NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump’s pick to run the nation’s intelligence agencies is one step closer to clinching the job, and puts the Senate ever-closer to jump-starting a key counter-terrorism tool in the process. The Senate advanced Jay Clayton through a key hurdle Monday night to be the next … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Senate Republicans quietly advanced President Donald Trump’s pick to run the nation’s intelligence agencies and placed Congress back on a path to restart a crucial counterterrorism tool. Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Tom Cotton, R-Ark., revealed that the panel voted U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton out of committee in … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A bipartisan push to make Daylight Saving Time permanent is heading for a chamber-wide vote after clearing a key House hurdle. The House Rules Committee on Monday teed up a floor vote on the Sunshine Protection Act, which would allow states to enact Daylight Saving Time year-round … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Minnesota officials, including Democrat Gov. Tim Walz, last month pardoned an illegal immigrant who was previously convicted of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl and who was slated to be deported. With the recommendation of the Minnesota Clemency Review Commission (CRC), the Minnesota Board of Pardons — led by … Read more
The House passed a bipartisan package of children’s online safety bills in a 267-117 vote on Monday, advancing legislation that supporters say will better protect children online but critics warn could threaten privacy and free expression. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. The bipartisan Kids … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Senate Ethics Committee has dismissed a complaint against Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., that alleged the lawmaker committed sexual misconduct and campaign finance violations. The probe was spurred by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., who earlier this year charged that there were “very disturbing” allegations against a … Read more
Rep Mike Lawler: Democrats are ‘throwing away’ values that made America strong and free Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., criticizes what he calls growing anti-Israel sentiment in the Democratic Party, arguing it has left many Jewish Democrats feeling politically homeless. Lawler points to controversial Democratic candidates, including Graham Platner, who faced scrutiny over a Nazi-linked tattoo, … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Senate advanced a massive, Trump-backed housing package that proponents say will prevent the U.S. from becoming a “nation of renters.” The upper chamber sent the 21st Century Road to Housing Act to the House on Monday after months of delay. After the heads of the House … Read more
The development sets up a high-stakes showdown between the healthcare workers’ union pushing the levy and top political, business and labor leaders fighting it. Source link
Federal antitrust enforcers on Friday cleared Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery. In a statement, the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division said it had closed its probe of the acquisition after determining that the transaction “is not likely to result in harm to competition or American consumers.” “The extensive investigatory record … Read more