Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) said Sunday that President Trump is heading into his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in a “weakened” position. “President Trump is going into this meeting terribly weakened,” Reed, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, told
A confirmed ambassador carries a diplomatic authority and credibility that no interim arrangement can replicate.
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) claimed that Supreme Court Justice Chief John Roberts will join the ranks of “infamous” high court justices over a recent decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act. “I never thought I would see the day that the United States Supreme Court would be
A nationwide chocolate bar recall has expanded once again.
Donald Trump has abandoned key conservative principles and adopted some socialist positions, expanding presidential powers, interfering in businesses and the free market, and weaponizing government to satisfy his own interests.
Red states in the South are seeking to advance the GOP’s goal of keeping the House majority this fall by redrawing their congressional maps in the wake of a landmark Supreme Court ruling that reignited the redistricting arms race. Tennessee Republicans approved a new map on
Retired Adm. William McRaven said Sunday that the U.S. is “not really that much better off” than it was before the war with Iran “I don't think [Iran] had a nuclear weapon. I don't think it was… coming about imminently,” McRaven, the former head of U.S. Special Operations
As popular as it is, Buc-ee's and its Beaver Nuggets aren't as prevalent as you may have guessed.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Mike Waltz on Sunday reiterated his push for the international coalition’s security council to pass a resolution condemning the Iranian government’s restrictions on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Secretary of State Marco Rubio
At a time when civic participation is already under strain, expanding the public exposure of ordinary political activity risks discouraging it.
Acting Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Director Jay Bhattacharya said Sunday that hantavirus “is not COVID,” comments that come after an outbreak of the virus on a Dutch cruise ship. “We've been communicating the last week as the — as the sort of the, the press attention has
The Iranian government has submitted its response to the peace proposal from the U.S., according to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). The state-owned outlet reported, citing a source familiar with the matter, that negotiations between the Trump administration and Tehran
The list is, mildly speaking, breathtaking.
Depending on where you live, there may be no native earthworms around.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that the over four year-long war between Russia and Ukraine is “coming to an end,” according to Reuters. The outlet reported that the Russian president told reporters that he believed “that the matter is coming to an end,” and
Passengers on a cruise ship that had an outbreak of the hantavirus have begun disembarking the vessel, The Associated Press reported. The outlet reported that the first plane with passengers evacuated off the ship left the Spanish Canary Islands on Sunday. Spanish health
Trump’s baseless allegations of fraud, issued every time Republicans lose, are part of a comprehensive strategy to stack the deck in his favor.
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) said the upcoming meeting between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping could yield a "remarkable breakthrough" Gingrich appeared on the “Cats Roundtable” radio show hosted by John Catsimatidis on WABC 770 AM, where he said
The shuttered U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has told Congress it has $19 billion in funds to cover costs associated with closing out the programs it terminated last year, according to a notification sent late last month and obtained by The Hill. The
This is a lightly edited transcript of the May 7 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . Perry Bacon: Good afternoon. I’m Perry Bacon. I’m the host of The New Republic show Right Now . I have two
You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . You can read a transcript here . We are already in the midst of the 2028 Democratic primary fight. No one has formally declared their candidacy, but former
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a rare boost last week to a bipartisan bill that key Republicans, including the chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), have opposed over cost concerns. The legislation, named after a U.S. Army combat engineer, diagnosed with
State ObamaCare marketplaces are starting to feel tremors from the GOP-controlled Congress's ending of enhanced subsidies, as millions of Americans are dropping coverage. Experts and state officials say the impact varies from state to state, but enrollment decline is expected
A new poll shows that a large majority of Americans say they think there is too much money in U.S. politics. Politico released a poll on Saturday showing that 72 percent of Americans say there's too much money in politics, whereas 5 percent say they disagree. A larger number of
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Friday warned Democrats against forming alliances with former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), accusing the former lawmaker of being a "proven bigot." A student at an event hosted by the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics
President Trump on Saturday shared an AI-generated composite image of sunken Iranian warships, as the administration awaits a response from Iranian officials over a proposed peace plan. The composite image shared on Truth Social shows "159 Iranian ships." The first image shows
Pima County, Ariz., Sheriff Chris Nanos on Saturday affirmed that there has been progress in the search for Nancy Guthrie, mother of NBC's "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie. Fox News reporters approached Nanos while he was outside his department. Nanos did not answer
A muddled picture about the state of the conflict with Iran emerged from the White House and President Trump this week, as a flurry of developments in the Gulf collided with mixed messages about the U.S. strategy for ending the 10-week conflict and reopening the Strait of
The Trump administration has launched a legal attack on the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), raising questions about the future of other nonprofits at odds with the president. The center pleaded not guilty Thursday in an unusual case, one that accuses the SPLC of turning
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Saturday said that his department's preparation efforts to keep the upcoming World Cup secure have not been "as proactive" due to the 76-day funding lapse. Mullin said during a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) press
Former Vice President Kamala Harris said on Friday that Democrats are justified in their anger about the Virginia Supreme Court’s decision this week to strike down a new congressional map. “Today, the Virginia Supreme Court ignored the will of the people and overturned those
Comedian Bill Maher pushed back against Democrats’ criticism of President Trump’s White House ballroom project on Friday. During an interview on “Real Time with Bill Maher” with Democratic Sen. John Fetterman (Pa.), the late night host called the discourse over the
In early March, President Donald Trump said he would "be making an Endorsement soon," in the Texas Senate primary runoff between incumbent U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. 64 days later, he's making the same commitment.
The U.S. Department of Labor has released a new tool to help union members and the public track how $11 billion in union dues are spent, including political activities.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) expressed confidence on Saturday that Democrats can still win back the House of Representatives, despite a recent redistricting loss in Virginia. “We’re going to take back control of the House of Representatives,” Jeffries told MS
New York Times White House Correspondent Maggie Haberman said on Friday that President Trump and former President Biden share a common “disconnect” with voters when it comes to messaging on the economy. “Certainly, there has been a similarity in terms of how President Biden and