Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a vocal critic of President Donald Trump, on Sunday becomes the first of the big-name potential 2028 Democratic White House hopefuls to visit a key primary state.
Twelve years ago, I was nine years old, playing on the beach and savoring the final moments of spring break 2013. Unexpectedly, my mom shouted from her beach chair, “We have a new pope!” I dashed over to her chair, interested in this exclamation. “He’s a Jesuit, that’s weird,” she continued. I just nodded, not sure […]
The funeral of Pope Francis — the world's first Argentinean pontiff — will be held in Rome early Saturday as Catholics around the globe gather to pay their respects. Francis died Monday at the age of 88 from a stroke — a complication of chronic lung disease, which had plagued the pope for months. His...
Pope Francis's funeral is slated to begin early Saturday in Rome as Catholics mourn the loss of their leader and prepare for the conclave to replace him. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re will preside over Francis's funeral in St. Peter's Square and is expected to deliver the eulogy. Francis died earlier this week from heart failure...
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) called on Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to “rein those judges in” who have issued orders blocking parts of President Trump’s agenda. “You’ll notice the activist judges, that the radical leftists, that the super legislators on the courts are issuing national injunctions against what he's [President Trump’s] trying to do,...
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) knocked Sen. Mike Lee’s (R-Utah) bill to abolish the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA), suggesting only terrorists would support it. Lee reposted a Fox News article about his legislation and asked, in a post on the social platform X, “Who supports my bill to abolish TSA?” “Bin Laden,” Moskowitz responded, referring to...
Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday stressed the importance of the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, saying it could determine “the future of America and Western Civilization.” Musk reposted a report from a right-wing social media account suggesting if Democrats win the Supreme Court seat, they would “redraw up districts and add seats for Democrats.” “1000%,”...
President Trump slammed the media for its “never-ending” coverage of the Signal group chat leak, calling it “old and boring.” In a post Sunday on Truth Social, Trump praised Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, after he pushed back on NBC host Kristen Welker over the matter. “A GREAT...
The White House will remove from its property a magnolia tree planted nearly 200 years ago with seeds said to have been brought from former President Jackson’s home in Tennessee. President Trump announced Sunday that, after consulting with the Executive Residence Staff and the National Park Service, the administration has decided to replace the tree, saying it...
The Republican Party of New Mexico said its office in Albuquerque was damaged in a “deliberate act of arson.” The organization said in a statement that someone had spray-painted the words “ICE=KKK” on the outside of its headquarters, calling it a “horrific attack” that was “fueled by hatred and intolerance” that was directed toward the...
Former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said there is nothing that’s stopping the Americans from setting up more bases in Greenland amid the territory’s fight to not be acquired by the U.S. Thorning-Schmidt joined CNN on Sunday, where she was asked about what it is the Trump administration is wanting from Greenland, the land owned...
Republicans are pulling out all the stops ahead of the special election in Florida’s 6th Congressional District as worries of a narrower-than-expected margin grow in the district President Trump won by more than 30 points in November. Trump called into two tele-town halls for state Sen. Randy Fine (R) in an effort to drive out...
Former United Kingdom ambassador to the United States, Kim Darroch, urged British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to take a robust stance against President Trump’s threats of retaliatory tariffs, saying the UK should avoid giving Trump “wins.” Darroch — who famously called Trump “inept” and “dysfunctional” as ambassador during Trump’s first term — warned that conceding...
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said he “certainly” believes that there’s enough room on Mount Rushmore for President Trump’s face. Burgum joined Trump’s daughter-in-law and new Fox News host Lara Trump for an interview that aired on her show “My View with Lara Trump” on Saturday. His appearance came just days after President Trump signed an...
Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic’s editor in chief, brushed off the risk of a legal threat from the Trump administration after he reported on a Signal group chat featuring top Trump administration officials. “Jeffrey, I don't have to tell you this, the administration has taken legal action against news organizations,” NBC News’s Kristen Welker said Sunday...
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said there is “no question” that the information shared on the Signal group chat with high-level defense officials was classified. “Absolutely,” Warner said in an interview on ABC News’s “This Week” when asked whether the information in the group chat, which inadvertently included The...
Sue Gordon, the former deputy director of national intelligence in the first Trump administration, said the “risk of loss” from the Signal group chat could have been “profound.” Gordon joined CBS News’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday, where she was asked to weigh in on top Trump administration officials using the app to coordinate its...
Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) said on Sunday that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe “lied repeatedly” about messages in a Signal group chat in which top members of the Trump administration discussed an attack on Yemen. “Intelligence officials told your committee this week that no classified information was shared. Do...
