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“The Founding Fathers had the power of the purse as one of the ways of deterring a president who does war without the consent of the American people,”
Schumer told a news conference in Washington, DC, that the Founding Fathers gave Congress the power of the purse to deter a president who wages war without consent.
“A state of worry and uncertainty overwhelmed my family and me,”
A Sanaa resident described his family's reaction to news of the government's Operation Dawn of Yemen offensive against Houthi-held territories.
“It was a grave breach of the trust that everybody who worked in this building had before that point.”
Alito described the leak of the draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade as a serious breach of trust among court personnel.
“As a lame duck who is increasingly focused on his personal legacy rather than the Republican Party's success, Trump may resist increased pressure for confrontation with China and continue his pursuit of 'strategic stability,'”
Gabriel Wildau said Trump may resist pressure for confrontation with China and continue pursuing strategic stability as a lame duck focused on his legacy.
“No, look. I mean, if I were on the ballot, we would have won. You saw the people that were packed, thousands and thousands of people at every rally, and if I was on the ballot, we would have won, but they just -- you couldn't transfer that love. There was such love at those rallies; it was incredible. We weren't able to transfer the love to candidates,”
Trump maintained the party would have won if he were on the ballot.
“Is it worth the risk? I don't know. I can't answer that.”
Davis questioned whether the risks of sports gambling to game integrity are worth the financial rewards.
“Instead of protecting the civil rights of all Americans, she abandoned cases, purged the work force and weaponized the division to target institutions to achieve illegitimate, partisan goals.”
Kristen Clarke continued her criticism, saying Dhillon abandoned cases and weaponized the division for partisan goals.
“The lesson is clear: The group threatens all factions in Yemen, and efforts should be united to confront this threat,”
Al-Dubaish said the Houthis exploited past ceasefires to prepare for war and that Yemeni factions should unite to confront the Houthi threat.
“significant national security and intellectual property theft insider threat.”
The FBI warned that the North Korean fake IT worker scheme poses a significant insider threat to national security and intellectual property.
“There's a ton of confidence in Carson,”
O'Connell expressed confidence in Carson Wentz becoming the new starting quarterback.
“And it very predictably made the five of us in the majority targets for assassination and nearly resulted in the assassination of my colleague Brett Kavanaugh.”
Alito said the leak made the five justices in the majority targets for assassination and nearly resulted in the assassination of Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
“let this farewell take place without due tribute”
The Portuguese Football Federation said it would not let Ronaldo's farewell take place without a tribute.
“2026 was not simply a blue wave; it was a blue tsunami. It was an a---kicking. It was not simply a bad 2006 midterm election. It was a Watergate-level repudiation. What happened, and why? What are the consequences, and where on earth do we go from here?”
Cruz called the Republicans' midterm performance a blue tsunami and Watergate-level repudiation during his podcast released Wednesday.
“I paid for it myself. I fixed it, and now it’s more beautiful and in better shape,”
Trump defended his White House upgrades after Obama mocked his aesthetics.
“If I were on the ballot, I would have won,”
Trump responded to reporters' questions about the midterm losses.
“He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory, just gold everywhere,”
Obama joked at a recent Ohio rally in reference to Trump's aesthetics obsession.
“A journey that began in August 2003 and changed my life forever has come to an end.”
Ronaldo announced his retirement from international football in an Instagram video.
“The vaccine has been used for more than 30 years in more than 115 countries,”
The WHO representative explained why withholding the hepatitis B vaccine from newborns in the proposed trial was ethically unacceptable.
“We've seen this before many times,”
Jeffries added that such wildlife smuggling attempts have been seen many times before.
“remain a threat to civilians and the laws of war, the integrity of United States diplomacy, and the Constitution if allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with his duties and the rule of law.”
Massie read from his impeachment resolution contending that Hegseth will remain a threat if allowed to stay in office.
“Usually the Republicans have a lot of momentum going into these rural areas to where it wouldn’t matter what Democrats say,”
Landry said Republicans usually have momentum in rural areas regardless of what Democrats say.
“I'm more worried about the game on the field,”
Davis said his focus remains on athletes and competition as gambling and prediction markets continue to proliferate.
“This tells us that you can’t take rural Texas for granted,”
Landry said James Talarico's rural Texas performance should serve as a warning call to Republicans.
“They both have contracts with ESPN, and they get summarily dissed.”
Brando argued that the Big 12 and ACC are overlooked despite having ESPN contracts.
“I have full confidence that we will be effective in our efforts to fight back as a team.”
Scalise expressed confidence in Republicans' ability to fight back against Democrat investigations as a team.
“There are certainly people in Kansas that are like that: they’re pretty conservative, but they’re not beholden to Trump. And so I think one of the things this election did is peel off those people.”
Smith suggested the election peeled off conservative Kansans who are not beholden to Trump.
“Following the national team manager’s press conference, and after a conversation with the President of the Portuguese Football Federation, I have decided to leave the national team’s training camp,”
Ronaldo wrote this on Instagram after leaving Portugal's training camp in Copenhagen amid a dispute with coach Jorge Jesus.
“There were perfect afternoons and nights. There were victories I will never forget. There were defeats that still hurt to remember. I made mistakes; I suffered,”
In his farewell video, Ronaldo reflected on his international career without referencing his falling-out with coach Jorge Jesus.
“most Republican candidates this cycle were uninspiring, lazy, and thoroughly ineffective communicators.”
Bruesewitz posted on X blaming Republican candidates themselves for being uninspiring and ineffective communicators.
“Massie is a guy who is very destructive and is a very bad guy,”
Trump responded to questions about Massie's impeachment resolution Thursday morning by calling Massie destructive.
“Whatever has been done here could either be expanded, or it can be completely reset come 2028.”
Landry said the rural gains could be expanded or completely reset by 2028.
“I get these calls, you know, about him. I don't understand why.”
Trump acknowledged receiving calls from people unhappy with Hegseth but expressed confusion about the dissatisfaction.
“whether the prevention [of the disease] comes at a prohibitive price”
In a joint statement, Benn and Aaby clarified they were testing whether preventing hepatitis B comes at a prohibitive cost such as death or other negative health outcomes.
“No one confessed to publicly disclosing the document and none of the available forensic and other evidence provided a basis for identifying any individual as the source of the document,”
The marshal's report concluded that no one confessed and no forensic evidence identified the source of the leaked draft.
“protect as many jobs as possible”
Gordon Brothers said it was still in active discussions with interested suitors and had been seeking to protect jobs amid the sale process for Poundland.
“I don’t fault the frustration or the competitiveness in any way, shape or form,”
O'Connell addressed receiver Justin Jefferson's visible frustration following a loss to Detroit.
“It was a sacrifice for them, and they were awesome about it,”
Damon spoke about his family's support when he spent three and a half weeks away filming Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey.
“To the Portuguese people, the day has come for me to hand back the number seven shirt of our national team,”
Ronaldo announced his retirement from international football in an Instagram video.
“is the most important risk right now ... and I hope that our move in September and whatever else we might choose to do in the future will have some impact on inflation.”
Barkin identified inflation as the most important risk and expressed hope that Fed rate moves will have an impact on it.
“The elections are over. Now is the time to face reality,”
President Herzog accepted the certified results of the parliamentary elections and began consultations with party leaders on forming the next government.
“But that’s Vic. He takes pride on the defensive side and things like that are just natural to him.”
Harper praised Wembanyama's defensive pride and natural ability after his eight-block performance.
“Because the strength of a country is ultimately a reflection of the character, discipline and standards of the people who make it up. That’s you. Politics is downstream of culture. We can keep changing the people in charge, passing new laws and arguing over which party has the answers … but until we change the culture fostering, producing and tolerating the problems we have as a society, nothing fundamentally changes.”
Sophie Cunningham shared this post from Andy Frisella on Instagram one day after the midterm elections.
“Harmeet Dhillon has been the most destructive, lawless and hateful head of the civil rights division in DoJ history,”
Stacey Young, a former civil rights division lawyer, called Dhillon the most destructive head of the division in DoJ history.
“We think that there needs to be stronger regulations into the predictive markets,”
Goodell told CNBC Sport in September that stronger regulations are needed for prediction markets.
“The country had been expected to add it to its routine immunisation schedule in 2028, but officials are considering introducing it in the first quarter of next year,”
Mulombo said the WHO is working with Guinea-Bissau's government to introduce the birth-dose hepatitis B vaccine earlier than planned.
“He just gave the gift of life to [hundreds of] people who took the gift of life from their victims,”
Klaas, whose daughter was kidnapped and murdered in 1993, expressed disappointment over Newsom's commutation decision.
“That's a very power-intensive process, and that's exactly why we have power shortages in the summer,”
Ren explained that dry cooling's reliance on refrigeration units on hot days is power-intensive and contributes to summer power shortages.
“walking to school the same way I do every day”
Zepeda told the Guardian in writing that he was walking his usual route to school when ICE agents tackled and handcuffed him.
“Democrats are likely to leverage [an impasse] to win policy concessions,”
Hatzius said in a note that Democrats are likely to leverage a debt ceiling impasse to win policy concessions.
“I totally blew it,”
Damon admitted he regretted missing the celebration after The Departed won best picture at the 2007 Oscars.
“What is a person supposed to do with that? Between what Mr. Reyes was saying and what Dez saw him doing, Dez believed he was in real danger. He had no way of knowing whether there was a gun. No one in that moment would,”
McCathern alleged that when Reyes failed to provoke a reaction from Bryant, he threatened to shoot him.
“A population of weak, unhealthy, uninformed and dependent people is a hell of a lot easier to control than a population of strong, healthy, educated and self-reliant people. Your responsibility is to become the exact opposite of everything they want for you to the best of your abilities. Your REAL best. In my opinion that’s our obligation as Americans.”
Sophie Cunningham shared this post from Andy Frisella on Instagram one day after the midterm elections.
“there'll be plenty of time to worry about [2028] after the midterms.”
Cruz told ABC News' Linsey Davis in September he was focused on the midterms and would address 2028 afterward.
“Our country is trash”
Cloud tweeted this in 2023 after the Supreme Court ruled university affirmative action policies unconstitutional.
“The people of Sokoto came out in their thousands because they are hungry for change and believe in our promise to make life affordable again. What we witnessed in Sokoto is only the beginning.”
Abubakar said the large turnout in Sokoto reflected people's hunger for change and belief in his campaign promises.
“doesn’t understand that having asphalt going to your main entrance is not the right thing”
Trump said Obama didn't understand proper entrance design at the White House.
“My greatest wish is that the return of those funds be guaranteed, that the deposit guarantee fund fulfill its purpose, and that public funds – as well as the resources that belong to all Paraguayans – be protected,”
In his resignation address, Pena expressed his wish that customer and public funds be protected following the ueno bank collapse.
“JD Vance was never in favour of the Iran war to begin with, and he was put in a really awkward position of trying to negotiate the end of the Iran war when he himself didn’t want the US to get involved in that war in the first place.”
Lindstaedt told Al Jazeera that Vance was never in favour of the Iran war and was put in an awkward position.
“I think it's likely - potentially - that other women will come forward,”
Furphy believes more women may come forward following Brand's conviction.
“Any brown person regardless of their legal status is at risk of being pulled over, stopped and questioned.”
Hernández said any brown person regardless of legal status is at risk of being pulled over, stopped, and questioned by ICE.