Politics

Courtesy of Ron Self (NEW YORK) —  After close to a decade serving in the Marine Corps, Ron Self could knot a rope that was strong enough to drag military vehicles across combat zones in Africa. But serving time in a prison cell years later, he couldn’t get the bedsheets he’d tied together to hold. […]

ABC News (ANN ARBOR, Mich.) — As the Detroit Auto Show in Michigan makes a comeback after a three-year hiatus, ABC News hit the ground in the city as well as the University of Michigan campus to speak to voters on the most important issues that are on their minds. The state is gearing up to […]

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Judge Aileen Cannon has appointed an independent arbiter to review documents seized from former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence. Raymond Dearie, a senior district judge for the Eastern District of New York, has been named the “special master” in the case to sift through all of the materials taken by […]

Donald Kravitz/Getty Images (BISMARCK, ND) — In November, there won’t be a Democrat running against incumbent GOP Rep. Kelly Armstrong for North Dakota’s sole congressional seat. The former nominee, Mark Haugen, announced earlier this month that he would drop out of the race due to what he called pressure from top members of his party to […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will meet Friday at the White House with the families of Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, two American citizens who remain detained in Russia. “The president wants to make sure their families know they remain front of mind and that his team is working on this every […]

ABC News (PHOENIX) — The scorched-earth fight over a shrinking supply of water in Western states is playing out in key midterm races along the depleted Colorado River. Paul “Paco” Ollerton, 67, a third-generation farmer and registered Republican who says he’s undecided in the November midterms, worries how his cotton farm might suffer next year […]

Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After trying for weeks to hammer out a compromise to codify gay and interracial marriage, Senate negotiators announced Thursday they will delay a vote on their legislation until after the November election while expressing confidence it will eventually pass. “Through bipartisan collaboration, we’ve crafted commonsense language that respects religious liberty […]

Mike Stobe/LIV Golf/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The New York City Parks Department has again rejected calls by members of the city council to terminate the Trump Organization’s license to operate a city-owned golf course in the Bronx. Council members on Thursday called for the “immediate termination” of the Trump Organization’s license to operate the […]

Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden White House on Thursday condemned Republican governors who this week escalated their strategy of busing — and now flying — migrants to Democratic cities in protest of the administration’s border policies. Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis sent two planes of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard late Wednesday evening, surprising […]

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday denied the Department of Justice’s request for a partial stay of her ruling that enjoined the FBI from using roughly 100 documents seized from Mar-a-Lago with classification markings in its ongoing criminal investigation of Donald Trump — and mandated they be handed over […]