October 28, 2025
Judge extends order barring mass firings of federal workers during shutdown
A federal judge has indefinitely extended her order banning the Trump administration from mass firing federal employees during the government shutdown. Following a hearing Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston granted a preliminary injunction blocking reductions in force — better known as RIFs — at most major government agencies. Barring further action by a higher […]
October 28, 2025
Mike Johnson, Marjorie Taylor Greene clash in heated private GOP call over shutdown strategy
House Republicans held a lawmaker-only conference call on Tuesday that grew tense when Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., confronted Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on his strategy to navigate the ongoing government shutdown. Johnson has been holding weekly calls to keep GOP lawmakers updated on the shutdown while instructing them to remain in their home districts […]
October 28, 2025
Everything you need to know about Election Day 2025: Critical elections, ballot measures and more
Voters across the country will head to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 4, to cast votes in pivotal elections that many will interpret as critical bellwethers of where the country stands politically almost a year into President Donald Trump’s second term and a year before the midterm elections. Here are the top elections that people from […]
October 28, 2025
Trump dangles ‘big as you get’ carrot in bid to tempt Kim and jump-start new North Korea talks
As President Donald Trump floats the idea of meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the question in Washington and Seoul is whether there could be any real substance left in a summit that once dominated global headlines. For Trump, the answer may lie less in new breakthroughs and more in reviving an old […]
October 28, 2025
Troops will get their paychecks this week, Vance says
Vice President JD Vance said military members will continue receiving their pay amid the government shutdown, suggesting to reporters Tuesday that President Donald Trump has identified new funding to avoid a first-ever lapse in troop pay. “We believe that we can continue to pay the troops on Friday,” he said after addressing a closed-door Senate […]
October 28, 2025
Trump predicts ‘very happy’ outcome ahead of face-to-face with China’s Xi after tariff threats
President Donald Trump predicted that his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping would prove beneficial amid ongoing trade negotiations between the two countries during Trump’s Asia trip. ‘We’re going to be going to South Korea and, the following day, meeting with President Xi…that’s a big meeting and I think it’s going to work out very […]
October 28, 2025
House Democrats accuse Trump of trying to ‘steal’ $230M from taxpayers through DOJ
House Democrats accused President Donald Trump on Monday of attempting to use the Department of Justice to improperly pay himself for legal damages he has incurred over the past decade, and they demanded senior department officials recuse themselves from the matter. In a public letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche […]
October 28, 2025
Schumer again blocks GOP bid to reopen government as air traffic controllers go unpaid
Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked Republicans’ 13th attempt to reopen the government after having nearly a week to mull their options — and with a series of pressure-point deadlines rapidly closing in. On the 28th day of the shutdown, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., tried to advance the House-passed continuing resolution (CR) and was […]
October 28, 2025
Trump nominee for Kuwait ambassador falters
At least three Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will oppose President Donald Trump’s pick for ambassador to Kuwait, Amer Ghalib — all but dooming his nomination inside the panel and likely on the chamber floor, as well. It would be the second time this month that a Trump nominee has been tanked by […]
October 28, 2025
Trump rallies US military’s might, floats armed forces pay raise in address to troops in Japan
President Donald Trump spoke to U.S. service members aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier George Washington in Yokosuka, Japan, Tuesday morning to promote his administration’s ‘peace through strength’ military messaging on the world stage. ‘A year and a half ago, we had a different country than we do right now,’ Trump told the military members. ‘Now […]
October 28, 2025
Trump files ‘powerhouse’ appeal in ‘politically charged’ Manhattan district attorney case
President Donald Trump’s legal team filed a ‘powerhouse’ appeal in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case against him, demanding the verdict be thrown out and that the ‘most politically charged prosecution in our Nation’s history,’ as they called it, be dismissed altogether. Fox News Digital obtained the 111-page appeal filed in New York Supreme Court’s […]
October 28, 2025
‘Things are getting real’: No plans for SNAP patch in House, Johnson says
Speaker Mike Johnson made clear to House Republicans on a private call Tuesday that GOP leaders have no plans to put a standalone bill for expiring food aid benefits up for a vote as the shutdown pressure mounts on Democrats before Nov. 1. “Things are getting real” this week, Johnson said as he braced his […]