A top economic advisor to President Biden poured cold water on the idea that the White House could be looking for a short term debt ceiling extension on Sunday, saying that outcome was “not a fix.” “Short-term is not a fix,” White House National Economic Council Director Lael Brainard said on CBS’s “Face The Nation.”...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said Sunday that he sees an opportunity for bipartisan collaboration in the Senate over immigration reform as the end of Title 42 last week prompted concerns about a surge of migrants at the border. "So despite my tough words for how Republicans approach this issue, I think there is still an...
The White House ripped House Republicans for the debt ceiling legislation they passed last month, arguing spending cuts in the bill would be a “gut punch” to border agents. The bill would raise the debt ceiling, but also makes good on Republicans' promise to cut spending. Democrats, who in the Senate have signaled they will...
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) took aim at CNN on Sunday, saying that the network "was wrong" for cutting a deal with former President Trump to agree to what turned out to be a raucous town hall and that it "went in the tank" to get the GOP frontrunner on board. CNN has...
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said on Sunday that a Republican president could not institute a national abortion ban because lawmakers are so closely divided on the issue. “For a national standard, I think we have to tell the American people the truth. In order to do a national standard, you'd have to have a...
Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said on Sunday that he passed on a White House bid to avoid a “multi-car pileup” in the GOP primary. The moderate Republican, who served two terms as governor of a blue state, made the comment while on a panel on ABC’s “This Week,” talking about former President Trump’s reluctance...
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said Sunday that the Border Patrol has seen a 50 percent drop in encounters at the southern border in the days following the expiration of Title 42, a pandemic-era policy that allowed the rapid expulsions of asylum-seekers. "In fact, over the past two days, the United States Border Patrol...