MEASURING WHAT AMERICANS THINK ABOUT IMMIGRATION. Over the weekend, CBS News published a new poll with the headline, “Poll finds support for Trump’s deportation program falls.” The story seemed straightforward. But the story behind the story is worth looking into. The poll found that 44% of those surveyed approved of the way President Donald Trump is […]
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent criticized leakers in response to a Wall Street Journal story that said he personally sought to talk President Trump out of trying to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. The president slammed the report on Sunday. Bessent was asked on CNBC on Monday if the Journal story was real and if...
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acting Director Todd Lyons said agents can continue to use masks in the field, even as the agency has increasingly come under fire for moves that limit identification of its personnel. In an interview on CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday, Lyons defended the practice despite some misgivings, citing rising threats against ICE...
President Trump’s special envoy for Syria on Monday criticized Israeli strikes against the country last week as poorly timed and complicating efforts to stabilize the region, in an interview with The Associated Press. Tom Barrack, U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy for Syria, is engaged in ceasefire efforts to halt sectarian violence in Syria...
A federal judge ruled the Trump administration violated federal law by taking down a public website that showed how funding is apportioned to federal agencies, ordering its reinstatement. U.S. District Judge Emmett Sullivan ruled Monday that removal of the online database overseen by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) violated legislation passed by Congress,...
Fox News host Mark Levin said late Sunday that Republicans should not “waste our time” focusing on Jeffrey Epstein ahead of the midterms. In an interview with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on “Life, Liberty & Levin,” the conservative host urged Johnson to focus the GOP message on the achievements of the Trump administration with Republican...
Harvard and the Trump administration are going head-to-head in court on Monday over the federal government's pause of billions of dollars in funding to the university. Federal Judge Allison Burroughs is presiding over the case, where both sides are seeking a summary judgement to end the battle without going to trial. Harvard argues...
Former Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) says he couldn’t “stomach” what he calls “the socialist trend that’s going on” in the Democratic Party, explaining why he left the party last year to become an independent shortly before retiring from the Senate. Manchin made his comments during a Fox News interview when asked to comment on the...