Transit funding hits record highs as ridership languishes, new report questions return on billions

FIRST ON FOX: A new report is raising fresh questions about whether billions in federal transit spending are delivering results, as funding climbs to record highs while bus and rail commuting remains below pre-pandemic levels. Released by the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, the analysis argues the disconnect reflects structural flaws in how federal transit dollars … Read more

Fertility treatment given special emphasis as Trump Rx site goes live

Experts say discounts on IVF procedures an attempt to fulfil campaign promise but savings only a fraction of total cost TrumpRx, the US president’s much anticipated drug discount program, went live earlier this month with coupons available for just 43 medications, including four required for in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures, and experts say this is … Read more

AG Pam Bondi Says ‘All’ of the Epstein Files Have Been Released

In a letter sent to Congress over the weekend, Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Justice Department released all of the million of Jeffrey Epstein files required by law but some lawmakers argue the release is insufficient and there are some crucial files missing. NBC’s Gabe Gutierrez reports for TODAY from the White House.

TSA Agents Work Without Pay Amid Partial Government Shutdown

A partial government shutdown is entering its third day with Democrats refusing to fund the Department of Homeland Security over President Donald Trump’s ongoing immigration enforcement policies and after two U.S. citizens were shot and killed in Minneapolis. NBC’s Gabe Gutierrez reports for TODAY from the White House.

Epstein sympathized with Kavanaugh during supreme court confirmation, emails show

Files show convicted sex abuser messaged with Ken Starr and others about Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford Jeffrey Epstein sympathized with Brett Kavanaugh during the then-supreme court nominee’s contentious 2018 confirmation and even suggested Republicans should have been harder on Christine Blasey Ford, who had accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault. Emails and text messages released … Read more

Rubio seals civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Hungary

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement involving the U.S. and Hungary on Monday. During remarks at the signing ceremony, Rubio indicated that the U.S.-Hungary relationship, and the relationship between President Donald Trump and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, is very close. The American diplomat described the relationship between the … Read more

Trump donor who criticized offshoring to close Ohio plant and move work to China

Workers decried John Paulson’s plan after billionaire painted himself as advocate for domestic manufacturing John Paulson, a hedge fund billionaire and one of Donald Trump’s earliest Wall Street backers, is planning to offshore an Ohio manufacturing plant to China despite heavy pushback from employees. Workers at the plant call the move “a slap in our … Read more