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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 […] ...

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 […] ...

Candace Cameron Bure is officially in vacation mode.  On Wednesday, the “Full House” alum, 49, took to social media to share a series of photos from her tropical getaway with husband Valeri Bure.  The first photo features the Great American Family star relaxing beachside in her string bikini, sunglasses and hat.  CANDACE CAMERON BURE ADMITS […] ...

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces killed a Syria-based ISIS official during an airstrike in the northern part of Syria on Tuesday, according to officials. CENTCOM shared news about the strike in a social media post on Thursday. “On June 10, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Forces conducted a precision airstrike in Northwest Syria killing Rakhim Boev, […] ...

Law enforcement agencies across the country are noting an alarming crime trend of hidden cameras being placed in residents’ lawns and gardens. Officials believe the hidden cameras are strategically placed by burglary suspects to give them insight into when a target home might be unoccupied.  On May 24, the NYPD received a report of unlawful […] ...

The Trump administration and Republican lawmakers slammed Democratic Rep. Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts and Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for comparing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations to the Gestapo, which was a police force in Nazi Germany. “When you compare the old films of the Gestapo grabbing people off the streets of Poland, and […] ...

The White House is in ongoing discussions with Capitol Hill to amend a proposed sanctions bill targeting Russia, Fox News Digital has learned, and prefers that route over sanctions led by the executive branch.  Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., introduced the legislation months ago and garnered 82 co-sponsors, but the Senate has […] ...

The Trump Department of Justice launched a lawsuit against New York on Thursday over the Protect Our Courts Act, which the agency says “purposefully shields dangerous aliens from being lawfully detained.” The Protect Our Courts Act, passed by New York‘s legislature in 2020 during the first Trump administration, bars ICE agents from carrying out civil […] ...

President Donald Trump revived calls this week for people who burn American flags to go to jail after demonstrators in California were seen torching them and waving Mexican flags in protest of the administration carrying out immigration enforcement operations in the state.  “I happen to think if you burn an American flag, because they were […] ...

Caitlin Clark made her presence felt in Indiana once again Wednesday night, but not with her basketball skills. Instead, the Fever star was at her home arena to take in Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder. It was yet another comeback for Indiana, which, after trailing 89-84 through […] ...

President Donald Trump’s administration is elevating its investigations into the state of Minnesota for letting biological males play in girls’ sports after a transgender softball pitcher won a state championship last weekend.  The U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday that its two ongoing probes on the issue, one that launched in February and one that […] ...

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is looking to move past David Hogg’s controversy, as the 25-year-old progressive firebrand announced he won’t seek re-election as vice chair after sparking internal rifts with his push to primary older incumbent Democrats. Members voted Wednesday to uphold the Credentials Committee’s resolution proposed by longtime Democratic Party activist, Kalyn Free, […] ...

FIRST ON FOX: House GOP investigators looking at the Nashville mayor’s battle with federal immigration officials are setting their sights on the riots in Los Angeles, a key Republican lawmaker told the Trump administration. Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., is helping lead House Republicans’ investigation into Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell, which is being facilitated by the […] ...

Billionaire Walmart heiress Christy Walton faced backlash from the White House and avoidance by Walmart itself after she bought an ad appearing to call Americans across the country to protest against President Donald Trump. Walton, one of the richest women in America, bought a full-page ad in the New York Times declaring “NO KINGS,” referring […] ...

The House of Representatives passed President Donald Trump’s $9.4 billion plan to claw back federal funds for foreign aid, PBS and NPR. The vote was mostly along party lines, with no Democrats voting for the bill. Trump allies largely viewed the package as a test run to see whether congressional Republicans could stomach cuts that […] ...

Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University anti-Israel ringleader, has posted bond after the Trump administration was temporarily blocked from deporting him amid their continued effort to hold him on “foreign policy” grounds. Khalil posted his $1 bond on Thursday afternoon. He has not been released. The move came after U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz sided with […] ...

Del. Stacey Plaskett, D-Virgin Islands, lashed out at Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during a tense House Ways and Means Committee hearing on Wednesday. “Ma’am, that’s incorrect,” Bessent said in a response to a chart displayed by Plaskett, which was referencing the cost of living, but the chart only went until February of this year. “Excuse […] ...