On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL), President-Elect Donald Trump’s pick to be national security adviser, stated that the incoming Trump administration has assured Israel that “if Hamas reneges on any parts of this deal, we
On Wednesday’s broadcast of OANN’s “Real America,” Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) responded to claims from Democrats that his bill banning biological men from federally-funded K-12 women’s sports will result in genital inspections by noting that the legislation defines sex as
On Wednesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-CA) stated that FEMA “can and should do better” responding to the fires in California to provide help to the victims of the disaster and “it is not always a
On Wednesday’s “PBS NewsHour,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that because Americans “have gone through a lot in these four years. And so, we understand that it’s going to take a little bit of time…for folks to see
During an interview aired on Wednesday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Jonathan Dekel-Chen, whose son, Sagui Dekel-Chen, has been held hostage by Hamas, stated that he is grateful for the work of the Biden administration and the incoming Trump administration that was “the
On Tuesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “On Balance,” Los Angeles City Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez said that given the damage from the fires in the area and the lack of water and firefighters, taxpayers didn’t get what they paid for and stated
On Tuesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Dan Abrams Live,” Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) said that there have been conditions on disaster aid before and that while the focus with California needs to be helping people, placing conditions to ensure lessons are
During an interview with “PBS NewsHour” on Tuesday, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas defended President Joe Biden waiting to take executive action on the border in light of criticism from Deputy Director and Senior Official Performing the Duties of the
On Tuesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) argued that the U.S. should ask China “what is it that we can do to make trade better and to enhance your trade such that, maybe in exchange, we
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) stated that legislation backed by House Republicans and two House Democrats banning biological men from federally-funded K-12 women’s sports “would create a situation where [child] predators
During portions of an interview with CNN aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” President of the United Firefighters of Los Angeles City Local 112 Freddy Escobar, who is also a Captain with the Los Angeles Fire Department, stated that
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” CNN Senior Investigative Correspondent Kyung Lah said that while funding issues within the Los Angeles Fire Department have been going on for years and precede current Mayor Karen Bass’ tenure, the city’s lack of
During a portion of an interview with CNN aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Los Angeles City Councilwoman Traci Park criticized the lack of resources for the city’s fire department and stated that Los Angeles has “large swaths”
During portions of an interview with NPR aired on Monday’s broadcast of “Morning Edition,” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas stated that the border is more secure than it was at the end of the last year before the pandemic, but
On Monday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “Rob Schmitt Tonight,” President-Elect Donald Trump responded to a question on his strategy to end the Russia-Ukraine war by stating that “there’s only one strategy, and it’s up to Putin. And I can’t imagine
During an interview with MSNBC aired on Monday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken responded to a question on whether there should be more consequences for China over its cyberhacking by stating that we’re trying “to stay ahead
On Monday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens argued that “the data does not back up that some of the deals that we’ve had to make to bring Americans home [are] actually increasing the amount of people that
On Monday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “On Balance,” Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) responded to a question on if conditioning disaster aid to California would create a dangerous precedent that would allow Democrats to use disaster relief as leverage to coerce other
On Monday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) stated that the debt limit will have to be raised in order to provide disaster relief to California. While discussing potential conditions on aid, Rounds stated, “I think there
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “ReidOut,” Interior Secretary Deb Haaland responded to arguments that California removing dams due to pressure from Native American groups is to blame for the devastation in the recent fires by saying, “I expect this from
On Monday’s broadcast of “NewsNation Now,” California State Sen. Ben Allen (D) reacted to suggestions that federal disaster aid for California should come with conditions by stating that “reasonable conditions, I’m happy to have that conversation. Obviously, we want to do
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), who also served as Florida’s Director of Emergency Management, stated that “We’ve spent a lot of time on FEMA being a grant agency and all these state and county
On Friday’s broadcast of WBUR’s “Here and Now,” Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) discussed his support for the Laken Riley Act and stated that Hispanic voters aren’t necessarily “where the electeds are or the interest groups that represent a lot of
During an interview with “PBS NewsHour” aired on Friday, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan argued that squeezing Venezuela’s oil sector hasn’t worked and that more targeted sanctions and rewards for information leading to the arrest of bad actors
During an interview with “PBS NewsHour” aired on Friday, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan defended waiting to impose the large sanctions on Russia’s energy the Biden administration imposed on Friday by stating that “If we had sanctioned Russia’s
During a portion of an interview with NPR aired on Friday’s broadcast of “All Things Considered,” U.S. Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew stated that he wasn’t happy when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used a “simple sort of political slogan”
During an interview with “CBS Evening News” that took place on Thursday and was released on Friday, LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley denied that diversity initiatives have harmed the department’s ability to respond to emergencies like the recent fires and stated,
On Friday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) stated that she doesn’t want to get into politics about the fires in California, but “services cost money and we should be willing to get the richest people in this
On Friday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “The Record,” Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman vowed punishment to the fullest extent of the law for looters in the wake of the California fires but stated that the looting statute that
On Friday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” U.S. Fire Administrator Dr. Lori Moore-Merrell responded to Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley stating that the department was let down by stating that “I think the Fire Chief certainly has credibility in my mind.
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Malibu City Councilmember Haylynn Conrad stated that there’s “a failure of the system [as] a whole because there’s too much bureaucracy.” And the city has “all of these governmental agencies that
During an interview with NBC News that took place on Wednesday and was released Thursday, Deputy Director and Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Director of ICE P.J. Lechleitner stated that he’s not surprised that President Joe Biden didn’t
During an interview with NBC News that took place on Wednesday and was released Thursday, Deputy Director and Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Director of ICE P.J. Lechleitner said that President Joe Biden “absolutely” should have taken the
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “11th Hour,” Rep. George Whitesides (D-CA) stated that there needs to be a “huge” amount of work to reduce material in wildlands that fuel fires and “We need to increase the rate of planned burns
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) defended his vote against the Laken Riley Act by stating that “people are going to be targeted because they’re brown.” Host Chris Hayes asked, “[T]here’s a sort of a
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) responded to criticism of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for being out of the city and in Ghana during the fires in Los Angeles by saying that “I’m sure
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) stated that the cuts to the Los Angeles Fire Department’s budget will likely be reversed “and should be. And they were perhaps ill-advised, but they’re not a reason why
During an interview with CBS News aired on Thursday’s “CBS Evening News,” LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley stated that the cuts to the department’s budget resulted in the department taking from “nonessential duties and responsibilities” but due to the cuts, “we were
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” Retired CAL FIRE Battalion Chief Mike Lopez praised California’s mutual aid system and said that the recent fires would be tough to combat even with more firefighters, but budget cuts have created an
During an interview aired on Wednesday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg responded to a question on why Democrats struggled in the 2024 elections and how to win back voters by stating that “We’ve never had more information coming at
