Politics

ABC News (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Supreme Court voted Friday to strike down Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that guaranteed the right to an abortion. In the 5-4 decision, the court ruled that “the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion.” Abortion laws and restrictions vary by state and, now the […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision in a much-anticipated ruling Friday in one of its biggest decisions this term. The court voted 5-4, largely along party lines, to overturn Roe and 6-3, in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which involved Mississippi’s […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — After the U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision that guaranteed a woman’s right to an abortion, states are taking action. The court’s ruling rolled back constitutional protection for abortion rights, giving each state the power to decide. Several states had trigger laws in place […]

Saul Loeb – Pool/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Justice Stephen Breyer invoked the nation’s latest gun violence massacres, including those at Uvalde and Buffalo, in his dissent against the Supreme Court’s ruling to expand the Second Amendment on Thursday. The 6-3 ruling struck down a New York state gun law that regulates the right to […]

Mandel Ngan-Pool/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — The House Jan. 6 committee hearing on Thursday afternoon focused on what it said was a “brazen attempt” by then-President Donald Trump to misuse the Department of Justice for his own political gain. The panel heard from three former officials directly affected by Trump’s pressure campaign: former attorney general […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, FILE (NAPA COUNTY, Calif.) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, has been charged with driving under the influence, causing injury, following his May 28 arrest, the Napa County District Attorney’s Office said. Paul Pelosi is also charged with driving with 0.08% blood alcohol level or higher, causing injury, the office […]

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Nicholas Roske, 26, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to one count of attempting to kill a justice of the United States, two weeks after he was arrested outside the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanugh’s home with a gun. He faces a maximum sentence of life in […]

Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — John Wood, a Republican lawyer and former federal prosecutor who has helped lead the House Jan. 6 committee’s investigation, is leaving his role with the panel this week amid calls for him to instead enter the Missouri Senate race as an independent candidate. Wood, whose […]

Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Tribune News Service via Getty Images, FILE (ST. LOUIS, Mo.)  — Penelope Quigg is a lifelong Republican voter. But the chair of the Republican Party in Cole County, Missouri, said she won’t vote for Eric Greitens, her state’s former governor, if he wins the party’s nomination this summer for an open Senate […]

Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After Thursday’s hearing, the House Jan. 6 select committee will delay its final hearings for several weeks, a spokesperson confirmed to ABC News Wednesday. “The Select Committee continues to receive additional evidence relevant to our investigation into the violence of January 6th and its causes. Following […]