Category Archives: Politics News – ABC Audio

Elton John set to rock the White House Friday night
Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- British pop legend Elton John is set to rock the White House on Friday night, playing for President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden in a...
Luke Barr, Ben Gittleson and Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News Sep 23, 2022

McCarthy rolls out House GOP 'Commitment to America' ahead of midterms
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Thursday rolled out an agenda that he says the House GOP would follow should it retake control of the ch...
Tal Axelrod, ABC News Sep 22, 2022

Special master sets timeline for review in Trump docs case, says he must explain claims of privilege
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- In a court filing on Thursday, the federal judge tasked with reviewing the FBI-seized materials from Mar-a-Lago directed federal prosec...
Aaron Katersky, Katherine Faulders, and Alexander Mallin, ABC News Sep 22, 2022

Beasley and Demings show how 'unique' swing-state Democrats are embracing law enforcement
Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- During an August campaign event in Durham, North Carolina, former state Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, the Democratic candidate for Senate,...
Hannah Demissie, ABC News Sep 22, 2022

More Democrats Than Ever Support The Palestinian Cause, And That’s Dividing The Party
Mark Kerrison/In Pictures/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Twenty years ago, Tallie Ben Daniel was a college student wandering the campus of the University of California, Santa Cruz, when she came across a b...
Zoha Qamar, ABC News Sep 22, 2022

Blinken says UN must tell Putin to stop 'reckless nuclear threats' over Ukraine
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday called on the United Nations to send a clear message to Russia's Vladimir Putin demanding an end to his "rec...
Alexandra Hutzler and Shannon K. Crawford, ABC News Sep 22, 2022

House Democrats notch legislative victory on policing before the midterms
Tetra Images - Henryk Sadura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- House Democrats on Thursday managed to chalk up another major legislative win before the midterm elections, approving a long-delayed package of...
Mariam Khan and Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News Sep 22, 2022

House Majority leader gives outlook on control of Congress as midterms loom
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- As the November midterm elections quickly approach, all eyes are on the latest efforts by both parties to gain control of the House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. House Ma...
ABC News Sep 22, 2022

Biden's pick to lead National Archives faces unusually contentious hearing
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden's nominee to lead the National Archives and Records Administration faced lawmakers Wednesday in an unusually contentious...
Quinn Owen, ABC News Sep 22, 2022

Ex-Trump fundraiser worked to 'manipulate' the public on behalf of UAE, prosecutors allege
Creativeye99/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A federal prosecutor on Wednesday accused Thomas Barrack, a one-time fundraiser for Donald Trump, of leveraging his "unique access" to the former president to il...
Lucien Bruggeman and Olivia Rubin, ABC News Sep 22, 2022
We use cookies for various purposes including analytics and marketing. By continuing to use this service, you agree to use cookies by us and our third-party service providers as described in the Privacy Policy.
