Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is meeting with Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Democrats on Monday evening to discuss the confirmation hearing for controversial Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth — just hours before its set to take place. A Senate Democratic source confirmed the last-minute meeting to Fox News Digital. Schumer and other Democrats have made their opposition to the former Fox News host clear in the days leading up to the hearing,...
Special Counsel David Weiss blasted President Biden in his highly-anticipated report on his years-long investigation into Hunter Biden, saying the commander-in-chief’s characterizations of the probe into his son were ‘wrong’ and ‘unfairly’ maligned Justice Department officials, while admitting that the presidential pardon made it ‘inappropriate’ for him to discuss whether any additional charges against the first son were warranted. Fox News Digital obtained a copy of Weiss’s final report after his years-long investigation into Hunter...
As negotiations for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas approach a decisive moment, the toll of the conflict continues to grow. Today, the Israeli military reported five soldiers were killed in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza, and eight injured from an ammunition explosion, one of the deadliest incidents in recent operations. On Sunday, another four soldiers were killed in Gaza. Meanwhile, Hamas has fired 20 rockets at Israel over the past two weeks, highlighting its continued...
Longtime Democrat fundraiser and Kamala Harris critic Lindy Li was named this month to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fundraising committee, an about-face that she says has been met with overwhelming support from donors, including from some longtime contributors to the Democratic Party vying to get a spot at the table. Li’s appointment to the Trump fundraising committee was previewed exclusively to Fox News Digital. It comes just weeks after Li announced her decision to leave...
President Biden on Monday spoke for the last time from the State Department on the state of American foreign policy and national security following his four-year term set to conclude in one week when President-elect Donald Trump will once again take up the top job. Biden did not specifically address or name the inbound president, but he referenced the prior, and incoming, Trump administration and touted that he is leaving a ‘strong hand to play.’...
A federal judge cleared the way for the release of the special counsel report on President-elect Trump’s election interference case on Monday. Judge Aileen Cannon approved the release of the first of two volumes of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation in her Monday ruling. Cannon will consider releasing the second volume, which relates to Trump’s handling of classified documents, on Friday. Smith suspended his investigations into Trump after the president-elect secured his return to the...
Country music star Carrie Underwood is expected to perform at President Trump’s inauguration, Fox News Digital has learned. A Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee spokesperson told Fox News Digital Underwood will perform during the swearing-in ceremony for President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance on Jan. 20. Underwood, the 2005 ‘American Idol’ winner, will be singing ‘America the Beautiful’ and will be joined by the Armed Forces Choir and the United States Naval Academy Glee Club. Underwood...
President-elect Donald Trump’s House GOP allies are clearing the runway for him to make good on his vow to acquire Greenland. Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., is leading a bill to authorize Trump to enter negotiations with Denmark over purchasing Greenland, a territory located in North America but with longstanding cultural and geopolitical ties to Europe. The bill is titled the ‘Make Greenland Great Again Act,’ according to a copy of its text obtained by Fox...
Canada’s outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau suggested that President-elect Trump’s suggestion that Canada become America’s ’51st state’ was a distraction from the tariff threat. ‘I know that as a successful negotiator, he likes to keep people a little off balance. The 51st state, that’s not going to happen,’ Trudeau told MSNBC’s ‘Inside with Jen Psaki’ on Sunday. ‘It’s just a non-starter. Canadians are incredibly proud of being Canadian. But people are now talking about that,...
In a setback for Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, one of Britain’s biggest supermarkets has publicly thrown its support behind farmers opposed to the Government’s planned inheritance tax (IHT) reforms. Sophie Throup, head of agriculture at Morrisons, posted a video message on X (formerly Twitter) declaring the retailer’s solidarity with farming communities, who are preparing to protest nationwide on Friday over what they call a “devastating” tax raid on family farms. The new levy, which...
