Politics

Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., saw her nomination to serve as ambassador to the United Nations under President Donald Trump crumble last week before she ultimately withdrew her name from consideration. The saga unfolded quickly, with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch, R-Idaho, only being informed of Stefanik's withdrawal by the White House roughly two hours before Trump shared it on social media. Two senior House GOP aides told Fox News Digital […]

FIRST ON FOX: A group of more than two dozen financial officers from across the United States has sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi warning how the "domestic terrorism" attacks carried out against Tesla dealerships in recent weeks "have led to significant financial losses affecting millions of Americans.""These attacks are not just politically charged, they undermine the financial well-being of the public servants who dedicate their lives to […]

The White House considers the Signal group chat leak case "closed," Trump administration press secretary Karoline Leavitt told the media Monday while reiterating President Donald Trump's support of national security advisor Mike Waltz."As the president has made it very clear, Mike Waltz continues to be an important part of his national security team," Leavitt told the media in brief remarks during a gaggle outside of the White House's press room […]

FIRST ON FOX: Government subsidies for electric vehicles (EVs), combined with a regulatory credit system for vehicle emissions, are leading to rising automobile and utility costs, a new report from the American Energy Institute (AEI) reveals.Increasingly stringent Corporate Average Fuel Economy and greenhouse gas tailpipe emissions standards have forced gas-powered vehicle manufacturers to produce more EVs. As a result, this has siphoned auto manufacturers' resources away from gas-powered vehicle production […]

The State Department sanctioned six Beijing and Hong Kong authorities who Secretary of State Marco Rubio said "have engaged in actions or policies that have degraded the autonomy of Hong Kong, including in connection with transnational repression targeting individuals residing in the United States." Rubio announced Monday that the actions "demonstrate the Trump Administration’s commitment to hold to account those respondsible for depriving people in Hong Kong of protected rights and […]

The daughter of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says she is skipping graduate school in protest against the university's lack of support for student demonstrations.Hope Walz made the announcement to her followers on TikTok on Sunday, saying she was disappointed with how the institution she had planned to attend dealt with student protests."I applied for one school. I kind of had my heart set on it. I am not going to […]

Montana is considering making cuts to its individual income tax rate as a growing number of states have completely transitioned to eliminating the tax altogether.Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte came out in support of Senate Bill 323 last week, which would cut the state income tax from 5.9% to 4.9%, at a news conference with Americans for Prosperity. The cut is what the governor suggested in his November budget proposal. "So I […]

President Donald Trump teased he might run for a third term, explaining to NBC News that he enjoys working and is "not joking" about making another run for the Oval Office. "A lot of people want me to do it," Trump told NBC News in a phone interview on Sunday. "But, I mean, I basically tell them we have a long way to go, you know, it’s very early in the […]

In a wide-ranging interview last week, Energy Secretary Chris Wright discussed how the U.S. can bring nuclear power to the fore for both energy and defense purposes, starting with rebooting otherwise dormant "pit" production.Under the first Trump administration, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) sought to meet the Pentagon’s goal of manufacturing 80 such pits – spherical hulls of plutonium sized from a grapefruit to a bowling ball – according […]