#Political Response

Articles (21)

• 🇺🇸 A mother mourning the son she lost in the Iran war says she told Trump: 'Go get 'em' — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  More than a month after her son, Maj. Cody Khork, died in the Iran war, Donna Burhans has found a routine that helps her cope.

  Related: #Military Conflict, #Personal Grief
• 🇺🇸 WATCH: First lady Melania Trump denies any ties to Jeffrey Epstein and calls for survivors' testimony — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Trump delivered a statement at White House denying ties to Jeffrey Epstein and knowledge of his crimes, and is calling for a congressional hearing for survivors.

  Related: #Sexual Abuse Scandal, #Public Accountability
• 🇺🇸 Bessent responds to Trump's post about Mueller’s death — 22/03/2026 [USA]

  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday said people need to give President Trump more “empathy” after Trump posted that he was “glad” former FBI Director Robert Mueller was dead. “I think that give...

  Related: #Public Commentary
• 🇺🇸 Presidents Who Honored Cesar Chavez Have Yet to React to Abuse Allegations — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  Bill Clinton gave Mr. Chavez the nation’s highest civilian honor. Barack Obama made Cesar Chavez Day a federal holiday. Joe Biden displayed a bronze bust of Mr. Chavez. So far, all have been quiet.

  Related: #Historical Legacy
• 🇺🇸 Gabbard fends off questions about Fulton County election raid — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard deflected criticism Wednesday about her presence at an FBI raid at a Georgia election office earlier this year.  Gabbard was pressed by Sen. Mark ...

  Related: #Election Investigations
• 🇺🇸 Trump calls Michigan synagogue attack "a terrible thing" — 12/03/2026 [USA]

  President Trump addressed the attack at a Michigan synagogue on Thursday, calling the incident "a terrible thing" and saying he was sending his love to the community.

  Related: #Antisemitism
• 🇺🇸 Gas hits highest average price since fall 2024; Trump says he's not worried — 06/03/2026 [USA]

  Gas prices hit $3.32 per gallon on Friday, the highest point since September 2024, as the Iran war boosts energy costs and threatens to undermine one of President Trump's favorite economic talking poi...

  Related: #Gas Prices
• 🇺🇸 Watch: Kristi Noem speaks minutes after Trump announces he's removing her as DHS secretary — 05/03/2026 [USA]

  Kristi Noem delivered remarks Thursday at the Sergeant Benevolent Association Major Cities Conference in Nashville, minutes after President Trump announced he was removing her as Homeland Security sec...

  Related: #Cabinet Changes
• 🇺🇸 Massachusetts governor pushes back after RFK Jr. calls out popular coffee chains — 05/03/2026 [USA]

  HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is challenging Starbucks and Dunkin' over the safety of high sugar drinks for teenagers as part of his Make America Healthy Again campaign. Now, the governor of Mas...

  Related: #Business Defense
• 🇺🇸 Dems React to Classified Briefing on Iran: ‘It Is So Much Worse Than You Thought’ — 04/03/2026 [USA]

  After a briefing on the U.S. war launched against Iran, House Democrats said the Trump administration offered little clarity on it's plan moving forward

  Related: #Military Conflict, #International Relations
• 🇺🇸 Trump administration offers shifting narrative for U.S. war in Iran as Democrats pounce — 03/03/2026 [USA]

  Trump said when the invasion began his objective was to "defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime, a vicious group"

  Related: #Military Conflict, #Strategic Uncertainty
• 🇺🇸 ‘A dangerous thing’: S Africa’s gang-ridden townships fear army deployment — 27/02/2026 [USA]

  Critics wary of President Cyril Ramaphosa's move to send military to tackle crime, drugs and gangs in three provinces.

  Related: #Crime and Violence, #Social Issues, #Military Intervention
• 🇺🇸 Florida Republican on Cuba killing 4 on speedboat: 'We need the regime to go' — 26/02/2026 [USA]

  Florida Republicans are repeating calls for regime change in Cuba in the wake of the Cuban Coast Guard killing four people and detaining others who were in a Florida-registered motorboat that Havana s...

  Related: #US-Cuba Relations, #International Incident
• 🇺🇸 Abigail Spanberger, in Democratic Response, Asks if Trump Is Working for Americans — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  “We all know the answer is no,” the Virginia governor argued in her rebuttal to President Trump’s State of the Union address.

  Related: #Economic Policy, #Governance Critique
• 🇺🇸 WATCH: 'We all know' Trump is not making your life more affordable, Spanberger says — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  In the official Democratic response to the president's speech, Spanberger stressed how Trump's policies on a host of daily issues, from health care to housing, hasn't made life more affordable.

  Related: #Economic Policy, #Partisan Divide
• 🇺🇸 ‘Unfortunate ruling’: Trump responds to Supreme Court striking down his tariffs — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  President Trump claimed that tariffs contributed to the economic turnaround in America and described the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down his tariffs as a “very unfortunate ruling” during his S...

  Related: #Trade Policy, #Supreme Court Ruling, #Economic Policy
• 🇺🇸 1/25: Face The Nation — 22/02/2026 [USA]

  This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Sen. Angus King discuss Saturday's fatal Border Patrol shooting. Pl...

  Related: #Border Security, #Law Enforcement, #International Relations
• 🇺🇸 WATCH: Trump 'absolutely ashamed' of 'certain' Supreme Court justices after tariff decision — 20/02/2026 [USA]

  President Donald Trump slammed the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday for striking down global tariffs he imposed using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Watch the clip in the video player ab...

  Related: #Executive Power, #Judicial Review, #Trade Policy
• 🇺🇸 Dog Poop Wars: In New York, the Snow Is Foul, and So Is the Discourse — 20/02/2026 [USA]

  As melting snow reveals weeks’ worth of uncollected dog waste, frustration at the state of the sidewalks has boiled over.

  Related: #Public Health, #Urban Governance
• 🇺🇸 Virginia Gov. Spanberger to give Democrats' response to Trump's State of the Union — 19/02/2026 [USA]

  Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger will deliver the Democratic response to President Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday as her party looks to replicate her successful messaging on affordabili...

  Related: #Midterm Strategy, #Democratic Messaging, #Governance Contrast
• 🇺🇸 Virginia's Spanberger to deliver Democratic response to State of the Union — 19/02/2026 [USA]

  Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger will deliver the Democratic response to President Trump's State of the Union address next week.

  Related: #Democratic Leadership, #Governance Priorities