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Elon Musk’s tirade against President Donald Trump’s "big, beautiful bill" has forced House Republicans to scramble to respond on Wednesday.GOP lawmakers who had spent months praising Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) efforts are now working to avoid a war of words with the tech billionaire as he calls on them to scrap months of work in favor of a new budget reconciliation bill."He didn’t make it any easier for […]

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to provide all non-citizens deported from the U.S. to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador to be afforded the opportunity to seek habeas relief in court, and challenge their alleged gang status— the latest in a heated fight centered on President Donald Trump's use of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport certain migrants."In short, the Government must facilitate […]

House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters he was "surprised" by Elon Musk’s criticism of the "big, beautiful bill" after the two of them discussed the legislation. While the speaker expressed confidence in the bill, he acknowledged that it took Congress "decades" to reach a point where the national debt has crept past $36.2 trillion and that it would take more than one bill to fix the situation."The Trump administration needs four […]

It could be the end of the line for the "train to nowhere."Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has released a scathing report exposing what he said is the unfeasibility of California's long-troubled high-speed rail project – threatening to pull the plug on a plan that already has the federal government on the hook for $6.9 billion while Californians are underwriting an additional $9 billion.Duffy said that the federal government is moving […]

FIRST ON FOX: House Republicans are unveiling a new resolution to condemn the Boulder, Colorado, terror attack against a pro-Israel demonstration over the weekend.The resolution would call for the deportation of people who overstay their visas in the U.S., as was allegedly the case with the attacker.The legislation is being led by Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., who is Jewish, and Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, chair of the 189-member-strong Republican Study […]

With just under three weeks to go until primary day in the nation's most populous city, the New York City mayoral race is heating up.Nine Democrats running for mayor in the Democratic-dominated city will face off Wednesday night in the first of two debates ahead of the June 24 primary, with early voting starting 10 days earlier, on June 14.And likely in the political crosshairs in the first in-person clash […]

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., is widening his investigation into the alleged "cover-up" of former President Joe Biden's mental decline by seeking interviews with five more former White House aides.Comer sent letters to five more top former Biden staffers, putting his total outreach in the investigation to 10 people so far.The latest round of letters are being sent to former White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain, former […]

Rising Democratic Party star Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, who sparked controversy earlier this year with remarks about Elon Musk and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, formally launched her bid for ranking member of the House Oversight Committee Tuesday."These are not normal times — and this cannot be a business-as-usual moment," Crockett said in a post on X. The House Oversight Committee is responsible for holding the executive branch of the federal government and […]

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…Newark Mayor and Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Ras Baraka filed a lawsuit Tuesday against interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba, accusing her of false arrest and malicious prosecution in connection with his May 9 arrest and charges outside a federal immigration center.The lawsuit, filed […]