Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Tuesday the Pentagon has not responded to his inquiries about last week’s Army helicopter that forced two commercial passenger jets landing at Reagan Washington National Airport to shift course. When Fox News host Martha MacCallum asked if he had any additional information from the Pentagon…
Treasury Department Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will meet with their Chinese counterparts in Switzerland this week to discuss trade amid a standoff between the world’s two largest economies. Bessent will travel to Switzerland on Thursday, his office announced, where he will meet with the Swiss…
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Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte vetoed legislation that would largely ban Styrofoam containers, dubbing it “textbook government overreach.” House Bill 477 would phase out the use of the containers by 2030, but starting in 2028 for restaurants and the hospitality industry. Introduced by Democrat state Rep. Marilyn Marler, the legislation garnered…
FIRST ON FOX: The Trump administration’s Health and Human Services Department (HHS) sent out reinstatement notices to staff members who were part of a federal healthcare program for 9/11 survivors, following a reduction in force at HHS and its subagencies as part of Trump’s efforts to optimize the federal government. …
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is planning to merge the responsibilities of the Palestinian Affairs Office into the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem in an effort to continue a diplomatic mission in Israel’s capital that was put in place by President Donald Trump during his first term in office. State Department…
Video shows Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney saying effective June 1, “all vehicles manufactured before 2000 will be gradually phased off Canadian roads due to safety and emissions standards.”
President Trump on Tuesday weighed in on reports of India striking Pakistan in the disputed Kashmir region, calling it a “shame” and expressing hope that the skirmish between the two nations ends quickly. “It’s a shame. We just heard about it just as we were walking in the doors of…
Republicans are divided over President Trump’s budget, which lays out his preferred vision for how the government should be funded for most of 2026. Hard-line conservatives have cheered the plan as a key step in the right direction and a roadmap for Republicans to follow when they begin crafting annual…
More than a dozen House Republicans are pressing the newly confirmed Social Security Administration (SSA) chief Frank Bisignano on the recent staff cutbacks at the agency. The 15 House GOP lawmakers said in a letter to Bisignano, who was confirmed by the Senate in a 53-47 vote on Tuesday, that…
The most detailed plan to reshape the Army began taking shape long before Pete Hegseth’s arrival as secretary of defense. (Image credit: Jen Golbeck)
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says he is passing on running for the U..S Senate in next year’s midterm elections, a blow to Republicans who spent months courting him to challenge Democratic incumbent.
Lawmakers spoke out to Fox News Digital on Tuesday as chaos ensued at one of the nation’s busiest airports. “Our team has reached out to the FAA to get answers on what steps they’re taking to resolve this situation,” said Sen. Andy Kim, a Democrat on the Senate Commerce, Science…
House Republicans’ work of making sweeping cuts to Medicaid — the social safety net program that provides health care coverage for 72 million low-income and disabled Americans — while publicly pretending they are not doing so continues this week.
Two co-hosts of the popular liberal podcast “Pod Save America” mocked President Trump over comments he made Monday about their ex-boss, former President Obama. During a Monday meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Trump commented on the building of the Obama Presidential Center. “He’s building his library in Chicago,”…
President Trump on Tuesday announced Andrew Giuliani, an ally and son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, would lead a task force overseeing the 2026 World Cup, which will take place in North America. Trump convened a meeting of that task force at the White House with a…
The Trump administration is cutting the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star program, which highlights energy efficient home appliances, an agency source told The Hill on Tuesday. According to the source, at a meeting Monday, staffers were told that Energy Star was being eliminated, as is the Climate Protection Partnerships…
Sen. Thom Tillis’ office brushed off concern that a left-wing court could select an interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia after the North Carolina Republican bucked President Donald Trump’s pick for the role, putting the onus on the Trump administration to select a successor and avoid involvement from…
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called out the Biden administration for allegedly neglecting a government agency’s report about the poor state of the air traffic control system. In an X post on Tuesday, Duffy shared an excerpt from a report published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) entitled “Air Traffic…
A federal judge Tuesday wrote that President Trump’s executive order dismantling the IMLS “disregards the fundamental constitutional role of each of the branches of our federal government.” (Image credit: Jacquelyn Martin)