Politics

Mass layoffs reportedly began Tuesday in Health and Human Services agencies as part of the department's "restructuring" to align with President Donald Trump's executive order, "Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ Workforce Optimization Initiative," as agencies undergo merges and significant downsizing.The restructuring is expected to bring down 82,000 federal health employees to 62,000.The department has been preparing to make major cuts in recent weeks across its health agencies, especially […]

Voters in two states are casting general election ballots for the first time since November, when they sent President Donald Trump back to the White House.Wisconsin will choose a new justice on the state Supreme Court, which has a 4-3 liberal-leaning majority. Florida is holding special elections in two deep-red districts last held by Reps. Matt Gaetz and Michael Waltz.At stake: court decisions over abortion, unions and voting rights in […]

A normally sleepy procedural vote ended in drama for the House of Representatives after a rebellion by nine Republicans against their own party forced chamber proceedings for the week to grind to a halt.It puts the future in question for two key bills backed by the Trump administration that were slated to get a vote on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively.Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told reporters that votes were canceled for […]

A well-known economist who was believed to be trying to influence the Trump administration's economic policies in the lead-up to the inauguration is facing criticism for his opposition to President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) efforts in line with the resistance from some of his group's top donors. "Elon Musk is not actually a popular person, and the frame of politics that the DOGE crew is pushing is not […]

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., is forcing a vote on legislation to enable new parents serving in Congress to vote remotely in the weeks surrounding the birth of their child.Luna introduced the measure as a "privileged resolution" on Tuesday, which gives House leaders two legislative days to take up the measure.It’s the latest in an increasingly high-stakes fight between Luna and House GOP leaders, who have teamed up with some […]

Schools should be following President Donald Trump’s executive order "ending radical indoctrination in K-12," say two New Jersey lawmakers who put forward a bill to repeal the Garden State’s countervailing law.Assembs. Gregory McGuckin, R-Brick, and Paul Kanitra, R-Point Pleasant Beach, have put forward bill A-5560, which would repeal the 2021 state law requiring instruction on DEI and topics like unconscious bias, gender identity tolerance and disability tolerance.Meanwhile, the state’s Democratic […]

DISTURBING CONTENT WARNING: The illegal immigrant accused of killing an Atlanta-area grandmother has been indicted and now faces additional disturbing charges related to the brutal murder.Hector David Sagastume-Rivas, a 21-year-old Honduran illegal alien, was caught and released at the border by the Biden administration in March 2021 and has had an active deportation order since July 2023 after he ignored a deportation order.Cobb County Police say Sagastume-Rivas killed Camillia Williams, […]

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin is shuttering the Biden-era EPA museum located near the White House that "scarcely" saw visitors since it opened in 2024, Fox News Digital learned. Zeldin announced Monday afternoon that the National Environmental Museum and Education Center, which opened last year under the Biden administration, will shutter after costing taxpayers millions to build and subsequently drew a lackluster number of visitors. "The scarcely visited museum cost a […]

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 […]