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FIRST ON FOX: The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine — a largely taxpayer-funded body that has taken in hundreds of millions in federal dollars — is facing pushback for fast-tracking a climate review that critics say is an attempt to undermine the Trump administration's energy agenda.Earlier this month, Politico reported that NASEM is using "internal funding" to pay for a review that will be released in September in […]

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson criticized on Thursday what she said were the "recent tendencies" of the Supreme Court to side with the Trump administration, providing her remarks in a bitter dissent in a case related to National Institutes of Health grants.Jackson, a Biden appointee, rebuked her colleagues for "lawmaking" on the shadow docket, where an unusual volume of fast, preliminary decisionmaking has taken place related to the hundreds of lawsuits […]

The Trump administration scored a major victory at the Supreme Court Thursday as the justices, in a 5-4 order, cleared his administration to slash more than $783 million in National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grants tied to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, LGBTQ issues and other hot-button areas.The unsigned majority order said NIH "may proceed with terminating existing grants" while leaving in place a partial block on issuing new […]

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday said "effective immediately" he would pause the issuance of worker visas for commercial drivers after an illegal immigrant truck driver allegedly caused a crash that killed three people in Florida. In a post on X, Rubio cited public safety for the move. "The increasing number of foreign drivers operating large tractor-trailer trucks on U.S. roads is endangering American lives and undercutting the livelihoods of American […]

Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons vowed to "flood" Boston with agents after Democratic Mayor Michelle Wu doubled down on her pledge to uphold the city's sanctuary policies and resist the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration.Speaking on the local radio program "The Howie Carr Show," Lyons responded to Wu by saying, "Now you’re going to see more ICE agents come to Boston to make sure that we take these public […]

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…-Boasberg cleared to rule on CECOT migrant deportations after appeals court decision-Trump reveals plan to patrol Washington streets with police and military forces-Ex-Biden spokesman who called mental fitness doubts a ‘conspiracy’ only met with him twice: ComerAn illegal immigrant who is facing three counts of […]

A day after a local news outlet exposed an Eric Adams aide for allegedly handing a reporter a wad of cash stuffed inside a bag of potato chips, a handful of folks from Adams' inner circle, including one of his former top advisers, have been indicted in their own alleged bribery scandal. The Manhattan District Attorney's Office announced four new indictments Thursday, alleging a pay-to-play scheme and other charges against multiple […]

President Donald Trump took heat from a major swing-state governor and potential 2028 Democratic presidential contender who scoffed Wednesday at the idea of eliminating mail-in balloting by fiat."Donald Trump can sign whatever the hell executive orders he wants to sign and make a show out of whatever he wants, but he can't change the Constitution with an executive order," Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said at a press conference in Harrisburg."The […]

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked a Texas bill requiring public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments, the latest in a string of setbacks for red states seeking to introduce the religious text into schools.Judge Fred Biery wrote in an order granting a preliminary injunction that the Republican-led legislature could not demonstrate a tradition of public schools posting the Ten Commandments, which he said was needed for the bill […]