Category Archives: Politics News – ABC Audio
Donald Trump returning to New York for deposition in $250M civil lawsuit: Sources
Alex Wong/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to return to New York City Thursday to sit for a second deposition as part of New York Attorney General Letitia James' $2...
Apr 10, 2023
Massachusetts to stockpile abortion pill as legal dispute escalates
Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images, FILE(BOSTON) -- Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey on Monday announced her state has begun stockpiling the abortion drug mifepristone ahead of a court-ordere...
Apr 10, 2023
DOJ asks appeals court for emergency stay of abortion pill ruling
Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department on Monday filed an emergency stay motion with the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals seeking to block the order from a federal judg...
Apr 10, 2023
Majority of Americans believe Trump did something illegal: POLL
CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- With former President Donald Trump now formally charged on criminal charges, a majority of Americans (53%) believe he intentionally did something illeg...
Apr 10, 2023
Tenn. lawmaker Justin Pearson expects to soon be reappointed after unprecedented expulsion
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Former Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson said Sunday he expects to be quickly reappointed after what he called his "unprecedented" expulsion for participating in a rauco...
Apr 09, 2023
Barr warns Trump faces more threat from classified docs case than over hush money
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Donald Trump's former Attorney General William Barr warned Sunday that, in his view, Trump faces more legal peril from the federal probe into his possession of classified ...
Apr 09, 2023
Democrats slam Texas abortion pill ruling but are short on legislative solutions
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Top Democrats on Saturday slammed the ruling by a federal judge in Texas suspending the FDA approval of Mifepristone, though they were short on possible legi...
Apr 08, 2023
Trump's rhetoric could force judge to consider complex issue of a gag order: Experts
Jason Marz/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- After pleading not guilty to 34 felony counts, former President Donald Trump on Tuesday launched attacks on the Manhattan district attorney and judge overseeing hi...
Apr 07, 2023
Utah state senator addresses scope of new law regulating kids' social media access
wagnerokasaki via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As Congress considers banning TikTok amid growing fears over potential data privacy issues and Chinese government intrusion, some states are taking matters ...
Apr 07, 2023
Progressives' big night reignites intraparty divides in the Democratic Party
Hill Street Studios via Getty Images(CHICAGO) -- Brandon Johnson, a progressive who won the Windy City's mayoral race against moderate Democrat Paul Vallas, and Janet Protasiewicz, who won an open sea...
Apr 07, 2023
