Politics

Lawyers for the Trump administration said Friday they are appealing a judge’s order to restore $2.7 billion in frozen federal research funding to Harvard University, the latest twist in a months-long, high-profile court fight that has pitted the administration against the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university.At issue is a ruling issued in September by U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs, which blocked the Trump administration's attempt to terminate the more […]

Evita Duffy-Alfonso, a daughter of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, called for the abolition of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on Thursday, asserting that she had been treated poorly by agents and endured an "absurdly invasive pat-down." "TSA = unreasonable, warrantless searches of passengers and their property. That means it violates the Fourth Amendment and is therefore unconstitutional. Pls abolish," she wrote in a post on X, tagging President Donald Trump and […]

FIRST ON FOX: A handful of conservative energy and climate groups released a report outlining the top 10 challenges that rocked climate change activism in 2025, as President Donald Trump returned to the White House with a mandate to unleash American energy this year.Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has signed a series of executive orders and legislation to scale back America's green energy efforts. Now, a […]

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., accused the Trump administration of orchestrating a "cover-up" as the deadline for the release of documents and materials related to the late Jeffrey Epstein arrives.Schumer on Friday blasted the Department of Justice (DOJ) following Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s admission that the administration would not be releasing all the documents in one, massive tranche.Congress last month passed a law, later signed by President Donald […]

The longest-serving governor of North Carolina, Jim Hunt, died Thursday at the age of 88.His daughter, Lt. Gov. Rachel Hunt, announced the Democratic leader’s death in a statement on X."It is with deep sadness that I share the passing of my beloved daddy and hero, former Governor Jim Hunt," she wrote."He devoted his life to serving the people of North Carolina, guided by a belief that public service should expand […]

Joint Task Force Southern Spear forces struck two alleged narco-terrorist vessels moving along a major drug corridor in the Eastern Pacific on Thursday, killing five militants without suffering any U.S. casualties.U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) released a video on X showing the opening strike and the aftermath, with the targeted boat engulfed in flames."On Dec. 18, at the direction of [Secretary of War] Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted […]

Maria Shriver slammed President Donald Trump on Thursday after the Kennedy Center's board voted unanimously to rename the institution to the "Trump-Kennedy Center," accusing him of trying to attach his name to a memorial dedicated to her uncle, President John F. Kennedy.Shriver, a high-profile member of the Kennedy family, said it is "beyond comprehension" to change the center's name, accusing Trump of staining JFK’s legacy in art, culture and education."It […]

President Trump signed into law a nearly $1 trillion defense policy bill Thursday and approved what looks to be the largest military spending package in U.S. history.The fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act authorizes $901 billion in military spending, roughly $8 billion more than the administration requested, according to Reuters.It also delivers a nearly 4% pay raise for troops, provides new funding for Ukraine and the Baltic States and includes […]

Department of Justice officials are in their final sprint to assemble by Friday a tranche of records related to Jeffrey Epstein, but the extent of material that will be made public remains unknown.The DOJ could withhold large portions of the material under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, a bill passed last month requiring the government to release within 30 days all unclassified material in its possession related to Epstein and […]