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Rates of drug overdose deaths decreased in the U.S. for the first time since the pandemic began, according to new federal data published Thursday.

Virginia Democratic lawmakers are raising racially tinged concerns that the Virginia Military Institute’s board might decide against offering a comprehensive contract extension to the historic school's first Black superintendent.

According to Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., a board member at Virginia Military Institute revealed that at least one member of the Virginia legislature had expressed concerns about the potential non-extension of Maj. Gen. Cedric Wins’ contract, and brought race into the situation.

Cline, whose district runs nearly 200 miles from...

FIRST ON FOX: Just after announcing his bid for former Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell's seat, Daniel Cameron is being slammed for his electability, or lack thereof, by a potential GOP opponent.

"When President Trump and Andy Barr teamed up in his 2018 election, they won Kentucky’s toughest Congressional race against Amy McGrath and the Trump resistance," Tyler Staker, spokesperson for Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., told Fox News Digital in an exclusive statement.

"When President Trump endorsed Daniel Cameron for Governor, Daniel embarrassed the...

EXCLUSIVE: FBI Director Kash Patel vowed to rebuild trust by creating a "transparent, accountable" agency that is "committed to justice," while warning those who "seek to harm Americans" that the bureau will "hunt you down in every corner of this planet."

Patel was confirmed by the U.S. Senate Thursday as the ninth ever FBI director, succeeding now-former FBI Director Christopher Wray.

"I am honored to be confirmed as the ninth Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation," Patel told Fox News Digital, thanking President Donald Trump and...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is planning to announce new state and city bills that would add oversight to the New York City mayor’s office, sources familiar with the governor’s decision told Fox News on Thursday, a move that comes amid Mayor Eric Adams’ legal woes and his recent cooperation with President Donald Trump.

Instead of removing Adams from office, as the governor had reportedly considered, the sources said that Hochul would set up guardrails, which could include the addition of an independent monitor at City Hall.

Hochul reportedly met with...

A fierce attack on FBI director nominee Kash Patel by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-RI, drew mockery from conservatives on social media ahead of an expected vote on Patel’s nomination Thursday afternoon.

"Kash Patel, mark my words, will cause evil in this building behind us, and Republicans who vote for him will rue that day," Whitehouse, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said on Thursday morning outside the FBI headquarters.

He spoke hours before the final vote on Patel’s nomination.

KASH PATEL'S CONFIRMATION AS TRUMP FBI PICK ‘WILL HAUNT...

Elon Musk's SpaceX engineers have already descended on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to help modernize air traffic control under the Trump administration.

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said in a post to X on Wednesday that the deadly Jan. 29 crash between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines flight landing at Reagan airport in Washington, D.C., served as "a heartbreaking wake-up call that improvements must be made."

"This is why I've enlisted the brightest minds, including SpaceX engineers, to help upgrade...

Many pro-Trump Republicans took to social media on Thursday to celebrate Republican Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell’s announcement that he would be leaving the Senate at the end of his term, with one commentator saying he has "done so much destruction" to the Republican Party.

At 83 years old, McConnell has been in the Senate for 40 years. Known as a moderate conservative, he served as the leader of the Senate Republican Conference from 2007 until 2025, which makes him the longest-serving party leader in U.S. history. His seventh and final term will...

The Senate on Thursday voted 51-49 to confirm Kash Patel as FBI director.

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., voted "yes" on the conservative firebrand's confirmation, even while moderates Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Susan Collins, R-Maine, voted "no."

A vote to invoke cloture and begin two hours of debate on the nominee passed 51 to 47 earlier Thursday.

Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee voted earlier this month, 12 to 10, to advance Patel to the full floor for a vote.

Still, Patel faced a rockier path to confirmation, even in the...

Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to announce a plan to limit embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams' authority and appoint a deputy inspector to oversee his office and affairs amid his corruption case controversy, according to a source familiar with the governor's plans.

A source with direct knowledge tells NBC News that Hochul is set to announce that she will not remove Adams from office "right now" but will impose strict “guardrails” on his administration.

The governor has planned a 4 p.m. press conference to announce the details, the source said...

They really are "Dancing Through Life" together.

"He’s gonna hide under the snow forever.”

The Navy announced Thursday that Capt. Dave Snowden, who was in charge of the USS Harry S. Truman when the aircraft carrier collided with a merchant ship, has been fired.

The carrier collided with the ship near the entrance of the Suez Canal last week, and Snowden was relieved of his command afterward, the Navy said in a statement.

Snowden has been the skipper of the Truman since December 2023.

The aircraft carrier was in transit from the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea when the collision occurred. There were no injuries or flooding...

The seven-week-old Scottish Highland calf at the Nashville Zoo seemed light on his feet during his first day in public.

You’ll likely need a universal translator to decipher the fiscal discourse emanating from Capitol Hill this week and next.

You’ll hear a lot about budget reconciliation. "One bill/two bill." And "vote-a-rama."

Let’s break down what the House and Senate Budget Committees completed last week. That will set the table for what the full Senate addresses this week – and what the House aims to tackle next week.

Congressional Republicans intend to enact President Donald Trump’s core agenda of cutting taxes and reducing federal spending. Republicans have...