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.
Vice President-elect JD Vance backed President-elect Trump’s position on Syria, whose government collapsed as rebels marched into the capital city of Damascus early Sunday morning. “As President Trump said, this is not our fight and we should stay out of it,” Vance said in a post on X Sunday, several hours after rebels took the...
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday that he believes President-elect Trump will not intervene in Syria. “Donald Trump is always consistent, if there's one thing, that he did not wanna get involved in war. So, I think we should take him at his word on that,” Esper told anchor Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State...
The Syrian government fell early Sunday after 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 what had been government-held land, including the cities of Aleppo and Hama, and, the...
Last month, President-elect Donald Trump announced that on his first day in office, he will impose a 25 percent tariff on all products from Canada and Mexico and an additional 10 percent on China. In his words, the levies will “remain in effect until such time as Drugs, in particular Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens...
Mexico has violated the USMCA by allowing Cuban doctors to enter the country in a scheme similar to modern slavery, which has been denounced by Congress and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) suggested that the incoming Trump administration will meet antisemitism on college campus in the U.S. with federal investigations and prosecutions from the Justice Department, attorney general and FBI. "I’ll tell you something that you’re going to see in New York … next year with a new Department of Justice, a new...
House Republican leaders will choose new chairs for a number of influential committees this week, people who will have the power to help deliver on President-elect Trump’s priorities in the GOP trifecta over the next two years. While most of the committee chair positions are uncontested, several panels have leaders who are departing Congress or...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) is on the rise as a Democratic Party voice calling for a new direction as the party seeks to regroup following a stinging election loss. Murphy has been among the most prominent figures arguing for a new strategy to expand the party's tent and for leaders to embrace economic populism to...
Lawmakers see a slim chance of passing President Biden’s request for $24 billion in funding related to Ukraine, as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has called for any new funding to be pushed back until President-elect Trump takes office. Pro-Ukraine lawmakers are counting on strong bipartisan support in Congress to help push through the request...
President-elect Trump’s rollout of his Cabinet and administration nominees, coupled with the transition team’s lack of vetting, is creating unwanted headaches for Senate Republicans. Trump has been rolling out appointments and nominees at a breakneck pace as he seeks to stock his administration with loyalists, from Kash Patel at the FBI and Pam Bondi as attorney general,...
Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst (R) is not yet ready to give her full support to President-elect Trump's pick for Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, stating that she would like to hear more from him. "I am a survivor of sexual assault. I've worked very heavily on sexual assault measures within the military. So, I'd like to...
Democratic National Committee (DNC) financial committee member Lindy Li seemingly backed President-elect Trump's Defense secretary nominee, Pete Hegseth, a sharp shift away from recent scrutiny the former Fox News host has come under as he awaits Senate confirmation for the top post at the Pentagon. "Maybe you're looking for someone to oppose the nomination, but...
