Category Archives: Politics News – ABC Audio
Supreme Court hears extraordinary bid to upend election laws, casts skeptical eye
joe daniel price/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In an extraordinary and tense debate stretching three hours on Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court entertained an unprecedented call to give state legislatur...
Dec 07, 2022
COVID vaccine mandate dropped in defense bill after GOP demand
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Republicans are celebrating a major political win as they head into the new Congress with a House majority -- forcing Democrats to concede on ending the military'...
Dec 07, 2022
California city council race decided by drawing name out of gift bag
KGO-TV(RICHMOND CITY, Calif.) -- After his race for a Northern California city council seat ended in a tie, candidate Cesar Zepeda wore several good luck charms to the drawing that would determine the...
Dec 07, 2022
Trump's attorneys argue he can't be sued for rhetoric leading up to Jan. 6 attack
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- An attorney for former President Donald Trump told a federal appeals court on Wednesday that Trump's fiery speech on the Ellipse prior to the Jan. 6 attack on th...
Dec 07, 2022
'Exuberant' Chuck Schumer on what a 51-seat majority means for Democrats
Phil Roeder/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, feeling "exuberant" following Sen. Raphael Warnock's win in Georgia's runoff, on Wednesday laid out why he thinks Democrat...
Dec 07, 2022
Trump hosts event featuring QAnon, 'Pizzagate' conspiracy theorist at Mar-a-Lago
Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images(PALM BEACH, Fla.) -- A prominent adherent of the QAnon and "pizzagate" conspiracy theories posed for photos with former President Donald Trump at his Mar...
Dec 07, 2022
Four takeaways after Georgia's Senate runoff: What Warnock's win means
Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- ABC News projects that Raphael Warnock has won a full six-year term representing Georgia in the Senate, fending off GOP nominee Herschel Wa...
Dec 07, 2022
Supreme Court hears case that could reshape US election laws
Grant Faint/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear arguments in a case that experts say could dramatically alter how elections are run in the U.S. Moore v. Harper focuses...
Dec 07, 2022
Georgia Senate runoff turnout hits 1.4 million on Election Day, official says
Cheney Orr/Bloomberg via Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- After record-breaking early voting turnout last week, Georgians continued to head to the polls in Tuesday's Senate runoff between Democratic incumbent...
Dec 06, 2022
State election officials subpoenaed in special counsel's probe into 2020 election
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Editor's Note -- Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly reported that the recipients of the subpoenas included some Trump assoc...
Dec 06, 2022
