Trump takes ICE shutdowns off the table with signature on key $70B bill

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump signed the $70 billion Republican-led homeland security bill Wednesday after the Senate-crafted measure narrowly passed the House despite the GOP’s slim majority.  Speaking from the Oval Office alongside House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Majority Leader Steve Scalise and other lawmakers, … Read more

Bill Gates faces House investigators over Jeffrey Epstein ties

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! House lawmakers are turning their focus to billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates as congressional investigators press ahead with their probe into Jeffrey Epstein and accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.  Gates will participate in a voluntary interview with the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday. Members on the panel are expected … Read more

Bill Gates to appear today before House committee investigating Epstein

One of the world’s wealthiest men will appear Wednesday before the congressional panel investigating Jeffrey Epstein and his associates. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates will sit for the transcribed interview after revelations about his relationship with Epstein rocked his philanthropic foundation. Gates apologized in February to staff at the Gates Foundation for his ties to Epstein, … Read more

Bill Gates to testify in congressional panel’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation

WASHINGTON — Bill Gates will appear Wednesday before a congressional panel investigating the Jeffrey Epstein files, becoming the latest powerful figure linked to the disgraced financier to testify. Members of the House Oversight Committee are slated to interview the billionaire Microsoft co-founder behind closed doors, as they have done with other witnesses in the investigation. … Read more

House passes pro-union bill after 20 Republicans defy party, in latest move to bypass GOP leadership

Washington — House Democrats, with the help of several Republicans, bypassed GOP leadership on Tuesday to force a successful vote on legislation that would accelerate negotiations on newly-formed unions’ first collective bargaining agreements.  The legislation, titled the Faster Labor Contracts Act, was introduced in September by Democratic Rep. Donald Norcross of New Jersey. It passed … Read more

Trump’s elevating Bill Pulte as intelligence chief could mean FISA spy power expires

WASHINGTON — A powerful surveillance tool backed by national security hawks faces a risk of expiring this week after President Donald Trump moved to put it in the hands of an ally without a national security background. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Trump tapped housing … Read more

Republicans pass bill to fund ICE and Border Patrol through the end of Trump’s term

WASHINGTON — After weeks of setbacks and delays, the Republican-controlled House on Tuesday narrowly passed a roughly $70 billion package to fund ICE and Border Patrol through the end of President Donald Trump’s term. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The vote was 214-212. The package, … Read more

Key spy power on verge of lapsing after Trump appoints Bill Pulte as intelligence chief

Washington — Democrats have accused President Trump of throwing a grenade into negotiations to renew a key spy authority — known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act — set to expire Friday.  Members of Congress in both parties have been critical of Mr. Trump’s decision to appoint housing regulator Bill Pulte as … Read more

Massachusetts lawmakers pass bill to scrap ‘offensive language’ from state’s General Laws

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Massachusetts legislature passed a bill that would remove “outdated and offensive language” used to describe people with disabilities in the state’s General Laws. The measure would eliminate various terms, including “handicapped,” “disabled,” and the “r-word” in favor of language such as “persons with a disability” and … Read more