Category Archives: Politics News – ABC Audio
DeSantis plans to launch 2024 exploratory committee as early as May: Sources
Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to take a major step closer to announcing that he's running for president in 2024, with plans in the works to launc...
Apr 27, 2023
Republicans grill teachers' union head on COVID classroom closures
www.fuchieh.com/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A divided House panel on Wednesday alternately questioned and defended American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten for her role in the closin...
Apr 27, 2023
Supreme Court weighs 'equity theft' claim after state seized 94-year-old's home
joe daniel price/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared sympathetic to the appeal of a 94-year-old Minnesota woman who got no compensation when the government seized ...
Apr 27, 2023
House GOP narrowly passes bill to raise debt limit and cut spending; White House called it 'ransom'
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images(WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- House Republicans on Wednesday passed a bill to increase the nation's debt ceiling while cutting federal government spending -- and while the legis...
Apr 26, 2023
Biden addresses concerns about age, says he would be running even if Trump wasn't
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he respects Americans taking a "hard look" at whether his age is a factor and to decide if he's fit to serve as he seeks ...
Apr 26, 2023
Transgender lawmaker censured by Montana House Republicans
ABC News(HELENA, Mont.) -- The Montana House voted on Wednesday to censure the state’s first openly transgender legislator Zooey Zephyr, who called for her colleagues to vote against a gend...
Apr 26, 2023
House Republicans voting on their debt ceiling plan after McCarthy caves on last-minute compromise
Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- House Republicans began voting Wednesday on legislation that would raise the nation's debt limit while cutting federal government spending -- an effort int...
Apr 26, 2023
Why Asa Hutchinson looked forward (and didn't mention Trump) in campaign kickoff
ABC News(BENTONVILLE, Ark.) -- Former Arkansas GOP Gov. Asa Hutchinson, on Wednesday formally announced he's running for the White House -- going back to his hometown of Bentonville to kick off his ca...
Apr 26, 2023
Taliban unaware it killed alleged planner of Kabul airport bombing that left 13 Americans dead: US official
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- ABC News on Wednesday obtained new details after major questions were left unanswered when Biden administration officials on Tuesday said the Taliban had kil...
Apr 26, 2023
New bill would require Supreme Court to create a code of conduct amid recent controversies
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Two Senate lawmakers have unveiled bipartisan legislation to require the Supreme Court create a code of conduct amid recent controversies surrounding Justice Cl...
Apr 26, 2023
