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As they vet candidates for a potential third-party presidential ticket, No Labels is reaching out to former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. A source in the two-time Republican presidential candidate’s political orbit told Fox News on Thursday that the centrist group has made outreach to Christie in recent days. Christie, who ended his 2024 GOP nomination campaign in mid-January, appeared …

When Hunter Morgan bought an optometry practice in Southern California three years ago, one of the first things he did was start seeing patients who use Medicaid — the government-funded health insurance program for low-income people. The previous owners had not accepted patients on Medicaid, which covers roughly a third of California’s 39 million residents. But Morgan felt he had …

Several new Democrat earmarks in the bipartisan $1.2 trillion government spending package unveiled this week are raising eyebrows among conservative groups. The 1,012-page bill — released around 2:30 a.m. on Thursday — includes earmarks that would go toward controversial LGBTQ+ facilities and a late-term abortion clinic. Another request includes a multimillion-dollar proposal for what critics dub “gun confiscation” research. Former …

FIRST ON FOX: A group of 24 Senate Republicans are calling out the Biden administration for “weaponizing” the tax code to stifle domestic energy production in the president’s proposed 2025 budget. In a letter Thursday to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, the GOP lawmakers — led by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. — highlighted the more than $110 billion in tax hikes …

FIRST ON FOX: House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is launching an investigation alongside Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., into whether the IRS is using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to improperly surveil American taxpayers across the country. In a pair of letters sent to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Attorney General Merrick Garland, the lawmakers point to a September 2023 press …

Over a dozen pro-Palestine demonstrators were arrested at the Russell Senate Office Building on Thursday afternoon. The pro-Palestine demonstrators were heard repeatedly chanting, “We call for a permanent cease-fire,” in the rotunda of the government building, which is connected to the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. In one video, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., was seen attempting to go on-air …

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Thursday vetoed Republican proposals that would have allowed election observers to get closer to poll workers and required a new post-election audit, while signing into law a bill requiring that political TV ads using artificial intelligence come with a disclaimer. Evers, a Democrat, also signed a bipartisan bill exempting purchases of precious metal, such as …

President Biden raked in another $21 million in donations in February, extending his cash lead over former President Trump and the Republican National Committee. Combined with the Democratic National Committee, Biden has a war chest of $97.5 million, of which over $70 million belongs to the campaign. Trump and the RNC have less than half that at $44.8 million, according …

FIRST ON FOX:Former U.S. Army Special Forces Green Beret and combat veteranDerrick Anderson has landed another endorsement from a member of House leadership in the battle to flip one swing state’s House seat for the Republicans. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., announced Thursdaythat he will back Anderson’s bid to representVirginia’s 7th Congressional District. The district — currently held by …

FIRST ON FOX: A report detailing the “helplessness” felt by female students due to biological males, or transgender women, participating with their female sports teams was released Thursday after a congressional investigation into proposed Title IX changes by the Biden administration. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., the ranking member on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), released …