Category Archives: Politics News – ABC Audio
Meghan Markle calling: Duchess lobbies Republican senators for paid family leave
John Lamparski/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As House Democrats on Wednesday surprisingly moved to add paid family leave back into the $1.75 trillion social spending and climate policy bill -- word came...
Nov 03, 2021
Supreme Court debates gun rights in dramatic two-hour argument over concealed carry, self-defense
SeanPavonePhoto/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- The nation's highest court on Wednesday spent nearly two hours wrestling with the concealed carry of handguns in public places and discretionary permitting requir...
Nov 03, 2021
Pelosi says Democrats adding paid family leave back into social spending bill, fate in Senate unclear
Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced in a letter to colleagues on Wednesday that Democrats will add paid family and medical leave back into their...
Nov 03, 2021
Lobbying firms connected to Biden White House are flourishing under new administration
Steve Reigate - Pool / Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Lobbying firms with ties to President Joe Biden and his administration are thriving, with some doubling and quadrupling their lobbying revenues from ...
Nov 03, 2021
Gun owners ask Supreme Court to back concealed carry for self-defense
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A group of New York gun owners on Wednesday will ask the Supreme Court to establish a fundamental right to carry a handgun for self-d...
Nov 03, 2021
Vaccine or test: Biden advances sweeping new mandates for private sector
Chris Jackson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- It’s likely to become President Joe Biden’s most hotly contested COVID policy yet: a sweeping new nationwide safety standard for the American work...
Nov 03, 2021
Democrat Eric Adams projected to win New York City mayoral race
ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Democrat Eric Adams is projected by ABC News to win the New York City mayoral race. The win, while expected in a city with many more registered Democrats...
Nov 03, 2021
Republican Glenn Youngkin projected to win Virginia governor's race
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Republican Glenn Youngkin, a former private equity executive running his first campaign for political office, will be the next governor of Virginia, ABC News has p...
Nov 02, 2021
Democrat McAuliffe facing 52% unfavorable numbers in Va. governor race, preliminary exit poll data shows
Win McNamee/Getty Images(RICHMOND, Va.) -- A more closely divided electorate than a year ago, underwater ratings for President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump alike and a popularity defici...
Nov 02, 2021
Senators push Justice Department to crack down on illegal gun modifications
bytmonas/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- They're cheap, easy to produce and can make guns more dangerous in minutes. Gun modifications are becoming a problem for the country as the number of shooting incidents ...
Nov 02, 2021
