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Jury selection continues for Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez's federal corruption trial on Tuesday morning. As of Monday afternoon, zero jurors were seated for the trial, which is taking place in a Manhattan courtroom and expected to continue through the end of June.

By Monday afternoon, the judge excused 38 of 152 jurors for various reasons pertaining to why they could not be present for the case. That leaves 114 jurors who will return this morning for continued selection.

Jurors will be expected to discern whether evidence against...

A Republican primary runoff for a North Carolina congressional district on Tuesday could demonstrate yet again the strong influence former President Donald Trump has on GOP politics across the country.

Voters will choose between attorneys Kelly Daughtry and Brad Knott in the runoff for the reconfigured 13th Congressional District. Daughtry finished first, and Knott second, in the March 5 primary. GOP candidates for the statewide offices of lieutenant governor and state auditor are also on runoff ballots.

Trump endorsed Knott in April. Weeks later...

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is expected in downtown Manhattan on Tuesday morning to show solidarity with former President Trump during his criminal trial.

A spokesperson for Johnson told Fox News Digital early on Tuesday that he would be in New York City for the trial, making him the latest Trump ally in Congress to appear beside the ex-president in the Manhattan Criminal Court.

He's also expected to speak with reporters outside of the courthouse after attending the trial.

MICHAEL COHEN TESTIFIES HE SECRETLY RECORDED TRUMP IN LEAD-UP TO 2016...

Phoenix — Arizona's highest court on Monday gave the state's attorney general another 90 days to decide further legal action in the case over a 160-year-old near-total ban on abortion that lawmakers recently voted to repeal.

The Arizona Supreme Court's order leaves in place for now a more recent law that legalizes abortion up to 15 weeks of pregnancy. It also allows Attorney General Kris Mayes more time to decide whether to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Mayes expressed gratitude for the order and said the earliest the 1864 law can now...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday shot down rumors that his wife, First Lady Casey DeSantis, would run for governor in 2026 when he leaves office.

The Republican governor addressed speculation about his wife's political ambitions at an event in Coral Gables. Recent polls have suggested that Casey DeSantis would be strongly favored in a hypothetical Republican primary for governor.

Asked about those polls, DeSantis smiled and told reporters, "If I had to characterize her interest in getting into the political thicket as a candidate, I would say...

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron reportedly discussed with former President Trump – the presumptive Republican presidential nominee – a potential peace deal between Ukraine and Russia.

According to a source who spoke to The Sunday Times, Cameron met with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida last month and told the former president that new U.S. aid would help Ukraine hold its front lines and give Trump the "best possible conditions" to attempt to secure an agreement with Russia.

The source reportedly said that Cameron asked Trump...

French media say an inmate escaped during the attack in which three other officers were also injured.

Many streets in the southern Gaza city now lie empty, the UN says, as an Israeli operation continues.

A court in Austria rules the notorious criminal no longer poses a danger given his ill health.

David McBride pleaded guilty to stealing military secrets, but said he felt a moral duty to speak up.

Two people onboard the vessel, Alboran Cognac, were rescued by a passing oil tanker after the incident.

Nikolai Patrushev, 72, is replaced as head of Russia's Security Council by Sergei Shoigu.

Violence has marred massive rallies in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

The athletes decided to stay in their home state of Rio Grande do Sul to help flood victims.

Washington — The winner of Maryland's Democratic Senate primary Tuesday is likely face former Republican Gov. Larry Hogan for the open seat in a race that could tip the balance of power in the Senate.

Rep. David Trone and Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks are the leading candidates in the brutal and costly race for the Democratic nomination, which kicked off after Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin announced last year that he would retire. The contest tees up a competitive general election fight, where the winning Democrat will all but...