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EXCLUSIVE: House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is warning that everyday Americans could be at risk in a prolonged government shutdown.The top House Republican sat down for an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital on Wednesday, the first day of the ongoing government shutdown.Asked how long he thought it would continue, Johnson said he was praying for a short ordeal."My expectation is that I don't know how it could go longer […]

Virginia’s Democratic attorney general nominee dodged possible jail time for driving 116 mph by logging 1,000 hours of community service — half with his own political action committee and the rest with the NAACP — after repeated court delays, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital.The documents show former Del. Jay Jones, D-Norfolk, was caught driving 116 mph on Interstate 64 in New Kent, Virginia – about halfway between […]

Rejecting reports of a split with the brass, the Department of War says the National Defense Strategy was "seamlessly coordinated" with senior civilian and uniform leaders — and that "any narrative to the contrary is false."On Monday, The Washington Post reported that multiple senior officers had raised concerns about the forthcoming strategy, pointing to a divide between political leadership.Deputy Secretary of War Steve Feinberg pushed back on Wednesday, in an […]

New Jersey gubernatorial hopeful Mikie Sherrill has become one of the Garden State’s richest lawmakers in Congress six years after getting elected to Washington — buoyed by a portfolio of luxe properties, millions in stock and a banker husband who earns more than $2 million per year.Republican Jack Ciattarelli and his allies have pummeled Sherrill (D-NJ) over her finances — accusing her of "flipping stocks and cashing in" since being elected to high […]

EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., vowed to stand fearlessly with young conservatives in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination — a tragedy that sparked national outrage and led to three Clemson professors being fired after allegedly celebrating his death.In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital ahead of her address Wednesday at a Turning Point USA (TPUSA) gathering at Clemson University in South Carolina, Mace said she and other […]

EXCLUSIVE: Recent Russian incursions into NATO airspace have sharpened divisions inside the alliance over how to respond, exposing both the strength and the limits of collective defense.Secretary General Mark Rutte clashed with Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal last week after Estonia invoked NATO’s Article 4 clause, which triggers consultations when a member feels its security is threatened.According to three European officials granted anonymity to speak freely, Rutte argued that repeated […]

EXCLUSIVE: Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is accusing Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., of refusing to vote to end the government shutdown to kowtow to his left-wing base.Johnson told Fox News Digital in a sit-down interview that Democrats’ refusal to budge on their current position came up in an hour-long call with President Donald Trump Wednesday afternoon."[Trump is] very bothered by that, that Chuck Schumer would do this, Democrats would […]

With a government shutdown in effect, both sides of the aisle are looking to place blame on the other. House Speaker Mike Johnson pointed out that while Democrats expressed outrage over the proposed legislation, it is similar to several continuing resolutions that passed under the Biden administration."The nonpartisan clean CR only appears ‘partisan’ because 212 House Democrats and 46 Senate Democrats chose to make it that way. This CR is […]

The federal government formally entered a shutdown at midnight on Wednesday after Senate Democrats bucked a GOP-led short-term federal funding bill just hours before.While President Donald Trump and his administration have some level of discretion over what is affected during a shutdown, federal agencies must largely make their own decisions dictated by guidance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).Thousands of federal workers could be furloughed and others forced […]