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iStock/yorkfotoBY: CONOR FINNEGAN (WASHINGTON) — As the Belarusian government continues its violent crackdown on pro-democracy protests, the U.S. has remained relatively muted in its response — weighing whether the carrot or stick will work best in this

yorkfoto/iStockBy JOHN VERHOVEK and KENDALL KARSON, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The Democratic National Convention will feature a star-studded array of the country’s most prominent party leaders, key allies of presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden, and rising stars

ABC NewsBy QUINN SCANLAN, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said she hopes the media will treat Joe Biden’s vice presidential pick, California Sen. Kamala Harris, “not as personally rough” as

ABC NewsBy KENDALL KARSON, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Sen. Kamala Harris steps into her new role as Joe Biden’s vice presidential nominee on a relative high note. Harris receives strong marks as the pick and Biden

ABC NewsBY: JACK ARNHOLZ (WASHINGTON) — In one of his first attacks on former Vice President Joe Biden’s pick for vice-president, President Donald Trump criticized Sen. Kamala Harris as being “extraordinarily nasty” during the confirmation hearings for

By LIBBY CATHEY, ABC News ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images(WILMINGTON, Del.) — Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris will appear together for the first the time as running mates Wednesday afternoon in Wilmington, Delaware,

State Department Photo by Ronny Przysucha / Public DomainBy CONOR FINNEGAN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — A new report from the State Department’s federal watchdog found that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was within his legal authority to

ABC NewsBY: ALISA WIERSEMA (WILMINGTON, Delaware) —  Former Vice President Joe Biden named his former campaign trail rival, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., as his running mate. Biden announced the decision in an email to supporters. “I know

ABC NewsBY: BENJAMIN SIEGEL (WASHINGTON) — President Trump on Tuesday again advocated for college football in the fall, falsely claiming that coronavirus “just attacks old people” and that young, healthy college athletes are “not going to have

DNY59/iStockBy ALEXANDER MALLIN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — A federal appeals court Tuesday heard arguments over whether a district judge overstepped his authority by not initially accepting the Justice Department’s controversial push to drop its criminal case against