Trump names Jim Byron to senior archivist role

President Trump named Jim Byron, the president and CEO of the Richard Nixon Foundation, to a senior archivist role at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). In a post Sunday on Truth Social, Trump said he was pleased to announce Byron would be serving as “Senior Advisor to our Acting Archivist, United States Secretary…

Trump says Putin ‘wants to stop fighting’ in Ukraine

President Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin “wants to stop fighting” and shot down a suggestion that Putin’s ambitions could extend beyond Ukraine’s borders. “I think he wants to stop fighting. I see that. We spoke long and hard. [Middle East envoy] Steve Witkoff was with him for a very extended period, like about three…

Fox analyst Andy McCarthy blasts Trump DOJ for ‘weaponization’ in column

Fox News analyst Andy McCarthy slammed President Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ), saying Attorney General Pam Bondi is going to weaponize the department. In an op-ed published Sunday in National Journal, McCarthy denounced Bondi’s “Weaponization Working Group” and said the group uses the weaponization it’s intended to weed out. “News flash: Pam Bondi now represents…

Senate Democrats split over how to combat Trump’s USAID shutdown

Senate Democrats are split over how to push back against President Trump’s attempts to slash the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), an embattled front line in the larger fight against the administration’s effort to overhaul the federal government.  On one side are Democrats trying to enlist Republican allies, who have historically been staunch supporters…

Mullin says to ‘trust the process’ in Trump’s Russia-Ukraine peace talks

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) says he thinks people need to “trust the process” in President Trump’s peace talks with Russian and Ukrainian leaders. “Right now, people are dying every single day. We do know we have the best negotiator possible in the White House,” Mullin said Sunday on ABC News’s “This Week.” “I mean, literally,…

Shaheen says Trump administration gave ‘mixed message’ on Ukraine

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) said in an interview Sunday that the Trump administration has recently given a “mixed message” on Ukraine. “Well, I think it was a mixed [message] coming from the administration,” Shaheen told CBS News’s Margaret Brennan on “Face the Nation.”  “On the one hand, you heard Secretary Hegseth saying they were gonna…