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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott doubles down on busing migrants to NYC amid feud with Mayor Eric Adams
Shelby Tauber/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott defended sending buses of migrants from the Texas-Mexico border to Democrat-led cities amid a feud with New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who [Read More…]
Judge indicates portions of Mar-a-Lago search affidavit could be unsealed after redactions
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A magistrate judge in Florida heard in-person arguments Thursday on a request from a coalition of media outlets to make public the affidavit supporting the search warrant executed at former [Read More…]
Treasury Department rejects GOP claims on new IRS agents
Zach Gibson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Internal Revenue Service does not plan to use the nearly $80 billion it’s set to receive in funding from the Inflation Reduction Act to hire 87,000 new agents in [Read More…]
What to expect from Thursday’s hearing on unsealing the Mar-a-Lago search affidavit
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A magistrate judge in Florida is set to hear in-person arguments Thursday on a request from a coalition of media outlets to make public the affidavit supporting the search warrant [Read More…]
Weeks before Mar-a-Lago search, ex-Trump DOD official vowed to publish classified documents from National Archives
John Roca/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In June of this year, seven weeks before the FBI raided former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in search of classified materials, former Defense Department [Read More…]
Prosecutor sues Florida governor over suspension, says 1st Amendment rights violated
David Taludkar/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Florida state attorney who was suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis this month sued the governor on Wednesday, claiming his removal from office violated his First Amendment rights. The lawsuit, [Read More…]
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp files motion to delay testifying in Fulton County election probe
Dustin Chambers/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp filed a motion on Wednesday looking to delay a subpoena for his testimony in front of the special grand jury as part of the [Read More…]
Liz Cheney loses primary as Trump topples his most prominent GOP critic
SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., is projected to have lost her primary on Tuesday to Donald Trump-backed Harriet Hageman, ABC News reports, after Cheney built her political profile [Read More…]
Sarah Palin projected to advance to the November general election
Dylan Hollingsworth/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former Republican Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is projected to have clinched on Tuesday one of four spots in November’s general election for an open House seat, ABC [Read More…]
Murkowski projected to advance to November general election for US Senate in Alaska
Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/For The Washington Post via Getty Image (NEW YORK) — Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, is projected to have clinched a spot on Tuesday in the general election, ABC News reports, rebuffing an effort led [Read More…]
Biden signs sweeping health, climate and tax bill, a major win for his domestic agenda
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed the Democrats’ massive climate, health and tax bill into law, marking a major accomplishment for his domestic agenda less than three months before midterm [Read More…]
Who is Harriet Hageman, the Trump-backed candidate running against Liz Cheney?
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In many ways, Tuesday’s GOP primary battle for Wyoming’s at-large congressional seat is a war — by proxy — between former President Donald Trump and someone he deems disloyal. But [Read More…]
Committee chairs threaten DHS inspector general with subpoena over missing Secret Service texts
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — The Democratic chairs of the House Homeland Security and House Oversight committees on Tuesday threatened the Department of Homeland Security inspector general with a subpoena, accusing him of [Read More…]
First lady Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19
Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith (WASHINGTON) — First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19, according to her office. Jill Biden tested negative on Monday during her routine testing, and then developed [Read More…]
Trump accuses FBI of seizing his passports during raid of Mar-a-Lago
GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Trump claims FBI took his passports during Mar-a-Lago search ABC News confirmed FBI agents seized three of the former president’s passports during the raid but they were [Read More…]
In key Arizona race, Senate Dems try to highlight Blake Masters’ abortion, Social Security comments
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate Democrats’ campaign arm is going on the offense for Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly less than two months before the first ballots go out in the state for the midterms [Read More…]
In Alaska and Wyoming primaries, two Trump critics could meet different fates as Palin eyes a comeback
Dylan Hollingsworth/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Tuesday’s primaries in Alaska and Wyoming will spotlight two big Republican detractors of former President Donald Trump — and now two big targets of his revenge tour [Read More…]
How Liz Cheney went from rising Republican star to primary underdog after Jan. 6
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney has gone from House GOP leadership to party gadfly in the span of just over 18 months as she stands out as the loudest Republican critic [Read More…]
Biden to sign major health, climate and tax bill Tuesday at White House ceremony
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden plans to sign the Democrats’ massive climate, health and tax bill into law on Tuesday at the White House, marking a major accomplishment for his domestic agenda [Read More…]
DOJ opposes news media request to unseal Trump search affidavit, calls it ‘roadmap’ to criminal investigation
CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department said in a new court filing Monday that it opposes an effort by multiple media organizations, including ABC News, to unseal the supporting affidavit [Read More…]