Soros-backed group among liberal orgs pumping eye-popping cash into Virginia gerrymandering effort

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A group fighting to get Virginia voters to approve an April 21 referendum to let Democrats in the state redraw its congressional maps is being pumped with liberal cash, receiving over $38 million from less than a dozen left-wing entities over the last three months, including from … Read more

Trump-endorsed effort to repeal Utah’s anti-gerrymandering law fails to make the ballot

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s new congressional map, which gives Democrats a high likelihood of picking up a U.S. House seat in the Salt Lake City area, is likely to remain in place beyond this election cycle because a Republican-led initiative to repeal the state’s anti-gerrymandering law failed to make the November ballot. The GOP … Read more

GOP senator launches effort to close Medicaid loophole allowing fraudsters to rake in millions

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla., is introducing new legislation aimed at closing a legal loophole protecting the beneficiaries of Medicaid fraud from prosecution, Fox News Digital has learned. Moody’s STOP FRAUD in Medicaid Act is routed in her experience as Florida’s attorney general, where she was limited to … Read more

Swalwell plays up athletic credentials in effort to blunt DHS sweeps at World Cup

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., invoked his collegiate soccer career while introducing a package of bills to prevent immigration enforcement behavior in and around World Cup sites this June. More than a dozen American cities will be hosting World Cup soccer matches, including East Rutherford, N.J., San Francisco, … Read more

Belarus leader hosts US envoy for talks, latest step in his effort to improve ties with Washington

TALLINN, Estonia — TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday hosted a U.S. envoy for talks in the Belarus capital of Minsk, the latest step in the isolated leader’s effort to improve ties with the West. Lukashenko met with President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Belarus, John Coale, according to the presidential … Read more

Senate votes down effort to restrict Trump’s Iran war powers

Washington — The Senate defeated a war powers resolution on Wednesday that aimed to block President Trump from ramping up the war with Iran, as the operation approaches a fourth week.  In a 53 to 47 vote, a Democrat-led effort to restrict Mr. Trump from taking military action in Iran fell short for a third … Read more

Trump waives Jones Act for 60 days in effort to ease energy prices

President Trump on Wednesday issued a 60-day waiver of the Jones Act, a move aimed at lowering energy prices by letting foreign ships move fuel between U.S. ports. The 100-year-old law requires goods shipped between American ports to be carried on ships that are U.S.-built, -flagged and -crewed, and also limits the number of tankers … Read more

Legalize prostitution effort left candidate ‘shocked’ in blue state with rampant human trafficking

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Michael Allen, a Republican candidate for Colorado attorney general, said he was “shocked” by a Democratic proposal to legalize prostitution, warning it would “open the floodgates” to human trafficking in Colorado. “It’s hard for me to even decipher why they’ve decided this is the time and place … Read more

House kills effort to release all congressional sexual misconduct and harassment reports

WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday voted to scuttle an effort by Republican Rep. Nancy Mace to shed more light on sexual misconduct allegations against members of Congress. Mace, a conservative Republican who is running to be governor of South Carolina, forced a floor vote on her resolution directing the House Ethics Committee to make … Read more