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Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) vowed to support President Trump’s efforts to fight ISIS, a day after two U.S. service members and one civilian were killed in Syria by a gunman allegedly tied to the terror group. “Donald Trump rooted out and took out the ISIS caliphate in his first term without starting another forever war….

Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado said she supports President Trump’s aggressive approach in dealing with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and said she thinks the Venezuelan government’s days are “numbered.” In an interview that aired Sunday on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” the Venezuelan opposition leader was asked if she supports the U.S. increasing…

Indiana Sen. Jim Banks (R) expressed disappointment in his state’s Senate after it rejected a new House map that would favor the GOP. “This was a missed opportunity,” Banks told host Jacqui Heinrich on “Fox News Sunday.” “I supported the president. I thought that midcycle redistricting in Indiana made sense.” The Indiana Senate rejected the…

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a leading gun reform advocate, on Sunday accused President Trump of engaging in a campaign to increase violence in the country since taking office. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” — conducted a day after a shooting at Brown University — Murphy defended his efforts to pass gun…

After two American service members and one civilian were killed in Syria by a gunman allegedly tied to ISIS, Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) said Sunday that the U.S. should work with the Syrian government to combat the terror group. “We have to be very aggressive and work with the new government in Syria. We have…

Rhode Island Sen. Jack Reed (D) said Sunday that the deadly shooting at Brown University “shook” his state.  At least two students died and nine were injured in the Saturday shooting at the Providence, R.I., university, according to authorities. Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez said at a press conference early Sunday that a person of…

Former Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) on Sunday said elected officials need to “calm down” on the political rhetoric and stop engaging with others while in “attack mode.” “I just think, basically, we’re in the most holiest of seasons right now, the blessed holidays that we’re in, and I’m thanking everybody and bless them for this season,” Manchin…

Lawmakers tucked language into a fast-moving defense bill to grant federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, the only tribal provision in the 3,086-page bill.

Erika Kirk, widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, said in an interview released on Saturday that “everyone has a responsibility” to dial down intensifying violent rhetoric in the wake of her husband’s assassination in September. Kirk took questions from guests of a town hall, with CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss as the moderator. Weiss reiterated…

President Trump on Saturday attended the annual Army-Navy college football game at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, where he handled the coin toss and met with players before the game. Before he arrived, Trump said he was asked which side he supported, he wrote in a Truth Social post. “My answer is: ‘You must be…

“This is not a race issue. This is a cultural issue,” the New York Post correspondent argued.

At least two people were killed on Saturday in a shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island, according to authorities. The university initially said that multiple people were shot and transported to local hospitals, and later confirmed at least two deaths. Providence Mayor Brett Smiley later told reporters that eight people were in critical condition….

Tensions between the United States and Venezuela escalated further this week after President Trump announced that the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) seized a Venezuelan oil tanker. Trump told reporters on Wednesday that the U.S. “just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela. A large tanker, very large.” More details followed after Attorney General Pam…

Erin Burnett also addressed President Donald Trump’s reaction to his appearance in the new batch of photos.

President Trump is turning up the pressure against Venezuela and its strongman leader Nicolás Maduro, seizing a massive oil tanker en route to Cuba this week and slapping additional sanctions against his leadership. The seizure of the sanctioned ship, called Skipper, is the most recent swipe by the Trump administration against Maduro, whom U.S. officials…
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Cambodia said it was struck by Thailand on Saturday, hours after President Trump announced that both countries agreed to resume a ceasefire. Cambodia said fighter jets targeted the border with lethal force, Reuters reported. Officials in Bangkok said the Sisaket province was hit with BM-21 rockets and responded with an attack on Cambodia’s southwestern province…

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday that the president wears bandages on the back of his hand because he’s “literally constantly shaking hands.”

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on Saturday said it killed one of Hamas’s top commanders in Gaza, the highest-profile assassination amid Israel and the designated terrorist organization’s fragile ceasefire. Raed Saad oversaw weapons production for Hamas’s military wing, the IDF said in a statement posted on the social platform X. They added that he was…

Just 31% of voters approve Trump’s handling of the economy.

President Trump told reporters on Saturday that “we will retaliate” after two U.S. service members and one civilian were killed with several others injured in an ISIS ambush in Syria. The president expressed his condolences to the families of those killed, whom he referred to as “three great patriots.” Those who were hurt in the attack…

Louisiana’s GOP leaders are at odds over federal immigration enforcement efforts in the Bayou State, as Border Patrol agents seek to arrest 5,000 people. Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser (R ) said local residents, who are living legally in the state, have raised concerns. “I think the president needs to take a step back and look…

The state’s educational television commission cited a $2.5 million reduction in annual federal funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting as a factor.

Marc Short, a former aide to ex-vice president Mike Pence, predicted earlier this week that Democrats’ recent election victories could be a harbinger ahead of the 2026 midterms, suggesting Americans prefer divided government. “I think it’s going to be a really steep climb, Dasha. The reality is that Americans like divided government. They don’t want…

People may pretend otherwise, but the far-right activist does have the president’s ear. 

The Justice Department (DOJ) on Friday targeted four states for refusing to turn over voter data and issued a complaint against Georgia’s Fulton County for information related to the 2020 presidential election. The Trump administration’s lawsuit against Colorado, Hawaii, Massachusetts and Nevada accused the states of withholding private data about registered voters, including citizenship status….