Judge temporarily blocks Trump admin layoffs of thousands of federal workers during government shutdown

A federal judge in San Francisco on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from continuing government furloughs, granting a temporary restraining order sought by labor unions that argued layoffs were unlawful during the ongoing government shutdown. U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston, a Clinton appointee, ordered the administration not to issue any reduction in force notices […]

Pentagon advisor accused of hoarding classified docs placed on leave by prominent DC think tank

A prominent Washington think tank told Fox News Digital that one of its experts, who is a State Department employee, was placed on administrative leave after being accused of removing classified documents from secure locations and meeting with Chinese officials dating back to 2023.  The Justice Department announced Tuesday that Ashley Tellis of the Carnegie […]

Trump hammers rise in left-wing political violence in Charlie Kirk remarks: ‘Devil’s ideology’

President Donald Trump decried left-wing violence on Tuesday while speaking at the ceremony to posthumously honor conservative activist Charlie Kirk with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. ‘We’ve watched legions of far-left radicals resort to desperate acts of violence and terror because they know that their ideas and arguments are persuading no one. They know that […]

Shutdown faces taxpayer reckoning as lawmaker works to expose ‘true cost of Democrats’ political stunt’

Republican Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst introduced a bill Wednesday that would require federal agencies to submit detailed reports outlining the true full costs of a government shutdown, including back pay for furloughed employees.  ‘Schumer’s Shutdown shenanigans have already wasted $4.4 billion paying 750,000 ‘non-essential’ federal employees not to work for more than two weeks,’ Ernst told […]

Hawley pushes ban on Obamacare coverage for gender transitions, abortion amid shutdown: ‘No more loopholes’

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is introducing legislation this week that would fully ban coverage of abortion and gender transition care for minors within the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Fox News Digital has learned. While existing law prohibits the use of federal funds to pay for elective abortions under the Hyde Amendment, many plans on the […]

Charlie Kirk’s legacy guiding ‘unhappy’ generation toward faith, family and fulfillment endures after death

Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk’s death has not dimmed his legacy of encouraging an increasingly ‘unhappy’ generation to seek meaning and purpose through faith and family, young Americans told Fox News Digital. ‘I think we live in a world where people are more unhappy than ever,’ Georgetown University student Elizabeth Oliver said. ‘Depression rates […]

Erika Kirk honors late husband Charlie in emotional White House tribute: ‘A free man made fully free’

At a White House ceremony in the Rose Garden on Tuesday on what would have been her husband’s 32nd birthday, Erika Kirk accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom on behalf of Charlie Kirk and delivered a powerful, deeply personal tribute to his life and legacy. ‘Thank you, Mr. President, for honoring my husband in such […]