In a surprise turn of events this month, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) derailed a Judiciary Committee hearing on banned books to talk about immigration. His calls were promptly echoed by Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.). Despite this bipartisan signaling, the Senate Judiciary hasn’t marked up a...
President Biden is making the case that fighting climate change can create jobs, countering a key Republican narrative surrounding the autoworker strike. The president's GOP opponents have sought to paint climate action as a job-killer, seizing on concerns over worker pay in the transition to electric vehicles in light of the ongoing United Auto Workers (UAW) strike....
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-III.), the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, said Sunday he “doesn’t know what to think” over a potential government shutdown if Congress is unable to pass funding bills or come to a short-term resolution by Friday. When asked by CNN's “State of the Union” co-anchor Dana Bash if he expects the government...
Sen. Tim Scott blasted President Biden's handling of the border crisis on Sunday, telling Fox News that he would "complete the wall" if elected in 2024.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became the latest elected Democrat on Sunday to call for the resignation of New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez over federal charges that he accepted bribes while in office.
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Sunday he has no plans to run against Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez, who has been indicted on charges of bribery and aiding Egypt.
A big question as the annual U.N. General Assembly concludes is whether the Biden administration managed to garner fresh support from the so-called "Global South" to align behind U.S. priorities on the world stage, particularly when it comes to backing Ukraine against Russia.
The effort to foster diplomatic ties between Israel and the Arab world will ultimately fail, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said in an interview that aired Sunday, calling the normalization push little more than a charade perpetrated by Washington.