Exclusive: Jay Bratt, who led Mar-a-Lago case, first special prosecutor known to be summoned after Trump vows revenge The former special counsel prosecutor Jay Bratt is scheduled to appear before the Republican-led House judiciary committee next week as it attempts to find instances of politicization in the federal criminal cases brought against Donald Trump, according […]
Trump ally Marjorie Taylor Greene says she won’t run for Senate while blasting Dems and fellow Republicans
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a top House ally of President Donald Trump and a MAGA firebrand with a national following, is passing on a 2026 Senate run. The three-term conservative lawmaker who represents a solidly red district in northwest Georgia, in a lengthy statement posted to social media on Friday night, took […]
Pope Leo XIV’s name gives clue to how he’ll handle social, political divides, bishop says
American author, speaker and theologian Bishop Robert Barron was at the Vatican this week to witness the election of a new pope, and he shared his thoughts with Fox News Digital about Cardinal Robert Prevost’s “intriguing” new papal name. Papal names are often very symbolic with regard to how a Pope will serve as the […]
Marjorie Taylor Greene won’t run for Senate
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican firebrand and ally of President Donald Trump, is passing on the Senate race in Georgia. “I’m not running,” she said in a lengthy post on social media on Friday, citing her frustrations with the Senate as the main reason she didn’t want to run. “Even with a few good […]
Who is the Democratic gubernatorial candidate arrested for trespassing at an ICE detention center?
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who was arrested on Friday for trespassing at an ICE holding facility, is known as a far-left progressive who has a record of associating with controversial celebrities. Baraka, who is currently one of the top Democratic candidates for New Jersey governor, was arrested by Homeland Security personnel outside the Delaney Hall […]
US to begin admitting white South African refugees
The United States will begin admitting the first group of White South African refugees next week, whom President Trump’s administration has argued have been victims of “racial discrimination.” “The refugee program is not intended as a solution for global poverty. And historically it has been used that way…this is an example of the president returning […]
Rümeysa Öztürk, Tufts student held by Ice, released from Louisiana jail
PhD student Öztürk, arrested in March for political speech, released on Friday after federal judge’s ruling US politics live – latest updates Rümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts University student arrested in March for her political speech, has been released from the Louisiana detention center where she was being held in what she and her lawyers had […]
White House blasts Dems ‘crossing the line’ by storming ICE facility
FIRST ON FOX: The White House is blasting Democrats for “prioritizing the welfare of illegal aliens over American citizens,” after “outright breaking the law” and storming an ICE facility in New Jersey. On Friday, Reps. Rob Menendez Jr., Bonnie Watson Coleman and LaMonica McIver, all New Jersey Democrats, entered ICE’s Delaney Hall detention facility in […]
Vance says he won’t play ‘politicization of the pope game’ over whether Leo XIV is conservative or liberal
Vice President JD Vance refused to talk politics about the newly elected pope on Friday, calling his election a “great thing.” “So many people my entire lifetime have said you’re never going to have an American pope,” Vance told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt after being asked for his reaction to his election. “Obviously, now […]
Newark mayor arrested as Dem Congress members storm New Jersey ICE prison to conduct ‘oversight visit’
The mayor of Newark, New Jersey, was arrested Friday at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility where three members of Congress also stormed the facility’s gate, demanding they be allowed to conduct an “oversight visit.” Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, a top Democratic gubernatorial candidate, was arrested at the scene for trespassing, authorities […]
Trump says tax raises are ‘good politics,’ dismissing GOP critics
As Republicans search for avenues to extend President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, some Republican lawmakers involved in the process have floated the idea that the nation’s highest earners could see a tax increase in order to usher in cuts for lower-earners. For his part, the president is sending signals he tends to agree. “You […]
5 things to watch as US, China kick off trade talks
President Trump on Friday issued his clearest sign yet of his desire to de-escalate the trade war he started with China last month. “80% Tariff on China seems right! Up to Scott B,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social, publicly advising Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to lower tariffs on China from the current […]
Thune on millionaire tax: ‘I don’t want to see taxes go up on anybody’
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is making it clear that he’s not a fan of President Trump’s proposal earlier this week to raise taxes on wealthy income earners, but he’s willing to listen to what the president has in mind. “I don’t want to see taxes go up on anybody,” Thune said in an […]
RFK Jr. on damage control over surgeon general nominee
96 <!– Presented by The Coalition to Strengthen America’s Healthcare {beacon} Health Care Health Care <!– The Big Story Kennedy on damage control over surgeon general nominee Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sat down for a Fox News interview Thursday to try to quell the tide of opposition that […]
New Jersey mayor arrested for protesting at migrant centre
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was part of a group of Democratic officials seeking to enter the facility housing detained migrants.
The US and China are finally talking. Why now?
Economic pressures are forcing Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to seek an off-ramp in the trade war.
Maga says Pope Leo may be American, but he’s not ‘America first’
Pope Leo XIV has expressed support for immigrants and criticism of JD Vance. Donald Trump’s supporters aren’t happy.
Top Dem gubernatorial candidate arrested for trespassing at ICE detention center
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, a top Democratic gubernatorial candidate in New Jersey, was arrested on Friday for trespassing at an ICE holding facility in Newark during a protest. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) called the incident, which took place at the Delaney Hall ICE detention center, a “beyond bizarre political stunt” that “puts the […]
Leaks to media about Fetterman are a coordinated smear campaign, Hill colleagues say
The media’s pile-on of Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., reached the point where both Republicans and Democrats were lamenting the rhetorical blows landing on the hulking Pittsburgh-area lawmaker by Friday. “This is so blatantly coordinated,” remarked media observer and Fox News contributor Joe Concha, who shared a link in his X post to a Politico […]
An American has become pope. Will he be the moral leader we desperately need? | Arwa Mahdawi
Pope Francis spoke for the most vulnerable, from Palestinians in Gaza to immigrants in the US. Let’s hope that Leo will follow in his footsteps America is back, baby. Not only has the Gulf of Mexico been successfully Americanized, the Vatican is now officially US territory. OK, fine, not officially, but, on Thursday, the Chicago-born […]