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North Carolina State Representative flips parties, gives Republicans supermajority
North Carolina General Assembly(RALEIGH, N.C.) -- North Carolina state Rep.Tricia Cotham announced Wednesday she is switching parties, giving Republicans the supermajority needed to override veto...
Leah Vredenbregt, ABC News Apr 05, 2023

Trump's indictment won't end his Secret Service protection -- he'd have to decline it: ANALYSIS
Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump’s indictment in New York is historic: never before has a former president been indicted for an alleged crime. The cl...
Donald J. Mihalek, ABC News Apr 05, 2023

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate delivers fiery, bitter concession speech: 'This does not end well'
belterz/Getty Images(MADISON, Wis) -- Wisconsin's high-stakes Supreme Court race culminated Tuesday in a victory for the liberal candidate and a fiery, bitter concession speech by the conservativ...
Tal Axelrod, ABC News Apr 05, 2023

Pence won't appeal judge's decision ordering his testimony before grand jury investigating Jan. 6
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Former Vice President Mike Pence will not appeal a district court ruling and will comply with the grand jury subpoena requesting documents and testimony r...
Katherine Faulders, John Santucci, and Rick Klein, ABC News Apr 05, 2023

Who is Brandon Johnson? Chicago mayoral win is victory for Chicago Teachers Union
Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images(CHICAGO) -- Before his victory speech Tuesday, Chicago’s mayor-elect Brandon Johnson was introduced at the podium by the president of his greatest benefactor: The Ch...
Mark Guarino, ABC News Apr 05, 2023

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs bill repealing 1931 abortion ban
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images(LANSING, Mich.) -- Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill Wednesday repealing the state's nearly century-old abortion ban. Last month, the state's House and Senate pas...
Mary Kekatos, ABC News Apr 05, 2023

Trump calls charges 'insult to our country' in post-arraignment remarks
Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump aired a litany of grievances about Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and other ongoing investigations against him d...
Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News Apr 05, 2023

Chicago mayoral race: Brandon Johnson wins runoff, Paul Vallas concedes
Patricia Marroquin/Getty Images(CHICAGO) -- Brandon Johnson, a former public school teacher, will become Chicago's next mayor. Vallas conceded to Johnson on Tuesday even though the Chicago Board of El...
Mark Guarino, ABC News Apr 04, 2023

Secret Service agents subpoenaed in special counsel's probe of Mar-a-Lago documents
CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Multiple U.S. Secret Service agents connected to former President Donald Trump's security detail have been subpoenaed by special counsel Jack Smith, ...
Luke Barr, ABC News Apr 03, 2023

Marjorie Taylor Greene interview about her past controversies stirs controversy of its own
CBS via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene faced fresh questions about her history of incendiary behavior and spreading baseless attacks on Democratic opponents -- but ...
Libby Cathey, ABC News Apr 03, 2023
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