Politics

(WASHINGTON) — The funeral for Tyre Nichols was filled with tributes for the 29-year-old who died after a violent encounter with police, and a call to action for reform. Nichols’ mother RowVaughn Wells, who addressed the mourners gathered in Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church through tears, said she needed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act […]

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice is in contact with former Vice President Mike Pence’s lawyers about scheduling a potential search of his home in Indiana, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. The discussions come after classified documents were found in Pence’s Indiana home and turned over to the […]

(WASHINGTON) — The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee wants more information about investigations overseen by the former head of the FBI New York Field Office Charles McGonigal. McGonigal, who was the special agent in charge of counterintelligence in the FBI’s New York Field Office, was arrested last month over his alleged ties to […]

(WASHINGTON) — House Republicans on Thursday voted to kick Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar off the House Foreign Affairs Committee. They said it was because of antisemitic comments and statements on Israel she later apologized for in 2019. The vote on the resolution was 218-211 — with one Republican — Rep. David Joyce of Ohio — […]

(NEW YORK) — The Trump Organization’s controller is expected to testify Thursday before a grand jury in New York that is investigating whether former President Donald Trump played a role in the hush payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. Jeffrey […]

(WASHINGTON) — The FBI has contacted a Navy veteran, Richard Osthoff, as part of an investigation into embattled Rep. George Santos and a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for Osthoff’s sick service dog. Osthoff confirmed the call from the FBI, and sources familiar with the matter confirmed the nature of the investigation — which adds […]

(WASHINGTON) — Arizona Republican Rep. Andy Biggs on Wednesday rolled out new impeachment articles against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, saying the top Biden administration official has “violated his oath of office, wreaking havoc on this country and he must be impeached.” “He must be impeached because he is a public official who […]

(REHOBOTH BEACH, Del.) — The FBI conducted a “planned search” Wednesday morning of President Joe Biden’s home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, according to Biden’s personal lawyer amid an ongoing probe into the potential mishandling of classified documents. Afterward, Biden’s persoinal attorney Bob Bauer said no documents with classified markings were found, but “DOJ took for further […]

(WASHINGTON) — Rep. Jamie Raskin, sporting a cap as he undergoes chemo, received applause from GOP colleagues. In a moment of bipartisanship, Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin received words of encouragement from a Republican colleague as he undergoes cancer treatment. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., told Raskin “we’re all rooting for you” as he […]

(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy met in the Oval Office for more than hour Wednesday, and afterward McCarthy called it a “good meeting, suggesting the two men might find a compromise over spending. The highly anticipated meeting, the first the two men have held since McCarthy narrowly won the speakership last […]