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Former Buckeyes football coach Jim Tressel confirmed as Ohios lieutenant governor
Former Ohio State Buckeyes football coach Jim Tressel has been confirmed as Ohio's next lieutenant governor
03:06 PM on 02/12/2025 ABC Politics Trump's former personal lawyer defends him at a Senate hearing and decries 'partisan lawfare'
President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, Todd Blanche, criticized the criminal cases against the Republican as “partisan lawfare” during his confirmation hearing to become the No. 2 Justice Department official
03:06 PM on 02/12/2025 ABC Politics House Republicans unveil blueprint to extend $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and lift the debt ceiling
House Republicans have set the stage for advancing many of President Donald Trump’s top domestic priorities
01:37 PM on 02/12/2025 ABC Politics Connecticut Rep. John Larson says a complex partial seizure caused him to stop speech on House floor
Connecticut U.S. Rep. John Larson, who inexplicably stopped speaking during a speech Monday on the House of Representatives floor, says he suffered a complex partial seizure
10:42 PM on 02/12/2025 ABC Politics New York City argues for noncitizen voting law before state's top court
New York’s top court has been asked to reverse a ruling against a law that would allow noncitizens to vote in New York City municipal elections
08:02 PM on 02/12/2025 ABC Politics Alabama seeks to join states that allow the death penalty for child rape
Alabama lawmakers advanced legislation that would allow child rapists to be sentenced to death
07:39 PM on 02/12/2025 ABC Politics FBI says it found 2,400 new JFK assassination records
The FBI says it's discovered 2,400 records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy as federal agencies work to comply with President Donald Trump's executive order to release thousands of classified files
04:00 PM on 02/11/2025 ABC Politics DOGE cuts $900 million from agency that tracks American students' academic progress
A federal research office that tracks the progress of America’s students is being hit with almost $900 million in cuts after Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency found no need for much of its work
01:38 PM on 02/11/2025 ABC Politics As Georgia lieutenant governor raises cash, a possible 2026 opponent questions how it can be spent
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr raised $2.2 million for his 2026 gubernatorial bid in less than two months after he took the unprecedented step of announcing in November
12:34 PM on 02/11/2025 ABC Politics It's time to revalue running backs after Saquon Barkley caps best rushing year with Super Bowl win
Saquon Barkley's fantastic first season in Philadelphia shows it's time for teams to revalue the running back position after years of devaluing the NFL's ground game
08:26 AM on 02/11/2025 ABC Politics Top Justice Department official orders prosecutors to drop charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams
The Justice Department has ordered federal prosecutors to drop corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams and halt the ongoing investigation
10:50 PM on 02/11/2025 ABC Politics Trump will host Jordan's King Abdullah II as he escalates pressure on his Gaza resettlement plan
President Donald Trump will host Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the White House as he escalates pressure on the Arab nation to take in refugees from Gaza as part of his audacious plan to remake the Middle East
12:10 AM on 02/11/2025 ABC Politics US cyber agency puts election security staffers who worked with the states on leave
Staffers at the nation’s cybersecurity agency whose job is to ensure the security of U.S. elections have been placed on administrative leave, jeopardizing critical support provided to state and local election offices across the country
07:06 PM on 02/11/2025 ABC Politics Nearly two dozen states sue the Trump Administration to halt cuts in medical research funding
Attorney generals from 22 states have filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration for slashing funding for medical and public health research at universities nationwide
01:14 PM on 02/10/2025 ABC Politics Senator opens inquiry into US Center for SafeSports hiring of investigator charged with sex crimes
The chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee is looking into how a former police officer landed an investigator's job at the U.S. Center for SafeSport despite sex-crime allegations that littered his past, while also asking if the center knew he had been...
01:30 PM on 02/10/2025 ABC Politics Supreme Court that Trump helped shape could have the last word on his aggressive executive orders
President Donald Trump will need the Supreme Court, with three justices he appointed, to enable the most aggressive of the many actions he has taken in just the first few weeks of his second White House term
01:06 AM on 02/10/2025 ABC Politics Vance and Musk question the authority of the courts as Trump's agenda faces legal pushback
Top Trump administration officials are openly questioning the judiciary’s authority to serve as a check on executive power as the new president’s sweeping agenda faces growing pushback from the courts
07:22 PM on 02/10/2025 ABC Politics A presidential first: Trump at the Super Bowl, latest chapter in a complicated legacy with football
Donald Trump made history Sunday as the first sitting president to attend the Super Bowl
09:54 PM on 02/10/2025 ABC Politics Trump says he is serious about Canada becoming 51st state in Super Bowl interview
President Donald Trump said he is serious about wanting Canada to become the 51st state in an interview that aired Sunday during the Super Bowl preshow
11:14 PM on 02/10/2025 ABC Politics California approves $50M to protect immigrants and defend state against Trump administration
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed laws to help safeguard the state's progressive policies from challenges by Republican President Donald Trump's administration
08:39 PM on 02/08/2025 ABC Politics GOP state AGs campaign group brings back leader who resigned in Jan. 6 aftermath
A group that dedicated to electing Republicans to state attorney general positions has brought back a former executive director who resigned in the aftermath of Jan. 6
12:24 PM on 02/07/2025 ABC Politics Trump promotes misleading claims about federal governments media subscriptions
Federal government payments for subscriptions to media outlets have become the latest target of President Donald Trump's spending hawks
11:30 PM on 02/07/2025 ABC Politics Judge in Boston to consider latest bid to block Trump's birthright citizenship order
A federal judge in Boston will consider a request from 18 states to block President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.S. illegally
03:06 AM on 02/07/2025 ABC Politics House GOP rushing to produce Trump's big budget bill with tax cuts, program cuts and other promises
House Republicans are working overtime to meet President Donald Trump’s demand for a big budget package
12:34 AM on 02/07/2025 ABC Politics Iowa's top leaders are strongly endorsing Musk and DOGE. Iowans are watching closely
Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst has hailed Elon Musk and the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency
12:18 AM on 02/07/2025 ABC Politics 13 states to sue over DOGE access to government payment systems containing personal data
Democratic attorneys general in several states are vowing to file a lawsuit to stop Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing federal payment systems containing Americans’ sensitive personal information
11:30 PM on 02/07/2025 ABC Politics Chris Swanson, prominent sheriff and Democrat, announces run for Michigan governor
Genesee County Chris Swanson has told The Associated Press he's launching a Democratic bid to be Michigan's next governor
05:46 PM on 02/06/2025 ABC Politics Senate vote could put Project 2025 architect in charge of Trump's budget office
The Senate is heading for a confirmation vote on Russell Vought
04:18 PM on 02/06/2025 ABC Politics Utah Legislature bans collective bargaining for teachers unions and other public sector jobs
Labor unions that serve teachers, firefighters, police and other public employees in Utah will no longer be able to negotiate on behalf of their workers under a bill that has received final legislative approval
04:34 PM on 02/06/2025 ABC Politics Trump administration sues Chicago in latest crackdown on `sanctuary' cities
The Trump administration is suing Chicago over what are known as sanctuary laws
12:58 PM on 02/06/2025 ABC Politics Ohio elections chief Frank LaRose will run for state auditor in 2026
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose is launching a bid for state auditor in 2026, continuing the recent game of musical chairs among high-ranking Ohio Republicans
09:27 AM on 02/06/2025 ABC Politics In their own words: What Trump said about Gaza and how top administration officials contradicted him
President Donald Trump's comments that the U.S. should take long-term control of war-shattered Gaza and that the area's residents should be permanently resettled have been contradicted by top people in his administration
08:42 PM on 02/06/2025 ABC Politics What to know about the court cases over President Trump's birthright citizenship order
A federal judge who already questioned the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order is set to hear arguments over a longer-term pause of the directive
01:06 AM on 02/06/2025 ABC Politics Minnesota House Democratic and GOP leaders reach a power-sharing agreement to end a 3-week stalemate
Minnesota House Democratic and GOP leaders reach a power-sharing agreement to end a 3-week stalemate
09:05 PM on 02/06/2025 ABC Politics Justice Dept. official accuses FBI chief of 'insubordination,' tamps down talk of revenge on agents
A top Justice Department official has accused the FBI’s acting leaders of “insubordination” in a memo in which he sought to soothe anxiety inside the bureau over the potential for a broad purge of agents involved in investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the...
05:22 PM on 02/05/2025 ABC Politics Democratic senators protest after they say Trump gives Musk's staff access to classified info
Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee are demanding answers after they say President Donald Trump gave Elon Musk's staff access to sensitive and classified government information
04:36 PM on 02/05/2025 ABC Politics Trump unleashes a supercharged MAGA agenda and Republicans come aboard
President Donald Trump’s early moves such as trying to slash the federal government and imposing tariffs on key allies are testing how far Republicans are willing to go in supporting his supercharged “Make America Great Again” agenda
04:26 PM on 02/05/2025 ABC Politics Registered Republicans lead Democrats in Nevada for the first time in 20 years
There are more registered Republican voters than Democrats in Nevada for the first time since 2007
03:54 PM on 02/05/2025 ABC Politics Pam Bondi is sworn in as attorney general as the Justice Department braces for major shakeup
Pam Bondi has been sworn in as attorney general
03:30 PM on 02/05/2025 ABC Politics Callers swamp Senate offices in Trump's first weeks, only to get busy signals and full voicemail
Callers are getting busy signals and voicemail inboxes are full at many U.S. Senate offices
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