Politics

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Everyone supports cutting government spending, until someone actually begins to cut government spending. Then, all Hell breaks loose.  Why? Because with a $6 trillion federal budget, far too many politicians and activists (and donors and universities and corporations) have their hands in the till. As Senator John Kennedy, R-La., has memorably said, when you start to cut the fat, the pigs will squeal. On cue, Democrats are...

House Republicans are accusing Democrats of waging their opposition campaign against the GOP’s government funding plan over their fury at Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) efforts. ‘They hate Elon Musk and Donald Trump more than they love their country,’ Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., told Fox News Digital. ‘They’re just losing their f—— minds.’ Mace was still optimistic that some Democratic lawmakers will vote for the legislation on Tuesday afternoon, ‘I mean,...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Don’t let mainstream media’s reaction to President Donald Trump’s Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy misinform. If Trump’s first-term foreign policy serves as any indication of how ‘pro-NATO’ and ‘anti-Russian’ his second-term foreign policy will be, the record is overwhelmingly pro-NATO and anti-Russian.  Regardless of criticism – mostly by perennial Donald Trump critics – the president is no friend to Russia and his first term...

Attorney General Pam Bondi spent the first month at the Justice Department arresting ISIS-linked terrorists and violent illegal immigrants, dismantling drug cartels and more, telling Fox News Digital she will ‘continue working day in and day out to deliver on President Trump’s Make America Safe Agenda.’ The Justice Department’s core mission under Bondi’s leadership is focused on fighting violent crime while undertaking key initiatives to protect women’s sports; eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion; and fight...

Greenlanders will head to the polls to vote in their country’s parliamentary election on Tuesday, in what will likely prove to be a historic vote not because of any seismic shifts within the nation but because of the geopolitical message it will send. Independence from Denmark is not on the ballot itself, but who is elected to Greenland’s parliament will signal how the country could move forward in not only divorcing itself from Copenhagen, but...

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested at Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Tuesday following an order from the International Criminal Court (ICC), which is investigating a crime against humanity case filed against the former leader. Duterte, 79, was taken into custody at the airport in the Philippines following his trip to Hong Kong, The Associated Press reports. The ICC has been investigating ‘massive killings that happened under the former president’s deadly crackdown against...

A plan to avert a partial government shutdown backed by President Donald Trump is heading for a House-wide vote on Tuesday. The House Rules Committee, the final gatekeeper before legislation hits the House of Representatives chamber, advanced the bill along party lines on Monday evening.  Tuesday is expected to first see a vote to allow for lawmakers to debate the bill, known as a ‘rule vote,’ followed by a chamber-wide vote on the legislation itself...

A former Iraqi refugee pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State group, according to the Justice Department.  Abdulrahman Mohammed Hafedh Alqaysi, 28, pleaded guilty to creating and developing logos for ISIS’ media wing, known as the Kalachnikov team, and sending hacking videos and instructions to ISIS members between 2015 and 2020, the Justice Department announced Friday.  He also pleaded guilty to providing stolen credit card information and creating fraudulent identity...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters on Monday that the mineral deal, sought by President Donald Trump, is ‘not the main topic on the agenda’ for the meeting set with the Ukrainian delegation in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.  ‘I wouldn’t prejudge tomorrow about whether or not we have a minerals deal,’ he told reporters on board a flight to Saudi Arabia. ‘It’s an important topic, but it’s not the main topic on the agenda....

President Donald Trump is making calls on Monday to potential holdouts on a plan to avoid a government shutdown at the end of this week, a White House official confirmed to Fox News digital. Three sources have said Trump world is making calls to Capitol Hill ahead of the late Tuesday afternoon vote. Two senior House Republicans said they expected Trump to speak directly with critics of the bill sometime before the vote on Tuesday....