Politics

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Thursday said he plans to visit the southern border with Mexico on Sunday, for the first time since taking office. Biden said he will visit El Paso, Texas, “to assess border enforcement operations, meet with the local officials and community leaders and […]

Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House Republican leadership standoff is stretching into a third day Thursday after six failed votes to decide on a speaker over Tuesday and Wednesday. Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is so far being stymied by a small group of hardliners demanding concessions or alternative candidates. The House can conduct no […]

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday is expected to award the Presidential Citizens Medal — the nation’s second-highest civilian honor — to officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, multiple sources told ABC News and a White House official confirmed Thursday. Biden will present […]

Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House Republican leadership standoff is stretching into a third day Thursday after six failed votes to decide on a speaker over Tuesday and Wednesday. Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is so far being stymied by a small group of hardliners demanding concessions or alternative candidates. The House can conduct no […]

ABC News (PARMA, Ohio) — The parking lot arrest in 2016 stunned Anthony Novak as much as the charge: alleged disruption of law enforcement operations for making a parody of his local police department’s page on Facebook. “They said, ‘put your hands behind your back.’ They said, ‘fake Parma Facebook page,’” Novak recounted to ABC […]

Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — First lady Jill Biden will undergo a dermatological procedure next week to remove a small lesion found during a “routine skin cancer screening,” White House officials said. The lesion is located above her right eye, White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor said in a memo to the first lady’s press […]

Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House Republican leadership standoff is in a second day Wednesday after three failed votes to decide on a speaker Tuesday. Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is so far being stymied by a small group of hardliners demanding concessions or alternative candidates. The House can conduct no other business — and […]

Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The battle between a small but influential group of Republican hardliners and Rep. Kevin McCarthy heated up Tuesday night when Rep. Matt Gaetz accused the House GOP leader of squatting in the speaker’s office. McCarthy had his belongings moved into the space on Monday, before he failed multiple times to […]

Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Florida Republican Rep. Byron Donalds was nominated on Wednesday as the latest protest nominee from within the GOP as leader Kevin McCarthy continues to struggle to win a majority to be elected speaker. Who is Donalds? Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, called Donalds a “dear friend, a solid conservative and, most […]

Jose A Iglesias/El Nuevo Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republicans are “playing with fire” amid ongoing party infighting over who should be the speaker of the House, according to Florida Rep. Maria Salazar. For the first time in 100 years, the vote for speaker was not decided in the first round. Over […]