Category Archives: Politics News – ABC Audio
GOP senators stump for Walker in Ga., seeking to pivot from abortion controversy to Biden and inflation
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Two leading Republican senators traveled to Carrollton, Georgia, on Tuesday to support the state's GOP Senate nominee, Herschel Walker, who has been embroiled in controversy af...
Oct 12, 2022
Karine Jean-Pierre reflects on coming out as gay: 'Wasn't an easy thing'
Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith(WASHINGTON) -- Karine Jean-Pierre, the first openly gay White House press secretary, marked National Coming Out Day on Tuesday with a personal story -- shar...
Oct 12, 2022
DOJ asks Supreme Court not to intervene in Trump dispute; says he has no claim to documents marked classified
joe daniel price/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Department of Justice on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to avoid intervening in the government's ongoing documents dispute with Donald Trump, assertin...
Oct 11, 2022
Supreme Court seems conflicted over California regulation on pork from pregnant pigs
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court justices appeared deeply conflicted on Tuesday over the treatment of pregnant pigs, the prices consumers pay at the grocery store and California's attempt to ...
Oct 11, 2022
Student loan forgiveness process will be 'easy,' White House says as it releases sample application
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Biden administration officials on Tuesday previewed the Department of Education's much anticipated student loan forgiveness application process, which they said...
Oct 11, 2022
Herschel Walker claims ex-girlfriend, whose identity he says he knows, is lying about abortion
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Senate hopeful Herschel Walker said Tuesday that he now knows the identity of the person alleging that he reimbursed her for the cost of an abortion procedure more than a decad...
Oct 11, 2022
Republican Adam Kinzinger endorses Democrats in key swing-state races
Mint Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Retiring Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois on Tuesday announced a slate of midterm endorsements, which include six Democrats vying for governor or secr...
Oct 11, 2022
Biden thinks US needs to 're-evaluate' relationship with Saudi Arabia: White House
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden thinks the United States needs to "reevaluate" its relationship with Saudi Arabia, especially in light of the decision by ...
Oct 11, 2022
Tulsi Gabbard announces she is leaving Democratic Party, calling it an 'elitist cabal of war mongers'
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard announced on Tuesday she is leaving the Democratic Party, denouncing it as an "elitist cabal of war mongers," while calling upon other "common ...
Oct 11, 2022
What are ESG and 'woke capitalism'? State treasurers weigh in on fight over where tax money goes
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In the final month before the midterm elections, much of the attention will focus on high-profile races to choose governors, senators, representatives and...
Oct 11, 2022
