Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) predicted there will be a “really nasty election” this year if the Republican Party only focuses on former President Trump — who remains the clear front-runner in the GOP primary election. CBS’s Margaret Brennan asked DeSantis on “Face the Nation” on Sunday if he is concerned that there could be...
President Biden’s approval rating on handling immigration reached an all-time low, a new poll found. Just 32 percent of Americans said in the new CBS News poll released Sunday that they approved of Biden’s handling of the border — a number that CBS notes is the all-time low for the president on this question. Overall, 68 percent...
Congressional leaders have reached a topline spending deal to fund the federal government for the rest of 2024. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced the deal reached with the Senate and the White House in a “Dear Colleague” letter to members on Sunday. “The topline constitutes $1.590 trillion for FY24 – the statutory levels of the...
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) on Sunday stopped short of saying she will certify the 2024 election results, saying she will "see" if this year's election is "legal and valid." Pressed on NBC News's "Meet the Press," over if she will vote to certify the 2024 election results no matter what the result is, Stefanik said,...
Most American believe that the situation at the border is a crisis or a serious problem, according to a new poll. The new CBS News poll found that 45 percent of Americans see the border situation as a crisis and another 30 percent view it as a serious problem. Eighteen percent said that the border situation is somewhat...
CNN chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour on Sunday accused former President Trump of engaging in “Nazi talk” and underscored the significance of former Vice President Mike Pence calling for new leadership in the party. In a discussion on “Sky News” on Sunday, Amanpour warned about what public reporting is saying Trump and his team are...
Questions on Sunday continued to mount over Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's undisclosed hospitalization, with several political figures raising concerns over the public's and President Biden's unawareness that the nation's most senior defense official was unable to execute his official duties for days. News of Austin's hospitalization became public Friday, when the Pentagon announced he...
Former Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile said on Sunday that U.S. Supreme Court justices appointed by former President Trump don’t owe him “one thing” and should not treat him differently when they hear arguments in his appeal of the Colorado Supreme Court decision removing the former president from the ballot under the 14th Amendment....
Farms across California have had to euthanize several million chickens and ducks in recent weeks, as a wave of avian influenza threatens to upend national poultry and egg supplies. While cases of the disease have been cropping up throughout the U.S., agricultural hubs in Northern California have endured the greatest losses over the past month....
The short answer is no, but there is still an approaching deadline.
What might have motivated Rep. Tom Emmer to endorse the person who led the charge against his own election?
In practical terms, someone President Biden’s age might take a longer time to learn how to fly a plane, but he would be less likely to crash it relative to a younger person.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said on Sunday that displacement of Palestinians in Gaza is “absolutely not” the position of the Israeli government, despite widely rebuked remarks from a few cabinet members embracing this position. “Absolutely, absolutely not,” Herzog said in an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday when asked whether Palestinian displacement...
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Sunday pushed back against Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.)'s claim she considered signing an amicus brief on overturning the 2020 election results, noting she was only in communication with Johnson about the brief. Johnson, who was serving as the Republican Study Committee chair at the time, helped lead efforts to...
Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley are stepping up their direct attacks on former President Trump as time runs out to court voters in Iowa. The GOP rivals went after Trump over “flip-flopping” on abortion, his past campaign promises and electability Thursday in back-to-back town halls hosted by CNN in Iowa. The ramped-up aggression is a...
The Biden campaign defended its strategy in response to new reporting on criticism from former President Obama on the structure of the Biden campaign and on his concern about President Trump’s strength as a political candidate going into 2024. Quentin Fulks, principal deputy campaign manager for President Biden’s reelection bid, on Sunday defended the campaign’s...
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) dug into Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.)'s labelling of Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol prisoners as "hostages," calling the New York Republican's word usage a "disgrace" and "outrageous." Stefanik earlier on Sunday told NBC News's "Meet the Press" she has "concerns about the treatment of January 6th hostages." The remark was reminiscent...
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) said on Sunday he was concerned the Biden campaign was not breaking through “MAGA wall,” in a reference to former President Trump's unwavering support from Republicans heading into 2024. Clyburn acknowledged that the Biden administration's record was not at the forefront of people's minds. “I have no problem with the Biden...
Data show persons with disabilities were at high risk throughout the pandemic.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Sunday that the laws surrounding former President Trump's ballot eligibility are "up to the states." Asked by ABC News "This Week" co-anchor George Stephanopoulos if her belief Trump engaged in an insurrection means she thinks he's ineligible to be president, Pelosi said, "Those laws...those are up to...
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) on Sunday blasted "biased media" and said she was concerned about "the treatment of January 6th hostages," echoing former President Trump's remarks on the attack on the Capitol. During an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press," host Kristen Welker played a video of Stefanik speaking on the evening of Jan. 6, 2021, when she...
Former Vice President Mike Pence (R) said Sunday that efforts to remove former President Trump from the 2024 ballot, under the 14th Amendment’s “insurrection clause,” is “antithetical” to democracy. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Pence criticized the push to remove Trump from presidential ballots and declined to call Jan. 6 an...
House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) did not rule out the possibility of being Donald Trump's 2024 presidential running mate and stressed that she would be honored to serve in the Trump White House should he win a second term. “Well, I, of course, would be honored to serve in any capacity in a...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Sunday claimed he "heard nothing" from the White House after sending a series of letters outlining steps to eliminate the border crisis. Asked by "Fox News Sunday" host Shannon Bream if he is talking with the Biden administration or White House about the situation at the border, Abbott said,...
Former Vice President Mike Pence (R) called Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s undisclosed hospitalization this week a “dereliction of duty” in a Sunday interview. “Well, first, I wish the Secretary of Defense well, and I’m pleased he's making a full recovery, but the handling of this by the Secretary of Defense is totally unacceptable,” Pence...
