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MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan announced she plans to run for U.S. Senate on the same day Sen. Tina Smith announced she will not be seeking reelection next year.

Flanagan announced the news on Instagram Thursday.

"I love Minnesota and my intention is to run for United States Senate and continue to serve the people of this state," Flanagan said. "I'll make a formal announcement later this month. In the meantime, I'm talking with community and my family and friends. I will have more to say soon."

Flanagan also released a statement...

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro sued President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday to unfreeze federal funds. Pennsylvania is now one of at least 24 states and the District of Columbia with lawsuits challenging Trump's allegedly "unconstitutional" federal funding freeze.

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) directed agencies to halt federal funding on January 27. Pennsylvania state agencies have been unable to access $1.2 billion in federal funds with an additional $900 million requiring federal review, according to the...

Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., is threatening to file articles of impeachment against a federal judge who blocked President Donald Trump's federal funding freeze.

"I’m drafting articles of impeachment for U.S. District Judge John McConnell Jr.," Clyde wrote on X.

"He’s a partisan activist weaponizing our judicial system to stop President Trump’s funding freeze on woke and wasteful government spending. We must end this abusive overreach. Stay tuned."

SCOOP: KEY CONSERVATIVE CAUCUS DRAWS RED LINE ON HOUSE BUDGET PLAN

U.S. District Judge John McConnell...

President Donald Trump took to social media on Thursday morning to showcase his frenetic pace since reentering the White House on Jan. 20.

"THREE GREAT WEEKS, PERHAPS THE BEST EVER," the president touted.

Trump has signed 64 executive orders since his inauguration, according to a count from Fox News, which far surpasses the rate of any presidential predecessors during their first weeks in office.

While Trump is never shy about advertising his accomplishments, new polling indicates Americans are divided on the job the president is doing so far in...

President Donald Trump secured two more Cabinet confirmations on Thursday, including his pick to lead the Department of Agriculture (USDA), Brooke Rollins.

Rollins was easily confirmed by the Senate shortly after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as Trump's Health secretary.

Most recently, Rollins has served as president and CEO of the America First Policy Institute think tank, which she co-founded after Trump's first term. In Trump's first administration, she was his director of the Office of American Innovation and acting director of the...

FIRST ON FOX: House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith is calling for a complete overhaul of the Internal Revenue System, demanding the agency be de-weaponized, and telling Fox News Digital that "business as usual at the IRS is unacceptable."

Smith, R-Mo., wrote a letter to IRS Acting Commissioner Douglas O’Donnell on Thursday, calling for ongoing oversight of the agency to ensure it takes steps to "rebuild trust" with Americans after "lawless and politically motivated behavior."

HOUSE GOP DEMANDS 'IMMEDIATE ACTION' ON ALLEGED RETALIATION...

The Brazilian woman had been accused of murdering three members of her husband's family on Christmas Eve.

Americans' household debt is at a new all-time high $18.04 trillion, according to a report released Thursday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

President Donald Trump is preparing an executive order that would call for the secretary to submit a proposal to diminish the Education Department.

RFK Jr.'s confirmation comes after months of controversy and debate, largely focused on his past comments casting doubt on the safety of vaccines.

The human remains found in a suitcase floating in the East River have been identified as Edwin Echevarria, 65, who was allegedly murdered by 23-year-old Christian Miller.

Days after his abrupt firing, the former director of the Office of Government Ethics said that although he was appointed by former President Biden, he was ready to work for the Trump administration.

David Huitema said he was ready to work for any administration during his five-year term.

"You kind of know going in that you'll be serving across multiple administrations. So that was something I had considered," said Huitema, who was nominated by Mr. Biden in September 2023 and sworn in on Dec. 16, 2024. "I was committed for the five years. I was...

The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary in

Congress would need to pass a law to shutter the Department of Education (DOE) before it could be abolished, President Donald Trump's nominee to head the Department of Education (DOE) told a Senate committee Thursday.

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., first asked Linda McMahon whether she agrees the DOE would need congressional approval to close down entirely.

"Certainly, President Trump understands that we'll be working with Congress," McMahon told the members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. "We'd like to do this right...