The Senate Intelligence Committee will hold a hearing on Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination to be director of national intelligence on Thursday, Jan. 30. Gabbard is one of President Donald Trump’s most controversial nominees — with open speculation over whether she can be confirmed. At least two Republican members of the Intelligence Committee remain on the fence, […]
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Top House Democrats are pouring cold water on a Republican proposal to trade a debt limit increase for California wildfire aid, with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries telling reporters it was a “nonstarter.” He did not address whether Democrats would be willing to parlay on a more expansive deal that would include government funding ahead […]
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and all other Senate Democrats blocked the ‘Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act’ from advancing in the chamber on Wednesday. The measure would require health care practitioners to seek to save the life of a baby born during an attempted abortion, and ensure that the infant is hospitalized. ‘I’ve always stood on […]
President Donald Trump sat down for an exclusive interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity on Wednesday, his first since returning to the White House. Trump has routinely answered questions from reporters during his first week in office, including from Hannity. In front of a primetime audience, Trump reflected on his return to the White […]
A group focused on combating the influence of China in the United States has launched a major ad buy to push state Republicans to move on President Trump’s agenda related to the threat China poses to U.S. agriculture. The Protecting America Initiative, which bills itself as a ‘coalition of concerned American citizens and public policy […]
The Senate Banking Committee voted 13-11, along party lines, on Thursday to advance Scott Turner’s nomination to be secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, with Democrats voting no over concerns about Turner’s unfinished FBI background check. If confirmed by the full Senate, the NFL veteran and former developer would run a department […]
A key senator on the Armed Services Committee says he is standing by President Donald Trump’s Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth, pushing back on those he called ‘anonymous sources with ulterior motives’ who are casting doubt on his character. Senate Armed Services Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., in a statement Wednesday criticized recent reports on a […]
If you work in the Senate, we’re sorry about your weekend plans for the foreseeable future. Majority Leader John Thune appears to be making good on his threat to keep senators in town to confirm a trio of President Donald Trump’s nominees, after Democrats delayed CIA pick John Ratcliffe and continue to raise concerns about […]
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! On Tuesday, President Donald Trump issued an executive order revoking President Lyndon Baines Johnson’s Executive Order 11246 from September of 1965 (and many other similar orders and memoranda from over the decades since). Trump’s new order is true to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the […]
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Wednesday that the looming tariffs that President Donald Trump is expected to slap on U.S. trading partners could be viewed positively. Despite fears that the duties could spark a global trade war and reignite inflation domestically, the head of the largest U.S. bank by assets said they could protect American interests and bring trading […]