Politics

Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A day after former President Donald Trump filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court asking the justices to stay last week’s appeals court decision that rejected his claim of absolute immunity from prosecution in special counsel Jack Smith’s election interference case, the court on Tuesday asked the special […]

Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A onetime business associate of Hunter Biden, who has become a critic of the Biden family, testified before lawmakers Tuesday, reiterating claims he made during the 2020 election that Joe Biden was “an enabler” of several of his family’s overseas business schemes that “sold out to foreign actors who were […]

Republican presidential candidate, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign event at the Summerville Country Club on Feb. 13, 2024 in Summerville, South Carolina. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has stepped up her attacks against former President Donald Trump over the last several days, repeatedly labeling her […]

Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Early Tuesday morning, 22 Senate Republicans defied Donald Trump and voted with Democrats to pass a $95 billion foreign aid package — most of it for Ukraine and Israel. The former president and other Senate Republicans had tried to kill the measure that President Joe Biden has called critical. Trump […]

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks about security during a news conference ahead of Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada on Feb. 7, 2024. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Republican-led House on Tuesday night narrowly impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over what they claim is his […]

Hill Street Studios/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Rep. Tom Suozzi will win back his old House seat in Tuesday’s special election in New York’s 3rd Congressional District, ABC News projects — extending his party’s largely winning record in such races and further whittling down Republicans’ tiny majority in the chamber. Suozzi dispatched with Republican nominee […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday blasted former President Donald Trump’s comments that he would “encourage” Russia to “do whatever the hell they want” to NATO-aligned countries that are “delinquent” — calling them “shocking” and “un-American.” “The former president has set a dangerous, and shockingly, frankly un-American signal to the world,” […]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin left the hospital on Tuesday afternoon after being admitted to the intensive care unit at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center earlier in the week, the Pentagon said. Austin was put under general anesthesia on Monday for a non-surgical procedure to treat an “emergent bladder issue,” […]

Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate passed a $95 billion foreign aid bill for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan on Tuesday — with more than 20 Republicans defying former President Donald Trump who fervently spoke out against the bill, which now faces an uncertain future in the House. The Senate voted 70-29 to approve the […]

J.Castro/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer pushed his Senate colleagues Monday to finally “finish the job” and get the $95 billion foreign aid bill across the finish line — however, Republican Sen. Rand Paul, a vocal opponent of the bill, filibustered on the floor urging senators to consider the effect it could […]