Congress is moving to limit the Pentagon’s ability to pull forces out of Europe and South Korea, easing concerns among allied governments. The 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, finalized by House and Senate negotiators and released Sunday evening, keeps force presence at roughly its current levels in both regions. It states that the U.S. cannot reduce its forces in Europe below 76,000 without submitting an assessment and certifying to Congress that such a move would...
The Senate is readying for a vote on extending expiring Obamacare premium subsidies, but the proposal on the table is all but certain to fail. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., unveiled Senate Democrats’ long-awaited plan to prevent the subsidies from lapsing, which Senate Republicans nearly universally panned. A vote on the plan is expected on Thursday. ‘I mean, it’s obviously designed to fail,’ Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., told Fox News Digital. Schumer’s...
The Supreme Court will weigh the legality of President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire a member of the Federal Trade Commission without cause on Monday — a blockbuster legal fight that could fundamentally reshape the balance of powers across the federal government, and formally topple a 90-year-old court precedent. Justices agreed earlier this year to take up the case, which centers on Trump’s firing of Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Slaughter, a Democrat, without...
Republican Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, who chairs the Senate Small Business Committee, is urging 24 federal agencies to halt funding for a Biden-expanded program for ‘socially and economically disadvantaged’ business owners now under fire for alleged fraud and corruption, Fox News Digital has learned. ‘Despite concerns with the 8(a) program, Joe Biden opened the floodgates to fraud,’Ernst told Fox News Digital about the program. ‘I have found evidence of alarming, potentially fraudulent 8(a) awards made across government that need to be investigated. The...
A sweeping new report warns that America’s top universities, including MIT, Stanford, Harvard and Princeton, have been quietly partnering with Chinese artificial intelligence labs deeply embedded in Beijing’s surveillance and security state and in some cases co-authoring thousands of papers with entities tied to oppressive efforts against Uyghur Muslims. The report, released by Strategy Risks and the Human Rights Foundation on Monday morning, shows that two major Chinese state-backed labs, Zhejiang Lab and the Shanghai...
House Republicans are expected to reveal a roadmap sometime this month that they say will lower sky-high healthcare costs. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., have both said they are speaking to various GOP factions to build consensus on what that plan should look like. In the meantime, Fox News Digital spoke with several GOP lawmakers about what they believe should be in such a package and found several...
If you live in London and regularly book a rubbish removal service, you’ve probably noticed how prices fluctuate throughout the year — even when the job itself is identical. One week you might get a full van load collected for £250, and a few months later, the same company could quote £350 or more. It’s not random or because someone is “ripping you off.” In reality, waste removal prices in London are closely linked to...
Many companies now see blockchain as a core technology for business problems. They want faster settlement, stronger security, and fewer intermediaries in operations. Web3 markets matured after the first hype and early speculation phase. Now more companies test blockchain in real products, not pilots. Recent data shows how quickly this shift is scaling. Market.us values the global blockchain technology market at USD 372 billion in 2025. It projects growth to about USD 12,895 billion by...
When executives complain about tax, they rarely have just one levy in mind. A North Sea producer facing an effective tax rate of 78 per cent on profits, a drinks importer hit three times by a packaging payment glitch and a venue staring at a 300 per cent jump in rateable value all see different headlines, but the same trend. Behind the noise sits a structural shift. The UK has layered an Energy Profits Levy...
In just four months, millions of small businesses, sole traders and landlords will need to change how they track and report their finances to HMRC. Making Tax Digital for Income Tax (MTD for IT) will come into effect and means moving away from annual, paper-based tax returns to more frequent, digital reporting. Under the new rules, you’ll need to use HMRC recognised software to keep digital financial records, send quarterly updates on income and expenses...
