GOP Leaders Demand Answers on Bank Failures

Senate Republican Whip John Thune tells reporters on Capitol Hill that his colleagues want to know why regulators "were asleep at the switch" and missed the problems at recently failed Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. Asked about Governor Ron DeSantis' comments about the Ukraine war being a "territorial dispute," he says there are lots of different opinions on U.S. involvement in Ukraine but says the majority view among Senate Republicans is that the U.S. has a "vital national security interest" there. Asked about Senator McConnell's absence, he says that he hasn't spoken directly with him but has "communicated" with him via "text." close