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The executive director of the primary governing body for high school sports in the state of Maine said athletic teams will continue to determine eligibility based on a student's stated gender identity, despite the president's executive order seeking to keep "men out of women's sports."

Mike Burnham, executive director of the Maine Principals Association (MPA), said the president's order conflicts with state law aimed at protecting human rights and, as a result, the MPA will defer to the latter when it comes to determining athletic eligibility...

FIRST ON FOX: A Senate Democrat is looking to work across the aisle and codify a policy requested by President Donald Trump's new Attorney General Pam Bondi to crack down on the dangerous "zombie drug" xylazine.

"Xylazine poses a growing threat across the Silver State, and our law enforcement officers simply don’t have the tools they need to keep our communities safe from this dangerous drug," Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., told Fox News Digital in an exclusive statement.

"My bipartisan, bicameral bill would crack down on illegal use of...

The Senate voted Wednesday to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s controversial nomination to serve as Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary in President Donald Trump's Cabinet, sending him on a path to final confirmation.

The vote to invoke cloture on Kennedy's nomination ends debate and starts the clock ticking toward the final Senate vote on his confirmation.

The Senate agreed to advance the nomination by a party-line, 53-47 vote.

Kennedy, the well-known vaccine skeptic and environmental crusader who ran for the White House in 2024 before...

FIRST ON FOX: The General Services Administration, an independent agency that manages federal property for various agencies, is pushing back on recent media outlets reporting that DOGE has instilled fear among employees and insists it is continuing to deliver efficient and effective services with employees that are focused on their mission.

"Over the past few days, numerous media outlets have reported on GSA’s return to office and future workforce plans," the GSA said in a statement released on Wednesday. "These reports include numerous quotes from...

President Donald Trump said he had a "lengthy" call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, which included Putin agreeing to "immediately" begin negotiations over the war in Ukraine.

"We agreed to work together, very closely, including visiting each other’s Nations," Trump posted to Truth Social on Wednesday. "We have also agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately, and we will begin by calling President Zelenskyy, of Ukraine, to inform him of the conversation, something which I will be doing right now. I have...

President Donald Trump continued his successful Cabinet confirmation roll on Wednesday, with Tulsi Gabbard officially being approved by the Senate to become his director of national intelligence (DNI).

She became his 14th Cabinet confirmation following the 52-48 Wednesday vote. The vote was party-line, with the exception of former GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who opposed Gabbard.

Despite an uphill battle before her first hurdle in the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, the former Democratic representative managed to come back...

FIRST ON FOX: Republican lawmakers are seeking to end a government program that "undermines national security" by allowing a "faceless computer code" to randomly distribute

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence after Republicans who had initially questioned her experience and judgment fell in line behind her nomination.

Gabbard was an unconventional pick to oversee and coordinate the country's 18 different intelligence agencies, given her past comments sympathetic to Russia, a meeting she held with now-deposed Syrian President Bashar Assad and her previous support for government leaker Edward Snowden.

Gabbard, a military veteran and former...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin about ending the war in Ukraine.

Washington — President Trump said Wednesday that he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin and directed members of his national security team to "immediately" begin negotiations aimed at ending Russia's war with Ukraine.

The call between Mr. Trump and Putin is the first known conversation between the two since the president returned to the White House for a second term. It comes a day after Russia released Pennsylvania schoolteacher Marc Fogel, who was serving a 14-year sentence and was designated as wrongfully detained late last year.

"I just...

Egypt plans to "present a comprehensive vision for the reconstruction" of the Gaza Strip that does not require the displacement of Palestinians, the country said.

Elon Musk announced on Tuesday that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was looking into a limestone mine in Pennsylvania, where the cost-cutting organization says federal employee retirements are processed manually using a system that could take months.

Musk told reporters about the mine on Tuesday during an appearance with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, as the president prepared to sign an executive order concerning the billionaire’s work leading DOGE.

"And then we're told this is actually, I think, a great anecdote...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Europeans this week that "realities" prevent the U.S. from being its security guarantor, and to expect a drawdown of U.S. forces in the region.

"We are focusing on security of our own borders. We also face a peer competitor in the Communist Chinese with the capability and intent to threaten our homeland and core national interests in the Indo-Pacific," Hegseth told a meeting of a Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Belgium on Wednesday.

"The U.S. is prioritizing deterring war with China in the Pacific...

FIRST ON FOX: Freshman GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno is introducing a bill that would declare English as the official language of the United States.

The bill, named the English Language Unity Act of 2025, would "declare English as the official language of the United States" and "establish a uniform English language rule for naturalization, and to avoid misconstructions of the English language texts of the laws of the United States."

Variations of the bill have been put forward in the past, including in 2023 from then Ohio Sen. JD Vance, who said at the...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday President Donald Trump’s calls for lower interest rates won’t lead the central bank to change its rate decisions