Los Angeles fires: the damage in maps, video and images

A visual guide to the damage caused by the wildfires that have devastated the city Wildfires continue to ravage parts of Los Angeles, California, with at least 10 people dead, thousands of homes, businesses, schools and churches leveled and more than 150,000 people still under evacuation orders. The Palisades fire – which continues to burn … Read more

‘Delaying and obstructing’: Top Senate Republican hits back as Dem calls foul on Trump confirmation hearings

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, chairman of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, is accusing Democrats of “delaying and obstructing” top energy nominees for President-elect Trump’s incoming administration.  “Senate Democrats are once again showing that delaying and obstructing the incoming Trump administration are their top priorities,” Lee told Fox News Digital in … Read more

‘A political sham’: Republicans defend Trump amid hush-money sentencing

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson claims case was ‘witch hunt’ to prevent president-elect’s return to White House Republicans in Washington launched a fierce defense of Donald Trump on Friday after the president-elect received an unconditional discharge in his New York hush-money case, while Democrats maintained a conspicuous silence on the historic conviction. The speaker … Read more

Mayorkas extends deportation shield for eye-popping number of immigrants ahead of Trump admin

The Biden administration on Friday announced the extension of deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals from a slew of countries, just weeks before the incoming Trump administration is expected to launch a historic deportation operation. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it is extending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for El Salvador, … Read more

Ex-McKinsey partner pleads guilty to destroying records on opioids

Martin Elling pleads guilty to destroying records on advice provided to Purdue Pharma on how to ‘turbocharge’ sales A former partner at McKinsey & Co pleaded guilty on Friday to obstructing justice by destroying records related to advice he and the consulting firm provided to Purdue Pharma on how to “turbocharge” sales of its potent … Read more

Trump’s property company in talks to buy back his Washington DC hotel

Trump International hotel, currently a Waldorf Astoria, was, opponents say, a venue for influence peddling Donald Trump’s property company is in negotiations to re-purchase his Washington hotel, which opponents say was a venue for illicit influence peddling during his first presidency. The Trump International hotel, housed in the city’s old post office building a short … Read more

Biden extends temporary protections for more than 800,000 immigrants

US president moves to shield roughly 230,000 Salvadorans and 600,000 Venezuelans against Trump administration The Biden administration on Friday extended temporary humanitarian protections for about 230,000 Salvadorans and 600,000 Venezuelans living in the US, in an effort to shield those groups from an incoming Trump administration that has promised to deport them. The decision in … Read more

Dems eerily silent on Trump sentencing as they prepare for Republican trifecta in Washington

Democratic lawmakers were noticeably silent following the sentencing of President-elect Donald Trump despite previously commenting on the cases against him, as Washington prepares for a Republican trifecta in Congress. Trump was sentenced on Friday after being found guilty on 34 charges related to falsifying business records in May. The incoming president was sentenced to unconditional … Read more