Category Archives: Politics News – ABC Audio
Trump juggles legal, political schedules in final stretch before Iowa voting
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- For weeks, former President Donald Trump's campaign teased a ramp-up in events in the new year ahead of the Iowa caucuses next Monday. Yet, with only four week...
Jan 09, 2024
Pentagon press secretary apologizes for lack of transparency in Austin's secretive hospitalization
Digital Vision./Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Department of Defense's press secretary apologized Monday for not being more transparent about information regarding Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's re...
Jan 09, 2024
Federal judge overseeing Trump case has DC home swatted
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's federal election interference case was the victim of swatting Sunday night at her Washington, D.C., home,...
Jan 09, 2024
Trump sounds off on the Civil War, again goes after John McCain and criticizes magnets
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Donald Trump had much to say -- about the Civil War, about a recent school shooting, about magnets -- in his return this past weekend to campaign in Iowa wit...
Jan 09, 2024
Experts break down what the Constitution, framers said about 'presidential immunity'
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- It's a key question in a case that could not only set constitutional precedent but also have major consequences in the 2024 election: What is "presidential imm...
Jan 08, 2024
Florida Republican Party chair removed amid rape allegation he denies
Tetra Images/Getty Images(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) -- Christian Ziegler on Monday was voted out as chair of the Florida Republican Party, weeks after being pushed to resign from his position as police conti...
Jan 08, 2024
DeSantis swipes at Trump's Civil War comments, says he won't drop out and endorse
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(GRIMES, Iowa) -- In a new interview with ABC News, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis swiped at former President Donald Trump's suggestion that an end to the Civil War could have b...
Jan 08, 2024
Trump seeks to dismiss Georgia election interference case based on presidential immunity
Grace Cary/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump's legal team on Monday filed multiple new motions in Georgia seeking to dismiss the Fulton County election interference case against ...
Jan 08, 2024
Trump says he'll attend immunity hearing Tuesday in his Jan. 6 case
Mint Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump says he'll be in court Tuesday when the Washington, D.C., Court of Appeals hears arguments over his efforts to dismiss his federal e...
Jan 08, 2024
Biden, at site of white supremacist murders, warns of Trump-led extremism
Creativeye99/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- In his first visit to an early voting state this year, President Joe Biden on Monday in Charleston, South Carolina, warned MAGA Republicans led by former Preside...
Jan 08, 2024
