President Trump is building anticipation around his forthcoming State of the Union speech, including hinting at potential news-making announcements that may arrive in the annual address to the nation.
Trump has declined to definitively share details about his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un or whether he will declare a national emergency to direct construction of a wall along the southern border, instead teasing that such high-profile questions will be answered in his speech.
President Trump in an interview broadcast Sunday ducked questions about his handling of race relations in the country, pointing instead to economic gains for minority groups.
“This country hasn’t dealt well with issues of race. We have a president who’s a racist," Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), who is considering running for president in 2020, said during an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press."
Reps. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) and Donald McEachin (D-Va.), who are leaders of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), on Sunday called on Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) to resign.
“He finished medical school, received a yearbook with a racist picture on his page in the yearbook and he has said nothing about it," Derrick Johnson said.
"Ralph is a good, moral, decent man. And may have made some mistakes in his past. We all have made mistakes. Ralph will do the right thing for the commonwealth of Virginia. He will put Virginia first. And I think that will happen relatively soon."
“Even if the worst case scenario is true, I think there is an issue of redemption. Redemption is a very powerful factor in what people are able to accomplish," former Virginia Rep. Jim Moran (D) said on ABC's "This Week."
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) on Sunday said the select panel negotiating a deal to keep the government funded has "a chance" to make a deal.
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) said Sunday that he feels "confident" members of a bipartisan committee negotiating border security funding will be able to reach an agreement, despite President Trump's skepticism.
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) said Sunday that it would not be his "first choice" to have President Trump declare a national emergency to build a wall along the southern border.
Two-thirds of Americans in a new poll said President Trump should not declare a national emergency to secure funding for his desired wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
"We need to be a lot more aggressive and a lot more thoughtful as we deal with immigration going forward. And until we put this political divisiveness beside us, we’re just going to keep moving the ball up and down the field and nobody is going to score," former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge says.
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) on Sunday said President Trump's public dispute with U.S. intelligence agency leaders is "troubling to all of us."
"All I want to do is be able to watch," President Trump said on "Face the Nation" on CBS. "We have an unbelievable and expensive military base built in Iraq. It's perfectly situated for looking at all over different parts of the troubled Middle East rather than pulling up.
President Trump said in an interview broadcast Sunday that he has not thought about the possibility of a pardon for Roger Stone, but offered praise for his longtime confidant.
Americans in a new poll are split evenly over whether the NFL should require players who are on the field during the national anthem to stand, though most disapproved of how President Trump and league owners responded to protests during "The Star-Spangled Banner."
President Trump said in an interview broadcast Sunday that he would let his son Barron play football if he wanted to, but that he would not steer him into that decision.
"I asked him the question the other day, he says he's absolutely not leaving," Trump said. "I don't think he'd do that. And he doesn't want to be lame duck. And he's doing a fantastic job as our secretary of State. Great energy and a great, smart gentleman."
"I've said I'd make a decision by March 31. I've been talking to other candidates, I want to see what the positions are out there," Terry McAuliffe said on CNN's "State of the Union," adding he's talked to "over 400 people" about it.
