Threats and assassination attempts come with the office Donald Trump once held and is seeking again
Former President Donald Trump and other Republicans are blaming comments made by Democrats that he is a threat to democracy for the unprecedented attacks on him, the latest coming over the weekend.
Supreme Court justices have a job for life. But some left the court to make their lasting mark
One of the allures of being a Supreme Court justice is that the job has lifetime tenure.
As Jimmy Carter nears his 100th birthday, a musical gala celebrates the 'rock-and-roll president'
A range of stars from the stage, screen and sport has gathered to pay tribute to former President Jimmy Carter ahead of his 100th birthday.
Long before gay marriage was popular, Kamala Harris was at the forefront of the equal rights battle
Two decades ago, a Democratic nominee for president might not have dreamed of endorsing gay marriage.
Harris addresses Trumpโs false claims about her race and his history of racial division
Kamala Harris has addressed false claims by former President Donald Trump about her racial identity, calling his remarks about race a โtragedyโ for someone seeking the office of the presidency.
9/11 anniversary brings Biden, Harris and Trump together at ground zero
Some 9/11 victimsโ relatives have appealed to presidential candidates for accountability as the U.S. marks an anniversary laced with election-season politics.
A decision on a major policy shift on marijuana won't come until after the presidential election
A decision on whether to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in the U.S. wonโt come until after the November presidential election.
Judge rejects claims that generative AI tanked political conspiracy case against Fugees rapper Pras
A judge has rejected a push for a new trial in a multimillion-dollar political conspiracy case against rapper Pras Michel of the Fugees.
Black students are still kicked out of school at higher rates despite reforms
In the decade since Black Lives Matter, a spotlight has shined on inequity in education outcomes and, in particular, how exclusionary discipline disproportionately affects Black children.
Harris defends shifting from some liberal positions in first interview of presidential campaign
Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday defended shifting away from her some of her more liberal positions in her first major television interview of her presidential campaign.
Trump shares social media posts with QAnon phrases and calls for jailing lawmakers, special counsel
Donald Trump shared more than a dozen posts on his social media network that call for the trial or jailing of his foes, including House lawmakers who investigated the attack on the U.S. Capitol and special counsel Jack Smith.
'It's our time': As Harris accepts the nomination, many women say a female president is long overdue
The kinetic energy powering Kamala Harrisโ whirlwind presidential campaign carries the hopeful aspirations of history for many female voters.
The 'joyful' Democratic convention is over. The real test for Kamala Harris' campaign now begins
Over and over, the Democrats gathered at their national convention predicted Kamala Harris would defeat Donald Trump.
Democrats set their convention roll call to a soundtrack. Hereโs how each song fits each state
The traditional roll call at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago became a boisterous dance party, with each stateโs delegation announcing their votes for presidential nominee Kamala Harris to a song befitting their state.
Trump speaks from behind bulletproof glass at first outdoor rally since his attempted assassination
Donald Trump spoke from behind bulletproof glass in North Carolina at his first outdoor rally since last month's attempted assassination.
Your audience is filled with Republicans. The Democratic convention is underway. How to cover it?
The Democratic convention presents Fox News Channel with a delicate challenge โ how to cover a party suddenly enthused about its election chances when much of its audience has a different political view.
A double dose of Obama firepower, a doting spouse and a dance party: Takeaways from Day 2 of the DNC
The Democratic National Conventionโs second night served up a double dose of Obama firepower for Vice President Kamala Harris.
Obamas close DNC's second night with rousing Harris endorsement and pointed warnings about Trump
Warning of a difficult fight ahead, former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have called on the nation to embrace Kamala Harris in urgent messages to the Democratic National Convention that were at times both hopeful and ominous.
Obama made his DNC debut 20 years ago. He's returning to make the case for Kamala Harris
Barack Obama is returning to the Democratic National Convention stage two decades after his memorable debut.
What to watch on the Democratic National Convention's second day in Chicago
Democrats say they will lay out the 2024 election as โa choice between two very different visions of Americaโ on the Democratic National Conventionโs second night.
Biden takes inaugural flight in long-delayed new 'Marine One' helicopter
President Joe Biden on Monday took his first flight aboard the modern VH-92A helicopter that serves as Marine One after years of delays to the program to replace the aging aircraft that carry the president and vice president.
Floor fights, boos and a too-long kiss. How the dramatic and the bizarre define convention history
Presidential conventions can be memorable for floor fights and bloody battles on the streets outside or for scenes that stand out as outlandish or awkward.
The Democratic National Convention is here. Here's how to watch it
The Democratic National Convention kicks off this week, with delegates and officials descending on Chicago to formally nominate Vice President Kamala Harris as their nominee.
Walz touts Nebraska roots in visit to his home state where there's a battle over one electoral vote
Tim Walz played up his Nebraska roots in his first trip back to his home state since becoming the Democratic vice presidential nominee, and then drew sharp contrasts between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
How Ferguson elevated the profile of the Justice Department's civil rights enforcers
The investigations into Michael Brown's death in Ferguson, Missouri 10 years ago catapulted the Justice Departmentโs Civil Rights Division into the spotlight.
Trumpโs campaign called it an economic address. He made big promises but mostly veered off topic
Donald Trump made little effort to stay on message at a rally in North Carolina that his campaign billed as a big economic address.
US surgeon general was warned by his mom to avoid politics, but he jumped into the fray anyway
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy isnโt shying away from politics, as his mother had once hoped when he was a kid.
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Connecticut's state primaries
Connecticut Republicans will pick nominees in state primaries on Tuesday to challenge two longtime Democratic lawmakers, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy and U.S. Rep. Jim Himes.
Democrats and Republicans descend on western Wisconsin with high stakes up and down the ballot
Vice President Kamala Harrisโ first campaign stop in Wisconsin with her new running mate this week put her in a critical part of a swing state.
Biden hosts World Series champion Texas Rangers at the White House, says they 'embody resilience'
The Texas Rangers have visited the White House to celebrate their 2023 World Series victory with President Joe Biden.
Picking a running mate: Inside the 16 days between Kamala Harris' launch and her choice of Tim Walz
Kamala Harrisโ whirlwind process to select Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate can be summed up in a word: weird.
Senior economics aide Gene Sperling is leaving the White House to work on the Harris campaign
White House senior adviser Gene Sperling is leaving his administration position to work with Vice President Kamala Harrisโ election campaign as the Democrats step up efforts to challenge Donald Trump on policy issues in Novemberโs election.
Focus on economy and answer the Harris 'Freedom' message: What GOP strategists think Trump should do
Republican strategists who have run campaigns against Donald Trump say they recognize what the former president is doing against Vice President Kamala Harris.
Chinese businesses hoping to expand in the US and bring jobs face uncertainty and suspicion
In 2022, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer welcomed a Chinese battery companyโs plan to build a $2.36 billion factory and bring a couple thousand jobs to Big Rapids.
Trump is making his 2024 campaign about Harris' race, whether Republicans want him to or not
Donald Trumpโs rhetoric this week and his record on race indicate that divisive attacks on race may emerge as a core GOP argument before Election Day.
Trump's appearance before Black journalists leads to memorable confrontation with ABC's Rachel Scott
Former President Donald Trump's appearance before a conference of Black journalists, already a source of controversy before it even took place, was remarkably contentious โ primarily due to Trump's reaction to sharp questioning from ABC News' Rachel Scott.
'Gen Z feels the Kamalove': Youth-led progressive groups hope Harris will energize young voters
Youth-led progressive organizations have warned for months that Joe Biden had a problem with young voters, pleading with the president to work more closely with them to refocus on the issues most important to younger generations or risk losing their votes.
2024 Election Latest: Harris urges people to vote as campaign heats up, Trump meets with Netanyahu
Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama have endorsed Kamala Harris in her White House bid, giving the vice president the expected but still crucial backing of the nationโs two most popular Democrats.
Barack and Michelle Obama endorse Kamala Harris, giving her expected but crucial support
Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama have endorsed Kamala Harris in her White House bid, giving the vice president the expected but still crucial backing of the nationโs two most popular Democrats.
Biden passed that torch slowly, hanging on until the wheels finally came off
Insiders who were close to Joe Biden's struggles are describing a president who was dogged in his determination to keep his candidacy alive โ but ultimately not in denial about the odds.
Takeaways from a day that fundamentally changed the presidential race
President Joe Bidenโs abrupt decision to bow out of the presidential race and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic candidate against former President Donald Trump has caused a political earthquake.
Democrats are rallying around Harris as she vows to 'earn and win' party nomination for president
Democrats are quickly rallying around Vice President Kamala Harris as their likely presidential nominee after President Joe Bidenโs ground-shaking decision to bow out of the 2024 race.
Biden's legacy: Far-reaching accomplishments that didn't translate into political support
Historians and political advisers say history will be kinder to President Joe Biden than voters have been.
US appeals court allows EPA rule on coal-fired power plants to remain in place amid legal challenges
A federal appeals court is allowing a Biden administration rule aimed at limiting planet-warming pollution from coal-fired power plants to remain in place as legal challenges continue.
Joe Biden faces increasing pressure to quit the race, but has spent a lifetime overcoming the odds
President Joe Biden now is weighing whether to bow to the mounting pressure to exit the presidential race.
Biden pushes party unity as he resists calls to step aside, says he'll return to campaign next week
A rapidly growing chorus of Democratic lawmakers is calling for President Joe Biden to drop his reelection bid, even as the president insists heโs ready to return to the campaign trail to counter what he calls a โdark visionโ laid out by Republican Donald Trump.
Obama's dilemma: Balancing Democrats' worry about Biden and maintaining influence with president
Former President Barack Obama has found himself in a vexing position as his old running mate Joe Biden negotiates one of the most sensitive political moments for the Democratic Party in decades.
Biden is isolated at home as Obama, Pelosi and other Democrats push for him to reconsider 2024 race
Democrats at the highest levels are making a critical push for President Joe Biden to reconsider his election bid.
Biden and Trump accuse each other of weakening America's foreign policy. Here are the facts
In a relative rarity for presidential elections, both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have long records on foreign policy and clearly stated positions on many of the worldโs hot spots.
Condemnation of Trump rally shooting crosses party lines, and blame game and calls for probe begin
Republican and Democratic leaders, as well as some international friends and foes, are expressing shock following the news that gunfire had broken out during a Donald Trump campaign rally in Pennsylvania โ and relief that the former president survived the attack.
Late-night comics have long been relentless in skewering Donald Trump. Now it's Joe Biden's turn
Since Donald Trump's emergence on the political scene, late-night comics like Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel have made him a relentless target.
Two weeks that imperiled Biden's presidency left him on probation in the court of Democratic opinion
It's been two weeks since President Joe Biden's debate with Donald Trump and Democrats are torn over what to do about their predicament.
Houston keeps buckling under storms like Beryl. The fixes aren't coming fast enough
As Houston slowly struggles to recover after Hurricane Beryl left millions without power, experts say it's time to rethink how cities are preparing for and responding to weather disasters.
Biden's press conference will be a key test for him. But he's no master of the big rhetorical moment
President Joe Biden's press conference offers him a fresh opportunity to try to prove to the American public heโs capable of serving another four years after his big debate flop threw the future of his presidency into doubt.
Biden's low-profile doctor has been thrust into the spotlight after the president's debate disaster
Few outside the White House would know Kevin O'Connor, President Joe Biden's doctor.
The White House faces many questions about Biden's health and medical history. Here are some answers
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has tried to address questions about President Joe Biden's health.
The Saipan surprise: How delicate talks led to the unlikely end of Julian Assange's 12-year saga
The abrupt guilty plea by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was the culmination of negotiations that began a year and a half ago and accelerated in recent months.
Biden rallies for LGBTQ+ rights as he looks to shake off an uneven debate performance
President Joe Biden is courting LGBTQ+ voters at a pair of events in New York City as he looks to shake off an uneven debate performance.
Biden's debate performance spurs Democratic panic about his ability to lead party against Trump
Above all, Joe Bidenโs allies have wanted him to demonstrate strength and energy on the debate stage this week to help put to rest questions about the 81-year-old Democratโs physical and mental acuity.
A signature Biden law aimed to boost renewable energy. It also helped a solar company reap billions
One of President Joe Bidenโs signature laws aimed to invigorate renewable energy manufacturing in the U.S. It will also help a solar panel company reap billions of dollars.
Missouri, Kansas judges temporarily halt much of President Biden's student debt forgiveness plan
Federal judges in Kansas and Missouri have together blocked much of a Biden administration student loan repayment plan that provides a faster path to cancellation and lower monthly payments for millions of borrowers.
Democrats wrestle with whether to attend Netanyahu's address to Congress as many plan to boycott
The last time Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the U.S. Congress, nearly 60 Democrats skipped his speech nine years ago.
Seeing is believing? Not necessarily when it comes to video clips of Biden and Trump
Republicans have shared a spate of lightly altered and out-of-context videos to fuel a narrative that President Joe Biden is mentally and physically unfit for office.
Federal appeals court says some employers can exclude HIV prep from insurance coverage
Eight employers who challenged some federal health insurance requirements cannot be forced to provide no-cost coverage for certain types of preventive care, including HIV prep and some kinds of cancer screenings, a federal appeals court in New Orleans ruled Friday.
Immigrant families rejoice over Biden's expansive move toward citizenship, while some are left out
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants had reason to rejoice when President Joe Biden unveiled a highly expansive plan to extend legal status to spouses of U.S. citizens but, inevitably, some were left out.
Biden again calls Trump a 'convicted felon' at a fundraiser pushing his 5-day total to around $40M
President Joe Biden is again taunting Donald Trump as a โconvicted felon,โ saying his likely opponent in Novemberโs election is waging an โall-out assaultโ on the U_S_ legal system.โ.
Half a million immigrants could eventually get US citizenship under a sweeping new plan from Biden
President Joe Biden has ordered an expansive election-year step to offer relief to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal status in the U.S. It comes after the Democratic president's own aggressive immigration crackdown at the southern border earlier this month.
Judge rules that federal agency can't enforce abortion rule in Louisiana and Mississippi
A federal judge on Monday granted the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, as well as employers in two Southern states, temporary relief from complying with a federal rule that would have required them to provide workers with time off and other accommodations for abortions.
Biden will announce deportation protection and work permits for spouses of US citizens
President Joe Biden is planning to announce a sweeping new policy that would lift the threat of deportation for tens of thousands of people married to U.S. citizens.
Biden's campaign announces a $50 million advertising blitz highlighting Trump's conviction
President Joe Bidenโs reelection campaign says it's using a $50 million advertising blitz targeting voters in battleground states to highlight the โstark contrastโ between Biden and former President Donald Trump following Trump's New York felony conviction.
Many voters in swing-state North Carolina are disengaged. Party activists hope to fire them up
Granville County is one of only six counties in North Carolina that voted for Barack Obama, and then pivoted to Donald Trump.
Clooney and Roberts help Biden raise $30 million-plus at a star-studded Hollywood gala
Some of Hollywoodโs brightest stars headlined a fundraiser for President Joe Biden in Los Angeles that took in a record $30 million-plus for a Democratic candidate, according to his campaign.
White House preps 'dreamers' celebration while President Biden eyes new benefits for immigrants
President Joe Biden will host a White House event next week celebrating an Obama-era directive that offered deportation protections for young undocumented immigrants.
Hollywood's A-listers are lining up behind Joe Biden. Will their support matter in November?
Celebrities are increasingly lending their star power to President Joe Biden, hoping to energize their fans to vote for him in November and entice donors to pony up for his campaign.
Native American tribe is on a preservation mission as it celebrates trust status for ancestral lands
A Native American community in the heart of New Mexico has officially doubled in size as more than 93 square miles of ancestral land was taken into trust by the U.S. government for Santa Ana Pueblo.
A new account rekindles allegations that Trump disrespected Black people on 'The Apprentice'
Fresh allegations are surfacing about Donald Trump's disrespectful behavior toward Black contestants on โThe Apprentice,โ the reality TV show he hosted from 2004 to 2015.
A grant program for Black women business owners is discriminatory, appeals court rules
A U.S. federal court of appeals panel suspended a venture capital firmโs grant program for Black women business owners on Monday, ruling that a conservative group is likely to prevail in its lawsuit claiming that the program is discriminatory.
'War on coal' rhetoric heats up as Biden seeks to curb pollution with election looming
The rhetorical โwar on coalโ is back as Republicans try to capitalize on moves by President Joe Biden's administration to rein in pollution and climate change.