House Democrats from Texas went after Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Sunday over a standoff at the U.S.-Mexico border between state and federal law enforcement, accusing him of inciting potential violence and making border safety a purely political issue. Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) described Abbott’s border security program as a “disaster” and part of the...
Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) is in the middle of a political storm as he tries to pull off the Herculean task of passing the Senate’s bipartisan border package into law amid rising opposition. Lankford and his fellow Senate negotiators have been taking heavy fire from opponents, largely within Lankford’s own party. But they’ve had limited...
A House Democrat labeled Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) standalone bill on funding for Israel an “act of staggering bad faith” on Sunday. “Well, the move he has taken to offer an Israel-only deal is very dirty pool. It's an act of staggering bad faith,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” Johnson...
Severe storms pounded California late Saturday into Sunday, prompting heavy rainfall, mudslides, dangerous winds and evacuation orders in several central and southern parts of the state. The storms marked the second time in a matter of days California has been pummeled by an atmospheric river, a band of moisture that transports water vapor from the...
Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) said on Sunday he does not plan to vote in the special election next week to fill the vacancy in Congress Santos left when he was expelled. In an interview on CNN’s “Inside Politics Sunday,” Santos told Manu Raju that he would vote for neither Democratic candidate Tom Suozzi, a...
Senator John Fetterman is criticizing Harvard for hosting a Palestinian professor who has blamed Israel for Hamas' attack on October 7, when 1,200 people were killed.
Former President Donald Trump holds a large lead on President Biden on multiple issues, according to a new poll, including trust with voters on the economy and border.
President Biden sent a letter providing an update on the attacks on Syria and Iraq, as well as defending his order, referring to the War Powers Resolution of 1973.