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ABC News Photo Illustration / Alex Gilbeaux What started as a rocky presidential campaign launch marred with technical issues ended with a massive roll-in of cash for the first 24 hours of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign. DeSantis raised…

Part of The 2022 midterm elections, explained Control of the House of Representatives remains unclear as of Thursday afternoon, as Republicans appear to have an edge but a path to a Democratic majority remains. To win a majority, a party…

Senate Democrats passed their first procedural vote on the Inflation Reduction Act on Saturday. The motion to proceed on the $739 billion climate, tax and health care bill passed in a 51 to 50 vote. Vice President Kamala Harris cast…

Seeking to strike a reassuring tone despite days of negotiations, President Joe Biden said Thursday afternoon that he’s had several “productive conversations” with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and their teams are “making progress” on debt ceiling talks as the country…

Gridlock in Washington over raising the debt ceiling threatens to disrupt payments to millions of Americans who rely on government benefits each month. Seniors, veterans and Americans living with disabilities could be the first to suffer if the federal government…

Rep. Dan Crenshaw and Sen. Tammy Duckworth are reflecting on their past military service in Iraq on the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion there. Both lawmakers recently sat down with ABC “This Week” co-anchor Martha Raddatz for a segment…

President Donald Trump and his most ardent supporters have, once again, made the subtext into blatant, blaring text. We are deep in the Trump cycle of racist invective, in which the president says something offensive, waits for political allies to…

Li Zhou is a politics reporter at Vox, where she covers Congress and elections. Previously, she was a tech policy reporter at Politico and an editorial fellow at the Atlantic. On Thursday, the House passed the Respect for Marriage Act,…

Rep. Charlie Crist is projected to have defeated Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried on Tuesday in Florida’s Democratic gubernatorial primary, ABC News reports, setting up a high-profile matchup against Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in the fall. With about 92% of the…

Former President Donald Trump’s false allegation that the 2020 presidential election was stolen continues to reverberate among GOP political candidates who are running on anti-establishment platforms and eager to gain the support of the former president’s voter base. Kari Lake…