Politics

ABC News Will Scharf, a member of Donald Trump’s legal team, said Sunday that the former president will appeal his conviction on 34 felony counts in New York but will comply with a pre-sentencing investigation in the meantime. Trump’s conviction, centered around allegations he covered up a hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy […]

ABC News White House national security communications adviser John Kirby said the United States expects that if Hamas agrees to a recent three-phase proposal from Israel to end fighting in Gaza, that Israel “would say yes.” “It is an Israeli proposal, one that they arrived at after intense diplomacy with their own national security team […]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (COLUMBUS, O.H.) — Ohio lawmakers convene again on Thursday for a special legislative session aimed to ensure President Joe Biden will appear on their general election ballot in November despite the Democratic National Committee’s announcement earlier this week that they would remedy the issue on its own. The Ohio House is expected […]

In this Sept. 6, 2012, file photo, First lady Michelle Obama applauds with her mother Marian Robinson during the final day of the Democratic National Convention, in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Marian Robinson, former first lady Michelle Obama’s mother, died on Friday at the age of 86, according to the family. […]

Hill Street Studios/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Twenty-three Ohio Senate Republicans joined Democrats on Friday during a special legislative session to pass a bill that extends the state’s ballot certification deadline so that President Joe Biden would be eligible for November’s general ballot. The bill’s passage comes despite a move by the Democratic National Committee earlier […]

Former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump leaves Manhattan Criminal Court after he was convicted in his criminal trial in New York, May 30, 2024. (Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records on Thursday, but that will not stop him […]

People of the State of NY v Donald J Trump – Guilty on All counts. — ABC News (NEW YORK) — Donald Trump, the second-generation New York business mogul who led one of the most consequential right-wing populist movements and changed the face of presidential politics, was found guilty of 34 felonies in his home […]

Getty Images – STOCK (AUSTIN, Texas.) — The Texas Supreme Court issued a decision Friday allowing a lawsuit challenging the state’s multiple abortion bans to continue, but the court refused to block the bans as the legal challenge continues. The lawsuit was filed last year by women who say their lives were put in danger […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden reacted to Donald Trump’s conviction for the first time on Friday, criticizing those calling the trial “rigged.” “The American principle that no one is above the law was reaffirmed,” Biden said in remarks from the White House. “Donald Trump was given every opportunity to defend himself.” Biden […]

Former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives to speak to the press after he was convicted in his criminal trial at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, May 30, 2024. — Seth Wenig/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is firing up his fundraising machine after being found guilty […]