Chris Wallace looks to go beyond partisan political news
Longtime cable news anchor and pundit Chris Wallace is stepping outside the realm of politics with the debut of a new show that will air for the first time Sunday evening on CNN. The first installation of “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace” features interviews with celebrities Tyler Perry and Shania Twain as well as former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. As part of the new show’s roll out, Wallace also interviewed former professional baseball player turned business mogul Alex Rodriguez, a conversation that which will air in the coming weeks.
Read MoreThe seven Democrats most likely to run for president — if Biden bows out
President Biden’s statement this week that it “remains to be seen” if he'll run for reelection has prompted more Democratic chatter about whether they'll have a different candidate for the White House in 2024. If Biden doesn't run again, a number of Democrats are expected to wade into the presidential waters. But even Vice President Harris isn't seen as a definitive leading contender in such a situation, Democrats acknowledge privately. “There's not one clear candidate and there’s not a rising star,” said one top Democratic donor.
Read MoreSome Republicans feel uneasy about DeSantis migrant strategy
Some Republican senators are privately expressing misgivings over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) provocative decision to ship migrants from Texas to liberal enclaves such as Martha’s Vineyard. GOP lawmakers acknowledge sending planeloads of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, where former President Obama recently bought a house, plays well on Fox News and will likely ingratiate the Florida governor with Republican primary voters if he runs for president in 2024. But the idea of shipping migrants thousands of miles across the country to Martha’s Vineyard — an is
Read MoreDenver Riggleman: White House switchboard connected to rioter's phone on day of Jan. 6
Former Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-Va.), who staffed the Jan. 6 Committee until April, said on Friday that the White House switchboard connected with the phone of a rioter at the U.S. Capitol during the insurrection. “You get a real ‘a-ha’ moment when you see that the White House switchboard had connected to a rioter's phone while it's happening,” said Riggleman, former senior technical adviser for the committee, according to a clip from CBS’s upcoming episode of "60 Minutes." When asked by host Bill Whitaker to conf
Read MoreUS quietly pursues Middle East breakthrough with Israel-Lebanon deal
The Biden administration is on the verge of a significant breakthrough in Middle East relations as it quietly pursues an agreement between Israel and Lebanon on territorial maritime borders. The negotiations appear to be closing in on the finish line amid intensive negotiations between U.S., Israeli and Lebanese officials that took place this week on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The administration has taken pains to downplay the significance of the potential agreement — concerned that anything that appears to look like normaliza
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