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...
Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) took aim at former President Trump for trying to take credit for low prices of insulin over the weekend. Clyburn responded to the former president's Truth Social post on NewNation’s “The Hill Sunday,” slamming him for trying to take credit for the reduced cost of insulin in a Saturday post on...
More than half of President Biden's supporters said they are mainly backing the incumbent in 2024 to oppose former President Trump, according to a new poll. A new CBS News/YouGov poll, released Sunday, found 54 percent of likely Biden voters are planning to choose him on November's ballot, a 7-point increase from March. The second-highest...
U.S.-Mexico border management is entering a new chapter, with questions growing about how major political and policy shifts on both sides of the Rio Grande will affect migration patterns. President Biden on Tuesday announced an executive order cracking down on asylum, potentially changing the calculus for tens of thousands of migrants hoping to enter the...
World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain said its operations are paused in Gaza due to concerns about the safety of its workers. CBS's Margaret Brennan asked McCain on "Face the Nation" how food distribution is going in Gaza now that the U.S. pier for humanitarian aid has been reopened. The U.S. military said Saturday...
Rep. James Clyburn (R-S.C.) on Sunday said he is not planning to attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress in the wake of Israel's wartime campaign in Gaza and the leader's past tensions with former President Obama. "When it comes to that joint session, I do not plan to attend it," Clyburn said...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Sunday he would support the United States training Ukrainian forces overseas. "Yes, I do support us training inside the country. The delay and weapons because of House inaction, we did lose momentum. But from the very beginning, the Biden administration, they did not impose pre-invasion sanctions to deter Putin. They...
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) said he hopes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will discuss what his plans are for peace in Israel's war with Hamas in his address to Congress next month. "Boy, I sure hope not," Coons said on CBS's "Face the Nation" when asked if Netanyahu will deliver an election rally against President...
Rep. James Clyburn (R-S.C.) on Sunday brushed off recent polling that suggests former President Trump's support from Black, male voters is rising, arguing this voting demographic has not "left the fold," of Democrats and President Biden. "I don't think they've left the fold. I don't know what is going on with the polling taking place...
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) said independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other third-party candidates give her "some concern." Whitmer was pressed on CNN's "State of the Union" about recent polls that showed Kennedy had 9 percent support in her state of Michigan. She emphasized Sunday that the election was going to be...
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday defended the timing of the Biden administration's recent executive order on border security, pinning the blame on past inaction in Congress. ABC News "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz, speaking with Mayorkas Sunday, asked the DHS chief why the White House waited four months after a bipartisan border security...
It’s not a good look when governments that claim to champion freedom of the press begin broad censorship efforts. But are such actions nonetheless justified in the case of Russian media?
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday said it is "hard to say" if the recent Israeli operation to rescue four hostages in Gaza will influence ongoing cease-fire negotiations between Israel and Hamas. The IDF, along with two other units, carried out a special operation on Saturday at two different locations in Nuseirat in central...
President Biden and former President Trump are basically tied nationally and in battleground states, according to new polling from CBS News. The CBS News/YouGov poll found that Trump received 50 percent of support nationally among likely voters, while Biden received 49 percent. In battleground states, 50 percent of likely voters selected Biden while 49 percent...
