Politics

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Monday indicted an Iranian man and two Canadian nationals in an alleged murder-for-hire scheme that targeted dissidents and critics of the Iranian regime. According to a newly-unsealed indictment, prosecutors say Naji Zindashti conspired with two Canadian men between December 2020 and March 2021 in […]

quavondo/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congressional leaders on Sunday mourned three American service members killed in a drone strike in Jordan and called for retaliation against the Iran-backed militants whom the U.S. says is responsible. The deadly drone strike marks the first deaths of U.S. troops in the line of fire since the Israel-Hamas war broke […]

Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump’s legal team on Tuesday appealed Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’ ruling that deemed him ineligible from appearing on the state’s GOP primary ballot to Maine’s Superior Court, the state’s top trial court. Trump appealed to Kennebec Court Superior Court. A decision from the trial court could […]

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks on his economic policies at the Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Dec. 20, 2023. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will lay out what he sees as the stakes of the 2024 presidential election — democracy and freedom — in Valley Forge, […]

Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., faces additional allegations of wrongdoing contained in a superseding indictment returned Tuesday in New York. The superseding indictment accuses Menendez, who has pleaded not guilty to all prior counts, of making positive comments about Qatar in exchange for items of value, including luxury wristwatches. According […]

Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., faces additional federal criminal charges contained in a superseding indictment returned Tuesday in New York. The new charges accuse Menendez, who has pleaded not guilty to all prior counts, of making positive comments about Qatar in exchange for items of value, including luxury wristwatches. This […]

Former U.S. President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Waterloo, Iowa, on Dec. 19, 2023. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump’s legal team as early as Tuesday could appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court the Colorado Supreme Court decision barring him from the GOP […]

ABC’s Jonathan Karl interviews Sarah Matthews, left, Cassidy Hutchinson, center, and Alyssa Farah Griffin, Dec. 15, 2023, in Washington. (Lou Rocco/ABC) (WASHINGTON) — Three women who served in former President Donald Trump’s White House are now warning against a possible second Trump term, with one of them saying it could mean “the end of American […]

Lou Rocco/ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Three women who served in the Trump White House are sounding the alarm on what a second Donald Trump term could mean for the country, with one saying it could “mean the end of American democracy as we know it.” Alyssa Farah Griffin, Cassidy Hutchinson and Sarah Matthews sat down […]

Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday condemned Russia for launching its “largest aerial assault on Ukraine” since the start of the war, warning that Russian President Vladimir Putin “must be stopped,” and used the attacks to implore Congress to pass additional aid for Ukraine. “Strikes reportedly hit a maternity hospital, a […]