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House Freedom Caucus chair calls for end to taxpayer-funded media after NPR scandal ends with editor's exit

House Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good, R-Va., is calling for an end to taxpayer-funded media, the latest top Republican to push back on National Public Radio (NPR) after a now-former employee accused it of operating with an overwhelming left-wing bias. Good’s new Defund NPR Act, introduced Friday, would block federal funding from going directly toward NPR and also block public …

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Marjorie Taylor Greene calls Johnson's foreign aid package his '3rd betrayal' of American people

A bipartisan knot of House members clustered in the well of the chamber just around 2 p.m. on Saturday. The House had just approved a $26 billion aid package for Israel, 366-58, which was the final of several roll-call votes on a clutch of foreign aid bills, including $61 billion for Ukraine. But members weren’t certain they were done yet …

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GOP lawmaker demands answers on former Biden official joining 'cesspool' team prosecuting Trump

FIRST ON FOX: A House Republican lawmaker is demanding answers from the Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding the hiring of a former Biden administration attorney on the prosecution team of former President Donald Trump. Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Texas sent a scathing letter to DOJ and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg Tuesday, highlighting the hire of Michael Colangelo on the team …

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GOP governor rips Biden's top education official ahead of state visit: 'Empty words'

FIRST ON FOX: Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Ark., blasted the Biden administration’s “unconstitutional” student loan handout and “functionally nonoperational” revisions to the college financial aid application process ahead of a top official’s trip to Arkansas. In a fiery letter sent to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona Tuesday, the Republican Governor charged that the Biden administration’s “gleeful disregard for our nation’s …

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Senate won’t pass border security legislation this year, Johnson's office suggests

The House GOP’s push to pass border security reform through the divided 118th Congress could end up an unrealized dream. A spokesperson for Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., pointed out to Fox News Digital that House Republicans have passed multiple border security and immigration enforcement bills – none of which have been taken up by the Democrat-controlled Senate. The Johnson spokesperson …

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Trump defends Johnson as Marjorie Taylor Greene pushes to oust speaker

Former President Donald Trump has come to House Speaker Mike Johnson’s defense, as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., pushes for the Louisiana Republican’s ouster from the leadership position.”Well, look, we have a majority of one, OK?” Trump told radio host John Fredericks on Monday. “It’s not like he can go and do whatever he wants to do. I think he’s …

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Climate activists have new target in mind for major summer protest: 'Make their lives miserable'

A group of climate activists are eyeing their next big protest over the summer. In a statement to group members and supporters, Climate Defiance is calling for a “historic blockade” of the Congressional Baseball Game, an annual competition where Republican and Democratic members of Congress compete in America’s favorite pastime. “We – society, humanity – are careening into an abyss. …

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NY House Republicans demand Columbia University president step down over anti-Israel ‘chaos’

Every single House Republican from New York is demanding that Columbia University President Dr. Nemat “Minouche” Shafik step down from leading the Ivy League school as tensions mount on campus over the Israel-Hamas war. “Over the past few days, anarchy has engulfed the campus of Columbia University. As the leader of this institution, one of your chief objectives, morally and …

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6 Republican candidates for governor of Indiana to debate ahead of primary

Candidates seeking the Republican nomination for Indiana’s next governor will take to the debate stage Tuesday night, two weeks ahead of the state’s May 7 primary election. Each of the six candidates in the competitive, multi-million dollar primary race have cast themselves as an outsider in an appeal to conservative voters, despite five holding statewide roles at some point. Whoever …

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House GOP chairman accuses key government agency of acting as Biden 'campaign arm'

FIRST ON FOX: The top Republican on the House Small Business Committee is accusing the Biden administration of using a key government agency as its “campaign arm” in a critical swing state ahead of the 2024 election. “Earlier this month, my colleagues and I sent a letter to the SBA inquiring into their Memorandum of Understanding with the Michigan Department …

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