BLOOMSBURG, Pennsylvania — Dave McCormick is standing in front of his parents’ home on the outskirts of this Columbia County college town; it’s been just one day since returning from his “gutting” trip to Israel where he and wife Dina Powell McCormick spent 36 hours visiting an Israeli community at the border with Gaza where […]
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) slammed border talks as “negotiating with the arsonist” Tuesday. “I don’t like government shutdowns,” Johnson said in an interview on “The Hill on NewsNation” Tuesday. “I would say the main problem we have in [these] negotiations is, in effect, we're negotiating with the arsonist and trying to negotiate how to put...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) praised House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in the wake of congressional leaders reaching a new top-line spending deal Tuesday. “He's a very decent, respectful guy, unlike some, who want to be macho and bullying and threatening and all that. He's not like that,” Schumer said at a press conference...
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is facing mounting pressure to resign — or at least explain himself — as Republicans accuse the Pentagon chief of dereliction of duty for failing to disclose a hospital visit last week. While the Pentagon released a statement from Austin’s doctors Tuesday saying that he underwent surgery before Christmas after being...
Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis said the Iowa caucuses on Monday could “upend” former President Trump’s lead in the polls for the GOP nomination. DeSantis argued at a Fox News town hall in Iowa on Tuesday that polls can be misleading and change significantly as a race goes on. He was responding to a question...
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), the chair of the House Armed Services Committee, launched a formal investigation Tuesday into Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's hospitalization last week as the Pentagon chief comes under fire for failing to disclose a surgery to the White House and other key officials for days. Rogers sent letters to Austin, his chief...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) criticized a GOP colleague Tuesday for suggesting that ousting Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is not off the table as the House GOP struggles to unite behind a top-line spending deal struck over the weekend. Greene, who opposes the spending deal, told reporters Tuesday that one of the "biggest things" she...
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Tuesday penned a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requesting a thorough probe of the “near catastrophe” involving a Boeing 737 Max 9 flight Friday night and demanding full disclosure of the findings before the aircraft return to the sky. An Alaska Airlines flight from Portland, Ore., to...
Protesters briefly interrupted a Fox News town hall in Iowa with GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis on Tuesday, chanting “no oil money.” The protesters interrupted a response DeSantis was giving to a voter’s question about Republicans distancing themselves from abortion bans in the aftermath of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022. As...