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GOP presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hammered climate change alarmists in no uncertain terms during Hurricane Idalia's aftermath. DeSantis cited an 1896 storm that reportedly had 125 mph winds and Florida's Labor Day hurricane in 1935, saying during a Sunday press conference that those storms resulted in massive destruction and deaths. "So, I think the notion that somehow hurricanes are something new, that’s just false. And we’ve got to stop politicizing the weather and stop politicizing natural disasters," DeSantis said. "We know from history there’s been times when it’s very busy in Florida, late ‘40s, early ‘50s, you had a lot of hits of significant hurricanes." WHITE HOUSE SAYS 'THERE WAS NO INDICATION' DESANTIS WOULD SNUB BIDEN VISIT AFTER IDALIA "So, I think sometimes people need to take a breath and get a little bit of perspective here," he said. "But the notion that somehow if we just adopt, you know, v...

Vice President Harris hosted George Soros heir Alex Soros at her private residence, along with several other top Democratic donors earlier this year, White House visitor logs show. The White House released Harris' May 2023 visitor logs late last week, and a May 31 entry showed that Soros visited her private residence, listed in the documents as "1st Floor VPR." Joining Soros were supermodel Savannah Huitema and seven other prominent Democratic donors. Soros posted a picture of himself with Harris on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, on June 6, and boasted about a meeting with the vice president. Details of where and when the meeting took place were not previously known, however. The meeting was the 21st time Soros has met with a member of President Biden's administration, according to analysis by the Washington Free Beacon. "Great to catch up with Madame Vice President, Kamala Harris!" Soros wrote at the time. TOP BIDEN OFFICIAL REPEATEDLY ME...

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Sunday called for term limits and mental competency tests in Congress, arguing that "we need people at the top of their game" after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's latest episode of freezing up in public. Haley, a former U.S. ambassador and governor of South Carolina, said on CBS News’ "Face the Nation" that aging members of Congress need to understand when "it's time to step away," after McConnell froze for more than 30 seconds while fielding questions from reporters in Covington, Kentucky, on Wednesday. "Here you have Mitch McConnell, who's done great service to the country," Haley said. "You have Dianne Feinstein who had a great career. You've got Nancy Pelosi who'd been there a long time – at what point do they get it's time to leave?" MCCONNELL CLEARED TO RESUME 'SCHEDULE AS PLANNED' FOLLOWING KY PRESS CONFERENCE FREEZE "This is not...

Vivek Ramaswamy argued Sunday that pardoning former President Donald Trump would "reunite" the country but will "not be the most important thing I'll do as the next president." Noting that he's polling second among GOP presidential candidates in some recent national polls, Ramaswamy argued during an appearance on ABC's "This Week" that though "it would be easier for me if Donald Trump were eliminated from competition," he is against the current Republican front-runner being forced out of the race amid the four indictments against him. "I think we continue to set a dangerous precedent. I do not want us to see us march to some kind of national divorce. And I am worried," Ramaswamy told ABC host George Stephanopoulos, "That day by day, we’re inching in a dark direction for this country. I do not want to see another day like January 6 in this country. But I think the way that we’re going to get there is by moving this na...

President Joe Biden cited his hectic schedule when he was asked Saturday why he had not yet visited East Palestine, Ohio , months after the town was devastated by a train derailment that polluted the environment and contaminated water. The president's press conference in Live Oak, Florida , came in the wake of Hurricane Idalia, which caused up to $20 billion worth of damage in the Southeastern U.S., according to FOX Weather. Biden was speaking about the federal government's efforts to provide assistance to impacted Floridians, when he was asked about the small Ohio town. "Well, I haven't had the occasion to go to East Palestine," Biden began. "There's a lot going on here, and I just haven't been able to break." " I was thinking whether I'd go to East Palestine this week, but I was reminded I've got to go literally around the world," the president continued. "I'm going from Washington to India to Vietnam." CCP...

The Biden administration , while taking heat from the right over what conservatives claim are "open-border" policies that mark a significant change from the Trump era, is also receiving loud criticism from left-wing politicians and activist groups. Left-leaning figures say the administration has not done enough to make what they see as progress. That criticism was on display this week when Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., took aim at the administration over its handling of immigration. "Immigration is arguably this administration’s weakest issue. This is one area where our policy is dictated by politics, arguably more so than almost any other," Ocasio-Cortez said in an interview with The New York Times. "There are very clear recommendations and suggestions that we have made to the administration to provide relief on this issue, and it’s my belief that some of the hesitation around this has to do with a fear around just being seen as approving or provid...

White House officials said Saturday they were caught flat-footed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' decision not to meet with President Biden when Biden visits the state later today. Biden had said earlier he would meet with the governor as he tours areas of Florida damaged by Hurricane Idalia, but the DeSantis team contradicted the president.  "In these rural communities, and so soon after impact, the security preparations alone that would go into setting up such a meeting would shut down ongoing recovery efforts," said DeSantis spokesman Jeremy Redfern. At a gaggle on Air Force One, reporters asked Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Deanne Criswell and White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre what happened, since the White House had said there was an agreed location for the president's visit and that security preparations weren't an issue. DESANTIS WILL NOT MEET BIDEN ON PRESIDENT'S POST-IDALIA TRIP "There was just no indication that h...