Politics

The former chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., announced Wednesday his intention to run against Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., calling the Democratic Party "paralyzed and unprepared" for President Donald Trump's second term in office. In a lengthy message on X, Saikat Chakrabarti said he decided to run against the former House speaker, who is seeking a 21st term,...

A second federal judge moved to block President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship Wednesday, with the judge saying no court has yet sided with the administration on the issue."Citizenship is a most precious right, expressly granted by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution," U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman wrote in her ruling.This is a developing story. Check back...

To tariff, or not to tariff, that is the question to which President Donald Trump has, in recent days, given different answers. On Monday, hours before tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports were scheduled to take effect, Trump paused them for 30 days. The next day, yet another tariff, this one on goods from China, came into force. Before Trump...

Trump administration offers buyouts to federal employees Fox News' Peter Doocy reports the latest on the offer from the White House. Doocy and the 'Fox & Friends' co-hosts also discuss the decision to pull Gen. Mark Milley's security detail and Karoline Leavitt's first White House press conference.  As a deadline looms for government employees to fold to an ultimatum given...

Pro-choice lawmakers, doctors and advocates have argued the science is settled when it comes to the controversial abortion pill mifepristone. They say the drug is safe and that it needs to be widely available with virtually no restrictions. Even some GOP lawmakers have shown support for retaining women's access to the pill, which is much more widely available today than...

As President Trump reportedly weighs his options for accomplishing his campaign promise of eliminating the Department of Education, experts spoke to Fox News Digital about what that process will look like and what hurdles the president will have to overcome. "The administration is right to push to eliminate the ineffective and unpopular Department of Education," Jonathan Butcher, Will Skillman Senior Research...

A newly formed outside group aligned with President Donald Trump says it's taking aim at Republican senators who remain undecided on Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as it pushes to confirm Trump's Health and Human Services secretary.Patient First Coalition (PFC), a nonprofit advocacy group launched last week, says it's now beginning what it describes as a "massive grassroots effort" to encourage...

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is led by tech billionaire Elon Musk, is taking aim at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and, according to senior congressional sources, moved to seize control of the independent agency over the weekend.The senior congressional sources told Fox News that more than 50 senior USAID staff members were placed on administrative...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk ripped alleged "fraudulent" Treasury payments on Saturday as reports circulated that the Department of Government Efficiency has gained acces to the federal government's payment system as the second Trump administration continues cutting what they say is government fat and overspending. "The @DOGE team discovered, among other things, that payment approval officers at Treasury were instructed always to...

The Trump administration announced on Saturday that it is imposing tariffs through its new International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).President Donald Trump signed an executive order authorizing the tariffs Saturday, which will go into effect Tuesday, consisting of a 25% additional tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico and a 10% tariff on imports from China.Energy resources from Canada will...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel testified before Senate committees on Capitol Hill on Thursday as urgency builds to confirm President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominations. Kennedy, Trump’s nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), faced his second day of questioning on the Hill before the Senate Committee on Health, Education Labor & Pensions on Thursday. Kennedy...