U.S. eases Iranian oil sanctions in scramble to contain energy prices, handing Tehran a potential boost

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In a twist of wartime irony, the United States has moved to ease sanctions on Iranian oil to cool surging energy prices, a potential boon for Tehran as Washington scrambles to contain the economic shockwaves of its military campaign. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday the easing of sanctions, first imposed after Iran’s 1979 revolution, … Read more

GOP senator’s gambit exposes false Dem claims about supporting voter ID

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democratic leaders say they don’t oppose voter ID laws, but they blocked a bill to impose a nationwide requirement Thursday. Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, attempted to pass a standalone voter ID bill through unanimous consent Thursday night, but Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., blocked the measure on the … Read more

The dominant basketball program in a conference is leaving. So why aren’t their opponents celebrating?

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The men’s basketball team at Gonzaga was doomed — or so the coach of the small, Jesuit university would lament. Dan Monson chuckles now at the memory. In the early 1990s he was a young Gonzaga assistant who would listen as his boss, Dan Fitzgerald, the Bulldogs’ coach who died in 2010, would lay out … Read more

Soros-backed Austin DA faces resignation calls over alleged ‘secret meetings’ in case against cop

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A criminal case tied to the 2020 Austin, Texas, George Floyd riots is erupting into a broader controversy, with prominent law enforcement groups calling for the Soros-backed district attorney to resign over accusations of misconduct, political coordination, and withholding key evidence. Attorneys for Austin Police Department officer … Read more

Children’s entertainer Ms. Rachel has a new cause: Freeing kids from ICE detention

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The boy in the grainy video feed sounded desperate. “I don’t want to be here anymore,” he said. “Nothing is good here.” Since early March, 9-year-old Deiver Henao Jimenez had been held with his parents at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in South Texas, where children have complained of limited education, lights that never turn … Read more

‘Not a done deal’: Democrats start to sweat over Virginia’s redistricting referendum

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After putting an aggressive redraw of the state’s congressional map before voters, some Virginia Democrats are growing uneasy about its prospects for passage one month out from the special election. Virginia Democrats entered 2026 riding a wave of momentum, comfortably flipping the governorship and expanding their majority in the state House in last fall’s elections. … Read more

From shuttered print editions to firings, student journalists clash with universities

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Students at the University of Texas at Dallas looking for print editions of The Retrograde might find themselves going on a scavenger hunt. The administration granted the newly established independent student newspaper four newsstands on campus. By contrast, The Mercury, the university-supported newspaper, was allowed 36 locations. “It’s censorship through access,” says Gregorio Olivares Gutierrez, … Read more

DHS shutdown blows past one-month mark as Dems push to carve out ICE from any new funding deal

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As a partial government shutdown blows past the one-month mark, Democrats are demanding lawmakers shrink the size of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) funding lapse — while leaving out the agency at the heart of Trump’s immigration crackdown. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in their view, … Read more