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Marjorie Taylor Greene, Chuck Schumer and more are reacting to Trump's arraignment in Manhattan on Tuesday Lawmakers and political leaders are reacting to Tuesday's historic arraignment of and unveiled indictment against former President Donald Trump, who faces 34 felony charges of falsifying Business records related to 2016 hush money payments -- a case he denies as political persecution. While comments are still emerging on the unsealed indictment and related statement of facts, released Tuesday afternoon after Trump was arraigned in Manhattan and pleaded not guilty, politicians including the Senate majority leader and House speaker have weighed in. Many spoke out Tuesday even before details of the criminal accusations were released. The No. 3 House Republican, New York's Elise Stefanik said in a statement, in part, that Trump's arrest as part of his arraignment was a "dangerous and illegal overreach by a radical DA." MORE: Trump indictment live update...

The already fierce debate on the debt ceiling turned more contentious this week as Republicans and Democrats feud over veterans' benefits. The already fierce debate over the debt ceiling turned more contentious this week as Republicans and Democrats feud over the politically explosive issue of veteran s' Health care and other benefits . Democrats can be expected to hit their claims hard when the Senate Budget Committee holds a hearing Thursday on the potential impact of House Republicans' 2024 budget. President Joe Biden and his congressional allies are accusing House Republicans of voting to cut funding for veteran s' services when they narrowly passed the budget proposal last week. Republicans have shot back that Democrats are "shamelessly lying." The bitter back-and-forth comes as lawmakers face a fast-approaching June deadline to reach a solution on the debt ceiling or risk an unprecedented default that would wreak havoc on the economy. MORE: House De...

Mothers of children under 5 told ABC News that the loss of WIC nutrition assistance during a potential shutdown would be devastating for their families. Florencia Cariddi, a mother of a 10-month-old living in New York City, is one of nearly 7 million low-income women in the U.S. receiving assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children -- commonly known as WIC. "I think that if I didn't have the program, it would be really, really hard for me," Cariddi, who lives paycheck to paycheck, told ABC News as she visited the WIC Nutrition Center at Ryan Health in New York City. WIC is a discretionary grant program that is funded by Congress annually and, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, if lawmakers fail to reach a deal to avert a government shutdown this weekend, millions of pregnant and postpartum mothers and their children could lose access to necessities like formula, milk and other food products. Millions of women, ch...