Category Archives: Politics News – ABC Audio
Sununu not running for Senate from New Hampshire, likely hurting GOP hopes to gain a seat
Maddie Meyer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- New Hampshire GOP Gov. Chris Sununu announced Tuesday that he will not run for Senate in the 2022 midterms, likely hurting Republicans chances to gain a seat i...
Nov 10, 2021
Judge dismisses portion of inauguration lawsuit against Trump Organization
carterdayne/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- The Trump Organization secured a partial victory on Monday as a Washington, D.C., superior court judge dismissed a portion of a lawsuit brought by the D.C. attorney g...
Nov 09, 2021
Harris heads to Paris to soothe tensions with French after 'submarine snub'
iStock(PARIS) -- Vice President Kamala Harris is set to travel to France late Monday, a high-profile visit following President Joe Biden's efforts to soothe tensions with America's oldest ally in...
Nov 08, 2021
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas senior Trump aides, 2020 campaign manager
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot on Monday issued six new subpoenas to senior Trump campaign officials and advisers, including campaign manager Bi...
Nov 08, 2021
Potential 2024 GOP candidates take Election Day victory lap, lean into support of Donald Trump at Jewish Coalition
Republican Jewish Coalition(LAS VEGAS) -- With an eye on both the midterm elections and 2024, a host of Republican lawmakers -- including many potential presidential contenders -- spoke in Las Ve...
Nov 08, 2021
Trump told RNC chair he was leaving GOP to create new party, says new book
Pete Marovich/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In an angry conversation on his final day as president, Donald Trump told the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee he was leaving the GOP and creat...
Nov 08, 2021
After FBI spying, Muslim Americans ask Supreme Court to OK religious bias suit
YinYang/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- Three Muslim Americans subjected to FBI surveillance inside their places of worship will ask the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to allow a religious discrimination lawsuit ...
Nov 08, 2021
Pete Buttigieg’s husband, Chasten Buttigieg, tweeted that his son was in the hospital for 3 weeks before coming home Saturday
Chasten Buttigieg/Twitter(WASHINGTON) -- Pete and Chasten Buttigieg tweeted about their son's return home after a three-week hospitalization Saturday, including a week on a ventilator. "Thankful, reli...
Nov 06, 2021
Biden says passage of $1 trillion infrastructure bill a 'monumental step forward'
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden said the country took a "monumental step forward" after his $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan passed the House late Friday. "We di...
Nov 05, 2021
Blinken details new efforts to investigate 'Havana syndrome'
Hector Vivas/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday detailed new efforts to investigate "Havana syndrome," the mysterious health affliction affecting dozens of U....
Nov 05, 2021
