Trump-backed plan to avoid government shutdown advances to House-wide vote as Republicans defect
House Republicans’ plan to avert a partial government shutdown and crack down on election security surpassed a key hurdle Monday evening, though it’s headed for an uncertain fate in a chamber-wide vote this week. Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is aiming to
McCaul says he will hold Blinken in contempt after State Department shrugs off his demands for testimony
Foreign Affairs Chairman Rep. Mike McCaul said he still intends to haul in Antony Blinken on the Afghanistan withdrawal even after his sprawling report was completed, and will hold him in contempt of Congress if he does not comply. ‘This was
Mike Johnson faces conservative mutiny over Trump-backed plan to avert government shutdown
House GOP leaders’ plan to avert a partial government shutdown at the end of this month could be derailed by mounting opposition from fiscal hawks within their own party. Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., rolled out legislation late last week to extend
Sen. Tuberville blocks promotion of Lloyd Austin’s top military aide
Sen. Tommy Tuberville has blocked the promotion of an Army general who is a senior aide to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, people familiar with the matter said, threatening a confrontation between the Republican firebrand and the Pentagon just weeks before
Vance, Republicans elevate false claims about Haitian immigrants eating Americans’ pets
Some Republicans, including Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance, on Monday amplified the false and dehumanizing claim that immigrants in Ohio who came into the country during the Biden-Harris administration are injuring and eating Americans’ pets. The baseless and bizarre belief
White House pushes back against scathing report on Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan
The White House pushed back on a report released Sunday by Republican lawmakers criticizing President Biden’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, calling the report partisan and offering ‘little or nothing new.’ Texas Rep. Mike McCaul, the Republican chair of the
Mike Pence, other former top Trump officials featured in Harris campaign ad slamming Trump as ‘dangerous’
A new ad from the Harris campaign slamming Donald Trump as ‘dangerous’ will feature comments from several former top Trump officials, including former Vice President Mike Pence. The ad, titled, ‘The Best People,’ seeks to bring old criticisms targeted at Trump
Justice Kagan: Lower court judges could enforce Supreme Court ethics code
NEW YORK — Justice Elena Kagan on Monday brushed aside concerns about whether lower-court judges could effectively enforce the Supreme Court’s new ethics rules, saying those on the federal bench are more than capable of holding justices to account. “I just
DeSantis election police question people who signed abortion ballot petition
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s election police unit is investigating alleged fraud in signature gathering for the state’s upcoming abortion referendum in a move that critics say is designed to intimidate voters. In the past week, two people reported that an agent
Obama’s half brother rips Biden-Harris agenda while hyping second Trump term: ‘We’re going to win’
Former President Obama’s half brother is backing former President Trump for president and spoke to Fox News Digital about why he left the Democratic Party and why he believes Trump is ‘going to win’ in November. ‘I’m supporting President Trump. I’ve