Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) sidestepped a question about endorsing former President Trump Sunday, arguing the "campaign is still going." Asked by NBC "Meet the Press," anchor Kristen Welker why he has not yet endorsed Trump, McCarthy said, "The campaign is still going. There's a very good chance I would endorse President Trump." Welker...
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) dug into the eight Republicans who voted to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), claiming the lawmakers "unleashed furies" in the GOP conference. "Well right now, [the House] can't govern, and I think that the eight people who betrayed the conference and joined the Democrats to defeat the 96...
Earlier this year, The Hill published an Op-Ed I wrote that was titled “Puerto Rico’s political status, an issue of national security.” In that piece I presented a series of events to stress and relate the political future of Puerto Rico, its importance to the U.S. national security needs and how foreign powers push their...
The reauthorization of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), America’s global initiative to combat HIV, was one of the casualties of the fight to circumvent a government shutdown, with certain authorizations for the program expiring last month. The program can continue to operate into next year with preapproved funding, but advocates worry the...
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) defended his previous comments where he alleged that President Biden has "blood on his hands," in the wake of Hamas's deadly attacks on Israel, claiming he does not regret the comment squared at the White House's prisoner swap with Iran last month. Asked on ABC News's "This Week," if he regrets...
With Hamas in power in Gaza, coupled with a deliberately emaciated PA in the West Bank, Netanyahu could claim there was no Palestinian partner for negotiation.
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Sunday said threats against GOP lawmakers over the Speaker vote are "absolutely being driven" by former President Trump and his supporters. Asked on CBS News's "Face the Nation" about the surfacing threats towards some lawmakers amid the House Speaker chaos, Cheney said, "The domestic threats are absolutely being driven...
Israel has carried out a rare airstrike in the West Bank, striking a mosque that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) alleged was used by militants. “The IDF & ISA just conducted an aerial strike on a Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist compound in the Al-Ansar Mosque in Jenin. Recent IDF intel revealed that the Mosque...
CBS "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan on Sunday pressed Secretary of State Antony Blinken over why the U.S. is not calling for a temporary ceasefire between Israel and militant group Hamas in the midst of a deepening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, to which the State Department head emphasized Israel's right to defend...