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Trump trial takeaways: Historic Day 1 wraps
Former President Donald Trump appears with his legal team Todd Blanche, and Emil Bove ahead of the start of jury selection at Manhattan Criminal Court, Apr. 15, 2024, in New York City. (Jabin Botsford-Pool/Getty Images) [Read More…]
Nevada Secretary of State announces ‘no evidence of widespread voter fraud’ after review of 2020-2024
adamkaz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The office of Nevada’s Secretary of State announced in a new report Monday that there was “no evidence of widespread voter fraud in Nevada” in recent years, saying a large volume [Read More…]
White House avoids weighing in on possible Israeli response to Iran’s attack
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Monday carefully avoided weighing in on any possible Israeli response to Iran’s attack over the weekend but also stressed the U.S. didn’t want to see further [Read More…]
Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce ban on gender-affirming care for minors
Don and Melinda Crawford/ Getty Images (BOISE, Id.) — A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed Idaho to proceed with enforcement of a new law aimed at prohibiting gender-affirming care for minors. The decision overrides [Read More…]
Harris heads to Nevada to focus on abortion, still front-and-center in neighboring Arizona
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Las Vegas on Monday afternoon to rally support for a ballot measure to enshrine abortion access in the Nevada Constitution as President Joe [Read More…]
Rudy Giuliani loses bid to dismiss $148 million defamation judgment in Georgia election workers case
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (ATLANTA, Ga.) — Rudy Giuliani has lost his bid to dismiss the $148 million defamation judgment against him from late last year. The judgment was won by former Georgia election workers Ruby [Read More…]
Chris Sununu now says Trump shouldn’t drop out if convicted but stands by his past criticism
ABC News New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu on Sunday reaffirmed his support for Donald Trump in the 2024 general election while standing by some — but not all — of his past criticism of the [Read More…]
On eve of Trump’s New York hush money trial, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg touts drop in violent crime
WABC Alvin Bragg had a problem. It was August 2022, and the Manhattan district attorney had just found out two people had been shot — including a bystander who had been shot in the head [Read More…]
Top Democrat slams Trump’s latest abortion position: ‘Women are not going to be conned’
ABC News A top Democrat on Sunday slammed former President Donald Trump after he sought to clarify his view on abortion bans as a state issue and said the various local laws were working “very [Read More…]
White House touts ‘extraordinary success’ against Iran’s Israel attack but doesn’t want ‘wider’ war
ABC News White House spokesperson John Kirby on Sunday praised the “extraordinary success” of Israel’s defense against a massive drone and missile attack unleashed by Iran on Saturday night but said that the U.S. does [Read More…]
Major media organizations urge Biden and Trump to debate
ABC News ABC News is among a unified grouping of the five chief broadcast and cable news networks, along with major wire, print and radio organizations, that have penned an open letter asking presidential candidates [Read More…]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he has ruled out libertarian run for president
Joe Scarnici/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has ruled out a run as a libertarian candidate to assist in his efforts to get on the ballots in all 50 states [Read More…]
DNC uses political donations to pay Biden’s legal fees from special counsel Robert Hur’s investigation
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Democratic National Committee has been paying President Joe Biden’s legal fees incurred in connection with special counsel Robert Hur’s investigation into his handling of classified documents, according to sources [Read More…]
‘Nowhere near as angry’: Sketch artists prepare for historic Trump criminal trial
Peter Charalambous/ABC News (NEW YORK) — When veteran sketch artist Christine Cornell draws former President Donald Trump, she searches for details. “He’s got some very pretty qualities,” Cornell said. “I like the way his eyes [Read More…]
Fact checking Trump’s claims about ‘election integrity’
Megan Varner/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson have a joint appearance at Mar-a-Lago Friday afternoon where they are discussing “election integrity.” The topic is a chief priority for Trump, [Read More…]
US moving ‘assets’ to region to deter Iran from retaliatory attack on Israel, avoid wider conflict, officials say
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — High-level U.S. officials are urgently trying to pressure Iran to back down from its threat to launch a retaliatory strike against Israel — the latest challenge facing the Biden administration [Read More…]
Trump’s co-defendants in classified documents case seeking to have charges dropped
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case is hearing arguments Friday from his co-defendants Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira on motions to have the charges [Read More…]
House clears a hurdle on reauthorizing FISA spy program after previous GOP setback
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House is one step closer on Friday to reauthorizing a key U.S. spy program considered crucial to national security. After hard-line Republicans dealt a blow to Speaker Mike Johnson [Read More…]
Trump to hold Mar-a-Lago joint appearance with Johnson amid speakership threat
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference following a closed-door caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center, March 20, 2024, in Washington. — Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, FILE (PALM BEACH, [Read More…]
Washington rule could leave Biden off the November ballot, but state has a solution
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks during the Democratic National Convention at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, Aug. 20, 2020. — Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Washington state has just joined Ohio [Read More…]