Category Archives: Politics News – ABC Audio
Bernie Sanders introduces his largest minimum wage proposal yet
Gabe Ferris, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- A Senate committee will soon take up a bill that would more than double the minimum wage -- though the legislation's chances of passage are slim. Sen. Bernie Sande...
May 04, 2023
Florida mayors pledge support for LGBTQ community amid passage of restrictive bills
Tetra Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Florida mayors across the state are speaking out in support of LGBTQ rights in light of several bills targeting the community that have been passed by the state ...
May 04, 2023
Proud Boys leader convicted of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
SimpleImages/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- After a trial lasting several months, a jury in Washington on Thursday handed the Justice Department a major victory, reaching a verdicts in the Proud Boys Jan...
May 04, 2023
Trump seeks to move hush-money case to federal court because he was president during alleged crime
Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump on Thursday sought to move his New York City criminal case to federal court since, his lawyers said, "the indictment charg...
May 04, 2023
Biden, Republicans spar over veterans' benefits amid debt ceiling showdown
Michael Godek/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The already fierce debate over the debt ceiling turned more contentious this week as Republicans and Democrats feud over the politically explosive issue of ve...
May 04, 2023
As Trump seems likely to skip primary debate amid polling lead, opponents claim he's 'afraid'
Robert Perry/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Donald Trump will likely not attend one or both of the first two 2024 Republican primary debates, which begin in August, multiple sources who have spoken to th...
May 04, 2023
House Republicans seek FBI document they say alleges 'scheme involving' Biden
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The White House on Wednesday denounced as "anonymous innuendo" a subpoena issued by the powerful House Oversight Committee demanding the FBI pro...
May 03, 2023
Trevor Reed's mom speaks at event for Americans held overseas
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Keep pushing. That was the message on Wednesday from Paula Reed, mom of Marine veteran Trevor Reed, who was freed in a 2022 prisoner swap after some th...
May 03, 2023
'Ebony Alert' legislation could help address racial disparity in missing persons cases, advocates say
ABC News(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- In the United States, Black Americans go missing at a disproportionate rate compared to other races, according to the National Crime Information Center. Last year ...
May 03, 2023
Biden administration sending $300 million in new military aid to Ukraine
Anastasia Vlasova for The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration is sending a new $300 million military aid package to Ukraine as it prepares for an expected spr...
May 03, 2023
