Senator-elect Scott Colom owes part of his political edge to growing up as an identical twin, according to his twin brother Andrew. Among Senate Democrats, the Mississippi senator will be the fourth with an identical twin. Andrew Colom tells CNN’s Erin Burnett: "It kinda helps Scott know how to stand out because he was used to getting a lot of attention for being a twin."
Senator-elect Scott Colom owes part of his political edge to growing up as an identical twin, according to his twin brother Andrew. Among Senate Democrats, the Mississippi senator will be the fourth with an identical twin. Andrew Colom tells CNN’s Erin Burnett: "It kinda helps Scott know how to stand out because he was used to getting a lot of attention for being a twin."
President Donald Trump honored veterans at the Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday and spoke about building his 250-foot triumphal arch. The proposed construction has been mired in legal challenges, including a lawsuit that argues it obstructs views of the Kennedy family’s gravesites in the cemetery as well as “the memorials of hundreds of thousands of fallen American heroes.”
In an interview with PEOPLE, former President Joe Biden opened up about his prostate cancer diagnosis, saying he would not have continued his reelection campaign had he known about his illness. He reflected on his 2024 debate performance against Donald Trump, which fueled concerns about his fitness for office, and weighed in on this year’s midterm elections results.
Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside Trinity College in Dublin, chanting and throwing milk toward former President Joe Biden as he attended an event honoring his son, Hunter Biden.
A migrant caravan of about 2,000 people left Mexico’s city of Tapachula, with some members of the caravan bound for the US. Some migrants hope the recent Democratic midterm win will ease US border controls imposed by President Donald Trump. But the US is warning that its immigration policies have not changed.
Michigan senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that he supports “cradle-to-grave” health care and “what you call it is a secondary issue.”
The Kennedy family is joining the legal fight against Trump’s planned 250-foot monument, arguing it would disrupt views of JFK’s grave and other memorials at Arlington National Cemetery.
Former Pentagon spokesman John Ullyot tells Erin Burnett that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is "going to get impeached," despite House Republicans blocking an immediate vote. Ullyot criticized Hegseth's behavior at a recent press conference, describing him as a "Fox News fire breather" who focuses on himself rather than the troops.
