ABC Politics News32175 stories between 11/11/2009 at 00:28:06 and 01/26/2025 15:36:07
California track-and-field championships draw limited protest over trans student's participation
The California high school track-and-field championship has kicked off to a relatively quiet atmosphere
02:14 PM on 05/31/2025 ABC Politics Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says Trump told her he would not pardon men convicted in kidnapping plot
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says President Donald Trump would be going back on his word to her if he pardoned two men who are serving prison sentences for leading a 2020 plot to kidnap her
02:54 PM on 05/30/2025 ABC Politics Trump's education secretary threatens to pull funding from NY over its Native American mascot ban
President Donald Trump’s top education official says her department has determined that New York is discriminating against a school district that is refusing a state order to get rid of its Native American chief mascot
02:30 PM on 05/30/2025 ABC Politics Rural Democratic lawmaker announces switch to the GOP in the latest setback for Kentucky Democrats
A longtime state lawmaker in Kentucky has announced that she is switching parties
11:10 AM on 05/30/2025 ABC Politics Trump has long warned of a government 'deep state.' Now in power, he's under pressure to expose it
President Donald Trump has built a coalition by promising to demolish a so-called deep state that he claims is behind dark government conspiracies
07:26 AM on 05/30/2025 ABC Politics Leadership shakeups at agency tasked with carrying out Trump's mass deportations agenda
A staff reorganization is underway at the agency carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign
02:20 AM on 05/30/2025 ABC Politics Trump's latest pardons benefit an array of political allies and public figures
The latest pardons by President Donald Trump are another example of him flexing his power to bestow clemency on political allies and prominent public officials, including those convicted of defrauding the public
09:18 PM on 05/30/2025 ABC Politics Trump's big plans on trade and more run up against laws of political gravity, separation of powers
President Donald Trump’s big plans on trade, deportations and more are running up against the laws of political gravity and the separation of powers
09:10 PM on 05/30/2025 ABC Politics Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announces run for US Senate
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has announced he's running for the U.S. Senate
05:42 PM on 05/30/2025 ABC Politics California track-and-field final enters spotlight for rule change after trans athlete's success
The California high school track-and-field championship is set to begin Friday amid a controversy over the participation of a transgender female athlete
02:10 AM on 05/30/2025 ABC Politics Maryland's Wes Moore says he's not running for president but high-profile stops keep chatter alive
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has been saying for months that he does not plan to run for president in 2028
02:10 AM on 05/30/2025 ABC Politics White House acknowledges problems in RFK Jr.'s MAHA report
The White House will fix errors in a much-anticipated federal government report spearheaded by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F
03:50 PM on 05/29/2025 ABC Politics Harrison Ruffin Tyler, grandson of 10th US president, dies at 96
Harrison Ruffin Tyler died on Sunday
02:22 PM on 05/29/2025 ABC Politics Wrangling in New Jersey primaries tests messaging on Trump for November and beyond
Democratic and Republican candidates for New Jersey's primary for governor are offering a glimpse of where the general election campaign could go
11:59 AM on 05/29/2025 ABC Politics Judge considers whether Florida's attorney general should be held in contempt over immigration law
A federal judge was considering whether Florida’s attorney general disobeyed her temporary order prohibiting the enforcement of a new state law making it a misdemeanor for people in the U.S. illegally to enter Florida
09:42 AM on 05/29/2025 ABC Politics What happens to Trumps tariffs now that a court has knocked them down?
A federal court in New York handed President Donald Trump a big setback Wednesday, blocking his audacious plan to impose massive taxes on imports from almost every country in the world
12:06 AM on 05/29/2025 ABC Politics Sen. Lindsey Graham gets a 2026 challenge from Democrat Annie Andrews
South Carolina Democrat Dr. Annie Andrews says she’s running against Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham in 2026
08:01 AM on 05/29/2025 ABC Politics Colorado man who threatened election officials asks for leniency in sentencing
Teak Ty Brockbank posted online that Colorado’s top election official should die and her former counterpart in Arizona should also be put to death
12:22 AM on 05/29/2025 ABC Politics Four-time mayor from border region joins race for governor of New Mexico
Competition for the Democratic nomination for governor in New Mexico is heating up as former four-term Las Cruces mayor Ken Miyagishima launched a campaign with a focus on public safety, affordable housing and health care solutions
10:05 PM on 05/29/2025 ABC Politics Trump issues series of pardons for politicians, a union leader and a rapper
President Donald Trump has issued a new series of pardons, awarding them to a former New York congressman, a Connecticut governor, a rapper known as “NBA YoungBoy,” a labor union leader and a onetime Army officer who flaunted safety measures during the...
10:22 PM on 05/29/2025 ABC Politics Trump administration says it's working to return a Guatemalan man deported to Mexico
The Trump administration says it's working to return a Guatemalan man who was deported to Mexico over his fears of being harmed there
08:22 PM on 05/29/2025 ABC Politics Former Navy SEAL enters race to replace US Sen. Tommy Tuberville in Alabama
Former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson has launched a campaign to run for a U.S. Senate seat representing Alabama
05:09 PM on 05/28/2025 ABC Politics George Santos former treasurer sentenced to probation over bogus campaign finance reports
George Santos’ former campaign treasurer has been sentenced to three years' probation for her role in fabricating campaign finance reports for the disgraced ex-congressman from New York
04:38 PM on 05/28/2025 ABC Politics Trump rejects claim he's 'chickening out' on tariffs just because he keeps changing rates
President Donald Trump wants the world to know he’s no “chicken” just because he’s repeatedly backed off high tariff threats
04:30 PM on 05/28/2025 ABC Politics Hall of Famers. A Heisman winner. An MMA fighter. Tuberville is not the only sports politician
Tommy Tuberville is a U.S. senator running for Alabama governor
03:34 PM on 05/28/2025 ABC Politics New policy on visas adds to mounting scrutiny of international students in the US
New State Department guidance on visa applications is adding to scrutiny of international students that has intensified under President Donald Trump, who has leveraged control of foreign enrollment to press his demands with American colleges
03:18 PM on 05/28/2025 ABC Politics Ohio Supreme Court's Pat Fischer launches 2026 bid to oust court's lone Democrat, Jennifer Brunner
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Pat Fischer has announced a bid to unseat Justice Jennifer Brunner with two years left on his current term
01:24 PM on 05/28/2025 ABC Politics US Sen. Tommy Tuberville announces 2026 bid for Alabama governor
Republican U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville says he’s running for governor of Alabama next year
10:30 PM on 05/28/2025 ABC Politics Trump administration sues North Carolina over its voter registration records
The Trump administration has accused North Carolina’s election board of violating federal law by failing to ensure that registration records of some applicants contained identifying numbers
07:58 PM on 05/28/2025 ABC Politics California changes competition rules for track and field finals amid controversy over trans athlete
The governing body for California high school sports has changed its competition rules for this weekend's state track and field championship
07:58 PM on 05/28/2025 ABC Politics In their words: How recent presidents have honored America's fallen on Memorial Day
From Arlington National Cemetery outside the nation's capital to the American burial ground in Normandy, France, presidents customarily commemorate Memorial Day on hallowed ground
12:46 PM on 05/24/2025 ABC Politics Planned Parenthood affiliate plans to close 4 Iowa clinics and another 4 in Minnesota
A Midwestern affiliate of Planned Parenthood says it will close four of its six clinics in Iowa and four in Minnesota within a year
07:45 PM on 05/24/2025 ABC Politics Privacy and hunger groups sue over USDA attempt to collect personal data of SNAP recipients
Privacy and hunger relief groups and a handful of people receiving food assistance benefits are suing the federal government over the Trump administration’s attempts to collect the personal information of millions of U.S. residents who use the Suppleme...
05:34 PM on 05/23/2025 ABC Politics Sanction on Harvard's foreign students strikes at the heart of the university's global allure
For students around the world, an acceptance letter to Harvard University has represented the pinnacle of achievement
01:50 PM on 05/23/2025 ABC Politics DOGE targets Census Bureau, worrying data users about health of US data infrastructure
The group run by Elon Musk and aides to cut federal spending in the second Trump administration is targeting surveys conducted by the U_S_ Census Bureau that it claims are “wasteful."
12:46 AM on 05/23/2025 ABC Politics Trump relishes uttering the outlandish. Here's where some of his most showstopping comments stand
It may start as a casual aside, a wee-hours social media post or a much hyped announcement
01:02 AM on 05/23/2025 ABC Politics Ex-Los Angeles deputy mayor will plead guilty in fake bomb threat to city hall
A former Los Angeles deputy mayor will plead guilty to reporting a bomb had been placed in city hall last year to law enforcement
05:26 PM on 05/23/2025 ABC Politics GOP US Sen. Tommy Tuberville is expected to announce run for Alabama governor, associates say
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville plans to run for governor of Alabama in 2026, according to people familiar with his plans
05:26 PM on 05/23/2025 ABC Politics Mahmoud Khalil permitted to hold newborn son for the 1st time despite government objections
Detained Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil has been allowed to hold his one-month-old son for the first time after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to keep the father and infant separated by a plexiglass divider
08:30 PM on 05/23/2025 ABC Politics Why Kamala Harris could run for California governor, bypass another White House bid
After a bitter loss to President Donald Trump, former Vice President Kamala Harris is thinking hard about her next job
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