Politics

The U.S, District Court for the Southern District of New York charged former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores with conspiracy to commit torture to Americans and others to stay in power, according to a superseding indictment filed Thursday.Maduro's government, according to the indictment, "presided over a system of repression that relied on violence against political opposition, arbitrary detention, and the torture of detainees, including United States […]

Arizona Democratic congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia said she was knocked unconscious and raped during an overnight encounter with two attackers in August while trying to repair a damaged campaign sign.Greene-Placentia told Phoenix New Times that she was walking through a parking lot in Sun City shortly after 2 a.m. on Aug. 14 to repair a damaged campaign sign when someone struck her in the head, knocking her unconscious.Greene-Placentia said she […]

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani doubled down on his October 7 statement accusing Israel of carrying out a "genocide" in Gaza on Thursday.Mamdani made the statement while speaking to the press at an unrelated event on Thursday. Reporters asked him about anger in the Jewish community over his statement on the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks that briefly recognized that day's atrocities before accusing Israel of […]

EXCLUSIVE: As Elon Musk prepares to receive a prestigious honor from President Donald Trump Thursday afternoon, several sources familiar with the pair's relationship say the trillionaire is back in the administration's fold after last year's nasty blowup between the pair."Water under the bridge," one former administration official told Fox News Digital when about to classify the falling out and subsequent rekindling of the pair's relationship.Musk had a meteoric rise within […]

The U.S. military has lost or sustained damage to at least 81 aircraft during the war with Iran — nearly double the number identified five months ago, according to a new government analysis that warns replacing some of the critical vehicles could strain the military's ability to meet demands elsewhere.The aircraft include some of the military's most advanced fighters and critical support aircraft, as well as dozens of drones, the […]

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations blasted New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani over his message marking the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, comparing the mayor’s framing of the massacre to "turning September 11 into a day of mourning for al-Qaeda terrorists."Ambassador Danny Danon accused Mamdani of trying to "hijack" the anniversary after the mayor commemorated the more than 1,100 Israelis killed by Hamas before pivoting to […]

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten drew backlash Wednesday after filming a video from a field near Newark’s Delaney Hall migrant detention facility, where she decried alleged conditions inside.Weingarten’s video, filmed within view of the facility, comes as school-choice advocates have criticized her political activism while student academic performance remains below pre-pandemic levels — with one critic recently summing up the contrast as a desire to "dictate … policy […]

One of the most vulnerable House Democrats of the 2026 election cycle is being hammered from the left and right for her stance on transgender youth.Longtime Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, is facing one of her toughest re-election battles yet, partially thanks to Buckeye State Republicans redrawing the boundaries of her district to include more GOP voters.In what appears to be an appeal to those voters, Kaptur recently sent out mailers […]

The White House ripped Joe Biden after documents declassified by President Donald Trump on Monday revealed internal strife between the former president's Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI's Washington Field Office (WFO) before carrying out a raid on Mar-a-Lago in 2022.In the months leading up to the raid, internal emails between FBI agents in the field office expressed frustration that the DOJ, led by then-Attorney General Merrick Garland, was […]