Politics

(WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump knows how to influence an election, that much is clear. In the last few years, he has championed down-ballot nominees, wielded extensive influence over primary races and had his fingerprints on the House leadership race. But Trump is already beginning to leave his MAGA mark on a new sort […]

(WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump has made immigration a central campaign message and spent nearly every appearance on the trail talking about the issue while touting what he would do about it should he win another term. Both he and President Joe Biden are making competing trips to Texas on Thursday to visit the […]

Andi Rice/Bloomberg via Getty Images (MONTGOMERY, Ala.) — The Alabama House of Representatives has passed legislation to restore access to in vitro fertilization after a controversial state Supreme Court ruling that embryos are children raised questions about the treatment in Alabama. Thursday’s vote, which was 94-6 with three abstentions, completes another step in a process […]

WABC House Republicans on Thursday will demand to know whose decision it was to keep Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospital stays a secret from the White House and Congress. In a hearing before the GOP-led House Armed Services Committee, Austin has been called to testify for the first time since undergoing surgery for prostate cancer […]

(WASHINGTON) — With Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell announcing Wednesday his plans to relinquish his leadership role in November, speculation is swirling about what will happen next and who might fill his shoes. McConnell will be leaving a post he’s held for about 17 years. And while his announcement Wednesday caught some by surprise, a […]

(WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared open to upholding a Trump-era ban on bump stocks as devices that turn weapons into rapid-fire illegal “machine guns,” however it was not clear that a majority of justices would ultimately back such a ruling or agree on the rationale. During oral arguments in the case Garland […]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Donald Trump’s appeal of a unanimous lower court decision rejecting his claims of sweeping presidential immunity in the face of a special counsel case against him for alleged election interference in 2020. The justices said they will take up this question in oral […]

Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House and Senate leaders on Wednesday reached a bipartisan deal to avert a partial government shutdown ahead of Friday’s looming deadline. Under the terms of the deal, the House is expected to vote Thursday on a temporary funding bill. The Senate will vote soon after. With Democratic support, the legislation […]

(MONTGOMERY, Ala.) — Alabama lawmakers held a hearing Tuesday to begin debate over two bills that would add protections for in vitro fertilization treatment, allowing physicians to continue providing care a week after a state Supreme Court decision that said embryos should be considered children halted the procedure. The first bill, both of which are […]

(WASHINGTON) — Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell is stepping down as Senate Republican leader in November after nearly two decades in the role. McConnell, who turned 82 last week, announced the decision in a speech on the Senate floor Wednesday. He is the longest-serving Senate leader in history. “To serve Kentucky in the Senate has been the […]