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Judge rules in favor of states who sued over president’s executive order, which was set to take effect on 19 February A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked Donald Trump’s executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship regardless of the parents’ immigration status. US district judge John C Coughenour ruled in the case … Read more

JD Vance’s first big moment as vice president is on the horizon as the Senate prepares confirmation votes on President Donald Trump’s picks to lead the CIA and Defense Department, which could require Vance stepping in with a tiebreaking vote.  Under the Constitution, vice presidents serve as the president of the Senate and are charged … Read more

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said on Thursday she can’t support Pete Hegseth to be President Donald Trump’s secretary of Defense.  “Given the global security environment we’re operating in, it is critical that we confirm a Secretary of Defense, however, I regret that I am unable to support Mr. Hegseth,” she concluded in a lengthy statement … Read more

Dublin’s latest coalition has finally got parliamentary approval. But there are meteorological and political tempests coming across the Atlantic The whole of Ireland was put on red alert on Thursday as Storm Éowyn barrelled in from the north Atlantic. Schools in the Irish republic are closed on Friday, all public transport has been stood down … Read more

Health and Human Services is expected to be overhauled as Robert F Kennedy Jr waits to take department’s reins US politics live – latest updates Trump administration appointees are asserting control over the enormous US federal health department after the president’s inauguration this week – pausing public communications and abruptly canceling scientific meetings. While temporary … Read more

FIRST ON FOX: A bill to restore the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy, introduced recently in the House, is racking up cosponsors as it becomes the latest immigration bill to pick up bipartisan support in the chamber. Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, a freshman lawmaker, introduced the Remain in Mexico Act this month. The bill would … Read more

FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Barry Loudermilk rolled out a measure Thursday that would reform and restructure the federal workforce by focusing on hiring and retaining officials on a merit basis, modeling employee dismissal with that of the private sector, Fox News Digital has learned.  Loudermilk, R-Ga., re-introduced the Modern Employment Reform, Improvement and Transformation (MERIT) … Read more

Two of President Trump’s executive orders take aim at Biden administration efforts to boost electric vehicles and wind power — two fast-growing climate technologies.

EXCLUSIVE: The U.S. southern border has seen a sharp drop in illegal immigrant encounters in the first days of the Trump administration, compared to the final few days of the Biden administration, multiple Department of Homeland Security sources tell Fox News Digital. The number of Border Patrol encounters at the southern border in the first … Read more

The Senate voted to confirm John Ratcliffe as the next CIA director approving the second high-level appointment for the Trump administration.