GOP rep says he doesn't think ground troops needed to open the Strait of Hormuz |
Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) on Sunday said he doesn't think a ground invasion will be needed to open the Strait of Hormuz as the critical choke point has remained closed for more than a month. Iran has planted mines in the waterway and threatened to shoot any "enemy" ships attempting to travel through, effectively halting international oil transports from the region. |
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Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) said Sunday that "the only purpose that I could see" for U.S. troops on the ground in Iran "would be to get the enriched uranium."
"I think the question, moving forward, with respect to any troops on the ground, would be: For what purpose? And I think the only purpose that I could see would be to get the enriched uranium," Lawler told NBC News's Kristen Welker on "Meet the Press." |
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Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) on Sunday said that former Attorney General Pam Bondi's recent firing "should be a lesson" for the next nominee to lead the Justice Department.
"But here's the lesson from Pam Bondi, Kristen, the AG is supposed to be the nation's chief law enforcement officer and have an independent gravitas and integrity. Pam Bondi threw all that away, and she still got fired," Kaine told NBC News's Kristen Welker on "Meet the Press." |
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Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) said in an interview that aired on Easter Sunday that he prays for President Trump, adding that he "needs a lot of prayer."
The Georgia senator, a Baptist pastor, confirmed to Jake Tapper on CNN's State of the Union that he "absolutely" prays for Trump becuase "he has influence and power over people I care about." |
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Brett McGurk, who served under President Trump during his first term, warned that the president's latest threats against Iran will not bring Tehran to the table to negotiate opening the Strait of Hormuz.
"This is an escalate to try to get a deal that's not going to get a deal," McGurk, who also served in national security roles under former Presidents Biden, Obama and Bush, told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union," later noting that the president "is just kind of shifting objectives in terms of what exactly we're trying to achieve here." |
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Gallego on possible 2028 presidential run: 'We have to look at it' |
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) floated a possible 2028 presidential run in a Sunday interview, touting his ability to resonate with Latino voters and regain support from the working-class population for the Democratic Party. "Obviously, like any other elected official, especially ones that won red states in 2024, we have to look at it," Gallego told NBC News. |
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Democratic Rep. Jake Auchincloss (Mass.) on Sunday railed against President Trump's actions in Iran and argued that Tehran understands that its control over the Strait of Hormuz is "more strategically vital" than any plans to develop a nuclear weapon.
"The failure of the president's war thus far is that he has given the new Ayatollah, who is even more hard line than his father was … a new strategic deterrent," Auchincloss said during an appearance on Fox News's "Fox News Sunday." "And that new strategic deterrent is control over the Strait of Hormuz." |
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday called on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to bring the lower chamber back from recess to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The partial government shutdown has spanned for more than a month as lawmakers debate funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) without significant reforms to operations following the killings two U.S. citizens by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis. |
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NASA administrator defends Trump's proposed budget cuts |
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on Sunday backed the Trump administration's proposed budget cuts to his agency, as the Artemis II mission continues. "Yes, of course I do," Isaacman said on CNN's "State of the Union," when host Jake Tapper asked whether he supported the administration's proposed budget cuts for fiscal 2027. |
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Moore: Ending foreign wars 'best thing that we could do' to lower gas prices |
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) said during an interview broadcast Sunday that ending foreign wars is "the best thing that we could do" to lower gas prices — comments that come amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict against Iran. "There's been some conversation in this state, at least, about possibly waiving the gas tax for a little while. It is one of the higher ones in the country. You say governors can't do much about the gas price, you could conceivably establish a gas price holiday, no?" CBS News's Ed O'Keefe asked Moore on "Face the Nation." |
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Khanna: Those saying 'don't engage' with personalities like Hasan Piker 'will cost us future elections' |
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Sunday said that those who push to not "engage" with popular Twitch streamer and left-wing political commentator Hasan Piker "will cost us future elections." "The lesson of the last election is we've got to be out there. We've got to engage. It's a complex, messy, multiracial democracy. I will defend my views, but the people who are saying, 'Don't engage,' will cost us future elections," Khanna told NBC News's Kristen Welker on "Meet the Press." |
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