BLOOMSBURG, Pennsylvania — Dave McCormick is standing in front of his parents’ home on the outskirts of this Columbia County college town; it’s been just one day since returning from his “gutting” trip to Israel where he and wife Dina Powell McCormick spent 36 hours visiting an Israeli community at the border with Gaza where […]

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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) slammed border talks as “negotiating with the arsonist” Tuesday. “I don’t like government shutdowns,” Johnson said in an interview on “The Hill on NewsNation” Tuesday. “I would say the main problem we have in [these] negotiations is, in effect, we're negotiating with the arsonist and trying to negotiate how to put...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) praised House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in the wake of congressional leaders reaching a new top-line spending deal Tuesday. “He's a very decent, respectful guy, unlike some, who want to be macho and bullying and threatening and all that. He's not like that,” Schumer said at a press conference...