Politics

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, released on Wednesday 197 subpoenas that the Biden administration’s FBI used to seek testimony and documents related to hundreds of Republicans and GOP entities as part of the bureau’s Arctic Frost probe, the precursor to former special counsel Jack Smith’s election investigation. ‘Arctic Frost was the vehicle by which partisan FBI agents and DOJ prosecutors could improperly investigate the entire Republican political apparatus,’ Grassley said at a press conference. ‘Contrary to...

Halloween is only days away, and parents and children are flooding stores in search of the best costumes and the scariest monster, vampire and ghoul decorations. But the author of new children’s book ‘All Hallows’ Eve’ is calling on families to search for something else: the true spiritual meaning of Halloween. ‘By writing this story, I wanted to try to do my little part to reclaim Halloween for what it truly is: a deeply spiritual...

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., earned praise from Republicans for calling out his own party as food stamp assistance is on the line amid a partial government shutdown. ‘As a committed Democrat, I’m dismayed my party is playing chicken with the food security of 42M Americans. I reject a political gamble that exposes a vulnerable constituency to widespread deprivation and chaos,’ Fetterman declared in a Tuesday post on X. A statement posted on the U.S. Department...

The State Department is deploying teams that are expected to arrive in the Caribbean as early as Thursday to support disaster response after Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica Tuesday. The State Department announced it would deploy a regional disaster assistance response team (DART) and had activated U.S.-based urban search and rescue (USAR) teams to support response efforts in the region following Hurricane Melissa. A senior State Department official told Fox News Digital Wednesday that these teams...

Senate Democrats railed against Republicans and the Trump administration’s argument that the well had run dry on federal food stamp benefits given that President Donald Trump funded the program during the last shutdown. Over the weekend, the U.S. Department of Agriculture warned in a memo that because of the ongoing shutdown and lack of appropriations, funding for food stamps, also known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), would run out by Nov. 1. Despite...

Federal judges will tackle antisemitism at an annual convention next week, joining a rare multi-judge panel in a forum typically reserved for one-person lectures, Fox News Digital has learned.  U.S. District Judge Roy Altman, who will moderate the discussion, said the panel is ‘unprecedented’ and a needed change to address what he said was a rise in antisemitism in the aftermath of Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel in 2023. The panel is part of the...

President Donald Trump still has a major meeting on the agenda, but he’s already touting the success of his tour in Asia, saying it returned ‘trillions’ to the U.S. ‘Bringing back trillions of Dollars to USA! A great trip. Dealing with very smart, talented, and wonderful leaders,’ Trump wrote on Truth Social. ‘Tomorrow, President Xi of China. It will be a great meeting for both!!!’ Despite what he has been able to accomplish during his...

A new ‘quiet’ supersonic X-59 jet designed to revolutionize air travel successfully completed its first test flight, Lockheed Martin announced this week.  The sleek, needle-point aircraft built for NASA is designed to break the sound barrier while reducing the sonic boom to a ‘thump,’ according to the aerospace contractor. The aircraft aims to overcome one of the major hurdles to supersonic travel, which is noise restrictions over land.  The plane took off from Palmdale, Calif., at...

A coalition of 25 Democratic governors and attorneys general on Tuesday sued the Trump administration over its refusal to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits during the ongoing government shutdown — arguing that a suspension of the aid threatens to disproportionately harm millions of vulnerable and low-income Americans. The lawsuit, filed in Massachusetts, asks a federal judge to force the U.S. Department of Agriculture to release a portion of the $9.2 billion in...

An investigation into the autopen controversy involving former President Joe Biden is gaining momentum in Delaware and Washington, D.C., Fox News has learned. A source familiar with the situation told Fox News on Wednesday morning, ‘It looks like the investigation has heated up in recent weeks and it appears there’s a focus in Delaware as well as Washington, DC.’ On Tuesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote in a post on X that her ‘team is...