Vice President Vance accused ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos of caring about a "fake scandal" regarding White House border czar Tom Homan on Sunday. Stephanopoulos, during Sunday morning's edition of "This Week," asked Vance whether Homan kept or returned a reported $50,000 bribe. Vance deflected, saying the media is “going after” Homan “because he’s doing...
Vice President Vance blamed the rescinded layoffs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and “far-left” Senate Democrats, as the government shutdown approaches two weeks. The Trump administration initially laid off more than 1,000 CDC employees on Friday, before reportedly reversing course. “The government shutdown inevitably...
Opponents of President Trump — from street protesters to elected officeholders — are increasingly turning to a different tactic to try to push back on his agenda: humor and mockery. But there’s nothing light-hearted about their efforts. Instead, the satirical or absurdist pushback is aimed at undercutting Trump’s preferred self-image of strength and instead rendering...
Former Vice President Kamala Harris said she's unsure whether Americans can trust the Department of Justice (DOJ) under President Trump. “I don't know if we can trust what's coming out of the Department of Justice right now,” Harris told MSNBC on Sunday. “And that pains me to say that as someone who spent the majority...
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) on Sunday argued the government shutdown is being caused by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) “being petrified of their left flank.” “This shutdown is a direct result of Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries being petrified of their left flank and wanting to show...
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) encouraged more Republicans to speak out against federal troop deployments across state lines, pointing to recent criticism from Oklahoma’s GOP governor as “good news.” “We've got to all stand together because there [are] truly unconstitutional actions that are coming out of this administration, coming at the states and the people...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said Sunday that the government shutdown has been “very isolating.” Fetterman is one of three members of the Senate Democratic Conference to vote for a Republican-backed proposal to fund the government through Nov. 21, along with Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (Nev.) and Angus King (Maine), an independent who caucuses with Democrats....
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) said on Sunday that a hypothetical commitment from Republicans to hold a vote by the end of the year on extending health care subsidies would not be sufficient to secure Democratic support for the GOP proposal to reopen the government. Kelly, in an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” called...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said the government shutdown will not change his opposition to extending Affordable Care Act subsidies, which Democrats have made their central demand in the ongoing funding standoff. In an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” Graham criticized Democrats’ approach and said he wouldn’t support extending the subsidies unless there was...
Vice President Vance said on Sunday that Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) should “suffer some consequences” after President Trump called for the outspoken governor to be jailed for failing to protect federal immigration enforcement. In an interview on ABC News’s “This Week,” host George Stephanopoulos noted Trump’s call for Pritzker to be jailed and repeatedly...
The U.S. faces a growing physician shortage due to a federal cap on residency positions, resulting in a tragic waste of talent and a need for the government to remove barriers and allow the supply of doctors to flow where they are needed most.
