WASHINGTON (AP) — House congressional leaders were toiling Thursday on a delicate, bipartisan push toward weekend votes to approve a $95 billion package of foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as well as several other national security policies at a critical moment at home and abroad.
The Senate has advanced legislation that would reauthorize a key U.S. surveillance tool as lawmakers and the Biden administration rushed to tamp down fresh concerns about the program violating Americans’ civil liberties.
A late Wednesday evening meeting to advance a border security bill through the House Rules Committee ended amid conservative rebels' objections to the measure and Speaker Johnson's foreign aid bill.
Legislation that could ban TikTok if its China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake has won a major boost as House Republicans included it in a package of bills that would send U.S. aid to Ukraine and Israel.
Speaker Mike Johnson has unveiled a long-awaited package of bills that will provide military aid to Ukraine and Israel, replenish U.S. weapons systems and give humanitarian assistance to civilians in Gaza.
Donald Trump lost a bid to pause a string of lawsuits accusing him of inciting the U.S. Capitol attack while he fights his 2020 election interference criminal case in Washington.
Israel launched at least one missile strike at Iran early Friday morning, U.S. officials confirmed to CBS News, in apparent retaliation for last weekend's drone and missile attack.
Former Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday warned that if Russian President Vladimir Putin were to “overrun” Ukraine, he would then attack a NATO nation, forcing the US to become directly involved.
Police arrested more than 100 people at Columbia University on Thursday at a makeshift encampment set up by pro-Palestinian protesters on the university's main lawn.
President Joe Biden accepts endorsements from at least 15 members of the Kennedy political family. Their backing came during a campaign stop in Philadelphia as Biden aims to undermine Republican Donald Trump and independent Robert F.
A senior director for the pro-Trump group Turning Point Action resigned from his post on Thursday and abruptly withdrew his re-election bid in Arizona, three days after being accused in a court complaint of forging voters’ signatures.
It was dramatic turnabout for Austin Smith, a House member in his first term representing parts of northwestern Maricopa County. He has been a vocal election skeptic in Arizona, a battleground state.
On Monday, Mr. Smith was named in a complaint filed in state Superior Court by one of his constituents, who said that...
An appeals court dismissed charges against a Michigan election worker who put a USB flash drive into an electronic poll book and downloaded the names of voters at the close of a primary election in 2022.
The court's conclusion: James Holkeboer's conduct was improper but not a crime.
He was charged with election fraud. But Holkeboer's lawyers pointed out that the state law used by prosecutors only bars acts that change the election record.
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A congressman whose district is along the southern border is warning about the dangers posed by a bloodthirsty Venezuelan street gang whose presence has grown in the United States amid the ongoing migrant crisis.
"This gang in several years is going to be the dominant transnational criminal organization throughout the United States. There's no doubt in my mind," Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital in an interview.
Last month, a CBP source provided Fox with an internal intelligence bulletin revealing tattoos and identifiers for Tren...
The federal government gave nearly $700 million to Planned Parenthood during a one-year span in which the clinic performed a record number of abortions, which coincided with a decline in all other major services, a recent report shows.
Meanwhile, the Biden administration has vowed to expand access to Planned Parenthood's abortion services.
Planned Parenthood's 2022-2023 report released Tuesday, called "Above and Beyond," found that several non-abortion categories of services were down, compared to the previous year. Contraceptive services...
The full jury, including alternate jurors, has been selected and sworn in former President Trump’s criminal trial in New York City, setting the stage for opening arguments to begin next week.
Twelve jurors were seated on Thursday at the end of the third day of jury selection.
By mid-day Friday, all alternate jurors had been selected and sworn in.
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Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over the trial, instructed jurors ahead of the weekend...
A man set himself on fire outside the courtroom where former President Donald Trump is facing charges in a hush money case, witnesses and officials said.
The person set himself aflame after 1:30 p.m. Friday in the designated protest area outside of the trial outside the courthouse in lower Manhattan, according to witnesses. Video appeared to show the moments after the self-immolation, as the man laid on the ground burning, at times seemingly seizing.
There was already a heavy NYPD presence already outside the building due to the high-profile nature...
Emergency crews rushed away a person on a stretcher after a fire was extinguished outside the courthouse where jury selection for former President Donald Trump's trial is taking place. Witnesses say they saw a man pour liquid over his head and set himself on fire.
Multiple people witnessed the incident, including a guest being interviewed by CNN.
It wasn't clear whether the act was related to the former president's trial, where jury selection is being finalized.
Washington — A third Republican joined the effort to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson from his post on Friday, making it more likely that Democrats will have to save him if it comes to a vote.
Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona announced he was signing onto the motion to vacate against Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, after the House advanced a foreign aid package with more Democratic votes than Republican support.
"I have added my name in support of the motion to vacate the Speaker," Gosar said in a statement. "Our border cannot be an afterthought. We...
Less than a year ago, CubicPV, which manufactures components for solar panels, announced that it had secured more than $100 million in financing to build a $1.4 billion factory in the United States. The company planned to produce silicon wafers, a critical part of the technology that allows solar panels to turn sunlight into electrical energy.
The Massachusetts-based company called the investment a “direct result of the long-term industrial policy contained within the Inflation Reduction Act,” the 2022 law that directed billions of dollars to...
First lady Jill Biden will kickoff Educators for Biden-Harris in Bloomington, Minnesota, on Friday, a national organizing effort to turn out votes for President Biden.
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