Republican divisions, Trump’s detachment stymie GOP efforts to reopen DHS

House and Senate Republicans scrambling to end the longest federal shutdown in U.S. history keep running into themselves.  Within the House, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and his leadership team haven’t found a formula for containing their rebellious conservative wing. Between the chambers, Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) have been at odds over…

House Republican says he doesn’t think ground troops will be 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…

Marjorie Taylor Greene rails against ‘insane’ Trump after Easter Iran threat

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Sunday slammed President Trump’s message to Iran earlier in the day, saying he is “insane” and “not a Christian.” Early Sunday morning, Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be…

Trump Says He’s Not Ruling out Ground Troops If Iran Doesn’t Take Deal

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One before departing Miami International Airport in Miami on March 27, 2026. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump said Sunday that he is not ruling out sending U.S. ground troops to Iran if Tehran does not make a deal over reopening the Hormuz Strait by a Tuesday

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Full transcript of “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” April 5, 2026

On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Ed O’Keefe:  Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, former commander of U.S. Central Command Democratic Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who heads the Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA A panel with Amy Walter, publisher and editor-in-chief of the Cook Political Report;

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…