Politics

Former Vice President Kamala Harris is leaving the door open to another White House bid in 2028, but Democratic senators aren’t rushing to line up behind their party’s 2024 nominee."Well, I've backed her before, but there'll be other contenders this time," Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., told Fox News Digital. "I've made no decisions about who I would support.""I think we're going to have a very, very, very messy and very […]

Senate Democrats’ recent rejection of voter ID is giving Republicans fresh ammunition in the midterm fight, putting them on the opposite side of a practice that is common across the country and broadly popular with voters in both parties.Republicans have developed a cynical view of why Democrats won’t play ball with voter ID, arguing that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and his caucus don’t want to give the GOP […]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill earlier this week that would impose a 25% tax on private detention centers, a policy that would apply to all the facilities that partner with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the Golden State."If we can’t kick out private facilities, we’ll go after their profits," Newsom said in a press release.The move, which Newsom hailed as a way to push back against President […]

The Supreme Court temporarily cleared the Trump administration to continue its third-country deportation policy this week, as DHS’ top lawyer mounts a public defense of an immigration authority the administration says previous presidents largely left dormant.DHS has increasingly used so-called "third-country" removals when a removable alien cannot be returned to their home country or that country refuses to take them back — part of what agency General Counsel James Percival […]

A conservative political activist who has been deeply entrenched in right-wing politics for decades is calling on the government to implement safety guardrails on artificial intelligence (AI), especially when it comes to protecting children and ensuring that the booming technology doesn't displace American workers en masse."If something happens with one of these companies, whether it's a child taking their own life due to suicide by manipulation with a chatbot, these […]

A Biden-appointed judge is being labeled an "activist judge" by conservative critics after ruling that the federal government's application of a law barring noncitizens from voting in elections violates the Constitution in a federal criminal case.In a 31-page ruling, U.S. District Judge David Leibowitz of the Southern District of Florida dismissed federal charges against Chelsea Cox, a woman originally from Jamaica who voted in the 2020 presidential election, despite not […]

Politicians from both parties had a rough week as slip-ups and unpopular messaging sent floods of unwanted attention their way.Chief among this week’s gaffes was Republican Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt’s botched attempt to accuse former special counsel Jack Smith of perjury during Tuesday’s Senate testimony — a basketball mix-up that unraveled as cameras captured the stunned reaction of Republican Alabama Sen. Katie Britt seated beside him.Britt was seated beside Schmitt […]

A veteran campaign strategist who worked for Donald Trump's 2024 reelection bid told Fox News Digital that pundits are misreading the strategy behind the president's 32-state pre-midterms rally tour, which includes stops in deep red states.Thursday, the president spoke in Denton, Texas, a suburb of Dallas before traveling to Oklahoma, a longtime bastion of conservatism that hasn't been carried by a Democrat in a presidential election since Lyndon B. Johnson […]

The Justice Department wants several Minnesota federal judges removed from immigration cases after accusing them of crossing an ethical line by publicly criticizing President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.The complaint argued the judges improperly commented on the Trump administration's immigration enforcement while related cases were still pending, undermining public confidence in their impartiality.Attorney General Todd Blanche announced Wednesday that the Justice Department filed a judicial misconduct complaint with the Eighth Circuit […]