Politics

(MIAMI) — The newest defendant charged as part of the classified documents case brought by special counsel Jack Smith against former President Donald Trump made his initial appearance in Miami federal court Monday morning on the charges against him — but was not arraigned because he does not have local counsel. Carlos De Oliveira, the […]

(NEW YORK) — Vice President Kamala Harris called out leaders in several states who she says have been diminishing the reproductive rights of women after last year’s Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, but she expressed some hope that the American public will push back. Harris sat down with ABC News Live Prime […]

(MIAMI) — The newest defendant to be charged as part of the classified documents case brought by special counsel Jack Smith against former President Donald Trump is scheduled to appear in court Monday morning, marking the latest development in the high-profile case that is set to go to trial next May. Carlos De Oliveira, a […]

(WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump’s team is launching a legal defense fund aimed at helping to handle the onslaught of legal bills the former president and his allies face as the investigations into him mount, sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News. On Sunday, ABC News reported that a super PAC supporting Trump […]

(WASHINGTON) — A political group that supports Donald Trump spent more than $40 million on legal costs in the first half of 2023 to defend the former president, his advisers and others, sources familiar with a filing detailing the costs confirmed to ABC News. That number spent by the Save America leadership PAC, Trump’s main fundraising […]

(WASHINGTON) — While there are “very real” and “incredibly serious” allegations against President Joe Biden’s family, investigations into them must “play out in court” before congressional Republicans move forward with any impeachment-related proceedings, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu argued on Sunday. “We have to find out what all the evidence is,” Sununu said in an appearance […]

(WASHINGTON) — Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., said Sunday that President Joe Biden would never consider a pardon for his son Hunter Biden after a plea deal that the younger Biden agreed to on tax and gun charges fell apart last week. “I don’t think there’s any chance that President Biden is going to do that, unlike […]

(WASHINGTON) — A little more than a year after a gunman at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, killed 19 children and two teachers, actor Matthew McConaughey hopes to make schools safer through his Greenlights Grant Initiative. In an interview with ABC “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl on Sunday, McConaughey, a Uvalde native, reflected on his […]

ABC News (ATLANTA, Georgia) — A judge scheduled a hearing on former President Donald Trump’s motion to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the investigation into Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. The motion also seeks to quash the special purpose grand jury report that gathered much of the […]

(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Thursday announced steps to help communities keep cool and stay safe as deadly heat continues to blanket much of the U.S. Biden met virtually with the mayors of Phoenix and San Antonio, whose cities have endured record-breaking triple-digit temperatures, at the White House for a briefing on extreme heat […]