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Trump's federal indictment over how he allegedly handled government secrets is the most serious of his legal issues: Will it change the 2024 presidential election? Last week's indictment of Donald Trump, marking the first time a former president has ever faced federal charges, also created new questions about how his political future could be affected by a historic prosecution. The 37 counts against Trump over how he allegedly handled government secrets after leaving the White House are the latest and most serious of his legal issues. But polling, reactions from Republicans -- including some of Trump's 2024 opponents -- and the aftermath of Trump's first indictment, in New York City, show that it's so far unclear whether the case will have lasting impact on the public. A near equal percentage of Americans believe both that Trump should have been charged and that the charges against him were politically motivated, an ABC News/Ipsos survey last week found. What is...

Alabama's Republican-drafted congressional map was struck down on Tuesday for not creating a second district with sufficient Black representation A three-judge panel on Tuesday unanimously struck down Alabama's recently redrawn congressional map, finding that that the GOP-drafted plan did not comply with the Voting Rights Act as it did not create a second district in which Black voters would likely be able to elect their preferred candidate. Court-appointed experts will now draw a new map for the 2024 elections. Alabama is expected to appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. The state Legislature had passed their latest congressional map in late July, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled a month earlier that the previous map violated the civil rights law. MORE: Alabama Republicans spark another legal fight by not creating 2nd majority-Black district But the revised plan only included one majority-Black district, with a second district that had less than 50% Black reside...

The vice president is the face for the administration's work on abortion, more. Vice President Kamala Harris will soon be hitting the road for a monthlong college tour, Travel ing to more than a dozen campuses across eight states . The trip underscores both the value Democrats are placing on young er voters and the more forceful role Harris is seeking to play on key issues like abortion access ahead of the 2024 election, after weathering two years of scrutiny and low approval ratings. The vice president's "Fight for our Freedoms College Tour" begins on Sept. 14 at Hampton University in Virginia. It will focus heavily on mobilizing young voters -- some of whom have expressed less than favorable views of President Joe Biden -- in states including Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada, Wisconsin and Virginia, with additional campus visits and details to come. News of the tour, first reported by ABC News, comes as students return to school for the fall sem...

Nikki Haley accused Ron DeSantis at the Republican primary debate on Wednesday of banning hydraulic fracking in Florida -- a misleading claim Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley accused Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at the Republican primary debate on Wednesday night of banning hydraulic fracking in his state -- a misleading claim the governor, who has advocated for more domestic oil production as he runs for president, firmly denied. "Our voters enacted a constitutional amendment that doesn't allow" offshore drilling, DeSantis explained, before Haley cut him off. "You banned it before they voted," she said. "She's totally wrong," he countered. While DeSantis did campaign against fracking while he was running for governor, a position shared by other Republicans at the time, the ban wasn't authorized by him. Once in office, he also signed an executive order to "adamantly oppose" the process and other offshore drilling. As a presidential c...

Alabama voters will vote in the 2024 elections using a map that includes a second district designed to empower the state's Black voters, a federal court ruled on Thursday After a protracted legal battle that reached the U.S. Supreme Court, Alabama residents will cast ballots in the 2024 congressional elections using a map that includes a second district designed to empower Black voters, a federal court ruled on Thursday. The new order, from a three-judge panel in Alabama, determines which of three proposed maps should be used in the upcoming races. About 27% of Alabama residents are Black, according to census data. Only one of its seven House district s is currently represented by a Black lawmaker. In 2022, the state Legislature was ordered to redraw its districts to include two "in which Black voters either comprise a voting-age majority or something quite close to it," because the lawmaker-approved map likely did not comply with the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black v...

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday in Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP -- whether racial gerrymandering was done MITCHELVILLE, S.C. -- The wooded and marshy northern tip of Hilton Head Island in South Carolina is home to a little-known symbol of freedom whose legacy, advocates say, hangs in the balance before the U.S. Supreme Court. "If you don't have the people, you don't have the culture," said Taiwan Scott, a 47-year-old island native and member of the Gullah people, African American descendants of slaves who were forced to work the rice, indigo and Sea Island cotton plantations on the southeastern coast. "This is where freedom began," Scott said in an interview on the historic site of Mitchelville, the first freedmen's town formed during the Civil War. "And we should still feel that this is our safe haven." Hilton Head Island in South Carolina is considered sacred land to the native Gullah communit...

In remarks to ABC News, Republican voters largely stood by former President Donald Trump in the wake of his indictment. Despite a majority of Americans believing Tuesday's indictment against former President Donald Trump regarding Jan. 6 is serious, many GOP voters are disregarding the charges and continuing to support Trump. A slight majority (51%) of Americans view the federal indictment against Trump in connection with his attempts to overturn his election loss in 2020 as very serious, the highest figure yet of the three indictments against him, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll found. Another 14% of Americans said the indictment is somewhat serious. Additionally, a plurality of Americans (49%) said Trump should end his presidential campaign, while 36% said he should not. Media members prepare for the arrival of former President Donald Trump, who is facing federal charges in connection with attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat, at U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., Aug. 3...