news2shortsFIRST ON FOX: A bipartisan pair of senators are teaming up to pass “commonsense legislation” that ensures the families of former law enforcement officers who are killed in retirement are protected by benefits. Sens. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., introduced the Chief Herbert D. Proffitt Act, shared first with Fox News Digital, … Read more
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the failed 2024 vice presidential candidate, conducted a postmortem on his 2024 campaign with former Vice President Kamala Harris, determining the Democrats played it too safe during the cycle. “We shouldn’t have been playing this thing so safe,” Walz told Politico in an interview published Saturday. He added: “I think we … Read more
Judge denies Edward Kelley’s motion to dismiss separate charges of plotting to kill federal agents investigating him A man pardoned by Trump for his role in the January 6 insurrection who also was convicted of plotting to kill federal agents investigating him is still legally liable for the plot, a judge ruled on Monday. Edward … Read more
A federal judge in Manhattan ruled that anti-Israel agitator Mahmoud Khalil is not to be deported “unless and until the Court orders otherwise,” on Monday. Khalil, who led anti-Israel protests and encampments on Columbia University’s campus, was taken into custody on the Upper West Side in New York City on Saturday. The Department of Homeland … Read more
A Republican lawmaker is taking a victory lap after the mayor of Chicago reportedly agreed to donate the contents of a “secret gift room” to charity, days after he was grilled about it at a House hearing. “Just days after I forced corrupt @ChicagosMayor to answer for his secret gift room, he’s making the gifts public. … Read more
Trump adviser and tech billionaire Elon Musk said Monday that he plans to double the size of his staff in the Department of Government Efficiency, which he noted is already working inside nearly every federal agency.
Major stock indexes tanked Monday, continuing a sell-off that gathered steam last week as rattled investors began zeroing in on the prospect of a significant falloff in U.S. growth amid persistent inflation and a wobbling job market.
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., met with Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) employees on Friday who were fired as a result of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) federal workforce reductions. CFPB has provided over $21 billion in consumer relief, according to the agency’s latest data from Dec. 3. 2024. Kaine accused Musk of targeting … Read more
The path to averting a government shutdown at the end of the week remains murky in the Republican-controlled Congress.
With hundreds left dead over the weekend under Syria’s new regime, Greek Foreign Minister Giorigios Gerapetritis warned Europe and the U.S. to “keep a close eye” on the ruling Islamist group that is working to gain acceptance by the West. Syria contains a sizable population of Orthodox Christians, and Gerapetritis insisted the international community demand … Read more
