Category Archives: Politics News – ABC Audio
NY AG delays depositions of former President Trump, 2 of his children
Win McNamee/Pool via Bloomberg(NEW YORK) -- Depositions of former President Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. in connection with the New York attorney general’s civil investigation...
Jul 15, 2022
Biden, under pressure from own party, fires back as 2024 questions persist
Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As a slew of historic challenges pile up on Joe Biden's presidency, he faces increasing dissatisfaction from within his own party and questions abou...
Jul 15, 2022
Republicans block bill to shield people who travel out of state for abortions
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a bill that would have both legally shielded the people who travel across states lines to receive an abortion and the p...
Jul 15, 2022
Texas AG sues Biden for telling doctors to perform abortions as needed in emergencies
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(AUSTIN, Texas) -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday filed the first legal challenge to President Joe Biden’s executive order on abortion -- accusing the...
Jul 15, 2022
Jan. 6 witness Trump allegedly tried to call was White House support staff, sources say
Drew Angerer/POOL/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The person whom former President Donald Trump was accused of having contacted following the Jan. 6 hearing when former administration aide Cassidy...
Jul 14, 2022
As Democrats sour on Biden, Gavin Newsom sparks presidential-run chatter with attack on Ron De
Francine Orr/ Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Gavin Newsom has never been afraid to throw an elbow. During the surge of the delta variant, California's Democratic g...
Jul 13, 2022
Seven things to watch for on Biden's trip to Israel, Saudi Arabia
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Wednesday touched down in the Middle East for the first time as president, for a visit to Israel, the occupied West Ban...
Jul 13, 2022
Jan. 6 hearing live updates: Focus on extremists and alleged ties to Trump, allies
uschools/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House select committee investigating Jan. 6 will focus Tuesday on extremist groups' alleged coordination with former President Donald Trump and his allies ahea...
Jul 12, 2022
Jill Biden apologizes after comparing diversity of Latinos to breakfast tacos
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- First lady Jill Biden apologized Tuesday through her spokesperson after receiving public backlash for saying in a speech Monday that Latinos are "as unique as breakfast tacos."...
Jul 12, 2022
White House responds to new poll on Biden's low approval, Dem dissatisfaction
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The White House on Monday cited some of its past successes as it played down a new New York Times/Siena College poll showing President Joe Biden's approval rating...
Jul 12, 2022
