Politics

Patricia Marroquin/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — Brandon Johnson, a former public school teacher, will become Chicago’s next mayor. Vallas conceded to Johnson on Tuesday even though the Chicago Board of Elections reported that mail-in votes for the runoff election will not be counted for days. “To the Chicagoans who did not vote for me, here’s what […]

Patricia Marroquin/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — Election day in Chicago will not only decide the next mayor of the city, but it also promises to end a campaign season that has polarized Chicagoans about which segment of the Democratic Party will ultimately lead the city. Tuesday is a run-off election between Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson […]

CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Multiple U.S. Secret Service agents connected to former President Donald Trump’s security detail have been subpoenaed by special counsel Jack Smith, according to a source familiar with the situation. The subpoenas are part of Smith’s investigation into Trump’s handling of classified information at his Mar-a-Lago estate after leaving […]

CBS via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene faced fresh questions about her history of incendiary behavior and spreading baseless attacks on Democratic opponents — but doubled down in an interview with “60 Minutes” which aired on CBS on Sunday night. “On an issue, when I’m outspoken about it, and I take […]

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will kick off an administration-wide “Investing in America” tour with a trip to Minnesota on Tuesday, according to a White House official. While in the North Star State, Biden will visit the Fridley headquarters of Cummins, which manufactures truck engines and alternative clean […]

Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A plurality of Americans think former President Donald Trump should have been charged by a Manhattan grand jury with a history-making indictment, yet a near equal amount believe that the charges against him are politically motivated, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll. According to the […]

OsakaWayne Studios/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The 2024 presidential race is shaping up, with Donald Trump mounting a comeback bid for the White House against competition from politicians like former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and others. Here’s an updated list of who is running for president in 2024 and a brief […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson made his 2024 White House bid official on Sunday in an exclusive sit-down interview with ABC “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl. Ahead of his presidential announcement, Hutchinson, a Republican, spent several days in the first-in-the nation caucus state of Iowa, stirring speculation that he intended to enter […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Donald Trump’s lawyer doesn’t know what to expect when the former president is arraigned on Tuesday in New York City given the historic nature of Trump’s indictment, he said on Sunday. “This is unprecedented. I don’t know. I’ve done a million arraignments in that courthouse with celebrities and whatnot. But this […]

Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images (ROLLING FORK, Miss.) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden touched down in Mississippi on Friday, nearly a week following a severe string of tornadoes that tore through the South and left at least 26 dead. The first couple will tour Rolling Fork, Mississippi, a delta-region city pummeled […]