Politics

(WASHINGTON) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday amid high tensions over U.S. support for Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza and tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians killed. Netanyahu was invited to speak primarily by House Speaker Mike Johnson, who has been severely critical of President […]

(WASHINGTON) — In a notable moment from Sen. JD Vance’s speech at the Republican National Convention last week, former President Donald Trump’s newly picked running mate took aim at President Joe Biden’s support of the Iraq War. “When I was in the fourth grade, a career politician by the name of Joe Biden supported NAFTA, […]

(WASHINGTON) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has been gaining attention in the political world for taking on Republicans on major issues such as abortion access and immigration. And now he could be bringing his political skills to the White House with sources telling ABC News that Shapiro is a front-runner to become Kamala Harris’ running […]

(WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris is facing criticism centered on her race from some Republican figures as she becomes the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination after President Joe Biden abandoned his reelection bid. On Sunday, Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Wis, told CBS-58 in Wisconsin that he believes “a lot of Democrats feel they have […]

(WASHINGTON) — March For Our Lives, the youth-led organization dedicated to ending gun violence following the 2018 Parkland, Florida, high school shooting, will be endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election — the first time the organization has ever endorsed a political candidate, and an indicator of the mounting youth support for the […]

(WASHINGTON) — The Trump campaign has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission claiming that Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign cannot take over President Joe Biden’s campaign’s money, calling it a violation of campaign finance contribution limit. “Kamala Harris is seeking to perpetrate a $91.5 million dollar heist of Joe Biden’s leftover campaign cash […]

(WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris has tapped Kamau M. Marshall — formerly a senior adviser and spokesperson for the Biden-Harris ticket — as a 2024 senior adviser for her new presidential campaign. Marshall, who led then-candidate Joe Biden’s strategic communications during his 2020 bid for the presidency, started as a senior adviser for the […]

(WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke multiple times in the span of a few days this month, multiple people familiar with the conversations told ABC News, including an in-person meeting in Milwaukee during the Republican National Convention where the two presidential candidates discussed ways Kennedy could be involved in […]

Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic nominee, holds a campaign event in West Allis, WI, on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. (DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign expressed optimism about its path to the presidency this week, telling reporters in a memo that the change atop the ticket […]

(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden, in a rare Oval Office address to the nation, will speak extensively for the first time on his decision to withdraw from the 2024 race and his plans for what will now be the final few months of his long political career. Biden will deliver remarks at 8 p.m. ET […]