Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) on Monday said he opposes President Trump’s waiver on Russian sanctions after striking a deal with the Kremlin to permit diesel into the U.S. and global marketplace amid the energy shortage brought on by the Iran war. “The Administration should not waive sanctions passed by Congress to punish Russia for its…

Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) on Monday said he opposes President Trump’s waiver on Russian sanctions after striking a deal with the Kremlin to permit diesel into the U.S. and global marketplace amid the energy shortage brought on by the Iran war. “The Administration should not waive sanctions passed by Congress to punish Russia for its…

Journalist Christiane Amanpour, CNN’s chief international anchor who has spent 43 years at the network, said Monday she will leave CNN in June 2027. “After many months of thought and a few sleepless nights, I have decided to separate from CNN, my partner of 43 fantastic years!” Amanpour said in a statement to her employer,…

Facebook’s parent company Meta apologized Sunday for suspending the “No Kings” Instagram account, saying the suspension was caused by a high increase in traffic by bots. Meta spokesperson Andy Stone wrote in a statement that the company’s engineering team found the “spike that triggered the incorrect enforcement was primarily in the account’s ‘reading’ behavior” attributed…

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Sunday blamed wealth inequality, not immigration from the “global south,” as the reason behind the youth protests igniting across Europe, including in France. “From the high schools of France to the streets of Madrid to the universities of Tirana, young people are telling their governments the same thing: in an…

Sarah Matthews, a former White House deputy press secretary, said Sunday that the prospect of President Trump replacing chief of staff Susie Wiles with deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller was “terrifying” amid speculation Wiles will depart after the midterms. Trump has dismissed reporting that Wiles could soon leave her post, but Matthews told MeidasTouch’s…

A majority of Americans in a new survey believe the U.S. is on the “wrong track” as the midterms approach, marking a record high during President Trump’s second term. The NBC News Decision Desk poll, using data from SurveyMonkey, found that 71 percent of respondents said the country is heading down the “wrong track.” The…

President Trump’s approval rating hit a record low in a new survey, with just more than two weeks until voters decide which party will control Congress next year. The Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll, released Sunday, shows Trump sitting at 33 percent approval. The rating is 4 points lower than a poll conducted in July, 8…

Shawn Oliver, the running mate of Massachusetts Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Minogue, suspended his campaign Sunday after he was arrested following a car crash. He is now facing one count of operating under the influence (OUI), among other charges. “After careful reflection, I have made the decision to suspend my campaign for Lieutenant Governor,” Oliver…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday said President Trump did not provide Russia with sanctions relief after striking a deal that allows Russia to supply the U.S. and global marketplace with diesel, despite signing a bill imposing sanctions — set to take effect soon — into law last month. NBC News’s “Meet the Press” host…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that oil prices could go down before the end of the year, but it will depend on the Iran war. NBC News’s “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker asked Bessent about the chances of lower prices by the start of 2027, adding President Trump’s assertion that “this is his…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday said “of course” his country trusts the U.S. but hopes President Trump will “change his decisions” after greenlighting a diesel deal with Russia. “Of course we trust America,” the Ukrainian leader told NBC News’s “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker. “We trust bipartisan support and we trust president of…

Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Sunday said the Trump administration has not broken its promise to lower gas prices as the Iran war stretches into its eighth month. CNN’s Dana Bash asked Wright on “State of the Union” about his predictions early in the conflict that gas prices would decline “within weeks, not months,” and,…

President Trump on Sunday endorsed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he seeks another term less than a week before Israel holds its elections. Trump directed a Truth Social post to “the Great People of Israel” and called “Bibi” Netanyahu “a Great Warrior Prime Minister, and an even greater Partner for Peace in combatting the…

Democratic Maine Senate candidate Troy Jackson on Sunday said that he’s campaigning on issues that many senators in Washington don’t “give a s— about.” Jackson pitched his campaign in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Dana Bash. He emphasized that “at least in Maine, we don’t have anyone in everyday people’s corners,…

Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers (R) said Sunday he’s worried about the “optics” of the U.S.’s deal with Russia to export diesel and added that the U.S. cannot give Russian President Vladimir Putin “an inch.” Rogers told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union” that President Trump is “trying to do something to bring…

Eric Deters, the donor to President Trump whom former U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle reportedly asked to wire $100,000 to her American Express account, leading to her ousting from the Trump administration, sued her and her lawyers for defamation. Deters filed the lawsuit against Guilfoyle and defense attorneys Jesse Binnal and David M. Schwartz…

Former Fox News host Megyn Kelly said she thinks independent journalist Don Lemon should run for president after he teased launching a 2028 bid. During a Tuesday episode of her YouTube show, Kelly referred to Lemon’s Oct. 3 appearance on the podcast “Uncloseted,” where he said the odds he might launch a presidential bid were…