Newsmakers
Newt Gingrich: GOP will win in 2022 by targeting Democrats as ‘big government socialists’
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Wednesday that Republicans can't afford to blow a once-in-a-generation campaign opportunity to tag all congressional Democrats as "big government socialists" over supporting President Biden's massive $3.5 trillion social-welfare spending package.
Six Oregonians sue Gov. Kate Brown over vaccine mandates, citing their natural immunity
Six Oregonians filed a lawsuit Thursday against Democratic Gov. Kate Brown's vaccination mandate, arguing that they have natural immunity after contracting the novel coronavirus and calling the governor's orders unscientific.
EXCLUSIVE: Pakistan key to terror fight in wake of Taliban takeover, ambassador says
Pakistan's top diplomat in Washington said in an interview his country will remain a key partner in the U.S. counterterrorism campaign in the wake of the fall of the U.S.-backed government in Kabul, sharing a common goal of preventing a Taliban-ruled Afghanistan from becoming once again a pariah state and a safe harbor for terror groups such as al Qaeda and Islamic State.
Guardian Angel Sliwa sees the streets, subways as path to NYC mayor’s chair
NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW: Oddsmakers don't give the red-beret-wearing founder of the Guardian Angels much of a chance in the general election -- Democratic voters far outnumber Republicans in the Big Apple. Still, Republican mayoral hopeful Curtis Sliwa introduces himself on the street as the "next mayor of New York," and it's easy to see where he gets his confidence.
EXCLUSIVE: Ex-U.S. counterintel chief: Russia could halt cyber strikes ‘in one moment’
Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly denied Moscow's involvement in the surge of ransomware attacks on U.S. targets, but a recently retired American spy chief says there is no question Russian intelligence has influence over the hacking operations.
Kevin McCarthy: House Republicans to leverage Democrats’ thinner majority
House Republicans are ready for a brutal fight in the next Congress and looking to use the thin Democratic majority as leverage, said Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.
Joe Biden sticks with ‘very smart’ message from start to finish
Democratic nominee Joseph R. Biden is closing out the 2020 presidential race the same way he started it, framing his showdown with President Trump as a "battle for the soul of the nation" and making the case that "character is on the ballot."
GOP senators push constitutional amendment to fix the Supreme Court at nine justices
Republican senators are rallying around Sen. Marco Rubio's constitutional amendment that he introduced more than a year ago to ensure there are no more than nine justices on the Supreme Court.
Sam Graves seeks vehicle mileage tax to fund infrastructure projects
NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW: Rep. Sam Graves, the top Republican on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, has offered up a new tax on every mile traveled in cars or trucks to help pay for roughly $1 trillion for badly needed highway, bridge and other infrastructure projects.
Bernie Sanders founded Our Revolution violates campaign finance law, experts say
Bernie Sanders said Sunday that outside political groups that can raise and spend unlimited sums backing candidates for public office should be abolished - including those supporting his own bid for the White House.
Park Won-soon, Seoul mayor, talks Trump, Kim Jong-un, Korea reunification
NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW: North Korea talks have gone nowhere for months, but the mayor of Seoul -- a capital city just 35 miles from Kim Jong-un's expanding ballistic missile threat -- insists that peace will ultimately prevail, Pyongyang will give up its nuclear weapons, and the Korean Peninsula will be reunified.
Robert O’Brien, national security adviser, rejects China’s claims of U.S. role in Hong Kong protests
NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW: President Trump's new national security adviser said China must keep its promise to permit Hong Kong to keep its current system in the face of widespread unrest and strongly denied Beijing's charges that the U.S. was secretly instigating the pro-democracy demonstrations.
Elizabeth Warren says plan to pay for ‘Medicare for All’ will not raise taxes on middle class
Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Friday rolled out a plan to pay for "Medicare for All" that she says will not raise "taxes a penny on middle-class families" -- pushing back against the critics who pressured her to be more upfront about the cost of her proposal, and challenging her rivals to prove they have something better to offer.
Michael McCaul threaten Adam Schiff on impeachment document restriction
All 21 Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee are demanding that the Democratic chairman of the House intelligence committee release to them documents related to the ongoing impeachment inquiry "or face further action."
Hillary Clinton slams ‘witch hunt’ launched under Trump of old State Department emails
Hillary Clinton accused the Trump administration Tuesday of making her the target of a "witch hunt" by ramping up a probe into emails sent during her stint as secretary of state.
Andy Biggs, Freedom Caucus chairman willing to buck Trump
The conservative House Freedom Caucus is home to President Trump's most ardent fans but is not the "Trump Caucus," the group's new chairman declares.
Neil Gorsuch on Congress: ‘It’s not my job to do their job’
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch may be the most optimistic lawyer in America today -- which is surprising because he just published a book looking at where America's experiment in constitutional governance is struggling.
Harsh Vardhan Shringla blasts Kashmir ‘disinformation’ from Pakistan
NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW: Pakistani charges that India has conducted a militarized takeover of Kashmir and jailed thousands of political prisoners are "completely wrong" and designed to undermine New Delhi's attempts to bring economic prosperity to the disputed territory, India's top diplomat in Washington said Thursday.
Asad Majeed Khan calls on U.S. to pressure India on Kashmir curfew
NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW: The United States and the international community "must do more" to pressure India to end its militarized curfew over Kashmir, Pakistan's top diplomat in Washington says
Ahmed Omar Maiteeq of Libya warns Donald Trump of Khalifa Haftar
NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW: A top leader from Libya's internationally recognized government says the Trump administration should be doing more to exert American power and diplomatic influence toward ending his country's brutal and destabilizing civil war.
