Politics

One Senate Republican is making the case that lawmakers aren’t using all the tools at their disposal to tackle affordability in the United States. Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., wants Republicans to take another crack at budget reconciliation, the grueling, monthslong process used earlier this year to pass President Donald Trump’s crowning legislative achievement of 2025, and one that tested the unity of congressional Republicans. Kennedy wants to see the process used to eat into the...

: The FBI did not believe it had probable cause to raid President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in 2022, but moved forward amid pressure from the Biden Justice Department, with an official saying he didn’t ‘give a damn about the optics’ of the search, newly declassified documents reviewed by Fox News Digital reveal. Fox News Digital reviewed emails between FBI and Justice Department officials in the months leading up to the August 2022 raid of...

A moderate House Republican is raging against his own party after negotiations over a vote on extending COVID-19-era Obamacare subsidies fell apart. Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., told reporters Tuesday morning that it was ‘idiotic’ and ‘political malpractice’ to not hold an ‘up-or-down vote’ on the subsidies, which are set to expire at the end of this year. He also turned his ire on House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., who he accused of rejecting moderate...

Senior Israeli intelligence officials say warnings delivered to Australia ahead of a deadly attack at a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach were part of a much broader alert: an accelerating global rise in attempts to execute terror attacks across Western countries, increasingly aimed not only at Jewish targets, but also at Christians and large gatherings especially during religious holidays. According to a senior Israeli intelligence official, Israel’s foreign intelligence service has been tracking a...

Mexican lawmakers were filmed shoving each other and pulling hair on the floor of Congress in Mexico City on Monday. The viral video shows women lawmakers of rival parties jostling for position at a podium in the front of the chamber. The women’s argument escalates from shouts to pushing and ultimately to pulling each other’s hair as other lawmakers try to intervene. The scene took place during debate over reforms to Mexico City’s transparency oversight...

The GOP majority on the House Oversight Committee is at war with their Democratic counterparts over what they say is a false narrative being crafted about President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein. Republican committee staff authored a new talking points memo sent to GOP lawmakers on Tuesday morning that is aimed at discounting Democrats’ recent leaks of information on Epstein, accusing them of releasing information on a selective basis to paint a picture that is...

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., is delaying Bill and Hillary Clinton’s depositions before Congress until January. In a letter sent to their attorney on Monday evening, Comer warned that a failure to appear for their new dates would result in immediate contempt of Congress proceedings. ‘They’re saying now that he’s going to a funeral on that day, so we’ve been going back and forth with the lawyer,’ Comer told Fox News Digital the...

The Trump administration argued in a court filing on Monday that pausing construction on the new White House ballroom would undermine national security, citing a Secret Service declaration warning that halting work would leave the site unable to meet ‘safety and security requirements’ needed to protect the president.  The declaration says the White House’s East Wing, demolished in October and now undergoing below-grade work, cannot be left unfinished without compromising essential security measures. ‘Accordingly, any...

Real America’s Voice chief White House correspondent Brian Glenn and outgoing Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia revealed that they are engaged. ‘She said ‘yes’’ Glenn wrote in a post on X, adding the ring emoji while sharing a photo of himself with the congresswoman. Greene shared Glenn’s post and wrote, ‘Happily ever after!!!’ along with a red heart emoji. ‘I love you @brianglenntv!!!’ she added. ‘Congratulations!’ Republican Rep. Warren Davidson of Ohio replied...

Tensions are boiling within the House GOP as lawmakers are set to begin their final legislative week of 2025. More than a dozen House Republicans who spoke with Fox News Digital over the last week gave different answers on where tensions lie, with frustrations directed toward Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., the White House, their Senate counterparts and even each other. Most of the issues they discussed were varied as well, but several people acknowledged concerns...