Washington Examiner columnist Guy Benson called President Donald Trump’s proposed $5,000 dividend a “disastrous idea.” “I am skeptical we’re ever going to see that, and I don’t think we should, frankly,” Benson said on Fox News’s Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy. Trump announced during the Republican National Committee midterm convention in Dallas that he […]
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts could shut its doors as early as Tuesday, according to an internal memo that revealed a deepening financial crisis and framed the physical state of the main building as endangering lives. The 57-page assessment documents, obtained by the Washington Post and distributed prior to a special […]
Senate Republicans are hoping to use the few legislative days left before the midterm elections to demonstrate progress on a handful of elusive priorities, one of which has been stalled by Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) extended absence from Washington. Most of what gets accomplished for the remainder of this Congress is expected to take place […]
A United States airman who was shot down over Iran while manning an F-15 fighter jet in the spring recounted the moment he free-fell to the ground over enemy territory and the subsequent rescue mission that saved him for the first time on Sunday. While speaking with Norah O’Donnell of 60 Minutes, the pilot, referred […]
Texas Senate candidates Ken Paxton and James Talarico sparred on Sunday afternoon after multiple Republican lawmakers in the state denounced a racially charged social media post made by a candidate for state office. Bo French, the Republican nominee for the Texas Railroad Commission, was quickly denounced by Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and multiple state lawmakers […]
President Donald Trump weighed in on whether he plans to pardon Lindsay Clancy after her attorney Kevin Reddington publicly asked for one after the case ended in a mistrial. In responding to Reddington’s request for a pardon, Trump pointed out the charges were a “state situation, not a federal one.” The president can only pardon […]
President Donald Trump hinted on Sunday the White House has developed a short list of candidates to replace Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary. While speaking with reporters after returning from a trip to Ireland, Trump said: “We have a lot of people that want it.” “No, no, but I may have developed one […]
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said he wouldn’t have run for president if he didn’t believe the country was ready for a gay president. “My experience in South Bend, Indiana, in getting reelected with 80% of the vote after coming out,” Buttigieg said on Meet the Press. “And my experience, right now, traveling the country, […]
Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed addressed the attention he received at last week’s Republican midterm elections convention on Sunday. While speaking with CBS News’s Weijia Jiang of Face the Nation, the socialist Senate candidate said President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and other speakers who mentioned him at the first-of-its-kind convention in […]
President Donald Trump announced he was lifting the U.S.’s 10% tariff on Irish whiskey at the trophy ceremony for the Irish Open. Trump jokingly complained at the ceremony that everyone had been “bugging” him, including Taoiseach Micheal Martin and golfer Shane Lowry. The tariff had already been reduced from 15% earlier in the year. “On behalf […]
