Category Archives: Politics News – ABC Audio
Super Tuesday recap: Trump and Biden dominate but each see a surprising loss
Hill Street Studios/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Super Tuesday -- the biggest election day of the year until November -- was a largely predictable affair, save for a couple minor surprises throughout t...
Mar 06, 2024
Who is Jason Palmer? Biden loses the American Samoa Democratic caucuses to entrepreneur
Palmer for President(WASHINGTON) -- In a surprising yet politically inconsequential upset on Super Tuesday, U.S. President Joe Biden lost the American Samoa Democratic caucuses to entrepreneur Jason P...
Mar 06, 2024
Sen. Bob Menendez and wife face new obstruction charges in bribery case
Sen. Robert Menendez arrives at federal court in New York, Oct. 23, 2023. (Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and his wife faced new obstruction allegatio...
Mar 06, 2024
Biden campaign eager to draw contrast with Trump in general election
White House/Flickr(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden's campaign sees this week as a focal point, with both Super Tuesday and his State of the Union address on Thursday crystalizing to voters that thi...
Mar 05, 2024
Barrasso announces he will seek GOP Whip position, not Senate Republican leader
Rebecca Noble/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Sen. John Barrasso announced Tuesday that he's seeking the No. 2 Senate GOP leadership position, bucking long-held expectations that he'd vie for Minority Lea...
Mar 05, 2024
Challenges for Trump and Biden emerge even as both cruise: Exit polls
Scott McIntyre/Bloomberg, STOCK(WASHINGTON) -- Even as they cruised toward nomination, Super Tuesday exit poll results showed challenges for Joe Biden and Donald Trump alike, including broad, substant...
Mar 05, 2024
Colorado secretary of state weighs in on Supreme Court's Trump ballot decision
Nathan Howard/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- On Monday, the Supreme Court unanimously decided to reverse the decision by the Colorado courts that would have kicked former President Donald T...
Mar 05, 2024
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announces she won't run for reelection
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Arizona's Kyrsten Sinema announced Tuesday that she is not running for reelection and will leave the Senate at the end of the year.Sinema was elected in 2018 ...
Mar 05, 2024
What is DOJ's '60-day rule' and what role might it play in a Trump trial before the 2024 election?
Alon Skuy/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Special counsel Jack Smith's lead prosecutor in the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump made news last week when he told a federal jud...
Mar 05, 2024
Five things to watch in the Texas Super Tuesday primary
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- One of the biggest Super Tuesday prizes is Texas, with its 161 delegates at stake in the Republican primary. Former President Donald Trump and former U.N. am...
Mar 05, 2024
