Category Archives: Politics News – ABC Audio
Looming Ohio primary promises early test of Trump's endorsement power
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- In one week, Ohio voters head to the polls for the Republican Senate midterm primary election that is set to be the first major test of former President Do...
Apr 26, 2022
Marjorie Taylor Greene discussed martial law to keep Trump in power, text messages show
John Bazemore-Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene suggested in a text message sent three days before Joe Biden was sworn in as president that some of former Preside...
Apr 26, 2022
ABC News Exclusive: Dr. Birx speaks to Trump disinfectant moment, says colleagues had resignation pact
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The coronavirus response coordinator for President Donald Trump's COVID task force, Dr. Deborah Birx, told ABC News in an exclusive interview that she became "paralyzed" when T...
Apr 25, 2022
Inside Blinken and Austin's risky, secret visit to Ukraine
Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In the quiet weekend morning hours Saturday, two of President Joe Biden's top advisers boarded their flights -- the start of a long ...
Apr 25, 2022
Public school coach asks Supreme Court to OK post-game prayers
Grant Faint/Getty Images(BREMERTON, Washington) -- A coach's personal act of prayer that grew into a public spectacle after Bremerton High School football games is now a major test of the First Amendm...
Apr 25, 2022
New Tennessee bill would require drunk drivers to pay child support for killing a parent
Witthaya Prasongsin/iStock(NEW YORK) — A Tennessee bill that would require convicted drunk drivers to pay child support to minors is headed to the governor's desk. Drivers convicted of vehicular...
Apr 23, 2022
Online event tackles 'toxic polarization' through conversation
William Whitehurst/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As the midterm elections inch closer and political conversations heat up, one organization is hoping to bring people together despite their differences. Am...
Apr 22, 2022
Russia's latest sanctions target US power players including Kamala Harris and Mark Zuckerberg
MIKHAIL TERESHCHENKO/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday indefinitely barred 29 more Americans from entering Russia, including Vice President Kamala Ha...
Apr 22, 2022
Army revises policies on pregnancy, parental leave for soldiers
DanielBendjy/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The United States Army has announced new policies to expand soldiers' and their family's health. The 12-part directive expands previous policies such as allowi...
Apr 22, 2022
Marjorie Taylor Greene testifies under oath about Jan. 6
JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Friday became the first member of Congress to publicly testify under oath about the events surrounding the Jan. 6...
Apr 22, 2022
