Category Archives: Politics News – ABC Audio
Trump calls Putin's comment that he prefers Biden over Trump a 'great compliment'
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a Get Out The Vote campaign rally held at the North Charleston in Charleston, S.C. on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Jabin Botsfor...
Feb 15, 2024
Special counsel urges Supreme Court to deny Trump's request for delay in immunity case
joe daniel price/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Special counsel Jack Smith filed a brief Wednesday urging the Supreme Court to deny former President Donald Trump's request to stay his federal election su...
Feb 15, 2024
GOP warning of 'national security threat' is about Russia wanting nuclear weapon in space: Sources
PACE Satellite. (NASA)(WASHINGTON) -- The White House's national security adviser and leading lawmakers on Capitol Hill sought to allay public concerns on Wednesday after the House Intelligence Commit...
Feb 15, 2024
Mike Johnson, other Republicans downplay losing seat in New York to Democrat
Michael Godek/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday poured cold water on Democrat Tom Suozzi's win over Republican Mazi Pilip in New York's 3rd Congressional District, wa...
Feb 15, 2024
Haley says 'no way' voters would back Trump if he is convicted, though she's said she would
U.S. Republican presidential hopeful and former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign event at Summerville Country Club on Feb. 13, 2024 in Summerville, South Carolina. (ALLISON JOYCE/AFP v...
Feb 15, 2024
White House slams election conspiracy theories, but won't talk about Taylor Swift
Lauren Leigh Bacho/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The White House said Wednesday it wants protecting democracy -- not conspiracy theories -- to be a key message heading into the general election, ment...
Feb 14, 2024
White House rejects Johnson's requests to meet with Biden: 'What is there to negotiate?'
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson wants a one-on-one meeting with President Joe Biden to find a way forward to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and bord...
Feb 14, 2024
House panel obtains texts allegedly showing Gaetz setting up 2017 Florida Keys trip with woman his associate paid for sex: Sources
Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Congressional House Ethics investigators have obtained text messages allegedly showing that a few months after first joining Congress, Florida ...
Feb 14, 2024
Why 22 Senate Republicans defied Trump and voted for aid to Ukraine
Michael Godek/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Early Tuesday morning, 22 Senate Republicans defied Donald Trump and voted with Democrats to pass a $95 billion foreign aid package -- most of it for Ukraine ...
Feb 14, 2024
Haley hammers Trump's comments about her husband, serving overseas, as he mocks her 'dying' campaign
Republican presidential candidate, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign event at the Summerville Country Club on Feb. 13, 2024 in Summerville, South Carolina. (Win McNamee/Getty Ima...
Feb 14, 2024
