Politics

(NEW YORK) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will stay on the New York City mayoral ballot in November on the independent ballot line that he qualified for, a source close to the campaign confirmed to ABC News. Cuomo qualified in May to run on the “Fight and Deliver” ballot line in the general […]

Brett Carlsen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is looking to speed up its ability to fine those in the United States illegally — up to $1,000 per day — according to a rule set to be published Friday in the Federal Register that was obtained by ABC News. Currently, the government can alert those […]

(WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court ruled Friday that a Texas law that mandated websites with “sexual material harmful to minors” have age verification is constitutional. The court’s conservative judges ruled 6-3. An adult entertainment industry trade group challenged a 2023 Texas law that requires sites with more than a third of content containing “sexual material […]

(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled in favor of parents seeking to opt their children out of public school instruction that conflicts with sincerely held religious beliefs. The case, brought by a group of Christian, Muslim and Jewish parents from Montgomery County, Maryland, sought a guaranteed exemption from the classroom reading of […]

(WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Friday granted a partial stay of nationwide injunctions issued by district judges against President Donald Trump’s executive order to effectively end birthright citizenship. The 6-3 opinion came from Justice Amy Coney Barrett. The court’s three liberal justices dissented. The court, however, said it was not deciding whether the executive order from […]

Omar Havana/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump took a victory a lap on Friday after the Supreme Court limited nationwide injunctions issued by lower court judges against his executive order to effectively end birthright citizenship. “This was a big one, wasn’t it?” Trump said as he walked into the White House briefing room. While […]

Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court ruled Friday that a government task force that determines what preventive health care services insurers must cover at no cost under the Affordable Care Act is constitutional. The vote was 6-3 with conservative Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissenting. This is a relief to […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Friday the USNS Harvey Milk is being renamed the USNS Oscar V. Peterson, after he ordered the Navy to strike the name of the pioneering gay rights activist from the ship. Hegseth made the announcement in a video posted to X. “We are taking […]

(WASHINGTON) — “We didn’t do it for recognition. We did it out of duty to one another and to our country.” Those are the humble words of Pfc. John Wardell, 99, as he and U.S. Army Ranger veterans from World War II were honored with the Congressional Gold Medal on Thursday. “To be a Ranger is to […]

(WASHINGTON) — Despite a setback to President Donald Trump’s megabill Thursday morning, the president is set to hold an event in the East Room of the White House to rally Republicans behind his tax legislation. “Later this afternoon, here at the White House, the president will host a ‘One Big, Beautiful Event’ in the East Room to […]