Politics

Standing alongside parents who lost their children to online abuse, actor and filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt blasted tech companies on Capitol Hill, accusing them of hiding behind Section 230 to evade accountability.Gordon-Levitt appeared alongside Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin to back the Illinois senator’s bipartisan Sunset Section 230 Act, legislation that would dismantle the decades-old legal shield protecting social media companies from liability over user content."I just heard a couple of […]

President Donald Trump called NBC "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie on Wednesday as the search for her missing mother intensifies, Fox News Digital learned. A White House official confirmed to Fox News Digital on Wednesday afternoon that Trump called and spoke with Guthrie. The official did not provide additional details on the call. Guthrie's 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, went missing from her Arizona home, and was last seen on Saturday. The president had offered […]

President Donald Trump doubled down on his call for Republicans to "nationalize" voting, this time defending the idea directly to the press.Trump made the comments during a signing ceremony in the Oval Office on Tuesday, flanked by prominent congressional Republicans. White House officials have said Trump is primarily interested in defending election integrity."I want to see elections be honest, and if a state can’t run an election, I think the […]

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent clashed on Wednesday over President Donald Trump's economic agenda, with the irate congresswoman asking at one point if someone could "shut him up."The fiery exchange occurred during Bessent's testimony before the House Financial Services Committee. Waters, the committee ranking member, posed a series of questions about the inflationary impact of Trump's tariffs on American consumers — and demanded a yes-or-no answer.TRUMP’S […]

The top congressional Democrats appear to have mended their rift over the controversial Homeland Security spending bill and presented a revamped list of demands to earn the party's support to fund the agency.Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., presented a unified front on Wednesday to unveil a retooled wish list of reforms for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs […]

Fulton County officials in Georgia filed a motion Tuesday seeking the return of 2020 ballots and other documents that were seized last week by the FBI from a warehouse.The motion, which remains under seal, asks a federal court to compel the return of court to return around 656 boxes of original 2020 election materials. A warrant cover sheet provided to the county includes a list of items that the agents were […]

New York and New Jersey sued the Trump administration Tuesday for cutting off $16 billion in federal funding for a new rail tunnel project under the Hudson River connecting the two states.The federal government is accused of "illegally withholding" funding committed to the Gateway project and the two states are seeking emergency relief to force the release of funds frozen by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). With construction already underway, […]

The White House has approved the Medal of Honor for fallen Army Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis, a Staten Island, New York, native who died in Afghanistan in 2013, while shielding an allied soldier, according to Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., who said she was notified of the decision in a statement posted to social media.The decision follows years of advocacy from veterans' groups, elected officials and the Staten Island community to […]

Federal lawmakers are demanding answers from the National Future Farmers of America (FFA) over its partnership with a Chinese Communist Party-controlled agribusiness and its push for DEI initiatives, citing national security concerns and questions about its tax-exempt status.The inquiry is being led by the House Ways and Means Committee and the Congressional FFA Caucus, which say the organization’s relationship with Syngenta Group raises concerns about foreign influence and whether FFA […]