Republican presidential candidate Will Hurd took aim at fellow GOP hopeful Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for defending his state’s controversial curriculum on slavery. “Anybody that is implying that there was an upside to slavery is insane,” Hurd said in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” before criticizing DeSantis for doubling down on the position....

A bipartisan group of lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee say a high-profile hearing on UFOs is just the start of their push for answers. And they are threatening to use heavier handed tactics if the Pentagon and intelligence agencies stand in their way. Reps. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.)...

The United States’ railroad system can well be credited with helping to build a modern America and accelerating the industrialization of our country. It is their entrepreneurship that resulted in a system to transports raw materials and goods that support nearly every U.S. industry across the nation. American railroads revolutionized travel and freight shipment, while lowering global emissions. Last week, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works examined how rail can continue to reduce emissions. Transportation of...

The president of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve said Sunday he is not sure how many more federal interest rate hikes will remain. "Well, we're not sure yet," Neel Kashkari told CBS's Margaret Brennan on "Face the Nation." "We need to get inflation all the way back down to 2 percent." Kashkari said that while the current...

Republican candidate Will Hurd said on Sunday he expected to get booed at the Iowa Republicans’ Lincoln Dinner Friday night, when he asserted that former President Trump was only running for the White House again “to stay out of prison.” “One of the things we need in our elected leaders: To tell the truth, even...

The Biden White House has tried to present itself as being above the fray of day-to-day squabbles, but increasingly, it’s jumping in, bashing the GOP and other critics at every opportunity. The administration didn’t miss a chance this week to hammer Republicans over Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) floating that the House would move towards an...

Republican presidential candidate Will Hurd on Sunday would not rule out the possibility of a third-party presidential run with No Labels, an organization proposing a “unity ticket” as an alternative to the two-party nominees. Advocates of No Labels cite polling that shows many Americans hold centrist views and want moderate political candidates. Critics of the...

The challenge is that while technological change is rapid, Congress moves slowly.

Actor Matthew McConaughey sidestepped a question Sunday on whether he would run for political office in the future. "It's more of a larger question for me of, is politics the category where I can be the most useful," McConaughey responded. McConaughey launched the Greenlights Grant Initiative last month alongside his wife that he says will...

GOP presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson said took aim at Republican presidential candidates who have said they would pardon former President Trump if they are elected to the White House. CBS's Margaret Brennan asked Hutchinson on "Face the Nation" if he believed Trump should be pardoned "for the good of the country," which is what former...