A federal judge on Friday allowed a lawsuit from Reps. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., to proceed against two California cities that canceled their rallies in 2021. In a 22-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Hernan Vera said there is adequate evidence to suggest the GOP lawmakers have a legitimate claim against officials in Anaheim and Riverside, Calif., …
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Senator calls TikTok 'a weapon,' says the American people 'need to know the chilling truth' about it
U.S. Senators are demanding the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information on TikTok and its parent company ByteDance, citing “significant risks” to U.S. national security. Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, shared a letter on X Friday that he co-wrote with Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, urging Director Avril Haines to declassify a report about TikTok “in order to better inform the American …
Read More »Cardinals super fan known as 'Rally Runner' pleads guilty to storming Capitol in face paint
WASHINGTON (AP) — A St. Louis Cardinals super fan known as Rally Runner pleaded guilty on Friday to storming the U.S. Capitol while wearing red face paint and red clothes, fueling a baseless conspiracy theory that government plants secretly incited the Jan. 6, 2021, attack. The 44-year-old Missouri man, who legally changed his name from Daniel Donnelly Jr. to Rally …
Read More »Pennsylvania lawmakers push to find out causes of death for older adults in abuse or neglect cases
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republican state lawmakers are pushing Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration to do more to investigate the deaths of older adults who are the subject of an abuse or neglect complaint after Pennsylvania recorded a steep increase in such deaths, starting in 2019. Shapiro’s Department of Aging has balked at the idea raised by Republican lawmakers, who have …
Read More »Top Trump VP prospect plans summer wedding weeks after GOP convention
Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, who is considered a top prospect to serve as former President Donald Trump’s running mate on the 2024 Republican presidential ticket, is planning an early August wedding to fiancée Mindy Noce. The wedding would take place during a relatively quiet period on the presidential campaign trail, following the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee (July …
Read More »Ramaswamy predicts NY ruling against Trump could energize this key voter group 'in droves': 'Seismic impact'
FIRST ON FOX: Former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy predicts a recent judgment worth almost half a billion dollars against former President Trump in New York will drive voters to Trump in “droves” and could be struck down unanimously by the Supreme Court for violating the 8th Amendment. “I think this will drive independents to Trump in droves,” Ramaswamy told …
Read More »Israel's Netanyahu rebuffs US plea to halt Rafah offensive. Tensions rise ahead of Washington talks
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday once again left the Middle East empty-handed as Israel’s prime minister rejected American appeals to call off a promised ground invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah, which is overflowing with displaced civilians. The tough message from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sets the stage for potentially …
Read More »Marjorie Taylor Greene files motion to oust Speaker Johnson
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., told reporters on Friday that she filed a motion to vacate House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., accusing him of having “betrayed” the “confidence” of the House GOP Conference by ushering through a bipartisan $1.2 trillion federal funding bill to avoid a partial government shutdown. Johnson won the gavel in late October after his predecessor was …
Read More »GOP Senate candidate Steve Garvey owes hundreds of thousands in unpaid back taxes as he runs against Schiff
Rep. Adam Schiff’s Republican challenger in California’s Senate race, Steve Garvey, owes at least $350,000 – and up to $750,000 – in back taxes, according to his February financial disclosures. Garvey told Fox News Digital in a statement on Friday: “We have been taking this very seriously and have always filed our taxes on time.” “We have been working diligently …
Read More »Federal judge dismisses lawsuit challenging DC noncitizen voting law
A federal judge on Thursday tossed a conservative legal group’s lawsuit against a controversial Washington, D.C., law that allows noncitizens — including illegal immigrants and foreign embassy staff members — to vote in municipal elections. In a 12-page opinion, Judge Amy Berman Jackson said the plaintiffs, a group of U.S. citizen voters represented by the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI), …
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