Politics

ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua (NEW YORK) — Democratic vice presidential nominee and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz told “Good Morning America” Wednesday that presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver what “Americans are hungry for — a unifying president, one that wants to find solutions.” Walz also sought on Wednesday to downplay comments made by President Joe […]

Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Six days until Election Day, much of the political debate is about “garbage” — first the backlash over those racist comments about Puerto Rico that former President Donald Trump has not apologized for — and now President Joe Biden appearing to call Trump’s supporters “garbage” — stepping on […]

Rebecca Noble/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said earlier this week that former President Donald Trump has “promised” him “control of the public health agencies” should Trump win back the White House in November. Kennedy, who suspended his independent presidential campaign in August and endorsed Trump, made the remarks on a Zoom […]

Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Six days until Election Day, much of the political debate is about “garbage” — first the backlash over those racist comments about Puerto Rico that former President Donald Trump has not apologized for — and now President Joe Biden appearing to call Trump’s supporters “garbage” — stepping on […]

ABC/Michael Le Brecht II (WASHINGTON) — After making a surprise appearance at her husband’s Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday, Melania Trump spoke out on “Fox and Friends” on Tuesday, fiercely defending him against reported comments that he had expressed admiration for Hitler. “He is not Hitler and his supporters stand behind him because they […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Luis Miranda is a political strategist, community organizer, founding president of the Hispanic Federation and chairperson of the Latino Victory Fund, an organization dedicated to building political power in the Latino community. Originally from Puerto Rico, he’s also the father of musician, writer and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda. ABC News’ […]

ABC NEWS/MICHAEL LE BRECHT II (PALM BEACH, Fla.) — Former President Donald Trump called his rally at Madison Square Garden a “lovefest” on Tuesday as backlash continues over racist and crude comments made by some speakers at the iconic New York City venue. Trump spoke about the rally near the end of remarks at Mar-a-Lago […]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris is set to make her final case for her bid for the presidency on Washington, D.C.’s Ellipse on Tuesday where she is expected to give an optimistic and hopeful message that’s focused on moving forward, according to a senior Harris campaign official. Standing with the White […]

Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former president Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday was framed as his “closing argument” in his bid for the White House and as a way to bring a diverse group of supporters together. Instead, it included divisive language and racist insults aimed at some […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In recent campaign speeches, former President Donald Trump has repeatedly floated an eye-catching idea: the elimination of individual income taxes. The proposal follows a string of other tax cuts put forward by Trump, including the removal of taxes on car-loan payments, social security benefits and servers’ tips. But a […]