Politics

ABC (NEW YORK) — America’s main nuclear deterrent glides undetected under the oceans as it carries a cargo of ballistic missiles that will hopefully never be used. Off the coast of Hawaii, ABC News visited the USS Maine, one of 14 Ohio Class U.S. Navy submarines capable of launching nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles. Measuring two football fields […]

YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — Dozens of artillery systems supplied by the United States to Ukraine were not fitted with advanced computer systems, which improve the efficiency and accuracy of the weapons, ABC News has learned. The M777 155mm howitzers are now being used by the Ukrainian military in its war with […]

Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden signed legislation Saturday aimed at protecting low-income families as the United States grapples with a nationwide baby formula shortage. The Access to Baby Formula Act of 2022 ensures families can use benefits from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children — […]

Jeon Heon-Kyun – Pool/Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) – In his first trip to Asia since taking office, President Joe Biden laid out conditions for meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. “With regard to whether I would meet with the leader of North Korea, that would depend on whether he was sincere and whether […]

Pablo Monsalve/VIEWpress via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York’s political scene — upended this week by a newly drawn congressional map — got even more interesting Friday with an announcement from former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. “Today I’m declaring my candidacy for Congress in the 10th Congressional District of New York,” […]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — U.S. officials are still working out details for the first flight to import baby formula, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby told reporters Friday, as parents continue to struggle to find supply amid the nationwide shortage. The White House announced “Operation Fly Formula” on Thursday as an effort to transport baby formula from […]

Mario Tama/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge in Louisiana on Friday ordered the Biden administration to continue implementing pandemic-related restrictions at the border that effectively close humanitarian relief options for asylum seekers. The restrictions were slated to end on Monday. The restrictions were first implemented under the Trump administration by the Centers for Disease Control […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday announced the Justice Department is taking action to combat hate crimes through the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, mentioning how last weekend’s mass shooting in Buffalo is being investigated as such a crime. DOJ is investigating whether the shooter who gunned down 10 Black people […]

Tim Graham/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Democrats began the year hopeful that congressional redistricting in New York would favor the party – and insulate their slim House majority from a tumultuous midterm election cycle. But a new map expected to be approved Friday has left the state’s Democrats scrambling, reshaping the political landscape in the […]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House’s Democratic majority overcame some internal opposition to pass legislation on Thursday addressing high gas prices by cracking down on possible price gouging from oil companies. The bill was approved along party lines in a vote of 217-207. Four Democrats — Texas’ Lizzie Fletcher, Jared Golden of Maine, Stephanie Murphy […]