When Thanksgiving ends, and as the calendar turns from November to December, this annual tradition also brings forth another round in the culture war surrounding Christmas.
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) argued America "doesn't want to see the idea of retribution" from former President Trump, who has signaled revenge if elected to a second term in the White House. Pressed in an interview on "CBS News Sunday Morning" over concerns Trump's rhetoric or plans are authoritarian-like, McCarthy said, "Look, I don't...
While counting the results of Georgia's 2020 election, Fulton County poll worker Ruby Freeman passed her daughter, another poll worker named Shaye Moss, a ginger mint. But longtime Trump ally Rudy Giuliani claimed a video of that interaction showed evidence of election fraud against former President Trump — proof of the mother-daughter pair passing a...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, amid stalled negotiations to deliver aid to the war-torn country, Johnson’s spokesperson said Sunday. The news comes just after the Biden administration announced the president invited Zelensky for a meeting at the White House on Tuesday. The meetings...
Martin Indyk, the former U.S. ambassador to Israel, called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign from his position amid Israel’s ongoing war with the militant group Hamas. The 72-year-old former diplomat made his response to Netanyahu in a Sunday post on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. He shared a...
Former President Trump on Sunday, in a last-minute reversal, said he won't be testifying again in his New York fraud trial, posting on Truth Social that he has already "successfully and conclusively testified" in the case and had nothing more to say. Trump had been expected to take the stand Monday to be questioned by...
Tech billionaire Elon Musk announced early Sunday that he would be reinstating far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s account on X, the platform previously known as Twitter. Musk, the owner of X, asked users in an informal poll Saturday whether he should reinstate Jones’s account on the platform. The poll showed that 70 percent of respondents were in...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is slated to visit the White House on Tuesday as an aid package for the war-torn country remains stalled in Congress. President Biden invited Zelensky for a meeting at the White House to "underscore the United States' unshakeable commitment to supporting the people of Ukraine as they defend themselves against Russia's...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that Israel’s "intent" of limiting civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip does not always "manifest" itself as the death toll continues to climb into the tens of thousands. During an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union,” anchor Jake Tapper asked Blinken about remarks he made last week...