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A federal judge has allowed Venezuelans targeted for deportation under the Alien Enemies Act in the Southern District of Texas to proceed with a class-action lawsuit against President Donald Trump's administration.

U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr., who was appointed by Trump during his first term, issued a 12-page order Thursday granting a group of petitioners "class certification."

"The unusual circumstances of this case present a compelling justification to utilize a procedure equivalent to a class action authorized by Rule 23,"...

President Donald Trump tapped former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz for his administration's ambassador to the United Nations after New York Rep. Elise Stefanik withdrew her nomination so she could hold onto her House seat amid concerns over the GOP's slim majority in the lower chamber.

"I am pleased to announce that I will be nominating Mike Waltz to be the next United States Ambassador to the United Nations," Trump posted to Truth Social Thursday.

"From his time in uniform on the battlefield, in Congress and, as my National Security...

A city in Texas could lose its state funding over a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and an arms embargo against Israel. Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, wrote a letter to San Marcos Mayor Jane Hughson admonishing the City Council, which voted to bring the resolution to a formal vote on May 6.

In his letter, Abbott pointed out that while the council was considering a resolution for a "permanent ceasefire in occupied Palestine," it had not done the same to condemn Hamas following the Oct. 7 massacre.

UT AUSTIN ANTI-ISRAEL AGITATORS FREED AFTER...

National security advisor Mike Waltz and other National Security Council staffers were ousted from their office on Thursday, in the most high-profile executive office exits of the second Trump administration.

Fox News confirmed on Thursday morning that Waltz and his deputy, Alex Wong, were ousted following a Signal chat leak debacle that unfolded in March, when the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic magazine was inadvertently added to a group chat with high-profile Trump officials such as Waltz, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and CIA Director John...

The Department of Health and Human Services has transferred $500 million from research into next-generation COVID-19 vaccines, redirecting the money to a single vaccine project linked to the Trump administration's former acting head of the National Institutes of Health.

Multiple federal health officials said they were surprised by the announcement, which bypassed the usual procedures overseen by career scientists at the NIH and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, known as BARDA. Those reviews are intended to ensure that...

The sectarian violence involving Islamist factions, security forces and Druze gunmen is another sign of the fragile security situation.

India accuses Pakistan of supporting militants behind the Kashmir attack, which Islamabad denies.

The BBC's analysis editor looks at what has been agreed in the much-anticipated agreement.

Russian Security Council Deputy Chair Dmitry Medvedev, a former Russian president, referred to Ukraine as "a disappearing country" in a post on Telegram.

"But Trump has finally broken the Kiev regime into paying for American aid with minerals. Now they will have to pay for military supplies with the national wealth of a disappearing country," Medvedev said, according to a Google translation of part of his post.

The Russian official also noted President Donald Trump's ratings have declined.

"And the US Senate, led by Republicans, is preparing to...

President Donald Trump's National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and other staffers are out at the National Security Council, sources confirmed to Fox News.

Democrats quickly reacted, saying they fired the "wrong guy."

"Mike Waltz has left the chat," the former Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn, said on X, in a nod to Waltz accidentally adding The Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg to a Signal chat where war plans were reportedly discussed.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., told Fox News on Thursday that...

President Donald Trump joked that his administration could end the separation of church and state on Thursday, saying they are "bringing religion back to our country."

Trump made the statement during a speech at the White House celebrating the National Day of Prayer. He touted the White House's faith office and its leader, Paula White.

Trump began by thanking White for serving in her role as senior advisor to the faith office, remarking that his other advisors had questioned the move. "They said separation of church and state, they told me. I said...

Florida Gov. DeSantis argued with a reporter on Thursday over illegal immigration, telling her "you seem to have no sympathy for people that have been victimized by illegal aliens" after she suggested work being done by ICE is "a little sloppy."

The fireworks erupted after the Republican spoke about Operation Tidal Wave, a record-breaking joint Florida-ICE operation resulting in the arrests of more than 1,100 illegal immigrants.

"This is wonderful, this dog and pony show, but there are American citizens who are being deported – they show their...

FIRST ON FOX – President Donald Trump's former national security advisor is sounding the alarm about the Justice Department's proposal to break up Google's illegal monopoly on online search, saying in a letter to White House leaders that the government's proposal is overly broad and poses "drastic" and far-reaching national security risks.

In a letter to the White House National Security Council, obtained by Fox News Digital, Trump's former national security advisor, Robert O'Brien, argued that the Biden-era DOJ framework is in "direct conflict"...

President Donald Trump is poised to sign an executive order establishing a presidential commission on religious liberty.

Trump unveiled plans for the new commission Thursday during a National Day of Prayer event at the White House and said it would be signed that day. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick will serve as the chairman of the commission, Trump said.

"The last administration attacked people of faith for four years," Patrick said in the Rose Garden at the White House Thursday. "There's a saying that no one should get between a doctor and a...

Thirty-five House Democrats are rebuking the Biden administration's 11th-hour waiver that cleared a path for California to enact a full ban on gas cars by 2035.

A Republican resolution aimed at repealing the Biden-era Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) move passed by a 246 to 164 vote on Thursday morning.

Notably, two California House Democrats were among the 35 who voted to rescind their own state's clean energy waiver – Reps. Lou Correa and George Whitesides.

Other Democrats in the number include Reps. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., Pat Ryan...