Pence on Not Endorsing Trump: Not Just About Jan. 6
Former Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday that his decision not to endorse former President Donald Trump is about more than just the events of Jan. 6, 2021. “I won’t be endorsing Donald Trump this year,” Pence told CBS News’ “Face the Nation.” “The president and I have profound differences. Many people think it’s just […]
Netanyahu Calls US Senator Schumer Comments on Israel Elections Inappropriate
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CNN on Sunday that U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s speech in which he urged new elections in Israel was “totally inappropriate.” In a speech on the Senate floor on Thursday, Schumer, a longtime supporter of Israel and the highest-ranking Jewish U.S. elected official, called for new elections in […]
US Military Operations across the Sahel Are at Risk after Niger Ends Cooperation
The United States scrambled on Sunday to assess the future of its counterterrorism operations in the Sahel after Niger’s junta said it was ending its yearslong military cooperation with Washington following a visit by top U.S. officials. The U.S. military has hundreds of troops stationed at a major airbase in northern Niger that deploys flights […]
Moscow Polling Station Protesters Pay Tribute to Navalny
Thousands of people turned up at polling stations across Russia on Sunday to take part in what the anti-Kremlin opposition said was a peaceful but symbolic political protest against the re-election of President Vladimir Putin. In an action called “noon against Putin,” Russians who oppose the veteran Kremlin leader went to their local polling station […]
House Speaker Johnson to GOP Infighting: ‘Knock It Off’
The Republican Party’s infighting continues to frustrate House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who is calling on his GOP colleagues to “knock it off” and focus on the 2024 general election amid a narrow majority in the House that has dwindled down to just two. “I’ve asked them all to cool it,” Johnson told CNN last […]
Mike Turner: TikTok Poses Security Treat With China in Charge
As an adversary of the United States, China must not be allowed to maintain control over TikTok through its parent company, ByteDance, as that poses a national security threat, Rep. Mike Turner said Sunday. “China, as a country, is not like us,” the Ohio Republican said on ABC News’ “This Week.” “It’s an authoritarian regime […]
Rep. Turner: Trump’s ‘Bloodbath’ Comments About Auto Industry
Rep. Mike Turner Sunday rejected an argument from the White House that former President Donald Trump threatened political violence during his rally in Ohio this weekend with his comments about there being a “bloodbath” if he’s not elected, stressing that Trump was speaking about the automobile industry and that his words were taken out of […]
Lieberman: Schumer’s Call to Oust Netanyahu ‘Outrageous’
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., meddling in Israeli politics by calling for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ouster is “outrageous” and out of bounds, according to former Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn. “For a U.S. senator, let alone a majority leader, let alone the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in Washington, to tell Israelis that it’s time to […]
Biden Campaign Raises over $53 Mln in February Fundraising
President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign raised more than $53 million in February and has $155 million cash-on-hand after pulling in the most grassroots fundraising since the campaign’s launch. February’s fundraising came just before Biden clinched the Democratic Party’s nomination in March and before he raised $10 million in the 24 hours following his fiery State […]
Long Recovery Ahead for Some in Path of Deadly Tornadoes in Central US
Residents in a swath of the central U.S. hit by deadly tornadoes were cleaning up, assessing damage and helping neighbors on Saturday. But it will be a long recovery from the storms that ripped through parts of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Arkansas. Thursday night’s storms claimed three lives in the Indian Lake area of Ohio’s […]