Randy Fine won Tuesday night's special election in Florida, and will now hold former Rep. Michael Waltz's seat in the Sunshine State's 6th Congressional District.
The National Security Council (NSC) has provided clarification on reports about Mike Waltz and his staff using personal Gmail accounts for government communications.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee is pushing the United Nations to not reappoint Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese for another term over accusations of antisemitism.
President Trump is doubling down on his widespread tariffs threats despite a stock market downturn that has helped fuel anxiety the nation could slide into a recession. Trump escalated the tit for tat with Canada on Tuesday when he said his administration would increase planned steel and aluminum tariffs in response to an electricity surcharge...
The Department of Education told staff in an email Tuesday that its offices would be closed Wednesday for “security reasons.” The email, obtained by NewsNation, said workers needed to leave the building by 6 p.m. EDT Tuesday and not return until Thursday. “Beginning today at 6:00 p.m., all ED offices in the National Capital Region...
President Trump hinted he would be open to labeling individuals who carry out violence at Tesla dealerships as “domestic terrorists” following a string of violent demonstrations at the electric vehicle company’s showrooms across the U.S. Trump was asked Tuesday at the White House if he could speak about some of the violence occurring at Tesla...
Transgender Texans could be charged with fraud under state legislation filed this month that seeks to make publicly identifying as trans illegal. House Bill 3817, introduced last week by Republican state Rep. Tom Oliverson, would add “gender identity fraud” to the Texas Penal Code, punishable by up to two years in jail and a fine...
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday clashed with a reporter with The Associated Press over President Trump’s use of tariffs after granting the outlet a rare question during a White House press briefing. Leavitt faced a slew of questions about Trump’s widespread use of tariffs on imports, which have rattled financial markets and...
The Philadelphia Eagles will visit President Trump at the White House on April 28 to celebrate their Super Bowl victory. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday the White House invited the Eagles and that they “enthusiastically accepted” the invitation for a visit later this month. It marked a turnaround from 2018, when during Trump's first...
Texas's deadly measles outbreak is growing, as confirmed cases in the state have risen to at least 223 since January, according to the latest figures from the Texas Department of State Health Services. The number of confirmed cases is up from 198 reported last week. At least 29 people — mostly children — have been...
Fox News reporter Peter Doocy pressed White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday on how the struggling stock market might effect the administration's government reform efforts. "Is there any concern here that it's going to be harder to ask certain federal workers to retire if they look at their retirement accounts and they're getting...
Republicans in Congress are racing to pass a GOP stopgap funding bill by 11:59 p.m. Friday to avert a government shutdown. Vice President Vance on Tuesday made his closing pitch for the Trump-backed measure to a meeting of House Republicans. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is trying to shepherd the bill through his razor-thin House majority,...
The U.S. will immediately restore military aid and intelligence sharing to Ukraine following bilateral talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, with Ukraine expressing "readiness" to accept a 30-day ceasefire proposal. "Ukraine expressed readiness to accept the U.S. proposal to enact an immediate, interim 30-day ceasefire, which can be extended by mutual agreement of the parties, and which is...
House Republicans on Tuesday advanced their bill to avert an end-of-the-week government shutdown, teeing up a final vote on the legislation later in the day. The chamber voted 216-214 to adopt a rule — which governs debate on legislation — for Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) continuing resolution. The measure would keep the government funded through Sept....
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) is leading in a field of potential Democratic challengers for the state’s gubernatorial race, according to a survey released Monday. The Siena College Research Institute poll found in a hypothetical 2026 Democratic primary that Hochul leads with 46 percent support among her party. She’s ahead of Lt. Gov. Antonio...
The FBI has joined the Dominican Republic’s police in searching for Sudiksha Konanki, the University of Pittsburgh student who went missing a week ago while on spring break. Konanki, 20, vanished Thursday in Punta Cana, a town located on the easternmost tip of the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic’s police said in a statement Monday that it was reinterviewing individuals who...
