Category Archives: Politics News – ABC Audio
Biden tweets out video of BTS visit to Oval Office
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Making the most of the attention-getting White House visit by BTS, the South Korean supergroup, President Joe Biden has tweeted out a...
Jun 01, 2022
Supreme Court blocks Texas law banning social media companies from 'censoring' users
Grant Faint/GettyImages(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a Texas law that would ban social media companies from removing users and the content they post because of a particular vie...
May 31, 2022
Doug Emhoff rebukes antisemitism, reflects on how his historic role 'pushes' him
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- Second gentleman Doug Emhoff called attention to the "epidemic" of antisemitism and reflected on the history he has made while ...
May 31, 2022
Biden praises prime minister of New Zealand who offers condolences on US mass shootings
Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Following a holiday weekend with at least 12 mass shootings across the country, President Joe Biden met with New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at ...
May 31, 2022
Democrat-linked lawyer found not guilty on charge of lying to FBI in loss for Durham
Bob MacDonnell/Hartford Courant/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A Democrat-linked lawyer charged by Special Counsel John Durham with lying to the FBI in 2016 was found not guilty ...
May 31, 2022
Lawmakers note 'profile' of mass shooters -- mostly young men -- as they weigh gun compromise
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Bipartisan talks about passing a new federal gun law continued through Memorial Day weekend despite members of Congress being out of session in a weeklong ...
May 31, 2022
In Texas and beyond, many politicians receive mega donations from pro-gun supporters
Brandon Bell/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Texas Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, who represent the state where an 18-year-old gunman carried out one of the nation's deadliest school shootings last week, a...
May 31, 2022
Biden is 'going to continue to push' for gun compromise as White House says it's up to Congress
Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden told reporters on Monday he spent more than three and a half hours with survivors and the families of victims of last...
May 31, 2022
Biden marks Memorial Day with wreath-laying at Arlington National Cemetery
narvikk/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden headed to Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day to take part in the traditional wreath-laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, along wi...
May 30, 2022
Nancy Pelosi's husband arrested for suspected DUI; her office says she wasn't present
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/FILENancy Pelosi's husband arrested for suspected DUI; her office says she wasn't present Morgan Gstalter, ABC News (NAPA COUNTY, Calif.) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's ...
May 29, 2022
