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President Donald Trump's new Director of National Intelligence (DNI), Tulsi Gabbard, was sworn in at the White House on Wednesday, just hours after being confirmed by the Senate.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters during her briefing, "Senate Republicans continued to confirm President Trump's exceptionally qualified nominees, most recently Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who will be joining us later at the White House for her swearing-in ceremony."

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Washington D.C. – Democratic and Republican lawmakers found consensus about President Donald Trump in his decision to eliminate the penny, telling Fox News Digital on Capitol Hill that it "makes sense" to stop making cents.

Trump announced on Sunday that he was instructing the Treasury Department to stop producing new pennies, writing in a Truth Social post that it costs more than two cents to mint a single one-cent coin.

Fox News Digital asked members of Congress for their two cents about Trump eliminating the coin, with lawmakers on both sides of...

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., debuted his annual book of "federal fumbles" that he believes can provide additional ideas for the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) as it continues to aggressively slash federal agency spending.

The founding Senate DOGE Caucus member filled 26 pages with examples of what he believes are government shortcomings and inefficiencies, as well as the money they waste.

In a letter to readers, Lankford wrote, "My goal is to create a roadmap for DOGE, identifying key areas within the...

The Biden administration slow-walked its designation of American Marc Fogel as a "wrongful detainee" in Russia, Republicans and officials who previously worked on the effort to free Fogel told Fox News Digital.

"Marc Fogel was viewed by the Biden administration as just an average White guy from flyover country in Western Pennsylvania," House Chief Deputy Whip Guy Reschenthaler, R-Pa., told Fox News Digital Tuesday. "He didn’t have any celebrity status; he wasn’t a military veteran; he wasn’t a journalist. So, the Biden administration overlooked him...

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has dominated headlines during President Donald Trump’s second term. Nigel Farage, the Reform UK party leader who initiated Britain’s departure from the European Union, has been taking notes.

Farage posted a social media video on Tuesday proclaiming, "Britain needs its own DOGE!" He said it was the "first in a series" of videos that will highlight the misuse of British taxpayer money.

"Do you ever wonder where your taxes go, whether your money is being spent properly?" Farage asked. "Well, have a...

Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday personally stripped the Justice Department's walls of portraits of former President Joe Biden, former Vice President Kamala Harris, and her own predecessor, former Attorney General Merrick Garland, saying it was "ridiculous" for the portraits to still be hanging nearly three weeks into President Donald Trump's tenure

Bondi's role in personally removing the portraits, first shared on X by the New York Post's Miranda Devine, was confirmed to Fox News Digital by a Justice Department official.

Bondi "saw portraits...

FIRST ON FOX: Authorities in Aurora, Colorado have traced a surge in Venezuelan-linked crime as early as the summer of 2023 in two apartment blocks, new emails show -- nearly a year before the rise of Tren de Aragua activity came to light.

Emails obtained by America First Legal and provided to Fox News Digital show communications between state and local officials about the threat posed by Venezuelan nationals, including those who may have ties to the bloodthirsty Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang.

A February email chain between state and local...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., is already planning future hearings for her new subcommittee panel, which was named to correspond with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Greene told reporters after her subcommittee's first public event that the next two would examine the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and media outlets NPR and PBS.

Musk has also targeted NPR and USAID since leading President Donald Trump's DOGE advisory team.

"We're working on filling the calendar with many more important issues...

Israeli forces were due to pull out next Tuesday, but the source says they want to stay for another 10 days.

Supporters of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) praise it as an important anti-bribery statute that keeps corporations honest when doing business outside the U.S. By contrast, the law's detractors say it unfairly hobbles American companies, giving an advantage to foreign players.

On Monday, President Trump took a side. "It sounds good on paper but in practicality, it's a disaster," he said while signing an executive order freezing enforcement of the 1977 law. "It's going to mean a lot more business for America."

Mr. Trump can't overturn...

During her first full day as director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard will meet with U.S. allies at the Munich Security Conference.

ABC News looks at New York City’s fight against rats as city officials and residents take matters into their own hands, uncovering new methods to curb the rat population.

Washington — A group of advocates led by the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on Wednesday asking a federal court to quickly require the Trump administration to give the migrant detainees it is holding at Guantanamo Bay access to lawyers.

Complying with an order from President Trump late last month, U.S. officials have been transporting dozens of unauthorized migrants to the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, using military aircraft. Administration officials have said the detainees will be held there until they can be deported...

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The Department of Homeland Security says it has taken back $59 million in FEMA funds earmarked for hotels housing migrants in New York City, a day after it fired those involved in making the payment.

"Secretary Noem has clawed back the full payment that FEMA deep state activists unilaterally gave to NYC migrant hotels," a DHS spokesperson told Fox News Digital.

"There will not be a single penny spent that goes against the interest and safety of the American people," they said.

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