Paraguay has a tough fight against France today, which means President Santiago Peña may have to savor his last chance to wrap himself in the flag of Latin America’s...
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on Sunday knocked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after an outbreak of influenza infected several service members at an Air Force base in Texas. Cassidy, a licensed gastroenterologist and the first physician to chair the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, told CBS News's Margaret Brennan on "Face the Nation"...
Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock (Ga.) expressed concern Sunday about Vice President Vance criticizing Pope Leo XIV. Warnock, a Baptist pastor, said on CNN’s “State of the Union” that he is “glad” that Vance wrote about his religious journey in his new book “Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith.” The George Democrat told host Jake...
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) on Sunday echoed his critiques of the Biden administration’s border policies while appreciating the ability to break with the former president without fear of reprisal. Kelly said the Biden administration created a “crisis at the southern border” with welcoming policies that allowed for undocumented immigrants to enter the country legally rather...
The Drug Enforcement Administration is considering a proposal to move marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act, which would recognize all cannabis products as having a currently accepted medical use, but the evidence does not support this conclusion and policymakers should put science ahead of politics.
Republican Sen. Rick Scott (Fla.) on Sunday reiterated his unease with the Qatari government’s role in negotiations between the U.S. and Iran. “They’re not our friend,” Scott told host Shannon Bream on “Fox News Sunday,” referring to Qatar. The Florida Republican went on to criticize the Qatari government for its relationship with Iran. The two...
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) on Sunday reacted to chants of "you're next" from members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) directed at House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.). CNN's Jake Tapper played a clip of the DSA members chanting while at a bar during the New York primary election on Tuesday, when several DSA...
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) on Sunday said he would not want to change the Constitution's rules against non-native born Americans running for president, even as his political base continues to grow nationally. The 34--year-old democratic socialist was born in Uganda. ABC's Jonathan Karl in a Sunday interview noted that Mamdani will soon meet...
The U.S. and Iran have traded attacks this weekend, threatening the two sides' 60-day ceasefire and negotiations over Iran's nuclear program. Iran on Sunday launched drone and missile attacks targeting Bahrain and Kuwait, two key U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf. Iran's attacks came after U.S. forces conducted additional strikes against multiple Iranian targets in...
President Trump late Saturday threatened Iran's existence as the renewed strikes between the Islamic regime and the U.S. threaten a shaky ceasefire. "United States aircraft just struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations, and coastal radar sites, for violating the Cease Fire Agreement, AGAIN!" Trump wrote on Truth Social. "It is very possible that they...
Iran on Sunday launched retaliatory strikes on Kuwait and Bahrain as it threatens to enforce a "complete halt" to all negotiations that would end the conflict with the U.S. Kuwait's military said it detected and intercepted Iranian drones and two ballistic missiles. Strikes in Bahrain destroyed the top floor of an 8-story building near the...
Postmaster General David Steiner stoked fears among Democrats and voting rights groups this week after confirming the U.S. Postal Service will no longer deliver mail ballots in states that refuse to provide sensitive voter data to the federal government. The Trump administration’s crackdown on mail-in voting is becoming a point of contention ahead of November’s general...
The divide over Israel is only deepening in the Democratic Party after New York City’s first democratic socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, helped propel three primary candidates to victory last week, unseating two incumbent Democrats in the process. The New York City primaries were unusually focused on Israel, with Mamdani-backed candidates making the issue a central...