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FEMA Chief: &#39;You Can&#39;t Blame Spousal Abuse After a Disaster&#39;
FEMA Chief:
'You Can't Blame
Spousal Abuse
After a Disaster'
sunday talk shows
Sep 16, 2018 1:20 PM CDT

FEMA Chief: 'You Can't Blame Spousal Abuse After a Disaster'

Brock Long also responds to the "extra" Puerto Rico deaths

(Newser) - Embattled FEMA Administrator Brock Long made a side remark on the Sunday talkies that kinda outshone the main conversation, the Hill reports. Suggesting that the reported 3,000 extra Puerto Rico deaths —a number President Trump is heavily disputing —may have been byproducts of Hurricane Maria beyond anyone'...

Pence: I&#39;ll Take Polygraph Test &#39;in a Heartbeat&#39;
Mike Pence:
'Why Would We'
Use the 25th
Amendment?
sunday talk shows
Sep 9, 2018 11:45 AM CDT

Mike Pence: 'Why Would We' Use the 25th Amendment?

The vice president also offers to take a lie-detector test

(Newser) - Think Vice President Pence penned the anonymous New York Times op-ed that set Washington on fire this week? Well, he's willing to take a lie-detector test: "I would agree to take it in a heartbeat and would submit to any review the administration wanted to do," he...

Giuliani: &#39;Truth Isn&#39;t Truth&#39;
Giuliani: 'Truth Isn't Truth'
sunday talk shows
Aug 19, 2018 12:45 PM CDT

Giuliani: 'Truth Isn't Truth'

And more around the Sunday talk show dial

(Newser) - There's a reason President Trump hasn't sat down yet for an interview with Robert Mueller, says Rudy Giuliani—and it's all about "truth." The president's personal lawyer in the Russia probe dueled with anchor Chuck Todd over a clear definition of the word Sunday...

GOP Strategist: Trump&#39;s an &#39;Anchor Around Your Neck&#39;
GOP Strategist: Trump's
an 'Anchor Around Your Neck'
sunday talk shows
Aug 5, 2018 2:00 PM CDT

GOP Strategist: Trump's an 'Anchor Around Your Neck'

And the president's attorney Jay Sekulow defends his "witch hunt" tweet

(Newser) - A Republican strategist had harsh words Sunday for GOP candidates who take their pro-Trump primary message into this year's general elections, the Hill reports. "Now you come out ... from the 'Trump church' in the Republican primary with a big Trump halo," says Mike Murphy on NBC'...

GOP Senator on Latest Trump Threat: &#39;Let&#39;s Hope Not&#39;
GOP Senator
on Latest
Trump Threat:
'Let's Hope Not'
sunday talk shows
Jul 29, 2018 12:05 PM CDT

GOP Senator on Latest Trump Threat: 'Let's Hope Not'

Ron Johnson pushes back over possible government shutdown

(Newser) - With President Trump tweeting about a possible government shutdown, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson appeared Sunday on CBS's Face the Nation with a little pushback: "I certainly don't like playing shutdown politics," he says, per the Hill . "I don't think it'd be helpful, so...

John Kerry Calls Putin Pow-Wow &#39;Disgraceful&#39; and &#39;Dangerous&#39;
John Kerry
Uses Words Like
'Disgraceful' and
'Dangerous'
sunday talk shows
Jul 22, 2018 12:20 PM CDT

John Kerry Uses Words Like 'Disgraceful' and 'Dangerous'

Carter Page and Nicaragua also light up the Sunday dial

(Newser) - John Kerry took a hard line Sunday in describing President Trump's meeting with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki this week, Politico reports. Appearing on CBS' Face the Nation, Kerry called the private, unrecorded sit-down "one of the most disgraceful, remarkable moments of kowtowing to a foreign leader by an...

Bolton Skips Talk Show as Trump Punishes CNN
Bolton Skips Talk Show
as Trump Punishes CNN
sunday talk shows
Jul 15, 2018 12:45 PM CDT

Bolton Skips Talk Show as Trump Punishes CNN

But he does appear on ABC to talk Putin

(Newser) - John Bolton grabbed headlines Sunday for appearing and not appearing on morning talk shows. The White House nixed his planned appearance on CNN's State of the Union after President Trump apparently felt disrespected by a CNN journalist Friday, Bloomberg reports. "Actually a @CNN reporter disrespected @POTUS & PM...

Giuliani: Mueller Probe Is Totally &#39;Corrupt&#39;
Giuliani: Mueller Probe
Is Totally 'Corrupt'
sunday talk shows
Jul 8, 2018 12:30 PM CDT

Giuliani: Mueller Probe Is Totally 'Corrupt'

North Korea and Trump's upcoming Supreme Court pick also heat up the Sunday dial

(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani continued knocking special counsel Robert Mueller on Sunday, calling his probe "the most corrupt investigation I have ever seen." Short on specific evidence, President Trump's lawyer didn't hold back: "We can't find an incriminating anything, and we need a basis for this...

Ocasio-Cortez: Socialist &#39;Is Part of What I Am&#39;
Surprise
Dem Nominee:
'I'm Not Trying
to Impose an
Ideology'
sunday talk shows
Jul 1, 2018 1:10 PM CDT

Surprise Dem Nominee: 'I'm Not Trying to Impose an Ideology'

The Supreme Court, North Korea, and tax reform also sizzle on Sunday talk shows

(Newser) - So just who is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? The Democratic congressional nominee—who stunned incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley in the Democratic primary for New York’s 14th Congressional District—appeared Sunday on NBC's Meet the Press in part, it seems, to answer that question, per Politico . "It’s part of...

Dad Backs Trump, Son Doesn't: They're Running for Same Seat

The two drove to city hall together to file papers in Rhode Island

(Newser) - A father and son in Rhode Island who disagree about President Trump are running for the same office, one as a Republican, the other as an Independent. David Quiroa Sr., 47, and David Quiroa Jr., 22, both filed Tuesday to run for a state House seat currently held by a...

Obama: Look for Solutions, Not Saviors

'Don’t wait to feel a tingle in your spine because you’re expecting politicians to be so inspiring'

(Newser) - Former President Obama, who has been largely absent from the political stage since leaving office, reemerged this week at a Democratic fundraiser in Los Angeles and delivered a pointed message to Democrats: calm down and start looking for solutions, reports the Los Angeles Times and Politico . “All these people...

Trump-Putin Summit Officially Announced
The Trump-Putin
Summit Is Happening
Jun 27, 2018 1:54 PM CDT

The Trump-Putin Summit Is Happening

The event is expected to take place before or after the NATO summit next month

(Newser) - The long-anticipated Trump-Putin summit is now official. The US president and the Russian president will meet, likely in July, according to the Wall Street Journal . The meeting was announced by US National Security Adviser John Bolton after he met with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday; the timing and location will be...

Barbara Lee: &#39;When You See It in Person It&#39;s Horrific&#39;


Barbara Lee:
'When You See
It in Person
It's Horrific'
sunday talk shows
Jun 24, 2018 12:10 PM CDT

Barbara Lee: 'When You See It in Person It's Horrific'

The family-separation policy takes center stage on Sunday talk shows

(Newser) - While US officials scrambled to rectify the migrant-separation policy and heated discussions erupted at the White House, immigration talk heated up the Sunday dial. "It was heart-wrenching. The images that we seen on the media really speak volumes to what’s taking place but when you see it in...

Conway Laments Migrant Family Separation &#39;as a Catholic&#39;
Conway Laments
Migrant Family
Separation 'as
a Catholic'
sunday talk shows
Jun 17, 2018 12:30 PM CDT

Conway Laments Migrant Family Separation 'as a Catholic'

Steve Bannon, Rudy Giuliani, and Adam Schiff also hit the Sunday dial

(Newser) - Kellyanne Conway says "nobody likes" the migrant-family separation policy but insists it's not just a bargaining chip for the Trump administration, the Hill reports. "As a mother, as a Catholic, as somebody who's got a conscience … I will tell you that nobody likes this policy,...

Ireland to Hold Referendum on Potty Mouth

The country is holding a referendum to determine if the blasphemy passage should be deleted from the Constitution

(Newser) - The Irish Constitution has a strict prohibition against potty mouth. “The publication or utterance of blasphemous, seditious, or indecent matter is an offence which shall be punishable in accordance with law,” says Article 40 of the country’s 1937 Constitution. And a 2009 Defamation Act made the act...

Supreme Court Scraps Law on What Voters Can Wear

Minnesota barred political messages, but the justices said the rule wasn't specific enough

(Newser) - The Supreme Court has struck down a century-old Minnesota law banning political apparel at polling places. In a 7-2 ruling, the court said the law was written too broadly to be reasonably enforced without violating First Amendment rights, reports Bloomberg . All states regulate political apparel at polling sites, but only...

Houston Police Chief: &#39;We Need to Start Using the Ballot Box&#39;
Houston Police
Chief: 'We Need
to Start Using
the Ballot Box'
sunday talk shows
May 20, 2018 1:15 PM CDT

Houston Police Chief: 'We Need to Start Using the Ballot Box'

But Ollie North doesn't see it quite the same way

(Newser) - With another 10 lives stolen this week at a Texas school, Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo argued in favor of "gun sense" on Face the Nation. "Let me tell you, people at the state level and the federal level in too many places in our country are not...

Don't Want Trump to Win in 2020? Stop Being So Preachy

'NYT' piece says liberals don't realize how 'self-righteous' they can be

(Newser) - Retaliation against liberals may be what ends up getting President Trump re-elected. That's Gerard Alexander's take for the New York Times , in which he notes liberals are inspirational in their idealism and smart—but "not as smart and persuasive as they think." Alexander warns that liberals,...

Bernie Sanders: White House Reaction Is &#39;Beyond My Comprehension&#39;
Sanders: 'Crude
and Stupid' Is
One Thing.
This Is Just
'Beyond'
sunday talk shows
May 13, 2018 11:50 AM CDT

Sanders: 'Crude and Stupid' Is One Thing. This Is Just 'Beyond'

Staffer's joke about John McCain gets airtime on Sunday

(Newser) - Bernie Sanders didn't mince words Sunday when discussing the White House reaction to a staffer who made fun of John McCain's brain cancer , reports CNN . "It is one thing in the White House for somebody to say something crude and stupid and disrespectful about an American hero,...

Conway to CNN Host: You&#39;re Being Sexist

Conway to CNN
Host: 'No, No,
No, No, No'
Sunday talk shows
Apr 22, 2018 1:00 PM CDT

Conway to CNN Host: 'No, No, No, No, No'

But exchange over gender gets a little confusing

(Newser) - Kellyanne Conway garnered media attention Sunday by accusing CNN's Dana Bash of posing a sexist question—if in a slightly perplexing manner. Politico reports that Bash sparked the exchange on State of the Union by mentioning a now-deleted tweet from George Conway, Kellyanne's husband, which criticized President Trump'...

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