ABC Politics News32175 stories between 11/11/2009 at 00:28:06 and 01/26/2025 15:36:07
Florida and Mississippi enact voter citizenship checks, sparking a lawsuit in the Sunshine State
Governors in Florida and Mississippi have signed laws requiring officials to verify voters' citizenship
04:18 AM on 04/03/2026 ABC Politics Rubio accuses China of 'bullying' for holding up Panama-flagged ships after canal clash
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has accused China of “bullying” by detaining or holding up dozens of Panama-flagged ships
04:05 AM on 04/03/2026 ABC Politics A look at Todd Blanche, the ex-Trump lawyer who's the president's pick for acting attorney general
Before picking Todd Blanche to help lead and now run the Justice Department, President Donald Trump was his client
03:40 AM on 04/03/2026 ABC Politics A look at how the Epstein files dogged Pam Bondi's time as attorney general
After Pam Bondi became U.S. attorney general last year, conservative influencers, online sleuths and others who wanted the government to disclose all it knew about Jeffrey Epstein thought they might have a champion in the Department of Justice
03:34 AM on 04/03/2026 ABC Politics Georgia's Brad Raffensperger showcases Ponzi scheme fight as he runs for governor
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says his office has persuaded a securities firm to return $6.7 million to investors
07:49 AM on 04/02/2026 ABC Politics Democrats sue to block Trump's executive order targeting mail ballots
Democrats have sued to block President Donald Trump's latest executive order restricting mail voting
02:31 AM on 04/02/2026 ABC Politics DHS boss rescinds restrictive $100,000 approval process, giving hope to FEMA relief efforts
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has rescinded a rule that DHS expenditures over $100,000 be personally approved by his office
02:32 AM on 04/02/2026 ABC Politics Immigrants seeking asylum are ordered to countries they've never been to, but end up stuck in limbo
In recent months, thousands of immigrants living legally in the U.S. and waiting for rulings on their asylum claims were suddenly ordered deported to countries where most have no ties
12:17 AM on 04/02/2026 ABC Politics Republican plan to fund Homeland Security could get first test vote on Thursday
The Senate is expected to try quickly passing a measure Thursday that would fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, though it’s unclear how swiftly the House will follow to largely end the longest partial government shutdown in history
12:16 AM on 04/02/2026 ABC Politics Man sentenced in cross burning hoax to help elect Colorado Springs' first Black mayor
A man who helped stage a cross burning he says was intended to help elect the first Black mayor of Colorado Springs was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to nearly four years in prison
05:14 PM on 04/01/2026 ABC Politics DHS pauses new immigrant warehouse purchases amid review of Noem-era contracts
Homeland Security is pausing plans to buy new warehouses for immigrant detention as it reviews contracts signed under former secretary Kristi Noem
07:32 AM on 04/01/2026 ABC Politics Tiger Woods a big topic again at Masters even without playing
Tiger Woods is dominating Masters talk again, but for all the wrong reasons
07:35 AM on 04/01/2026 ABC Politics A messy California governor's race raises Democratic fears of potential loss
Democrats have run California for years
07:28 AM on 04/01/2026 ABC Politics Elections officials in Oregon and Arizona are first to pledge legal challenges to new Trump voting order
Elections officials in Oregon and Arizona are first to pledge legal challenges to new Trump voting order
07:36 AM on 04/01/2026 ABC Politics Vance and Rubio's differing postures on Iran war highlight their challenges ahead of 2028 election
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance are both seen as the Republican Party’s strongest potential candidates in the next presidential election, but the Iran war could prove to be a political millstone for them
07:30 AM on 04/01/2026 ABC Politics Judge orders White House ballroom construction to halt in a ruling that leaves Trump seething
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to suspend construction of a $400 million ballroom after it demolished the East Wing of the White House
02:58 AM on 04/01/2026 ABC Politics Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey hospitalized after minor procedure, her office says
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has been hospitalized after undergoing what her office described as a minor procedure to remove fluid that was pressing on her lung
08:34 PM on 04/01/2026 ABC Politics Judge says Penn must turn over information about Jewish employees in US discrimination probe
A federal judge has ordered the University of Pennsylvania to hand over records about Jewish employees on campus to a federal agency as part of an investigation into antisemitic discrimination
04:56 PM on 03/31/2026 ABC Politics 3 FBI agents fired after investigating Trump file class action suit alleging 'retribution campaign'
Three fired FBI agents have sued to try to get their jobs back, saying in a class action lawsuit they were illegally punished for their participation in an investigation into President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat
10:17 AM on 03/31/2026 ABC Politics Schumer had a plan to win back the Senate. But some Democrats aren't on board
Democrats are trying to win back the Senate
01:43 AM on 03/31/2026 ABC Politics Airport cleared to be renamed for Trump as he unveils design for skyscraper library
A Florida airport has been cleared to be renamed after President Donald Trump, hours before the president separately revealed plans for a Miami skyscraper planned to house his presidential library
01:50 AM on 03/31/2026 ABC Politics Joe and Jill Biden adopt a pair of black Lab-mix puppies named Boo and Scout
Joe and Jill Biden have added a pair of black Labrador-mix puppies named Boo and Scout to the former president’s home in Delaware, adopting the sibling dogs after they were rescued from a shelter in Tennessee
01:53 AM on 03/31/2026 ABC Politics Gulf allies privately make the case to Trump to keep fighting until Iran is decisively defeated
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other Gulf allies of the United States are urging President Donald Trump to keep prosecuting his war against Iran, saying the month of strikes has not weakened Tehran enough
01:42 AM on 03/31/2026 ABC Politics Democrats try a new tactic to win a House seat in Utah running as progressives in a red state
Candidates in Utah are for the first time fighting to outflank each other on the left after a redistricting shakeup gave Democrats a prime pickup opportunity in the red state
01:43 AM on 03/31/2026 ABC Politics Lawyers for Rep. Swalwell demand that FBI director halt any plan to release old investigative file
Lawyers for Rep. Eric Swalwell are demanding that FBI Director Kash Patel immediately end any effort to release decade-old files from an investigation involving the California Democrat and a suspected Chinese spy that resulted in no criminal charges
01:50 AM on 03/31/2026 ABC Politics Vermont defends its landmark climate superfund law against Trump administration lawsuit
Vermont is defending its first-in-the-nation law that aims to make fossil fuel companies help pay for damage caused by climate change
11:17 PM on 03/31/2026 ABC Politics GOP sheriff in California pauses election probe as legal challenges grow
A California sheriff who seized more than half a million election ballots says he has paused the election fraud investigation
10:13 PM on 03/31/2026 ABC Politics Mark Sanford makes a last-minute bid to return to Congress again in South Carolina
Mark Sanford is launching another run for Congress in South Carolina’s 1st District
11:26 AM on 03/30/2026 ABC Politics Could a Democrat really replace Marjorie Taylor Greene? This retired Army general is trying
Democrats are drumming up enthusiasm for their long-shot candidate in Republican former congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene's old Georgia district while their party is building nationwide momentum
07:41 AM on 03/30/2026 ABC Politics TSA pay may be coming, but airport delays could persist and ICE agents may not leave soon
Heading into the weekend, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to pay the tens of thousands of TSA officers who have been working without pay for over a month during a partial government shutdown
08:08 PM on 03/30/2026 ABC Politics Dozens arrested for failing to disperse after 'No Kings' rally in Los Angeles
Authorities in Los Angeles deployed tear gas near a federal detention center and made dozens of arrests following a “No Kings” rally this weekend
04:10 PM on 03/29/2026 ABC Politics Bills to pay FAA and TSA workers during shutdowns get introduced but keep stalling in Congress
Members of Congress have repeatedly introduced bills to ensure the federal employees who control air traffic and conduct airport security screenings get paid during government shutdowns
10:45 AM on 03/28/2026 ABC Politics CPAC activists embrace Paxton as MAGA's choice for Texas Senate over Cornyn
Texas AG positions himself as the grassroots favorite in the runoff election.
10:45 AM on 03/28/2026 ABC Politics Minnesota serves as the flagship for nationwide 'No Kings' protests against Trump
Organizers of Saturday’s “No Kings” demonstrations across the country predict Saturday's rallies against President Donald Trump could add up to one of the largest protests in U.S. history
12:08 AM on 03/28/2026 ABC Politics Judge orders better attorney access at Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz'
A federal judge has ruled that the immigration detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz” must provide people detained there with better access to their attorneys
08:16 PM on 03/28/2026 ABC Politics Powerful Missouri Republican who leads House transportation committee joins wave of retirements
Long-serving Missouri Republican Rep. Sam Graves has decided not to run for reelection
03:33 PM on 03/27/2026 ABC Politics California and a voting rights group filed legal challenges to stop GOP sheriff's ballot seizure
The California attorney general and a voting right groups have launched two legal challenges to halt a ballot seizure by a Republican sheriff in Riverside County
03:33 PM on 03/27/2026 ABC Politics Trump interrupts a Cabinet meeting dealing with the Iran war and rising prices to talk Sharpies
President Donald Trump turned an otherwise serious Cabinet meeting into a long Sharpie story, arguing that it shows how he saves government money
07:29 AM on 03/27/2026 ABC Politics Justice Department probes California and Maine over housing transgender women with female inmates
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether California and Maine violate female inmates’ rights by housing them with transgender women
07:31 AM on 03/27/2026 ABC Politics Appeals court pauses orders restricting federal officers' use of tear gas at Portland ICE building
An appeals court has paused lower court rulings in Oregon that restricted federal officers' use of tear gas during protests at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland
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