Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican senators ABC News spoke with Thursday squirmed when asked about former President Donald Trump falsely questioning Vice President Kamala Harris’ racial identity during his interview at the National Association of Black Journalists convention a day earlier — as the former president doubled down onRead More →
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Thursday celebrated an extraordinary prisoner exchange that freed several Americans wrongfully detained in Russia, calling it a “feat of diplomacy and friendship” in remarks from the White House. Biden was surrounded by family members of Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, Alsu Kurmasheva andRead More →
shaunl/Getty Images (PHOENIX) — A 6-month-old boy has died after he was left in a hot car in Arizona for about seven hours, authorities said. The incident unfolded after the mom asked a neighbor to drive her to Prescott Valley on Tuesday, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said. The babyRead More →
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A change in the nation’s political landscape means the judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush money case should be recused, defense attorneys argued in a court filing made public Thursday. Trump is reviving a longshot effort to have Judge Juan Merchan recusedRead More →
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former president Donald Trump is facing criticism for recent comments made about the Jewish community in which he claimed a Jewish American who votes for a Democrat is “an absolute fool.” The American Jewish Committee (AJC), a global Jewish advocacy group, condemned Trump’s comments. “AtRead More →
Montinique Monroe/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Secret Service faced an array of challenges — and made some potentially dangerous mistakes — while trying to protect the president, vice president and vice president-elect on Jan. 6, 2021, the day a mob supporting then-President Donald Trump violently stormed the U.S. Capitol,Read More →
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republicans and Democrats agree: Ohio Sen. JD Vance has had a rocky rollout as former President Donald Trump’s running mate. What’s less clear is how much it matters to voters. Since Vance was picked to join Trump on Republicans’ ticket, he’s been hit with aRead More →
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A bill aimed at expanding the child tax credit for millions of families and implementing business tax breaks failed to progress through the Senate during a key test vote Thursday afternoon. The legislation failed to go forward by a vote of 48-44. It would haveRead More →
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris is moving full steam ahead in her bid for the White House, with her campaign saying Sunday it has raised more than $200 million in less than a week. Former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, haveRead More →
Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A New York appeals court on Thursday denied former President Donald Trump’s effort to throw out the limited gag order in his New York criminal “hush money” case. A panel of five judges from New York’s mid-level appeals court rejected Trump’s argument the gagRead More →
