Politics

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Allen Weisselberg, once the long-serving chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, will be sentenced Wednesday to five months in jail for lying under oath during his testimony in former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial. Weisselberg is expected to report to Rikers Island immediately following the sentencing […]

Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Lawyers for Donald Trump asked a New York appellate court to delay the former president’s trial in his hush money case and relax a limited gag order during a brief oral argument Tuesday morning. Trump’s defense lawyer Emil Bove argued that the gag order creates an “irreparable harm” because […]

Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A New York appellate court on Tuesday will hear former President Donald Trump’s appeal of a limited gag order imposed on him by the judge overseeing his hush money prosecution. The filings are sealed so how Trump’s attorneys plan to argue isn’t known, but they have previously complained the […]

Two 22-year-old college seniors, Hadley Duvall (left) and Morgan Reece (right) find themselves on opposite sides of the abortion debate. (ABC News) (NEW YORK) — Gen Z activists on both sides of the abortion debate are hitting the ground trying to motivate their peers to the polls this November. Experts say their votes could be […]

Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks to reporters after his remarks at the Pray Vote Stand Summit in Washington, D.C., Sep. 15, 2023. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump’s former vice president, Mike Pence, is calling Trump’s latest statement on his abortion policies “a slap in the face to the millions of pro-life Americans […]

Special Counsel Jack Smith delivers remarks on a recently unsealed indictment including four felony counts against former President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., Aug. 1, 2023. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The office of special counsel Jack Smith has just filed its brief urging the Supreme Court to reject former President Donald Trump’s appeal claiming […]

Former President Donald Trump speaks to guests at a rally on Apr. 2, 2024, in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — As Donald Trump’s lawyers on Monday afternoon attempted to convince an appellate judge that a fair jury selection could not happen in a Manhattan courtroom, the judge overseeing the former president’s criminal […]

Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House is back in session Tuesday after a two-week-long Easter recess, and Speaker Mike Johnson is returning with his speakership under threat after fellow Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene filed a motion to oust him just months after he ascended to the position. The Georgia Republican […]

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A judge has denied former President Donald Trump’s last-minute attempt Monday to delay his criminal trial in New York and move the case out of Manhattan. Judge Lizbeth Gonzalez denied it without explanation in a one-sentence order. Trump’s attorneys asked an intermediary appellate court to stay the April 15 […]

Sean Gallup/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When President Joe Biden hosts Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House for an official visit Wednesday, a senior administration official tells ABC News the two countries will make “historic” announcements that will take the U.S.-Japan alliance to “new heights.” This official said the leaders will unveil more […]