A Navy veteran, a former member of Congress and an avowed democratic socialist scored sweeping victories in high-profile elections Tuesday, all carrying the Democratic Party banner and addressing widespread concerns about affordability. Despite varied biographies, Democrats who led the polls in New Jersey, Virginia and New York City prevailed in races against voters who ranked…
With a year to go before the 2026 midterm elections, top names in the Democratic Party have been taking the show on the road, saying they are helping the party lay the groundwork for the battle for the U.S. House of Representatives. They could also be preparing to run for president. ABC News has tracked…
Senate Republicans, heading into a leadership meeting Friday afternoon, projected that the Democratic offer made by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer earlier Friday is “unsuccessful,” at least in its current form. “I think everyone who follows this knows that’s impossible. There’s no way. The extension of Obamacare is the negotiation. That’s what we’re going to…
A group of local governments and nonprofits are urging an appeals court to keep in place an order requiring the Trump administration to pay November SNAP benefits in full. The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to issue an emergency stay of a judge’s ruling Thursday ordering the…
The United States has carried out its 17th deadly attack on a suspected drug trafficking ship, killing all three on board, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on X overnight. The attack took place Thursday in international waters off the Caribbean, Hegseth said. “As we have said before, boat attacks against narcoterrorists will continue until the…
The Mega Millions jackpot is now the eighth largest in the game’s history with an estimated $843 million at stake in Friday night’s drawing, officials said. Friday’s 11 p.m. drawing will be the 38th since the jackpot was last won in Virginia on June 27 and is now the longest streak without a jackpot winner…
After New York City elected Zohran Mamdani to become the city’s 111th mayor, exit polls revealed that the mayor-elect garnered the majority of votes from both the city’s younger population and newcomers. Some experts said Mamdani’s success with these voters was due to his campaign messages about challenging the status quo. “It sparked something in…
Major airlines say they plan to cancel hundreds of flights Friday, out of thousands of daily flights, as the Federal Aviation Administration begins limiting flight capacity at 40 major U.S. airports amid the government shutdown. American Airlines said Thursday that it will cancel about 220 of its roughly 6,000 departures starting Friday and continuing through…
A 32-year-old woman who was part of a cleaning crew was fatally shot at an Indiana home after workers mistakenly headed to the wrong address, police said. The shooting occurred Wednesday morning in a subdivision of Whitestown, located about 20 miles northwest of Indianapolis, police said. Officers responding to a 911 call reporting a possible…
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to make a payment to fully fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for the month of November for tomorrow. “People have been without money for too long, not making payments to them for even one more day is simply unacceptable,” said U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr….
