Day: June 12, 2025

A federal judge pressed the Department of Justice during a hearing Thursday about whether President Donald Trump followed the law when he activated the National Guard in response to recent anti-immigration enforcement protests and riots in Los Angeles County, California. Judge Charles Breyer, a Clinton appointee, repeatedly drew comparisons to a monarchy as he weighed […] ...

While giving a briefing on federal efforts to restore peace in Los Angeles, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem‘s press conference Thursday became engulfed in a display some critics called “political theater” when a California Democratic lawmaker interrupted Noem’s remarks.  After loudly speaking over Noem and approaching the podium where she was standing, Sen. Alex Padilla, […] ...

The New York Mets won their Thursday afternoon matchup against the NL East division rival Washington Nationals. While the 4-3 victory was the Mets’ sixth consecutive win, the game was marred by what appeared to be a serious injury to one of their key players. Starting pitcher Kodai Senga recorded one out in the sixth […] ...

The CIA released 54 declassified documents related to the assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) on Thursday, providing an additional 1,450 pages of material for the public to scour through for answers to their conspiracies. CIA Director John Ratcliffe released the documents in response to an executive order signed by President Donald Trump to […] ...

The Department of Justice on Thursday advised its nearly 100 U.S. Attorney Offices to be prepared for criminal investigations related to the planned nationwide protests on Saturday against the Trump administration’s policies. Thousands of “No Kings” protests are slated to take place across the country on Saturday, with attendees expected to rally against the Trump […] ...

Boston Red Sox top prospect, and the No. 1 prospect in baseball according to MLB Pipeline, Roman Anthony made his long-awaited debut at Fenway Park on Tuesday night.  While all baseball eyes were on Anthony, he wasn’t the only member of the family who went viral.  Lia Anthony, Roman’s sister, told Boston-based WEEI’s “The Greg […] ...

Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh is entering his second season coaching the team, and he has already made a strong impression on his players.  Chargers kicker Cameron Dicker raved about Harbaugh’s ability to connect with players and his authenticity.  “It’s fun. It’s funny he loves you like your own parents love you. So, […] ...

Ahead of the second New York City mayoral debate, former New York Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo admitted that, despite previous testimony to Congress to the contrary, he did see the report detailing the number of COVID nursing home deaths and that he may have altered the report. Speaking with local outlet PIX 11 News on […] ...

Tom Brady is by far the most accomplished player to have worn a New England Patriots uniform. The former NFL quarterback won six of his seven Super Bowl titles during his two-decade run in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Brady spent the final three seasons of his storied career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, winning one more championship […] ...

An Oklahoma man who pledged his loyalty to the Islamic State wanted to carry out a terrorist attack on the Oklahoma Sooners’ football stadium in 2023, court records show. Landon Kyle Swinford said he and a source who turned out to be an undercover officer noticed flaws in the stadium’s security situation and began scouting […] ...

Elmo has a friend, indeed. Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., brought along a stuffed friend to help make a point on the House floor Thursday. Jeffries held up a stuffed Elmo doll while accusing Republicans of targeting beloved children’s shows like “Sesame Street” in their push to slash federal spending. “Today, we are on the […] ...

Democratic Senators Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Tim Kaine D-Va., and Alex Padilla, D-Calif., introduced legislation on Thursday to hold Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and other Salvadoran leaders “accountable” for their alleged human rights abuses and for the country’s “collusion with the Trump administration to imprison people from the United States without due process.” Titled the […] ...

After Democratic California Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed and detained during a press event in his home state involving Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, his Republican colleagues blasted the senator for potentially breaking the law and making “a spectacle of himself” rather than doing his job. Video of the incident showed Padilla trying to […] ...

A 6-year-old Florida boy who fell into a pool and started drowning was saved due to the quick-thinking heroics of a stranger – and it was all caught on camera. Surveillance video shows the young boy, named Oscar, arrive at the pool in Fort Lauderdale with an adult.  He tries to jump onto a pool […] ...

Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump administration, Capitol Hill and more Fox News politics content.  Here’s what’s happening… Eighteen-term Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters resurfaced in the news after several run-ins with federal authorities during the ongoing illegal immigration riots in California, just as her House tenure began […] ...

Scientists say that they have formulated a way to help people in stressful and demanding work environments track their brainwaves and brain usage — an electronic tattoo device, or “e-tattoo,” on the person’s face. In a study posted in the science journal Device, the team of researchers wrote that they found e-tattoos to be a […] ...

A team of scientists at the Institute for Advanced Study School of Natural Sciences in Princeton, New Jersey, might have found a new dwarf planet, potentially leading to more evidence of a theoretical super-planet. The scientists announced in a news release that they have found a trans-Neptune Object(TNO), code-named 2017OF201, located past the icy and desolate […] ...

Oceans around the globe have become darker over the last two decades, leaving researchers fearful for their marine inhabitants, according to a new study. Professor Thomas Davies of the University of Plymouth said in a study published in the Global Change Biology journal there is growing concern for the marine ecosystem. Satellite data from NASA’s […] ...

An underwater volcano off the Oregon coast could erupt late this year, scientists say.  The volcano, known as Axial Seamount, is more than 4,900 feet beneath the Pacific Ocean and 300 miles off the Oregon coast, but it is showing signs it will soon erupt for the first time since 2015. The volcano is formed […] ...

Los Angeles residents may begin seeing Marines in the area as soon as Thursday, with protection operations in coordination with the National Guard set to begin Friday. The 700 Marines were reportedly sent by President Donald Trump to Seal Beach, which is south of L.A. County, to train for nonlethal weapons training—including hand-to-hand combat and […] ...

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Lindsey Graham is pushing forward to fund President Donald Trump’s border security agenda despite objections from a key Senate Republican who wants to cut the spending in half. The South Carolina Republican, who chairs the Senate Budget Committee, unveiled the Senate’s plan to fund the president’s border security desires, with billions […] ...

Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., tore into a fellow Empire State lawmaker Thursday after the latter accosted Lawler on the House floor. Chaos briefly broke out in the House of Representatives during the chamber’s final vote series of the week, when Rep. John Mannion, D-N.Y., began shouting at Lawler that he was on the wrong side […] ...

Billionaire Mark Cuban seemed to realize this week that liberals’ social media alternative to X, the platform Bluesky, has become toxic and “hateful” because of the anger on display there. In a series of recent posts to Bluesky, the business mogul lamented that people on the platform – the majority being liberals – have “grown […] ...

Protesters are anticipated to converge on Washington this weekend in response to President Donald Trump‘s Flag Day military parade commemorating the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary. “With Trump Sending Troops Into Los Angeles, Rounding Up Tens of Thousands of Immigrants Without Any Due Process, Attacking Democratic Party Officials, and Brutalizing Protesters… Now Is the Time To […] ...

Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., called for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem to resign Thursday after fellow California Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from a press conference.  “Kristi Noem should never have been appointed to that office,” Schiff told reporters back on Capitol Hill. “She should resign from that office. There ought […] ...