Politics

(WASHINGTON) — The Democratic National Committee will move to conduct virtual proceedings to certify President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party nominees before Ohio’s Aug. 7 ballot certification deadline, and before their in-person convention beginning Aug. 19, the party confirmed to ABC News on Tuesday. This could take a significant […]

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — As Ohio lawmakers convened on Tuesday for a special session to address President Joe Biden’s ability to appear on their general election ballot in November, the Democratic National Committee said it would move to conduct virtual party proceedings to certify Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party nominees — […]

(NEW YORK) — With prosecutors and defense gearing up for the end of trial in former President Donald Trump’s Manhattan hush money case, legal observers said, in their opinion, prosecutors appear to have made a strong case, but a lot is riding on closing arguments and jury instructions. Both sides have rested their cases with […]

Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Democratic National Committee will move to conduct virtual party proceedings to certify President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party nominees before Ohio’s Aug. 7 ballot certification deadline, and before their in-person convention beginning Aug. 19, the party confirmed to ABC News on Tuesday. This […]

(NEW YORK) — The Biden campaign on Tuesday dispatched actor Robert De Niro and two former police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 — Harry Dunn and Michael Fanone — to convey the threat they argued former President Donald Trump poses to the country. Speaking to reporters near the Manhattan courthouse where […]

(WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump made a heavy-handed appeal to Libertarian members at their party’s frenzied nominating convention on Saturday in Washington, D.C., telling the hostile voting bloc that he would support a number of their key issues and put a Libertarian in his cabinet and more in senior posts. “I think you should […]

(NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump claimed he would have “absolutely” gotten the Libertarian Party convention nomination for president, if not for already being the presumptive GOP nominee. In a statement on Sunday, following an appearance at the party’s convention on Saturday, Trump noted the “enthusiasm” of the crowd, where he received a mixed […]

(SHREVEPORT, La.) — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said Friday he has signed a first-of-its-kind bill making abortion pills controlled substances into law. The law puts the abortion pill regimen — mifepristone and misoprostol — in the same category as opioids and other addictive medications. “Requiring an abortion inducing drug to be obtained with a prescription […]

(WASHINGTON) — Special Counsel Jack Smith on Friday took the extraordinary step of seeking an order from the federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case to bar Trump from making statements that could pose a significant risk to law enforcement. The request follows Trump’s efforts to seize on an item of recently […]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has returned home following his “non-surgical medical procedure” on Friday, and his since resumed his duties, said Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon’s top spokesman. Austin underwent the two-and-a-half hour procedure at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, during which his authorities were temporarily transferred to […]