Politics

Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — About 40 subpoenas were issued by the Justice Department last week as part of its criminal investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News. Among those subpoenaed are close advisers to former President Donald Trump, as well as former White House […]

Scott Eisen/Getty Images (BOSTON) — On the 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s famous moonshot speech, President Joe Biden on Monday outlined a new “American Moonshot” aimed at eradicating cancer “as we know it.” “President Kennedy set a goal to win the space race against Russia and advance science and technology for all humanity,” […]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republicans are cobbling together an 11th-hour effort to blunt the rise of a controversial candidate in New Hampshire’s GOP Senate primary Tuesday, fearing his nomination could take a marquee race off the table, hurting the party’s chances of taking back control of the U.S. Senate. After months of handwringing over […]

Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump’s legal team on Monday responded to the Justice Department in the latest round of court filings regarding the review of materials seized at his Mar-a-Lago country club last month. Federal prosecutors on Thursday requested U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to stay the portion […]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The FBI sought to interview a current top adviser to former President Donald Trump who has also been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury, both in relation to investigations into the events leading up to and on Jan. 6, 2021, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. William Russell […]

Kyle Mazza/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal grand jury investigating the activities leading up the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and the push by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the result of the 2020 election has expanded its probe to include seeking information about Trump’s leadership […]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.) — With the midterm elections less than two months away, Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday said the “stakes could not be higher” as both parties wrestle for control of Congress. Speaking at the Democratic National Committee’s summer meeting in Maryland, Harris echoed President Joe Biden’s recent attacks on “MAGA” […]

Shay Horse/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A state judge in New Mexico has removed a county commissioner from office after ruling that — because he participated in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol — the U.S. Constitution barred him for engaging in an “insurrection.” It is the first time an elected official directly […]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge in Florida has dismissed former President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against his 2016 presidential challenger Hillary Clinton that accused her of “acting in concert” with top FBI leadership to invent what became known as the Russia investigation. U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks seemingly mocked the lawsuit in his […]

Andrew Spear/Getty Images (NEW ALBANY, Ohio) — After voting for the bipartisan computer chip manufacturing bill earlier this year, Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, was one of several lawmakers with President Joe Biden on Friday in Licking County to mark the groundbreaking of Intel’s new semiconductor chip factory. But as a Democratic candidate in a competitive […]