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New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced a new economic and workforce development transition team that will be headed by, among others, reparations activist Darrick Hamilton, who argues the U.S. economy and governmental policies related to it are racist.  Hamilton, who went to Oberlin College and later the University of Carolina at Chapel Hill, is the founding director of the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy at the progressive […]

Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump administration, Capitol Hill and more Fox News politics content. Here's what's happening…-'Full-blown battle' brewing in Dem party as Mamdani-style candidates rise in key races-Biden-era regulation on the chopping block as Trump-aligned legal group warns of 'DEI lens'-Trump admin ends Temporary Protected Status for Burmese migrantsA video featuring six Democrats telling U.S. troops to reject unlawful orders […]

President Donald Trump pardoned a pair of turkeys at the White House on Tuesday, going on to joke that former President Joe Biden's turkey pardons last year were "null and void" because he used an autopen.Trump made the joke while carrying out the decades-long White House Thanksgiving tradition, this year pardoning "Gobble" and "Waddle." The crowd laughed as Trump said he saved last year's turkeys, "Peach" and "Blossom" from being […]

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., seemingly made light of President Donald Trump repeatedly branding the maverick Republican congressman a "Rand Paul Jr.""In case you were wondering after five posts in ten days… I am NOT paying any rent to live there," Massie wrote in a post on X that contained screenshots of multiple Truth Social posts in which Trump referred to the congressman as "Rand Paul Jr.," a reference to the […]

The Department of Justice threw its support behind Texas on Monday, arguing the new map the state’s Republican-led legislature approved was not an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.Solicitor General John Sauer, who represents the Trump administration, wrote in an amicus brief that a lower court’s decision to block the map through the 2026 midterms was wrong and that the Supreme Court should intervene and reverse the decision."This is not a close case," […]

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt introduced "Waddle" the turkey to reporters in the briefing room before President Donald Trump is scheduled to pardon him and his friend, "Gobble," on Tuesday.A representative of the National Turkey Federation (NTF) who accompanied Leavitt confirmed to reporters that Waddle weighs over 50 pounds. Reporters peppered Waddle with questions ranging from his opinion on the peace negotiations in Ukraine to what crime he had […]

A pair of major North American solar companies, including one touted by Senate Democrats in 2023, could face scrutiny over their ties to China.While the feds have created barriers to Chinese firms flooding the solar market, many have found ways to localize operations in the U.S. or North America in a manner that allows for public investment and even deferential press coverage at times.After then-President Joe Biden signed the Inflation […]

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi demanded legal action Monday against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, speaking at an event in Memphis where she was highlighting the work of the city's "Safe Task Force."Bondi’s comments came after U.S. District Judge Cameron Currie dismissed the criminal indictments against Comey and James, and ruled that the prosecutor who brought the cases, Lindsey Halligan, had not been […]

The Justice Department asked a federal judge to unseal grand jury materials and lift protective orders in the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell cases after President Donald Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act.Signed by Trump on Nov. 19, 2025, the law requires Attorney General Pam Bondi to release all unclassified records, communications and investigative materials related to Epstein within 30 days.The order allows limited redactions for victim privacy or […]