Category Archives: Politics News – ABC Audio
Why Democrats spent millions in some GOP primaries -- betting they can sway the base
Minko Chernev / EyeEm / Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Colorado voters on Tuesday will choose party nominees in a variety of local and statewide races -- and put to the test a multimillion-dollar plan by...
Jun 28, 2022
Money, MAGA and Democratic meddling take center stage in Tuesday's primaries
Chet Strange/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- As Tuesday's primaries get underway, the influence of big money, the "big lie" and some Democratic groups have meddled in some of the races...
Jun 28, 2022
As Trump rails at Cassidy Hutchinson's Jan. 6 testimony, other aides vouch for her
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- Startling testimony on Tuesday from former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson before the House committee investigating Jan. 6 drew shock from Donald Tru...
Jun 28, 2022
Jan. 6 hearing witness: Irate Trump grabbed wheel, demanded to go to Capitol
Brandon Bell/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House select committee investigating the U.S. Capitol attack heard stunning stunning testimony on Tuesday from Cassidy Hutchinson, a former top aide to the...
Jun 28, 2022
Surprise Jan. 6 hearing featuring White House adviser signals urgency by the committee
Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol will convene Tuesday afternoon for a surprise pub...
Jun 28, 2022
Former Meadows aide Cassidy Hutchinson to testify at Jan. 6 hearing, sources say
MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, who was a top adviser to former President Donald Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows, is expected to testify...
Jun 28, 2022
DOJ seizes phone of former Trump attorney John Eastman as part of election probe, says lawsuit
Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Authorities on Wednesday seized the cell phone of John Eastman, the former attorney for Donald Trump at the center of the Hou...
Jun 28, 2022
New York City's noncitizen voting law struck down
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Noncitizens cannot vote in municipal elections, a Staten Island judge ruled Monday, invalidating a recently enacted New York City law that made more than 800,00...
Jun 28, 2022
Responding to Roe's demise, some liberals tell Biden: 'Do absolutely everything'
Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In his speech responding to last week's landmark Supreme Court decision reversing the guarantee to abortion access, President Joe Biden urged Americans to vot...
Jun 27, 2022
US to purchase advanced missile system for Ukraine's defense
kolderal/Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- The United States is working to finalize the purchase of an advanced air defense system bound for Ukraine, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said at th...
Jun 27, 2022
