Politics

Abdulhamid Hosbas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a new statement following the resignation of U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, President Joe Biden on Thursday stressed “the special relationship” between the U.S. and U.K. “remains strong and enduring.” Biden did not mention Johnson by name or his resignation explicitly, but underscored that the U.S. […]

Tim Graham/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Ever since the mass shooting at a July Fourth parade in Highland Park, Illinois, which left seven people dead and dozens more seriously wounded, questions have been raised about whether the new federal gun safety law could have prevented the tragedy. Would the enhanced background checks it requires for […]

Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Abortion rights protesters gathered outside the White House on Saturday to call on President Joe Biden to do more to protect access. The action, organized by the Women’s March, is part of a “Summer of Rage” in response to the Supreme Court’s decision to […]

Zach Gibson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act signed into law last month most likely would not have prevented the recent Fourth of July massacre and won’t eliminate future mass shootings — but the legislation can still save lives, mental health and gun violence experts told ABC News. Congress’ new gun safety package […]

Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Two weeks after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order aimed at protecting access to abortion nationwide despite efforts by some states to outlaw or severely restrict it. Speaking from the Roosevelt Room of the White House alongside Vice […]

ilbusca/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A Louisiana Supreme Court ruling allowed the state’s ban on almost all abortions to go into effect on Friday, after a series of court challenges by local abortion providers was moved to another jurisdiction. After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade on June 24, Louisiana’s trigger laws […]

Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday touted falling gas prices, robust new jobs numbers and a low unemployment rate to make the case that his economic program and fight to bring inflation down is “working.” “The unemployment rate is near a historic low of 3.6%. The private sector jobs are at […]

Drew Angerer/Getty Image (WASHINGTON) — Former Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone appeared on Capitol Hill Friday morning for a closed-door interview with House Jan. 6 committee investigators after negotiations over what he could be questioned about. His testimony will be videotaped and it’s expected that clips of Cipollone’s deposition will be presented during the […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — The Internal Revenue Service is asking a government watchdog to review a pair of exceedingly rare and invasive tax audits targeting James Comey and Andrew McCabe, a spokesperson confirmed to ABC News. The matter will be analyzed by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. Comey, the former director […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — U.S. Marshals Service Director Ronald Davis said protecting Supreme Court justices from threats has been a key part of his agency’s mission even before the leaked draft of the opinion overturning Roe v. Wade in May, noting there were more than 4,500 threats to federal judges last year, including against those […]