President Trump on Sunday said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will help with airport security for “as long as it takes" as passengers complain of longer wait times amid the partial government shutdown. Earlier Sunday, White House border czar Tom Homan said ICE would assist at airports but would not be involved specifically in...
Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R) on Sunday said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was acting as if U.S. soldiers were “expendable cattle” following his comments about the possibility of losing servicemembers in battle. “I am deeply upset at the lack of respect for life Senator Lindsey Graham is displaying when talking about our troops. He...
President Trump on Sunday said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will help with airport security for “as long as it takes" as passengers complain of longer wait times amid the partial government shutdown. Earlier Sunday, White House border czar Tom Homan said ICE would assist at airports but would not be involved specifically in...
Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R) on Sunday said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was acting as if U.S. soldiers were “expendable cattle” following his comments about the possibility of losing servicemembers in battle. “I am deeply upset at the lack of respect for life Senator Lindsey Graham is displaying when talking about our troops. He...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday said people need to give President Trump more empathy after Trump posted that he was “glad” former FBI Director Robert Mueller was dead. “I think that given what has been done to President Trump and his family it is impossible for either of us to understand what he has...
Former Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) on Sunday said it was time to “stand up” to Senate Republicans who seek to abolish the filibuster. The filibuster, unique to the Senate, is more than 200 years old. The rule allows for debate until 60 votes are gathered to invoke cloture and end debate, a high bar when...
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Sunday said his country would not be “swayed by more threats” after President Trump threatened to “hit” and “obliterate” Iran's power plants if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened. “Strait of Hormuz is not closed. Ships hesitate because insurers fear the war of choice you initiated—not Iran,” Araghchi...
The Senate’s marathon debate on the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act is set to enter its second week, as President Trump and conservative allies ramp up pressure to push the measure through the upper chamber. Trump declared on Truth Social last week that the SAVE America Act is “one of the most IMPORTANT...
Democrats on Capitol Hill are sounding alarms over the potential commutation of an election denier and convicted felon's sentence in Colorado, warning the state’s Democratic governor that clemency for Tina Peters would undermine the justice system and diminish the gravity of her crimes. Gov. Jared Polis (D) has been under heavy pressure from President Trump...
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Sunday said there was “no end in sight” for the partial government shutdown that has shuttered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for 36 days. “Let's not play games with the security of our homeland. But we don't have that. So, President Trump is being forced to do something to...
Rafael Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said in an interview that aired Sunday the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran has not done as much damage to the latter’s country nuclear program as U.S. and Israeli strikes did last June. “This time around, I think the focus of the campaign does...
Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío on Sunday said the country's military is preparing for the “possibility” of aggression from the Trump administration. “Our military is always prepared. And in fact it is preparing these days for the possibility of military aggression. We, we would be naive if, looking at what's happening around...
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said Sunday that American allies are beginning to “come around” on providing support to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which President Trump has urged them to do. “We are seeing our allies come around as they should, but at the same time, the president is not going...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday dodged a question about replacing Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) amid reports that a handful of senators are plotting to oust him. When asked if he wanted to replace Schumer, Murphy said, “Well, I think we are united right now as a caucus. There's always a lot of...
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Sunday asked for President Trump’s “understanding” amid his frustrations with allied countries expressing hesitancy to provide support to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. “I understand the president's frustration that it takes some time, but again, I also ask for some understanding, because nations had to prepare for this, not knowing...
