Politics

(WASHINGTON) — With Iowa’s caucuses in the rearview mirror, New Hampshire’s primary is up next. With 22 GOP delegates at stake, campaigns are making their way through New Hampshire before the Jan. 23 primary — with their sights set on the state’s undecided voters. As the first-in-the-nation presidential primary election approaches, here is what to […]

(MANCHESTER, N.H.) — The spotlight in the race for the Republican presidential nomination has moved to New Hampshire ahead of Tuesday’s primary. But as one of the challengers, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, traverses the state, his operation is also focusing attention on a more distant contest — South Carolina’s Feb. 24 primary. Unlike his rivals, […]

(WASHINGTON) — Maine’s top trial court has deferred a ruling on whether to uphold or overturn the Maine secretary of state’s decision that former President Donald Trump is disqualified from appearing on the 2024 primary ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, also known as the “insurrection clause.” Justice Michaela Murphy in Kennebec County […]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The best-laid plans of politicians and pollsters often go awry. Thursday night was supposed to be the sixth debate of the Republican presidential primary, and three candidates were originally lined up to participate: former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley. […]

(WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard vigorous arguments over a 40-year-old precedent that has given broad power to federal agencies in how they regulate the environment, public health and safety, tax collection, stock trading and even prescription drug development. A pair of cases, among the most consequential of the year, were brought by […]

(WASHINGTON) — American and Israeli families of hostages being held by Hamas came to Capitol Hill on Wednesday, continuing their calls for lawmakers to help bring their loved ones home. “You are all lawmakers of the most powerful country in the world, a beacon of democracy, a defender of civil and human rights,” said Yarden […]

(NEW YORK) — Vice President Kamala Harris stopped by on ABC’s The View Wednesday to talk about the administration’s message to voters and its goals as the 2024 presidential election kicks off. Harris said she was “scared as heck” when asked about her thoughts about former President Donald Trump being reelected, and that many Americans […]

(WASHINGTON) — Congressional leaders left the White House on Wednesday seemingly still at odds over how to break the logjam over Ukraine aid and U.S. border policy. President Joe Biden hosted top lawmakers for more than an hour to discuss his $106 billion supplemental request that would include roughly $61 billion in military assistance to […]

(WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump’s convincing victory in Monday’s Iowa caucuses shows his continued strength among Republicans, and a new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds once more that Trump is both viewed nationwide as the candidate whom Republicans and Republican-leaning independents would be most satisfied with as their 2024 nominee as well as the highest-rated […]

(WASHINGTON) — As the Republican presidential candidates jockeyed for votes during the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses on Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris was in South Carolina, shoring up support in a state that will kick off Democrats’ primary season next month. “It’s good to be back,” Harris, who was making her second trip to South Carolina […]