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A woman was bitten on the elbow by an alligator while she was boating in Florida, officials said.

Measles outbreaks across North America are threatening the region's status of having officially eliminated the virus, officials from the Pan-American Health Organization warned, potentially undoing a hard-fought victory to wipe out community transmission.

The U.N. agency pointed to a 4.5-times increase in reported measles cases this year across North and South America, compared to the same period last year.

More than 97% of cases across the region so far this year have been in the U.S. or Canada. Cases have also been reported in Mexico and...

President Trump's imposition of blanket 25% tariffs on all goods imported from Canada and Mexico drew swift vows of retaliation from the United States immediate neighbors on Tuesday. China, which was hit with a second 10% tariff on U.S. exports since Mr. Trump took office, bringing the total levy to 20%, immediately announced its own reciprocal measures — deliberately targeting America's agricultural sector.

Below is a look at the measures being imposed or planned by Canada, China and Mexico, and the rhetoric coming from officials in those countries...

FIRST ON FOX: A group of conservative lawmakers in the House and Senate is warning Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., against agreeing to restrict the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in a spending bill as the government shutdown deadline of March 14 inches closer.

"[W]e are deeply concerned about recent reports of Democrats’ demands for a government funding agreement that would perpetuate the unsustainable status quo of wasteful spending," Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., and House Freedom Caucus Chairman...

EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of President Donald Trump's congressional address on Tuesday night, the Concord Coalition launched their new "fiscal responsibility" advocacy group, Concord Action, designed to pressure Congress to tackle America’s $36 trillion debt crisis.

Former Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux, D-GA, the new executive director and president, in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital urged Trump to show he is serious about tackling America's debt crisis.

"I'd like to hear that he's really serious about putting everything on the table and putting...

President Donald Trump, six weeks into his second tour of duty in the White House, vows to "TELL IT LIKE IT IS!" when he heads to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to deliver a primetime address to Congress and the nation.

The president will tout his domestic and international accomplishments, spotlight what the Trump administration has done for the economy, make a renewed push for Congress to pass additional border security funding and detail his plans for peace around the globe, according to details from the White House that were shared first with Fox News...

The European Union has a new plan to spend $840 billion more on its own defense after President Donald Trump paused aid to Ukraine and peace negotiations hit a wall.

"I do not need to describe the grave nature of the threats that we face, or the devastating consequences that we will have to endure if those threats would come to pass," EU Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen told reporters on Tuesday.

She said she had written a letter to the heads of state of all European governments outlining a "set of proposals" to "rearm Europe."

"A new era is...

Egypt puts forward a counterproposal to the president's vision for a US takeover of post-war Gaza.

Nine-year-old Rami was badly hurt in a strike which killed his brother - now he's learning to walk again.

President Donald Trump, in a joint address to Congress on Tuesday night, is expected to lay out his efforts to rapidly slash the size of the federal government in ways critics warn overstep his authority and threaten lasting damage.

The speech comes as Trump is making a sharp break from the previous administration, both on the international and domestic fronts. On Friday, Trump and Vice President JD Vance had a heated confrontation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office, rocking international relations and prompting concerns...

Police in Massachusetts are investigating fires that appear to have been “intentionally set” that destroyed seven Tesla charging stations, police said.

President Donald Trump is set to address a joint session of Congress Tuesday night amid sinking approval ratings, according to recent polling data.

At Trump's address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday, congressional Democrats made a concerted effort to bring terminated bureaucrats as their guests.

FIRST ON FOX: A conservative nonprofit group will blanket the airwaves with an ad before and after President Donald Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday night, touting his tax cut plan and promising more "winning" as his term unfolds.

"He’s back," says the 30-second ad from the Plymouth Union Public Advocacy, a conservative nonprofit organization that "aims to advance public policies that make America stronger and more prosperous."

"And that means tax cuts. Not just one, not just a couple, a lot of tax cuts. President Trump is fighting to...

Tonight’s speech is technically not a "State of the Union." They usually eschew that title this time around, since the president has only been in office a few weeks.

Interestingly, nothing in the Constitution requires a speech.

Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution says the "President Shall from time to time give Congress information on the State of the Union."

President George Washington gave the first such address in New York, but President Thomas Jefferson discontinued the practice. He viewed it as too much like a speech from the crown.

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The "State of the Union" was a written document until the early 20th century. That’s when President Woodrow Wilson revived the speech custom after 112 years of dormancy.

President Calvin Coolidge was the first to deliver a State of the Union speech over the radio in 1923.

However, the tradition of radio really found its footing in the 1930s.