Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Sunday defended an earlier statement saying Monday's eclipse and the New York-area earthquake on Friday were signs from God telling people to repent. After two days of backlash, Greene addressed a community note that was added to provide context to her original post. She said that while eclipses are...
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) said in an interview on Sunday that he thinks it's “only fitting” to name a federal prison after former President Trump, adding that he “might be visiting soon.” “Well, there’s a nice federal penitentiary right near Mar-a-Lago. And I just thought for a guy who’s now got 88 criminal indictments pending,...
Former President Trump on Monday declined to take a position on a potential federal abortion ban and said the fate of the procedure should be left to individual states. Trump, in a roughly four-minute video posted to Truth Social, once again said he was proud to have ended Roe v. Wade through the appointment of...
In politics, anything can happen. But at the rate things are going, Donald Trump seems increasingly likely to return to the Oval Office. Last week, two-time presidential loser Hillary Clinton appeared on the "Tonight Show" to promote a Broadway show. Pressed to address the uncomfortable fact that President Biden is unpopular with even Democratic voters, Clinton's...
Congress is back in session this week, but what lawmakers can accomplish will be complicated by internal politics and events overseas. The House is increasingly chaotic, as Republicans juggle a razor-thin majority and lawmakers struggle to find consensus on issues from spending to international aid. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) faces a moment of truth on Ukraine aid...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is facing a moment of truth on Ukraine aid this week as he prepares to make a decision on how to address long-requested assistance for the embattled U.S. ally — a question that has bedeviled his tenure in the top House job, and one that could spark a challenge to his...
Top Democrats acknowledge that President Biden won't win this year by the same Electoral College landslide he won by in 2020, conceding that winning in Arizona and Georgia will be tough given Biden's low approval rating. But Democrats are counting on what's called the "blue wall" in the Midwest: Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, where Biden...
Former President Donald Trump clarified his stance on abortion on Monday, saying he supported states determining their own laws so long as there were rape, incest and life of the mother exceptions.