Category Archives: Politics News – ABC Audio
Can election deniers win big in the midterms?
Brandon Bell/Getty Images/FILE(WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump’s false allegation that the 2020 presidential election was stolen continues to reverberate among G...
Aug 10, 2022
FBI Director declines to comment on Mar-a-Lago raid, but decries threats against law enforcement
Mark Wilson/Getty Images, FILE(OMAHA, Neb.) — Answering questions at the FBI Omaha, Nebraska field office, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday he couldn’t talk about FBI agents se...
Aug 10, 2022
Trump says he changed his mind about taking the Fifth, which he once said was for 'the mob'
James Devaney/GC Images(NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump indicated that he pleaded the Fifth Amendment on Wednesday as he was deposed in a New York state civil investigation i...
Aug 10, 2022
Trump supporters and critics gather outside Mar-a-Lago after FBI search
Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) — Supporters and critics of Donald Trump continued to gather outside Mar-a-Lago two days after it was searched by the F...
Aug 10, 2022
Biden signs PACT Act, expanding and streamlining care for veterans exposed to burn pits
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Wednesday enacted legislation that will expand the Department of Veterans Affairs, providing health care support to mil...
Aug 10, 2022
John Bolton was the target of Iranian murder plot in 'likely' retaliation for general's death: Prosecutors
Shahram Poursafi is wanted for his alleged involvement in criminal activities to include material support to terrorism and the attempted murder for hire of a former high-ranking United States Governme...
Aug 10, 2022
What investigators needed to get a search warrant for Trump's home, according to experts
Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate was searched by federal agents Monday morning in what an outside expert called a "major escalation" of one of the...
Aug 10, 2022
Vermont on brink of sending a woman to Congress for first time in state's history
Fotosearch/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- With Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy retiring after 48 years in office and the state's only representative, Peter Welch, hoping to fill his Senate seat after 16 years i...
Aug 10, 2022
Wisconsin Dems rally behind potential history-maker Mandela Barnes in lead-up to key race
Scott Olson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- After several major candidates dropped out of Wisconsin's Democratic Senate primary within a week of one another, the party has coalesced around Lt. Gov. Mandela ...
Aug 10, 2022
White House takes credit for decline in gas prices
Grace Cary via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The White House credits the drop in gas prices to President Joe Biden’s million-barrels-a-day strategic oil reserve release and his engagement with oil...
Aug 09, 2022
