All posts tagged "Michael Waltz"

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. diplomat Gen. Keith Kellogg were meeting in Kyiv on Thursday to discuss ending the three-year-long war over Russia's territorial ambitions.

The meeting comes amid growing tensions between Zelensky and President Donald Trump, who traded verbal barbs Wednesday and after Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with his Russian counterpart in Riyadh — without a Ukrainian representative present.

CNN's Alayna Treene caught up with Trump national security advisor Michael Waltz outside the White House Thursday to ask, "What do you think is the main message Kellogg needs to deliver to Zelenskyy today after all of the back and forth yesterday?" ...

MAGA world has grown concerned that Gov. Ron DeSantis' (R-FL) pick to fill Marco Rubio's (R-FL) vacant Senate seat could dwindle the House's Republican majority even further and endanger Trump legislation from passing through Congress.

Rubio is currently undergoing confirmation hearings to become the next secretary of state.

House Republicans have been dealing with a razor-thin voting margin since President-elect Donald Trump poached Reps. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Michael Waltz (R-FL) to serve in his administration....

Despite its Republican majority, the House of Representatives is "poised to be the biggest likely choke point" for Donald Trump's agenda, according to MSNBC opinion writer Hayes Brown.

Hayes wrote that, "House Republicans will have an extremely narrow margin to work with and a right flank that is more than willing to blow up deals."

This was exemplified Friday when Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) had to fight to retain his House Speakership after Reps. Ralph Norman (R-SC) and Keith Self (R-TX) opposed him — but were finally convinced to change their votes for Johnson. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) remained the sole hold-out, upset over Johnson's handling of the pre-holiday federal budget vote that finally passed with help from Democrats. ...