Category Archives: Politics News – ABC Audio
6 months after overturning of Roe v. Wade, what abortion access looks like in America
joe daniel price/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The abortion landscape of the United States has changed dramatically since Roe v. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court six months ago. The decision to ...
Dec 22, 2022
Arizona Gov. Ducey agrees to dismantle makeshift border wall
PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images(PHOENIX) -- Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has agreed to deconstruct the makeshift border wall his administration has been building out of shipping containers for sever...
Dec 22, 2022
Title 42 actually contributes to increased migration numbers, data suggests
John Moore/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Authorities at the southern border have been arresting, detaining and removing migrants at the border more times in the past year than ever before in U.S. histor...
Dec 22, 2022
Senate passes $1.7T spending bill, including Ukraine aid, getting one step closer to averting shutdown
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Senate on Thursday reached a last-minute deal on a sprawling $1.7 trillion package to keep the government funded through the next fiscal year -- and sen...
Dec 22, 2022
Biden delivers 'Christmas address' from White House: 'We have become too divided'
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden delivered what the White House called a "Christmas address" Thursday afternoon where he emphasized unity, reflection and kindness as 2022 come...
Dec 22, 2022
Pelosi delivers final press conference ahead of departure as speaker: 'Thank you'
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Fresh from presiding over Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's joint address to Congress and flanked by a vintage photo of Winston Churchill's 1941 speech...
Dec 22, 2022
Gov. Kathy Hochul grants clemency to domestic abuse survivor, others in name of 'justice and fairness'
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(ALBANY, N.Y.) -- New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has granted clemency to 13 people, including a domestic violence survivor and nine people facing immigration consequences as a re...
Dec 22, 2022
Trump-era pardon recipients are increasingly back in legal jeopardy
Creativeye99/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In February, former newspaper executive Kenneth Kurson pleaded guilty to cyberstalking his ex-wife. Months later, rapper Kodak Black was arrested on felony dru...
Dec 22, 2022
House Jan. 6 committee releases interview transcripts of 34 witnesses
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday released the interview transcripts of 34 witnesses who ...
Dec 22, 2022
Hunter Biden retains top defense lawyer ahead of expected GOP probes
Kris Connor/WireImage/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Ahead of an expected deluge of Republican probes, Hunter Biden has retained high-powered defense lawyer Abbe Lowell to help navigate congressional ove...
Dec 21, 2022
