German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is warning against a race to arm Ukraine with high-powered weapons as Ukraine ramps up its calls for fighter jets and long-range missiles. Scholz engineered a breakthrough with President Biden to send modern tanks to Ukraine earlier this month, but has said fighter jets is a non-starter. “I can only advise against...
Former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake (R) attacked Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) as the "AOC of Arizona" on Sunday night, a week after the progressive Democrat announced he's running for Senate in 2024. Since losing to now-Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) in November's election, Lake has pushed false claims about election fraud and taken her grievances to court....
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Sunday said Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is following a political playbook “used by demagogues throughout history” by trying to “pit my minority groups against each other” in his bid to remove her from the House Foreign Affairs Committee. McCarthy has accused Omar, one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress,...
The Department of Justice has told Senate Intelligence Committee members that it is working to provide more information on the classified documents found at the homes of President Biden and former President Trump. “We are working with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to support the provision of information that will satisfy the...
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) on Sunday said Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) both “don’t give a darn” about police reform amid renewed calls for legislative action on the issue following the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols at the hands of Memphis police officers. Sinema and Manchin has been fierce defenders of the...
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Sunday that Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) told him to “go forward” with his campaign for her Senate seat in 2024, even though she has yet to announce whether she will seek reelection. “She's told me — and we've spoken a couple of times, and I've stayed in close touch with her staff as well...
Senate Republicans say they’re happy to sit out the fight over raising the debt ceiling and cede the negotiations to their colleagues in the House — at least for now. After a bruising year-end battle to pass the omnibus government spending package; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) using up a large chunk of political capital...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday kicked off a trip to Egypt, Israel and the West Bank amid high Israeli-Palestinian tensions and renewed violence, including recent attacks on a synagogue and refugee camp. The secretary will meet separately with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to stress “the importance of a...
Thousands gathered in cities across the country over the weekend to protest the killing of Tyre Nichols, after the release of video footage on Friday showing Memphis police officers beating the 29-year old Black man, who later died. In Milwaukee, Wisc., protests began at noon Sunday. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that a "large group"...