Thune, GOP blast Dems in DHS standoff as Lankford says they fear ICE over Iran

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., accused Senate Democrats of not having “any excuses” to continue blocking Homeland Security funding as Republicans and the White House continue to make repeated offers to reopen the government. “The opportunity to actually drive this to a conclusion is there,” Thune … Read more

Dems block GOP amendment tying voter ID bill to transgender sports ban

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Senate Democrats blocked a move by Senate Republicans to modify a Trump-backed voter ID bill with a provision that would halt men in women’s sports. The amendment to the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act from Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., was one of several tweaks to … Read more

Connecticut Dems demand IDs to recycle cans but reject GOP efforts to verify citizenship at polls

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Connecticut Democrats recently rushed through an emergency anti-fraud law requiring bottle redemption centers to collect a copy of a person’s driver’s license when they cash in more than 1,000 cans or bottles in a day — a document demand that Republicans say undercuts the party’s attacks on … Read more

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

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

DHS shutdown tied for second-longest ever as Dems again block funding amid airport chaos, terrorism concerns

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Long airport lines and rising concerns about threats at home weren’t enough to stop Senate Democrats from blocking Homeland Security funding again Friday. It’s the fifth time Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Republicans have tried to reopen the agency. The latest failed attempt comes … Read more

Top Dems brush off ties to Imam who held memorial for Iranian leader who vowed ‘Death to America’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: Legacy Democrats and a slew of Michigan Democratic Party lawmakers dismissed concerns over their connections to a radical Imam who eulogized the death of Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei by “the most wretched hands on Earth” and works at a mosque known for being a purveyor … Read more

Dems face reckoning after putting deceased labor leader on pedestal as sexual abuse allegations emerge

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democrats are facing a reckoning after casting César Chavez as a near-sacred figure of the American left for decades— honoring him in DNC statements, White House proclamations and annual public tributes — but that long-running celebration is now colliding with newly surfaced abuse allegations serious enough that … Read more

White men ‘clearly’ targeted as Virginia Dems’ race-sex bill hits Spanberger’s desk: experts

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Virginia state bill passed along party lines directing state agencies to consider the race and sex of small businesses’ ownership when distributing discretionary funds for procurement and contracts is likely to face major legal headwinds, experts told Fox News Digital. The Small SWAM Business Procurement Enhancement … Read more

4 House Dems vote against Women’s History Museum bill over biological women-only amendment, Republican claims

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! All four Democrats on the House Administration Committee voted against advancing a measure to authorize land on the National Mall to construct the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum. The measure cleared the committee on a 7-4 party-line vote, the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., said.  Malliotakis, … Read more

Schumer keeps public guessing on how long Dems will refuse to fund DHS amid terror attacks

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., remained silent earlier this week when asked how long Democrats intended to hold out on funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) amid a recent string of suspected terror attacks. Fox News Digital approached Schumer with a pair of questions in … Read more