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Chris Christie, former governor of New Jersey and 2024 Republican presidential candidate, speaks during a campaign event at MaryAnn's Diner, Jan. 5, 2024, in Amherst, N.H. (Sophie Park/Bloomberg via G...

Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Lawmakers are halfway through the congressional session, and it looks like it could be a historic one for the wrong reasons, according to co...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley speak during the fifth Republican presidential primary debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 10, 2024. (Jim Wa...

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Following former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's announcement Wednesday that he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential race, reaction soon poured in from...

Gaelen Morse/Bloomberg via Getty Images(COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- The Ohio House has voted to override Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto against Ohio House Bill 68 in a 65-28 vote. This bill would ban trans...

Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In a blow to House Speaker Mike Johnson, a group of hard-line Republicans tanked a procedural vote on Wednesday in a revolt of a tentative f...

Sophie Park/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is expected to end his 2024 presidential campaign on Wednesday, sources familiar told ABC News. Though Christie drew mu...

Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Sen. John Barrasso has became the highest-ranking Senate Republican to endorse former president Donald Trump’s reelection bid just days out from...

Edward Diller/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Fallout continues Wednesday from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's secretive hospitalization, revealed to be for complications resulting from prostate can...

Spencer Platt/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Sen. Bob Menendez sought on Wednesday to dismiss the charges against him, arguing the government's accusations that he sold his office and sold out his n...