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Former Florida GOP chair not charged in alleged sexual assault: Police
Florida GOP Chairman Christian Ziegler addresses attendees at the Republican Party of Florida Freedom Summit at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Kissimmee. (SOPA Images / Contributor/Getty Images) (FLORIDA) — The Sarasota, Florida Police Department announced [Read More…]
US strikes Houthis in Yemen again after Biden vowed to continue attacks
Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Friday announced that the U.S. conducted more strikes against Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen Friday morning. “This morning, U.S. forces conducted three successful self-defense strikes against [Read More…]
Maine secretary of state wants quick decision in Trump 14th Amendment case
ilbusca/Getty Images (AUGUSTA, Maine) — Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows on Friday asked the state’s highest appeals court to consider her decision to bar former President Donald Trump off of Maine’s GOP primary ballot [Read More…]
Sen. Tim Scott to endorse Donald Trump: Sources
Ronda Churchill/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Tim Scott is expected to endorse former President Donald Trump for president at a rally in New Hampshire Friday evening, sources confirmed to ABC News — delivering [Read More…]
Trump doubles down on ‘total immunity’ claims, Haley pushes back
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump is doubling down on his claims of “complete and total” presidential immunity as he awaits a decision from an appeals court on his effort to have his federal [Read More…]
Biden signs stopgap measure to avoid partial government shutdown
Richard Sharrocks/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday signed a stopgap measure to avoid a partial government shutdown that would have taken effect at the end of the day, the White House said. [Read More…]
Ramaswamy ends 2024 campaign by quickly becoming Trump surrogate: ‘Lead us to victory’
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (ATKINSON, N.H.) — When Vivek Ramaswamy took the stage in Atkinson, New Hampshire, on Tuesday just one day after ending his presidential campaign, he gave a passionate speech. It was the same [Read More…]
Trump files brief with Supreme Court before arguments on whether 14th Amendment disqualifies him from office
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump on Thursday filed his brief with the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of the justices hearing arguments next month about whether the 14th Amendment’s “insurrection clause” disqualifies him from [Read More…]
Hunter Biden agrees to deposition with lawmakers after resisting subpoena in impeachment probe
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden will sit for a deposition with the House Oversight and Judiciary committees on Feb. 28, the committee chairmen said in a statement on Thursday, [Read More…]
Congress holds off government shutdown for a few more weeks
Richard Sharrocks/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congress narrowly averted a partial government shutdown, buying a few extra weeks to try to work out an agreement on a set of bills that will fund the government for [Read More…]
Where do Republican voters stand ahead of the New Hampshire primary?
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The best-laid plans of politicians and pollsters often go awry. Thursday night was supposed to be the sixth debate of the Republican presidential primary, and three candidates were originally [Read More…]
Days before New Hampshire primary, most Republicans would be satisfied with Trump as 2024 nominee: POLL
Former U.S. President Donald Trump during a campaign event in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. (Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump’s convincing victory in Monday’s Iowa [Read More…]
Biden, Johnson appear still at odds over Ukraine aid, border
Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congressional leaders left the White House on Wednesday seemingly still at odds over how to break the logjam over Ukraine aid and U.S. border policy. President Joe Biden [Read More…]
White House apologizes to Asa Hutchinson for Democratic Party mocking his campaign
Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson speaks during the Florida Freedom Summit held at the Gaylord Palms Resort on Nov. 04, 2023 in Kissimmee, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Wednesday apologized [Read More…]
Fresh off Iowa win, Trump sets sights on battling Haley in New Hampshire
Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump points to supporters at the conclusion of a campaign rally at the Atkinson Country Club on Jan. 16, 2024 in Atkinson, New Hampshire. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) [Read More…]
ABC News gets rare access to VP Kamala Harris as she hits the 2024 campaign trail
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to a crowd gathered at the South Carolina State House on Monday, Jan.15, 2024. (Tracy Glantz/The State/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — As the Republican presidential candidates jockeyed [Read More…]
Chuck Grassley, oldest member of US Senate, treated for infection, his office says
Sen. Chuck Grassley is seen during votes in the Capitol, Dec. 5, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Chuck Grassley, the oldest serving member of the United States Senate, is receiving [Read More…]
911 caller asked for no lights, sirens for defense secretary’s ambulance
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — ABC News has obtained a copy of the 911 call requesting an ambulance for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who was transported from his Virginia home to Walter Reed Hospital after suffering [Read More…]
New bipartisan proposal to enhance the Child Tax Credit: What to know
Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A new, bipartisan tax framework unveiled by lawmakers Tuesday would enhance the popular Child Tax Credit to benefit millions of American families. The proposal, released by Democratic Sen. Ron [Read More…]
Biden, ‘Big 4’ congressional leaders to meet on stalled aid for Ukraine, Israel
Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will host top lawmakers at the White House on Wednesday to discuss his national security supplemental funding request, which includes urgent aid for Ukraine and Israel. [Read More…]