Prominent Texas Republicans are denouncing Bo French, a Republican nominee to join the state’s railroad commission, after he made a xenophobic post describing a group of Asian American students...
President Donald Trump said Sunday that he will look into requests from families of Sept. 11 victims to release records that could shed light on Saudi Arabia's alleged role in the attacks 25 years ago.
President Biden will speak on the latest developments in Syria on Sunday afternoon, hours after the Syrian government fell. Early Sunday, rebels entered the capital of Damascus, ending the Assad family’s 50-year rule in the war-torn country. The rebels’ victory concluded a 10-day offensive in which fighters sprinted across the country and seized much of...
House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Turner (R-Ohio) said Sunday that under President-elect Trump, he believes there will “be an assessment as to whether or not” troops currently in Syria “should” stay. “Well, I think, you know, one of the things that Donald Trump will make clear is that any threat to U.S. troops will be...
Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) said on Sunday that the collapse of the Syrian government is a "potential win" for the U.S. but noted the dynamic is more complicated since the rebel forces are still "some pretty bad guys." “Overall, this is a potential win for the United States and its allies, but it's not an...
The choice is clear: reform the system now, or watch as public trust continues to erode, taking with it any hope of preserving the institutional legitimacy necessary for healthcare to function in a civil society.
Women are set to play a key role in President-elect Trump’s administration, as he nominates and appoints a number of them to high-level posts. Trump has so far named eight women to Cabinet-level positions — double the four initially named for his first term. His appointment of Susie Wiles to be his chief of staff...
President-elect Trump's first sit-down interview since winning a second White House term aired Sunday, giving the public a view into his mindset as he prepares to return to office. Trump spoke with "Meet the Press" moderator Kristen Welker, and the two discussed Trump's plans for his first day in office, some of his controversial Cabinet...
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Sunday noted the past trauma in President Biden’s family when talking about his recent pardon of his son Hunter Biden. “This is a man who loves his children and has gone through quite an ordeal, having lost a former wife and child in [an] automobile accident, and seeing the two...
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) on Sunday pushed back on the idea that Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump's choice for Defense Secretary in his upcoming administration, has an issue with drinking. “Now, if he did have a drinking problem, that would be obvious, but to make something out of it that isn't there just because he's going...
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) said on Sunday that President-elect Trump will use military assets to execute his mass deportation plan only as an “extreme last resort.” In an interview on ABC News’s “This Week,” host Martha Raddatz asked Donalds to describe in greater detail how Trump plans to carry out his mass deportation plan, which...
Mayor Muriel Bowser is open to working with the incoming Trump administration to benefit working-class residents of Washington, D.C., with potential areas for collaboration.
President-elect Trump in a new interview signaled he would not move to restrict access to abortion pills upon taking office, even as he acknowledged "things change." "I’ll probably stay with exactly what I've been saying for the last two years. And the answer is no," Trump told Kristen Welker on "Meet the Press" when asked...
President-elect Trump in a new interview that aired Sunday said he couldn't guarantee Americans would not pay more because of tariffs he has pledged to impose on imported goods. Trump, in an interview with Kristen Welker of "Meet the Press," shrugged off repeated warnings from economists that tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China and others would...
President-elect Trump early Sunday called for an "immediate ceasefire" in the fighting between Ukraine and Russia following the fall of the Assad government in Syria and after a meeting in Paris with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. "Assad is gone. He has fled his country. His protector, Russia, Russia, Russia, led by Vladimir Putin, was not...
