JERUSALEM – The rising costs of a floating pier off the coast of the embattled Gaza Strip –said to be aimed at enabling shipments of humanitarian aid to reach the civilian population trapped in the central andnorthern parts of the Palestinian enclave –has stoked controversy after it was revealed this week that the project will cost the U.S. upward of …
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GOP in battleground states rip Trump trial judge's 'dangerous' ruling
EXCLUSIVE: The judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s ongoing New York City trial is taking heat from a rare coalition formed to jointly condemn his “dangerous” gag order ruling that it says “poses a dire threat to our democracy.” The group, made up mostly of prominent Republican candidates running in battleground states crucial to flipping the Senate red in …
Read More »NY Dem Sens. Schumer, Gillibrand avoid Columbia campus as 'Squad' descends to back agitators
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., have avoided visiting Columbia University as anti-Israel and antisemitic demonstrations descend into chaos on the campus. A pro-Palestinian occupation first developed on the Ivy League campus earlier this month and soon evolved into an encampment, taking over a portion of the outdoor space at the school. It has persisted …
Read More »Senate gridlock could worsen with Romney, Sinema, Manchin retirements: experts
The already narrowly divided Senate could see more gridlock in 2025, with several of the less partisan lawmakers from both sides of the aisle departing. As Sens. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., each prepare to leave the Senate, questions loom over the upper chamber’s future ability to legislate across party lines. “The Senate is trending …
Read More »Biden Education secretary pressed on pulling federal dollars from universities over antisemitic protests
President Biden’s Education Secretary Miguel Cardona was grilled on Capitol Hill Tuesday on whether he would expedite Title VI investigations to possibly pull federal funding from universities riled with antisemitic protests. During a Senate appropriations subcommittee hearing dedicated to discussing the president’s fiscal year 2025 budget request for the U.S. Department of Education, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W. Va., hammered …
Read More »Top battleground Senate race heats up as party-backed Republican faces onslaught from former Trump official
LAS VEGAS – What is expected to be one of this year’s most closely watched Senate races has morphed into a one-sided slugfest for the Republican nomination as a well-funded former Trump official continues his relentless onslaught against the national party-backed candidate. Dr. Jeffrey Gunter, who served as former President Trump’s ambassador to Iceland, made waves in Nevada last month …
Read More »GOP senators air 'deep concerns' over NPR bias, urge CEO to ‘start a course correction’
FIRST ON FOX: A group of Republican senators shared concerns over ideological bias at National Public Radio (NPR), with the organization’s controversial CEO Katherine Maher following high-profile criticism from former senior editor Uri Berliner, who recently resigned from his role citing her “divisive views.” “We have deep concerns regarding the editorial direction under NPR’s national leadership,” wrote a group of …
Read More »Trump endorses GOP Utah Senate candidate looking to replace Romney: 'He will be a GREAT Senator'
Former President Donald Trump endorsed Trent Staggs, a Republican mayor seeking to replace retiring Republican Sen. Mitt Romney, in Utah’s GOP primary race for the Senate. “Trent Staggs is 100% MAGA, and is running to fill The Mitt Romney, a Total Loser, Seat as the next Senator from the Great State of Utah,” Trump wrote in a Saturday morning post …
Read More »Ex-House Republican who voted to impeach Trump drops Michigan Senate bid
Former Rep. Peter Meijer, R-Mich., announced Friday evening that he had dropped out of the race to represent Michigan in the U.S. Senate. “I got into this race because I believed I had the strongest chance of winning in November to work to right this ship and reverse trendlines that have only gotten worse over these past months,” Meijer, whose …
Read More »Seven TikTok creators trash Biden over social media hypocrisy: ‘Devastating for my small business’
Seven TikTok creators blasted President Biden for signing a bill this week that would force the sale of the social media platform unless its Chinese owners sold it to a U.S. company. These users, who told Fox News Digital that losing TikTok would hamper their careers, cut their income, and disband much of their online community, took particular issue with …
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