Operation Epic Fury survives Senate challenge as Republicans close ranks behind Trump

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Senate Republicans closed ranks Wednesday, handing President Donald Trump a win on his use of force in Iran, despite lingering questions about America’s involvement in the Middle East. The Senate shot down a resolution from Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., aimed at limiting Trump’s military actions in Iran … Read more

Senate blocks resolution that would have restricted Trump’s war in Iran

WASHINGTON — The GOP-led Senate on Wednesday rejected a war powers resolution aimed at restricting President Donald Trump’s ability to carry out further military action against Iran. The vote was 47-53, short of the simple majority needed to move the resolution to the Senate floor. Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was the only Democrat to … Read more

Florida man stuck in Qatar says

Hundreds of thousands of stranded passengers and workers are trying to leave the Middle East after airlines canceled flights throughout the region. CBS News’ Ramy Inocencio spoke with Trent Burns, a Florida man, who is stuck in Qatar. CBS News’ Olivia Gazis reports and Constance Hunter, chief economist of the Economist Intelligence Unit, has more … Read more

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says in deposition that he resisted censoring platforms

SANTA FE, N.M. — Jurors in a bellwether trial about the impacts of social media on teenagers and children on Wednesday watched a deposition of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg that explores what the architects of Facebook and Instagram knew from internal research about the negative experiences by young users and how the company responded since … Read more

Dem senator’s stunt goes sideways after GOP lawmaker torches him at immigration hearing

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! After Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., attempted to embarrass Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem by asking a handful of legal immigrants arrested by ICE to stand up during a Capitol Hill hearing, Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., sarcastically requested all the Americans killed by illegal immigrants to stand up before … Read more

Bronx daycare providers sentenced to 25 to life in prison for fentanyl death of toddler

A New York City daycare owner and her husband were sentenced Wednesday in the fentanyl poisoning death of a 22-month-old boy in their care. A jury found Grei Mendez, 38, and Felix Herrera Garcia, 37, guilty of second-degree murder last year as well as assault in the New York case, according to the Bronx District … Read more

Evacuate? Some Americans living in the Middle East wish they could.

Two days after U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iran began, the State Department sent out a social media message urging Americans living in or visiting the Middle East to evacuate “using available commercial transportation.” It also reminded them to “have a plan to depart in an emergency that does not depend on U.S. government help.” … Read more

Lou Holtz, national championship-winning Notre Dame football coach, dies at 89

Lou Holtz, the former Notre Dame football head coach who led the team to a national title in 1988, has died, the school and his family announced Wednesday. He was 89.  Holtz died in Orlando surrounded by family, the family said. “Holtz is remembered for his enduring values of faith, family, service, and an unwavering … Read more