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Former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall III said Sunday he “couldn’t serve” in the Trump administration, blasting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s leadership of the Pentagon.
“I’ve never seen an attempt to politicize our military like the one being conducted by Pete Hegseth,” Kendall told Martha Raddatz on ABC’s “This Week.”
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Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Sunday said he did not “want to have an opinion” on the direction of gas prices Americans are paying, which are above $4 per gallon on average at the pump in the U.S.
“You said on this show five months ago that high gas prices had peaked, but between not just the Iran war, but the Russia-Ukraine war and the U.S.’s own dwindling reserves, isn’t it possible gas prices could go up even more?” CNN’s Dana Bash asked Wright on “State of the Union.”
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr on Sunday said he is “looking at a lot of actions” to prevent networks from airing fake polls and partisan coverage ahead of midterm elections.
Carr appeared on Fox News’s “The Sunday Briefing” with Peter Doocy and said that networks are intended to operate in the public interest and “not some sort of narrow partisan interest.”
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Pennsylvania Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.) said Sunday he “might” mount a primary challenge to Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) in 2028.
“I might, I haven’t decided that. And to be really blunt, I’m doing everything I can right now to help Democrats in Pennsylvania flip congressional seats to give [Pennsylvania Gov.] Josh Shapiro a governing majority in the state Senate and grow the majority in the state House,” Deluzio told host Chris Stirewalt on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday.”
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Former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall III on Sunday questioned the “advice” President Trump received in the lead-up to the Iran war.
“What I don't understand, frankly, about the Iran war is what advice was given to the president that led him to start this conflict?” Kendall told host Martha Raddatz on ABC’s “This Week.”
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Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) on Sunday broke with President Trump regarding the commander in chief’s recent statement about the Iran war where he downplayed the conflict.
“Any time you are at war or in a military escalation, it is certainly not small potatoes. It is serious. I think we all recognize that,” Lawler told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union,” referencing recent comments from the president.
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Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday the Trump administration “may not” reach a nuclear agreement with the Iranian regime.
“There may not be a nuclear agreement. It may be simply destroying their capabilities to do it,” Wright told host Martha Raddatz on ABC’s “This Week.”
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Texas gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa (D) embraced the new spotlight on her state brought on by the unexpectedly close Senate race between Democrat James Talarico and Republican Ken Paxton.
“You are running in a state President Trump won by nearly 14 percentage points. He just announced, as I mentioned, that $10 million investment to boost Republican chances in the Texas Senate race. Are you concerned that all of this will, in fact, energize GOP voters in Texas?” CNN’s Dana Bash asked Hinojosa, a representative in the state’s House.
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Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday the Iran war is necessary, arguing the U.S. needs to “reset” the Middle East.
During an interview on ABC’s “This Week,” Wright reiterated the longstanding talking point from administration officials that the goal of the conflict is to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
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Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Sunday dodged questions about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as other Republicans voice concerns over the Iran war and senior Defense staff turnover.
NBC News’s Kristen Welker asked the senator on “Meet the Press” if he still had confidence in Hegseth.
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Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Sunday that the U.S. has “a lot of leverage” over Venezuela after the Trump administration reached a deal with the latter government to grant it control of more than 65 billion barrels of oil.
“We have a lot of leverage over Venezuela. We control the sale of oil outside of their country,” Wright told host Martha Raddatz on ABC’s “This Week.”
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