National Guard members Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew Wolfe. (U.S. Department of Justice)(WASHINGTON) - -The two West Virginia National Guard members shot in November will receive the Purple Heart, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday while addressing troops at the base of the Washington Monument.Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died of...Read more

The Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Virginia, US, on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. Abigail Spanberger will face off with Winsome Earle-Sears on November 4, giving the state its first female governor. (Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)(VIRGINIA) -- Virginia residents could soon vote on whether the legislature can redraw the...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a bill signing in the Oval Office of the White House on February 03, 2026 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump shared on his social media platform overnight a video that includes a racist animation of former President Barack Obama...Read more

US President Donald Trump, left, and Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, during an announcement in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. Trump launched a new website to...Read more

President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev shake hands after signing the latest nuclear arms reduction treaty between the two countries, known as "new START", at Prague Castle, April 8, 2010, in Prague, Czech Republic. (Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- The historic treaty binding the U.S. and Russia to limit their...Read more

Hillary Clinton speaks onstage at 92NY on May 01, 2025 in New York City. (Dominik Bindl/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday made it clear that even though she and former President Bill Clinton agreed to a closed-door deposition, they are continuing to push for a...Read more

Gavin Newsom, governor of California, during the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)(SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) -- Are there too many Democrats running for governor in California?Corrin Rankin, the chair of the California Republican Party, told ABC News on the...Read more

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) participates in a public forum on the violent use of force by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on February 03, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- Expanding her probes into Trump administration policies, Sen....Read more

(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a bid by California Republicans to block a newly redrawn congressional map backed by Democrats and endorsed by voters ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.The move allows the state to move forward with a map enacted by Proposition 50, approved in November,...Read more

National Guard soldiers respond to a shooting near the White House on November 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. At least two National Guardsmen have been shot blocks from the White House. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- The man accused of ambushing West Virginia National Guard members near the White House in...Read more

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on "The Abduction of Ukrainian Children by the Russian Federation" on Capitol Hill on December 3, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images))(WASHINGTON) -- Sen. Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized for evaluation after experiencing flu-like symptoms, his spokesperson said.“In...Read more

Democratic Texas State Rep. James Talarico speaks during a campaign launch rally, September 9, 2025 in Round Rock, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- With just one month until the high-stakes primary election in the Texas U.S. Senate race, Democrats are butting heads, with Democratic State Rep. James Talarico pushing back...Read more

Sailors and marines man the rail as the U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) is guided by tugboats in San Diego Bay as it returns to its homeport of Naval Air Station North Island after a 5-month deployment to the Middle East on December 20, 2024...Read more

The Minnesota National Guard sits at the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, United States, on January 26, 2025. (Arthur Maiorella/Anadolu via Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- The Pentagon’s Northern Command over the weekend stood down more than 1,500 federal troops placed on alert for potential deployment to Minneapolis, according to two U.S....Read more

On Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in front of the Orange County Courthouse, advocates and former elected officials asked President Trump to create a pathway to permanent residency for Haitians who face deportations as their temporary protected status expires on Feb. 3. (Natalia Jaramillo/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) --...Read more