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Senate confirms Jared Isaacman as NASA chief months after Trump-Musk rift that may have pulled his nomination

The Senate confirmed billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman Wednesday in a 67-30 vote to serve as NASA administrator, months after President Donald Trump withdrew the same nomination during his public feud with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. The confirmation places Isaacman, an investor in SpaceX and leader of two private spaceflight missions, at the helm of the nation’s space agency. Reuters reported that Isaacman becomes NASA’s 15th administrator and is known as an advocate...

Speaker Johnson ekes out healthcare bill victory after House GOP Obamacare rebellion

House Republicans passed a bill they say will lower healthcare costs for a broad swath of Americans by roughly 11%. It’s a victory for Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who has been managing deep divisions within the House GOP on the topic of healthcare as insurance premiums are set to spike across the country in a matter of weeks. One glaring issue that remains unresolved is Obamacare subsidies, which were enhanced during the COVID-19 pandemic but...

Dan Bongino to resign from FBI deputy director role in January

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino is leaving the bureau in January after speculation rose this week concerning his departure. ‘I will be leaving my position with the FBI in January,’ Bongino wrote in an X post Wednesday. ‘I want to thank President [Donald] Trump, AG [Pam] Bondi, and Director [Kash] Patel for the opportunity to serve with purpose. Most importantly, I want to thank you, my fellow Americans, for the privilege to serve you. God...

MN lawmaker says ‘unbelievable’ assisted-living fraud scheme includes indicted figure still getting state pay

Fox News Digital spoke to Minnesota state Rep. Kristin Robbins shortly after she unveiled millions in alleged fraud in the state’s assisted living program and identified an individual already indicted for fraud who is still receiving payments from the state, adding to the already exploding fraud scandal in the state.  The Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy, chaired by Robbins, held a hearing that focused on a new sector of fraud, the state’s assisted living...

Maduro erupts as Trump vows massive blockade around Venezuela — decries ‘warmongering threats’

Venezuela tore into President Donald Trump’s Tuesday order to blockade the waters near Venezuela and prevent sanctioned oil tankers from passing through as ‘warmongering threats.’  In a statement, the government said Trump’s ‘irrational blockade’ was a ‘grotesque threat’ and an effort to ‘steal’ the nation’s oil wealth.  Caracas formally filed a complaint with the United Nations Security Council Tuesday as the U.S. took aim at a key lifeline: oil shipments to China. Venezuelan exports fell...

Trump gets fresh digs in at Biden, Obama with new plaques added to White House Presidential Walk of Fame

President Donald Trump took some not-so-subtle swipes at his predecessors with new plaques below their portraits in the new White House Presidential Walk of Fame. Former President Joe Biden had already been mocked in the installation, which was unveiled in September, when Trump used a photo of an autopen to represent the 46th president. Now, there are two plaques that include Trump’s nicknames for Biden. ‘Sleepy Joe Biden was, by far, the worst President in...

Trump attends solemn dignified transfer for Iowa guardsmen, civilian killed in Syria ISIS attack

President Donald Trump and participated in the dignified transfer for two members of the Iowa National Guard who were killed in Syria this weekend. The Wednesday transfer at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware saw the return of Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, return to U.S. soil. The two men were killed in an ambush by an ISIS gunman. Their interpreter, U.S. civilian Ayad Mansoor Sakat, was also killed,...

Putin derides European leaders as he insists Russia’s war goals in Ukraine will be met by force or diplomacy

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia’s goals in Ukraine are unchanged and will be accomplished either through negotiations or by further military advances if diplomatic efforts fail. Putin, speaking at an annual board meeting of the country’s Defense Ministry, touted Russia’s military progress on the battlefield and technological advancements as his war in Ukraine grinds on into a fourth year. ‘The goals of the special military operation will undoubtedly be achieved,’ he said,...

Senate Republicans block Schiff effort to force release of Caribbean strike footage

Senate Republicans blocked an attempt by Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., to force the release of unedited footage to Congress and the public of the U.S. military’s controversial Sept. 2 double-tap strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean. Schiff’s move Wednesday afternoon followed passage of the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which included a provision to require the Pentagon to release all unedited footage of the strikes in the Caribbean to Congress in...

WATCH: Doctor-lawmaker blames Obamacare for driving health costs higher

A doctor-turned-House Republican is arguing that there is a direct link between the Affordable Care Act (ACA), colloquially known as Obamacare, and the increasing cost of healthcare putting a strain on Americans’ wallets. ‘They removed choice by patients by limiting and prohibiting association health plans, so small businesses were disadvantaged,’ said Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa.  ‘They had mandates for how the rating for insurance companies can go — they had mandated essential benefits, so people...