Acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Bill Pulte said Sunday his office completed a fourth round of layoffs since he took over on June 19. “Since becoming Acting Director of National Intelligence, our team has been smartly, and carefully, reducing the size of [the office of the director of national intelligence (ODNI)], re-focusing ODNI on...
Acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Bill Pulte said Sunday his office completed a fourth round of layoffs since he took over on June 19. “Since becoming Acting Director of National Intelligence, our team has been smartly, and carefully, reducing the size of [the office of the director of national intelligence (ODNI)], re-focusing ODNI on...
New documentary footage shows the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) staunchly backing the war in Iran, even going so far as to compare President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. The footage, which filmmaker Alex Holder captured by spending hundreds of hours with Graham dating back to...
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) kicked off the 100-day sprint to the midterms on Sunday, arguing his party will address the cost of living if it wrestles back control of Congress. “In 100 days, you can vote for an America that is affordable and lower the cost of groceries, gas, and housing. In 100...
Scott Gottlieb, the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), said Sunday the agency does not yet have the outbreak of cyclosporiasis under control. “I don't think it's under control yet, per se. I think that they've done a good job, FDA has, isolating this to central Mexico and some specific farms as...
On Sunday, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) national co-chair said more mainstream Democrats "should be worried about the voters." Megan Romer, a top DSA official, appeared on "Fox News Sunday," where host Shannon Bream asked if the Democratic Party should worry about DSA "plans" for the party. "The establishment Democrats should be worried about...
As the U.S. war with Iran approaches the five-month mark, a new survey indicates that more than three-fourths of 2,193 respondents believe the Trump administration has had more difficulty navigating the conflict than it expected. Twenty percent of respondents to the CBS News/YouGov poll said the conflict has gone about as smoothly as the administration...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) faces a packed legislative agenda this week and growing pressure to advance a slate of high-stakes GOP priorities. At the top of his list is government funding. With Senate appropriators still deadlocked over top-line spending levels, Thune is eyeing a stopgap measure that would keep federal agencies funded at...
House Republicans are fanning out across the country for August recess hoping to capitalize on silver linings in an otherwise tough midterm environment as they kick off a 100-day sprint to Election Day. They are looking for bright spots in mostly daunting public polling. They are taking every opportunity to tie all Democrats to the far-left candidates...
Wes Streeting, the new Secretary of State for Defence in the U.K., indicated Sunday he is willing to work with the Trump administration on matters of common interest. “The first thing you do is, you don’t suck up. … My impression is President Trump, his administration, that’s not what they’re looking for actually. He’s a...
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) on Sunday said he does not "expect to get much out of" Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), during his upcoming Senate hearing. "I think it'd be very forgetful, completely unrepentant, arrogant, I mean –– arrogant to the extreme," Johnson told Fox...
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Sunday said President Trump likes the daily strikes on Iran, which paused going into the weekend after nearly two straight weeks of attacks on Iranian infrastructure. "I think we ought to continue the blockade and starve them out," Kennedy said on CBS News's "Face the Nation" with Margaret Brennan. "I...
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Sunday said that Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is "being too cautious" in his talks with Senate Democratic leaders in an effort to avoid a government shutdown at the end of September. "Look, I mean no disrespect. I love John Thune. He's my leader. He's got a big brain....
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Sunday dismissed former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel's warning written in the Wall Street Journal that "Bernie Bros" could "spoil" the Democratic Party's chances in the midterm elections. "There is a strong division within the Democratic Party," Sanders told "Face the Nation" host Margaret Brennan on CBS News. "You...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Sunday said he did not regret supporting former Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner (D) after a former girlfriend's accusations of sexual assault came to light and led the progressive candidate to drop his bid. CBS News's Margaret Brennan asked Sanders about his support for Platner on Sunday's "Face the Nation,"...