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Special counsel opposes Trump’s bid to halt proceedings in election subversion case
SimpleImages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s team has asked the court to deny former President Donald Trump’s request to halt all proceedings in the Jan. 6 case pending their appeal of District Judge [Read More…]

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy will meet with Biden, congressional leaders amid standoff over more aid
Dmytro Larin/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet both with President Joe Biden at the White House and with congressional leaders on Tuesday amid debate in Washington about [Read More…]

Kevin McCarthy looks back at career, including historic removal as House speaker
Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Rep. Kevin McCarthy is reflecting on his congressional career and his ouster earlier this year from the House speakership, an inglorious twist that helped usher in [Read More…]

Trump again defends infamous ‘Access Hollywood’ comments and warns Biden, ‘Be very careful’
ABC News Former President Donald Trump spoke on Saturday night to some of his most staunch conservative supporters, filling a speech at the New York Young Republican Club’s annual gala with praise for his political [Read More…]

Liz Cheney’s plea: ‘Our focus has got to be on defeating Donald Trump’ in 2024
Al Drago/ABC Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney has issued a stark warning to the nation not to reelect Donald Trump to the presidency, arguing that thwarting the former commander in chief’s comeback bid must be [Read More…]

US trying to close ‘gap’ between Israel’s intent and resulting Gaza death toll: Blinken
ABC News The U.S. is trying to lower civilian casualties from Israel’s military campaign against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7 terror attack that sparked the current war, but [Read More…]

First on ABC: Nikki Haley opens up about Trump, Israel and more
ABC News Former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. and Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley sat down with ABC News Live Prime anchor Linsey Davis in a network interview in which she discussed a wide range [Read More…]

ACLU defends free speech in furor over university presidents’ handling of antisemitic rhetoric on campus
Tim Graham/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As bipartisan pressure continued to mount Friday on three university presidents, including calls to resign and a donor withdrawing a $100 million gift, free speech advocates are defending how [Read More…]

Giuliani’s financial woes could compound as he faces mounting legal exposure
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In 2007, when Rudy Giuliani launched his presidential bid, he seemed both politically and financially at the height of his powers. His image as “America’s mayor” in the [Read More…]

Timeline: Hunter Biden under legal, political scrutiny
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Five years into a federal probe of his personal and professional life, President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, is facing additional legal exposure in the coming months after a [Read More…]

ABC News to host GOP presidential debate before New Hampshire primary
Henrik5000/Getty Images (MANCHESTER, N.H.) — ABC News, partnering with WMUR-TV, announced Thursday it will host a Republican presidential primary debate in New Hampshire next month, just days ahead of its first-in-the-nation GOP primary election. Held [Read More…]

Special counsel files nine tax-related charges against Hunter Biden
Mark Makela/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Special counsel David Weiss leveled a nine-count indictment against Hunter Biden late Thursday, accusing President Joe Biden’s son of failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes from 2016 [Read More…]

Ramaswamy defends debunked conspiracy theories he shared at Republican debate
Micah Green/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Entrepreneur and Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy shared multiple conspiratorial or controversial claims at Wednesday night’s debate, amplifying them to a new level of prominence in the 2024 [Read More…]

House censures Rep. Jamaal Bowman for falsely pulling fire alarm
Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The House voted Thursday to censure Democrat Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York for falsely pulling a fire alarm in a House office building in September. The final vote [Read More…]

House Republicans to move forward on formalizing Biden impeachment inquiry next week
joe daniel price/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The House Rules Committee announced Thursday it will consider a resolution next week to formalize Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. House Speaker Mike Johnson said earlier [Read More…]

Five takeaways from the latest Republican presidential debate
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (TUSCALOOSA, Ala.) — Four Republican presidential candidates took the stage in Alabama on Wednesday night for one last chance to trade attacks and stake out policy positions before voting starts in the [Read More…]

Senate Republicans reject Biden’s call to urgently approve Ukraine aid
Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Hours after President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on Congress to urgently approve a stalled package of aid to Ukraine, Republicans blocked a key Senate procedural vote over [Read More…]

Colorado Supreme Court hears Trump 14th Amendment eligibility arguments
SimpleImages/Getty Images (DENVER) — The Colorado Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in the historic challenge to Trump’s ballot eligibility in Colorado under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. During the two-hour hearing in Denver, [Read More…]

House advances GOP resolution to censure Democratic Rep. Bowman over pulling fire alarm
Haiyun Jiang/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House on Wednesday advanced a Republican resolution to censure Democrat Rep. Jamaal Bowman for pulling a fire alarm, teeing up a final vote on Thursday. A Democratic [Read More…]

Trump raises new alarms, saying he wouldn’t be a ‘dictator’ except on ‘Day One’
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump is raising new alarms about what he would do if he makes it back to the White House, even referring to himself in an interview Tuesday night as [Read More…]