Politics

ABC News New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu on Sunday reaffirmed his support for Donald Trump in the 2024 general election while standing by some — but not all — of his past criticism of the former president. In an interview on ABC News’ “This Week,” Sununu, a Republican who endorsed former South Carolina Gov. Nikki […]

ABC News A top Democrat on Sunday slammed former President Donald Trump after he sought to clarify his view on abortion bans as a state issue and said the various local laws were working “very brilliantly.” “American women are not going to be conned by Donald Trump,” Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith told ABC News “This […]

Joe Scarnici/Getty Images Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has ruled out a run as a libertarian candidate to assist in his efforts to get on the ballots in all 50 states — a marked change from his prior posture, where he kept the door open. “We’re not gonna have any problems getting on […]

Peter Charalambous/ABC News (NEW YORK) — When veteran sketch artist Christine Cornell draws former President Donald Trump, she searches for details. “He’s got some very pretty qualities,” Cornell said. “I like the way his eyes have a kind of cat-like slant. I like his bushy eyebrows that are like caterpillars. I like that little pouty […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Democratic National Committee has been paying President Joe Biden’s legal fees incurred in connection with special counsel Robert Hur’s investigation into his handling of classified documents, according to sources and disclosures of expenditures filed by the party committee. Since last year, the party committee has paid the law firm […]

Megan Varner/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson have a joint appearance at Mar-a-Lago Friday afternoon where they are discussing “election integrity.” The topic is a chief priority for Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee, who continues to falsely claim that he won the 2020 election. Trump’s calls for “election integrity” […]

Colorado State Capitol building. — Jan Butchofsky/Getty Images (DENVER) — The Coloradans for Protecting Reproductive Freedom coalition, which is working to get a constitutional amendment on the state’s ballot that would enshrine abortion access, said Friday that it has collected over 225,000 signatures, passing the 124,238 signature threshold to make it onto the ballot. The […]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — High-level U.S. officials are urgently trying to pressure Iran to back down from its threat to launch a retaliatory strike against Israel — the latest challenge facing the Biden administration as it tries to avert an all-out regional war in the Middle East. At the same time, the U.S. was […]

Al Drago/Getty Images (TUCSON, Ariz.) — Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Tucson, Arizona, for a campaign event on Friday — three days after the Arizona Supreme Court upheld a near-total ban on abortion in the state, a ruling celebrated by abortion opponents but lambasted by Democrats and abortion rights supporters, who contend women […]

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference following a closed-door caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center, March 20, 2024, in Washington. — Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, FILE (PALM BEACH, Fla.) — As Mike Johnson faces a threat of being ousted as House speaker, he’s set to join Donald Trump […]