Politics

1:01The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 25, 2025.Petty Officer 2nd Class Christia/US Navy, FILES A U.S. fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone as it approached the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the…

1:47Department of Homeland Security police officers block the entrance of the Bishop Whipple Federal Building while protesters oppose ICE detentions almost week after Alex Pretti was killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis, January 30, 2026. Octavio Jones/AFP via Getty Images…

1:42The construction for the ballroom on the White House’s East Wing as seen from the top of the Washington Monument, Nov. 17, 2025.ABC News Even before a federal judge has decided whether he'll halt construction of the White House ballroom,…

2:29Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrive for the

1:20President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, February 2, 2026.Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters President Donald Trump on Monday called on Republicans to "take over" and "nationalize" voting as he continued to make false claims about the electoral…

1:52Retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy speaks with ABC News senior Supreme Court reporter Devin Dwyer in a rare on-camera interview.ABC News In his 30 years on the Supreme Court, former Justice Anthony Kennedy delivered key votes in narrowly decided cases…

1:25Snow is seen near the US Capitol in Washington, February 2, 2026. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Thousands of Federal Aviation Administration workers have been furloughed and nearly 14,000 air traffic controllers will work without pay as the partial government…

2:32A photograph shows the emblem of the United Arab Emirates on the fence of the Qasr al-Watan presidential palace in Abu Dhabi on Jan. 23, 2026.Giuseppe Cacace/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump's cryptocurrency firm, World Liberty Financial, sold a…

8:52A view of the U.S. Capitol on Day 2 of a partial government shutdown in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 1, 2026.Ken Cedeno/Reuters House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said Sunday morning that his caucus would meet Sunday afternoon to determine…

17:28Documents that were included in the U.S. Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files are photographed Friday, Jan. 2, 2026.Jon Elswick/AP Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday defended the Justice Department's release of more than 3 million…