President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping have no shortage of difficult issues to discuss when they sit down for their first talks in a year, even if expectations are low that their meeting will lead to major breakthroughs.
Five U.S. service members were killed Friday evening after their aircraft suffered a mishap and crashed into the eastern Mediterranean Sea, the Pentagon revealed Sunday. The mishap took place “during a routine air refueling mission as part of military training,” and all onboard the aircraft were killed, U.S. European Command (EUCOM) said in a brief...
Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday pushed back on claims that Israeli is breaking international law in its war with militant group Hamas, calling such arguments "hogwash." Pressed on NBC's "Meet the Press" about the argubment by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights that the "collective punishment" of Palestinians amounts to a...
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner (D-Va.) on Sunday said he thinks Israeli attacks against militant group Hamas in Gaza are "getting more targeted" after Israeli forces began surrounding Gaza City in recent days. Asked by "Fox News Sunday" anchor Shannon Bream for his reaction to Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Isaac Herzog's claim that...
Democratic strategist David Axelrod, former senior adviser to President Obama, said in a Sunday interview that he is not concerned about poor polling numbers for President Biden a year away from the 2024 election. “I have no concerns about polls a year out. I mean, you have to look at them and analyze them and...
Former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan (R) on Sunday called President Joe Biden “not the strongest nominee” for the Democratic party and suggested the leading Democratic candidate step aside ahead of the potential 2024 presidential election. “Look, I think that we've got two really weak potential nominees. And frankly, I keep saying that, you know, I'm...
Recently, the Biden administration announced that the manufacturers of the first 10 medicines targeted for the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) price-setting provisions agreed to participate in what some have called a negotiation scheme. What the administration omitted was that manufacturers resisting the “negotiation” are subjected to an exorbitant federal excise tax of up to 1,900...
National security adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday emphasized the U.S.'s stance on the future of Gaza, arguing the U.S. believes the basic principles of the future include "no reoccupation of Gaza" and "no forcible displacement of the Palestinian people." Asked by CBS News "Face the Nation" anchor Margaret Brennan about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's...
CNN anchor Dana Bash pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to respond to Israeli concerns on whether he would accept some responsibility for failing to anticipate the Oct. 7 massacre in an interview on Sunday. In response, Netanyahu repeatedly dodged the issue, saying on CNN’s “State of the Union” that he would discuss those concerns...