GOP senators back Trump’s DC crime crackdown as president eyes longer control

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump signaled he may skirt Congress to extend his takeover of the Washington, D.C., police, and some congressional Republicans are heeding the call.  Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., said he would vote for extending Trump’s authority but didn’t believe that Senate Democrats would budge and support … Read more

Spanberger vows Virginia education overhaul amid teacher shortage crisis

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democratic Virginia gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger has vowed to overhaul the state’s education system. The plan aims to strengthen Virginia’s K-12 schools as the state faces a teacher shortage and low rankings on its post-COVID educational recovery. In addition to addressing the teacher shortage through recruitment and … Read more

22 Republican attorneys general demand mifepristone safety protocols

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: More than 20 Republican attorneys general are demanding that the Trump administration reinstate safety protocols for the abortion drug mifepristone, saying it poses “serious risks to women.” In a letter obtained by Fox News Digital, 22 attorneys general called on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert … Read more

Federal appeals court upholds Arkansas gender transition ban for minors

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld an Arkansas law prohibiting doctors from providing gender transition medical treatment to minors, reversing a lower court decision that blocked the first-in-the-nation law. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 8-2 on Tuesday to overturn a lower court decision, now … Read more

BLM organizer leading protests against Trump’s crime crackdown called for abolishing police

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: One of the prominent activists behind the protests against President Trump’s move to federalize Washington, D.C., to combat crime is a Black Lives Matter organizer who has a long history of calling for defunding and abolishing the police and other far-left agenda items. In recent … Read more

DC police chief’s chain of command confusion sparks social media mockery

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith is facing backlash and mockery on social media after she appeared to not understand a question from the media about the department’s “chain of command” amid President Donald Trump’s recent federalization of the department.  “Can you tell us what … Read more

State Department says South Africa human rights ‘significantly worsened’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. State Department found that the human rights situation in South Africa has “significantly worsened” over the past year, citing reports of “extrajudicial killings” and repression against racial minorities. The State Department conducts an annual review of the human rights situations in countries across the globe, … Read more