Kentucky Republicans race to replace McConnell while carefully keeping him at arm’s length

LEXINGTON, Ky. — U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell is considered such a titan in his home state that Kentucky lawmakers voted to put a statue of him alongside Abraham Lincoln in the Capitol. After overcoming polio as a child, McConnell rose to become the longest-serving Senate leader in history and helped secure a conservative majority on … Read more

Meet the Preakness Stakes horses running in the 2026 race

The Preakness Stakes will feature its biggest field in 15 years Saturday with 14 horses in the middle jewel of horse racing’s Triple Crown. After history was made earlier this month at the Kentucky Derby, where the winning trainer was a woman for the first time, a different trainer could accomplish a similar feat at … Read more

North Carolina teacher’s killing reignites scrutiny of Roy Cooper’s criminal justice record in Senate race

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper is facing renewed accusations of being “soft on crime” after critics pointed to the January murder of a teacher by a career criminal who had been released after a Cooper-appointed judge reduced his charges and allowed him back … Read more

Tulsa Race Massacre reparations is soul-redeeming work for the US, Oklahoma civil rights lawyer says

NEW YORK — It wasn’t until his junior year of college that civil rights attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons learned about a devastating massacre that took place in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. His African American studies professor lectured about what is known today as the Tulsa Race Massacre — the days in 1921 when white mobs … Read more

Tim Walz Minnesota forcing teachers to abide by ‘horribly disgusting,’ ‘crazy’ race standard, says lawmaker

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Public school teachers in Gov. Tim Walz’s Minnesota are required to abide by a “horribly disgusting” and “crazy” race standard that forces them to assess how their “biases, perceptions, and academic training” perpetuate oppression, a state lawmaker said. In an interview with Fox News Digital, Republican state … Read more

Officials Race to Track Hantavirus After Outbreak on Cruise Ship

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