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Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., called on Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm to resign Tuesday following a heated exchange over her past financial transactions. Hawley’s tense back-and-forth with Granholm came during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing held to review the Department of Energy’s (DOE) 2025 budget request. The Missouri Republican excoriated the energy secretary for violating the STOCK Act …

The White House formally declined an invitation by House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., for President Biden to testify in connection to his son Hunter’s business dealings. “As our Office has demonstrated, and you acknowledged in a recent fundraising email, your impeachment investigation is over,” Richard Sauber, special counsel to the president, wrote in a letter to Comer on …

House Speaker Mike Johnson is expected to bring a spending package to the House floor this week that will provide wartime aid for Israel after it suffered a drone and missile barrage from Iran over the weekend. The spending package also includes billions for Ukraine and Taiwan. Johnson, R-La., is facing immense political pressure to clear through his chamber a …

President Biden and first lady Jill Biden reported a federal adjusted gross income of $619,976, according to their 2023 federal income tax returns, which were released by the White House on Monday. The president and first lady filed their incometax returnjointly and paid$146,629 in federal income tax, according to the records reviewed by Fox News Digital. Their 2023 effective federal …

A White House official was confronted by Fox News’ Bill Hemmer Monday on a long list of foreign policy blunders under President Biden’s leadership following Iran’s direct attack against Israel. Biden had warned Iran not to attack Israel over the weekend, saying, “Don’t,” but the Islamic Republic fired 170 drones, more than 30 cruise missiles and more than 120 ballistic …

Ahead of Iraqi Prime Minister Shia Al-Sudani’s visit to the White House, members of the Republican Party expressed their concerns over the hundreds of billions of dollars sent to the country, and its ties to groups on the list of U.S.-designated terrorist groups in a letter to President Biden. The letter, which was signed by RNC National Security Task Force …

President Abraham Lincoln died in Washington, D.C., on this day in history, April 15, 1865, one day after he was shot by actor John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln, who was elected president in 1860, was the first U.S. president to be assassinated. He was survived by his wife, Mary Todd, whom he married in 1842, and his sons Robert and Tad. …

President Biden cut short his weekend trip to his Delaware beach house and returned to the White House to monitor the crisis in the Middle East amid concerns of a potential, immanent Iranian attack on Israel. Biden departed from Rehoboth Beach a day earlier than planned in order to consult with his national security team about events in the Middle …

The White House is not taking any cues from Republicans who have advised President Biden to withdraw a controversial judicial nomination. Instead, it’s digging in its heels to lobby Democratic senators to support Adeel Mangi for the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals. A White House official updated Fox News Digital on the status of Mangi’s nomination, which has been scrutinized …

The White House vowed Saturday that the United States’ support for Israel’s security is “ironclad,” pledging to stand with the Jewish state and “support their defense” after Iran launched an aerial drone attack towards the country Saturday afternoon. Iran launched drones from its own territory toward Israel late Saturday, days after its Supreme Leader warned it would hit back in …