Politics

Fulton County Sheriff’s Office (ATLANTA) — The 19 defendants charged by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis for their alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia are in the process of negotiating their bond terms and surrendering to be processed and released from the Fulton County Jail prior to […]

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (MILWAUKEE) — Eight Republican presidential candidates gathered for the first primary debate of the 2024 cycle, offering Americans one of their first major chances to start weighing who will be the GOP standard bearer next year. What voters got was two hours of sharp elbows over everything from age to […]

ABC News (NORTH DAKOTA) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum said Wednesday he will participate in the GOP primary debate despite being taken to the emergency room Tuesday night after injuring his left leg playing pickup basketball with his staff. He wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, “I’m in,” including a picture of his […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — The first Republican debate of the 2024 presidential primary will begin shortly in Milwaukee. Eight candidates have qualified for a spot on the stage: North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, former […]

Scott Olson / Staff/Getty Images (NORTH DAKOTA) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum was taken to the emergency room Tuesday night after injuring his leg playing pickup basketball with his staff, and his campaign said his status for Wednesday night’s GOP debate was unclear. Burgum’s spokesperson, Lance Trover, speaking on ABC News Live late Wednesday […]

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is snubbing the Republican National Committee and Fox News by counterprogramming the first GOP primary debate with an interview with Tucker Carlson — but in a primary characterized by his consistent polling dominance, it’s unclear if his absence will hurt him in any […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum supported Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020 and is now running against the former president in the 2024 Republican presidential primary. In a sit-down interview at the Iowa State Fair, Burgum told ABC News Correspondent MaryAlice Parks that while his opinion of Trump hasn’t changed, […]

ABC News Photo Illustration (NEW YORK) — The leading 2024 Republican presidential candidates are set to face off in a series of debates — the first of which is Wednesday night in Milwaukee, airing on Fox News starting at 9 p.m. EDT. More than half a dozen White House hopefuls have met the polling and […]

Yulia Naumenko/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Despite entrepreneur and commentator Vivek Ramaswamy’s political inexperience, he has gotten some early traction with conservative voters: The 2024 Republican hopeful currently sits at third place in FiveThirtyEight’s national polling average — ahead of rivals like former Vice President Mike Pence though still far behind Donald Trump the front-runner. […]

Boris Zhitkov/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — As the 2024 election draws near, voting rights advocates are taking lessons from the 2020 elections to safeguard the rights of voters in areas like Fulton County, Georgia, where former President Donald Trump was indicted for alleged efforts to overturn the results of the last presidential election. Trump and others […]