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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
08:36 AM on 05/22/2025 ABC Politics Institute of Peace reclaims its headquarters after court win over Musk's cost-cutting team
The U.S. Institute of Peace has retaken control of its headquarters, two days after a federal judge said the firing of its board and employees by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency was illegal
10:46 PM on 05/22/2025 ABC Politics ICE agents wait in hallways of immigration court as Trump seeks to deliver on mass arrest pledge
A spate of arrests at immigration courts across the United States this week has rattled people showing up for hearings and may signal a coordinated attempt at deportations under fast-track authority that President Donald Trump sharply expanded soon aft...
02:46 AM on 05/22/2025 ABC Politics California state senator cited for suspicion of impaired driving, says she wasn't intoxicated
A California state senator has been cited on suspicion of driving under the influence
12:06 AM on 05/22/2025 ABC Politics A former Florida Republican congressional candidate gets 3 years for threatening primary opponent
A former Florida Republican congressional candidate accused of stalking and plotting to have his primary opponent murdered by a purported foreign hit squad has been sentenced to three years in federal prison
07:18 PM on 05/22/2025 ABC Politics Ernie Els, Retief Goosen join South African president in White House meeting with Trump
Ernie Els and Retief Goosen spent the day before the Senior PGA Championship as guests of the South African president in a meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House
04:51 PM on 05/21/2025 ABC Politics Trump seizes on videos of a fringe South African politician as evidence of threats to white farmers
President Donald Trump used a video shown in the Oval Office to confront South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with claims that white farmers are being targeted and killed in the country
04:52 PM on 05/21/2025 ABC Politics Trump confronts South African leader with baseless claims of the systematic killing of white farmers
President Donald Trump has used a White House meeting to confront South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with baseless claims of the systematic killing of white farmers in that country
04:14 PM on 05/21/2025 ABC Politics Here's what to expect at the Army's 250th anniversary parade on Trump's birthday
The Army has started loading up some of the tanks that will take to the streets of the nation’s capital during the 250th anniversary celebration of the service next month
03:18 PM on 05/21/2025 ABC Politics Justice Department moves to cancel police reform settlements reached with Minneapolis and Louisville
The Justice Department has moved to cancel settlements with Minneapolis and Louisville, Kentucky, that called for an overhaul of policing following the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor
01:54 PM on 05/21/2025 ABC Politics Kristi Noem says habeas corpus lets Trump 'remove people from this country'
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the constitutional provision that allows people to legally challenge their detention by the government is actually a tool the Trump administration can use in its broader crackdown at the U.S.-Mexico border
08:38 AM on 05/21/2025 ABC Politics Democratic Rep. McIver is due for first court appearance on assault charges
Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver of New Jersey is set to have her first appearance in federal court on assault charges stemming from immigration officials’ attempt to arrest the Newark mayor outside a detention facility
06:46 AM on 05/21/2025 ABC Politics Justice Department is investigating whether ex-NY Gov. Cuomo lied to Congress in COVID-19 testimony, AP source says
Justice Department is investigating whether ex-NY Gov. Cuomo lied to Congress in COVID-19 testimony, AP source says
11:17 PM on 05/21/2025 ABC Politics They crossed the border for better schools. Now, some families are leaving the US
Even as immigrants in the U.S. avoid going out in public, terrified of encountering immigration authorities, families across the country are mostly sending their children to school — but that’s not to say they feel safe in this country
03:06 AM on 05/21/2025 ABC Politics A Texas effort to clarify abortion ban reaches a key vote, but doubts remain
Several states with near-total abortion bans have introduced legislation seeking to make their medical exceptions clearer
12:30 AM on 05/21/2025 ABC Politics Larry Krasner wins Philadelphias Democratic primary for a third term as district attorney
Larry Krasner has won Philadelphia’s Democratic primary election to continue serving as district attorney
12:30 AM on 05/21/2025 ABC Politics US must keep control of migrants sent to South Sudan in case removals were unlawful, judge rules
A federal judge ruled late Tuesday that U.S. officials must retain custody and control of migrants apparently removed to South Sudan in case he orders their removals were unlawful
11:26 PM on 05/21/2025 ABC Politics Trump selects concept for $175 billion 'Golden Dome' missile defense system
President Donald Trump has announced the concept he wants for his future Golden Dome missile defense program — a multilayered system that for the first time will put U.S. weapons in space
11:26 PM on 05/21/2025 ABC Politics House GOP grinding ahead with Trump's big tax cuts bill, but new report says it will add to deficit
House Republicans are preparing to vote on their multi-trillion-dollar package of tax breaks and program cuts as soon as Wednesday
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