It’s like the would-be date who declines, citing a need to wash her hair. Karen Bass has told a powerful congressional panel that she can’t testify next week about...
Since announcing that she was freezing her eggs on Instagram last weekend, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has spent the week taking her 9.6 million followers along for the ride — chronicling the process in detailed videos and answering questions while administering her shots. On Thursday, as she was recording one of those shots, she ran...
Questions are growing about Sen. Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) future as an increasing number of Democratic candidates say they will not support his bid for another term as Senate Democratic leader. Progressive critics of the Democratic establishment are calling for a leadership shake-up in Washington as their candidates win Senate Democratic primaries in Illinois, Maine, Michigan...
The U.S. Navy is weighing a major revamp of the design of its new class of aircraft carriers to better suit the desires expressed by President Trump as the White House continues to wade into the designs of naval warships. The Navy is performing an internal review where it is weighing the possibility of moving...
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) on Sunday took a swing at President Trump over the Iran war, saying he lied “the nation into a war.” During a Sunday rally in Atlanta, the Georgia Democrat went after Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for their management of the war against Iran. Ossoff said that that Trump “promised...
Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday that he backs U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro, in spite of President Trump’s recent criticism of her. “I absolutely support U.S. Attorney Pirro, as does President Trump. Now, that's different than whether the president is extraordinarily frustrated at what happened in that case,” Blanche told...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), who has bucked his party in recent years, warned against socialism’s rise in the Democratic Party in the wake of democratic socialists and insurgent progressives winning primaries. On social media, Fetterman responded to a report on a poll from CBS News in which 58 percent of Democratic respondents said their opinion...
President Trump said Sunday he told Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to “substantially reduce” the joint military exercises with South Korea. Trump wrote in a Truth Social post that he’s “not happy with the fact that the United States has, long ago, agreed to participate” in these joint military exercises. He also noted that South Korea...
U.S. Central Command (Centcom) commander Adm. Brad Cooper on Sunday addressed concerns about the mental health of service members aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln as the aircraft carrier returns home after being docked in the Middle East for more than 260 days. Cooper called his visit to the ship on Saturday "awe-inspiring" in a statement,...
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) on Sunday expressed anger over President Trump’s reaction to reported conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln. “I mean, not only are these conditions and the reports of the conditions heartbreaking. The response of the president of the United States pisses me off. And it should piss all of us off,”...
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) on Sunday said he has "heard absolutely nothing back from" Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) after requesting updates on his health following his weekslong hospitalization. Beshear, a potential 2028 Democratic presidential contender, made the admission in an interview with CBS News's "Face the Nation" with fill-in host Ed O'Keefe, adding that...
Flock Safety is facing a growing backlash across the country from communities and civil liberties advocates concerned over the surveillance technology company’s network of AI-powered license plate readers. Amid a wave of privacy lawsuits and terminated contracts, Flock announced changes to its privacy and data retention policies Thursday in an attempt to quell concerns around mass surveillance and misuse...
With Congress out of session for the August recess, lawmakers are fanning out across their districts and states to campaign and meet with constituents as the 2026 midterms enter a critical stretch. In Florida, the political spotlight is especially bright, with voters preparing to choose a successor to GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis, whose final term...
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on Sunday said President Trump's executive order that seeks to alter the childhood vaccine schedule is based on "crazy, stupid" claims, and that they are "why the president's poll numbers are going down." CNN's Jake Tapper, in an interview with Cassidy, a physician, reiterated the senator's words in saying that "someone needs to...
Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday did not commit to acting independently of President Trump, but he claimed the president has not and will not ask him to prosecute specific individuals. “There's a big difference between saying we will always do our job and investigate any case and act independently of the White House. No,...
