Category Archives: Politics News – ABC Audio
Biden and McCarthy meeting on debt ceiling, weeks away from deadline to avoid crisis
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden will meet Tuesday afternoon with congressional leaders at the White House -- as a fast-approaching deadline looms to either increase the na...
May 09, 2023
Blinken facing contempt of Congress threat over cable tied to Afghanistan withdrawal
State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain(WASHINGTON) -- The Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is threatening to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contemp...
May 09, 2023
Abbott blames Texas mall shooting on mental health, but what has been done to address it?
Brandon Bell/Getty Images, FILE(ALLEN, Texas) -- Just one day after the most recent mass shooting in the United States -- this time at an outdoor mall in Allen, Texas -- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott blamed ...
May 08, 2023
Former Navy reservist sentenced to additional four years for Jan. 6 riot
Mint Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A former Navy reservist who the government said expressed admiration for Hitler, among other antisemitic views, was sentenced to four years in prison on Monday ...
May 08, 2023
US government cancels $42B in public service workers' student loans under revamped program
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Department of Education has approved $42 billion dollars in student loan forgiveness for more than 615,000 public service workers since October 2021,...
May 08, 2023
Biden, Buttigieg push for airlines to compensate passengers for controllable delays, cancellations
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Just weeks before the start of the busy summer travel season, President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced a new process on Mon...
May 08, 2023
Biden, McCarthy face serious time crunch to reach debt ceiling deal
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- Lawmakers are staring down a fast-approaching deadline to raise the debt ceiling or risk default as early as June 1, but the timeline to reach...
May 08, 2023
Broad doubts about Biden’s age and acuity spell Republican opportunity in 2024: POLL
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden's job approval rating hit a career low in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll and a broad 68% of Americans say he's too old for another term as preside...
May 08, 2023
Don’t 'piss off his voters': Recordings reveal DeSantis' 2018 thoughts on dealing with Trump
Scott Olson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- During his first bid for statewide office in 2018, Ron DeSantis was grappling with a key issue that he could soon face again during his potential 2024 bid for the...
May 08, 2023
In 2018 debate prep, recordings show DeSantis feared becoming 'mini version of Kavanaugh' over racial issues
Scott Olson/Getty Images(TALLAHASSEE) -- During his first run for governor of Florida in 2018, then-Congressman Ron DeSantis was publicly grappling with a number of issues regarding race that had...
May 07, 2023
