Politics

President Donald Trump's political muscle in Republican nomination races was on full display Tuesday as a candidate he endorsed last week won a crowded and competitive GOP special election primary for a vacant congressional seat in Tennessee.Trump-backed Matt Van Epps, a former commissioner of the Tennessee Department of General Services, came out on top in a field of 11 Republican candidates vying to fill the seat in the state's solidly […]

EXCLUSIVE:  As the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement efforts are met with continued resistance in Chicago, FBI Director Kash Patel passionately defended the bureau’s supporting role in the Windy City, telling Fox News Digital that agents are "just doing their job to safeguard the streets."Patel and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche were on the ground touring the Chicago field office on Tuesday morning and explaining why the FBI needed to "flex […]

Democratic candidate for Virginia attorney general Jay Jones canceled a fundraiser scheduled for Thursday night in the wake of backlash he has faced over past text messages in which he fantasized about putting "two bullets" in the head of a Republican colleague.The fundraiser was planned to be held at the home of author David Baldacci, but donors expected to attend reportedly received a memo that their contributions would be refunded […]

President Donald Trump said he had a "very good" phone call with Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Monday, their first substantive conversation since the pair sparred over U.S. tariffs and the prosecution of former president Jair Bolsonaro."We will be having further discussions, and will get together in the not too distant future, both in Brazil and the United States," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "I enjoyed the […]

President Donald Trump warned Tuesday that a "substantial" number of jobs will be permanently lost if the government shutdown continues, as he ripped the Democratic Party for having "no leader." Trump, speaking alongside Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House, said, "We have a lot of things that we're going to eliminate and permanently eliminate." "I'll be able to tell you that in four or five days if this keeps […]

New Jersey is in the midst of a "Lord of the Rings" moment as Republicans work to rally voters to flip the deep blue state red in a tight gubernatorial election that's coming down to its final days, Republican activist Scott Presler told Fox News Digital in an exclusive Zoom interview. "To anyone who thinks that New Jersey is not winnable this November, I want to remind you that in 2021, […]

Georgia prosecutors have requested a 90-day extension to appoint a new attorney in the election interference case against President Donald Trump and 14 co-defendants, citing a heavy backlog and the case’s complexity.The Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia (PACGA) has been tasked with replacing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis after she was permanently sidelined from prosecuting the case last month. The council’s executive director, Pete Skandalakis, filed an extension request on Friday to […]

Attorney General Pam Bondi clashed with Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., over President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago on Tuesday.The exchange came during Bondi's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, with Durbin pressing Bondi to justify the deployment. Bondi refused to detail her communications with the White House regarding the move, but she said the troops are there to protect the residents of Chicago."Why do you want […]

President Donald Trump on Monday evening slammed Democratic lawmakers for shutting down the government amid one of "the most successful economies," calling on them to reopen the government tonight."Democrats have SHUT DOWN the United States Government right in the midst of one of the most successful Economies, including a Record Stock Market, that our Country has ever had," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "This has sadly affected so many programs, […]