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Tulsi Gabbard scores key committee Republican’s support ahead of pivotal vote

Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., came out in support of Tulsi Gabbard to be Director of National Intelligence (DNI), just hours before her crucial committee vote.  In a statement to Fox News Digital, the senator said, ‘American intelligence officers around the globe deserve our respect and support. I appreciate Tulsi Gabbard’s engagement with me on a variety of issues to ensure that our intelligence professionals will be supported and policymakers will receive unbiased information under her...

Denmark PM repeats Greenland ‘not for sale,’ but would welcome more American troops on Arctic island

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen repeated on Monday that Greenland is ‘not for sale,’ but she remained open to bolstering the American ‘footprint’ on the Arctic island. As European Union leaders convened for a meeting in Brussels, Frederiksen addressed President Donald Trump’s prospect of acquiring control of Greenland, a self-governing territory of Denmark, a U.S. ally, through military or economic force.  ‘I think we have been very clear from the Kingdom of Denmark, with great...

Tulsi Gabbard explains why she won’t call Edward Snowden a ‘traitor’ ahead of tough committee vote

Tulsi Gabbard appears to be seeking to assuage senators’ concerns about her nomination in a new opinion piece explaining why she thought ‘traitor’ was too harsh a word for Edward Snowden.  Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence (DNI), did not endorse Snowden’s whistleblowing actions during her confirmation hearing, but her refusal to call him a traitor left some Republicans unsettled.  She admitted that Snowden’s release of classified information to the media...

Elon Musk dunks on Sen Chuck Schumer, declaring ‘Hysterical reactions’ demonstrate DOGE’s importance

Elon Musk, who President Donald Trump tasked with spearheading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) effort, declared in a social media post that ‘Hysterical reactions’ demonstrate the importance of DOGE’s work. He made the comment in response to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. ‘An unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government,’ a post on Sen. Schumer’s @SenSchumer X account reads, echoing remarks the lawmaker made during a press conference. ...

Trump Health Secretary nominee RFK Jr clears Senate Finance Committee confirmation vote

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will advance to the next step in his effort to become Donald Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary. The vaccine skeptic and environmental crusader who ran for the White House in 2024 before ending his bid and endorsing Trump sustained his bid for a cabinet position in the 47th president’s administration. The 27-member panel of 14 Republicans and 13 Democrats on the Senate finance committee approved Kennedy’s advancement by a party...

Trump handed ‘opportunity to save Medicare’ after Biden admin’s final blow to seniors: expert

President Donald Trump was handed the ‘opportunity to save Medicare’ after the Biden administration rolled out its final Medicare Advantage proposal early in January that experts say underfunds the insurance plan after already facing rate cuts in previous years.  ‘This is Trump’s opportunity to save Medicare,’ former Republican New York Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle, who is also a former nurse and was chairwoman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission until 2019, told Fox News Digital...

US flies joint patrol with the Philippines near shoal region guarded by China

U.S. and Philippine fighter aircraft staged a joint patrol and training Tuesday over a disputed South China Sea shoal where Chinese fighter jets fired flares last year to drive away a Philippine aircraft, Philippine officials said. The joint patrol and air-intercept drills over the hotly disputed Scarborough Shoal off the northwestern Philippines were the first by the longtime treaty allies since President Donald Trump took office again. It comes as the Trump administration has promised...

Elon Musk dunks on Sen. Chuck Schumer, declaring ‘Hysterical reactions’ demonstrate DOGE’s importance

Elon Musk, who President Donald Trump tasked with spearheading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) effort, declared in a social media post that ‘Hysterical reactions’ demonstrate the importance of DOGE’s work. He made the comment in response to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. ‘An unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government,’ a post on Sen. Schumer’s @SenSchumer X account reads, echoing remarks the lawmaker made during a press conference. ...

DANNY DANON: Trump-Netanyahu meeting has 3 things on the agenda that could change the Middle East

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu touched the tarmac on Sunday, as he disembarked the ‘Wing of Zion’ in Washington, D.C., there was an undeniable buzz in the air.  Not just because Netanyahu will be the first foreign leader to visit the White House since President Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office. But because the Israeli premier’s invitation promises to usher in a revitalized era of diplomacy...

Tulsi Gabbard confirmation fate to be tested with key committee vote

Tulsi Gabbard is set to test her odds of Senate confirmation on Tuesday as the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence considers her nomination by President Donald Trump.  Gabbard, a former Democrat congresswoman who has been tapped as the nominee for director of national intelligence (DNI), went before the committee last week. During her confirmation hearing, she was pressed about her past meeting with former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, her previous FISA Section 702 stance and...