Politics

While San Francisco’s struggles to rebound after the COVID-19 pandemic are well known, as images of tent-lined sidewalks, empty downtown storefronts and broken car windows become all too common sights, Mayor London Breed says she has not lost hope — and that progress is being made. “When people are coming to San Francisco, they are […]

(NEW YORK) — The U.S. is keeping all options on the table as negotiations to free scores of hostages in Gaza press on — playing a significant role in advancing talks between Israel and Hamas while actively formulating plans with international partners for tactical recovery operations that could be put into action if it’s determined they […]

Saul Loeb/Pool via Bloomberg (PLAINS, Ga.) — Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has entered hospice care at home, nine months after her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, started hospice care. Rosalynn Carter, 96, and “President Carter are spending time with each other and their family,” their grandson said in a statement Friday. In May, the […]

(WASHINGTON) — Embattled GOP Rep. George Santos is facing another resolution to expel him from Congress. Republican Rep. Michael Guest, chairman of the House Ethics Committee, filed the resolution on Friday — one day after his panel released an explosive report stating a monthslong probe of the New York congressman “revealed a complex web of […]

(WASHINGTON) — In another sign that Democrats are focusing some of their attacks on former President Donald Trump one year out from the 2024 race, the Democratic National Committee is trying to call out Trump’s record on abortion ahead of his visit to campaign in Iowa along with other GOP candidates. The billboards, paid for […]

Mark Makela/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Special counsel David Weiss is using a Los Angeles-based federal grand jury to pursue its yearslong investigation into Hunter Biden’s tax affairs, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News. The grand jury in recent weeks issued a subpoena to James Biden, the brother of President Joe Biden, […]

(WASHINGTON) — As pressure grows on the Israeli military to justify its ongoing raid of Al-Shifa, Gaza’s largest hospital, the White House is standing behind its assertion that U.S. intelligence shows Hamas was using the complex to shield a key command center and carry out its military activities. “We have our own intelligence that convinces […]

(SAN FRANCISCO) — President Joe Biden and China’s President Xi Jinping on Wednesday held their first face-face meeting in more than a year amid tensions in the U.S.-China relationship. For security reasons, the two leaders held the talks at a private location — the historic Filoli Estate in Woodside, California, outside San Francisco — near […]

(WASHINGTON) — The White House denied Wednesday that U.S. confirmation of intelligence that Hamas uses Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza as a control center had anything to do with the timing of the Israeli military operation there, which began just hours earlier. “My delivery of some downgraded information yesterday, that, the timing of that really […]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate leaders voted Wednesday night in favor of the short-term government funding bill the House passed Tuesday night ahead of Friday’s shutdown deadline. House Speaker Mike Johnson pitched a two-step plan that he described as a “laddered CR” — or continuing resolution — that will keep the government funded at […]