Politics

FIRST ON FOX: One Senate Republican warned that the "radical leftist" surge in the Democratic Party today will be the roadmap for Democrats in 2028, when candidates will jockey for the White House."You get this hammer-and-sickle wave we saw in New York — that is not going to be an isolated incident," Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., told Fox News Digital. "That is a flashing red light. It is a red […]

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin argues that climate projections represent a range of possible outcomes — not certainties — and warned against labeling those who disagree with them as "science deniers.""When someone looks at 2050 or 2100, and they say, ‘This is exactly what the sea level is going to be. This is what the temperature is going to be,’ it doesn't acknowledge correctly that there really is a range from […]

President Donald Trump on Friday said he will not sign a bipartisan housing bill passed by Congress in protest over the failure of lawmakers to bring the SAVE Act over the finish line.Meanwhile, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which is intended to lower the costs of housing and spur more home construction, is slated to become law Saturday unless Trump vetoes the legislation."I will not sign the Housing […]

FIRST ON FOX: Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers made a $10 million drug bust on Monday during an inspection of a commercial tractor trailer transporting cabbage at the Pharr Port of Entry, a bridge near the southernmost part of Texas.A canine inspection and nonintrusive imaging scan led officers to a hidden load inside the trailer, CBP said. A physical search uncovered 477 packages containing 1,173 pounds of cocaine with […]

Mitt Romney, a former Massachusetts governor and former U.S. senator from Utah who will turn 80 years old next year, opined that he thinks individuals 80 and older should not be at the nation's helm.He made the comments during an interview on "Deseret Voices" after host McKay Coppins jokingly asked Romney whether he would run for president in 2028.Romney indicated he "would love" to run again, adding, "and this time […]

A federal appeals court upheld a controversial Illinois gun control law that largely bans assault weapons.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit decision issued on Thursday slapped down a district court decision that declared the ban unconstitutional."Among other things, the Act criminalizes the manufacture, sale, delivery, purchase, and possession of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines. A grandfather clause permits preexisting lawful owners of the regulated items to continue […]

Graham Platner’s political collapse did more than derail a scandal-plagued Senate campaign in Maine. It also completed Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman’s public transformation from a Bernie Sanders-backed progressive populist to one of the left’s most aggressive internal critics.Fetterman was among the first prominent Democrats to call out Platner's mounting controversies, even as many party leaders continued backing the scandal-plagued candidate until a former girlfriend publicly accused Platner of rape, an […]

Graham Platner is taking his name off the ballot, but the trail of debris left from the mounting controversies that brought down his nearly year-long insurgent Senate campaign in Maine is giving Republicans ammunition to use against Democrats in other crucial midterm races."Democrats rolled in the mud with Platner, and now they are completely stained by their association with this sick monster," Republican National Committee Chair Joe Gruters charged in […]

Maryland Democratic Gov. Wes Moore is facing criticism for condemning rising "tribal" politics while continuing to push a redistricting effort that opponents say would eliminate the state's sole Republican congressional seat.Moore, a rising Democratic star who is being floated as a possible 2028 presidential candidate, gave an Independence Day speech in which he described American history as "powerful," "painful" and "complex."Speaking in the Maryland State House, where George Washington resigned […]