ABC Politics News

Michelle Farsi/Zuffa LLC (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump met with advisers in the Situation Room on Tuesday afternoon, a White House official confirmed, as Israel and Iran continue to trade strikes. The meeting came some [Read More…]

Michelle Farsi/Zuffa LLC (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s meeting with advisers in the Situation Room was underway on Tuesday afternoon, a White House official confirmed, as Israel and Iran continue to trade strikes. The meeting [Read More…]

John Lamparski/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller and a candidate for mayor, was arrested for allegedly assaulting law enforcement and impeding a federal officer while at an immigration court [Read More…]

Luke Johnson / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — California Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla became emotional as he spoke on the Senate floor about being forcibly removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s [Read More…]

Steven Garcia/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senators received a security briefing from U.S. Capitol Police and the Senate Sergeant at Arms on Tuesday following the shooting of Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota that some senators called “troubling” [Read More…]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a lengthy post on X on Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance came to the defense of President Donald Trump after supporters like Tucker Carlson and those in the MAGA [Read More…]

Minnesota Department of Public Safety (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump said overnight that calling Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz after a political assassination sent shockwaves through the state would be a “waste of time.” Trump was [Read More…]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump denied early on Tuesday having had contact with leaders in Iran, saying he hadn’t reached out about a potential ceasefire and that he was “not too much [Read More…]

Roy Rochlin/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senators will be briefed by law enforcement on Tuesday on safety and security after the murder of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband and the wounding of another and his [Read More…]

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Roc Nation (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Monday doubled down on his goal to conduct mass deportations in some of the country’s biggest cities, specifically those run by Democrats. As [Read More…]

Sen. Amy Klobuchar speaks with ABC News while appearing on This Week, June 15, 2025. ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The killing of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband sent shockwaves through the political world and [Read More…]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told ABC News on Monday that targeting Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei would end, not escalate, the ongoing fight between Israel and Iran that erupted late [Read More…]

ABC News Sen. Amy Klobuchar mourned the two Minnesota state lawmakers shot early Saturday at their homes in what leaders are calling an “act of targeted political violence,” calling them “friends” and “decent people” who [Read More…]

ABC News President Donald Trump said Sunday the United States is not involved in Israel’s military strikes against Iran, but “it’s possible we could get involved.” That comes after reports that Israel had urged the [Read More…]

Minnesota Department of Public Safety President Donald Trump told ABC News on Sunday that he “may” call Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz after a political assassination sent shockwaves through the state. The president, who condemned the [Read More…]

Samuel Corum/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In June 2024, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George and his aides were at a Virginia military base where the service was putting on one of its live-action shows [Read More…]

The Office of U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (LOS ANGELES) — California Sen. Alex Padilla has continued to defend himself and refute the claims by the Trump administration that he crashed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s [Read More…]

Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Thousands of “No Kings Day” protests are set to be held throughout the country on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump’s administration and to counterprogram the military parade in Washington, [Read More…]

Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In the wake of a series of strikes by Israel on Iran’s nuclear sites, potentially pushing the Middle East to the brink of an all-out conflict, President Donald Trump told ABC News [Read More…]

Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — For years, Republican Sen. Josh Hawley has been the face of a fight in Congress to reauthorize and expand access to the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), which provides compensation [Read More…]