Month: September 2025

President Trump said Sunday that a peace deal to end the war in Gaza is in its “final stages,” according to an Axios report. “Everybody has come together to get a deal, but we still have to get it done,” the president said in an interview, according to Axios. Trump said a peace deal would…
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Lawmakers from both parties dug in their heels Sunday over government funding demands ahead of a meeting between President Trump and congressional leaders aimed at averting a shutdown this week. During various interviews on the Sunday political affairs programs, Republican and Democratic leaders signaled that health care subsidies set to expire at the end of…
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President Donald Trump said he hopes to finalize a Gaza peace plan with the Israeli leader, whose reputation has tanked before U.N. General Assembly.

New York City mayoral candidate and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a plea to defeat “destructive extremist forces” after Mayor Eric Adams ended his reelection bid, a move that could help Cuomo narrow the gap with Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani. “The choice @ericadamsfornyc made today was not an easy one, but I believe he is…
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President Trump said the deadly shooting at a Mormon church in Michigan on Sunday appears to be a “targeted attack on Christians” after authorities say a man crashed his car into the church and set fire to the building. Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform that he’s been briefed on the…
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Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said Democrats will not “write a blank check” to the Trump administration to avert a government shutdown. In a Sunday interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” the Maryland Democrat doubled down on the party’s opposition to a GOP-backed continuing resolution (CR) to extend government funding at current levels unless…
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Sunday he’s “hopeful” Congress can avert a government shutdown, a day before he and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) are set to meet with President Trump and GOP leaders at the White House. “Our view going into the meeting is that we want to find bipartisan common…
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Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) on Sunday claimed that Democrats are attempting “to blackmail” the Trump administration and Republicans in a fight over a looming government shutdown. “Almost every Republican in both chambers has voted to keep the government open. Frankly, almost every Democrat in both chambers voted to close it down,” Cole told NewsNation’s Chris…
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Former FBI Director James Comey urged his supporters to vote in a Substack video post on Sunday, comments that came days after a federal grand jury indicted him. “It’s the one awesome power in a democracy, if we all use it,” Comey said of voting in his Substack post. “I keep reading polls saying vast…
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The decision, first reported by The Washington Post, exacerbates existing security concerns over gathering hundreds of senior military officers in Quantico.

Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said on Sunday he has not been contacted “at all” by federal authorities in the investigation into former FBI Director James Comey. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” McCabe told host Jake Tapper that it’s “unbelievable” to him that the FBI wouldn’t have asked to talk…
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said on Sunday that Democrats have taken “the federal government as a hostage” amid tension over a looming government shutdown. “Thirteen different times, we did continuing resolutions in the Democratic majority. And in every case, they passed,” Thune told NBC News’s Kristen Welker on “Meet the Press.” “And what…
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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Sunday that there are “many things” for which former FBI Director James Comey could have faced charges, but said the statute of limitations had expired on those other allegations. “It’s a very important principle for us to apply that everybody has to subscribe to the law, even a former…
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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) insisted on Sunday that there is “nothing partisan” about the Republican bill to keep the government funded ahead of the shutdown deadline this Wednesday. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” the GOP leader pushed back on House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’s (D-N.Y.) suggestion this past week that the…
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday said the chance of a looming government shutdown “depends on the Republicans.” “You think you can keep the government open, or you think you’re headed for a shutdown?” NBC News’s Kristen Welker asked Schumer on “Meet the Press.” “Well, it depends on the Republicans. You know, we…
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(The Conversation) – As an education researcher who has studied the economic returns of higher education, I know that college degrees remain cost-effective investments for most students. But college tuition has risen at roughly twice the rate of inflation during the past two decades, and federal student debt climbed 500% to US$1.6 trillion during that same period. The Biden administration sought to address this problem…
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“I started doing something I hadn’t done in a while: I climbed into bed. With my husband.”

Russia targeted Ukraine in a massive drone and missile attack on Sunday, killing at least four people in Kyiv and wounding dozens more days after President Trump said Ukraine could win the war against Moscow. The overnight attack lasted more than 12 hours and primarily targeted Kyiv and the nearby region, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky…
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Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) told President Trump that troops are not welcome in Portland, Ore., after the president announced on Saturday he is sending reinforcements to protect the city and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities that he said are “under siege.” The senior senator from Oregon pushed back on that assertion and posted…
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Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek (D) on Saturday said the city of Portland did not need National Guard soldiers to help protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities as ordered by President Trump earlier in the day. “In my conversations directly with President Trump and [Homeland Security] Secretary Noem, I have been abundantly clear with them…
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Saturday said any aggressive actions made toward Russia will be met with a “decisive response.” His message follows speculation from some NATO members that the Kremlin could aim to expand its war with Ukraine to other Eastern European nations, after Russian jets recently flew into Estonia and drones were…
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President Trump is set to meet with the top four leaders in Congress on Monday ahead of a Tuesday shutdown deadline, a notable shift after he canceled a meeting with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) earlier in the week. Schumer, Jeffries, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Senate…
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A new poll shows a plurality of Americans oppose President Trump’s National Guard deployment to cities like D.C. and Los Angeles. An NPR-Ipsos poll published Saturday found that 49 percent of respondents oppose the deployment of National Guard troops to a major city in their state for law enforcement efforts, while 38 percent said they…
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Several veteran groups are urging Congress to pass a short-term spending measure to avert a potential government shutdown, warning that the GOP-led continuing resolution (CR) contains extensions vital for veterans’ housing, benefits and health care.  Four veteran groups — American Legion, AMVETS (American Veterans), Vietnam Veterans of America and Mission Roll Call — said on…
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President Trump posted a meme on Saturday of him telling Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell “You’re Fired!,” a move that he’s been hinting at for months due to the central bank’s refusal to significantly lower interest rates. Earlier this month, the Fed cut rates for the first time this year and signaled that future cuts…
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