Politics

ilbusca/Getty Images (TOPEKA, Kan.) — When Kansans head to the polls on Aug. 2 to vote in their primary election, they will also decide on a critical ballot measure that could impact the future of abortion legislation in their state. Kansas is the first state in the nation to vote on reproductive freedom after the […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a surprise move Wednesday, West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin announced that not only had he reached a deal with Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on a major health care-focused spending package — he had also signed onto climate and energy provisions. It was a reversal of sorts for the conservative […]

J.Castro/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Two leading House Democrats are requesting a government watchdog step away from an investigation into deleted text messages sent by the Secret Service around the time of the U.S. Capitol attack. Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, chair of House Homeland Security Committee, and New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney, chair of the House […]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Cassidy Hutchinson, a former top adviser to then-President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows, has recently cooperated with the Department of Justice investigation into the events of Jan. 6, according to sources familiar with the matter. The Justice Department reached out to her following her testimony a month ago […]

Tim Graham/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Starting next month, the House sergeant-at-arms’ office will cover the cost of installing and maintaining security equipment at the residences of member lawmakers — an effort to ensure the safety of legislators and their families amid what authorities call rising threats to them. A memo sent Monday to all […]

Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump said he can “understand the feelings” but doesn’t grasp the position of the grieving families of 9/11 victims protesting the LIV Golf Invitational, a lavish, Saudi-backed global contest soon to be hosted at one of his golf courses, in a Monday […]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — In advance of an oversight committee hearing with AR-15 manufacturers on their role in the gun violence epidemic on Wednesday, committee chair Rep. Carolyn Maloney sat down with ABC News to discuss the context. One month after President Joe Biden signed bipartisan gun reform into law, targeted red flag […]

Tristan Wheelock/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump returns to Washington on Tuesday for the first time since leaving office in the shadow of the Capitol insurrection to deliver remarks to ultra-conservative allies at the America First Agenda Summit. Trump’s return, at a two-day conference hosted by the America First Policy Institute, […]

Tristan Wheelock/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump did not want to call for the prosecution of Jan. 6 rioters after the Capitol attack, according to a video released Monday by the House select committee investigating the riot. In a video tweeted by Virginia Democratic Rep. Elaine Luria, a member of […]

Tim Graham/Getty Images Allison Pecorin, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The Senate is aiming this week to bolster the public’s ability to buy an affordable car, microwave or a smartphone as lawmakers push forward legislation to incentivize production of the tiny semiconductor chips that all kinds of technological devices rely upon. A nationwide shortage of these […]