Category Archives: Politics News – ABC Audio
McConnell blasts Biden's voting rights speech as 'rage and false hysteria'
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As President Joe Biden prepared to head to Capitol Hill on Thursday to rally Senate Democrats on election reform, a visibly angry Republican Leader M...
Jan 12, 2022
Biden administration announces record-breaking offshore wind lease sale
Abstract Aerial Art/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration continues to make progress on its climate agenda with several federal agencies announcing new clean energy projects that aim to...
Jan 12, 2022
West Virginia Gov. Justice, a vaccine advocate, feels 'extremely unwell' amid COVID-19 battle
Scott Halleran/Getty Images(CHARLESTON, W.V.) -- West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, a Republican who's strongly advocated for vaccines, has tested positive for COVID-19, enduring a high fever and extreme...
Jan 12, 2022
Candidates for top election posts fundraising at record-setting pace: Report
erhui1979/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- An analysis of preliminary data published Wednesday indicates that many candidates for top election administration roles are fundraising at a record-setting clip, w...
Jan 12, 2022
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Trump speechwriter, GOP operatives
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images/FILE(WASHINGTON) -- The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack issued three new subpoenas on Tuesday to former Trump White House aides and associat...
Jan 11, 2022
The toughest COVID-19 questions that Fauci and other health leaders faced at Senate hearing
Greg Nash/Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Senators from both sides of the aisle grilled top health officials, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, on the latest COVID-19 guidance during a Health, Education, ...
Jan 11, 2022
A year after Jan. 6 Capitol attack, the battle continues against extremism in the military
Michael Godek/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- When U.S. Army veteran Brian Snow drove 12 hours from his home in Indiana to Washington for then-President Donald Trump’s rally on the Ellipse Jan. 6 --...
Jan 11, 2022
Trump, his sister and estate of his late brother ask judge to dismiss lawsuit by Mary Trump
ABC(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump, his sister Maryanne Trump Barry and the estate of his late brother Robert Trump tried on Tuesday to convince a New York judge to dismiss a lawsuit by Ma...
Jan 11, 2022
Biden says he supports changing filibuster rule to pass voting rights bills
SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- With less than 10 months until the 2022 midterm elections, President Joe Biden on Tuesday backed a historic change to Senate rules to allow a pair of nationa...
Jan 11, 2022
A year after election, RNC still spending hundreds of thousands to cover Trump's legal bills
SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- More than a year after the 2020 presidential election, the GOP is still covering numerous legal bills for the benefit of former President Donald Trump -- ...
Jan 10, 2022
