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Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., called out politicians who are ‘complaining’ about the Canadian wildfire smoke on Capitol Hill, but ‘won’t allow’ for forest management in Western states across the U.S. ‘I have zero empathy for D.C. politicians complaining about the smoke,’ Zinke wrote in a Twitter post Thursday. ‘If you won’t allow us to responsibly manage forests, you should have to deal with the consequences just like we do in the West.’ In a video...

President Biden responded to questions Thursday about his alleged involvement in an international bribery scandal with a simple joke. ‘Where’s the money?’ he quipped when asked by a reporter for his response to Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., a member of the House Oversight Committee investigating the president, who said earlier in the day the allegations are ‘worse than has been reported so far.’ ‘I’m joking. It’s a bunch of malarkey,’ Biden added. Mace, who reviewed...

Maine lawmakers have signed off on a proposal to expand the state’s equal pay law to prevent discrimination on the basis of race. The proposal from House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross received affirmative votes in both chambers of the Maine Legislature this week. The change would expand the current equal pay law, which prevents employers from discriminating between employees on the basis of sex by paying lower wages for comparable work on jobs that require...

Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson’s new campaign manager has previously faced accusations of financial fraud for allegedly using organization funds on personal expenses. The new campaign manager, Roza Calderon, was accused by the Placer Women Democrats in 2017 of spending almost $1,900 from the organization’s bank account on multiple personal expenses, including one instance in which the manager allegedly spent organization funds on tickets to a concert, according to reporting from Politico Thursday. The group...

EXCLUSIVE: President Joe Biden was allegedly paid $5 million by an executive of the Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma Holdings, where his son Hunter Biden sat on the board, a confidential human source told the FBI during a June 2020 interview, sources familiar told Fox News Digital. The sources briefed Fox News Digital on the contents of the FBI-generated FD-1023 form alleging a criminal bribery scheme between then-Vice President Joe Biden and a foreign national...

President Biden on Thursday railed against who he called ‘hysterical’ and ‘prejudiced’ lawmakers enacting laws across the country banning gender transition surgeries for children. Biden made the comments during an appearance at a joint press conference with U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, after being asked by a reporter about the laws being enacted to protect minors, or their parents, from making irreversible changes to their bodies. ‘As president, I was proud to end the band...

More Americans are now identifying as socially and economically conservative than at any point in more than a decade, a new Gallup poll has found. According to the poll, 38% of Americans say they are conservative on social issues, up from 33% last year and 30% in 2021. That is the highest percentage since 2012, when the same number of Americans identified as such. Americans identifying as liberal dropped significantly, falling to 29% from 34%...

The U.S. Department of Defense does not support hosting drag shows at military installations and facilities, according to a DOD spokesperson. Pentagon press secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder was asked during a press briefing Thursday about a policy rolled out by the Pentagon aimed at banning drag shows on military installations. A bill pushed by Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., contained language that ‘appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense and...

Former President Trump has been indicted on federal charges that emerged out of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s months-long investigation. Trump facing at least seven federal counts related to document handling and obstruction of justice. He has been ordered to appear in federal court in Miami on Tuesday. Trump himself announced the indictment on his social media platform, Truth Social. ‘The corrupt Biden Administration has informed my attorneys that I have been Indicted, seemingly over the...

Lawyers argued in favor of redrawing New York’s congressional map Thursday before a state appeals court. A victory for the plaintiffs in the Democrat-backed suit may mean reinstating a brutal gerrymander that was struck down last year.Should Democrats attempt to reinstate their original map, up to seven Republican representatives — including Michael Lawler, Nicole Malliotakis and George Santos — could face near-unwinnable battles for re-election.Republicans have slammed the suit as an attempted partisan power-grab. ‘[The plaintiffs’]...