Trump kicks off Thanksgiving week with traditional White House turkey pardon ceremony. First lady asks public to vote on turkey names via social media.
The foreign-born population of the United States has fallen by roughly 2 million since President Donald Trump took office, reversing the more than 7 million increase under President Joe Biden. Recent reporting shows why these deportations cannot come quickly enough, and new polling reveals a striking reality: although many legal immigrants are frustrated by the […]
Most Americans are against military action in Venezuela after recent tension in the region, according to a new poll from CBS News/YouGov. In the poll, 70 percent said they were against “the U.S. taking military action in Venezuela,” while 30 percent said they were for it. The U.S. military has recently bolstered its presence near...
President Trump on Sunday said the GOP “has never been so united” after recent tension between himself and some members of the party. “The Republican Party has never been so UNITED AS IT iS RIGHT NOW!” the president said in a post on his Truth Social platform. “Other than Rand Paul, Rand Paul Jr.(Massie!), Marjorie...
Rep. Julie Johnson (D-Texas) said Sunday that her current district will not be “viable” if the Supreme Court upholds a new congressional map. “If these new, very partisan, racially based, gerrymandered maps go forward, that makes the 32nd Congressional District — it swings it 46 points, it doesn't really make it a viable seat,” Johnson...
After she departs Congress in January, could Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) run for higher office? If that happens, one Republican strategist thinks she would not get very far. “I’m thinking there’s some other opportunity, perhaps in the media ecosystem, that she’s looking at,” CNN political commentator Shermichael Singleton said Sunday on “State of the...
Vice President Vance said Sunday that six Democratic lawmakers violated the law by telling service members to disobey illegal orders. “If the president hasn’t issued illegal orders, then members of Congress telling the military to defy the president is by definition illegal,” Vance said on the social platform X. Earlier this week, Democratic Sens. Elissa...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that recent Russia-Ukraine war peace talks were “meaningful” and “productive.” “So, it is in my personal view that we’ve had probably the most productive and meaningful meetings so far in this entire process since we’ve been involved, from the beginning,” Rubio said in Geneva. “We have a very...
Harvard University is struggling with its latest controversy after multiple faculty members, including prominent economist Larry Summers, were revealed to have connections to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Harvard announced a probe into the matter this week as Summers, a former president of the school, said he would step away from his teaching obligations...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday that President Trump’s sweeping tariffs have “nothing to do” with the rise in inflation. In an interview Sunday on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” moderator Kristen Welker pressed the secretary on the administration’s decision to roll back tariffs on more than 200 food products, just as President Trump...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has joined President Trump in a push to end the Senate's filibuster rule. “The American people are just now emerging from the longest and most devastating government shutdown in U.S. history. And while the blame lies squarely with Senate Democrats, we cannot ignore the weapon they used to hold the country...
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) on Sunday called on Republicans in Congress to denounce President Trump’s threats against him and five other Democratic lawmakers who said that service members can disobey illegal orders. “We’ve heard very little, basically crickets, from Republicans in the United States Congress about what the president has said about hanging members of...
Organized crime groups in Mexico are threatening U.S. companies and their employees, resulting in a labor shortage of truck drivers and a high rate of violent hijackings, forcing companies to invest in security measures and lobby the Trump administration to address the issue.
Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) said he has received “very disturbing” threats in the wake of President Trump saying he and other Democratic lawmakers committed sedition after calling on service members to disobey illegal orders. “We’re going to take these seriously, but it’s very disturbing stuff,” Crow told host Margaret Brennan on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”...
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chair emeritus of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Ukraine should not sign President Trump’s 28-point peace plan without ensuring an “ironclad” security agreement. McCaul said on ABC's "This Week" that he’s not sure either side will agree to Trump’s proposal to end the Russia-Ukraine war, but the foreign policy hawk...
