Top Foreign Affairs Republican Sen. Jim Risch predicted the U.S. would not abandon NATO under the Trump administration, and promised to work with the new president to strengthen it instead.
As China continues its cyber assault on the U.S. federal government and its allies, and as the scope of attacks on critical infrastructure expands, the incoming Trump administration must drop President Joe Biden’s tolerance and make clear to China that the United States will hit back in the event of any such future hostilities. It […]
Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) said he believes Congress should withhold disaster relief funds from California in the wake of Los Angeles wildfires until environmental policy changes are made by the state government. During a Friday Fox News appearance, he said, “If they want the money, then there should be consequences where they have to change...
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair urged President-elect Trump to visit the burning region in a Friday letter to the incoming leader. “I've sent a letter to President-Elect @realDonaldTrump inviting him to engage in wildfire recovery efforts and to visit the County to see the impact firsthand,” Kathryn Barger wrote in a post on...
President-elect Trump said former President Carter, who died on Sunday, did "everything in his power to improve the lives of all Americans." "I just heard of the news about the passing of President Jimmy Carter," Trump said in a Sunday afternoon Truth Social post. "Those of us who have been fortunate to have served as...
Members of the political world offered condolences and warm wishes for the family of former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday afternoon. They honored Carter’s decades of achievement and service to the country. Carter, who turned 100 earlier this year, died peacefully in Palins, Ga., according to the Carter Center. President Biden and first...
President Biden said he was “deeply saddened” by the Jeju Airlines accident in South Korea that left nearly 180 people dead. “Jill and I are deeply saddened to learn of the loss of life that occurred as a result of the Jeju Airlines accident in Muan, Republic of Korea,” Biden said Sunday in a statement....
U.S. investigators are helping South Korea investigate the plane crash on Sunday that killed 179 people on board a plane from Thailand. The team of U.S. investigators will include the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Boeing, which manufactured the aircraft that blew up in flames when it landed at...
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) said Sunday that the H-1B visa program benefits the economy, throwing his weight behind President-elect Trump and Elon Musk in their argument against some of their base supporters. In an interview on ABC News's "This Week," Lawler said immigration is necessary and that he supports the merit-based visa program for highly...
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) said Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) should be re-elected as House Speaker, noting the Louisiana Republican "inherited a disaster." During an appearance on ABC's "This Week," host Jonathan Karl asked Lawler whether Johnson would and should be reelected as Speaker. "Yes, and yes," he replied. "The fact is that Mike Johnson inherited a disaster when Matt...
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, a moderate Republican, said on Sunday that he does not think President-elect Trump has permanently changed the GOP. “We've always been a spectrum in the party. We've had moderates, we've had fiscal conservatives and social moderates and social conservatives. It's a huge spectrum, and it's a big tent, and it...
Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) on Sunday signaled an openness to supporting Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) for their respective posts in the forthcoming Trump administration but said he has concerns about some of President-elect Trump's other choices. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” anchor Dana Bash asked Kim...
President-elect Trump's administration has promised a fresh approach to internet bans, government spending, border security, and immigration policies, warranting each topic to be a top spot on the Republican list of priorities for the 119th Congress. These topics are likely to be the focus of Sunday's talk shows. In an interview aired Sunday, former House Speaker Newt...
Israel must strike Iran now, hitting high-value targets within the Islamic Republic, in order to provide the second Trump administration with leverage over the New Eurasian Axis and to end the radical clerics' rule.
