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Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have asked the judge overseeing his federal election interference case to hold special counsel Jack Smith and members of his team in contempt [Read More…]

ABC News Former President Donald Trump’s legal team on Wednesday appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling disqualifying him from that state’s GOP primary ballot, his lawyers confirmed. This [Read More…]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After months of anticipation, the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses are less than two weeks away. Republican presidential candidates have been hitting the state for months to meet with Iowans who [Read More…]

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks on his economic policies at the Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Dec. 20, 2023. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will lay [Read More…]

Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump’s legal team on Tuesday appealed Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’ ruling that deemed him ineligible from appearing on the state’s GOP primary ballot to Maine’s Superior [Read More…]

Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., faces additional allegations of wrongdoing contained in a superseding indictment returned Tuesday in New York. The superseding indictment accuses Menendez, who has pleaded not guilty [Read More…]

Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., faces additional federal criminal charges contained in a superseding indictment returned Tuesday in New York. The new charges accuse Menendez, who has pleaded not guilty [Read More…]

Former U.S. President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Waterloo, Iowa, on Dec. 19, 2023. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump’s legal team as [Read More…]

ABC’s Jonathan Karl interviews Sarah Matthews, left, Cassidy Hutchinson, center, and Alyssa Farah Griffin, Dec. 15, 2023, in Washington. (Lou Rocco/ABC) (WASHINGTON) — Three women who served in former President Donald Trump’s White House are [Read More…]

Lou Rocco/ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Three women who served in the Trump White House are sounding the alarm on what a second Donald Trump term could mean for the country, with one saying it could [Read More…]

Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday condemned Russia for launching its “largest aerial assault on Ukraine” since the start of the war, warning that Russian President Vladimir Putin “must be stopped,” [Read More…]

rolfo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has vetoed Ohio House Bill 68, which is comprised of two acts: the “Save Adolescents from Experimentation Act,” which would ban transgender minors from receiving gender-affirming [Read More…]

Jason Marz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has ruled that former President Donald Trump is ineligible to appear on the state’s 2024 Republican primary ballot. Bellows, a Democrat, issued her decision [Read More…]

Former UN ambassador and 2024 Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley speaks at a town hall campaign event at Kennett High School in North Conway, New Hampshire, on December 28, 2023. JOSEPH PREZIOSO/Getty Images (NEW YORK) [Read More…]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., announced Wednesday that she will switch congressional districts when she runs for reelection next year after barely eking out a victory in 2022. Boebert, a [Read More…]

Miguel Sotomayor/Getty Images (IDAHO) — A federal judge has preliminarily blocked an Idaho law banning gender-affirming healthcare treatments for transgender people under 18 years old. The law was set to go into effect on Jan. [Read More…]

ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Bipartisan negotiations resume Wednesday between senators on a potential border security package, a source familiar confirms. ABC News is told the conversations will be held remotely as the Senate is [Read More…]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal aimed at barring former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 Republican primary ballot based on Section 3 of the [Read More…]

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (DENVER, Colo.) — Denver police are increasing security for members of the Colorado Supreme Court after last week’s ruling that Donald Trump should be disqualified from running for president under the 14th [Read More…]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., doubled down on his support for Israel’s campaign in Gaza and said he would not support funding for a future Palestinian state that would be run in [Read More…]