Politics

(WASHINGTON) — Several House Republicans who have voted against Rep. Jim Jordan for speaker are seething after threats have been made against them, their offices or even their spouses — including one that a lawmaker called a “credible death threat.” The chaotic battle for the speakership presses on after Republicans twice rejected Jordan — a conservative […]

(WASHINGTON) — Jordan is expected to soon tell his GOP colleagues that he won’t hold a third vote for the role of speaker and instead will throw his weight behind expanding powers for the Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry, sources tell ABC News. Jordan, a conservative firebrand, staunch Donald Trump loyalist and founding member of […]

(WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon and the U.S. intelligence community believe that as better data becomes available, the “unidentified and purported anomalous nature” of most of the hundreds of UFO reports they have been investigating will likely be explained by “ordinary phenomena,” according to a government review of the incidents that was released on Wednesday. The […]

(WASHINGTON) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, both 2024 Republican candidates, sounded off further on the Israel-Hamas war as President Joe Biden traveled to Israel to support the U.S. ally. Meanwhile, Illinois’ Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker seized on reproductive rights, one of his party’s top rallying cries for voters, amid […]

(WASHINGTON) — Jordan is expected to soon tell his GOP colleagues that he won’t hold a third vote for the role of speaker and instead will throw his weight behind expanding powers for the Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry, sources tell ABC News. Jordan, a conservative firebrand, staunch Donald Trump loyalist and founding member of […]

(WASHINGTON) — When the House reconvenes Thursday afternoon, its members could cast ballots for the speaker race — after Republicans rejected Rep. Jim Jordan for the second time Wednesday. Jordan, a conservative firebrand, staunch Donald Trump loyalist and founding member of the House Freedom Caucus, received his party’s nomination last week after House Majority Leader […]

Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sidney Powell, one of 18 co-defendants in former President Donald Trump’s election interference case in Georgia, is in court Thursday morning taking a plea deal on the RICO case. She is pleading to six misdemeanor charges, according to the deal read out in court. She will get 12 months of probation […]

(WASHINGTON) — Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib refused to apologize Wednesday for saying on Tuesday that Israel is to blame for the hospital explosion that day in Gaza, an accusation that sparked political backlash against her from Republicans as Israel denies fault. Tlaib joined thousands of protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza during a solidarity […]

(WASHINGTON) — After Wednesday’s failed speaker vote, Rep. Jim Jordan remained defiant, and insisted he still had a path to win the speaker’s gavel even after losing more votes than the day before. “We’re gonna keep talking to members. Speaker McCarthy had like a two-month runway from when he was nominated until he became speaker,” […]

(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will address to the nation Thursday to update Americans on the U.S. response to the Hamas attacks, the White House said. The 8 p.m. ET Oval Office speech comes a day after Biden’s high-stakes visit to Israel where he pressed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to allow aid from Egypt into […]