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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…]

Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In her 2003 opinion upholding affirmative action in higher education, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor famously predicted that in 25 years “the use of racial preferences will no [Read More…]

Mark Makela/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Harris will deliver remarks at a fundraiser for the Pennsylvania Democratic Party in Philadelphia on Friday evening, where two key candidates on the ballot [Read More…]

Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former D.C. Metropolitan Police Department officer Michael Fanone appeared in court Thursday to confront a rioter who dragged him into the mob of Trump supporters that brutally [Read More…]

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — With less than two weeks until midterm Election Day, President Joe Biden is doubling down on the message that a Republican-run Congress would be worse for [Read More…]

Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House Jan. 6 committee, in its last scheduled hearing, warned that those involved in what they called the attempted coup must be held accountable or history [Read More…]

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (PHOENIX) — The campaign headquarters of Arizona’s Democratic candidate for governor and current Secretary of State Katie Hobbs was burglarized earlier this week, according to her campaign manager and local police. The [Read More…]

ABC News (PHOENIX) — A paper supply crunch is testing the preparedness of U.S. election officials and exposing a key vulnerability in America’s democratic process as midterm voting gets underway. The 2022 election cycle will [Read More…]