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Washington — President Trump on Thursday withdrew the nomination of Alina Habba, his former defense lawyer, to serve as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey, a Justice Department official confirmed, which clears the way for her to serve as the U.S. attorney in the state in an acting capacity.

Mr. Trump's move came after a federal district court set off a leadership scramble in the U.S. attorney's office when it declined to keep Habba in the role of U.S. attorney and instead installed Desiree Leigh Grace as the state's top federal prosecutor...

The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against New York City challenging its sanctuary city laws.

It comes less than a week after a Customs and Border Patrol officer was shot in Manhattan by an undocumented immigrant.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and border czar Tom Homan were furious after the off-duty officer was shot. Homan promised to "flood the zone" with immigration agents to go after undocumented immigrants, especially those with a history of violence.

"Sanctuary cities are sanctuaries for criminals, hard stop," Homan...

Washington — House Speaker Mike Johnson said he understands President Trump's frustration with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, but reiterated that he's uncertain about "what the legal parameters are" if the president fires him.

Mr. Trump has lashed out at Powell, accusing him of not acting quickly enough to slash interest rates — the Fed has currently set a benchmark rate of 4.25% to 4.5%, where it has remained all year. The president has argued that cutting borrowing costs would boost economic growth, but the central bank has worried that...

The Justice Department is suing New York City over its sanctuary policies, as the Trump administration targets jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with immigration authorities as it continues to ramp up deportation raids.

The lawsuit filed in a New York federal court names New York City Mayor Eric Adams and several other city officials as defendants.

The lawsuit claims the city has enacted policies with the intent of impeding the federal government's ability to enforce immigration laws.

LOUISVILLE MAYOR SHIFTS CITY'S IMMIGRATION POLICY AFTER...

The United States has withdrawn its delegation from Doha, where it was participating in ceasefire negotiations this week, according to United States Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff.

The announcement came the same day Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office also announced that its negotiators in Doha would also be leaving in light of the response from Hamas. Witkoff also met with Israeli and Qatari officials in Rome Thursday, according to reports.

"We have decided to bring our team home from Doha for consultations after...

Recognition of a Palestinian state in the wake of Hamas's 7 October attack was "a launch pad to annihilate Israel", PM Netanyahu says.

The verdict marks the end of the highly publicised case, in which the men were accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 2018.

A summit between China and the European Union is cut to just a day as ties grow fraught.

Washington — President Trump signed legislation to claw back $9 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting funding, the first time in decades that Congress has approved a president's request to rescind previously approved funding.

White House spokesperson Harrison Fields said Thursday that the package was "officially signed."

Both the Senate and House passed the legislation, known as a rescissions request, in overnight votes last week before a July 18 deadline. Each chamber ran into different hurdles in getting it over the finish line ahead...

Washington — President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order making it easier for cities and states to remove homeless people from the streets and get them treatment elsewhere.

The president's order asks Attorney General Pam Bondi to "reverse judicial precedents and end consent decrees that limit state and local governments' ability to commit individuals on the streets who are a risk to themselves or others," according to a White House fact sheet. It also commits federal funding to move people on the streets who are "causing public disorder...

Washington — The increasing pressure on the Trump administration to release more details about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein shows little sign of easing soon.

It's put President Trump's allies in Congress in a bind as they try to balance the Republican base's demands for the release of all Epstein-related files against the White House's desire to move on.

For now, Mr. Trump has asked that only federal grand jury transcripts be made public. One of the Justice Department's requests to unseal grand jury transcripts has been denied. The...

A Jewish-American national security group is sounding an alarm about how America and Israel’s enemies may exploit low missile stockpiles after the 12-day war with Iran.

Defending Israel and the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar from Iranian counterstrikes cost the U.S. and Israel between $1.48 billion to $1.58 billion, according to an analysis by the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA), and burned through a large portion of missile interceptor stockpiles.

Both the U.S. and Israel now face an "urgent need" to replace those stocks...

Ex-President Joe Biden's former chief of staff ignored reporters on his way out of an interview with congressional investigators on Thursday after a marathon grilling behind closed doors.

Ronald Klain served as White House chief of staff for the first half of Biden's term. He also reportedly played a key role in helping the former leader prepare for what proved to be a disastrous first and only 2024 election debate against current President Donald Trump.

Klain sat with staff and some lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee for hours for a...

Progressive Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, is once again renewing his call to impeach President Donald Trump, vowing to drop new articles of impeachment soon. He likened his crusade against Trump to the biblical David versus Goliath and anti-Trump activists as "one million Davids."

"This is what's important, President Trump is a Goliath. He has military might. He has persons who are loyal to him in the military and the judiciary and in the Congress. But for every Goliath, there is a David," said Green, adding, "But in this case, we have nearly one million...

FIRST ON FOX: An immigration program meant to provide permanent legal status to undocumented migrant children who experience abuse or neglect was, under the Biden administration, offered mostly to illegal immigrants older than age 18, many of whom had criminal records, according to a new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report obtained by Fox News Digital.

A Trump administration review of the special immigrant juvenile petition program found that between fiscal year 2020 and fiscal year 2024, 198,414 special immigrant juvenile petitions were...