Juan Williams: Kevin McCarthy would be a weak, disastrous Speaker
As House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) chases dreams of leading a GOP majority next year, he might consider this quote from a French Revolution leader: “There go the people. I must follow them, for I am their leader.” In the language of today’s Twitter zingers, that’s saying a leader with no followers is just a guy taking a walk. McCarthy’s approach to possibly being the next Speaker looks unsteady, like a man who fears he is walking his party and his country off a cliff. McCarthy’s trouble begins with polling that favors
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Read MoreHere are key ballot measures to watch for in November
Voters in several states are set to make decisions in November on some of the biggest policy questions facing the country. At stake is everything from the way certain states conduct elections to the future of reproductive rights — an issue that has taken on heightened importance in the months since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark abortion rights case. Here are five issues that voters will weigh in on through ballot measures when they head to the polls in November. Abortion rights After Kansas voter
Read MoreBiden has tried to rebuild the refugee system. This year will test that
President Biden has again set an ambitious goal for welcoming 125,000 refugees into the U.S. this fiscal year, a benchmark that would require processing about 100,000 more people than last year. The Biden administration has sought to be a foil to his predecessor when it comes to refugees after then-President Trump brought refugee processing down to just a trickle. But it’s Biden who carries the record for resettling the lowest number of refugees in the history of the program. “The administration was tackling understandable challenges between the pandemic
Read MorePetraeus predicts US would lead NATO response to ‘take out’ Russian forces if Putin uses nuclear weapon
Retired Gen. David Petraeus predicted Sunday that the U.S., along with NATO allies, would “take out” Russian forces if Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to use nuclear weapons in his war against neighboring Ukraine. During an appearance on ABC’s "This Week,” Petraeus told co-anchor Jonathan Karl that western powers have to take Russia’s nuclear weapons threats seriously, noting National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan’s recent remarks that US officials have warned the Moscow of "catastrophic consequences" if the Kremlin deploys nuclear weapons. “And what would ha
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