for control of Congress. Midterm elections have long been considered a referendum on the president’s party and voters now have their first nationwide chance to react to the first two […]

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said he does not believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin would use a tactical nuclear weapon on Ukraine. “I think it’s irresponsible for him to talk about it, the idea that a world leader of one of the largest nuclear powers in the […]

joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to avoid intervening in the government’s ongoing documents dispute with Donald Trump, asserting that the former president is not entitled to have the court put the materials before an independent arbiter. Trump had asked the court to put more […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard announced on Tuesday she is leaving the Democratic Party, denouncing it as an “elitist cabal of war mongers,” while calling upon other “common sense independent minded Democrats” to exit with her. “I can no longer remain in today’s Democratic Party that is now under the complete […]

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden thinks the United States needs to “re-evaluate” its relationship with Saudi Arabia, especially in light of the decision by the OPEC+ oil cartel to cut production, the White House said Tuesday. “I think the president’s been very clear that this is a relationship […]

Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Joe Biden and top U.S. officials on Monday denounced Russia’s latest aerial assault across Ukraine, with the president saying in a statement that the attacks “only further reinforce our commitment” to supplying billions in aid and weapons to Ukrainian forces. Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and leading military officials […]

Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (CLEVELAND) — After weeks of back and forth negotiating on the time, the hosts and the venue, Ohio Senate nominees Rep. Tim Ryan and J.D. Vance faced off on Monday for their first debate. A second showdown is scheduled a week later. Ryan and Vance, the Democratic and Republican candidates vying for […]

Grace Cary/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — On abortion access, inflation and current and future leaders of the Republican Party, here’s what swing state residents recently had to say. Abortion access Late last month, Arizona Democrats held a rally for abortion rights in protest of a territorial-era abortion ban that recently went into effect. Liberal women said […]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The trial of a Russian national accused of lying to federal investigators about information he contributed to the so-called Steele dossier is set to begin this week, marking a major test for the special counsel investigating the origins of the FBI probe of former President Donald Trump’s relationship with Russia. […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The White House believes “the stakes are very high right now” with Russia amid Vladimir Putin’s struggles in Ukraine and his references to his nuclear arsenal, but President Joe Biden’s warning of possible “Armageddon” wasn’t about an imminent threat, a top Biden spokesperson said Sunday. “These comments were not based on […]