Politics
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., on Sunday said he supports President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the border after seeing “disturbing” evidence of human trafficking and drugs. In an interview on CBS News’ “Face The Nation,” Kinzinger, who served with the Air National Guard, said he just returned Read more…
The Trump administration says it will prohibit taxpayer-funded family planning clinics from referring women for abortions. The policy — certain to be challenged in court by abortion rights supporters — was released Friday by the Health and Human Services Department. It pleased religious conservatives, a key building block of President Read more…
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday night that the House will vote in the coming days on a resolution rejecting President Trump’s national emergency declaration, encouraging fellow Democrats to support the effort as they try to stop Trump’s push to expand efforts to build a barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border. In Read more…
MARINE MOUNTAIN WARFARE TRAINING CENTER, Calif. (AP) — Hunkered down behind a wall of snow, two U.S. Marines melt slush to make drinking water after spending the night digging out a defensive position high in the Sierra Nevada. Their laminated targeting map is wedged into the ice just below the Read more…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump declared Tuesday that he would prevail over a multistate lawsuit challenging his emergency declaration to pay for a U.S.-Mexico border wall. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said he expected to do “very well,” against the suit, adding that he had an Read more…
President Donald Trump early Monday lambasted former acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, calling his claims to CBS’ “60 Minutes” that deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was “absolutely” on board with investigations targeting the president after he fired FBI Director James Comey “deranged.” He also looped in fired Attorney General Jeff Read more…
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is part of a big reveal on the popular PBS show “Finding Your Roots” on Wednesday night — discovering a link to his Native American ancestors. In a preview clip for the show, host Henry Louis Gates Jr. tells Rubio an ancestor on his mother’s side Read more…
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Sunday pitched President Donald Trump’s border wall as more critical than the construction of a Kentucky middle school. “It’s better for the middle school kids in Kentucky to have a secure border,” Graham said during an appearance on CBS’ “Face the Nation” after host Margaret Read more…
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., on Sunday said there’s “pretty compelling evidence” of Trump campaign collusion with Russia during the 2016 election. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Schiff refuted the findings of Senate Intelligence Committee chair Richard Burr, R-N.C., that the panel found no evidence of collusion Read more…
CNN congressional reporter Manu Raju said Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., “angrily” responded to his questions about her testy Twitter reaction to President Donald Trump’s condemnation of her. Both Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have called out the freshman lawmaker for her tweets perpetuating anti-Semitic tropes concerning a powerful pro-Israel Read more…