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ABC News (WASHINGTON) — House Majority Leader Steve Scalise on Sunday defended Republicans seeking to send aid to Israel in its war with Hamas by cutting funding for the IRS to go after tax crimes, including by the wealthy. “We passed a bill that addressed two problems that our Defense Department talks about: One, we […]
ABC News (RICHMOND) — With three days until Election Day in Virginia’s pivotal legislative races, Gov. Glenn Youngkin believes the state can “lead” on rather than “fight” about abortion if enough of his fellow Republicans take office to enact a 15-week ban with exceptions, he said on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday. Virginia is a […]
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. believes the Middle East cannot return to the status quo and must agree on a new future for the Palestinians in the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7 terror attack, which led Israel to launch a war in the region, a top White House official said on Sunday. “What I […]
Stephan Rudolph/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For the third time Friday, former President Donald Trump’s rhetoric is factoring into a court case against him. A federal judge in New York said the upcoming civil defamation trial involving Trump and E. Jean Carroll will be heard by an anonymous jury, citing Trump’s “repeated public statements” about […]
Penguin Random House (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly made a central theme of his 2024 White House bid clear: Retribution. Now, the story behind that controversial theme is revealed in a new book by ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl. In Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the […]
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — New House Speaker Mike Johnson spoke with Senate Republicans Wednesday about his controversial Israel-only aid package in an effort to gain their support, telling them that he wants to get additional aid for Ukraine passed, but the Israel aid will likely have to move through first and […]
ANDREY DENISYUK/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House on Thursday approved a Republican-led aid package to Israel in what was the first major test of Rep. Mike Johnson’s speakership. The bill passed 226-196, with 12 Democrats voting for it and two Republicans voting against. It faces little chance of becoming law, however, with Senate Majority Leader […]
John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visited Maine to grieve with a community reeling from a mass shooting that left 18 people dead and 13 others wounded. The Bidens arrived in Lewiston on Friday afternoon, where they met with survivors, families of the victims […]
SimpleImages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump is seeking an emergency stay of the limited gag order that the judge in his federal election interference case reinstated earlier this week. Trump requested the emergency stay from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals late Thursday. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon last month imposed a narrowly […]
Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, one of the leading promoters of false 2020 election fraud claims, is facing pushback from election officials and experts after announcing the rollout of a device that he says can help keep elections secure. Lindell says the wireless monitoring device, which was formally unveiled two […]