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Republican politicians have flocked to New York City in recent days to stand alongside former President Trump as he attends his hush money trial. Trump’s group on Monday included several members of Congress: Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) and Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.), who represents Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn. Sen.…
House Republicans are taking aim at President Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war this week, after the administration paused shipment of some bombs to Israel and warned that the U.S. wll cut off more offensive weapons to Jerusalem if its forces launch an invasion into Rafah. Republicans in both chambers have sharply criticized the administration’s…
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) criticized President Biden’s stance on Israel, particularly the administration’s decision to pause some military shipments to the country and its position on Rafah. Cotton supported Israel’s actions in Rafah that have prepared the way for a potential complete invasion into the city, where over 1 million people had relocated for safety.
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska.) ripped into the Biden administration’s decision to restrict drilling on millions of acres of government-owned lands in Alaska, arguing it was a “lawless” move. “It’s lawless. [President Biden] doesn’t have the authority to do that,” Sullivan said Sunday on CBS News’s “Face the Nation.” “And I could go into all the…
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) on Sunday said he cannot “guarantee anything” when asked if the U.S. would continue to support Ukraine if former President Trump wins reelection in November. Asked on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” if he can guarantee the U.S. will stay with Ukraine should Trump return to the White House, Sullivan said,…
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and former Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) lamented the state of Congress in a side-by-side interview on Sunday, with Manchin saying that Americans should be “ashamed” of the legislative body. “Every one of us should be ashamed of what we’re, what we’re living through now in the 118th Congress,” Manchin said in…
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday criticized Sen. JD Vance’s (R-Ohio) firm opposition to providing more aid to Ukraine, challenging the Ohio Republican to take a trip to the war-torn country before he speaks on the issue. Vance, in an op-ed for The New York Times last week, argued that even if Congress passes another…
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, on Sunday said U.S. shipments of long-range missiles “will be in transit” to Ukraine next week as long as President Biden signs the foreign aid bill. “I hope once the President signs, we’ve been told that there is it is the President signature, making…
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday stressed the urgency of support to Ukraine, warning Russian President Vladimir Putin “will not stop,” even if successful in Russia’s war with Kyiv. “Here’s what I will tell you. If you give Putin Ukraine, he will not stop,” Graham said during an interview on “Fox News Sunday.” “This is…
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