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Chip Roy demands sanctions on ICC officials going after US, Israel

FIRST ON FOX: House Republicans led by Reps. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and Brian Mast, R-Fla., are pressuring the Biden administration to threaten sanctions against International Criminal Court (ICC) officials if the body goes after the U.S. or U.S. allies that do not fall under its jurisdiction. It comes amid reports that the ICC is preparing warrants against top Israeli officials, …

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Trump demands government treat anti-Israel agitators the same as 'J6 hostages'

Former President Trump railed against ongoing anti-Israel unrest plaguing college campuses and cities, saying the radicals should be treated by the government “the same way as they do the J6 hostages.” “It’s Biden’s backers that seem to be funding what’s going on with the Palestinians. Probably not Palestinians, they’re agitators — bad agitators, really bad. And I think our government …

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South Carolina lawmakers rekindle bill limiting how topics like race are taught

A small group of lawmakers in South Carolina rekindled debate Tuesday on a bill that would limit how topics like race can be taught in public school K-12 classrooms. Both the House and Senate passed bills on the topic in 2023. But the different versions sat dormant until a conference committee met to try to work out the differences. SOUTH …

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Trump reads back to media their own trial reporting: 'No smoking gun'

Former President Trump greeted the media Tuesday morning holding a sheet of paper detailing news reports that there’s “no smoking gun” in the unprecedented Manhattan trial. “NBC ‘Today’ show: ‘The challenge is that there is no smoking gun, no email or tape to prove the president’s intent. They don’t have a way to prove that.’ That’s NBC ‘Today’ show,” Trump …

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A possible problem (for Speaker Johnson's leadership)

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., remains House Speaker Mike Johnson. For now. Despite lots of threats, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., has not yet pulled the trigger on her resolution to unseat Johnson. Greene and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., huddled with Johnson for a second consecutive day Tuesday. Just last week, Greene proclaimed she would initiate her resolution to dump …

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Biden takes role as bystander on border and campus protests, surrenders the bully pulpit

The election might well be slipping away from Joe Biden. And that’s the view among some who want the president to win a second term. Biden’s passivity, and his reluctance to communicate, are fueling a narrative that he is a weak leader, and that’s now tied to a larger theme that will be difficult to shake by November. For years, …

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Hawley presses Garland to probe dark money's role in fueling anti-Israel agitators on campus

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is demanding answers from Attorney General Merrick Garland about which left-wing groups are funding anti-Israel demonstrations causing “chaos” across campuses nationwide. “Across the country, campuses are in chaos. It is time for you to open an investigation into the reason why, and who’s funding it,” Hawley wrote in a letter to Garland on …

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Indiana Rep. Spartz fends off GOP primary challengers in bid to retain House seat

Indiana Republican Rep. Victoria Spartz, a Ukrainian-born lawmaker, has won the GOP primary election to represent Indiana’s 5th Congressional District in the House. Spartz’s victory in the election comes after she announced in February that she would seek re-election, walking back a previous announcement she made last year. “Looking where we are today, and urged by many of my constituents, …

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Eric Trump slams Stormy's testimony from front row court seat: 'Garbage'

Former President Donald Trump’s son Eric Trump blasted testimony from former pornographic actress Stormy Daniels as “garbage” amid his father’s unprecedented trial in Manhattan. “Perspective: Sitting front row attempting to figure out how any of this garbage from 20 years ago relates to ‘legal’ bills submitted by a long time personal attorney being booked as a ‘legal’ expense — but …

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Ilhan Omar’s 'pro-genocide' Jews remark sparks House censure effort

FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is being hit with a censure resolution on Tuesday after she referred to some Jewish students as “pro-genocide” during a recent visit to Columbia University. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., is introducing the resolution against Omar on Tuesday, a source familiar with his plans told Fox News Digital. The New York City Ivy League …

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