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Supreme Court flare-ups grab headlines as justices feel the heat

Tensions on the Supreme Court have flared this term as justices have clashed with each other and with lawyers at oral arguments amid a wave of Trump-era emergency appeals.  These exchanges at any other forum would hardly even raise an eyebrow. But at the Supreme Court, where decorum and respect are bedrock principles and underpin even the most casual cross-talk between justices, these recent clashes are significant.  After one particularly acrimonious exchange, several longtime Supreme...

6 US governors to open talks with Canadian provincial leaders on tariffs

The governors of six northeastern U.S. states have invited the premiers of six Canadian provinces to meet in Boston as both sides face the impacts of tariffs. President Donald Trump’s policy of imposing tariffs on products imported from America’s northern neighbor and other nations has sparked controversy both in the U.S. and abroad. The group of governors includes five Democrats — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, Maine Gov. Janet Mills, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, Connecticut...

Tim Walz’s post-election listening tour revealed an all-American racial absurdity

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Can one man represent an entire race? My skin is black — do I represent all Blacks? My good friend is white — does he represent all Whites? If we are indeed representatives of our races, do we possess superpowers of sort?  Apparently, Tim Walz does. The former Democratic vice presidential nominee and Minnesota governor was on a listening tour across the country when he stopped by...

German conservative’s bid for chancellor falls short, a first in more than 75 years

Friedrich Merz, the conservative leader who was poised to become Germany’s next chancellor, failed to win enough votes to secure the country’s top position. This leaves German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in power even though he had already delivered a farewell address. Merz’s loss marks a historic moment, as it is the first of its kind in post-war Germany. The result came as a major upset, as Merz was widely expected to win, thanks to a...

Experts sound the alarm over ‘shocking’ study showing significant risks to women who take abortion pills

A new study exposing a significant number of ‘serious adverse events’ occurring among women who have taken mifepristone, also known as the ‘abortion pill,’ has sparked an outcry from the pro-life community, including experts who spoke to Fox News Digital about what the study means for women in the United States.  ‘The biggest thing that will shock most readers of this report is just how different the findings in this study are from what the FDA...

Vance, conservatives blast Omar over resurfaced ‘fearful of White men’ clip: ‘Genocidal language’

A resurfaced clip of Dem. Rep. Ilhan Omar, a member of the progressive ‘Squad’ in Congress, sparked a frenzy on social media this week with conservatives blasting the congresswoman over her comments regarding the ‘radicalization of White men.’ ‘I would say our country should be more fearful of White men across our country, because they are actually causing most of the deaths within this country,’ Omar said in a 2018 interview with Al-Jazeera while discussing the...

NASA backs Trump budget blueprint with $6B cut to agency

President Donald Trump unveiled a budget blueprint last week that includes roughly $6 billion in federal funding cuts to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).  Despite the multibillion-dollar slash, a senior official at the space agency told Fox New Digital that the reduction in funding is actually beneficial for efficiency and exploration. ‘The reductions in the President’s blueprint budget counterintuitively represent an opportunity to truly innovate in how we conduct our space missions,’ senior NASA...

Lawyer of whistleblower in Trump impeachment case sues administration over revoked security clearance

A lawyer who represented a government whistleblower in a case that led to President Donald Trump’s first impeachment sued the Trump administration on Monday for ‘unconstitutional retaliation’ after his security clearance was revoked. Lawyer Mark Zaid argued that the administration’s decision to pull his clearance in March was in retaliation for representing former Department of Homeland Security intelligence chief Brian Murphy, who was key to Trump’s 2019 impeachment. Murphy filed a whistleblower complaint in 2019...

Hegseth orders ‘historic’ reduction of general officers in the military

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Monday that the U.S. military will soon be seeing a dramatic reduction in the number of general officers across all branches.  He called the reduction a ‘historic’ move to fulfill President Donald Trump’s commitment to ‘achieving peace through strength.’  ‘We’re going to shift resources from bloated headquarters elements to our warfighters,’ said Hegseth.  According to Hegseth, there are currently 44 four-star and flag officers across the military, making for...

Hakeem Jeffries blames Trump for Newark Airport chaos, accuses White House of ‘breaking the FAA’

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries slammed President Donald Trump while discussing the recent chaos at Newark Liberty International Airport, saying he had ‘decimated the FAA.’ During a press conference on Monday, Jeffries took a reporter’s question about the recent delays at Newark Airport. ‘Well, it’s certainly something that I think we’re all invested in looking into, as it relates to the ability of the American people to be able to travel in an efficient way,’...