Politics

New York City socialist mayor Zohran Mamdani was widely mocked by conservatives on social media Tuesday after announcing that one of his campaign platforms, arresting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, isn’t a tool he has at his disposal.In a video post on X that was viewed over 36 million times, Mamdani called Netanyahu a "war criminal" while conceding that New York City could not enforce the International Criminal Court's warrant […]

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani declined Wednesday to say when he learned the city had no authority to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after repeatedly campaigning on a promise to detain the Israeli leader if he came to New York.Pressed over whether the now-abandoned arrest threat amounted to "political theater," Mamdani said his administration had reviewed the applicable laws and concluded that only the federal government could execute […]

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s abandoned pledge to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu divided House Democrats, with some backing his proposal while others said the mayor lacked the legal authority to carry it out."Arrest him," Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., told Fox News Digital. "He’s a war criminal."Throughout Mamdani’s campaign, he repeatedly insisted that he would order the New York Police Department (NYPD) to enforce the warrant issued by […]

FIRST ON FOX: The No. 2 leader in the House of Representatives has confirmed plans for a fourth "big, beautiful bill" that would tackle government waste and abuse of federal dollars."If you're a single waitress, working three shifts at a diner, Democrats voted against you keeping your tip money … so that they can give that money to fraudsters in Minnesota who were sending it to terrorist organizations," House Majority […]

The first Fox News Power Rankings of the 2026 midterm elections and a new poll both indicate an extremely close contest between longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Troy Jackson, the candidate set to replace ex-nominee Graham Platner as the Democratic challenger, in what's expected to be a premiere Senate battleground.The Fox News Power Rankings, which gauge the competitiveness of elections using data, reporting and analysis, ranks the […]

Speaker Mike Johnson's bid to end run Democrats' opposition to an election integrity bill backed by President Donald Trump survived a key House-wide vote on Tuesday.It's a major victory for Republicans in a fight that Democrats have argued is about suppressing Americans' right to vote, while the GOP argues it is about enhancing Americans' confidence in the electoral process.The Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act has faced significant headwinds […]

U.S. counterintelligence capabilities have fallen far behind threats from China and Russia, according to former White House national security advisor H.R. McMaster, who accused Washington of being "extraordinarily negligent" during the decades after the Sept. 11 attacks."The counterintelligence threat is, like, way behind," McMaster warned during a House Intelligence Committee hearing Tuesday examining how national security threats have changed in the 25 years since 9/11.Committee Chair Rick Crawford, R-Ark., had […]

The Trump administration has accused UC San Diego's medical school of illegally discriminating against White and Asian applicants in favor of admitting less qualified Black and Hispanic students, putting nearly $1 billion in federal funding at risk.The findings stem from a months-long Justice Department Civil Rights Division investigation launched in March and come as the Trump administration intensifies its effort to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.According to a letter […]

New Jersey's Governor announced Tuesday afternoon that thousands of noncitizens were registered to vote in her state — and some cast ballots in past elections.Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill said that a "serious software error in New Jersey’s Motor Vehicle System led to the registration of roughly 6,600 people who indicated that they were not U.S. citizens between June 2023 and June 2024, almost three years prior to my taking office.""These […]