Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) on Sunday said if the U.S. military ordered a second strike targeting survivors of an initial attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, as reported by The Washington Post on Friday, it would constitute an “illegal act.” In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” Turner stressed that…
Sen. Amy Klobuchar predicted Sunday that the Senate will hold a vote on extending subsidies offered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) this year. “That vote will happen. And whether it will pass is in the hands of Donald Trump and the Republicans,” Klobuchar told host Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union.” The…
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) dismissed concerns about the legality of U.S. strikes on alleged narco-terrorists in the Caribbean and East Pacific. “These individuals don’t care about the lives of our friends and families,” Mullin told host Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “Why do we care if we take them out in international…
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) said he believes that President Trump will not send troops to Venezuela, amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and the South American country. “He’s made it very clear we’re not going to put troops into Venezuela,” Mullin told host Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “What we’re trying to…
President Trump’s approval ratings have fallen in recent weeks as he approaches the end of the first year of his second term. A Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) polling average of surveys on Trump’s approval rating shows it sitting at 42 percent, while his disapproval rating currently sits at 55 percent. That’s lower than roughly a…
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Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) said Sunday the Trump administration is “harassing” Afghan migrants through its crackdown on those from the country. “Going after a large group of people, most of which I think are just trying to live their lives, raise their families, go to work every day, the U.S. government harassing them years later…
U.S. officials say the suspect accused of shooting two National Guard members near the White House on Wednesday was “radicalized” in the U.S. after leaving Afghanistan. Attorney General Pam Bondi, in an interview on Fox News’s “Fox News Sunday,” was asked about reports that the suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, was vetted by the CIA and the…
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday confirmed that she instructed the federal government to carry out the deportation and transferring Venezuelan detainees to El Salvador despite a court order halting the flights. “The decisions that are made on deportations, where flights go, and when they go are my decision at the Department of Homeland…
House Armed Services Committee leaders this weekend said they are seeking “full accounting” of an early September U.S. military attack against an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean after a report alleged that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered U.S. troops to “kill everybody” aboard the vessel. On Friday, The Washington Post reported that the first…
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Trump’s top officials are meeting with a team of Ukrainian negotiators in Florida.
Substantial cuts to Medicaid in the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill and a refusal by Republicans to renew Affordable Care Act tax credit subsidies will bring the total of uninsured Americans to about 31 million by 2027. Tens of millions more will experience sticker shock when they get their health insurance bills from the ACA, Medicaid, Medicare and private companies.
Populist voices in the Republican Party are growing increasingly concerned about artificial intelligence and its impact on the job market in the coming years.
When U.S. District Judge William Young ruled this summer that the Trump administration illegally canceled hundreds of research grants focused on gender identity or diversity, he went further than just striking the revocations down. The Reagan-appointed judge, who took the bench in 1985, said it was his “unflinching obligation” to draw the conclusion that the…
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The leaders of the House Armed Services Committee said late Saturday they are seeking “full accounting” of an early September U.S. military attack against an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean after a report alleged that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered U.S. troops to “kill everybody” aboard the vessel. “This committee is committed to providing…
A Russian drone strike killed at least three people in Ukraine’s capital early Saturday morning while wounding at least 29 others, according to The Associated Press. Two individuals were killed in Kyiv, while the other death occurred in the broader region, the Kyiv City Military Administration announced. The Kremlin strikes consisted of both missiles and…
Former federal prosecutor Joseph Moreno on Friday slammed President Trump for using a slur demeaning people with disabilities aimed at Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) in the wake of the National Guard shooting in Washington earlier this week. The president used the slur to criticize Walz in a Thursday Truth Social post, alleging he was allowing…
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said President Trump is honing in on affordability measures ahead of the new year, as polling shows his approval on the economy is tanking. During a recent appearance on Fox Business’s “Kudlow,” Rollins recounted the president telling her, “’Brooke, we’re not going to have plastic eggs at the Easter Egg Roll…
A deadly shooting involving two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., earlier this week rattled officials across the nation, and has spurred an increased presence of federal law enforcement in the nation’s capital and an intensification of President Trump’s immigration crackdown. West Virginia National Guard members U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe and U.S….
The conservative commentator had a blunt response when asked if he could “defend” the president’s lengthy holiday rant.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Saturday praised President Trump’s mounting pressure on and military accumulation near Venezuela, as the president mulls over taking action against the South American country “very soon.” “I very much appreciate and respect the determination by President Trump to deal with the drug caliphate countries that inhabit our backyard — chief…
The MAGA leader has repeatedly dismissed affordability as a non-issue, only to claim Saturday that his efforts will help Republicans win the 2026 midterms.
The White House launched a “media bias” tracker on Friday highlighting news publications that it has accused of “offenses” against the current administration after the president’s verbal clashes with reporters over their articles in recent weeks. The live webpage features a list of articles from various outlets with links to stories the Trump administration claims…
President Trump on Saturday touted that drug prices have fallen under his administration, signaling that it will be a winning issue for Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections. “Because I have invoked FAVORED NATIONS STATUS FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DRUG PRICES ARE FALLING AT LEVELS NEVER SEEN BEFORE, 500%, 600%, 700%, and more,”…
A Republican state Senator from Indiana on Friday said he will vote against President Trump’s redistricting effort in his state after the president used a slur demeaning people with disabilities in his online spat with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D). “Many of you have asked my position on redistricting,” state Sen. Michael Bohacek (R) wrote…
President Trump’s nomination of Stuart Levenbach to lead the CFPB represents a necessary reset from the agency’s decade-long regulatory experiment, but the states are already racing ahead to build their own “mini-CFPBs” which could be even more dangerous.