On Wednesday’s “CNN News Central,” Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) said that he believes Vladimir Putin is “helping Iran. Putin hates our guts. He’s not a friend to the United States. So, you have to assume that he’s doing it. And
On Wednesday’s “CNN News Central,” Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO) said that the U.S. shouldn’t ease energy sanctions on Russia and “I’m not for releasing sanctions on these nations that are out of bounds, basically.” Co-host John Berman asked, “Nick’s reporting
On Tuesday’s broadcast of “CBS Evening News,” CBS National Correspondent Adam Yamaguchi reported on hospice fraud and said there is “an industry ripe for fraud, especially in California” that is “costing hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars.” He also stated
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) stated that he was incorrect in his characterization of the Iranian nuclear program in the wake of strikes on it last year, and “I believe that we obliterated those
During an interview aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of “Amanpour,” Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) said, “How can we criticize Putin going into Ukraine? How can we criticize Xi if he were to push Chinese forces into Taiwan or elsewhere,” after the
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “The Bottom Line,” former Trump Economic Adviser Stephen Moore said he would favor “a temporary, maybe four-week reduction in the gas tax. There are other things, by the way, that could be done.
During an interview with ABC News on Tuesday, Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) said that Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) “is a respected person in the Senate, and I’ve worked with him for a good, long time,” but he won’t support Mullin’s
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Arena,” Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) stated that if the Strait of Hormuz isn’t cleared, “we’re going to demonstrate to the world that Iran has a veto over Middle Eastern policy.” He also said that
On Tuesday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “Rob Schmitt Tonight,” White House Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing Peter Navarro discussed Iran and said that “it’s not just that there’s an imminent national security threat because of the ballistic missiles and
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” CNN Correspondent Tom Foreman said Secretary of War Pete Hegseth “mocks the faith of Iranian foes” while also “blurring the line between his private Christian beliefs and his secular public duties.” During a report
On Monday’s “CNN News Central,” co-host Sara Sidner responded to President Donald Trump criticizing the selection of Iran’s newest supreme leader by wondering, “No matter how awful Iran’s leadership actually is, what does give the U.S. and Israel the right
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Story Is,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) argued that Operation Epic Fury is different from what President Obama did in Libya by saying that “this isn’t simply a series of military strikes.
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Story Is,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said that President Donald Trump is “lying to the American people, he’s fearmongering” about the DHS shutdown and argued that it’s the GOP’s fault that
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Story Is,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) argued that the Trump administration has “forced the Congress into a situation where DHS funding is not moving forward.” And stated that Democrats are ensuring
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Arena,” Rep. Greg Landsman (D-OH) said that the operation to take out the infrastructure in Iran to protect their enrichment activity is “about to be over,” and “should be coming to a close, because
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Arena,” Rep. Greg Landsman (D-OH) said that Iran was building up the means to protect its enrichment work and the choice was to wait until it was built or hit now “while they’re weak”
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) discussed a push by some Senate Democrats for public testimony on Iran and responded to a question on arguments that the Trump administration is following standard procedure on briefing
On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Saturday in America,” Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) said that Iran has been at war with the United States for 47 years, “and, finally, we took some action, and it’s the right thing
On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Saturday in America,” Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) stated that U.S. Senate candidate Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is wrong on the border and he wants “to spend some time with him
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said that U.S. Senate candidate Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) is “deeply progressive” but is “really resonating with people in Texas and outside of Texas” and has “a
During the online “Overtime” segment of Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher characterized California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) as “a pretty liberal guy.” While discussing the wealth tax on billionaires proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Maher
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “The Bottom Line,” former Trump Economic Adviser Stephen Moore stated that now might not be the best time to lower rates because of a potential bump in inflation due to a spike
On Friday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) stated that DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s departure shows that the DHS shutdown is “working,” “but, ultimately, the values that we’ve put forth have really nothing to do with her.”
On Friday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) said that she is worried about terrorism threats and said that multiple asks from Democrats on ICE need to be agreed to “so we can reopen the
On Friday’s edition of CBS’s “The Takeout,” Rep. Julie Johnson (D-TX) responded to a question on whether DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s departure improves the likelihood of reaching a deal to end the DHS shutdown by saying that “we have to
On Friday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) stated that she “will support a supplemental” funding bill “because we have our military over there and we need to make sure that we’re protecting our national
During his opening monologue on Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher said that if President Donald Trump “puts boots on the ground, yeah, then I’ll hate it. Now, I know too many happy Iranian Americans. Sorry. And
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher said that he has cautious optimism about Operation Epic Fury and “I just don’t get what liberals don’t get about liberation.” He also stated that Iran “was a fascist theocracy,
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) denounced as “Totally vague” a statement that he thought was the rationale used by the Trump administration to justify force in Iran when it was actually the statement used
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” The Atlantic Staff Writer David Brooks said that he has concerns about Operation Epic Fury, but also noted the malign actions of Iran’s regime before saying, “What bugs me, frankly, is the people who are sure, the
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) stated that “we have to do a better job of trying to identify” and get to lone wolf terrorists and said that he hopes investigating
On Thursday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,” House Assistant Democratic Leader Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO) said that then-President Barack Obama going to war in Libya without the approval of Congress is “materially and significantly different than the present circumstances”
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) reacted to the number of strikes by Iran sharply declining by stating that “that’s not really what this is all about. What this is all about is we have
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) said that “there were no real diplomatic talks” with Iran, and there were no “professional diplomats involved, and, oh, as it turned out, that
On Thursday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “Katy Tur Reports,” Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) discussed the prospects of reopening DHS in the wake of Kristi Noem’s removal as secretary by saying that reopening the agency was going “nowhere so long as
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) said that he won’t vote to confirm Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) as the next DHS secretary because “this is a referendum upon the Trump administration” and their policies. Host
On Thursday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “All In,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) argued that the Israelis “definitely want an effort to just permanently destabilize Iran, keep it as a failed state, as they’ve done in Gaza.” He also said Israel’s
On Thursday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Weeknight,” Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) stated that, when it comes to Iran, “we better be prepared, or people are going to die.” And Democrats aren’t going to fully fund DHS in light of
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Story Is,” former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Wesley Clark (Ret.) stated that war with Iran “was inevitable,” and we know that “from the beginning, that Iran has wanted nuclear weapons” “And, at each stage,
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,” Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) stated that Operation Epic Fury won’t help people who get their “healthcare from the Affordable Care Act exchange” afford it. Kelly said he hasn’t gotten anything close to
