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Texas lawmakers advanced a bill Wednesday to clarify medical exceptions under one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the U.S., putting the GOP-backed proposal on the brink of reaching Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's desk.

The changes would not expand abortion access in Texas or list specific medical exceptions under the state's near-total ban, which took effect in 2022 and only allows for an abortion to save the life of the mother. It also would not include exceptions for cases of rape or incest.

But the proposal is still a pivot for Texas...

It’s the first time in nearly a decade that a special counsel is not investigating something related to a sitting or former president, but the remnants and revelations of past special counsel probes continue to break through the news cycle.

Every attorney general-appointed special counsel since 2017 has now released their reports, issued their indictments, received their verdicts, shuttered their offices, disassembled their teams and returned to their government or private sector roles.

Essentially, they’ve all moved on.

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President Donald Trump evoked Elon Musk during his Oval Office meeting with South Africa's president on Wednesday, during talks about the ongoing attacks white farmers in the country are facing.

Trump went back and forth with President Cyril Ramaphosa over whether what is occurring in South Africa is indeed a "genocide" against white farmers. At one point, during the conversation, a reporter asked Trump how the United States and South Africa might be able to improve their relations.

The president said that relations with South Africa are an...

Donald Trump Jr. is not ruling out the possibility of a political future, but asserts that he has no interest in making a run "anytime soon."

At the Qatar Economic Forum, he fielded a question about the possibility of running for office after his father steps down.

During his response he did not close the door on the prospect, saying, "I don't know. Maybe one day… that calling is there."

LESS THAN 4 MONTHS INTO TRUMP'S 2ND TERM, DEMS ARE ALREADY EYEING THE 2028 RACE

But he asserted in a post on X that he is not at all interested in pursuing...

Before President Donald Trump’s dramatic reveal of the "Golden Dome" missile defense project on Tuesday, the proposal wasn’t even on the radar of many lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

Several senators told Fox News Digital they had received no briefing on the initiative’s costs – and some hadn’t heard of it at all.

"I don’t support blank checks. I haven’t seen the cost figures," Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., told Fox News Digital.

Two senior members of the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, one Republican and one Democrat, asked, "what’s Golden...

EXCLUSIVE: Bombshell developments continue to emerge about former President Joe Biden’s declining health along with allegations of a White House cover-up. In response, a top Republican is urging the Justice Department to investigate whether any laws were broken in how Biden’s condition was presented to the public.

Sen. John Cornyn of Texas is expected to write Wednesday afternoon to Attorney General Pam Bondi demanding that the DOJ open a probe into "any potential violations of federal law surrounding the representations made to the American people...

ICE officials and a prison contractor have refused to grant a contact visit between Mahmoud Khalil and his family, according to the American Civil Liberties Union, denying him the chance to hold his newborn son. The boy was born last month while Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student and Palestinian activist, remained in ICE custody in Louisiana.

"After flying over a thousand miles to Louisiana with our newborn son, his very first flight, all so his father could finally hold him in his arms, ICE has denied us even this most basic human...

Applicants for an Italian passport must now have one parent or grandparent who was a citizen by birth.

PM Mark Carney's office says there are "active discussions" on the Golden Dome, but it's too early to say how Canada would join or pay in.

In an extraordinary Oval Office meeting, Trump pressed Cyril Ramaphosa on widely discredited claims of a white genocide in South Africa.

A video from an immigration lawyer offering advice on what rights U.S. citizens and visa holders have if stopped by customs at airports is going viral on TikTok, racking up more than 8 million views.

The post from New York-based immigration lawyer Brad Bernstein comes on the heels of accounts from TikTok users who say they are American citizens but were detained for hours and had their phones or luggage searched when entering the country. The videos — and the details Twitch streamer Hasan Piker shared about being stopped and questioned at Chicago...

The Trump administration sanctioned two high-ranking members of the Cartel del Noreste Wednesday — one of the most violent drug-trafficking organizations in Mexico and a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization, Fox News Digital has learned.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned the two leaders of the organizations, formerly known as Los Zetas. Officials said the gang exerts "significant influence over the border region," especially near the Laredo, Texas point of entry.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio clashed with Rep. Brad Sherman during a House hearing on Wednesday, telling the California Democrat that "this is not a game show" when Sherman demanded that he only answer questions with a "yes" or a "no."

Rubio testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee in Washington, D.C., fielding questions on foreign aid, nuclear proliferation in Saudi Arabia and Iran, the war in Ukraine and more. Sparks began to fly early on when Sherman questioned Rubio on a potential nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia...

President Donald Trump ripped an NBC reporter for questioning over the Department of Defense accepting a jumbo jet from Qatar to serve as Air Force One.

"The Pentagon announced that it would be accepting a Qatari jet to be used as Air Force One," an NBC reporter asked Trump during a press event during the South African president's Wednesday visit to the White House.

"What are you talking about? You know, you ought to get out of here," Trump responded.

The question regarding the Qatari jet was asked immediately following Trump directing his...

President Donald Trump has officially accepted Qatar’s Boeing 747 jet gift to be refitted as Air Force One, the Pentagon revealed.

"The Secretary of Defense has accepted a Boeing 747 from Qatar in accordance with all federal rules and regulations," chief spokesperson Sean Parnell confirmed to Fox News. "The Department of Defense will work to ensure proper security measures and functional-mission requirements are considered for an aircraft used to transport the President of the United States. For additional information, we refer you to the United...