Former White House Press Secretary and MSNBC host Jen Psaki pushed back against GOP claims that Democrats root for late-term abortions, calling the GOP’s arguments “entirely misleading.” “This claim that Democrats support abortion up until the moment of birth is entirely misleading,” Psaki said during her show “Inside with Jen Psaki” on MSBNC. “First of...
Former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, a loyal supporter of former President Trump’s, said on Sunday she thinks the Republican party eventually will unite behind Trump’s candidacy in the 2024 presidential election and stressed she hopes the GOP does quickly. In an interview on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” Lake pointed to Trump’s commanding double-digit...
The Justice Department announced Sunday that it will be investigating the Jacksonville shooting that left three victims dead as a hate crime and an act of “racially-motivated violent extremism." “Yesterday in Jacksonville, Florida, three people were killed in a horrific act of hate,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement. “In the wake of...
Nikki Haley’s strong debate performance is piquing interest among voters and GOP officials hoping to attract women back into the party. The only woman running for the Republican nomination, Haley took down Vivek Ramaswamy on foreign policy and dismissed former Vice President Mike Pence’s call for an abortion ban at the federal level. She...
President Biden on Sunday denounced the shooting in Jacksonville, Florida this weekend that officials are describing as “racially motivated.” “Even as we continue searching for answers, we must say clearly and forcefully that white supremacy has no place in America,” Biden said in a statement, noting that a federal civil rights investigation has opened up...
Former Vice President Mike Pence says he is more confident after the first GOP primary debate that former President Trump will not be the 2024 Republican nominee. CBS’s Nancy Cordes, guest hosting "Face the Nation," asked the former vice president why he signed the Republican National Convention (RNC) pledge vowing to support the GOP nominee,...
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on Sunday backed former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s position on abortion and said it’s important for the GOP to be “pro-woman” and “pro-life.” In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” Mace praised her state’s former governor for her comments on abortion, praising Haley specifically for her emphasis on...
In both Israel and the Islamic Republic, women have not remained silent in the face of these restrictions.
Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie knocked GOP rival Vivek Ramaswamy on Sunday, calling him the “worst of what politicians are characterized to be.” “He [Ramaswamy] stood up there and said, he’s not a politician,” Christie said Sunday in an interview on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “He looks to me to be the worst of what...
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Sunday said he believes former President Trump is “absolutely” disqualified from running for the White House due to his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attacks on the Capitol. CNN’s Dana Bash asked Raskin on “State of the Union” whether he agreed with GOP presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson’s assessment that...
Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie said Sunday that former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has “an argument to make” in moving his case in Georgia to federal court. Meadows is among several defendants seeking to move the Georgia case, in which he's charged alongside former President Trump with racketeering, to federal court,...
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said on Sunday he does not want short-term stopgap funding to butt up to the holidays as lawmakers struggle to come to an agreement over appropriations levels in the midst of a push by conservatives cut federal spending. When asked by "Sunday Morning Futures" host Maria Bartiromo if he would be in favor...
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said on Sunday that he thinks former Vice President Mike Pence missed an “historic opportunity” when he refused to intervene in the ceremonial counting of electoral votes on January 6, 2021 to secure the 2020 presidential election for former President Trump. Ramaswamy, in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,”...
Republican 2024 presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson on Sunday criticized fellow GOP candidate Vivek Ramaswamy for remarks Ramaswamy made of Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), comparing her to leaders of the KKK. “Whenever I hear Mr. Ramaswamy talk about this issue, he's not really looking at real life in America,” Hutchinson said in an interview on CNN’s...
Whether an agreement comes in five months or five years, the U.S. needs to be ready with a plan — and one that ensures that Arab-Israeli normalization doesn’t come at the expense of a viable two-state solution.
Republican 2024 presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson, the former Arkansas governor, said on Sunday he was surprised more GOP candidates did not raise their hands when Fox News moderators asked candidates on stage at the debate whether they would support former President Trump’s presidential bid if he were convicted of felonies. “Well, I was surprised. It...
Open-source AI tools are turning the internet into an even murkier den of confusion.
Gender-affirming treatments, including puberty blockers, hormones and surgeries, are now inaccessible for transgender minors in much of the South because of new laws that heavily restrict or ban such care for youths younger than 18. Since 2021, lawmakers in 12 of the 16 states considered regionally South by the U.S. Census Bureau have passed legislation that prevents...
As the leader of an increasingly disaster-prone state, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is no stranger to managing extreme weather events — but the way he navigates forthcoming storms could play a key role in his future political ambitions. Newsom has already weathered a deluge of climate emergencies since he became governor in 2019, including...
Former Vice President Mike Pence (R) said Sunday it was “heartening” to hear other GOP candidates during last week's debate back his actions on Jan. 6, 2021 in which he refused to cave to pressure by former President Trump to reverse the previous year's election results. “It was heartening but it wasn’t anything new,” Pence...
An attorney and legal spokesperson for former President Trump on Sunday insisted that his team has no concerns over the mounting criminal charges he faces, which carry hundreds of years in prison, and maintained there is no need to prep the former president for numerous upcoming trials. “We’re not concerned because we know the facts...
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said on Sunday that the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) seems “custom-made” for the Fulton County election indictment against former President Trump and his 18 co-defendants. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Raskin pushed back against the concern that bringing a RICO prosecution could eventually risk...
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy sparred with CNN anchor Dana Bash in an interview on Sunday where she peppered him with questions about his comparison of remarks made by Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) to that of “modern grand wizards of the modern KKK.” Ramaswamy stood by his remarks, which he made at a campaign event...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Sunday defended his endorsement of President Biden and pushed back against criticism from third-party progressive candidate Cornel West, who claimed the senator was supporting Biden because he’s “fearful of neo-fascism of Trump.” “Where I disagree with my good friend of Cornel West is, I think in these really, very difficult...
It should be without question that part of the United States's strategy on pandemic preparedness include building a resilient drug supply chain ready to meet the needs of the public.
