[ad_1] CNN — Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas – one of the GOP’s top targets in the Biden administration – will face lawmakers on Tuesday in the first of a series of hearings this week as Republicans prepare to escalate their attacks against him. While control of the House remains …
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[ad_1] CNN — Many House and Senate Republicans recoiled on Monday at the prospect of former President Donald Trump launching a third run for the presidency this week, a sign of his waning support on Capitol Hill after years of controversy and scandal and following their party’s disappointing midterm performance. …
Read More »China’s Xi starts first day at G20 with a whirlwind of meetings with US allies
[ad_1] Bali, Indonesia CNN — After a near three-year absence from the world stage, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has embarked on a whirlwind of face-to-face meetings with Western leaders at the Group of 20 summit in Bali, as he looks to reassert China’s global influence. Following a three-hour meeting on …
Read More »Michelle Obama on Donald Trump’s 2016 win: ‘It shook me profoundly’
[ad_1] CNN — Michelle Obama addressed in a new book the deep hurt and disappointment she felt when Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election. “It shook me profoundly to hear the man who replaced my husband as president openly and unapologetically using ethnic slurs, making selfishness and hate somehow …
Read More »Pence: ‘I think we’ll have better choices in the future’ than Trump
[ad_1] CNN — Former Vice President Mike Pence said in a newly released interview clip that he and his family are giving “prayerful consideration” to whether he should run for president in 2024 and that the US will have “better choices in the future” than former President Donald Trump. Asked …
Read More »Opinion: The three phone calls Herschel Walker needs to make
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Geoff Duncan, a Republican, is the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Georgia. He is the author of “GOP 2.0: How the 2020 Election Can Lead to a Better Way Forward for America’s Conservative Party.” The views expressed in this commentary are his own. Read more opinion articles on …
Read More »Opinion: She had the most endangered seat in the US Senate. Here’s how she held onto it
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Sheila Leslie, a long-term Nevada resident, served as a Democrat in the Nevada state legislature for 14 years. She is a columnist for the Reno Gazette-Journal and a retired human services professional. The views expressed in this commentary are her own. Read more opinion on CNN. CNN …
Read More »What to know about upcoming House leadership elections
[ad_1] CNN — A new Congress won’t be sworn in until January and control of the House has not yet been determined, but Republicans appear on track to recapture the chamber and the race to determine who will serve as the next speaker is underway. House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy …
Read More »Taiwan-China tensions: US president’s past promises under microscope in meeting with Xi
[ad_1] Bali, Indonesia CNN — When President Joe Biden first declared that the United States had an obligation to protect Taiwan should China move on it, his words were written off by some as a casual, if unfortunate, mischaracterization of American policy. The fourth time Biden made the same statement, …
Read More »Biden and Xi sit down for high-stakes first in-person meeting as presidents
[ad_1] Bali, Indonesia CNN — President Joe Biden on Monday greeted his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in person for the first time since taking office, launching high-stakes talks whose effects could ripple around the world. Biden and Xi walked toward each other from opposite sides of a hotel lobby and …
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