Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday said former President Trump is "stronger today politically" than before he was federally indicted over his alleged mishandling of classified documents. "I know you don't get what I'm saying, but people on my side believe it. And I think Donald Trump is stronger today politically than he was before. I think...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday firmly defended former President Trump, calling a federal indictment centering on the Espionage Act "absolutely ridiculous," reiterating several times that Trump was not a spy. "Donald Trump — you may hate his guts, but he is not a spy. He did not commit espionage," Graham told ABC's George Stephanopoulos...
On June 8, Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) introduced a bill to reauthorize and expand sanctions on Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s dictatorial regime, five years after they crushed mass pro-democracy protests in 2018. Yet repression continues in Nicaragua, despite five years of tightening sanctions. Ortega has little interest in negotiations, and with diplomacy at an impasse, Rubio and Kaine’s bill seeks...
Republican presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson on Sunday knocked fellow GOP 2024 contender Vivek Ramaswamy for his promise to pardon former President Trump if Ramaswamy wins the White House. "You just heard your fellow 2024 candidate Vivek Ramaswamy say that he would pardon Donald Trump on his first day in office. What's your reaction?" Dana Bash asked...
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez (R) teased a potential presidential campaign launch on Sunday, telling viewers to "stay tuned" for a big announcement coming this week. "Well, my announcement is to stay tuned," he told Shannon Bream on "Fox News Sunday." "Next week, I'm gonna be making like you said, a big speech in the Reagan...
Former President Trump topped his closest Republican challenger by nearly 40 points in a new poll of likely GOP voters following the news of his federal indictment. The CBS News and YouGov poll found that 61 percent of likely GOP voters would vote for Trump in the 2024 Republican primary. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R)...
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy on Sunday doubled down on his promise to pardon former President Trump if Trump is convicted and the conservative entrepreneur is elected in 2024. "Given everything that you've seen, do you stand by your promise to pardon him if he's convicted?" host Dana Bash asked Ramaswamy on CNN's "State of the Union."...
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) on Sunday characterized the federal indictment of former President Trump in connection with the handling of classified documents as "overwhelmingly devastating" and "of serious importance" to national security. "This is an overwhelmingly devastating indictment that demonstrated Donald Trump believed the law does not apply to him, and that he would do anything he...
House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Sunday sparred with CNN’s Dana Bash over former President Trump’s indictment in the Justice Department's probe into his handling of classified documents. Jordan, who firmly defended Trump during the segment, stressed his stance that "the president's ability to classify and control access to national security information flows from...