Pelosi invites US women’s soccer team to Capitol Hill amid uncertainty over Trump invitation
President Donald Trump congratulated the U.S. women’s soccer team for their historic World Cup win against the Netherlands on Sunday…
Trump says US ‘will no longer deal with’ UK ambassador who called him ‘inept’ in leaked cables
President Donald Trump in a tweet on Monday said that the United States “will no longer deal with” U.K. Ambassador…
Rep. Justin Amash announces he’s quitting Republican Party in op-ed
Rep. Justin Amash, the lone Republican in Congress to open up impeachment talk against President Donald Trump, announced on Thursday…
Biden says Trump’s July 4 spectacle ‘misses the point’
Former Vice President Joe Biden says President Donald Trump‘s Fourth of July spectacle in Washington “misses the point.” Interested in…
Trump’s ‘Salute to America’ July 4th celebration not without controversy
Parades, picnics and fireworks are hallmark features of July Fourth celebrations. Interested in Donald Trump? Add Donald Trump as an…
White House exploring executive order to deal with census citizenship question
President Donald Trump is exploring using an executive order to move forward with the battle over the 2020 census question,…
Vice President Pence cancels New Hampshire event without explanation, returns to White House
Vice President Mike Pence cancelled a planned trip New Hampshire at the last-minute on Tuesday and returned to the White…
Booker returns pharma executive’s money after he claimed he hadn’t accepted any
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker returned a donation from an executive at a pharmaceutical company after ABC News reported…
6 key staffers leaving Hickenlooper campaign in major shakeup
At least six key aides to John Hickenlooper have confirmed they’re leaving his campaign or intend to do so in…
2020 census will be printed without citizenship question: Justice Department
A Justice Department official confirmed to ABC News on Tuesday that the 2020 census will be printed without inclusion of…
Oregon governor ready to take lead on divisive climate plan
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said Monday that she’s ready to use her executive power to lower carbon emissions following a…
‘Brand new’ tanks will be on display for July 4th: President Donald Trump
Two Abrams tanks and two Bradley Fighting Vehicles will be on display at the Mall on Thursday as part of…
New Mexico state senator arrested on suspicion of DWI
Police say New Mexico state Sen. Richard Martinez has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and is facing charges…
Democrats demand action on Republican who threatened police
Just one day after Republicans ended a walkout that shut down the Legislature for over a week, the Senate was…
43-year-old El Salvador migrant dies in US border custody
A 43-year-old El Salvadoran man who crossed into the U.S. with his daughter collapsed at a border station and later…
President Trump to travel to DMZ, may meet with Kim Jong Un
Just hours before President Donald Trump was set to travel to the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea, it…
Oregon Republican senators end walkout over carbon bill
Republican lawmakers returned to the Oregon Senate on Saturday, ending an acrimonious nine-day walkout over a carbon emissions bill that…
De Blasio shouts Cuba’s Communist slogan at rally in Miami
New York City mayor and presidential candidate Bill de Blasio shouted a Spanish slogan associated with Cuba’s Communist revolution at…
Mayor calls out worker accused of spitting on Eric Trump
Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has condemned a cocktail lounge employee who Eric Trump says spit on him. Lightfoot said…
Democratic debate night 2: Fact checking the candidates on the issues
Here’s ABC News’ fact check of the second of two Democratic presidential debates in Miami between former Vice President Joe…
Democratic Debate Live Updates and Analysis: Biden, Buttigieg, Sanders, Harris face off on 2nd night
The second night of the first Democratic debates is underway as the second group of ten 2020 candidates take the…
Supreme Court strikes down Tennessee liquor sales law in win for big retailers
The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down strict residency requirements for retailers of beer, wine and liquor in Tennessee, clearing…
10 Democratic presidential candidates debate on 1st night: LIVE UPDATES and ANALYSIS
The first Democratic debates are here, and the 2020 contenders are converging on Wednesday and Thursday nights in Miami. Please…
‘Decade of negligence’: Feds fail to protect Americans’ info, report says
Several major federal agencies, which collect vast amounts of personal data about American citizens as part of their work, have…
Veterans Affairs whistleblowers call for end to culture of retaliation
A Department of Veterans Affairs health care worker said she received a letter from the agency on Monday notifying her…
In blow to FOIA advocates, Supreme Court blocks South Dakota newspaper from ‘confidential’ food stamp data
The Supreme Court on Monday dealt a blow to advocates of greater access to public information, ruling in a 6-3…
Trump announces new sanctions on Iran, including on supreme leader
President Donald Trump on Monday announced new “hard-hitting” sanctions on Iran, including on the country’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.…
President Trump to hold off on deportation raids for two weeks
President Donald Trump said on Saturday he will delay plans for a mass deportation of undocumented immigrants for two weeks…
White House unveils $50 billion Palestinian economic plan
The Trump administration on Saturday unveiled a $50 billion Palestinian investment and infrastructure proposal intended to be the economic engine…
Family’s lawyer faults 2020 presidential candidate on police oversight
A lawyer for the family of a black man fatally shot by a white police officer in the Indiana city…
Trump administration says it plans to arrest 2K family members in deportation raids
The Trump administration planned to deport more than 2,000 undocumented immigrants in as many as 10 cities, administration officials said…
Feds arrest Syrian refugee accused of plotting terrorist attack on Pittsburgh church
The Department of Justice announced the arrest of a Syrian refugee on Wednesday in connection with an Islamic State-inspired terrorist…
Biden’s comments on ‘civility’ in working with segregationist Democrats draw backlash
Former Vice President Joe Biden is coming under fire for comments he made about finding consensus as he worked as…
US likely to impose more tariffs on China if new trade deal isn’t reached
U.S. trade representative Robert Lighthizer said before the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday that the U.S. is ready to place…
Paul Manafort dodges possible Rikers Island transfer after rare Justice Department intervention
President Donald Trump‘s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, has been spared from an expected transfer to Rikers Island jail in…
Shanahan welcomes opportunity to be Defense secretary, ‘but not at the expense of being a good father’
In a surprise development, acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has decided not to move forward with the confirmation process to…
US to send 1,000 additional troops to the Middle East as tensions escalate with Iran
The United States is sending 1,000 additional troops to the Middle East, amid rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran.…
Severe turbulence leaves 10 injured, throws flight attendant into ceiling
Frightening passenger video captured severe turbulence that sent a flight attendant and her drink cart into the ceiling during a…
Ivanka Trump took in nearly $4M from DC hotel last year
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner took in as much as $135 million in revenue during their second year as aides…
US looks to build ‘international consensus’ around tanker attacks, says Iran interfered with the damaged ships
The U.S. is looking to build an “international consensus” around Thursday’s tanker attacks in the Gulf of Oman that the…
Democrats vote to hold Barr, Ross in contempt after Trump asserts privilege over census documents
The House Oversight Committee voted Wednesday to recommend the full House hold Attorney General Bill Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur…
Trump claims his polling is the ‘best’ despite internal polls showing otherwise
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said his campaign’s internal polling numbers are the “best” ever despite the Trump campaign’s internal…
‘I think I’d take it’: In exclusive interview, Trump says he would listen if foreigners offered dirt on opponents
President Donald Trump may not alert the FBI if foreign governments offered damaging information against his 2020 rivals during the…
Trump will cause ‘more lasting damage’ than Nixon did, says conservative columnist George Will
Don’t look for the name “Trump” in George Will’s new book, “The Conservative Sensibility.” The renowned columnist says that’s because…
Kim Jong Un’s assassinated half-brother had contacts with CIA: Report
Kim Jong Un’s half-brother, who was reportedly assassinated by the North Korean regime, was a CIA source who met with…
An angry Jon Stewart demands Congress compensate 9/11 responders
First responders from 9/11 and their advocates, including comedian Jon Stewart, made an emotional appeal to Congress on Tuesday to…
House Democrats vote to take Barr, McGahn to court to enforce subpoenas
House Democrats on Tuesday took their most forceful action to date against the Trump administration’s refusal to cooperate with congressional…
Government surveillance photos of travelers hacked in ‘malicious cyber-attack’
Government surveillance photos of international travelers and license plates were hacked as part of a “malicious cyber-attack” on a federal…
Case opened: Democrats begin public airing of Mueller report
President Donald Trump says it’s ” case closed .” But Democrats are just getting started with Robert Mueller . Interested…
Feds to turn apartments once used by oil workers into new shelter for migrant kids
The federal government will turn an apartment complex once used by oil field workers in south Texas into an emergency…
Fact Check Friday: Trumped-up support
Facing serious backlash from the senior ranks of his own party over his plan to add a tariff to all…
Justice Ginsburg warns of more 5-4 decisions ahead
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg suggested Friday that there will be sharp divisions among her colleagues as they finish…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appears to conflate two types of FBI cases in viral video
In a video clip that has now gone viral, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pressed the FBI’s top counterterrorism official over what…