Politics

Daniel Steinle/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republicans – including former President Donald Trump – who disagree with President Joe Biden’s immigration policies paint a dire picture of America as a country ruined by crime committed by migrants living illegally in the U.S. It is true that some people who have committed the misdemeanor of […]

BASHAR TALEB/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is showing no signs of trying to restrict or withhold the billions the U.S. spends each year in military aid to Israel, despite growing concerns that some of those weapons are being used in bombings that kill civilians. The U.S. has sent more military and foreign aid […]

Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — The White House said Tuesday it is “outraged” after a strike by Israel Defense Forces killed seven aid workers with the World Central Kitchen who were on the ground in Gaza to provide relief to civilians caught in the conflict. President Joe Biden called Chef José Andrés, the founder […]

David Talukdar/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland visited Chicago Wednesday to highlight decreases in violent crime around the country, and announced a surge of investments and resources that he said will be aimed at “doubling down” on recent progress by law enforcement and their local partners. “These declines are not just abstract statistics,” […]

Mario Tama/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday doubled down on his suggestion that President Joe Biden is a greater threat to democracy than former President Donald Trump because of what Kennedy claimed was the Biden administration’s censoring of political speech online. Kennedy, a former Democrat, appeared on Fox […]

Spencer Platt/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Despite what Donald Trump said at a Michigan event on Tuesday, the family of homicide victim Ruby Garcia told ABC News that the former president has not spoken to them. “I can confirm and assure you he did not speak with me or my immediate family,” Mavi Garcia, Ruby Garcia’s sister, […]

Spencer Platt/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans have introduced a bill to rename Washington Dulles International Airport after former President Donald Trump — a move in an election year that brings added attention to the presumptive Republican nominee. The bill, which was referred to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for further consideration, would designate […]

Mario Tama/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Amid concerns from some family members — and attacks from Democrats — that his independent campaign could swing a close race between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is continuing to push ahead to gain access to ballots around the country, which will ultimately determine his success […]

Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is celebrating a court ruling that will add an abortion rights measure to the November ballot in Florida, giving voters the chance to undo the state’s current restrictions on the procedure. That will “help mobilize and expand the electorate in the state” based on how […]

Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump addresses a campaign rally at the Forum River Center March 9, 2024 in Rome, Ga. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel Jack Smith, responding on Tuesday to the judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case, urged her to reverse course on entertaining the idea […]