Category Archives: Politics News – ABC Audio
How a 3rd-party candidate upended Oregon governor's race and may just spoil Democrats' streak
ABC News(PORTLAND, Ore.) -- Oregon has had a Democratic governor for 35 years -- but this year's race could very well break that streak thanks to a potent cocktail of local and national issues but, mo...
Oct 16, 2022
Warnock-Walker spar over the economy, crime, and answer for personal past in Georgia's Senate debate
Hill Street Studios/Getty Images/STOCK(SAVANNAH, Ga.) -- Under the Friday night TV lights and locked in a tight political battle, Georgia's Senate candidates debated for the first, and likely, only ti...
Oct 15, 2022
Student loan forgiveness application beta version launches
Roy Mehta/Getty Images/STOCK(WASHINGTON) -- A "beta test" of the application for student loan relief went live on Friday evening, launching the Biden administration's sweeping program to cancel s...
Oct 15, 2022
Elon Musk wants Pentagon to pay for his online satellite system for Ukraine
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- Billionaire Elon Musk says his space company SpaceX cannot keep funding its Starlink satellite internet service in Ukraine "indefinitely" and has sent a ...
Oct 14, 2022
US, Saudis level accusations at each other in wake of OPEC+ production cuts
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- During a trip to Los Angeles Thursday, President Joe Biden told reporters he plans to speak with Saudi Arabia soon, following the OPEC+ decisi...
Oct 14, 2022
Key takeaways and dramatic details from the latest Jan. 6 hearing
Tim Graham/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- After more than a year of investigation, the House Jan. 6 committee on Thursday ended what was possibly its last public hearing in historic fashion -- voting to ...
Oct 14, 2022
North Carolina's 'boring' Senate race is one of the country's closest: Locals say it's being ignored
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Senate race that it seems many people aren't watching could be the same one that helps Democrats maintain or even grow their slim majority in the chamber...
Oct 14, 2022
Dr. Oz could make history as a Muslim senator, but his faith isn't a big part of his campaign
Mark Makela/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Dr. Mehmet Oz rarely talks about his faith on the campaign trail -- but, if elected, the son of Turkish émigrés could make history as the first Mu...
Oct 14, 2022
Oath Keepers discussed possibility of 'blood in the streets' on Jan. 6, FBI agent testifies
Creativeye99/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In the weeks before Jan. 6, several members of a far-right militia group discussed the possibility of violence breaking out around the certification of Preside...
Oct 14, 2022
Mandela Barnes responds to GOP criticism on police by highlighting Ron Johnson's Jan. 6 ties
Scott Olson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- On the eve of the final Senate debate in Wisconsin, Democratic nominee Mandela Barnes pressed a new front in his fight against Republican incumbent Sen. Ron Joh...
Oct 14, 2022
