Foreign billionaires funnel $2.6B to US advocacy groups to influence policy, watchdog report claims

FIRST ON FOX: A damning new report was released Tuesday morning ahead of a House Ways & Means Committee hearing aimed at exposing foreign actors sending money to U.S. nonprofits. The hearing, which is titled, “Foreign Influence in American Non-profits: Unmasking Threats from Beijing and Beyond,” will begin around 10:00 a.m. EST. Six foreign entities … Read more

More pollution and higher energy costs: critics condemn Trump’s anti-environment agenda

US courts, scholars and Democrats are pushing back against the president’s aggressive drive to boost fossil fuels Donald Trump’s aggressive drive to boost fossil fuels, including dirty coal, coupled with his administration’s moves to roll back wind and solar power, face mounting fire from courts, scholars and Democrats for raising the cost of electricity and … Read more

Lawmakers Begin Review of Unredacted Epstein Files

Members of Congress are sifting through millions of unredacted files from the Epstein investigation. Republican Tom Massie said, “What I saw that bothered me were the names of at least six men that have been redacted that are likely incriminated by their inclusion in the files.” Meanwhile, Epstein’s former girlfriend and co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell refused … Read more

Four players ejected after brawl breaks out during Hornets-Pistons game

Police briefly enter court as tempers flare, benches clear Hornets coach Charles Lee later tossed for arguing call A fight between the Detroit Pistons and Charlotte Hornets in the third quarter of Monday night’s game resulted in four player ejections. Charlotte’s Moussa Diabate and Miles Bridges were tossed, along with Detroit’s Jalen Duren and Isaiah … Read more

At the Super Bowl, Bad Bunny challenged the meaning of ‘America’

The Puerto Rican star’s vision of American identity moved beyond colonial tropes to span an entire hemisphere By now, many of us have a favorite part of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl half-time performance. It’s a dense, rich set that invites rewatching to take in every thoughtful, exuberant detail – even though it’s barely 14 minutes … Read more

‘I Voted’ sticker helps convict noncitizen who cast ballot in 2024 as election security debate heats up

A Colombian woman living in Massachusetts was convicted on a series of federal identity theft and identity fraud charges, including voting illegally in the 2024 presidential election, the Justice Department said. Federal officials have pointed to the case as a rare, documented example of noncitizen voting prosecuted at the highest level, highlighting it amid renewed … Read more