Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said he was “glad” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was visiting China this weekend and stressed the importance of continuing diplomacy, even in the face of rising tensions between the two countries. “I think despite our differences, and despite the ratcheting up of rhetoric, I think diplomacy is important,” Paul...
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) said Sunday that "common-sense" gun safety reform laws can pass if "the people's voices are heard." "There is a divide between what the American people want, Republicans and Democrats, and what they are able to get, increasingly, out of their government," Warnock told MSNBC's Al Sharpton on "PoliticsNation." "And so we...
Former Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) said Sunday that former President Trump put "lives at risk" by not returning classified documents stored at Mar-a-Lago. "He absolutely could have put people's lives at risk for not returning these documents. And like when I first read the indictment, it's shocking," he told CNN's Jim Acosta. "The fact that...
No matter what ruling the Supreme Court hands down or what new laws governors sign, federal and state policymakers and postsecondary institutions must devise new ways to ensure that their campuses are inclusive and welcoming spaces for students of color.
GOP presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson on Sunday said the suggestion that a U.S. president could pardon themselves is "unseemly" as the question of whether former President Trump could be pardoned is posed to his Republican challengers in 2024. "From a legal standpoint, a constitutional standpoint, that is a question that the courts would have to...
Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie on Sunday criticized the Biden administration’s approach to dealing with China, saying Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to Beijing comes “a day late and a dollar short.” “I think the problem has been the entire Biden administration has been filled with mishaps towards China,” the former New Jersey governor...
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez (R) said Sunday that former President Trump is only ahead in the polls because he dominates the news cycle. "Well, he's a wide lead because he dominates the conversation," the mayor told Maria Bartiromo on Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures." "And I think the press — and you know I don't...
Former Attorney General Bill Barr said on Sunday that he doesn't expect to be a witness in the Department of Justice's (DOJ) investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, but he'd be "glad" to appear if called to testify. "If they call me in as a witness, of course, I would testify," Barr...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s discussions with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang on Sunday were “candid, substantive, and constructive,” according to a U.S. State Department spokesperson. In the statement, Matthew Miller said Blinken and Qin discussed “the importance of diplomacy and maintaining open channels of communication across the full range of issues...