Category Archives: Politics News – ABC Audio
White House defends Biden's handling of COVID tests after David Muir interview
Allan Baxter/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The White House on Thursday defended President Joe Biden's handling of coronavirus testing after the president said in an exclusive interview with ABC "World N...
Dec 23, 2021
Five in custody after congresswoman robbed, carjacked at gunpoint
Michael Godek/Getty Images(PHILADELPHIA) -- Democratic Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon was carjacked at gunpoint in broad daylight Wednesday afternoon in south Philadelphia's largest park following a business m...
Dec 23, 2021
President Biden to ABC's David Muir: Accountability needed for Jan. 6 insurrection 'no matter where it goes'
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden said Wednesday in an exclusive interview with ABC "World News Tonight" anchor David Muir that "accountability is necessary" for the Jan. 6 insurrection at t...
Dec 22, 2021
Congresswoman robbed, carjacked at gunpoint
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Democratic Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon was carjacked at gunpoint in broad daylight Wednesday afternoon in south Philadelphia's largest park follo...
Dec 22, 2021
Jan. 6 committee seeks interview with Trump ally Rep. Jim Jordan
Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack sent a letter on Wednesday to GOP Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, requesting he appear for an int...
Dec 22, 2021
Model legislation targets banks that divest from fossil fuel companies
Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images(AUSTIN, Texas) -- The right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council, otherwise known as ALEC, is pushing a new piece of anti-fossil fuel divestment legislation after a ver...
Dec 22, 2021
Biden extends student loan payment pause until May
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he was extending the pause on student loan repayments an extra 90 days, taking the pause into May ahead of its expir...
Dec 22, 2021
NY AG warns against price gouging, 'misrepresenting' COVID test turnaround time
David Dee Delgado/Stringer/Getty Images(ALBANY, N.Y.) -- With COVID-19 cases in New York state reaching all-time highs, demand for testing has increased as well, bringing with it concerns of price gou...
Dec 22, 2021
Bidens welcome new first pup to White House
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The president has a new puppy at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue -- just in time for Christmas. The Biden family has welcomed a new German Shepherd, "Comman...
Dec 21, 2021
Biden announces plan to mail half a billion free rapid tests to Americans next month
INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced a plan to distribute 500 million free at-home rapid tests to Americans beginning in January, doubling down on ...
Dec 21, 2021
