Politics

ABC News Former President Donald Trump was found guilty by a Manhattan jury Thursday on all 34 counts in the criminal case related to an alleged hush money payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels. It took the jury 10 hours to come to their decision. Trump is the first president to be indicted […]

ABC News After a jury found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts in his New York criminal trial, Republicans quickly came to their presumptive presidential nominee’s defense. One of the first reactions came from Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, one of Trump’s staunchest allies in Washington, who called it “a travesty of justice.” “The […]

ABC News Former President Donald Trump called the hush money trial “rigged” while speaking outside the courthouse Thursday just moments after learning he was found guilty on 34 counts. “This was a disgrace,” Trump told reporters. “This was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt. It’s a rigged trial, a disgrace.” Referencing […]

Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Bipartisan members of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee have fired off a letter to Secretary Denis McDonough alleging that the VA flouted congressional intent when it approved bonuses totaling nearly $11 million to senior executives — meant for other workers helping process new health benefits for veterans exposed to toxic […]

President Joe Biden, with Vice President Kamala Harris, announces the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, Sept. 22, 2023. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images, FILE) (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will launch their national Black voter outreach program […]

Charly Triballeau-Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump has been making history these past few months, running a third straight presidential campaign while under multiple criminal indictments. His legal fate is now in the hands of a jury in New York, where he’s charged with falsifying business records to disguise alleged a hush […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (AUSTIN, TEXAS) — Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales narrowly defeated his GOP opponent in Tuesday’s high-profile runoff race to represent Texas’ district that includes the cities of Uvalde and Eagle Pass — with only a few hundred votes between them. The Associated Press projected that Gonzales will win the Republican primary runoff election […]

National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 28, 2024. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration on Tuesday expressed sympathy after dozens of civilians were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah over the […]

Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With prosecutors and defense gearing up for the end of trial in former President Donald Trump’s Manhattan hush money case, legal observers said, in their opinion, prosecutors appear to have made a strong case, but a lot is riding on closing arguments and jury instructions. Both sides have rested […]

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — As Ohio lawmakers convened on Tuesday for a special session to address President Joe Biden’s ability to appear on their general election ballot in November, the Democratic National Committee said it would move to conduct virtual party proceedings to certify Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic […]