Former President Trump said Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) is the "least popular" governor in the nation during a rally in the state ahead of the caucuses slated for Monday. "So I don't blame her for then picking somebody because we wouldn't let her go to any rallies or anything. But here's the thing I'm...
The Biden campaign hired a former spokesperson for progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) to its communications team, as it seeks to beef up its national staff ahead of the election. Lauren Hitt, the now-former communications director for Ocasio-Cortez, confirmed the move on Saturday, writing on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter: "Pretty excited to...
The administration's proposal is legally unsupportable and ill-conceived. Adopting it would destroy investors' incentives to license federally-funded research—and will thus stifle American innovation.
Several states that topped the list are located in the South.
The Los Angeles Times endorsed Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) for the state’s tightly contested Senate primary on Sunday, giving Schiff a leg up from the state’s largest newspaper. Schiff faces Reps. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) in a three-way race, which is expected to be the most expensive primary campaign in history. The...
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) endorsed former President Trump for president on Sunday after dropping out of the presidential race last month. "But four years ago, I was speaking on behalf of President Trump at the Iowa caucuses in Sioux City, and today I'm here to do something that none of the other presidential...
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) on Sunday doubled down on his commitment to support the eventual GOP presidential nominee, even if it’s former President Trump. In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” Margaret Brennan repeatedly pushed Sununu to explain why he would support Trump as the hypothetical nominee, despite previously saying Trump...
The principal of the Perry, Iowa, high school who was shot during a school shooting last week died of his injuries Sunday, his family announced. Dan Marburger was shot multiple times during the school shooting while protecting students. A sixth grade student was also killed in the shooting, and four people were injured. The gunman,...
Only a third of U.S. adults say they approve of President Biden’s job performance – a record low for his presidency and for any president in the last 15 years. In the ABC News/Ipsos poll, conducted Jan. 4-8, only 33 percent of those surveyed said they approved of Biden, a drop from the previous poll...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has bet big on his veteran status as part of his Iowa-or-bust campaign strategy, touting his military service as a distinguishing factor in the steadily narrowing Republican field. The only veteran in the GOP primary field, DeSantis has courted the vote of former service members via his Iowa veterans coalition,...
Recent showdowns over the federal budget overlook nonpartisan solutions to improve our country’s finances and fiscal management.
Republican presidential candidates Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis projected confidence one day ahead of the Iowa caucuses despite multiple polls showing they are falling behind former President Trump when it comes to the nation's first nominating contest of the 2024 election. Both candidates made appearances on the Sunday morning political TV circuit where they made...
Former Democratic Party chair Donna Brazile praised former President Trump on Sunday, eyeing his chances at an Iowa caucus victory on Monday. Trump has performed strongly in GOP primary polling in Iowa, where rivals Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley hope extreme weather can depress turnout for the former president. “The word...
The conflict is coalescing into a full-blown Iranian axis of resistance that’s been growing stronger for years.
A strong majority of GOP voters would be satisfied with former President Trump as their party’s nominee, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll released Sunday, underlining Trump’s backing as he hopes for a strong showing in Monday’s Iowa caucus. About 72 percent of poll respondents said they’d be satisfied with Trump, and about two-thirds...
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) rejected the calls to fire Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin over his failure to communicate to the White House that he was hospitalized earlier this month. Manchin said on CBS's "Face the Nation" that while there was "definitely a breakdown" in communication, Austin should not be fired over his mistake in not...
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Sunday accused former President Trump of trying to convert the White House into a “moneymaking enterprise” in response to House Democrats finding Trump took nearly $8 million from foreign governments while president. “So Donald Trump did something nobody had ever done before. He tried to convert the presidency into a...
Our government is overlooking an important lever impacting transportation emissions: The performance of our road system.
Anti-tobacco advocates are growing increasingly concerned that a divided White House will bow to political pressure from the tobacco industry and scrap a plan to ban menthol cigarette sales, amid concerns of a backlash among Black voters ahead of the 2024 election. The White House is facing dueling messages, and advocates say they’ve been told...
If you're one of the many, many people who got sick this holiday season, you might still be feeling pretty bad today, weeks after you were first infected.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said Sunday he would not support former President Trump despite having concerns about his own party's leadership. "Constructive criticism. Let me make very clear: I love my country too much to vote for Donald Trump. I love my country too much, and I think [it] would be very detrimental to my...
GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley said she is not interested in being vice president as the former South Carolina governor hopes for a strong finish in Iowa. CBS News reporter Tony Dokoupil asked Haley in an interview that aired on "Face the Nation" how she felt about some voters saying they would prefer her as a...
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) on Sunday criticized former President Trump’s use of the term “hostages” to describe those imprisoned for actions they took on Jan. 6, 2021. Asked on NBC News’s “Meet the Press” whether Trump’s use of that language bothers her, Ernst said, “It does in this context because we do have American hostages...
A lawyer representing former President Trump in a defamation case brought by columnist E. Jean Carroll on Sunday insisted in a court filing that Trump should be allowed to testify at the trial this upcoming week, pushing back on the “unprecedented” barriers proposed by Carroll’s team. Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba outlined several issues with Carroll’s...
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Sunday pledged not to be a “spoiler” in the 2024 presidential election but suggested he was still considering a last-minute run for the White House. “Let me just say I have never been a spoiler, nor will I ever be a spoiler on any election,” Manchin said in an interview...
