A forced-labor crackdown or an end-run around Congress? Dissecting Trump’s new tariffs

NEW YORK — The Trump administration has imposed double-digit tariffs on more than 60 countries, using a legal justification that permits the president to levy import taxes and other sanctions against countries found to engage in “unjustifiable,” “unreasonable” or “discriminatory” trade practices. The new tariffs announced in recent days take effect just as temporary 10% … Read more

Dem’s cognitive decline crackdown wins rare conservative praise: ‘Extremely based’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democratic Washington Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’s push to confront cognitive decline in Congress is finding rare common ground among liberals and conservatives frustrated with Washington’s aging political class. “In every job I’ve ever had, there’s a simple expectation,” the congresswoman said in a video posted to X … Read more

More people booked into ICE detention in June than in any month since crackdown began

More than 43,000 people were booked into immigration detention in June, the highest monthly total since President Trump returned to office, newly released Immigration and Customs Enforcement data shows.  The uptick follows increased pressure from the White House on ICE to increase arrests, with agents being instructed to target 2,000 arrests per day, sources inside … Read more

Trump administration halts $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota as part of fraud crackdown

Washington — The Trump administration is pausing more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota as part of its crackdown on fraud in federal programs, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday. The pause comes after reviews conducted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, … Read more

Birth tourism crackdown expands as House chairman raises criminal conspiracy case

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A House task force chairman says companies helping foreign nationals travel to the United States to give birth so their children obtain U.S. citizenship could be engaging in a criminal conspiracy. Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, who chairs the House Oversight Committee’s Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights … Read more

Liberal law professor breaks with Obama judge over Trump lawyer crackdown: ‘I refuse to teach’ it

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Legal minds across the political spectrum are admonishing an Obama-appointed federal judge for suggesting that bar associations should look into sanctioning lawyers working for the president or the Justice Department, with one liberal constitutional law professor refusing to teach his students that such a move is acceptable. … Read more

Journalist targeted by Iran reacts to U.K.’s crackdown on IRGC: “The happiest day of my life since I was stabbed”

When British Iranian journalist Pouria Zeraati first heard of the U.K.’s formal plans to ban support of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps early this week, it gave him a sense of relief he had not felt in years.  It was “the happiest day of my life since I was stabbed,” he said. Zeraati’s primary concern … Read more

Pro-Kremlin blogger who turned on Putin is arrested as Russia steps up crackdown

A former loyalist blogger turned fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin has been detained and accused of spreading false information about the armed forces, state media reported Friday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The news came just as a court hearing was being held … Read more

Schumer’s mentor pushed birthright citizenship crackdown. Now Moreno dares Democrats to reject it.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: A Senate Republican has a plan to challenge the Supreme Court’s decision on birthright citizenship, and he’s taking a decades-old page from Democrats to do it. Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, will soon circulate legislation that was once pushed by the late, former Senate Majority … Read more

Iraq seizes mounds of gold and millions in cash from officials in corruption crackdown

Iraqi authorities have seized more than 825 pounds of gold and ten of millions in cash in a series of anti-corruption operations that led to the arrest of at least 21 people, including dozens of government officials and several former and current members of parliament. The seizures were connected to the arrest in May of … Read more