Category Archives: Politics News – ABC Audio
Trump expected to skip 2nd Republican debate, plans speech to workers in Detroit
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Former President Donald Trump is expected to skip the second Republican primary debate, in California on Sept. 27, and will instead visit Detroit to deliver...
Sep 18, 2023
Trump wrote to-do lists for assistant on White House documents marked classified: Sources
Scott Olson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- One of former President Donald Trump's long-time assistants told federal investigators that Trump repeatedly wrote to-do lists for her on documents from the Whi...
Sep 18, 2023
Senate relaxes informal dress code to allow shorts and hoodies
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has relaxed the chamber's informal dress code, allowing lawmakers to wear whatever they want on the floor of what is sometimes calle...
Sep 18, 2023
Virginia congresswoman won't seek reelection after new health diagnosis
Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Va., announced Monday she will not seek reelection in 2024 after receiving a new diagnosis of progressive su...
Sep 18, 2023
McCarthy unsure if proposed short-term funding bill will pass as key sticking points remain
Michael Godek/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Monday he's unsure a proposed short-term funding measure to avert a government shutdown for at least a month will have enoug...
Sep 18, 2023
Democrats seek to separate President Biden from son Hunter's indictment as Republicans pounce
Julia Nikhinson/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Democrats on Sunday sought to play down the ramifications in Washington from last week's indictment of Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden'...
Sep 18, 2023
Trump refuses to answer questions about Jan. 6 conduct but says he 'behaved so well'
William B. Plowman/NBC via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In a new interview, former President Donald Trump refused or avoided answering many specific questions about his conduct on Jan. 6 -- but ma...
Sep 17, 2023
House Republicans are in 'civil war' amid Biden impeachment probe, looming shutdown: Jeffries
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries argued on Sunday that his Republicans colleagues are "in the middle of a civil war" over the best way forward amid a newly launched i...
Sep 17, 2023
Will House Republicans try to oust McCarthy? 'Everything's on the table,' Mace warns
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace warned Sunday that "everything's on the table" as rank-and-file House Republicans like her spar with Speaker Kevin McCarthy over high-profil...
Sep 17, 2023
'We'll be fine': Top US military officer confident there won't be a Jan. 6 repeat
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- As former President Donald Trump continues to falsely claim he won the last election while he campaigns for the 2024 Republican nomination, outgoing Joint Chiefs of Staff ...
Sep 17, 2023
