Category Archives: Politics News – ABC Audio
Secret Service director briefly postpones his retirement as successor search continues
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- Secret Service Director Jim Murray is extending his time with the agency until a new director is selected, briefly extending his tenure as his agents...
Jul 28, 2022
24 Republicans break with leadership, vote with Democrats to pass computer chip bill
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Another major legislative win for Democrats came Thursday, when -- over Republican objections of "corporate welfare" -- a bipartisan group ...
Jul 28, 2022
New ATF director speaks on his plans for the agency
Oliver Contreras - Pool/Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- The Senate confirmed Steven Dettelbach as director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives earlier this month, making him o...
Jul 28, 2022
As US economy slows, Biden resists recession label and touts 'historically strong' job market
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Thursday pointed to robust job growth and low unemployment that should, he argued, quell growing concerns of a financial downturn aft...
Jul 28, 2022
Minorities are bearing the brunt of monkeypox cases in the US: CDC
Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images, FILE(ATLANTA) -- Minorities are bearing the brunt of monkeypox cases in the United States, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. During a telem...
Jul 28, 2022
Trump PAC made large donations to Michigan group and others pushing voting restrictions or false election claims
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As former President Donald Trump continues to push false claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election, his political action committee has donated hundr...
Jul 28, 2022
Democrats blast the party for spotlighting challenger to Republican who voted to impeach Trump
Mint Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Just 10 days into his congressional career, Michigan Rep. Peter Meijer broke with his party and voted with nine other Republicans and every Democrat in the Hous...
Jul 28, 2022
Biden touts 'historic' spending deal, Schumer urges Democrats to stay united
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Following a surprise announcement Wednesday that he and West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin struck a deal on a major spending package -- reviving Democrats' hopes o...
Jul 28, 2022
President Biden's granddaughter will get married on the White House's South Lawn
drnadig/Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- Naomi Biden, President Joe Biden's eldest granddaughter, will have her fall wedding on the South Lawn of the White House -- the first time the White House has...
Jul 28, 2022
State policies on extreme heat seen as critical in mitigating climate change effects
Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- With communities around the country suffering from extreme temperatures, just months after some of those same locations saw unbearable cold snaps, some state ...
Jul 28, 2022
