Politics

Tristan Wheelock/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A former president who famously claimed he would win so much that his followers would be “sick and tired of winning” faces the prospect of something new within normally friendly terrain: a losing streak. Starting next month, in states from Georgia and North Carolina to Arizona and Alaska, […]

Tristan Wheelock/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Television personality Dr. Mehmet Oz, who is running for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, has a considerable financial stake in major pharmaceutical firms and Silicon Valley giants, newly released records show — despite railing against “Big Pharma” and “Big Tech” on the campaign trail. The disclosures, released […]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and the Department of Justice are set to announce a final rule on “ghost guns” on Monday in the Rose Garden. A “ghost gun” is a firearm that comes packaged in parts, can be bought online and assembled without much of a trace. The new rule essentially […]

Sean Gallup/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As politicians spar over who’s to blame for recent increases in gas prices, a large majority of Americans say oil companies and Russian President Vladimir Putin are major culprits, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds. Along party lines, Americans are more likely to blame Democrats for the increase in […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — National security adviser Jake Sullivan said the latest reports of Ukrainian civilians being tortured and killed by Russian troops have been “horrifying…downright shocking, but they have not been surprising.” Sullivan told ABC News “This Week” Co-Anchor Jonathan Karl on Sunday that before the war began, declassified intelligence “indicated that there […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to the White House, said Americans should continue assessing risk for themselves as COVID-19 cases tick up. “It’s going to be a person’s decision about the individual risks they’re going to take,” Fauci told “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl exclusively on Sunday. “This is […]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Thursday confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, paving the way for her to become the first Black woman to sit on the nation’s highest court. Just before the 53-47 bipartisan vote, during a rare occasion when senators announce their votes standing at their desks, […]

Oliver Contreras/for The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden celebrated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic confirmation to the Supreme Court at the White House on Friday with a tearful Jackson delivering a powerful message in perseverance. “It has taken 232 years and 115 prior appointments for a Black woman to be […]

Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As she presided over Thursday’s historic confirmation vote for Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court, Vice President Kamala Harris gave an assignment to Sens. Raphael Warnock and Cory Booker — the only two Black Democrats in the Senate: Write a letter, using […]

Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGON) — The Pentagon has been providing daily updates on the U.S. assessment of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Ukraine’s efforts to resist. Here are highlights of what a senior U.S. defense official told reporters Friday on Day 44: U.S. sending Patriot system to backfill Slovakia After repeated pleas from […]