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

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With just a week until Election Day, Republican and Democratic party standard-bearers spanning the political spectrum are crisscrossing battleground states to rally with candidates in tight contests for federal and [Read More…]

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden, little more than a week away from Election Day, presented something of an ultimatum to gas and oil companies: ramp up production or [Read More…]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to block the House Ways and Means Committee from accessing his tax returns. The committee has requested six years’ [Read More…]

Tetra Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Monday heard landmark arguments over the use of race in college admissions for nearly five hours, with its six-justice conservative majority leaving the bench apparently poised [Read More…]

Tetra Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Monday will revisit the question of affirmative action in higher education. Justices are hearing oral arguments in two major cases challenging race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard [Read More…]

SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Opening statements began Monday in the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump’s namesake family real estate business, which has been charged by the Manhattan District Attorney’s [Read More…]

Grace Cary/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade — the landmark decision that guaranteed the right to abortion — it was thought the decision would drive voters to the polls [Read More…]

Sheila Paras/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Heading into the midterm cycle’s home stretch, Republicans are working to paint Democrats in key races as soft on crime — as polls show the issue is of [Read More…]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., the chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, condemned the assault on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s, D-Calif., husband Paul Pelosi, calling it “despicable” and “unacceptable.” In an interview [Read More…]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — About half of Americans say either the economy or inflation is the most important issue in their vote for Congress, making pocketbook issues by far the most dominant in the run [Read More…]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday is hearing two major cases that could determine the future of race-based affirmative action in higher education across America. While 40 years of legal precedent [Read More…]

FiveThirtyEight (NEW YORK) — As Democrats seek to hold onto their slim majority in Congress, one traditionally blue haven for the party has turned more competitive than expected: New York. Prominent figures on both sides [Read More…]

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Congresswoman Val Demings, who spent 27 years working in law enforcement in Orlando, Florida, said her background has been crucial to her views as a politician. Now running to be [Read More…]

ABC News Photo Illustration (NEW YORK) — GOP victories in the midterm elections could lead to more abortion restrictions in a handful of states. The races range from gubernatorial seats to ballot measures, to eking out [Read More…]

Hill Street Studios/Getty Images/STOCK (NEW YORK) — Domestic violent extremists across the ideological spectrum pose a “heightened threat” to the 2022 midterms, according to a joint intelligence bulletin obtained by ABC News. The Department of Homeland [Read More…]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — A federal jury Friday returned a guilty verdict on one count of obstruction of justice against a former Capitol Police officer charged with aiding a rioter who participated in the Jan.6 [Read More…]

U.S. Dept. of Defense (NEW YORK) — The enduring debate about whether UFOs are caused by extraterrestrial beings will once again be front and center next week as U.S. intelligence agencies will provide Congress with an [Read More…]

JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was “violently assaulted” by a man who broke into his San Francisco home early Friday, according to her spokesperson. [Read More…]

JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was “violently assaulted” by someone who broke into his San Francisco home early Friday, according to her spokesperson. The [Read More…]