Politics

(WASHINGTON) — After Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán claimed in a recent interview that former President Donald Trump told him he would suspend U.S. military aid to Ukraine to end its conflict with Russia, the Trump campaign is doubling down on Trump’s previous comments that other countries should pay more of the cost of the […]

(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have clinched the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations, respectively, after another round of voting on Tuesday, ABC News projects based on the ABC News delegate estimate. That officially begins a nearly eight-month-long general election battle that has, in some ways, already been underway for several […]

(WASHINGTON) — The House is set to vote Wednesday on a bipartisan bill that would ban the wildly popular social media app TikTok in the United States if its Chinese owners don’t sell the app. While the legislation appears poised to pass in the House, its future is less certain in the Senate. Intelligence officials […]

(WASHINGTON) — With new aid for Ukraine stalled in Congress since December, the White House on Tuesday announced it had cobbled together another $300 million in military assistance to use as a stopgap measure. “The package includes munitions and rounds to help Ukraine hold the line against Russia’s brutal attacks for the next couple of […]

(WASHINGTON) — The department of Veterans Affairs will soon provide in vitro fertilization to eligible veterans who are single or in same-sex marriages — coming after criticism of the agency’s lack of reproductive benefits for some veterans. The VA announced Monday that it will also provide IVF to veterans using donated sperm or eggs. This […]

(OLYMPIA, Wash.) — Organizers in Washington state have been leading an effort to encourage Democratic voters to cast their ballots for the “uncommitted” option on Tuesday, in the latest example of a protest movement against President Joe Biden’s stance on the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. The push to choose the uncommitted option, which is not […]

Ryan Kang/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers and former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura top the list of Robert F. Kennedy’s potential running mates — though the independent candidate has not made a formal offer to either man. In a text, Kennedy himself confirmed the news, which was first reported by […]

(WASHINGTON) — Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump may well earn enough delegates to clinch the nominations for their respective parties on Tuesday, when four states and one territory will report election results. Should Trump be able to mathematically cross the Republican National delegate threshold then, the 2024 Republican race would be one of the […]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican Rep. Ken Buck, who already announced he would not be seeking reelection, announced Tuesday he will leave Congress at the end of next week. “It has been an honor to serve the people of Colorado’s 4th District in Congress for the past 9 years,” Buck said in a statement. […]

(WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump says one of his first acts if elected to a second term would be to “free” people convicted for their roles in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, whom Trump continues to claim are “wrongfully imprisoned.” He made that promise, presumably about using the presidential pardon power, […]