Politics

Creativeye99/Getty Images (FORT PIERCE, Fla.) — Former President Donald Trump is expected to be in the courtroom Thursday when his attorneys argue for the dismissal of his federal classified documents case. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon scheduled the hearing in Fort Pierce, Florida, to consider two of Trump’s motions to dismiss the case based on […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House on Wednesday passed bipartisan legislation to force TikTok’s Chinese parent company to sell the wildly popular social media platform or face a ban in the U.S. If enacted, the bill would give ByteDance six months to divest from TikTok before app stores would start prohibiting access. The final […]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (MILWAUKEE) — President Joe Biden is continuing his campaign ramp-up with a visit to battleground Wisconsin on Wednesday, a day after he clinched the Democratic nomination. Biden’s first stop will be an official event to talk infrastructure at a Boys & Girls Club. He’s going to tout millions in funding for a […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The chairman and chief executive of the insurance company that guaranteed former President Donald Trump’s $92 million bond in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case said in a letter Wednesday that the company’s participation “has nothing to do with the underlying merits or with favoring any of the parties in […]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have clinched the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations, respectively, after another round of voting on Tuesday, ABC News projects based on the ABC News delegate estimate. That officially begins a nearly eight-month-long general election battle that has, in some ways, already been […]

Joseph Sohm/Getty Images (OLYMPIA, Wash.) — Organizers in Washington state have been leading an effort to encourage Democratic voters to cast their ballots for the “uncommitted” option on Tuesday, in the latest example of a protest movement against President Joe Biden’s stance on the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. The push to choose the uncommitted option, […]

Ryan Kang/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers and former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura top the list of Robert F. Kennedy’s potential running mates — though the independent candidate has not made a formal offer to either man. In a text, Kennedy himself confirmed the news, which was first reported by […]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican Rep. Ken Buck, who had already announced he would not be seeking reelection, announced Tuesday he will leave Congress at the end of next week. “It has been an honor to serve the people of Colorado’s 4th District in Congress for the past 9 years,” Buck said in a […]

Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Robert Hur, who as special counsel conducted the yearlong probe into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents that ultimately absolved the president of legal culpability, will face questions on Tuesday from members of the House Judiciary Committee. Hur, who was previously nominated by then-President Donald Trump […]

Matt Cardy/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Donald Trump reverses his position on potentially banning TikTok ahead of an expected House vote this week on legislation that could lead to it being blocked in the U.S., the former president has been rebuilding his relationship with a GOP megadonor who reportedly has a major financial stake in […]