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Out-going Louisiana senator’s rebuke over Iran war is rare instance of a Republican politician standing up to Trump Bill Cassidy, the Republican senator from Louisiana who is being ousted from his position after Donald Trump successfully backed a challenger in May’s primary, has accused the US president of treating Congress as “merely an appendage” in … Read more

Former President Joe Biden appeared to briefly seek directions before exiting the stage after delivering remarks at a Democratic gala Saturday night, capping his speech with an awkward onstage moment. After delivering a roughly 10-minute keynote speech at the Maryland Democratic Party’s “Fight Back & Win Gala” near Baltimore, the 83-year-old paused onstage and looked … Read more

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) tells Meet the Press his proposal to gradually increase minimum wage to $25 per hour is a “unifying issue” that will spur job creation.

FIRST ON FOX: Young Americans are far less likely than older generations to see China as a major threat to the United States, according to a new poll, revealing one of the sharpest generational divides in U.S. foreign policy. Some 93% of Americans age 65 and older said they are concerned about China’s ability to … Read more

In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) reacts to the latest democratic socialist primary wins in New York and why he’s advocating for a “big tent” Democratic Party that includes Republican voters.

The main pillars of the founding narrative have fallen on hard times. Today, its meaning is up for grabs Writing during the carnage of the first world war, the iconoclast intellectual Randolph Bourne described the American revolutionary inheritance as a squalid marriage between the town capitalist and plantation patriarch. Glittering generalities of freedom and democracy, … Read more

Ten days after the signing of the Trump administration’s memorandum of understanding with Iran, the two sides are battling again for control of the Strait of Hormuz and accusing each other of violating their agreements. On social media, President Donald Trump said, “There may come a point when we are no longer able to be … Read more

Two leaders of a prominent New York City union slammed the Democratic Party and Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) for being out of touch with blue-collar members of the working class — the very people they ran their campaigns on supporting. “I think they’re communists, and I don’t think they have the benefit of the … Read more

A top Agriculture Department watchdog warned Congress on Thursday that fraud in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has allowed individuals linked to terrorist groups, foreign adversaries and transnational criminal organizations to access and abuse food stamps. The hearing marked the latest push by the Trump administration and House Republicans to crack down on these … Read more

Filling in for Kristen Welker as Moderator of Meet the Press, NBC’s Ryan Nobles joins Joe Fryer on Sunday TODAY to discuss the big challenges President Donald Trump is facing both at home and abroad with tensions in Iran once again on the rise and battles within his own party.