Civil Rights activist Jesse Jackson has reportedly been placed on a form of life support after being hospitalized last week. Jackson, 84, is receiving life support treatment over blood pressure issues, according to CNN. He was hospitalized last week over a neurological condition called progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). Jackson has been on medication to manage his blood pressure for several days, though his medical team has been attempting to get him off it. In recent days, the civil rights leader has had flashes of awareness, but his overall health has steadily declined, according to CBS News. Family and friends of Jackson are reportedly traveling to Chicago to see him as his condition worsens. PSP is “a rare neurological disorder that affects body movements, walking and balance, and eye movements,” and is “caused by damage to nerve cells in areas of the brain that control thinking and body movements,” according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The institute notes that “most people with PSP develop severe disability within three to five years of symptom onset.” Jackson has dealt with symptoms of PSP for over a decade, according to the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the progressive civil rights group founded by Jackson. Jackson began exhibiting symptoms of a neurological disorder years ago and was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2017. In April, his diagnosis was confirmed as PSP. The aging civil rights leader had continued to make public appearances at least up until last year when he appeared at the Democratic National Convention. He continued to appear in person at the offices of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition until a few months ago, though he had been limited to a wheelchair. His condition has declined steadily while receiving around-the-clock care by family. The Associated Press reported last week that Jackson has struggled to keep his eyes up and that he has not been able to speak.

Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) warned on Sunday that the United States was quickly losing ground when it came to cybersecurity — and that communist China was stepping up its game equally quickly and had already “replaced Russia as the most formidable cyber threat.” Bacon, who currently serves as Chairman of the Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation (CITI),  joined CBS host Margaret Brennan on “Face the Nation,” where he broke down the obvious threat following the news that state-sponsored Chinese hackers had already succeeded in carrying out the first Artificial Intelligence-driven cyber-espionage operation. WATCH: “China has replaced Russia as the most formidable cyber threat,” Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) says after Anthropic announced Chinese hackers used its artificial intelligence technology in what the company believes is the first cyber-espionage operation largely carried out using AI.… pic.twitter.com/kPC3W73pLY — Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) November 16, 2025 “AI firm Anthropic said that Chinese state-sponsored hackers used their technology to automate break-ins and carry out the first cyber-espionage operation largely carried out using AI, it hit like 30 different companies,” Brennan began, asking, “What can you tell us about the scope and the targets of this attack?” “China has replaced Russia as the most formidable cyber threat,” Bacon replied. “They have much higher technology, they are using AI, which gives you a lot more capability at finding weaknesses in your adversaries’ cyber-defenses.” “What concerns me more than anything, while China is attacking us every single day — and Russia — we’ve had no commander in charge of cyber command for eight months,” Bacon continued, noting that the previous commander had been fired but hadn’t yet been replaced. “Also the top two positions at the National Security Agency are vacant.” “Our cyber capabilities are going backward. We’re rudderless in a time when China is attacking us every day,” he concluded. “That’s something that really concerns me, and I’ve been pushing the White House to deal with this.”

Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) had critics firing back over his recent comments at the Texas Tribune Festival — where he claimed that politicians should not use their power to render presidents or political parties “unsuccessful” due to their political differences. Schiff, who was elected to fill the late Senator Dianne Feinstein’s (D-CA) seat in 2024, spent the previous 24 years in the House of Representatives — argued that it was a “ruinous idea” to allow “good politics” to stand in the way of doing the right thing for the American people. WATCH: Adam Schiff: We have to get past the “ruinous idea” of making presidents unsuccessful because of politics and “stop viewing each other as our enemy.” You can’t make this stuff up. pic.twitter.com/V4aWcl6qvC — Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) November 15, 2025 “That attitude that you can make a president or a party unsuccessful, no matter what damage it might do to the country, because it’s good politics — we have to get past that ruinous idea,” he said. “We have to figure out a way to stop viewing each other as our enemy.” “That solution will come when we figure out how to be better consumers of information and how to determine what’s true and what’s not true, how to stop rewarding advertising behemoths for dividing us the way they do,” he claimed. Critics quickly called out the California senator, pointing to his own dogged efforts to render Trump “unsuccessful” or boot him out of office entirely. “Dilbert” creator Scott Adams posted, “Schiff’s entire game depends on people not remembering what he said yesterday.” Shiff’s and entire game depends on people not remembering what he said yesterday. https://t.co/Oli9cg4TcZ — Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) November 16, 2025 “Says the guy who from 2017 through 2019 was seemingly on cable news every day saying he had seen ‘direct evidence of Russia collusion,'” another said. Says the guy who from 2017 through 2019 was seemingly on cable news every day saying he had seen “direct evidence of Russia collusion.” https://t.co/2emxeu0LFU — IT Guy (@ITGuy1959) November 15, 2025 “Pot meet kettle,” Steve Guest summed up the situation. Pot meet kettle. https://t.co/kKSLfPuv6g — Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) November 16, 2025 Schiff spent most of Trump’s first term telling any media personality who would listen that he had proof of Trump’s “collusion” with Russia — proof that he never delivered. He then served as manager of President Donald Trump’s first impeachment in 2019, presenting a case that was so one-sided that it provoked an angry response from George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley. “If you make a high crime and misdemeanor out of going to the courts, it is an abuse of power — it’s your abuse of power,” Turley said at the time. “Fast and narrow is not a good recipe for impeachment.”

President Donald Trump took aim at several state senators in Indiana on Sunday, complaining that they were not getting on board with his plan to redraw the district map in their state — and in as many red states as possible — before the 2026 midterm elections. Trump lashed out in a post shared first on his Truth Social platform, suggesting that their refusal to back redistricting efforts could cost Republicans control of the House and putting pressure on Governor Mike Braun (R-IN) to make it happen. pic.twitter.com/iFtj2MiLG3 — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) November 16, 2025 “Very disappointed in Indiana State Senate Republicans, led by RINO Senators Rod Bray and Greg Goode, for not wanting to redistrict their State, allowing the United States Congress to perhaps gain two more Republican seats,” Trump posted. “The Democrats have done redistricting for years, often illegally, and all other appropriate Republican States have done it. Because of these two politically correct type ‘gentlemen,’ and a few others, they could be depriving Republicans of a Majority in the House, A VERY BIG DEAL!” Trump argued that Republicans needed to push just as hard as Democrats did when it came to redistricting, adding, “California is trying to pick up five seats, and no one is complaining about that. It’s weak ‘Republicans’ that cause our Country such problems — It’s why we have crazy Policies and Ideas that are so bad for America.” “Also, a friend of mine, Governor Mike Braun, perhaps, is not working the way he should to get the necessary Votes,” Trump continued, claiming that his endorsement was the reason Braun had won his election. “Any Republican that votes against this important redistricting, potentially having an impact on America itself, should be PRIMARIED,” he concluded. “Indiana is a State with strong, smart, and patriotic people. They want us to see our Country WIN, and want to, ‘MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!’ Senators Bray, Goode, and the others to be released to the public later this afternoon, should DO THEIR JOB, AND DO IT NOW! If not, let’s get them out of office, ASAP.” Trump has also threatened primaries against several Republicans — namely Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) — who have gotten on his bad side in recent weeks.

Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) lashed out at House Democrats who have been critical of the Senate Democrats who voted last week to end the longest government shutdown in history, saying that the pain a longer shutdown would have inflicted on the American people was not worth it. Kaine joined anchor Kristen Welker on Sunday’s broadcast of “Meet the Press,” and he responded to comments from House members like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) — some of whom have gone so far as to call for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to step down from his leadership role or retire altogether — by effectively telling them to mind their own business. WATCH Tim Kaine lashes out at AOC after NBC plays a clip of her saying Senate Democrats look weak. KAINE: “Would it have been another week of SNAP recipients losing their benefits? Another month of air travelers enduring chaos and even danger?” pic.twitter.com/gL4uvto4hi — RNC Research (@RNCResearch) November 16, 2025 Welker began with a clip of Ocasio-Cortez, who claimed that the Democrats who voted to end the shutdown were sending a message to voters that “Democrats are weak” and then — ignoring the fact that Democrats had been the ones keeping the government from reopening from the start — argued that all Republicans had to do to make them cave was “hurt working people.” Kaine was not having any of that, however, and he said so. “I have 320,000 federal employees in Virginia, and together with their families that’s probably 700,000 dependents. Getting them all back to work with two paychecks that they’ve missed restored, with protections against future firings, you know, some folks like AOC may think that’s nothing. Virginians think that’s an awful lot.” Kaine went on to ask what some of the others who voted to end the shutdown had asked themselves before changing their votes: “Would it have been another week of SNAP recipients losing their benefits? Another month of air travelers enduring chaos and even danger?” Others in the House, like Khanna, have argued that because the Senate Democrats did not hold out longer, that proved it was time for Schumer to step down. He also suggested that Sens. Chris Murphy (D-CT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) would be good replacements. WATCH: Dem Rep Ro Khanna goes scorched earth on Chuck Schumer… …then names Chris Murphy, Cory Booker and Elizabeth Warren as “dynamic” talents that could lead the party forward. Yikes. pic.twitter.com/IDLdq4iG7g — Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) November 16, 2025 Kaine was clearly unimpressed with Khanna as well, saying, “I don’t tell Ro Khanna or AOC or anybody else who you should pick as your House leader, because I got a full time job being a senator. I don’t need to freelance opinions about House leadership. They should focus on their own leadership and let senators do what we need to do to keep this country moving forward.” WATCH: Tim Kaine: “I don’t tell Ro Khanna or AOC or anybody else who you should pick as your House leader, because I got a full time job being a senator. I don’t need to freelance opinions about House leadership. They should focus on their own leadership and let senators do what we need… pic.twitter.com/tN4N1Xe50w — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 16, 2025