August 11, 2025
What Trump can — and can’t — do in his bid to take over law enforcement in DC
President Donald Trump’s attempt to take over law enforcement in Washington, D.C., is once again testing the bounds of his authority to militarize a major U.S. city. The capital, unlike other cities, is already subject to significant federal control — and Trump is invoking his emergency powers to solidify it. But the intersection of complicated […]
August 11, 2025
Trump is threatening to ‘federalize’ DC with National Guard and more. Here’s how that could play out
President Donald Trump is weighing whether to deploy up to 1,000 National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., as early as this week, Fox News has learned, in an effort to help deal with what he characterized as a surge in violent crime. The plans come just one day after Trump vowed on Truth Social to evict […]
August 11, 2025
Fiscal hawks seek millions for home district projects amid government funding debate
House GOP fiscal hawks have requested tens of millions of federal dollars for projects in their home districts for fiscal year 2026, an analysis by Fox News Digital has found. It’s common practice for congressional lawmakers to request funding for specific community initiatives for the people they represent – measures called ‘earmarks.’ Critics of such […]
August 11, 2025
Summit with Putin set to top Trump’s agenda this week as Ukraine war takes center stage
President Donald Trump’s week will culminate in a high-stakes summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, where the two leaders are expected to discuss the war in Ukraine and the broader state of U.S.–Russia relations on the global stage. The summit, scheduled for Friday, has drawn international scrutiny amid concerns that Washington and Moscow […]
August 11, 2025
Trump continues supporting Sen. Lindsey Graham’s re-election bid while phoning into Republican event
President Donald Trump recently spoke to the South Carolina Republican Party’s Silver Elephant Gala through a phone that Sen. Lindsey Graham held up to a microphone. Trump, who endorsed Graham for re-election earlier this year, continued expressing his support for the senator while speaking on the phone. Trump said the senator has his ‘full endorsement,’ […]
August 11, 2025
Another megabill? Senate Republicans have their doubts.
House Republicans are pushing for a second megabill. The Senate GOP’s not so sure. After a grueling ordeal to get President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” signed into law last month, Speaker Mike Johnson and other leaders are already talking about crafting at least one more domestic policy package that can pass along party lines […]
August 10, 2025
Zelenskyy thanks NATO, European leaders for backing his push to join Trump‑Putin summit
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday thanked European leaders for backing his push to join this week’s U.S.–Russia summit, as Kyiv fears Washington and Moscow could strike a deal to end the war but in a way that undermines Ukraine’s sovereignty. ‘The end of the war must be fair, and I am grateful to everyone […]
August 10, 2025
NATO chief says upcoming Trump-Putin meeting will be about ‘testing’ Russian leader
President Donald Trump will use the upcoming summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin to test how serious Putin is about ending the war with Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said Sunday. Rutte told ABC’s ‘This Week’ that the meeting comes as Trump continues to put pressure on Putin, noting the recent secondary sanctions on […]
August 10, 2025
China’s watching closely, Lindsey Graham says ahead of Trump’s peace talks with Putin
China is watching as President Donald Trump pushes for a diplomatic solution to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, Sen. Lindsey Graham told NBC’s Kristen Welker in an interview that aired Sunday. The stakes? “If it ends in a way that looks like that Putin’s overly rewarded, there goes Taiwan,” Graham (R-S.C.) said on […]
August 10, 2025
Summertime and the living is uneasy on Capitol Hill
Senate Republicans faced a choice recently: Remain in session and confirm more of President Trump’s nominees, or finally abandon Washington for the vaunted August recess. Senators hung around – a little while – knocking out some of the President’s nominees for administration positions. But not all. That drew the ire of some conservatives, Trump loyalists […]
August 10, 2025
Putin ally warns ‘titanic efforts’ are underway to sink Trump summit over Ukraine war
A senior member of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle warned that multiple countries are mounting ‘titanic efforts’ to undermine the upcoming summit between the Russian leader and U.S. President Donald Trump. The two leaders are scheduled to meet in Alaska on Aug. 15, though Trump’s announcement, made via a Truth Social post on Friday, […]
August 10, 2025
Senate Republicans reveal dramatic dealmaking behind Trump’s $3.3T megabill passage
Senate Republicans left Washington this week to sell President Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill,’ but the road to creating and passing the legislation began just over a year and a half ago. Trump’s $3.3 trillion megabill, crammed with his legislative priorities on border security, defense and energy, was a product months in the making. And […]