Politics

(WASHINGTON) — Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle said Sunday that current political divisions play into the domestic threat environment as her agency prepares to protect both parties’ nominating conventions this summer. When asked by “This Week” anchor George Stephanopoulos about how “extreme political polarization” feeds “into the threat environment,” Cheatle said threats are constantly evolving […]

(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court ruling granting presidential immunity for official acts — seen as benefiting Donald Trump in his Jan. 6 trial — has renewed calls to impeach or take other “aggressive oversight” against conservative members of the court. The day the ruling came down, New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez vowed to […]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A second local radio host on Saturday told ABC News that he was provided a list of questions in advance of his interview with President Joe Biden this week. “Yes, I was given some questions for Biden,” Earl Ingram of CivicMedia told ABC News. Ingram, a prominent host of a […]

(WASHINGTON) — Despite a drop in multiple polls after his debate performance last week, President Joe Biden told ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos on Friday that he doesn’t believe the numbers and thinks more Americans back him than the polls indicate. During his first television interview since the debate, Stephanopoulos pressed Biden on recent surveys that […]

(WASHIGNTON) — President Joe Biden, in an exclusive interview with ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, acknowledged last week’s debate was a “bad episode” but pushed back strongly against broader questions about his age and mental fitness. Stephanopoulos, over the course of 22 minutes, pressed Biden repeatedly not only on his debate performance against Donald Trump […]

(WASHINGTON) — After days of panic and concern, Democrats across the country were on edge watching George Stephanopoulos’ interview with President Joe Biden Friday night. And a fifth congressional Democrat joined in the call for Biden to step aside from the ticket. In Biden’s first sit-down interview since last week’s debate against former President Donald […]

(MADISON, Wis.) — President Joe Biden, in his first television interview since his CNN debate with Donald Trump, brushed off the poor performance as a “bad episode” and said he alone was to blame for what transpired. Biden sat down with ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos in Madison, Wisconsin, on Friday after a fiery rally […]

(WASHINGTON) — As President Joe Biden attempts to rebound from his disastrous debate performance last week, he has spent the days since trying to steer attention back to former President Donald Trump’s record and rhetoric even while acknowledging his own shortcomings. However, during some of those now heavily scrutinized appearances and radio interviews, he’s made […]

(WASHINGTON) — Feeling confident after last week’s debate, former President Donald Trump is uncharacteristically staying out of the public eye while questions swirl about President Joe Biden’s mental fitness and status of his reelection campaign. “We’re trying something new and shutting up,” is how one source described the Trump team’s strategy. Multiple sources close to […]

(MADISON, Wis.) — Benjamin Rogall, a 61-year-old retired physician and Democrat, did not watch last week’s presidential debate, but the succeeding eruption of conversations about President Joe Biden’s fitness for office made him want to see the 81-year-old president for himself during his rally Friday in the battleground state of Wisconsin. “I think what people […]