Former President Donald Trump said in a new interview that he doesn’t believe the United States has much of a democracy right now, complaining about the media and his own indictments. In an interview that aired Sunday with “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker, Trump said he believes democracy is the most effective form of...

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) insisted Sunday that "good progress" has been made over the weekend in talks to fund the government and prevent a shutdown that would begin on Oct. 1 without action by Congress. "I feel we made some good progress this weekend. When Republicans took the majority, we wanted to change Washington," he...

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan will meet this weekend with China’s foreign minister as the Biden administration seeks to smooth tensions with Beijing. Sullivan met in Malta on Saturday and Sunday with Wang Yi, who is the Chinese foreign minister and director of the office of the Foreign Affairs Commission, the White House...

Vice President Mike Pence supported the United Auto Workers strike, saying the union is “pushing back rightly” on Biden administration policies encouraging electric vehicles (EVs). The UAW began a first-of-its-kind strike against the “Big Three” automakers — Ford, General Motors and Stellantis — on Friday. The union is demanding increased wages, retirement benefits and workplace...

Skepticism, frustration, and even hostility met the California Public Utilities Commission's decision last month to grant Waymo and Cruise permission to operate automated vehicles in San Francisco. The panic over AVs threatens to drown out the voices of those celebrating this technological advancement. As transportation researchers, we aim to present pathways that embrace technological progress...

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Sunday that if House Republicans remove him, President Biden will get what he wants. McCarthy has been facing increasing threats from his own conference, and particularly Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), about a motion to vacate, which would effectively be a vote to remove the Speaker. He argued on Sunday that...

Former President Donald Trump in a new interview said he did not respect his campaign and White House lawyers who told him in 2020 that he had lost the election. In an interview with “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker that aired Sunday, Trump was asked about why he ignored his lawyers’ advice following the...

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley said Sunday that he never received an "illegal order" from former President Trump after the 2020 election. ABC's Martha Raddatz asked Milley in an interview that aired on "This Week" whether he was concerned that Trump would give him an "illegal order" to use the military to...

Former Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday that he’s not sure if he will get the newly-approved COVID vaccine booster, but encouraged other Americans to at least consider it. “We haven’t made a decision on that yet as a family,” Pence replied when asked if he would get the shot in a CNN interview on...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) offered his support Sunday for Vice President Harris after former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) appeared hesitant to back the vice president last week. "Far be it for me to ever speak for Nancy D'Alesandro Pelosi, the greatest Speaker of all times," Jeffries said on ABC's "This Week" when asked...