Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy isn't drawing stadium-size crowds like Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are as he tours the country talking to voters. But in a packed concert hall in rural North Carolina, people are starting to view the Democrat as worthy of the national spotlight.
A few dozen women gathered at a posh Miami brewery on a recent evening to listen to U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart outline the Republican plans to retain their slim House majority in next year's elections.
A 38-year-old man is in custody over suspected arson at the Pennsylvania governor’s residence, with authorities investigating crimes including terrorism and attempted homicide, officials said Sunday. Pennsylvania State Police Col. Christopher Paris said Sunday during a press conference that 38-year-old Cody Balmer had been arrested over the fire, which Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) said woke...
President Trump defended his move on Friday to exempt some electronics from the escalating tariff war with China. He denied the announcement amounted to an "exception," arguing instead the products were moved to a different tariff "bucket," and suggested his administration could still impose separate tariffs for the semiconductor industry and broader electronics supply chain....
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that another 10 people have been sent to El Salvador amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. “Last night, another 10 criminals from the MS-13 and Tren de Aragua Foreign Terrorist Organizations arrived in El Salvador. The alliance between @POTUS and President @nayibbukele has become an example for security...
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said on Sunday that President Trump’s recent steps on tariffs are preventing China from achieving “complete economic domination” on the world stage. “History will record that the actions President Trump has taken in recent days were the beginning of saving the West from complete economic domination by...
Keith Kellogg, President Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine, condemned Russia’s attack on a Palm Sunday gathering in Ukraine. “Today's Palm Sunday attack by Russian forces on civilian targets in Sumy crosses any line of decency,” Kellogg said in a post on the social platform X. "There are scores of civilians dead and wounded. As a...
Military academies could increasingly show what President Trump wants to see from public schools and colleges. While K-12 districts and universities are fighting back against book removals, transgender athlete bans and the extermination of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, the administration has a far freer hand at military institutions. Military schools fall...
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Sunday that Republicans would protect entitlement programs as they press ahead with deep cuts to federal spending, but he added the government must “eliminate people on Medicaid” who are not “eligible to be there.” “The president has made absolutely clear many times, as we have as well, that we're...
Rep. Gabe Amo (D-R.I.) on Sunday criticized President Trump’s approach to tariffs, saying the “chaos and confusion” caused by his strategy have not helped anyone. In an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday,” the Rhode Island Democrat urged his GOP colleagues to “speak up” against the tariffs. “I wish that Republican colleagues in both chambers...
The Oversight and Government Reform's Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets held a hearing on the JFK files, but the hearing was a disappointment for anti-conspiracy critics as no one present was interested in making the case that Lee Harvey Oswald was the intellectual author of the assassination.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said on Sunday said he’s questioning President Trump’s “endgame” in his approach to tariffs, saying the ongoing “volatility” isn’t good for businesses. “One thing I learned in the private sector is unpredictability can work pretty well in the negotiation, but the private sector — businesses want certainty. They want stability. They...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) called on Democrats to fight against President Trump's tariffs rather than waiting for courts to potentially intervene. Warren joined ABC News’s “This Week” on Sunday, where she was asked about the challenges to the tariff rollout and her call for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to investigate if Trump allies...
Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith weighed in on Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s (D) appearance in the White House, saying she has no choice but to engage with President Trump. Smith joined ABC News’s “This Week” on Sunday, where host Jonathan Karl asked him about Whitmer appearing to hide from the press after meeting with Trump....
The Trump administration's move to exempt smartphones, computers and other electronics from sweeping reciprocal tariffs is only a temporary measure, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday, indicating those devices would be covered by upcoming sector-based tariffs. "This is not like a permanent sort of exemption. [Trump's] just clarifying that these are not available to be...
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) sidestepped a question on Sunday about a possible 2028 presidential run, saying instead he’s focused on “today” and his 2026 reelection campaign for his Senate seat. “Senator, yes or no, are you considering a run in 2028?” NBC News’s Kristen Welker asked Booker on “Meet the Press” on Sunday. “I’m focused...
