A federal judge on Tuesday appeared receptive to the claim from Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., that the Pentagon is retaliating against him for protected political speech, raising concerns about potential violations of the First Amendment. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon is considering whether to issue a preliminary injunction that would halt War Secretary Pete […]
For months after the Trump administration dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development, critics warned that America’s global health programs were being gutted. What drew far less attention was what replaced it. In December 2025, the White House quietly rolled out the America First Global Health Strategy, shifting control of U.S. global health aid from […]
Congress just launched itself onto a nine-day runway to overcome deep partisan divides over the fate of President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda — and conditions are trending toward another lengthy shutdown for the Department of Homeland Security. According to several senators, DHS funding talks were largely on hold while lawmakers waited for the House […]
Sen. Mitch McConnell checked himself into a local hospital Monday night “in an abundance of caution” after experiencing “flu-like symptoms,” a spokesperson for the Kentucky Republican said Tuesday. McConnell missed Senate votes on Monday and Tuesday. A polio survivor, McConnell has had increasingly public mobility challenges, including a series of falls in recent years, and […]
Congress has 10 days to prevent another shutdown — this one exclusively affecting the Department of Homeland Security. There’s not much optimism about a deal. At issue is one of the thorniest issues in national politics — federal immigration enforcement, including new guardrails for agencies and repercussions for the local jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate […]
Leaked documents from the Iranian regime reveal a coordinated plan by its security apparatus, approved by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to violently suppress nationwide protests using force, surveillance and internet shutdowns. Excerpts of the documents, reviewed by Fox News Digital, show that Iran’s Supreme National Security Council developed the strategy after the 2019 nationwide […]
A House Foreign Affairs Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee hearing on Tuesday underscored what lawmakers and witnesses repeatedly described as a ‘historic’ but ‘narrowing’ opportunity to weaken Hezbollah and restore Lebanese state sovereignty, while exposing sharp disagreement over whether current U.S. policy is moving fast or forcefully enough. Opening the hearing, Chairman Mike Lawler, […]
SpaceX on Monday acquired xAI, the artificial intelligence startup that also owns the X social media platform, in a deal combining two companies owned by Elon Musk. Musk in a news release said that the combination would aim to pursue AI data centers in outer space. The deal comes on the verge of SpaceX’s highly […]
President Donald Trump has signed legislation ending the partial government shutdown that started Friday at midnight. The legislation Trump signed funds agencies including the Department of War, the Department of State, the Treasury Department and others through the end of September and the end of the fiscal year. However, it only funds the Department of […]
A Senate Republican suggested Wednesday that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., had his feelings hurt by not being included in the Trump-Schumer deal to fund the government. The House passed the five-bill funding package, along with a two-week funding extension for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), on Tuesday. Jeffries and most House Democrats, […]