January 13, 2026
House GOP tees up 2 amendment votes on latest funding package
House Republican leaders are allowing floor votes this week on several proposed tweaks to the latest government funding package after hard-liners demanded more input. The House Rules Committee voted Tuesday to allow votes on two amendments to the package that would fund the departments of Treasury and State, as well as the IRS and the […]
January 13, 2026
Trump to cut federal payments to sanctuary cities starting Feb 1 over immigration policies
President Donald Trump said his administration will cease federal payments to sanctuary cities and states with sanctuary policies starting Feb. 1, while citing jurisdictions that protect criminals and fuel fraud and crime. Speaking at the Detroit Economic Club, Trump said the move was aimed at cities and states that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration […]
January 13, 2026
Trump rips into GOP defectors as ‘real losers’ as Senate readies for final vote
President Donald Trump unloaded on a cohort of Senate Republicans who voted to rein in his policing powers in Venezuela, arguing that they couldn’t give a good reason to vote against him. During remarks at the Detroit Economic Club following a tour of a Ford plant in Dearborn, Mich., Trump harangued Republicans for not staying […]
January 13, 2026
Deepfake porn crackdown passes in Senate to allow people to sue
The Senate quietly passed legislation on Tuesday that would create stiffer penalties for explicit AI-manipulated images, known as deepfakes. The bill from Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., is designed to beef up federal penalties against the creation, distribution or solicitation of ‘non-consensual digital forgeries,’ or deepfakes. It’s geared to act as a companion to a previously […]
January 13, 2026
Lawmakers meet Danish officials to rebuke Trump’s Greenland grab
Arctic Caucus co-Chairs Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Angus King (I-Maine) will meet on Wednesday with Danish Ambassador Jesper Møller Sørensen to reaffirm their opposition to President Donald Trump’s effort to acquire Greenland. The closed-door meeting comes as Trump has floated the idea of obtaining Greenland “one way or another” — rhetoric that has drawn sharp […]
January 13, 2026
Graham suggests Trump ‘help’ Iran protesters with ‘military, cyber and psychological attacks’ against regime
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Tuesday suggested that the ‘meat and bones’ of President Donald Trump’s message of ‘help’ to Iran’s anti-regime demonstrators should include ‘military, cyber and psychological attacks’ against the regime. Graham issued the message in a post on X, describing Trump as ‘Reagan Plus’ and ‘certainly not Obama’ when it comes to […]
January 13, 2026
Warren-led inquiry draws new details on Trump ballroom donations from major corporations
A series of corporations have shared new details about donations to President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom, in response to queries by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and other lawmakers regarding contributions. Trump revealed in October 2025 that construction had gotten underway on the ballroom, which led to the demolition of the White House’s historic East Wing. […]
January 13, 2026
Letitia James sues HHS over tying federal funds to transgender policy
New York Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of state attorneys general sued the federal government Tuesday, claiming a new Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) policy illegally pressures states to discriminate against transgender people or risk losing critical funding. The lawsuit challenges a new federal policy that conditions billions of dollars in […]
January 13, 2026
Former Trump lawyer Halligan defends US prosecutor status in wake of Comey, James dismissals
Former Trump lawyer Lindsey Halligan argued in a new court filing Tuesday that a judge’s November ruling dismissing two criminal cases does not undermine her authority to serve as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia or to represent the federal government in ongoing cases. The new filing, previewed exclusively to Fox News Digital, […]
January 13, 2026
Deepfake porn bill allowing victims to sue passes Senate
The Senate passed legislation Tuesday to allow victims of nonconsensual deepfake pornography to sue the producers and distributors of such content. The proposal was put forward by Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on the Senate floor for unanimous consent, and is co-sponsored by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). It represents the latest in a line of […]
January 13, 2026
Trump admin exit from UN, international organizations raises question of who’s next
After the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw from dozens of United Nations and other international organizations, experts say more international bodies could soon find themselves on the chopping block. The announcement that the U.S. wouldexit 66 international organizationswas in response to President Donald Trump’s February 2025 executive order calling for a review of U.S. support […]
January 13, 2026
Greenland’s prime minister says ‘we choose Denmark’ over the US
Greenland’s prime minister declared Tuesday that, ‘we choose Denmark,’ if it had to decide between remaining a Danish territory or becoming part of the United States, a report said. Jens-Frederik Nielsen made the remark while appearing alongside Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen during a joint press conference in Copenhagen, according to Reuters. ‘We face a […]