Category Archives: Politics News – ABC Audio
Former Rep. Will Hurd announces he’s running for the GOP presidential nomination
Scott Olson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd is running for president, he said Thursday, joining a field of more than a dozen candidates who are vying for the Republican primary...
Jun 22, 2023
Biden welcomes Indian Prime Minister Modi for state visit
MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden rolled out the red carpet Thursday for Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India for the third state visit of his presidency. The visit ...
Jun 22, 2023
Special counsel in documents probe hands over first discovery materials to Trump's team
Creativeye99/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Special counsel Jack Smith's team has handed over to former President Donald Trump its first set of discovery materials supporting its case against him for all...
Jun 22, 2023
House erupts in disorder after Republicans censure top Democrat Adam Schiff, in rare move
U.S. House of Representatives(WASHINGTON) -- In a a rare move, the House passed a censure resolution along party lines on Wednesday night against Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. -- punishing one of th...
Jun 21, 2023
Supreme Court's decision on affirmative action could reshape the college admissions process
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision later this month on a case that would decide the future of race-based affirmative action in hig...
Jun 21, 2023
What RFK Jr., now a presidential candidate, has said about Ukraine, vaccines, the economy and more
Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Tuesday night in what his campaign billed as a major foreign policy...
Jun 21, 2023
Biden administration's asylum policy is sharply cutting back on successful applications: Official
Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A newly implemented Biden administration policy is significantly reducing the number of migrants at the southern border who can succ...
Jun 21, 2023
New Texas law will get rid of water breaks for outdoor workers amid extreme heat
Brandon Bell/Getty Images(AUSTIN, Texas) -- A new Texas law that overrides city and county ordinances will also eliminate protections currently in place for workers, such as mandated water breaks...
Jun 21, 2023
Jan. 6 rioter who used stun gun on officer sentenced to more than 12 years
Marcia Straub/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A Jan. 6 rioter who tased a police officer in the neck during one of the most violent clashes of the Capitol attack was sentenced to more than 12 years i...
Jun 21, 2023
Biden's seeming 'dictator' swipe at Xi won't undo Blinken's work on China, US officials say
Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As Secretary of State Antony Blinken departed Beijing on Monday, he declared that his visit had successfully infused ...
Jun 21, 2023
