THE IRAN TALKS: HOW THE ADMINISTRATION SEES THINGS NOW. In the last couple of days the Iran war has been going through another one of the up-and-down news cycles — in which some sort of resolution seems imminent and then not so imminent — that have become a familiar story. In this case, President Trump, who […]
A former adviser to President Trump during the COVID-19 pandemic said Sunday that the U.S. is equipped to handle an Ebola outbreak. “The U.S. right now does not have a confirmed head of the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)], it does not have a confirmed head of the [Food and Drug Administration (FDA)],...
Secret Service Director Sean Curran said Sunday that his thoughts were with the bystander shot amid an exchange of gunfire between officers and a gunman near the White House on Saturday. "I want to recognize the quick and decisive response demonstrated by our Secret Service police officers last night in confronting an armed gunman. Their...
The sights of PPE-clad passengers leaving the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship Sunday may prompt flashbacks to the COVID pandemic. Health officials say that isn't exactly the case.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday he is “avoiding” predictions on gas prices, as the average cost has reached its highest point amid the war in Iran. “I can't make any predictions about… oil prices or gasoline prices. The military part of the conflict took about what we expected,” Wright told host Kristen Welker on...
Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) said Sunday that President Trump is heading into his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in a “weakened” position. “President Trump is going into this meeting terribly weakened,” Reed, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, told host Shannon Bream on “Fox News Sunday.” “He has involved ourselves in...
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) claimed that Supreme Court Justice Chief John Roberts will join the ranks of “infamous” high court justices over a recent decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act. “I never thought I would see the day that the United States Supreme Court would be so openly partisan with what it's been doing,”...
Donald Trump has abandoned key conservative principles and adopted some socialist positions, expanding presidential powers, interfering in businesses and the free market, and weaponizing government to satisfy his own interests.
Red states in the South are seeking to advance the GOP’s goal of keeping the House majority this fall by redrawing their congressional maps in the wake of a landmark Supreme Court ruling that reignited the redistricting arms race. Tennessee Republicans approved a new map on Thursday that threatens to unseat the state’s lone House Democrat after the high court's ruling, which declared Louisiana’s map...
Retired Adm. William McRaven said Sunday that the U.S. is “not really that much better off” than it was before the war with Iran “I don't think [Iran] had a nuclear weapon. I don't think it was… coming about imminently,” McRaven, the former head of U.S. Special Operations Command under President Obama, told host Martha...
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Mike Waltz on Sunday reiterated his push for the international coalition’s security council to pass a resolution condemning the Iranian government’s restrictions on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that the Trump administration, alongside Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait...
Acting Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Director Jay Bhattacharya said Sunday that hantavirus “is not COVID,” comments that come after an outbreak of the virus on a Dutch cruise ship. “We've been communicating the last week as the — as the sort of the, the press attention has picked up more with the public, as...
The Iranian government has submitted its response to the peace proposal from the U.S., according to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). The state-owned outlet reported, citing a source familiar with the matter, that negotiations between the Trump administration and Tehran are solely focused on halting hostilities in the region. The administration proposed a one-page...
