ABC Politics News

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In the wake of the 2020 election, state and local election officials have faced a wave of threats and misinformation, prompting mass resignations up and down their ranks — and [Read More…]

RapidEye/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump asked a Florida court on Wednesday to shield his revocable trust from New York Attorney General Letitia James, who has filed a $250 million civil lawsuit [Read More…]

Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department has offered Trump aide Kash Patel an immunity deal to testify before a grand jury probing former President Donald Trump’s mishandling of documents marked as classified found at [Read More…]

ABC News (WASHINGTON0 — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said he hopes Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk, acts “responsibly.” “He’s going to be in a position of responsibility with respect to an important [Read More…]

Oliver Contreras/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden, with less than a week to go until the midterms, delivered a speech Wednesday night condemning political violence and urging voters to protect democracy. “We must with [Read More…]

Jason Marz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump settled a civil lawsuit Wednesday that alleged his security guards violently assaulted protesters outside Trump Tower in 2015. The case, brought by Efrain Galicia and four [Read More…]

Jack Date/ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The divisiveness in the United States is something adversaries seek to take advantage of, especially during the midterm elections, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told ABC News in an interview [Read More…]

Tetra Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday will announce new steps the Biden administration is taking to help lower energy costs for Americans this winter. The U.S. Department of Health and [Read More…]

adamkaz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Voters will help shape the future of American democracy next week when they cast their first statewide ballots since 2020, with a new generation of Republicans who have made election denialism [Read More…]

Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Prosecutors accused former President Donald Trump ally Tom Barrack of “leveraging his access” while the defense accused the prosecution of “misdirection” as closing arguments concluded Tuesday in Barrack’s trial on charges [Read More…]

Mint Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Liz Cheney said the House Jan. 6 committee is in talks with former President Donald Trump’s lawyers about his potential testimony. “The committee is in discussions with President Trump’s [Read More…]

ftwitty/Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — The man accused of attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer last week has been arraigned in San Francisco Superior Court. David DePape, 42, from Richmond, California, is [Read More…]

Leonardo Munoz/VIEWpress/Getty Images (DENVER) — The tax fraud trial against former President Donald Trump’s namesake company has paused just one day after it began when the first witness on the stand tested positive for COVID-19. [Read More…]

Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The 2022 campaign is shaping up to be a historic, decisive moment in American politics. From our reporters across the country, ABC News brings you all [Read More…]

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger on Tuesday said his department is looking at providing added security for members of Congress after last week’s assault on [Read More…]

Rebecca Noble/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court has rejected Sen. Lindsey Graham’s wholesale bid to block a subpoena for testimony before a Georgia grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn 2020 [Read More…]

Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The 2022 campaign is shaping up to be a historic, decisive moment in American politics. From our reporters across the country, ABC News brings you all [Read More…]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Chief Justice John Roberts has granted a temporary administrative stay of a lower court order as the House Ways and Means Committee attempts to gain access to former President Donald [Read More…]

Hill Street Studios/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — More than 23 million people have voted early in the 2022 general election, according to data analyzed by the University of Florida’s U.S. Elections Project — about 15 million [Read More…]

Provided to ABC News (NEW YORK) — A woman who accused Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker of pressuring her into having an abortion defended her claims in an exclusive interview with ABC News, saying [Read More…]