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Texas Gov. Greg Abbot has issued a full pardon to a former U.S. Army sergeant convicted of murder for fatally shooting an armed demonstrator in 2020 during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice

Officials are monitoring an oil spill in Texas waterways after the partial collapse of a bridge that was struck by a barge.

Two Republican lawmakers are opening a second congressional investigation into embattled

An effort to save American taxpayers over $13 billion dollars by reigning in wasteful spending has failed after Senate Democrats voted down Senator Eric Schmitt's, R-Mo., disapproval resolution.

"Today, Senate Democrats chose to continue their effort to shelter unelected bureaucrats from any sort of accountability and embolden the Biden Administration’s disastrous efforts to waste more taxpayer money on pet projects unrelated to their original intent," Sen. Schmitt said in a press release following Wednesday's Senate vote.

During Wednesday's press...

Controversial National Public Radio (NPR) chief Katherine Maher met with a Republican senator and the organization rolled out a new layer of editorial review on Wednesday in response to the fallout from a former senior editor's scathing essay alleging significant bias at the outlet.

"She acknowledged the problem, which I think is a pretty good first step," Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., said in an interview with Fox News Digital. "She pretty much validated the concerns that I raised."

Last month, the senator led a letter to Maher that was signed by...

The House Judiciary Committee advanced a resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress over the Justice Department’s failure to produce the subpoenaed audio recording of President Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur.

The House Judiciary Committee considered a resolution to hold the attorney general in contempt during a mark-up session Thursday. The vote advances the measure for a full floor vote.

The move comes after

Catholic groups and other conservative organizations are going after Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra after a GOP lawmaker accused him of withholding federal funds from hospitals that do not perform transgender surgeries on religious grounds.

Rep. Mary Miller, R-N.Y., clashed with Becerra at a heated House hearing on Wednesday, demanding that he commit to not blocking federal dollars from doctors or hospitals "that refuse to provide the gender-affirming care that you're mandating if it violates their religious beliefs."...

An ambitious US maritime corridor is due to start operating off Gaza's coast in the coming days.

President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump will participate in a CNN debate on June 27, just six weeks away.

It is one of the earliest presidential debates ever scheduled, and the event was brokered without the involvement of the Commission on Presidential Debates, which has hosted debates for nearly 40 years. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the independent presidential candidate, could qualify for the debate as well if he meets certain criteria.

Here’s what to know:

Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump will face off against each other at CNN’s studios in...

One person is dead and another has been hospitalized after a vehicle and a tanker truck crashed on Colorado’s main east-west highway

The bridge connecting Galveston, Texas, to Pelican Island remains closed after a barge crashed into a pillar supporting the span, causing it to partially collapse

A candidate for West Virginia secretary of state is hospitalized for copperhead snake bites sustained while he was removing election campaign signs

A disability rights advocate made a complaint to New York State Police saying was shoved twice by state Senator Kevin Parker

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday hammered President Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., over blocked U.S. military aid for Israel with the House expected to vote on a bill to force bomb deliveries to the Jewish state amid its war against Hamas.On the steps of the Capitol, Johnson also drew a parallel to Biden's decision earlier Thursday to assert executive privilege to block House committees from obtaining subpoenaed audio recordings of his interview with former special counsel Robert Hur over classified documents found in...

The foreign-born population hit a record high in March, in large part as a result of the flow of