President Trump, in his first 60 Minutes interview in five years, blamed Democrats for a month-old government shutdown nearing a record and offered no new plan on health care costs. He called Obamacare “terrible” and urged Republicans to end the filibuster. Without federal subsidies, insurance costs under the Affordable Care...
Scott Bessent drew backlash after defending President Trump’s Great Gatsby themed government shutdown party on CNN’s State of the Union. Asked by Jake Tapper about optics as SNAP benefits are set to run out and many Americans go without pay, the treasury secretary replied that Democrats should reopen the government...
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said new U.S. nuclear testing ordered by President Donald Trump will not involve nuclear detonations, clarifying days of confusion after Trump’s social media post. Wright told Fox News the planned system tests use noncritical explosions to verify components and delivery geometry, not the bomb itself. Trump...
In a 60 Minutes interview, his first in five years, President Trump defended aggressive Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids across U.S. neighborhoods, saying they "haven't gone far enough" and blaming limits on "liberal judges" appointed by Biden and Obama. He said he supports tactics including an agent tackling a mother...
Syrian President Ahmed al-Shara will visit Washington this month for the first time since taking power, meeting President Trump at the White House on Nov. 10. A U.S. envoy said he will 'hopefully' sign Syria into the 88-nation coalition against the Islamic State, and Syria’s foreign minister said reconstruction will...
George Clooney told CBS’ Sunday Morning he has no regrets about his New York Times op ed urging former president Joe Biden to exit the 2024 race, but now calls it a mistake that Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee. He said he wanted a rapid primary to battle test...
Washington's shutdown dragged into a sixth week Sunday, with the 33-day impasse threatening food aid for millions and snarling air travel, as President Donald Trump urged Republicans to scrap the Senate filibuster. GOP leaders John Thune and Mike Johnson rebuffed the idea while pressing Democrats, who have blocked 13 reopening...
Rep. Dan Crenshaw said the funding impasse rests with Senate Democrats, arguing the House already passed a seven week clean CR and he doesn’t expect the chamber to return this week. He warned SNAP aid faces a shortfall—the emergency fund is about $6 billion versus $9 billion in monthly benefits—and...
Virginia’s governor race, once expected to be quiet, has been upended by a shutdown fight and late controversies. Democrat Abigail Spanberger has led Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears in polls while both court federal workers hit by furloughs and earlier DOGE-related layoffs. Earle-Sears criticizes Spanberger over funding tactics and downplays...
A senior Justice Department official told lawmakers the Trump administration can continue lethal strikes on alleged drug traffickers without congressional approval, arguing the War Powers Resolution doesn’t apply. OLC chief T. Elliot Gaiser cited a classified opinion equating drug cartels with terrorists and noting U.S. forces aren’t facing hostilities. Since...
