CAPITOL HILL – Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., offered mild praise for his successor on Tuesday during a rare appearance back on Capitol Hill. McCarthy told Fox News Digital he was in Washington for Monday night’s swearing-in of his former aide, newly minted Rep. Vince Fong, R-Calif., who won a tight race to replace him. McCarthy said he was also …
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Arizona lawmakers to vote on ballot measure allowing local police to make border-crossing arrests
Arizona would step directly into immigration enforcement by making it a state crime to cross the Arizona-Mexico border anywhere except a port of entry, under a proposal that’s up for a final vote by lawmakers on Tuesday. If approved, voters would decide in November if the measure becomes law. The measure, scheduled for a vote in the Arizona House, would …
Read More »US v Hunter Biden: Opening statements to begin in first son's federal gun trial after jury seated
Opening statements are expected to begin in United States v. Hunter Biden on Tuesday morning. The trial for the first son began in Wilmington in the U.S. District Court for Delaware on Monday. Jury selection lasted for a few hours, and a final jury of 12 jurors plus four alternates were seated Monday afternoon. HUNTER BIDEN’S CRIMINAL TRIAL ON FEDERAL …
Read More »Trump campaign sets up shop in blue Philadelphia in the fight for battleground Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA – First-term Republican Rep. Welsey Hunt was a long way from his home state of Texas on Tuesday. The military veteran and former President Trump surrogate was in Philadelphia to headline the opening of the former president’s first campaign office in Pennsylvania, a crucial battleground state in Trump’s 2024 election rematch with President Biden. “The person that’s going to …
Read More »Trump verdict fires up the donor class leading to massive May fundraising haul
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign on Monday announced that they and the Republican National Committee, fueled in part by the former president’s guilty verdicts in his criminal trial, hauled in a stunning $141 million in fundraising in May. That’s up from the $76 million they raked in back in April when they topped President Biden and the Democratic National Committee …
Read More »GOP lawmakers turn up pressure on Biden over Iran nuclear program: 'Enough is enough'
FIRST ON FOX: Republican lawmakers Sen. Tim Scott and Rep. Mike Lawler are pressing the Biden administration to censure Iran at the next International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) meeting due to its heightened nuclear activities and guarantee that steps are taken to thwart Iran’s acquisition of nuclear weapons. On Monday afternoon, the pair will introduce a resolution that would also …
Read More »Bill Maher battles journalist over Biden’s re-election chances: ‘He’s going to f—ing lose!’
HBO host Bill Maher predicted President Biden would lose the presidential election to Donald Trump on this week’s episode of his “Club Random” podcast. The talk show host was debating the November election outcome with his liberal guest, journalist Kara Swisher. Maher confessed he would “vote for [Biden’s] head in a jar of blue liquid” over Trump, but he was …
Read More »Austria's first woman chancellor, Brigitte Bierlein, dies at 74
Brigitte Bierlein, the former head of Austria’s Constitutional Court who became the country’s first female chancellor in an interim government in 2019, has died. She was 74. Her death on Monday was announced by Chancellor Karl Nehammer, who wrote that “for future generations, she will remain a shining example of self-determination, equal rights and breaking through glass ceilings.” He said …
Read More »Biden calls son Hunter's 'resilience' amid gun trial charges 'inspiring'
President Biden issued a statement as his son, Hunter Biden, faces trial over federal gun charges, calling his “resilience … inspiring to us.” “I am the President, but I am also a Dad. Jill and I love our son, and we are so proud of the man he is today. Hunter’s resilience in the face of adversity and the strength …
Read More »China ‘afraid’ of Trump winning re-election, Taiwanese defense expert says
TAIPEI, Taiwan – A Chinese government that is poised to attack Taiwan would be “afraid” of former President Trump being elected to the White House again, a Taiwanese defense expert said. Dr. Ming-Shih Shen, director of the Institute for National Defense and Security Research’s national security division, told Fox News Digital that Beijing’s ruling Chinese Communist Party likely views President …
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