Category Archives: Politics News – ABC Audio
Trump was told Georgia election fraud numbers were inaccurate, emails say
adamkaz/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge said in a ruling Wednesday that evidence shows former President Donald Trump had been told the number of 2016 voter fraud instances he alleged occur...
Oct 20, 2022
Virginia's Glenn Youngkin embraces Kari Lake in Arizona, despite election denialism
Libby Cathey/ABC News(TUCSON, Ariz.) -- Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin made multiple campaign stops in Arizona on Wednesday with Republican gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake -- the most MAGA-aligned candi...
Oct 20, 2022
Sellers of Dr. Oz's new home in Pennsylvania say they 'insisted on' adding an unusual wrinkle
Mark Makela/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Pennsylvania GOP Senate nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz has shrugged off months of Democratic attacks that he's a carpetbagging out-of-towner by pointing to the house he ...
Oct 20, 2022
Georgia early midterms voting so far surpassing 2020 presidential election
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- With less than three weeks until the midterm elections, Georgians are already casting their ballots at a fast pace -- with vote counts on Tuesday surpassing ...
Oct 20, 2022
Tulsi Gabbard campaigns for election denier Kari Lake in Arizona
ABC News(CHANDLER, Ariz.) -- Former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who ran for president in 2020 as a Democrat and endorsed Joe Biden after her exit from the race, on Tuesday campaigned in Arizona for the...
Oct 19, 2022
Putin's martial law declaration in Ukraine 'speaks to his desperation,' Blinken tells ABC
Michael Le Brecht/ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Secretary of State Antony Blinken told "Good Morning America" anchor George Stephanopoulos in a new interview that Russian President Vladimir Putin's declarat...
Oct 19, 2022
Former Oath Keeper was prepared to fight and 'die' for Trump on Jan. 6, he says
Mint Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A former member of the Oath Keepers testified Tuesday that he believed he and other members of the far-right group were preparing to fight to prevent President ...
Oct 19, 2022
Fetterman is ready for 'full duty' and speaks with no 'cognitive deficits,' his doctor says
Mark Makela/Getty Images(PHILADELPHIA, Penn.) -- Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman's health "has continued to improve" and he is speaking "without cognitive deficits" months after a stroke,...
Oct 19, 2022
Biden announces more steps to try to lower gas prices, including next oil release from reserve
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced a series of steps aimed at easing the oil supply crunch and lower gas prices, which have become a m...
Oct 19, 2022
Trump expected to sit for deposition in E. Jean Carroll defamation case
Mario Tama/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to sit for a deposition Wednesday as part of a defamation lawsuit brought by a former magazine columnist who claim...
Oct 19, 2022
