Category Archives: Politics News – ABC Audio
In key Arizona race, Senate Dems try to highlight Blake Masters' abortion, Social Security comments
Brandon Bell/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Senate Democrats' campaign arm is going on the offense for Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly less than two months before the first ballots go out in the state for the mi...
Aug 16, 2022
In Alaska and Wyoming primaries, two Trump critics could meet different fates as Palin eyes a comeback
Dylan Hollingsworth/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Tuesday's primaries in Alaska and Wyoming will spotlight two big Republican detractors of former President Donald Trump -- and now two big t...
Aug 16, 2022
How Liz Cheney went from rising Republican star to primary underdog after Jan. 6
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney has gone from House GOP leadership to party gadfly in the span of just over 18 months as she stands out as the loudest Republican critic o...
Aug 15, 2022
Biden signs sweeping health, climate and tax bill, a major win for his domestic agenda
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed the Democrats' massive climate, health and tax bill into law, marking a major accomplishment for his domestic agenda ...
Aug 15, 2022
Trump-backed Kari Lake walks fine line with Ron DeSantis in Arizona
Mario Tama/Getty Images, FILE(PHOENIX, Ariz.) -- Republican candidate for Arizona governor Kari Lake, a former Phoenix news anchor who has seized the conservative spotlight in recent weeks, was carefu...
Aug 15, 2022
1 year later, Republicans, Biden White House argue over Afghanistan withdrawal
prasit photo/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- On the one-year anniversary Monday of the Taliban's takeover of Kabul, House Republicans and the Biden administration quarreled over who is to blame for the se...
Aug 15, 2022
Alaska uses ranked-choice voting for first time in special election with Sarah Palin
Hill Street Studios/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- On Tuesday, for the first time, Alaska voters will use ranked-choice voting -- and it'll be for a special general election to fill the state's only Hous...
Aug 15, 2022
DOJ opposes news media request to unseal Trump search affidavit, calls it 'roadmap' to criminal investigation
CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department said in a new court filing Monday that it opposes an effort by multiple media organizations, including ABC News, to unse...
Aug 15, 2022
Senate Intelligence Committee leaders request classified documents taken from Mar-a-Lago
Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla., the chair and vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, respectively, have...
Aug 15, 2022
Does Wyoming want Liz Cheney to hang onto her House seat?
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images, FILE(CHEYENNE, WYO.) -- Perhaps no midterm primary is getting more attention than that of Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, whose race next week could be th...
Aug 15, 2022
