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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration Monday in a case over President Donald Trump's executive order restricting mail-in voting, though it remains unclear how much can be implemented before the fast-approaching midterm elections.The decision leaves room for additional court challenges that could further slow Trump's order, and other similar cases have already been filed. The U.S. Postal Service laid out how it would implement the order last week, but time is running short to impose major changes with some states beginning to send mail ballots to voters in just a few weeks.The court's conservative majority...

The Talk Shows Aug 23rd, 2026 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz; Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.); Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.); Former Trump Admin FDA Administrator Scott Gottlieb; Neel Kashkari, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy; Pato O’Ward, Mexican IndyCar Series auto race driver; Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.). Panel: Josh Holmes, Meghan Hays and Josh Wingrove. MEET THE dePRESS (NBC): Hosted by Kristen Welker: Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.); Sen. Chris Van...

With all precincts reported but still some ballots left to count, Democrats appear to have flipped a conservative state House district north of Pittsburgh. The latest: Democrat Brandon Dukes led by 88 votes against Republican Scott Timko on Tuesday night with over 99% of the votes counted, according to the Associated Press. Provisional and overseas ballots still need to be counted. AP had not called the race as of early Wednesday morning. Why it matters: The apparent flip doesn’t impact Democrats' narrow majority in the state House, but it boosts the party’s momentum heading into the midterms, where Dems are...

The Talk Shows Aug 16th, 2026 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Kentucky democrat Gov. Andy Beshear; Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.); Pennsylvania democrat State Rep. Christopher Rabb; Chief Pollster of CBS News Anthony Salvanto. FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: Attorney General Todd Blanche; American criminal defense lawyer Donna Rotunno; Charles Payne, American financial journalist, television host, market analyst, and author; Founder of OutKick and conservative political commentator Clay Travis. Panel: Mary Katharine Ham, Josh Kraushaar, Reince Priebus and Juan Williams. MEET THE dePRESS (NBC): Hosted by Kristen...

The Talk Shows Aug 9th, 2026 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Sen. Bill Cassidy (RINO_Loser_TDS-La.); Sen. Bernie Sanders (Socialist/Communist I-Vt.) … NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya.FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett; Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.); Oliver Larkin, Democratic Socialist running for Congress (in FL-25CD) ; Kathryn Burgum, wife of U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and anti-addiction advocate. Panel: Francesca Chambers, Richard (Who prefers Dick) Fowler, Doug Heye and Mario Parker. MEET THE dePRESS (NBC): Hosted by Kristen Welker: Michigan Democrat...

p>The Talk Shows Aug 2nd, 2026 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.); Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio); Clément Delangue, French entrepreneur and co‑founder and CEO of Hugging Face, an Open Source AI; Former Senator (D-WV) Joe Manchin, and his daughter Heather Manchin, founders of the Independent Leadership Council.FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.); Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) (In April 2026 he made it clear that if Democrats retake the House of Representatives in the 2026 midterms, his party will “impeach” President...

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The Talk Shows July 26th, 2026 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.); Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.); U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz; former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb; CBS News Executive Director of Elections and Surveys Anthony Salvanto.FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz; Member of the Red Star caucus within the DSA Megan Romer; Sen. Tim CoKaine (D-Va.). Panel: Dasha Burns, Mollie Hemingway, Josh Kraushaar and that old, unhappy whiner Juan Williams.MEET THE dePRESS (NBC): Hosted by Kristen Welker: U.S....

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The Talk Shows July 19th, 2026 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Sen. Mark Warner (DeepState-Va.); New York democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul; Tom Homan, Border Czar/Special assistant to the President on Immigration and Customs Enforcement; chairman and CEO of Bank of America Brian Moynihan; Chris Krebs, former director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (fired by Trump); David Becker, former General Counsel and Senior Policy Director of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: Sen. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Al.); Sen....

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The Talk Shows July 12th, 2026 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Leiter; Tom Homan, Border Czar/Special assistant to the President on Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio); democrat politician and former ambassador Rahm Emanuel; former CENTCOM Commander Gen. Frank McKenzie, USMC, Ret.FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.); U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matt Whitaker; Cuban Ambassador to the United Nations Ernesto Soberón Guzmán; Chris-Ann Burton, Wash DC City Wildlife’s Outreach and Intake Manager. Panel: Michael Allen,...

US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) died Saturday following a brief illness at the age of 71, his office confirmed. “On the evening of Saturday, July 11, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham passed away from a brief and sudden illness. Senator Graham’s family appreciates prayers at this time and asks for privacy during this incredibly difficult period,” Graham’s office said on X on Sunday morning. A cause of death was not immediately revealed. Emergency officials responded to Graham’s home on Capitol Hill for a cardiac arrest, NBC reported, citing police scanner audio.

The Talk Shows July 5th, 2026 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman; Debra Houry (Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Director for Program and Science of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention until she resigned in protest at the firing of Susan Monarez—08/25); Former RINO governor of Massachusetts Charlie Baker; Reps. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.) and Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.). FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson (R-LA); Maryland democrat Gov. Wes Moore; Butch Wilmore, retired NASA astronaut, U.S....

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Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down President Trump's executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, reaffirming the more than 100-year-old understanding that nearly all of those born in the United States are citizens. In a divided decision in the case Trump v. Barbara, the Supreme Court found that Mr. Trump's policy is unlawful. (snip) This is a breaking news story and will be updated.

The Talk Shows June 28th, 2026 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Sen. Bill Cassidy (RINO LOSER-La.); Sen. Tim CoKaine (D-Va.); Jan Crawford, CBS News chief legal and political correspondent . FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.); Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.); Monica Crowley, Chief of Protocol of the United States. Panel: Francesca Chambers, Juan Williams and Roger Zakheim. MEET THE dePRESSd (NBC): Hosted by Kristen Welker: Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.); Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.); NY Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan....

The Talk Shows June 21th, 2026 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Sen. Linda Graham (R-S.C.); Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.); Amos Hochstein, Biden admin Senior Advisor for Energy Security; Kevin Book, Managing Director, Research at ClearView Energy Partners, LLC. FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: Energy Secretary Chris Wright; Danny Danon, Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations; Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah); Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.). Legal panel: Tom Dupree and Jonathan Turley. Panel: Richard Fowler, Mary Katharine Ham and Tiffany Smiley. MEET THE dePRESS (NBC): Hosted by Kristen...

Ever since the May 7 Labour wipeout in the local council elections - elections, mind you, that British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer knew he was on course to get savaged in, so tried mightily to cancel or postpone for one flimsy reason or another until taken to court by Nigel Farage's Reform UK - Starmer has heard what might be described as the ticking of the clock in Capatin Hook's crocodile following him around.The ticking only got louder as Labour ministers resigned either in disgust that Starmer himself had not at the election losses the party had suffered. A...