Politics

A federal prosecutor acknowledged Thursday that the decision to charge Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia two years after a routine traffic stop was "extraordinary," while defending the human smuggling case as legally justified.Abrego Garcia, 31, has become a flashpoint in the national immigration debate since last March, when he was deported to El Salvador in violation of a 2019 court order in what Trump administration officials acknowledged was an "administrative […]

State of the Union speeches are all about aspirations. It doesn’t matter if you’re Reagan. Clinton, Obama, the Bush tandem or Trump. Aspirations are the quintessence of State of the Union speeches. What presidents aspire to do. And what a president wants Congress to do.All of this flows toward the ultimate of political aspirations: winning elections. Be it the next presidential election. Or, House and Senate seats during the midterms.There […]

Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Ore., called a challenge from President Donald Trump's 2026 State of the Union address "racist" when he asked listeners to stand if they agreed the U.S. should prioritize the safety of its own citizens over illegal aliens."If you agree with this statement, then stand up and show your support," Trump said."The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens."Democrats remained seated […]

A Senate Republican warned Thursday that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's primary focus is shedding American blood as U.S.-Iran relations continue to simmer. "The ayatollah not only thinks that I'm going to hell because I don't agree with his religion — he wants to kill me," Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said on the Senate floor Thursday."He wants to kill Americans and the Israelis and anybody who does not believe in his jihad and […]

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House for a previously unscheduled visit on Thursday, Fox News has confirmed.The pair are expected to discuss housing issues, particularly those affecting New York City, according to the New York Post. They are also likely to discuss immigration issues, according to Politico.Mamdani last visited Trump in the White House in November 2025, shortly after he […]

FIRST ON FOX: China is expanding a network of space facilities across Latin America that could strengthen Beijing’s military surveillance and war-fighting capabilities in the Western Hemisphere, according to a new report. A new report from the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party identifies at least 11 PRC-linked ground stations, radio telescopes and satellite ranging sites in Argentina, Venezuela, Bolivia, Chile and Brazil — installations the panel says may […]

FIRST ON FOX: A Senate Republican is moving to advance one of President Donald Trump's key State of the Union requests but says he doesn’t expect Senate Democrats to support it."The Dems are not acting rationally these days," Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital. "And, of course, anything that they think is something that Trump would support or likes they sort of reflexively oppose."Cornyn plans to introduce legislation […]

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz accused the Trump administration of unleashing a "campaign of retribution" against his state after Vice President JD Vance announced a temporary pause in Medicaid funding there. Vance’s announcement was made after President Donald Trump railed against fraud in Minnesota on Tuesday evening in his State of the Union address. Vance said Wednesday that he is giving Walz 60 days to clean up how the state doles out funding, adding, "We […]

Jennifer Bos, the mother of a woman who was found dead and covered in bleach in an illegal immigrant’s dumpster in a Chicago suburb, described the emotional moment she met President Donald Trump and shared his three-word message to her: "Watch what happens."In an interview with Fox News Digital, Bos described being part of a group of families of migrant crime victims known as "Angel Families" who met with the […]