Category: Fox Politics

FIRST ON FOX: The Trump administration released data on Tuesday morning showing that it had slashed the federal government workforce, while promising that there is more to come as Trump continues his push to rid the government of waste.  Data released by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) shows that the United States employs 2,289,472 […] ...

FIRST ON FOX: A pair of Republican oversight hawks escalated a complaint on Tuesday about a district court judge who is presiding over one of the Trump administration’s cases, alleging the judge has a financial conflict of interest. Reps. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman and member of the House Judiciary Committee, respectively, […] ...

EXCLUSIVE: The FBI blocked an investigation into allegations that the Chinese Communist Party manufactured fake driver’s licenses and shipped them to the U.S. in a scheme to influence the 2020 presidential election in favor of Joe Biden because it would “contradict” then-FBI Director Christopher Wray’s congressional testimony, newly declassified FBI documents obtained by Fox News […] ...

The House Rules Committee – which is the gateway for legislation to hit the House floor, meets shortly.  That committee will tee up the bill for floor debate tomorrow. The House will meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday. The House GOP brass wants to consider the “rule” – which is the pre-debate. Expect dilatory tactics by […] ...

Senate Republicans coalesced to pass President Donald Trump’s colossal “big, beautiful bill” early Tuesday morning.  Senate Republican leaders and the White House have pitched the legislative behemoth as a means to turbocharge the economy, root out waste, fraud and abuse in a slew of federal programs, and to make crucial investments in defense and Trump’s […] ...

The House of Representatives is beginning the final legislative sprint of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” before the commander in chief signs it into law. The powerful House panel is the final gatekeeper before most pieces of legislation get a chamber-wide vote. It comes after the Senate spent more than 24 hours straight considering […] ...

President Donald Trump during his visit to “Alligator Alcatraz,” located in the swamps of the Florida Everglades, said California Gov. Gavin Newsom should take a visit to the Sunshine State and “learn something” about curbing illegal immigration.   “Mr. President. Mr. Governor, what’s your message to Governor Gavin Newsom inside of this facility?” a reporter […] ...

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that deportation is the “only way out” of the new “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention center located deep in the Florida Everglades.  Trump speaking to reporters after touring the facility built on former airport in Miami-Dade County, said it will soon host “some of the most menacing migrants, some of the most […] ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday visited the official opening of an immigration detention camp in Florida’s Everglades that is surrounded by alligators dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” and said officials there would prioritize deporting the “worst of the worst” first.  The 3,000-bed facility is set to become the largest migrant detention center in the U.S., built as […] ...

The Senate has completed consideration of President Donald Trump’s $3.3 trillion, 940-page agenda bill, sending it back to the House of Representatives to sync up before hitting the commander in chief’s desk for his signature. It first passed the House by just one vote in late May, and now it must advance through the chamber […] ...

USAID will no longer send foreign assistance across the globe, with the State Department taking over any such programs that President Donald Trump’s administration wishes to continue, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Tuesday. Rubio made the announcement in a Tuesday statement, saying USAID had for decades failed to ensure the programs it funded actually […] ...

The House of Representatives is expected to take up the Senate’s modified version of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” this week. The Senate passed the bill after a marathon weekend session, which included Democrats forcing a read-through of the entire 940-page text. Vice President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote. The bill first passed […] ...

Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul tops each of her potential Republican challengers by 20 points or more in potential 2026 gubernatorial showdowns in blue-leaning New York State, according to a new poll. But Hochul, who is seeking a second four-year term steering the nation’s fourth most populous state, fails to top 50% in a new survey […] ...

Senate Republicans rallied to send President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” back to the House, notching a major victory in their record-shattering march toward getting the legislation signed into law. Nearly every Republican in the upper chamber coalesced to advance Trump’s $3.3 trillion megabill, save for Sens.Thom Tillis, R-N.C., Rand Paul, R-Ky, and Susan Collins, […] ...

While Republicans on the House Oversight Committee have started questioning former President Joe Biden’s Cabinet members about the alleged cover-up of his cognitive decline, a former Democratic National Committee (DNC) insider says she is sitting on a trove of answers.  In a wide-ranging exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Lindy Li, a former DNC fundraiser […] ...

Socialist Zohran Mamdani, the presumptive Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, is facing criticism over a campaign policy document that explicitly calls for shifting the city’s tax burden onto “richer and whiter neighborhoods.” Mamdani caused a political earthquake in this week’s primary, trouncing former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a stunning upset, all […] ...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s tough Bronx persona is under fresh scrutiny with a resurfaced childhood nickname from her suburban upstate New York upbringing casting doubt on that publicly portrayed image. The progressive champion’s latest spat with President Donald Trump over the Iran strikes again called into question her true upbringing when she declared on X that she […] ...

Former Texas Rep. Colin Allred is making another run for the U.S. Senate after the Democrat lost to Republican Sen. Ted Cruz just eight months ago. Allred is looking to challenge for the seat of Republican Sen. John Cornyn, who is facing his own challenge from within the Republican Party from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. […] ...

As sixth-generation fighter programs ramp up, military insiders are divided over whether future warplanes need pilots at all.  The Pentagon is pouring billions into next-generation aircraft, pushing the boundaries of stealth and speed. But as America eyes a future of air dominance, one question looms large: Should Americans still be risking their lives in the […] ...

Democratic Rep. Dwight Evans of Pennsylvania announced that he will not pursue re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives next year, but noted that he will finish his current term. According to a press release, the congressman indicated that he is “in good health and fully capable of continuing to serve,” but has “decided that […] ...

Senior Democratic Party officials vowed Monday to “fight tooth and nail” to keep in place federal campaign spending limits up for Supreme Court review this fall — describing the GOP-led effort to repeal the limits as unprecedented and dangerous ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review the case, National […] ...

Business tycoon Elon Musk indicated that he will donate to Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky. Massie, a fiscal hawk who was one of the two House Republicans who voted against the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that cleared the House of Representatives in May, also labeled President Donald Trump’s strikes against Iran last month as “not […] ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to formally lift all sanctions on Syria on Monday afternoon.  “The United States is committed to supporting a Syria that is stable, unified, and at peace with itself and its neighbors,” the order stated, while directing the secretaries of State, Commerce and Treasury to relieve sanctions and waive […] ...

Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus are warning they have serious issues with the Senate’s version of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” as it’s currently written. The group of GOP rebels argued in a public statement on Sunday that the Senate bill adds $1.3 trillion to the federal deficit, whereas the House-passed bill […] ...

FIRST ON FOX: The Trump administration is suing the city of Los Angeles, alleging that the policies interfere with federal immigration authorities from doing their jobs. “Sanctuary policies were the driving cause of the violence, chaos, and attacks on law enforcement that Americans recently witnessed in Los Angeles,” Attorney General Pam Bondi told Fox News […] ...