ABC Politics News32175 stories between 11/11/2009 at 00:28:06 and 01/26/2025 15:36:07
Trump pumps coal as answer to AI power needs but any boost could be short-lived
President Donald Trump's return to office could bring some temporary relief to the beleaguered U.S. coal industry
07:22 PM on 01/26/2025 ABC Politics On Football: Liam Coen isn't the first person in the NFL to change his mind about a job
Liam Coen’s decision to withdraw his name from consideration for Jacksonville’s head coaching position and sign a new contract to remain the offensive coordinator in Tampa Bay didn’t last long
06:34 AM on 01/26/2025 ABC Politics Belarus election is poised to extend the 30-year rule of 'Europe's last dictator'
Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for over 30 years, is poised to extend his rule in an election that concludes Sunday and that the opposition dismisses as a farce
03:33 AM on 01/26/2025 ABC Politics Trump to visit disaster zones in North Carolina, California on first trip of new term
President Donald Trump is heading to hurricane-battered western North Carolina and wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles
03:36 AM on 01/26/2025 ABC Politics The Senate confirms John Ratcliffe to lead the CIA, giving Trump his second Cabinet member
The Senate has confirmed Donald Trump's pick to lead the CIA
02:50 PM on 01/26/2025 ABC Politics The Latest: California Republicans uneasy over Trumps threat to condition wildfire aid
President Donald Trump is remaking the traditional boundaries of Washington, asserting unprecedented executive power and daring anyone to stop him
08:42 AM on 01/26/2025 ABC Politics Immigrant detention beds may be maxed out as Trump moves to deport 'millions and millions'
President Donald Trump’s promise to deport “millions and millions” of immigrants will hinge on securing money for detention centers
01:46 AM on 01/26/2025 ABC Politics Trump's new Justice Department leadership orders a freeze on civil rights cases
The new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation, and suggested it may reconsider police reform agreements negotiated by the Biden administration
02:50 AM on 01/26/2025 ABC Politics North Carolina Supreme Court passing for now on ruling if ballots in close race are valid
The North Carolina Supreme Court has dismissed a request by the trailing candidate in an close race for a seat on the court to rule now on whether well over 60,000 ballots should be removed from the tally
02:54 AM on 01/26/2025 ABC Politics House prepares to pass immigrant detention bill that would be Trump's first law to sign
The House is heading towards a final vote on a bill to require the detainment of unauthorized migrants accused of theft and violent crimes
04:37 PM on 01/26/2025 ABC Politics Rep. Nancy Mace says she is considering a run for South Carolina governor
Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina says she is “seriously considering” a gubernatorial run in 2026
02:39 PM on 01/26/2025 ABC Politics Wisconsin man accused of setting fire to congressman's office over TikTok ban charged with arson
Prosecutors have charged a Wisconsin man who allegedly told police he tried to burn down a congressman's office because he was upset over the federal TikTok ban with felony arson
02:26 PM on 01/26/2025 ABC Politics Trump's perceived enemies worry about losing pensions, getting audited and paying steep legal bills
It’s not just criminal prosecutions that worry those who have crossed President Donald Trump
01:14 PM on 01/26/2025 ABC Politics Everything Trump did in the first executive orders of his presidency
President Donald Trump began his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient U.S. government priorities
01:14 PM on 01/26/2025 ABC Politics Trump says he may withhold federal aid for Los Angeles if California doesn't change water policies
President Donald Trump is threatening to withhold federal disaster aid for wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles unless California leaders change the state’s approach on its management of water
11:46 PM on 01/26/2025 ABC Politics Supreme Court rejects GOP-backed Montana case based on election law theory
The Supreme Court has turned back an election law case out of Montana that relied on a controversial legal theory with the potential to change the way elections are run across the country
03:55 PM on 01/21/2025 ABC Politics Trump issues sweeping pardon of supporters charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack
President Donald Trump says he is pardoning about 1,500 of his supporters who have been charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack, using his sweeping clemency powers on his first day back in office to dismantle the largest investigation and pros...
03:36 PM on 01/21/2025 ABC Politics A wave of Trump-demanded departures hits the State Department
A large number of senior career diplomats who served in politically appointed leadership positions and also lower-level posts at the State Department are leaving their jobs at the demand of the incoming Trump administration, which plans to install its ...
03:36 PM on 01/21/2025 ABC Politics As Trump returns to the White House, families prepare for mass deportations
For millions in the U.S. illegally or with temporary legal status, the start of Donald Trump’s second term as president comes with a feeling their time in the U.S. may end soon
03:36 PM on 01/21/2025 ABC Politics Trump returning to power after unprecedented comeback, emboldened to reshape American institutions
Donald Trump will take the oath of office at noon, solidifying a political comeback without precedent in American history
03:36 PM on 01/21/2025 ABC Politics Donald Trump has sweeping plans for a second administration. Here's what he's proposed
Donald Trump has promised sweeping actions in his second administration
03:36 PM on 01/21/2025 ABC Politics Biden posthumously pardons Black nationalist Marcus Garvey
President Joe Biden has posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other Black civil rights leaders and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s
03:36 PM on 01/21/2025 ABC Politics Missouri lawmakers are going after voter-approved abortion rights. Voters will likely reelect them
Missouri voters last election approved a constitutional amendment that promised to undo the state’s near-total abortion ban
03:36 PM on 01/21/2025 ABC Politics With a US ban on TikTok hours away, Trump says he 'most likely' will grant an extension
President-elect Donald Trump says he “most likely” will give TikTok 90 more days to work out a deal that would allow the popular video-sharing platform to avoid a U.S. ban
03:36 PM on 01/21/2025 ABC Politics Trump's family circle has a different look as he returns to the White House
As Trump prepares to return to the White House, his family circle looks a little different than it did eight years ago
03:36 PM on 01/21/2025 ABC Politics Appeals court rules against Obama-era policy to shield immigrants who came to US as young children
A federal appeals court has ruled against an Obama-era policy shielding hundreds of thousands of immigrants who have long lived in the United States from deportation
03:36 PM on 01/21/2025 ABC Politics Louisiana governor to fly MAGA flag for Trump's inauguration
Republican Gov. Jeff Landry says the “Make America Great Again” flag will be raised at the governor’s mansion in honor of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration
03:36 PM on 01/21/2025 ABC Politics Bribery, fraud charges dropped against former New York Lt. Governor
Federal prosecutors have dropped bribery and fraud charges against former New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin
03:36 PM on 01/21/2025 ABC Politics U.S. prosecutors drop bribery charges against New York's former lieutenant governor, citing the death of a key witness
U.S. prosecutors drop bribery charges against New York's former lieutenant governor, citing the death of a key witness
03:36 PM on 01/21/2025 ABC Politics Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
03:36 PM on 01/21/2025 ABC Politics Arkansas governor traveling to Switzerland next week for World Economic Forum
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is traveling to Switzerland next week for the World Economic Forum
03:36 PM on 01/21/2025 ABC Politics Battling LA's wildfires, priorities shift for Gov. Gavin Newsom's once Trump-focused special session
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has expanded the focus of a special session he called to pass legislation safeguarding the state's progressive policies ahead of Republican President-elect Donald Trump's return to office
03:36 PM on 01/21/2025 ABC Politics Official in Arizona county where some leaders embraced voting conspiracy theories plans to resign
An election official in a southern Arizona county where some leaders embraced voting conspiracy theories plans to resign at the end of February
03:36 PM on 01/21/2025 ABC Politics NYC mayor says his meeting with Trump covered jobs and ceasefire deal, but not his criminal case
New York City Mayor Eric Adams says his meeting with President-elect Donald Trump included discussion of reviving manufacturing jobs in the Bronx and the Gaza ceasefire deal — but not the mayor’s federal bribery charges
03:36 PM on 01/21/2025 ABC Politics Timeline: Key dates in the century-long battle over the Equal Rights Amendment
The struggle over the Equal Rights Amendment started more than a century ago when suffragist Alice Paul first proposed it shortly after the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote
03:36 PM on 01/21/2025 ABC Politics Yellen says Treasury will use 'extraordinary measures' on Jan. 21 to prevent hitting debt ceiling
In one of her last acts as Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen says her agency will start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting maneuvers intended to prevent the nation from hitting the debt ceiling, on January 21, in a letter sent to con...
03:36 PM on 01/21/2025 ABC Politics Pennsylvania high court to take up long-running dispute over mail-in ballots' return envelope dates
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will again consider whether voters should have to write the accurate date by hand on return envelopes used to send their completed mail-in ballots to be counted
03:36 PM on 01/21/2025 ABC Politics Judges hand down what could be the last punishments for the Jan. 6 riot before pardons from Trump
The federal judge who oversaw Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case denounced efforts to rewrite the history of the U.S. Capitol attack as she handed down what she acknowledged may be one of the final punishments for the Jan. 6 riot before the...
03:36 PM on 01/21/2025 ABC Politics Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted is expected to succeed JD Vance in the U.S. Senate, AP sources say
Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted is Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s pick to succeed Vice President-elect JD Vance in the U.S. Senate
03:36 PM on 01/21/2025 ABC Politics Fetterman was elected to challenge convention. Now, he's challenging fellow Democrats
When Democrat John Fetterman got elected to the U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania, many backers had hoped he’d challenge the status quo
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