Politics

Mario Tama/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel Jack Smith has informed former President Donald Trump by letter that he is a target in his investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News. Trump also confirmed the development in a post on his Truth Social platform. The letter, […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday unveiled a federal law enforcement reform plan that he’s calling “critically important” and overdue — and a preview of legislation he would push if he is elected president in 2024. “If there’s anything that my life has represented, it is both my faith but it’s […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit to the U.S. this week is causing some controversy — with House Speak Kevin McCarthy as well as Democratic leaders and the White House strongly criticizing recent remarks from progressive Democrats. Herzog will meet with President Joe Biden on Tuesday and address a joint meeting of […]

Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican presidential candidate and political newcomer Vivek Ramaswamy, who’s climbed in the polls thanks in part to his strategy of embracing and defending former President Donald Trump, made headlines over the weekend when he blamed “pervasive censorship” for the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol — but […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Republican-led House Oversight Committee will hold a hearing on UFOs, officially called unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs), next week. Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., announced on Twitter that the session is scheduled for July 26. The hearing comes after Republican lawmakers have promised to look deeper into UAPs following unconfirmed claims from […]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Mike Pence’s latest fundraising totals suggest a rocky road ahead for the former vice president as he fights both for support from voters in the Republican Party he once helped lead — and a spot on next month’s primary debate stage. Pence raised just $1.2 million for his campaign since formally […]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Sunday that the war in Ukraine hasn’t devolved into a stalemate but he acknowledged it remains “hard going” against Russia. “We said before this counteroffensive started that it’d be hard going, and it’s been hard going,” Sullivan said in an interview with […]

by Marc Guitard/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Sens. Joe Lieberman and Doug Jones appeared Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” to debate the viability of a bipartisan third-party presidential ticket in 2024 — and whether that effort could serve as a spoiler in the race for the White House. Lieberman, a Democrat-turned-independent who represented Connecticut, is […]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Sunday that he believes Republican front-runner Donald Trump will — despite suggesting otherwise — end up attending the first GOP primary debate, in Milwaukee next month. Christie, a former ABC News contributor, told ABC “This Week” anchor George Stephanopoulos he thinks Trump’s […]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (DES MOINES, Iowa) — Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson clashed with 2024 Republican candidates like former Vice President Mike Pence at The Family Leadership Summit in Iowa on Friday, with some candidates expressing frustration that Carlson didn’t focus the “fireside chats” on family issues which unite the crowd of evangelical Midwesterners, but […]