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House Republicans have struck a deal on a backup plan for averting a government shutdown by Friday’s deadline. Multiple sources told Fox News Digital the deal would extend current government funding levels for three months and also suspend the debt limit for two years, something President-elect Trump has demanded. Trump praised the deal minutes after Fox News Digital reported its contents. The deal also includes aid for farmers and roughly $110 billion in disaster relief...

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House next month, what sort of foreign policy can Americans expect during his second stint in the Oval Office? Trump will pursue an ‘America first foreign policy,’ J. Michael Waller, senior analyst for strategy at the Center for Security Policy, suggested during an interview with Fox News Digital, describing Biden’s approach as ‘America last.’ Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is advocating for the soon-to-be commander...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday promised to ask former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for help in locating American veteran and journalist Austin Tice following a letter from Tice’s mother pleading for assistance.  ‘I haven’t seen President Assad yet, since he came to Moscow – but I plan to do so. I will have a conversation with him,’ Putin told NBC during a press conference according to a translator, though he appeared to cast doubt...

The chaotic collapse of the continuing resolution spending bill is putting House Speaker Mike Johnson’s leadership under the spotlight and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has floated the idea of replacing him with Elon Musk, President-elect Trump’s pick to co-chair his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Paul took to Musk’s X Thursday morning to pitch the idea of the tech billionaire taking the House Speaker’s gavel, noting that the Speaker does not need to be a...

Some House Republicans are privately fuming after Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy got involved in congressional talks on government funding, leading the charge to tank a bipartisan deal. Several GOP lawmakers granted anonymity to speak freely about a sensitive situation were either frustrated about the pair getting involved or believe they exacerbated long-standing weaknesses within the House Republican Conference. ‘Musk and Vivek should not have jumped in at the 11th hour and should have handled...

Members of President Biden’s staff noticed his fading stamina and increasing confusion within the first few months of him entering office, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. The Journal based its report on interviews with nearly 50 people, including current and former White House staffers who interacted directly with the president, as well as lawmakers. One former aide recalled a national security official explaining why a meeting in the spring of...

President Biden announced an audacious goal for America to reduce its carbon emissions by two thirds with barely weeks left in his administration. Biden’s White House announced the new goal in a public statement. It calls for the U.S. to massively reduce its carbon emissions by 2035, invoking the Paris Agreement. ‘Today, as the United States continues to accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy, President Biden is announcing a new climate target for...

: President-elect Donald Trump reacted to the Georgia Court of Appeals decision to disqualify ‘corrupt’ Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, telling Fox News Digital that the case ‘is entirely dead’ and that the ‘wonderful patriots who have been caught up in this for years’ should ‘receive an apology.’  The Georgia Court of Appeals on Thursday disqualified Willis from prosecuting Trump and co-defendants in her election interference case.  The court did not toss the indictment...

The revolt by conservatives and the sudden infusion into negotiations of President-elect Donald Trump, Vice President-elect JD Vance and Elon Musk has House Speaker Mike Johnson and others struggling to find a way out of their political cul-de-sac and avoiding a government shutdown at 12:00:01 a.m. ET Saturday.  Fox News is told that Trump’s unexpected demand to tackle the debt ceiling in this package has complicated matters exponentially. Many conservatives won’t vote for any debt...

President Biden announced an audacious goal for America to reduce its carbon emissions by two thirds with barely weeks left in his administration. Biden’s White House announced the new goal in a public statement. It calls for the U.S. to massively reduce its carbon emissions by 2035, invoking the Paris Agreement. ‘Today, as the United States continues to accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy, President Biden is announcing a new climate target for...