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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had a “scheduled, elective, and minimally invasive” nonsurgical procedure Friday evening at Walter Reed Medical Center as a follow-up for a bladder issue he had earlier this year, the Pentagon said in a release. The procedure was unrelated to Austin’s cancer diagnosis. “During that period [Friday], Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks assumed the functions and …

Democratic Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks took aim Wednesday at her Republican opponent, former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, over his position on abortion. Alsobrooks spoke at an abortion rights rally, where she criticized Hogan’s statements that abortion should be legal up to 26 weeks of pregnancy, the standard set by the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade. That …

Hunter Biden will appear in court at noon on Friday in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, where he is on trial for federal gun charges — and he is asking the court to block prosecutors from discussing certain evidence. The court is meeting for its last hearing before jury selection begins on June 3. Fox News has previously reported that …

People living and working in Portland, Oregon, told Fox News Digital they hope the ousting of their progressive district attorney will end what they view as a permissive attitude toward crime. “They wanted law and order,” former Portland news videographer Andy Chandler said of voters’ decision. “They didn’t want this kind of hollow, empty gesture concept of law and order …

Hunter Biden’s defense attorney Abbe Lowell seemed to telegraph a key element of his defense strategy in a Delaware federal court on Friday: who exactly filled out the key federal gun form at the center of the trial? The heart of the government’s case is that the president’s son checked a box on a government which stated that he was …

Two dozen Republican governors don’t want the World Health Organization (WHO) to call the shots in the case of another global pandemic, according to a letter they sent to President Biden this week. Currently, there are two proposals under negotiation that would grant WHO “unprecedented and unconstitutional” authority in the U.S., according to the Republican Governors Association. “If adopted, these …

Hunter Biden’s defense attorney, Abbe Lowell, seemed to telegraph a key element of his defense strategy in a Delaware federal court Friday about who exactly filled out the key federal gun form in question in the case. The heart of the government’s case is Hunter Biden checking a box on a government form, specifically Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and …

The controversial Equal Rights Amendment, which was on the ballot for the November elections in New York, has been tossed by a judge on procedural grounds. The ruling is a victory for Republicans and opponents of the bill who say it was written too broadly and could trample parents’ rights when it comes to decisions like children receiving gender-affirming procedures. …

Liberal media commentators, journalists and New York Democrats complained about the massive crowd that showed up for former President Trump’s campaign rally in deep-blue New York City, calling the showing “fake” and full of out-of-towners. Trump rallied a crowd of what his campaign estimated to be 25,000 supporters at Crotona Park in the Bronx on Thursday, far more than the …

A Georgia state senator spearheading the probe into the Fulton County district attorney’s office says some of District Attorney Fani Willis’ claims about her relationship are “dubious” after one whistleblower’s testimony. On Thursday, the Georgia Senate Special Committee on Investigations, chaired by Republican state Sen. Bill Cowsert, held its fourth hearing as part of its investigation into Willis’ alleged misconduct …