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Washington — The fight for control of the House in the 2026 midterm elections is underway — long before a single ballot is cast next year.

Texas is fighting to enact a GOP-led redistricting effort that would give Republicans five more seats in the state and help them hold their narrow majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. But it isn't the only state where redistricting pushes are underway, as California and other states consider similar moves ahead of the midterms.

Typically, states redraw congressional and legislative districts after the...

Washington — A group of Democrats in Congress is seeking to stop Department of Government Efficiency employees from moving into permanent positions in the federal government, penning a letter asking for more information on DOGE's presence within agencies after Elon Musk's exit earlier this year.

"Although Elon Musk has departed, his influence remains, as DOGE and its employees attempt to become a permanent part of the federal government, scattered across agencies where they can continue to sabotage key functions from within," Sens. Elizabeth Warren...

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin appear to be on track to soon have their first meeting since Trump took office for his second term earlier this year.

"At the suggestion of the American side, it has been agreed in principle to hold a bilateral meeting at the highest level in the coming days," Putin’s foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov noted, according to the Associated Press.

"We propose, first of all, to focus on preparing a bilateral meeting with Trump, and we consider it most important that this meeting be successful...

The company said late on Wednesday that its flights were no longer grounded, but that disruption was ongoing.

A police investigation into Autumn Bardisa was launched due to concerns about her qualifications.

The huge wildfire is the largest in France so far this year and has burned an area larger than Paris.

The number of people receiving treatment at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center — the renowned research hospital that cares for patients with rare or life-threatening diseases — has tumbled under the second Trump administration, according to government documents and interviews with current and former NIH employees.

NIH documents viewed by KFF Health News show a pronounced decline in patients at the 200-bed hospital from February through April, a time that coincides with the Department of Health and Human Services' mass firings of...

Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan announced he is leaving the GOP and joining the Democratic Party, a move he says has been a long time coming as he has bucked heads with the Republican Party.

Duncan, who served as lieutenant governor as a Republican from 2019 until 2023, wrote in an op-ed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Tuesday that his path to becoming a Democrat began before President Donald Trump attempted to overturn his loss to former President Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election, which Duncan criticized at the time.

"My...

EXCLUSIVE: Planned Parenthood is set to shutter its last two Louisiana facilities next month, a move pro-life advocates say represents "success" amid efforts to shut down the organization.

In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, 40 Days for Life CEO and founder Shawn Carney said the closure of the clinics is a "huge victory" for the entire pro-life movement and his organization, which has prayed and held vigils outside Planned Parenthood facilities for roughly 20 years.

"The only remaining Planned Parenthoods in the state of Louisiana, in...

Kathleen Folbigg was freed in 2023 after a review found there was reasonable doubt she killed her babies.

The US Army sergeant allegedly opened fire on his fellow troops before being tackled by soldiers, officials say.

The South East Asian nation's military leaders named Myint Swe acting president after a 2021 coup.

The president also hits India with a 50% tariff and threatens a 100% levy on foreign-made semiconductors.

Washington — President Trump officially began levying higher import taxes on dozens of countries Thursday, just as the economic fallout of his months-long tariffs threats was beginning to create visible damage to the U.S. economy.

The White House said that starting just after midnight EDT, goods from more than 60 countries and the European Union began facing tariff rates of 10% or higher. Products from the European Union, Japan and South Korea are being taxed at 15%, while imports from Taiwan, Vietnam and Bangladesh are being taxed at 20%. Mr. Trump...

Federal authorities have arrested an American soldier who allegedly tried to share classified information about the Army's M1A2 Abrams tank with Russia, the Justice Department said.

Taylor Adam Lee — a 22-year-old active-duty Army member stationed at Fort Bliss in Texas — was arrested Wednesday and charged under the Espionage Act with attempted transmission of national defense information to a foreign adversary, federal prosecutors said in a statement. He was also charged under the Arms Export Control Act.

The Justice Department claimed Lee...