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(WASHINGTON) -- Republican senators ABC News spoke with Thursday squirmed when asked about former President Donald Trump falsely questioning Vice President Kamala Harris' racial identity during his interview at the National Association of Black Journalists convention a day earlier -- as the former president doubled down on the false attack.In…

(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Thursday celebrated an extraordinary prisoner exchange that freed several Americans wrongfully detained in Russia, calling it a "feat of diplomacy and friendship" in remarks from the White House.Biden was surrounded by family members of Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, Alsu Kurmasheva and Vladimir Kara-Murza as…

(WASHINGTON) -- Russia, the United States and several other countries on Thursday were engaged in an extraordinary, 24-prisoner exchange, the largest of its kind since the Cold War and one in which President Joe Biden was directly involved, the White House said Thursday.The swap allows the two wrongfully detained American…

(WASHINGTON) -- Former president Donald Trump is facing criticism for recent comments made about the Jewish community in which he claimed a Jewish American who votes for a Democrat is "an absolute fool."The American Jewish Committee (AJC), a global Jewish advocacy group, condemned Trump's comments."At a time when antisemitism is…

(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Secret Service faced an array of challenges -- and made some potentially dangerous mistakes -- while trying to protect the president, vice president and vice president-elect on Jan. 6, 2021, the day a mob supporting then-President Donald Trump violently stormed the U.S. Capitol, according to a…

(WASHINGTON) -- Republicans and Democrats agree: Ohio Sen. JD Vance has had a rocky rollout as former President Donald Trump's running mate. What's less clear is how much it matters to voters.Since Vance was picked to join Trump on Republicans' ticket, he's been hit with a cascade of stories about…

(WASHINGTON) -- A bill aimed at expanding the child tax credit for millions of families and implementing business tax breaks failed to progress through the Senate during a key test vote Thursday afternoon.The legislation failed to go forward by a vote of 48-44. It would have needed 60 to advance.For…

(WASHINGTON) -- The largest prisoner exchange with Russia since the Cold War took months of detailed negotiations that directly involved the president, government officials told ABC News.The deal, which freed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, involved several nations and included key exchanges by…

(NEW YORK) -- A New York appeals court on Thursday denied former President Donald Trump's effort to throw out the limited gag order in his New York criminal "hush money" case.A panel of five judges from New York's mid-level appeals court rejected Trump's argument the gag order was no longer…

(WASHINGTON) -- A virtual voting process kicks off on Thursday morning to formally designate Vice President Kamala Harris the official presidential nominee of the Democratic Party.Harris was already deemed the presumptive nominee by the Democratic National Committee on Tuesday after she emerged from a process, laid out by the party's…