Senate Republicans said they’re pressing the Trump administration for details on the US-Iran interim peace deal and signaled Congress will ultimately vote on the final agreement.
The Senate Judiciary Committee scheduled Attorney General nominee Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing for July 15 and 16, setting the stage for what is expected to be one of the most politically charged Cabinet confirmation fights of President Donald Trump’s second term. Judiciary Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) confirmed the timeline Tuesday after meeting with Blanche, […]
Voters have also been casting ballots in Alabama and Washington DC, where for the first time in over 10 years, the city will elect a new mayor in NovemberThe Trump administration is waging war on voting rights using justice department lawsuits, FBI investigations, and an executive order to limit voting by mail, moves mirroring the US president’s false claims he lost the 2020 election due to voting fraud, say election experts and ex-officials.Since Donald Trump began his second term, numerous 2020 election denialists have been installed in key agencies such as the DoJ, the FBI and elsewhere to pursue widely discredited claims of fraud, which can intimidate election workers and voters in swing states that Trump lost to Joe Biden in 2020. Continue reading...
Qatar solidified its role as the Trump administration’s preferred negotiator after playing a decisive role in bringing together the Memorandum of Understanding to end the U.S. war with Iran. Speaking alongside Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani at a summit on Tuesday, President Donald Trump heaped praise on the Qatari leader and his […]
President Trump’s endorsement power is once again being put to the test in multiple Republican primaries. NBC News Chief Data Analyst Steve Kornacki outlines Tuesday’s key runoffs in Alabama and Georgia and the primary race in Washington, DC. NBC News Correspondent Priscilla Thompson talks to voters in Georgia.
An immigration hard-liner, Mr. Collins has President Trump’s endorsement in the runoff.
Conservative commentator Megyn Kelly pressed Vice President JD Vance on the growing split within the Republican Party over the Trump administration’s military operation in Iran. Kelly described the relationships within the party as a “civil war,” saying that, as a right-leaning independent, she would rather argue with Democrats than Republicans. She said Republicans who disagree […]
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is backing two gubernatorial candidates who don’t have President Trump’s endorsement in the Georgia and South Carolina GOP primary runoffs. Cruz endorsed Georgia billionaire Rick Jackson over Lt. Gov. Burt Jones (R-Ga.) in the governor’s race for the Peach State while supporting South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson over Lt. Gov.…
US Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, says President Donald Trump "can't point to where we're better off" after the war in Iran. Speaking on "Balance of Power: Evening Edition," Senator Warren also discusses Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's military budget request, her criticisms of Kevin Warsh as chair of the Federal Reserve, the state of housing and the SpaceX IPO. (Source: Bloomberg)