Category Archives: Politics News – ABC Audio
As speculation mounts on Trump's running mate, contenders pitch the base at CPAC
Dylan Hollingsworth/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The annual Conservative Political Action Conference has long been a proving ground for would-be presidents, launching the political aspira...
Feb 25, 2024
3 Black women aim for historic Senate wins in 2024: 'My intention is to make a difference'
Julia Cherner/ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- More than 2,000 people have served in the U.S. Senate since it was established in 1789. But just 12 have been Black -- and only three have been Black women, none ...
Feb 25, 2024
Donald Trump wants to escalate a US trade war. Did it work the first time?
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- John Hoge has run a family-owned sporting goods business in Long Island, New York, for decades, selling kayaks and paddle boards imported mainly from Chi...
Feb 25, 2024
Sen. Duckworth skeptical Republicans will back IVF bill after court rules embryos are people
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Reacting to a controversial new Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos should be considered people under the law, Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth said on Sunday that she was...
Feb 25, 2024
Speaker Mike Johnson can 'bend the course of history' by backing Ukraine funding, White House says
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden's national security adviser on Sunday pushed Speaker Mike Johnson to put a bipartisan Senate foreign aid bill to a vote in the House, argu...
Feb 25, 2024
US launches new strikes on Houthi fighters in Yemen amid continued Middle East unrest
Glowimages/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A coalition of countries led by the U.S. and U.K. on Saturday carried out a new round of strikes on the Houthis in Yemen "in response to the Houthis' continued a...
Feb 24, 2024
Trump claims Black Americans relate to his criminal prosecutions
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(COLUMBIA, S.C.) -- Former President Donald Trump said he was speaking to President Joe Biden's worst nightmare while courting Black conservatives at the Black Conservative...
Feb 24, 2024
Three things to watch for in South Carolina's Republican presidential primary
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- South Carolina is set to hand former President Donald Trump a landslide victory in its GOP presidential primary Saturday, dealing former Gov. Nikki Haley an...
Feb 24, 2024
'Red meat,' J6 and Trump regalia: The GOP base rallies outside Washington
Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Laura McGarraugh, an emergency room nurse from Austin, Texas, is confident Democrats will replace President Joe Biden atop their ticket this year. She's just no...
Feb 24, 2024
Haley works to gain support from South Carolina Democrats -- but many Black voters aren't convinced
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(CHARLESTON, S.C.) -- Brian Gray, a black South Carolinian, said he isn't affiliated with a particular political party, but has tended to vote more blue than red. He has on...
Feb 23, 2024
