Texas judge blocks O’Rourke nonprofit from funding fleeing Texas Democrats

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Texas judge ruled Friday against Beto O’Rourke and his nonprofit in a case brought by state Attorney General Ken Paxton, who accused them of illegally raising funds to support Democratic lawmakers fleeing the state to block GOP redistricting legislation. Tarrant County District Judge Megan Fahey handed … Read more

UCLA faces $1 billion demand to restore frozen federal grant funding

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Trump administration is seeking $1 billion from UCLA to settle discrimination and antisemitism allegations in exchange for restoring more than half a billion dollars in frozen grant funding to the university.  The proposed agreement sent to the school Friday requires UCLA to pay the federal government … Read more

Sheriff accused of extorting $50K from cannabis executive in licensing scheme

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Boston’s sanctuary sheriff was arrested Friday on federal charges after allegedly leveraging his elected position to extort $50,000 from a cannabis executive who was seeking state approval to open a dispensary—a scheme FBI Director Kash Patel called a betrayal of public trust. Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins, … Read more

Trump gives Putin deadline as Ukraine peace talks and tensions loom

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! While President Donald Trump previously refrained from speaking ill of Russian President Vladimir Putin, those days are over.  The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has changed the nature of their dynamic. Although the two appeared to get along, at least publicly, during Trump’s first administration, their … Read more

Trump responds to former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan’s swap from GOP to Dem

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump shared his thoughts on Georgia’s former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan swapping political parties after the state’s GOP expelled him earlier this year for disloyalty to the party. Duncan, an open critic of the president in recent years, wrote an op-ed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution … Read more

President Trump orders increased federal law enforcement in Washington D.C.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump has directed federal law enforcement to increase its presence throughout Washington, D.C., following a concerning surge in violent crime, including an incident in which a former DOGE worker nicknamed “Big Balls” was brutally beaten in the streets this week. Trump signed an executive order … Read more

‘Sad thing for us’: Pelosi says she wants to protect sex changes for trans kids

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that sex changes for transgender children is something she’s working for “at the national level.” Earlier in the day, Pelosi toured the San Francisco VA Medical Center to review health-system upgrades, research initiatives and—according to a press release from her … Read more

Defense Secretary may restore drill sergeant ‘shark attack’ practice

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is considering reversing a ban on the “shark attack,” the time-honored aggressive practice used by drill sergeants to train U.S. Army recruits in basic training. The practice was usually employed at the beginning of training by having several drill sergeants swarming trainees and … Read more