Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) on Sunday warned of what actions Congress can take if Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner (D) unseats Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), saying that lawmakers “have to set a higher bar.” Fitzpatrick and his colleague Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) spoke with CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union” about Platner. On…
President Donald Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence makes passage of a bill renewing spy powers far harder, the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee said.
The United States was issued a dire threat Sunday after a wave of Israeli airstrikes pounded Lebanon’s largest city earlier the same morning with supposed backing from the Trump administration, threats that may materialize as major attacks on U.S. bases and assets in the Middle East.As Washington and Tehran continue to negotiate terms to end the ongoing Iran war, a key sticking point has been Israel’s bombardment of Lebanon, which since early March has killed more than 3,400 Lebanese and injured over 10,200. Iran has demanded that Israel halt its bombardment as a condition to end hostilities.And yet, despite multiple attempts by Trump to force Israel’s hand and end its bombardment of its northern neighbor, Israel has defied the president, and has since expanded its military siege of Lebanon, including with the reported use of white phosphorus bombs, which is a potential war crime.“The naval blockade against the Iranian nation and today's U.S. green light to the Zionist regime turn American and regime bases and assets in the region into legitimate targets,” said Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf on Sunday, according to Axios reporter Barak Ravid. “Our armed forces are ready as always.”Last week, Trump admitted to hurling expletives at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call over Israel’s refusal to halt its bombardment of Lebanon, telling The New York Post he was “a little bit perturbed” at Israel’s defiance.🚨Iranian speaker of parliament and chief negotiator Ghalibaf: "The naval blockade against the Iranian nation and today's U.S. green light to the Zionist regime turn American and regime bases and assets in the region into legitimate targets. Our armed forces are ready as always" https://t.co/ObwY6kTc0U— Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) June 7, 2026
President Donald Trump on Sunday said that the remaining obstacle to a nuclear agreement with Iran is ensuring the country can never obtain a nuclear weapon, including through outside purchases, marking a shift from his previous focus on preventing Tehran from developing one itself. In an interview aired Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press, Trump […]
"His actions were misogynistic, they were shameful, they were wrong," Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna, who campaigned with the Senate candidate on Friday, said.
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) on Sunday said he believes the ex-girlfriend of Maine Democrat Graham Platner, Lyndsey Fifield, whose allegations of emotional abuse and toxic behavior were published in the New York Times last week. Khanna, who has endorsed Platner and campaigned by his side, said on CBS’s Face the Nation that he believes Fifield […]
The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said the timing of the appointment takes FISA Section 702 reauthorization "off the table."
President Donald Trump said Federal Reserve policymakers would be wrong to raise interest rates after a blowout US jobs report, while insisting he doesn’t want to influence Kevin Warsh before he chairs his first Fed meeting.