National Economic Council (NEC) Director Kevin Hassett on Sunday touted the market response to a Bloomberg report last week suggesting Hassett is broadly considered the frontrunner among candidates to replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. The president’s top economic adviser, in an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” called the Bloomberg report a “rumor”...
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) married his fiancée, Alexis Lewis, in two separate ceremonies in his home state and Washington, D.C., the senator said Sunday. “Overflowing with gratitude. We said ‘I do’ in two places that shaped us—Cory’s beloved Newark and Alexis’s hometown of Washington, D.C.—first at the courthouse, then with our families. Hearts full and...
For Republicans, it’s crunch time on ObamaCare. GOP leaders return to Capitol Hill this week facing a year-end deadline on Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies without a unified plan for how — or even whether — to extend the expiring benefits for millions of Americans. The debate is pitting Republicans concerned with delivering on "affordability"...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said on Sunday he plans to refile a war powers resolution requiring congressional approval for any military action taken in Venezuela. In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” the senator said he is optimistic that his resolution would get more support from Republicans in Congress this time around, noting...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that “working families” would receive the $2,000 tariff checks proposed by President Trump. “[The dividends] would be for working families. We will have an income limit,” Bessent told host Maria Bartiromo on Fox News’s "Sunday Morning Futures." Last Sunday, Trump proposed sending “at least” $2,000 to most Americans. The...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday said he believes it was a mistake for Democrats to reopen the government without including any extensions of Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies that are set to expire in January and cause sharp increases in health care premiums. "I thought it was a mistake for Democrats to give up what was...
The U.S. military took out another alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing three “narco-terrorists” as the USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, and its strike group arrived in the Caribbean on Sunday. The vessel was struck in international waters on Saturday and was purportedly operated by a designated terrorist organization,...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), said Sunday that the Trump administration is “willing to look at all options” regarding the impending expiration of subsidies offered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). “The president's willing to look at all options,” Oz told host Dana Bash on CNN’s...
Senators who were spied on by the FBI were awarded half a million dollars in taxpayer money, while ordinary Americans were left without any relief from similar abuses.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) predicted “100 or more” House Republicans could vote in favor of releasing files and documents related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein this week. “I think we could have a deluge of Republicans,” Massie said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” when asked by Jonathan Karl about GOP support for the...
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Sunday that Democrats’ recent push for the release of files linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is their “entire game plan.” “President Trump has clean hands. He's not worried about it. I talk to him all the time. He has nothing to do with this. He's frustrated that...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), said Sunday the Trump administration is holding “discussions” on extending subsidies offered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). “There are discussions around extending the subsidies, if we deal with the fraud, waste and abuse that, right now, is paralyzing the system,”...
Congress's bipartisan agreement to end the government shutdown restores operations across the federal government, but keeps major health programs, including the nation's HIV response, on a short-term continuing resolution until Jan. 30, 2026, which means prevention, treatment and care programs continue at last year's levels.
President Trump and White House officials are grappling with how best to sell their agenda to the American people ahead of next November’s crucial midterm elections. Trump’s approval ratings are flagging, his sweeping tariffs are at risk in front of the Supreme Court, and Democrats won big in statewide elections in New Jersey and Virginia...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) denied Sunday that President Trump told her not to run for Senate or governor in her home state in 2026. “That is absolutely not true,” Greene told host Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “Actually, I never had a conversation at all with the president about running for...
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) claimed Sunday that President Trump is “losing his MAGA base” over files related to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as controversy surrounding the disgraced financier heats up. “You know why Trump is losing his MAGA base on this?” Khanna asked NBC News’s Kristen Welker on “Meet the Press.” “The reason he’s...
