Category Archives: Politics News – ABC Audio
Biden marks Pride Month with executive order combatting conversion therapy, supporting LGBTQ kids
Zach Gibson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The federal government will be instructing states on ways to expand access to health care and suicide prevention resources for LGBTQ people and will be releasin...
Jun 15, 2022
June 14 primaries key takeaways: Trump's political sway renewed as SC ousts one of his critics
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As former President Donald Trump’s presidential legacy is tested in Washington this week, with the Jan. 6 hearings dominating Capitol Hill, his pol...
Jun 15, 2022
Photos capture election-night tension at White House as Trump family, aides watch lead fade away
White House(WASHINGTON) -- A series of photos taken on election night 2020 inside the Trump White House captures the tension as Donald Trump's family and his top aides track election returns and see T...
Jun 15, 2022
Trump issues 12-page statement amid Jan. 6 hearings alleging he plotted a 'coup'
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Former President Donald Trump on Monday responded in a lengthy statement to the House's ongoing Jan. 6 committee hearings, assailing the panel as illegitim...
Jun 14, 2022
9/11 families respond to Biden Saudi Arabia trip: 'Empathy is not enough'
Alex Wong/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A coalition of families and survivors of the Sept. 11 attacks on Tuesday urged President Joe Biden, during his visit to Saudi Arabia next month, to hold the kingdom...
Jun 14, 2022
Donald Trump, eldest children to give sworn depositions in real estate investigation
Chet Strange/Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) -- New York's highest court declined to take up an appeal by former President Donald Trump and two of his adult children, a decision that obligates the Trumps...
Jun 14, 2022
Congress passes bill to provide more security for Supreme Court justices' families
Omar Chatriwala/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House on Tuesday approved a Senate bill to provide more security for the families of Supreme Court justices, sending the measure to President Joe Biden'...
Jun 14, 2022
Fired-up Biden blames Republicans for blocking his plan to fight inflation
Hannah Beier/Getty Images(PHILADELPHIA) -- President Joe Biden delivered fired-up remarks on the economy before a friendly, cheering audience of union workers in Philadelphia Tuesday -- nodding to inf...
Jun 14, 2022
'No evidence' GOP Rep. Loudermilk gave reconnaissance tours before Jan. 6: Capitol Police
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- There is no evidence that GOP Rep. Barry Loudermilk gave "reconnaissance" tours before the Jan. 6 attack, the U.S. Capitol Police Chief sai...
Jun 14, 2022
Conflicting explanations over why Wednesday's Jan. 6 committee hearing abruptly postponed
J.Castro/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Jan. 6 committee announced Tuesday morning that its hearing set for Wednesday has been postponed -- but conflicting explanations were offered as to why. Rep. Z...
Jun 14, 2022
