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Five More Questions with Stephen Kotkin: Can America Still Lead The World?

Stephen Kotkin on Iran, China, Ukraine, and America’s future.

Trump says Iran did not tell him it wanted to withdraw from talks, but it would be ‘fine’

President Trump said Iran has not informed him of their desire to quit peace negotiations over Israel's actions in Lebanon, but he said it is "fine if they're done talking."

Jerome Powell warns against meddling at Fed, says democratic institutions can be ‘torn down quickly’

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell took a parting shot at President Trump, warning that the central bank's independence was a "priceless asset" that must be defended.

Feds sell second Southwest waterfront property as part of Trump downsizing of government

A private developer is buying the Liberty Loan Building overlooking the Tidal Basin in Southwest Washington -- the second federal property sold under the Trump administration's government downsizing campaign.

Colorado elections clerk released from prison after governor commutes sentence

Tina Peters, the former clerk convicted of participating in a scheme to chase election conspiracy theories promulgated by President Donald Trump, was released from prison Monday after the president successfully pressured Colorado's Democratic governor into commuting her sentence.

RNC moves forward with midterm convention, chair says

Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Joe Gruters on Sunday said the party would hold a midterm convention “before the general election” as outlined by President Trump last September. “There's a very short window of doing it after the last primary ballots have been cast and before the general election. But yes, we're very much moving...

Hassett predicts oil will flow through Strait of Hormuz in ‘a month or two’

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett on Sunday predicted that oil shipments will pass through the Strait of Hormuz in "a month or two," while it has been closed off amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict in Iran. Hassett told ABC's Jonathan Karl on "This Week" that there is "a lot more traffic" passing through the strait...

Trump has turned Republicans into the anti-Black party 

The Republican Party, led by President Trump, has embraced white Christian nationalists and is working to reduce the number of Black House members through redistricting, while also attacking African Americans with racist rhetoric and policies.

Zelensky says he hopes Witkoff, Kushner visit Kyiv for talks 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday said he hopes White House special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, will come to Kyiv, Ukraine, for talks in the coming weeks. CBS News's "Face the Nation" host Margaret Brennan asked the president whether he had heard from the envoys and Secretary of State Marco...

The peril of transactional deterrence: How the US unwittingly shifted Taiwan’s timeline

Washington's shift to a hyper-transactional foreign policy framework has weakened its strategic architecture, making Taiwan a flexible variable in the U.S.-China rivalry and threatening to unravel decades of American deterrence in Asia.

Jill Biden says Joe ‘was slowing down’ during presidency

Former first lady Jill Biden said in her first interview since leaving the White House that former President Biden "was slowing down" before he dropped his 2024 presidential bid. Jill Biden told "CBS News Sunday" correspondent Rita Braver in an interview released Sunday that she never saw signs that her husband was cognitive or mental...

Pence calls Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund ‘a bad idea’

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday slammed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recent “anti-weaponization” fund and pushed to “get rid of" it. “Well, look, I think that the weaponization fund is a — it's a bad idea from the start. And I would encourage the administration just to drop it,” Pence told NBC News’s...

After a mosque shooting, American Muslims deserve comfort, not hate

Muslim Americans are waiting for an answer.

Where things stand between Trump and Big Tech executives

For more than a year, leaders from the country’s largest technology firms have worked to win President Trump’s favor as he returned to the White House.  From meetings at Mar-a-Lago to hefty inauguration donations, their efforts were on full display from the first day of Trump's, with CEOs like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg sitting...

Pence following Paxton win: GOP ‘lost our way,’ but Democrats ‘have lost their minds’

Former Vice President Pence said Sunday that his party has “lost our way,” but also went after Democrats by saying they “have lost their minds.” During an interview on “Meet the Press,” NBC News’s Kristen Welker pressed Pence on who he would support in the upcoming U.S. Senate race in Texas, as the controversial Republican...

Trump says ‘cancel’ America 250 concert

President Trump on Saturday called for the cancellation of the concert celebrating America's 250th birthday after multiple artists withdrew from performing at the upcoming Great American State Fair on the National Mall. Trump wrote on Truth Social that there should be "a giant MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN RALLY, for 250, instead of having overpriced singers, who nobody...

‘Climate hushing’ is what’s keeping the Democrats from winning 

However you choose to look at it, it’s clear we’ve crossed the clean energy Rubicon. 

Kim on clashes outside New Jersey ICE facility: ‘One of the most difficult weeks of my entire life’

Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) on Sunday called the past week of clashes between law enforcement officers and demonstrators protesting conditions inside a federal immigration detention center "one of the most difficult" of his life. Kim met with protesters outside Delaney Hall in Newark, N.J., last weekend after they gathered in solidarity with detained migrants on...

The retirement age changed this year: Here’s what to know

If you're of a certain age, you may have entered 2026 thinking you were ready to retire. Unfortunately, if you aren't of an even more specific age, retiring this year could have a big impact on your Social Security benefits.

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