Politics

Mel Musto/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has raised $20 million since the launch of his presidential bid in late May, his campaign announced on Thursday, boasting that it shows “enthusiasm” for the governor’s run for the White House. According to FiveThirtyEight, early polls so far show DeSantis as the second […]

Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is leaning into the political branding “Bidenomics” as his 2024 reelection effort kicks into high gear. He and top advisers renewed their push to keep improving economic news and his overall sprawling vision in the public eye with a stop Thursday in the swing […]

Glowimages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. is expected to announce as early as Friday that it will provide controversial cluster munitions to Ukraine as part of a new military aid package in the fight against Russian invaders, two U.S. officials tell ABC News. The decision to send the munitions will be made by President Joe […]

US Air Force (WASHINGTON) — For a second straight day on Thursday, Russian fighter jets harassed American military drones flying over eastern Syria by dropping parachute-borne flares in their flight path, the Pentagon said. Once again, the U.S. military labeled the provocative act as “unsafe and unprofessional” and called on Russia to cease its risky […]

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House Freedom Caucus, a hard line conservative group, voted last month to oust Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, multiple sources confirmed to ABC News. The caucus held a vote to remove Greene as a member just before Congress went on recess at the end of June, sources […]

Saul Loeb/Pool via Getty Images, FILE (SIOUX CITY, Iowa) — During his campaign swing through Iowa, former Vice President Mike Pence encountered a resident angry over his role in certifying Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election on Jan. 6, 2021. “Do you ever second-guess yourself?” a woman asked Pence during a campaign stop […]

LOGAN CYRUS/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump’s joint fundraising team raked in more than $35 million between March and June of this year, a campaign spokesperson told ABC News. The second quarter haul is nearly double Team Trump’s first quarter total of $18.8 million from earlier this year, a sign […]

Becky Pringle, president of the National Education Association, speaks to “Good Morning America” in a Zoom interview on Sept. 9, 2022. — ABC News (WASHINGTON) — As President Joe Biden moves forward with a second attempt at student loan debt forgiveness, following a 6-3 defeat at the Supreme Court, his administration has also been touting […]

Digital Vision./Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon will tighten existing security controls on access to classified information in the wake of the arrest of Jack Teixeira for allegedly being behind the Discord leak of classified documents. The Massachusetts Air National Guardsman had a top secret clearance because of his job as an IT technician at […]

The Good Brigade/Getty Images (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — An amendment that would create a constitutional right to an abortion in Ohio came one step closer to a vote on Wednesday, as proponents of abortion access submitted nearly twice the number of signatures needed for the measure to appear on the November ballot. The amendment’s backers filed […]