Category Archives: Politics News – ABC Audio
'Don't Say Gay' bill amendment that LGBTQ+ advocates say could out students withdrawn
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) -- A Florida bill that would limit classroom discussions on sexual orientation and gender identity and encourage parents to sue schools or teachers ...
Jan 26, 2022
Not just for artwork, NFTs are being used by political candidates to raise money, attract young supporters
Ellen Weintraub, Commissioner at US Federal Election Commission, addresses the audience during the Web Summit 2021. - Bruno de Carvalho/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- With ever...
Jan 26, 2022
Pelosi announces she is running for reelection
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Tuesday she is running for reelection. "While we have made progress much more needs to be done to improve people’s live...
Jan 25, 2022
US evacuated diplomats’ families from Ukraine out 'abundance of caution,' acting ambassador says
Sean Gallup/Getty Images(KYIV, Ukriane) -- The acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine told ABC News Tuesday that an order for diplomats’ families at the embassy to leave the country was issued becaus...
Jan 25, 2022
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones reveals he appeared before Jan. 6 committee
Jon Cherry/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Right-wing radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones appeared before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, he disclosed on his ...
Jan 25, 2022
Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman gives 1st interview since Jan. 6 attack
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman, the man who led rioters up the stairs and away from the Senate chamber on Jan. ...
Jan 25, 2022
Biden warns he would sanction Putin personally if Russia invades Ukraine
Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden said Tuesday there could be some U.S. troop movements in the "nearer term" in Eastern Europe -- and that he would con...
Jan 25, 2022
Supreme Court takes cases on future of affirmative action
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it would take up a pair of cases that could decide the future of affirmative action in college admissions. The justices wi...
Jan 24, 2022
House Republicans tout infrastructure funding they voted against
Michael Godek/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- In November, Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va., was one of 205 House Republicans to vote against the bipartisan, $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill, calling it irresponsible a...
Jan 24, 2022
US preparing to approve evacuation from embassy in Ukraine: Sources
Geraint Rowland Photography/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Department of State is preparing to approve the evacuation of some U.S. diplomats and diplomats' families from the embassy in Ukraine, sourc...
Jan 22, 2022
