Polls suggest that Democrats might return to power in Congress, winning both the House and the Senate. If so, California is a warning about what deep-blue control looks like.
President Trump announced Saturday he approved new fuel economy standards that eliminate an electric vehicle (EV) mandate introduced under the Biden administration. The 2024 EV mandate aimed to facilitate the transition from gas-powered to EVs by setting new pollution standards for automakers' vehicle fleets, which were intentionally difficult to meet without introducing new electric or...
Former Kennedy Center employees accused the iconic performing arts venue's leadership in a letter to Congress of halting planned waterproofing repairs earlier this year. In the Thursday letter, David Seide, an attorney representing the whistleblowers, shared internal documents which he said challenged the Kennedy Center board's claims that these leaks constituted the venue's immediate closure. ...
President Trump rejected a new seven-day proposal from Iran Saturday morning to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and halt military operations in the ongoing conflict between Tehran and the U.S. “They want to make a deal, and I think that’s fine,” the president told reporters at the White House. “I like making a deal, too, but...
Pollsters and independent handicappers are increasingly convinced that Democrats aren’t experiencing an artificial “sugar-high” in polling but that multiple metrics are right now pointing to a good midterm environment for the party. The nonpartisan election handicapper Cook Political Report became the latest independent forecaster this week in predicting that Republicans looked poised to lose the...
The Israeli military announced Sunday that it would pause fighting during the daytime hours along a route in southern Gaza so humanitarian aid can pass through and be delivered to Palestinians in need. The “tactical pause” will apply to about 7 miles of road near Rafah, the southern Gaza city where hundreds of thousands of...
Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) on Sunday pushed back against those who blame Congress for increased polarization in recent years, saying lawmakers in Washington are “simply a reflection” of dynamics at play across the country. “People ask me all the time, 'Why are things so divided back there?' Or, 'Why can't you all just get along?'...
Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) on Sunday criticized the tactics of far-right lawmakers who say their Republican colleagues, rather than working within the confines of Congress, should be willing to “burn it down” to fight for conservative principles. "The tactics that they're using aren't advancing those principles. They're an impediment to those principles," McClintock said on...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) called the Supreme Court “brazenly corrupt and brazenly political” as he defended President Biden over reports that he described the high court as “out of kilter” during a fundraiser this weekend. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Murphy said it is “absolutely” appropriate for Biden to criticize the...
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said he is looking forward to a "new generation" of leaders after President Biden is reelected to the White House. Khanna was asked by Peter Alexander on NBC's "Meet the Press" whether he is interested in running for president in the future, noting that he has been on the campaign trail...
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said on Sunday that legislation enshrining the Trump-era ban on bump stocks "treads close to the line" of violating the Second Amendment following the Supreme Court reversal of that prohibition on Friday. “On the legislative question, I would suggest before we infringe on the rights of law-abiding American citizens, we should...
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said he will not attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's joint address to Congress, joining several other Democrats who have also vowed to boycott the speech. "I will not attend that. I said that it if he wants to come to speak to members of Congress about how to end the...
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) said he respected the Supreme Court's decision last week to overturn a Trump-era prohibition on bump stocks. "The job is simply this, so we trust and believe and respect the decision of the Supreme Court. What we need to focus on, Jon, is the violence that we're seeing across this nation....
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) doubled down on the Republican National Committee's (RNC) decision to host their national convention in Milwaukee despite former President Trump's recent reported comments on the city. "With respect to Milwaukee, he was talking about allegations of voter fraud and also the crime rate, and I think it's important for people to...
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said in a Sunday interview he would “of course, entertain” a hypothetical request to serve as former President Trump’s running mate but said he’s satisfied serving in the Senate for now. “I think if the President asked you to serve in any capacity in our great nation, you'd have to consider...
Country star Darius Rucker said in a recent interview that country music still carries a “stigma” of racism today. Rucker wrote in a 2021 editorial for “The Tennessean” that country music has a “stigma of rebel flags and racism.” In the latest installment of CNN’s “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace,” host Chris Wallace asked Rucker...
