Politics

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice has informed lawyers representing witnesses that it will not bring charges against Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz after a multiple-year sex-trafficking probe into the Florida congressman, multiple sources tell ABC News. A lawyer representing the one-time minor at the center of the sex trafficking investigation into Gaetz […]

Rafael Cordero/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The head of the Federal Aviation Administration is facing lawmaker questions on Wednesday, just one day after the agency vowed to form a safety team to review its aviation system after a recent series of dangerous, close calls. The Senate hearing was scheduled in the wake of the Notice to […]

Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announces her run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination at a campaign event in Charleston, South Carolina, Feb. 15, 2023. — ABC News (CHARLESTON, S.C.) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley officially launched her presidential bid Wednesday, jumping into a potentially bruising GOP primary challenge […]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While some of Donald Trump’s allies publicly criticize Nikki Haley’s decision to run against him in the 2024 Republican presidential primary, others are privately enthusiastic — arguing that the more opponents he has in the race, the more likely he is to repeat his 2016 primary victory even if he […]

Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Justice Department investigators probing former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents after leaving office have asked a judge to overrule attorney-client privilege and compel one of Trump’s attorneys to appear before a grand jury, multiple sources have confirmed to ABC News. The DOJ is making the request on the basis […]

Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — For the third year in a row, the first lady is playing Cupid. President Joe Biden woke up at the White House on Tuesday to find his wife, once again, had the White House decorated overnight for Valentine’s Day. This year’s annual “Valentine to the Country” features the […]

Theo Wargo/Getty Images (CHARLESTON, S.C.) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has announced her presidential bid in a new video released on Tuesday, a day ahead of her formal campaign kick-off in Charleston. “I was the proud daughter of Indian immigrants — not Black, not white. I was different,” she says as the video […]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An appellate court in New York on Tuesday upheld a $110,000 fine imposed on former President Donald Trump over his failure to comply with a subpoena issued by the New York Attorney General’s office as part of its civil investigation of Trump and his family business. “The court correctly […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., announced Tuesday that she will not run for reelection after her term is up in early 2025 but will continue serving until then. Feinstein, 89, has served in the Senate since 1992, winning several senior posts along the way. However, she recently faced pushback from progressives in […]

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (WASHINGTON) — The man who allegedly assaulted Rep. Angie Craig last week has a lengthy criminal record, including 25 bench warrants since 2014 and was experiencing homelessness, according to court documents filed on Monday. Craig, a Minnesota Democrat, was assaulted while in her Washington, D.C., apartment building […]