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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…- Trump's whirlwind week ahead to include meeting with NATO chief, 'major' announcement on Russia- UK to roll out red carpet in ‘unprecedented’ second Trump visit hosted by King Charles- Democrats seize on Epstein files drama with new transparency callsFormer President Joe Biden’s chief of […]

The Pentagon is reportedly pressuring Indo-Pacific allies Japan and Australia to clarify what roles they would play in the event of a war with China over Taiwan.Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon’s policy chief, raised the question during recent meetings with Japanese and Australian defense officials, the Financial Times first reported.While the United States has long urged Indo-Pacific allies to increase defense spending as China escalates its military activity around Taiwan, this […]

More details are being learned about another suspect in the anti-ICE Texas attack that took place on Independence Day, including his alleged involvement in an Antifa protest that resulted in assault charges in 2023, as a manhunt continues in Texas and Oklahoma.The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking for Benjamin Song, 32, for his alleged role in the Alvarado, Texas, attack targeting ICE agents, which left a local police officer […]

The Navy’s next-generation attack submarine won’t be a reality for at least 15 years, according to a new report.The Navy’s SSN(X) was originally slated to enter production in 2031. That timeline has since slipped – to 2035 and now to 2040, due to escalating costs and budget constraints.The Navy requested $623 million in its FY 2026 budget to advance the program.This new class is expected to emphasize stealth, intelligence gathering, larger […]

Senate Republicans are planning to take another crack at the budget reconciliation process after narrowly passing President Donald Trump’s "big, beautiful bill" earlier this month.The $3.3 trillion legislative behemoth, which permanently extended many of the provisions of the president’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and included reforms and work requirements for Medicaid and food assistance programs, and billions in spending for defense and border security, only passed the Senate […]

Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York brought in nearly $12 million in fundraising during the first half of this year, an impressive haul as she bids next year for a second four-term term steering the nation's fourth most populous state.But Hochul's fundraising report, released on Monday, comes as the governor continues to face lackluster poll numbers and regular attacks from two of her potential Republican challengers in next year's […]

No one in Butler, Pa. – population 13,000 – ever imagined their quiet community would become the backdrop to an attempted presidential assassination. But on July 13, 2024, gunman Thomas Mathew Crooks opened fire at a rally for once and future President Donald Trump at the local farm showgrounds, a burst of violence that reverberated far beyond western Pennsylvania's rolling hills and changed the course of American history. One bullet grazed Trump’s […]

Border czar Tom Homan slammed lawmakers for criticizing the conditions of "Alligator Alcatraz" — the nation’s newest detention center — while remaining "silent" about the migrant death toll under former President Joe Biden. "Alligator Alcatraz," which was constructed in the alligator-filled swamplands of the Florida Everglades to deter escapees, has drawn scrutiny over its conditions, remote location and potential environmental impact. Critics have questioned whether the site is safe, humane or […]

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo intends to run as an independent in New York City’s mayoral race after suffering a double-digit defeat to democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani in the recent Democratic primary.Cuomo’s anticipated run, reported by NewsNation, where his brother Chris is an anchor, would pit him against incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat who switched this year to running as an independent, Mamdani, a 33-year-old assemblyman, and Curtis […]