ABC Politics News32175 stories between 11/11/2009 at 00:28:06 and 01/26/2025 15:36:07
Musk says he's forming a new political party after split with Trump
Elon Musk said he’s carrying out his threat to form a new political party.
04:04 PM ABC Politics Trump, GOP target ballots arriving after Election Day that feed conspiracy fears
President Donald Trump and other Republicans have long criticized states that take weeks to count their ballots after Election Day
07:34 AM ABC Politics Texas officials face scrutiny over response to catastrophic and deadly flooding
Hours before a massive wall of floodwater barreled down a river in the heart of Texas Hill Country before sunrise on Friday, forecasters with the National Weather Service warned people that dangerous conditions were brewing
10:14 PM ABC Politics Trump branded, browbeat and prevailed. But his big bill may come at a political cost
Donald Trump has made tax cuts a central part of his political legacy
03:26 PM ABC Politics US expands militarized zones to 1/3 of southern border, stirring controversy
Annexed militarized zones will soon cover nearly one-third of the U.S. border with Mexico, empowering soldiers to arrest people who cross the border illegally
12:46 AM on 07/04/2025 ABC Politics How Rhode Island finally pushed a partial assault weapons ban over the finish line
It took 10 years, but Rhode Island politicians finally found a way to ban the sale, manufacturing and distribution of certain assault weapons
06:30 AM on 07/03/2025 ABC Politics Trump to kick off a yearlong celebration of America's 250th anniversary
President Donald Trump will be in Iowa to kick off a year of patriotic festivities leading up to next year's 250th anniversary of American independence
01:03 AM on 07/03/2025 ABC Politics Man charged with killing former Minnesota House speaker is due back in court after delay
The man accused of killing former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, and wounding a state senator and his wife, is due back in court after a week's delay
12:30 AM on 07/03/2025 ABC Politics New CIA report criticizes investigation into Russia's support for Trump in 2016
A newly released report from the CIA challenges the work intelligence agencies did to investigate Russia's support for Donald Trump ahead of the 2016 election
05:34 PM on 07/02/2025 ABC Politics Here's how millions of people could lose health insurance if Trump's tax bill becomes law
Roughly 11.8 million adults and kids will be at risk for losing health insurance if Republicans’ domestic policy package becomes a law
12:14 PM on 07/02/2025 ABC Politics UPenn updates swimming records set by Lia Thomas, settling with feds on transgender athletes case
The University of Pennsylvania has changed three school records set by transgender swimmer Lia Thomas
01:02 AM on 07/02/2025 ABC Politics Daughter of assassinated civil rights leader sees painful echoes of political violence in America
Civil and voting rights activists gathered in Jackson, Mississippi, to honor what would have been the 100th birthday of civil rights leader Medgar Evers
02:46 AM on 07/02/2025 ABC Politics House Republicans race toward a final vote on Trump's tax bill, daring critics to oppose
House Republicans are sprinting toward a vote on President Donald Trump’s tax and spending cuts package
12:14 AM on 07/02/2025 ABC Politics UPenn updates records set by transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, says it will apologize to 'disadvantaged' female athletes.
UPenn updates records set by transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, says it will apologize to 'disadvantaged' female athletes.
06:30 PM on 07/02/2025 ABC Politics 20 states sue after the Trump administration releases private Medicaid data to deportation officials
The Trump administration has violated federal privacy laws when it turned over Medicaid data on millions of enrollees to federal deportation officials last month, says California Attorney General Rob Bonta
11:50 PM on 07/02/2025 ABC Politics Trump says the GOP mega bill will eliminate taxes on Social Security. It does not.
President Donald Trump keeps saying that Republicans’ mega tax and spending cut legislation will eliminate taxes on federal Social Security benefits
01:34 AM on 07/02/2025 ABC Politics 'Agonizing': How Alaska's pivotal Republican senator decided to vote for Donald Trump's bill
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska convinced Senate leaders to change their massive tax and spending cuts package to benefit her state and eventually voted for the legislation, ensuring its passage
07:34 PM on 07/02/2025 ABC Politics US won't send some weapons pledged to Ukraine following a Pentagon review of military assistance
The U.S. is halting some shipments of weapons to Ukraine amid concerns that its own stockpiles have declined too much, officials said Tuesday
07:34 PM on 07/02/2025 ABC Politics Gov. Newsom signs housing bill overhauling California's landmark environmental law
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law a bill that will remake California’s landmark environmental protection rules
11:10 AM on 07/01/2025 ABC Politics War of words over big bill intensifies between Musk, Trump
The war of words between billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump over the big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts is heating up again, with Musk claiming he may form a new political party and Trump blasting the Tesla CEO over electric vehicle...
09:18 AM on 07/01/2025 ABC Politics Second Dem announces campaign to unseat GOP congressman in Michigan district
A second Democrat has announced a campaign to unseat a GOP congressman in one of Michigan's most competitive U.S. House districts
09:09 AM on 07/01/2025 ABC Politics Voters favored casting early and mail ballots in last year's presidential election, report shows
Casting mailed ballots remained popular among voters in last year’s presidential election, even as President Donald Trump has tried to undercut the process through a wide-ranging executive order
07:50 PM on 07/01/2025 ABC Politics A former governor, a Trump and many others: Tillis retirement sets off NC Senate seat speculation
North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis' announcement over the weekend that he won't seek reelection is heating up the campaign on both sides of the aisle
06:46 PM on 07/01/2025 ABC Politics Democrat Colin Allred is running again for US Senate in Texas
Democrat Colin Allred is once again running for the U.S. Senate
05:50 AM on 07/01/2025 ABC Politics Wisconsin governor, GOP reach budget deal to cut taxes, fund university
Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Republicans who control the state Legislature have reached a deal on a new two-year budget
06:23 AM on 07/01/2025 ABC Politics Trump administration sues Los Angeles, claiming the city refuses to cooperate on immigration
President Donald Trump’s administration has sued Los Angeles, claiming the city is obstructing the enforcement of federal immigration laws and creating a lawless environment
12:06 AM on 07/01/2025 ABC Politics Mamdani set to win as NYC readies ranked choice mayoral vote tally release
The winner of the New York City Democratic mayoral primary featuring progressive Zohran Mamdani and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo is likely to be finalized Tuesday when the city’s board of elections announces the next round of results
01:37 AM on 07/01/2025 ABC Politics US Rep. Dwight Evans of Philadelphia says he won't run for reelection
U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans says he won't seek reelection to his Philadelphia seat, capping a career in public office that stretches back 45 years
01:42 PM on 06/30/2025 ABC Politics US Rep. Dusty Johnson announces he's entering race to become South Dakota governor
South Dakota’s lone member of the U.S. House, Dusty Johnson, has announced that he is entering the race to become South Dakota governor in the 2026 election
02:35 PM on 06/30/2025 ABC Politics Trump to visit new Florida immigration detention facility
President Donald Trump is planning to visit a new immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades, according to Gov. Ron DeSantis
02:37 PM on 06/30/2025 ABC Politics Nebraska GOP Rep. Don Bacon won't seek reelection, cites political dysfunction
Republican U.S. Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska has announced he will not seek reelection next year
11:25 AM on 06/30/2025 ABC Politics Supreme Court takes up a Republican appeal to end limits on party spending in federal elections
The Supreme Court will take up a Republican-led drive to wipe away limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president
09:58 AM on 06/30/2025 ABC Politics Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina won't run in 2026 after opposing Trump's bill
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina says he won't seek reelection
10:06 PM on 06/30/2025 ABC Politics Star witness against Kilmar Abrego Garcia won't be deported, court records show
Court records show that the Trump administration has agreed to spare from deportation a key witness in the federal prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in exchange for his cooperation in the case
04:14 PM on 06/30/2025 ABC Politics Debate is underway in the Senate on Trump's big bill, but overnight voting is delayed
Debate has been underway late into the night in the Senate on President Donald Trump’s big tax breaks and spending cuts package
02:06 AM on 06/30/2025 ABC Politics James Walkinshaw wins Democratic contest to likely replace US Rep. Connolly in northern Virginia
Democrats and Republicans in northern Virginia have chosen candidates who will vie to replace the late U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly
10:46 AM on 06/29/2025 ABC Politics Musk renews criticism of Trump's big bill as it faces a key Senate vote
Musk doubles down on his distaste for the sprawling tax and spending cuts bill.
10:27 PM on 06/29/2025 ABC Politics Centrist Republican Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska won't seek reelection
U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, a centrist Republican who represents Nebraska’s second district, will not seek reelection to a fifth term
11:42 PM on 06/28/2025 ABC Politics Louisiana is latest state to redefine natural gas -- a planet-warming fossil fuel -- as green energy
Louisiana is the latest state to redefine natural gas as green energy, even though it’s a fossil fuel that emits planet-warming greenhouse gases
10:22 PM on 06/27/2025 ABC Politics Former Montana US Rep Pat Williams, who won a liberal- conservative showdown, dies at 87
Pat Williams, a New Deal-style Democrat who won Montana's great liberal-conservative showdown of 1992 to become the state's lone voice in the U.S. House of Representatives, has died
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