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House passes GOP antisemitism bill amid college unrest
Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — The House passed the Antisemitism Awareness Act on Wednesday amid unrest on college campuses. The bill, which was introduced by a bipartisan group of lawmakers, passed 320-91. The measure [Read More…]
Georgia governor signs controversial bail fund restrictions, expands cash bail
Megan Varner/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — A controversial Republican-backed bill that would criminalize state bail funds and expand the list of charges that require cash or property bail has been signed into law by Gov. Brian [Read More…]
Some Republicans expected to join Arizona Democrats to pass repeal of 1864 abortion ban
Getty Images – STOCK (PHOENIX) — Two Republican state senators are expected to join Democrats in Arizona on Wednesday to pass a bill to repeal the state’s Civil War-era near-total abortion ban — three weeks [Read More…]
Marjorie Taylor Greene says she’s moving ahead with effort to oust Speaker Johnson
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced on Wednesday that she will move ahead with her attempt to oust Speaker Mike Johnson from the House’s top job — though [Read More…]
Trump to swing through two battleground states for first time since start of criminal hush money trial
Former U.S. President Donald Trump returns to the courtroom after a break during his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on April [Read More…]
Kamala Harris travels to Florida as six-week abortion ban goes into effect
Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Jacksonville, Florida, on Wednesday, to focus on abortion access — the same day the state’s six-week abortion ban goes [Read More…]
Justice Stephen Breyer’s blunt message to Supreme Court conservatives: ‘Slow down’
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Associate Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer retired from the high court in 2022 but isn’t finished prodding his former conservative colleagues to abandon what he sees as an aggressive tack to [Read More…]
DEA plans to back reclassifying marijuana as less serious drug, sources say
Oksana Smith / EyeEm/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a historic shift, the Drug Enforcement Administration supports recommending the reclassification of marijuana as a less dangerous drug, moving it from a Schedule 1 classification, alongside drugs [Read More…]
Trump says ‘it depends’ if there will be violence if he loses 2024 election to Biden
Former President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom during his hush money trial at Manhattan criminal court, Apr. 26, 2024, in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump is [Read More…]
Netanyahu again vows military operation in Rafah, as Biden administration hopes for cease-fire in ‘coming days’
Geraint Rowland Photography/Getty Images (JERUSALEM) — As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated Tuesday that Israel would proceed with a military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah “with or without a deal,” the Biden [Read More…]
Speaker Johnson, House Republicans ramp up criticism of ‘out of control’ college protests
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Speaker Mike Johnson and other House Republicans are stepping up their criticism of the college protests happening nationwide in connection to the Israel-Hamas war. Johnson, speaking on Tuesday alongside other [Read More…]
House Democratic leaders announce they would save Johnson if threat to oust comes to floor
Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Democratic leadership announced on Tuesday that if a motion to vacate Speaker Mike Johnson is brought to the House floor for a vote, they would vote to table [Read More…]
House Democratic leaders announce they would save Johnson if motion to vacate comes to floor
Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Democratic leadership announced on Tuesday that if a motion to vacate Speaker Mike Johnson is brought to the House floor for a vote, they would vote to table [Read More…]
Trump says it’s up to individual states whether they want to prosecute women for abortions
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Schnecksville Fire Hall in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, U.S., on Saturday, April 13, 2024. (Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump [Read More…]
‘Surprising’ and ‘disturbing’: Legal experts react to Supreme Court arguments on Trump’s immunity claim
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When Donald Trump began to claim presidential immunity from criminal prosecution related to his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, many legal analysts ABC News spoke with considered it [Read More…]
Emerging AI technologies make it easier for bad actors to ‘conceptualize and conduct’ chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear attacks: DHS
Luke Barr/ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Emerging technologies in artificial intelligence will make it easier for bad actors to “conceptualize and conduct” chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear attacks, according to a report released by the Department [Read More…]
Trump and DeSantis meet to ‘bury the hatchet’ after 2024 primary fight: Sources
In this Nov. 3, 2018 file photo Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis speaks with President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at the Pensacola International Airport in Pensacola, Fla. (Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — [Read More…]
Kristi Noem defends controversial decision to shoot her dog: ‘I can understand why some people are upset’
ABC News South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is defending a controversial account she shares in a new book about killing her 14-month-old dog, Cricket, in an incident she said was decades ago. “I can understand [Read More…]
Amid college protests and arrests over Gaza, White House says: ‘We don’t want to see anybody hurt’
ABC News As protests over Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza and the treatment of civilians continue at dozens of colleges and universities across the country, the White House says that President Joe Biden respects [Read More…]
Biden jokes about his past stumbles and digs at Trump during annual correspondents’ dinner
ABC News President Joe Biden tweaked the concerns over his fitness for office and dug at his 2024 rival, former President Donald Trump, at the annual White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday night. Speaking at [Read More…]