By Tucker Carlson | Fox News Here in Washington, our leaders spent the week focused on the Middle East, on Iran. But out there and the rest of the country, there are plenty of more pressing concerns — tangible concerns. For example, many of our cities are starting to fail. Infrastructure is aging; both crime and the cost of living are surging, and […]
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AOC riles Dems by refusing to pay party dues, bankrolling colleagues’ opponents
By Marisa Schultz | Fox News EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has already topped the fundraising charts in her short time in Congress, but the liberal darling won’t donate a cent of her millions to Democrats’ House campaign organization — a position that has rankled some of her colleagues, Fox News has learned. Instead, Ocasio-Cortez is building her own fundraising operation for fellow […]
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House Approves Iran War Powers Resolution, Seeking to Limit Trump’s Military Options
BY Jack Phillips and Zachary Stieber The House of Representatives voted to approve the War Powers resolution aimed at restraining President Donald Trump’s ability to use military action against Iran without the approval of Congress, coming a week after a U.S. airstrike killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad amid escalating tensions between Tehran and Washington. The vote, a day […]
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Trump Can Use $3.6 Billion in Military Funds for Border Wall, Court Rules
By Zachary Stieber An appeals court panel said President Donald Trump can use $3.6 billion in military funds for the southern border wall. The Jan. 8 ruling came less than a month after U.S. District Judge David Briones, who was appointed by President Bill Clinton, issued a permanent nationwide injunction against using the funds. The Fifth Circuit Court of […]
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Omar claim of PTSD ‘offensive’ to US veterans, Indiana congressman says; Squad member responds
By David Aaro | Fox News An Indiana congressman who served in Afghanistan as a member of the Navy Reserve spoke out on behalf of America’s military veterans Wednesday after U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., claimed she suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. U.S. Rep. Jim Banks, a Republican, said Omar’s comments were a “disgrace,” calling the remarks “offensive to our nation’s veterans who really do have PTSD […]
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Trump: Iran missiles fired at US were paid for with money released by Obama administration
By Adam Shaw | Fox News President Trump took direct aim at former President Barack Obama on Wednesday, blaming the last administration for giving Iran money that he claimed was then used by Tehran to pay for missiles that were aimed at U.S. troops in Iraq. “The missiles fired last night at us and our […]
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Andy McCarthy: Soleimani was ‘a legitimate target’ for drone strike that killed him
By Joshua Nelson | Fox News Former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy asserted Tuesday that the U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani was “legal under the laws of war,” countering suspicions raised by critics questioning intelligence that reported an “imminent threat” against American assets in the Middle East. “Once in the laws of war, imminence is not a […]
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GOP senators move to dismiss articles of impeachment amid battle with Pelosi
By Brooke Singman | Fox News Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri joined with a host of fellow Republicans Monday to introduce a resolution allowing the chamber to dismiss articles of impeachment against President Trump for lack of prosecution, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delays sending the case for trial. The resolution specifically would update Senate rules to allow the chamber to bring a motion […]
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Rep. John Ratcliffe slams Ilhan Omar, Dems criticizing Soleimani strike
By Yael Halon | Fox News Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, fired back at Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Sunday after the congresswoman doubled down on her criticism of the airstrike ordered by President Trump that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Iraq early Friday. “It’s disappointing but it’s not surprising,” Ratcliffe told Maria Bartiromo on “Sunday Morning Futures.” Omar was among the many Democrats who went after President Trump on Friday. The “Squad” […]
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Could Roe v. Wade be overturned? Hundreds of members of Congress sign amicus brief ahead of key SCOTUS case
By Gregg Re | Fox News Abortion to take center stage at Supreme Court as 2020 election approaches Several hundred members of Congress filed “amicus,” or supporting, briefs in a closely watched upcoming Supreme Court case that could decide the future of abortion access. The brief from 207 mostly GOPers included signatures from Sens. Mitt Romney, John Cornyn, Marco Rubio […]
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Julian Castro drops out of 2020 presidential race
By Judson Berger, Paul Steinhauser | Fox News Julian Castro, the former Obama housing secretary and San Antonio mayor, has dropped out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. The only Latino in the field, Castro established himself as one of the more progressive members in the primary race but had been struggling to raise money and fight his way back onto […]
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MSNBC’s Joy Reid deletes tweet falsely suggesting Pompeo spoke to Russia’s RT
By Joseph A. Wulfsohn | Fox News MSNBC host Joy Reid was under fire Tuesday over a tweet — which she later deleted — slamming Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for supposedly appearing on Russian state-run television. Pompeo spoke this past April at Texas A&M University, recalling the sins he witnessed when he oversaw the CIA. “I was the CIA director. We lied, we […]
