Category Archives: Politics News – ABC Audio
Trump announces 3rd bid for White House
Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Former President Donald Trump has officially announced he is running for president in 2024, marking his third bid for the White House. Say...
Nov 15, 2022
Catherine Cortez Masto on reelection: 'We have an opportunity to move forward'
Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- "GMA3" welcomed Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, the nation's first Latina senator. Her reelection allowed Democrats to maintain contr...
Nov 15, 2022
Republicans, Democrats say Ga. runoff could still be key, even without a Senate majority on the line
krisanapong detraphiphat/Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- Control of the Senate will no longer hinge on Georgia. Nevada incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto defeated Republican Adam Laxalt, giving D...
Nov 15, 2022
McCarthy clinches GOP nomination for speaker of the House despite challenger: Sources
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday clinched the Republican nomination for speaker in the next Congress, multiple sources told ABC News, as the California ...
Nov 15, 2022
Judge overturns Georgia's 6-week abortion ban
Jason Marz/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A judge on Tuesday overturned Georgia's six-week abortion ban, ruling that it is not constitutional. The so-called "heartbeat bill" was signed into law in 2019 b...
Nov 15, 2022
DeSantis fires back at Trump's escalating criticism: 'Check out the scoreboard'
Octavio Jones/Getty Images(FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla.) -- Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis responded for the first time to former President Donald Trump's escalating criticism, telling the press: "All that'...
Nov 15, 2022
Muir presses Pence: Do you regret your own rhetoric leading up to Capitol riot?
ABC News(CARMEL, Ind.) -- In an exclusive interview with ABC News' "World News Tonight" anchor David Muir, former Vice President Mike Pence was pressed on his rhetoric in the days leading up to the ri...
Nov 15, 2022
McCarthy heads into GOP leadership vote that could preview his hurdles to speaker in January
Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy and other GOP leadership hopefuls will go before their caucus on Tuesday afternoon in a vote to determine who will head t...
Nov 15, 2022
What difference would a 51-seat Senate Democratic majority make?
Mint Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- With the party's midterm wins, Senate Democrats have officially clinched control of their chamber for the next Congress, but it's now in the hands of Georgia vo...
Nov 15, 2022
Pence tells Muir about first talk with Trump after riot: 'I said I was angry'
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Former Vice President Mike Pence, in an exclusive interview with ABC News' World News Tonight anchor David Muir, opened up about his first conversation with former President Do...
Nov 15, 2022
