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FIRST ON FOX: Democrats are launching a major attack on Republicans’ plans for their party convention that reportedly include former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who was pardoned by the former president after being convicted on bank and tax fraud charges in 2018. The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is using the possibility of Manafort’s involvement with the convention to flip …

Setting limits on a leader’s reign and avoiding unilateral decision-making have emerged as chief concerns among Senate Republicans as they prepare to tap a new head in November following Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s announcement of his plan to step down after his term ends in 2025. “We have operated as a monarchy,” Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said of leadership during …

National security hawks are raising alarms that Congress’ defense spending plan could hamper U.S. military advancement and leave the country more vulnerable against adversaries like China. The defense appropriations bill was unveiled as part of a larger $1.2 trillion spending package aimed at funding roughly 70% of the federal government. Defense spending accounts for $886 billion, about a 3% increase …

EXCLUSIVE: The largest police union in the state of Florida announced Thursday which presidential candidate it will back in the November general election. Florida Police Benevolent Association (PBA) President John Kazanjian declared his organization will be supporting former President Trump over President Biden and other third-party candidates, arguing Trump is the right person to handle the many crises facing the …

GOP hardliners are furious that Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., appears poised to jettison the House GOP Conference’s rule on giving lawmakers 72 hours to review bill text before having to vote on it. Congressional leaders released their 1,012-page, $1.2 trillion spending package just after 3 a.m. ET on Thursday, less than 48 hours before the government funding deadline at midnight …

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin doubled down on his calls this week for a strong third-party movement and argued both parties have no reason to work together because it doesn’t fit their “duopoly” business model. “You’re dealing with a duopoly here in Washington,” Manchin said during an interview with Axios. “It’s a business model. You have a Republican business model …

EXCLUSIVE – CLEVELAND – There were two winners in Ohio’s Republican Senate primary – Bernie Moreno and former President Trump. Moreno, a successful Cleveland-based business leader and luxury auto dealership giant, rode Trump’s endorsement to victory in Tuesday’s primary in a costly and contentious GOP nomination contest. “I want to thank President Trump for all he did for me, for …

Two former business associates of Hunter Biden testified publicly on Capitol Hill on Wednesday as congressional Republicans pushed forward with their impeachment inquiry against President Biden, leading to several tense and revealing moments. Tony Bobulinski, a U.S. Navy veteran who formerly served as Hunter Biden’s business partner, appeared publicly for the House Oversight Committee hearing. Jason Galanis, another Hunter Biden …

FIRST ON FOX: The House Republican Study Committee (RSC), which is tasked with guiding GOP policy on key issues, issued its lengthy 2025 budget proposal, which has a special emphasis on shoring up domestic energy production. The RSC’s budget, titled, “Fiscal Sanity to Save America,” includes sweeping energy policies that the group said would help unleash America’s “vast reserves of …

House Judiciary Committee Republicans are demanding that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas provide information on how a Haitian migrant charged with raping a disabled teen girl at a Massachusetts state shelter entered the United States and who sponsored him to come here. Committee Chair Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., who chairs the Subcommittee on Immigration, Integrity, …