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FIRST ON FOX: Republican lawmakers in the House and Senate are reviving a push to require that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) beds be filled before illegal immigrants are released from custody – a bill named after 12-year-old murder victim Jocelyn Nungaray. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, are re-introducing the “Justice … Read more

The president defended his record on Ukraine, Gaza and Afghanistan but foreign policy successes have been few On paper, few US presidents could boast the foreign policy bona fides of Joe Biden, a veteran statesman with nearly a half-century of experience before he even stepped into office. But as his term comes to an end, … Read more

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is meeting with Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Democrats on Monday evening to discuss the confirmation hearing for controversial Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth — just hours before its set to take place.  A Senate Democratic source confirmed the last-minute meeting to Fox News Digital.  Schumer and other … Read more

Sen. Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Defense Secretary, laying out a bevy of accusations and about 100 questions that she expects him to answer at his confirmation hearing on Tuesday.   Warren, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, penned the 33-page letter … Read more

“Lone actors” pose the greatest threat to safety during the upcoming presidential inauguration events, according to U.S. Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger.  He referenced two incidents last week on Capitol Hill where people sought to “disrupt” congressional proceedings with potentially violent tactics.  An estimated 250,000 ticketed guests will attend the formal inauguration on Jan. … Read more

Flags have been lowered to half-staff at many federal and public buildings across the country in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29.

The requests of two prisoners who have taken the unusual step of asking a federal judge to nullify their death row commutations granted by President Joe Biden should be denied because the act of leniency doesn’t violate the Constitution, the Justice Department argued Monday in a court filing.

The FBI background check on Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, does not include interviews with Hegseth’s ex-wives or with the woman who accused Hegseth of sexual assault in a California hotel room in 2017, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the contents of the report.

Special Counsel David Weiss’ final report on his years-long investigation into Hunter Biden determined the first son’s drug abuse could not explain away not paying taxes on millions of dollars of income earned off of his “last name and connections.”  “As a well-educated lawyer and businessman, Mr. Biden consciously and willfully chose not to pay … Read more

One week before his inauguration, sources tell NBC News that President-elect Trump is considering a trip to the fire zone in Southern California. Confirmation hearings for key Trump cabinet picks were set to begin on Tuesday. NBC News’ Garrett Haake reports.