Budget Rent a Car heiress assaulted and strangled during a California home invasion

Margaux Mirkin, the 70-year-old heiress who’s father founded Budget Rent a Car, was the apparent victim of a home invasion on Thursday in which she was assaulted and strangled, according to police. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Officers arrived at her Hollywood Hills home in … Read more

Howard Lutnick shuts down Dem questions over Jeffrey Epstein at budget hearing

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick repeatedly shut down questions about his past ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein during a budget hearing Thursday. He refused to address discrepancies in his statements and insisted the setting was “not” the place to discuss them because he was appearing before the … Read more

Senate adopts budget resolution to fund DHS immigration agencies

The Senate adopted a budget resolution to fund Homeland Security immigration agencies early on Thursday morning after a marathon “vote-a-rama.” The vote was 50-48 with Republicans Rand Paul and Lisa Murkowski joining all Democrats in opposition. CBS News homeland security correspondent Nicole Sganga has more. Source link

Senate Republicans approve budget measure, teeing up bill to fund ICE, CBP

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans voted early Thursday morning to approve a budget measure that would pave the way for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol funding without any Democratic support. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The vote was 50-48 after a marathon session last … Read more

Senate passes budget plan for ICE and Border Patrol in bid to reopen Homeland Security

WASHINGTON — The Senate took the first steps in a new effort to reopen the Department of Homeland Security early Thursday, voting to adopt a budget plan that would fund ICE and Border Patrol over Democratic objections and sending it to the House. The entire department has been shut down since mid-February as Democrats have … Read more

Senate Republicans unveil budget resolution, kickstarting reconciliation process to fund ICE

Washington — Senate Republicans unveiled a budget resolution on Tuesday to begin the process of funding immigration agencies under the Department of Homeland Security without help from Democrats. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who leads the Senate Budget Committee, released the 58-page budget resolution, saying in a statement that Republicans are “moving forward … Read more

Newsom administration allegedly knew of $2B California budget error for months: report

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! California Democrats were aware of a roughly $2 billion budget accounting error for months, even though Gov. Gavin Newsom’s January spending plan already projected a roughly $3 billion deficit for the coming fiscal year, according to a report. The mistake, tied to the state’s public employee retirement … Read more

RFK Jr. defends proposed 12% health budget cut, measles response in House testimony

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday faced federal lawmakers for the first time since September as he sought to defend a more than 12% proposed cut to his department’s budget and dodge arrows from angry Democrats along the way.  In his testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee, kicking off an expected … Read more