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Win McNamee/Getty Images (Sioux City, Iowa) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is working feverishly to close the gap between her and former President Donald Trump in the 2024 Republican primary, with new polling showing Haley’s support growing in what could be a determinative contest in New Hampshire. Just two weeks out from the […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was treated for prostate cancer in December, which led to a urinary tract infection and serious intestinal complications, the Pentagon said Tuesday — answering questions about his secretive hospitalization and the botched notification process that followed. On Dec. 22, Austin was admitted to Walter Reed National Medical […]
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For weeks, former President Donald Trump’s campaign teased a ramp-up in events in the new year ahead of the Iowa caucuses next Monday. Yet, with only four weekend rallies scheduled, the Trump campaign continues to hold limited events, facing multiple hurdles, including weather delays, canceled surrogate events and, now, […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s federal election interference case was the victim of swatting Sunday night at her Washington, D.C., home, law enforcement sources told ABC News Monday. Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement it responded to a house in the District around 10 p.m. for […]
Digital Vision./Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Defense’s press secretary apologized Monday for not being more transparent about information regarding Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s recent hospitalization — which the White House learned about three days after he was hospitalized for complications resulting from what was characterized as “a minor, elective procedure.” Austin had an […]
Creativeye99/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — President Joe Biden on Monday will speak in Charleston, South Carolina, Monday to give campaign remarks at Mother Emanuel Church, where nine Black congregants were killed in a white supremacist attack in 2015, to underscore what he sees at the stakes of the 2024 election. His campaign says his speech […]
Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump says he’ll be in court Tuesday when the Washington, D.C., Court of Appeals hears arguments over his efforts to dismiss his federal election interference case based on his claim of presidential immunity. It could mark the first of two court appearances Trump makes this week, […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (GRIMES, Iowa) — In a new interview with ABC News, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis swiped at former President Donald Trump’s suggestion that an end to the Civil War could have been negotiated with slave-holding states. DeSantis also gave his firmest answer yet that he’s staying in the 2024 race — and not […]
Tetra Images/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Christian Ziegler, who is facing a rape allegation that he denies, on Monday was voted out as the Florida Republican Party chair during a closed-door meeting in Tallahassee, a source familiar tells ABC News. Ziegler is being investigated by police but has not been charged with a crime. Florida […]
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — It’s a key question in a case that could not only set constitutional precedent but also have major consequences in the 2024 election: What is “presidential immunity” and how, if at all, does it apply to former President Donald Trump regarding his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss? On […]