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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Dec. 20, 2024 19:33 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa.; Sen.-elect John Curtis, R-Utah. ___ NBC's “Meet the Press” — Sens. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., and James Lankford, R-Okla. ___ CNN's “State of the Union” —...

RFK Jr. meets with senators as questions swirl about Trump's pick to lead health agency

Dec. 16, 2024 19:11 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. swept onto Capitol Hill late Monday as the anti-vaccine health guru from the famous political family reintroduced himself to senators, this time as President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the nation's Health and Human Services Department. ...

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Dec. 06, 2024 20:34 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif.; retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, former commander of U.S. Central Command. ___ NBC's “Meet the Press” — President-elect Donald Trump. ___ CNN's “State of the...

Trump offers a public show of support for Hegseth and says he believes he can be confirmed

Dec. 06, 2024 19:18 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Friday offered a public show of support for Pete Hegseth, his embattled choice to lead the Defense Department, whose confirmation by the Senate is in doubt as he faces questions over allegations of excessive drinking, sexual assault and his views...

Hegseth faces senators' concerns not only about his behavior but also his views on women in combat

Dec. 05, 2024 17:44 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pete Hegseth has spent the week on Capitol Hill trying to reassure Republican senators that he is fit to lead President-elect Donald Trump’s Department of Defense in the wake of high-profile allegations about excessive drinking and sexual assault. But senators...

Republicans push back against Democrats' claims that Trump intelligence pick Gabbard is compromised

Nov. 24, 2024 19:08 PM EST

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Republican senators pushed back on Sunday against criticism from Democrats that Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump's pick to lead U.S. intelligence services, is “compromised” by her comments supportive of Russia and secret meetings, as a congresswoman, with Syria’s...

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Nov. 22, 2024 21:02 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. ___ NBC's “Meet the Press” — Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo.; Sen.-elect Adam Schiff, D-Calif. ___ CNN's “State of the Union” —...

Republicans rally around Hegseth, Trump's Pentagon pick, as Gaetz withdraws for attorney general

Nov. 21, 2024 16:16 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s allies on Capitol Hill rallied around Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Pentagon pick, on Thursday even as new details surfaced about allegations that he had sexually assaulted a woman in 2017. The GOP embrace of Hegseth came as another...

GOP senators divided on release of Gaetz ethics report as Trump pressures them to move quickly

Nov. 19, 2024 19:53 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — As President-elect Donald Trump digs in on his pick of former Rep. Matt Gaetz for attorney general, Republican senators are divided over how much information they will demand to move his confirmation — and how much to push back on Trump as he demands that they quickly rubber...

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Nov. 15, 2024 20:16 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen.-elect Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich.; Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas; Dr. Richard Besser, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Preet Bharara, former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. ___ ...