Warren on McCarthy tapes: ‘Kevin McCarthy is a liar and a traitor’

BY MYCHAEL SCHNELL

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Sunday said House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) “is a liar and a traitor,” as the Republican leader comes under fire for audio recordings that showed him supporting the resignation of former President Trump following the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.

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GOP lawmaker defends McCarthy’s Trump comments: ‘You have to put it into the context of when it was given’

BY BRAD DRESS

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) on Sunday defended House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) after it was reported the Republican leader said he would advise then-President Trump to resign if he was impeached following the January 6 rioting.

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Warren: ‘Democrats are going to lose’ in 2022 midterms if they don’t deliver more

BY MYCHAEL SCHNELL

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Sunday said “Democrats are going to lose” in the 2022 midterm elections if they do not deliver on more of their legislative priorities.

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Dem lawmaker on Fox says border communities worried about Biden lifting Title 42

BY BRAD DRESS

Communities on the U.S.-Mexico border are worried about the lifting of Title 42, Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) said Sunday.

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Democrat pushes for more US oil drilling in Fox interview

BY BRAD DRESS

“Let’s go ahead and allow that opportunity to do domestic drilling so we can have jobs here, and certainly make sure we don’t depend on another country when it comes to energy,” Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) said on “Fox News Sunday.”

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Cuellar says he’ll cooperate with FBI on raid

BY BRAD DRESS

“I have deep respect for law enforcement,” Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) said. “We will cooperate with law enforcement when they ask us to do that.”

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White House official: US must respond to rising COVID-19 cases ‘with care and caution, but not overreacting’

BY MYCHAEL SCHNELL

White House COVID-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha on Sunday said the U.S. should respond to the rising number of coronavirus cases “with care and caution, but not overreacting.”

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Former NATO ambassador: New US military aid to Ukraine ‘can make a real difference’

BY OLAFIMIHAN OSHIN

Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Doug Lute said on Sunday that the latest U.S. military aid package to Ukraine “can make a real difference” as Ukrainian forces battle invading Russian troops. 

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First Ukrainian-born US lawmaker hopes Biden will meet Zelensky in Ukraine

BY MYCHAEL SCHNELL 

Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) on Sunday said she hopes President Biden will eventually visit Ukraine and meet with that country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky.

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Ukrainian PM says Russian troops withdrawing from territory is only way to end the war

BY MYCHAEL SCHNELL

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal in a new interview said that the ongoing conflict between his country and Moscow can only end if Russian troops withdraw.

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Ukrainian lawmaker: Russia ‘clearly targeted’ building with civilians in Odessa

BY OLAFIMIHAN OSHIN

“They bombed Odessa, which is a southern city on the Black Sea, yesterday with missiles and the missile clearly targeted … the building where civilians were at, killing [a] 3-month-old child,” Ukrainian Parliament member Yevheniia Kravchuk said on ABC’s “This Week.”

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