All posts tagged "Mike Rounds"

An historic deal that lawmakers have been hashing out since October is purportedly at risk thanks to Donald Trump.

Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) spoke to CNN's Kaitlan Collins on "The Source" about how critical legislation is in danger of being killed by the former president playing pretend POTUS.

"You're hearing from the Republicans working on this that it is the best opportunity, they say, these are conservative Republican senators that it's the best deal in decades — but moments ago, Trump posted on Truth Social essentially arguing that you shouldn't take the deal and that even if it pushes the country to closing up for a while, that it's worth not taking this deal." ...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who will turn 82 on February 20, enters 2024 facing an array of challenges — from concerns about his health to bad blood between him and 2024 GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump.

The Hill's Al Weaver examines McConnell's role in the GOP in an article published on New Year's Day 2024. And of the GOP senators interviewed told The Hill it is "baked" that 2024 will be his last year as Republican leader in the U.S. Senate.

The senator, quoted on condition of anonymity, commented, "I think it's just more a function of how many sunrises and sunsets he's observed and how long he's been in politics."...

WASHINGTON — America’s in the midst of its first AI-fueled election. Duping voters in 2024 — a year where “deepfakes” are expected to supplant our current meme-driven political unreality — will be easier than ever.

Bogus but hyper-realistic videos of Donald Trump secretly plotting with Russian President Vladimir Putin or President Joe Biden in a secret White House confab with antifa activists? Entirely fake speeches delivered by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) or Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN)?

All possible now. Just watch the wouldn’t-have-been-possible-in-2020 deepfake video starring a computer generated Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who’s depicted as desperately trying to convince his colleagues in “The Office” that he’s not wearing women’s clothes. Donald Trump Jr. is among the people who've shared it on social media in recent days....