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FIRST ON FOX: The White House doubled down in a new memo on its messaging against the Democrats’ shutdown position and claimed that if the Democrats' demands are met, nearly $200 billion would flow to healthcare for illegal immigrants.The memo, first obtained by Fox News Digital, argued that congressional Democrats’ desire to repeal the healthcare title of President Donald Trump’s "big, beautiful bill," now dubbed the Working Families Tax Cut […]

Vice President JD Vance smacked down Democrat lawmakers’ "preposterous" claim that Democrats are not trying to provide taxpayer-funded healthcare benefits to illegal immigrants in an interview with "FOX & Friends" on Wednesday.Vance said Democrats want to reinstate Biden-era federal funding for emergency healthcare for illegal immigrants that was ended under the Trump administration."They say, ‘We're not actually trying to give healthcare benefits to illegal aliens,’" Vance said of the Democrats. […]

President Donald Trump shared photos on Truth Social on Tuesday showing red "Trump 2028" hats strategically displayed on the Resolute Desk during an Oval Office meeting with Democrat leaders Monday in hopes of fending off a government shutdown.Trump's post came late Tuesday, hours before Washington grappled with its first shutdown since 2018-19. "The Trump administration wants a straightforward and clean CR [continuing resolution] to continue funding the government – the exact […]

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) accused congressional Democrats on Tuesday of forcing a government shutdown, warning that the "Radical Left" is putting vulnerable families at risk while pledging to keep critical housing services operating."The Far Left is barreling our country toward a shutdown, which will hurt all Americans," a HUD spokesperson told Fox News Digital. "At HUD, we are working to keep critical services online and support […]

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., railed against Senate Democrats’ move to block the GOP’s short-term funding extension as Congress gears up for a government shutdown.Democratic lawmakers led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., voted to block Republicans' continuing resolution (CR) for a second time just hours ahead of the deadline to fund the government.It’s unlikely that a deal will be struck in the waning hours of fiscal year […]

A yelling match between Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and a former Biden administration official broke out in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing over the need for "two spirit" safe spaces to combat gun violence.Hawley challenged Gregory Jackson Jr., who served as deputy director of the Biden White House’s Office of Gun Violence Prevention and, more recently, as the head of Community Justice Action Fund (CJAF), over the organization’s policies on […]

The White House has officially declared an imminent government shutdown after the Senate failed to pass a GOP-backed spending bill to keep federal agencies funded through Nov. 21.A memo issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said current federal funding levels "expire at 11:59 p.m. tonight.""Unfortunately, Democrat senators are blocking passage of H.R. 5371 in the Senate due to Democrats' insane policy demands, which include $1 trillion in […]

The chairwoman of the Loudoun County, Virginia board of supervisors criticized murdered political activist Charlie Kirk while expressing compassion for his family during roundtable remarks at September’s meeting.Loudoun, about 30 miles west of Washington, is a formerly-Republican bastion that has swung hard to the left and become ground-zero in recent election seasons as a prominent site for culture war battles – including transgender school restroom policies that have marked the […]

Vice President JD Vance and Donald Trump Jr. will attend events in the coming months for Turning Point USA, the extremely influential conservative youth organization co-founded by their close friend, the late Charlie Kirk.The news, first reported by Axios, was confirmed to Fox News Digital on Tuesday morning by a source close to both the vice president and Trump Jr., who is the eldest son of President Donald Trump.Kirk, the […]