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The Trump administration is freezing $11 billion in federal funds earmarked mostly for Democrat cities’ infrastructure projects as the government shutdown rolls on with no end in sight. Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), made the announcement Friday while pinning the shutdown on Democrats, whose actions he said left him with no choice but to halt the spending."The Democrat shutdown has drained the Army Corps of […]

Millions of people are expected to gather across thousands of locations in the United States on Saturday for a nationwide "No Kings" protest challenging President Donald Trump and his GOP priorities. Saturday's demonstrations across the nation mark the second "No Kings" protest since Trump took office. Some Democratic members and candidates for Congress are expected to attend. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., did not provide a clear answer when asked if […]

President Donald Trump kicked off the week with a major breakthrough, brokering a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, and closed out the week seeking to make progress on the next global conflict in Ukraine. Trump met with Israeli lawmakers in the Knesset Monday before heading to Egypt, where he met with leaders there as well as Qatar, Turkey and other regional powers. The president urged countries in the region to […]

The Trump administration has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the deployment of the National Guard in Chicago to protect federal personnel and federal property amid protests over immigration enforcement in the area.Solicitor General D. John Sauer, Trump’s top Supreme Court lawyer, urged the justices to step in immediately after a judge ruled last week that National Guard troops sent to Illinois by President Donald Trump to combat crime can remain […]

Tomahawks, Tomahawks, Tomahawks. That’s the word buzzing in the ears of Russian President Vladimir Putin, as President Donald Trump weighs providing America’s precision strike missile of choice to Ukraine.   Since May, Trump has bombed the Houthis in Yemen, obliterated Iran’s nuclear facilities and hit narco-terrorist drug boats in the Caribbean.  Putin has to realize that Tomahawks could soon be in the skies over Russia.What can Ukraine hit with the 1,000-mile-range Tomahawks? Start with […]

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman is escalating his commentary on the New York City mayoral race, claiming Republican Curtis Sliwa’s refusal to exit has pushed democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani to a 90% chance of victory, according to prediction market data. Ackman, the founder of Pershing Square Capital, argued that Sliwa staying in the race is helping Mamdani secure the win.On Friday, Ackman posted new Polymarket odds on X showing Mamdani near 90%, […]

President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social Friday that he commuted the sentence of disgraced former Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., after several campaign finance violations."George Santos was somewhat of a ‘rogue,’ but there are many rogues throughout our Country that aren’t forced to serve seven years in prison," Trump wrote. "I started to think about George when the subject of Democrat Senator Richard "Da Nang Dick" Blumenthal came up again…. This […]

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…-FBI arrests alleged pro-Hamas Oct. 7 attacker living in Louisiana-Millions expected to flood streets at ‘No Kings’ protests targeting Trump across all 50 states-Thune slams Schumer’s ‘kingmaker’ politics, refuses to ‘kiss the ring’ in shutdown talksFormer White House National Security Advisor John Bolton pleaded not […]

FIRST ON FOX: The Trump Department of Homeland Security is criticizing a Democratic judge for taking "activism to a whole new level" by harboring an illegal gang member who just pled guilty to illegally possessing firearms and destroying evidence.Federal authorities arrested Cristhian Ortega-Lopez, a Venezuelan national who illegally entered the country in 2023 during the Biden administration, in February at the home of former Dona Ana County Magistrate Judge Jose […]