GOP rebels send warning to Speaker Johnson after blowing up vote last week: ‘We’re going to get cuts’
Members of the House Freedom Caucus are watching Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., with a wary but hopeful eye after a GOP rebellion over government spending saw the new leader take his first major public setback. “He assures us, and we trust him that that’s the case,” Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., told Fox News Digital of Read More
Desantis, Haley, Ramaswamy, sitting side-by-side, get personal during ‘family discussion’ in Iowa
DES MOINES, IOWA – They’ve traded fire from behind podiums on the Republican presidential debate stage. But White House rivals Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former ambassador and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy sat down together on Friday around the same table for a very different discussion in front of Read More
Trump, family attend funeral for sister Maryanne Trump Barry in New York City
Former President Donald Trump and his family attended the funeral of his sister, Maryanne Trump Barry, at a church in New York City on Friday, The New York Post reported. Barry, a retired judge and assistant U.S. attorney, passed away on Nov. 13 at the age of 86. According to The Post, “a somber-looking” Trump Read More
Arizona State University cancels event featuring Rep. Rashida Tlaib
Arizona State University canceled an on-campus event where Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., was going to speak Friday. The event was organized by the Arizona Palestine Network, which is not an on-campus organization at ASU. Tlaib was going to give a speech at the “Palestine is an American issue” event. An ASU spokesperson told Fox News Read More
Mexico’s president praises Biden for not building border walls
Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Friday praised President Biden for being the “first president in the United States in recent times who has not built walls.” López Obrador made the remark while meeting with Biden in San Francisco, adding that “we wish to assist the people in their countries of origin when they Read More
Missouri’s voter ID law is back in court. Here’s a look at what it does
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A trial for a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Missouri‘s new photo identification requirement for voters is scheduled to begin Friday. Here is a look at the function of the law and why voting rights groups are suing: WHAT THE LAW DOES Missouri’s GOP-led Legislature last year capped off a nearly Read More
Stacey Abrams’ brother-in-law arrested on human trafficking, battery charges
The brother-in-law of former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, a Democrat, has been arrested in Florida on charges of human trafficking, battery and lewd or lascivious touching of a minor, according to the Office of the State Attorney for the 13th Judicial Circuit. “Jimmie Gardner, a youth motivational speaker and brother-in-law of former Georgia gubernatorial Read More
North Carolina mayoral race decided by coin toss
A coin flip on Friday decided who would become mayor of a south-central North Carolina city when the two leading candidates were tied after all the ballots were tallied. Robert Burns and Bob Yanacsek each received 970 votes in the race to become mayor of Monroe. There had been five names on the Nov. 7 Read More
Democrat seeks recount in razor-thin Virginia House race
Kimberly Pope Adams, the Democratic candidate in a central Virginia House of Delegates race that remains uncalled by The Associated Press, is seeking a recount. Adams said in a statement Thursday that the election results, which show just 78 votes separating Adams and GOP incumbent Kim Taylor, “are far too close for anyone to declare Read More
Trump to remain on Colorado ballot after judge rejects 14th Amendment challenge to eligibility
Former President Donald Trump’s name will remain on the Colorado 2024 presidential primary ballot, a judge ruled Friday. “The court orders the Secretary of State to place Donald J. Trump on the presidential primary ballot when it certifies the ballot on January 5, 2024,” U.S. District Court Judge Sarah B. Wallace wrote in her ruling. Read More