House Republicans rejoice over quick speaker vote with only one defector
Republicans in the House of Representatives cheered the re-election of Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., during the first round of votes Friday, after successfully avoiding the lengthy speaker vote process former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., endured ahead of the 118th Congress in early 2023. “Congratulations to my friend @SpeakerJohnson! We’re fired up and ready to work […]
Trump: ‘Fake Medals’ Given to J6 Committee Chairs
President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday ripped President Joe Biden for honoring Jan. 6 select committee chairs Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson with “fake medals.”[#item_full_content]
New Orleans Attacker Had Bomb-Making Station in Home
New Orleans attacker, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, had a bomb-making station in his Texas home and a page of the Quran open to a passage that read, “they fight in Allah’s cause, and slay and are slain; a promise binding,” reports the New York Post.[#item_full_content]
Fox News Politics Newsletter: One and Done
Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump transition, exclusive interviews and more Fox News politics content. Here’s what’s happening… – New York judge sets Trump sentencing for Jan. 10 – Carter appointees reshaped federal benches across the country – Federal courts will not make criminal referrals to DOJ […]
Judge Sets Trump Sentencing in N.Y. Case for Jan. 10, but Signals No Jail
In an extraordinary turn, a judge Friday set President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing in his New York case for Jan. 10 – little over a week before he’s due to return to the White House – but promised not to jail him.Judge Juan M. Merchan, who presided over Trump’s trial,…[#item_full_content]
Wall Street Ends Sharply Higher With Tech Assist
U.S. stocks rebounded Friday as investors neared the end of a holiday-shortened week that also rang in a new year, which brought with it expectations of additional Federal Reserve rate cuts and policies favoring business from the incoming administration.[#item_full_content]
GOP lawmaker, 81, receives medical attention after fall at US Capitol
Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., is receiving medical attention after suffering a fall at the U.S. Capitol on Friday, Fox News has learned. Foxx, who chairs the House Education Committee, reportedly fell on the grand staircases on the GOP side of the Capitol, shortly after the House voted to re-elect Rep. Mike Johnson as Speaker […]
New Orleans Attacker Had Quran Open at Home
Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the man who attacked partiers in New Orleans with a truck, killing 14 people on Bourbon Street celebrating New Year’s Day, left a copy of the Quran open at his home, on a page about slaying for Allah, according to the New York Post.[#item_full_content]
Boy, 7, survives 5 days alone in African game park alongside lions, elephants
A missing 7-year-old boy survived five days alone in an African game park, alongside elephants and lions, in what Zimbabwean politicians are calling “a true miracle.” Tinotenda Pudu spent nearly a week alone in Matusadonha game park after “wander[ing] away” and losing his sense of direction, Mutsa Murombedzi, a Member Parliment in Zimbabwe, wrote in […]
Soldier’s Note: Vegas Death ‘Wakeup Call’ for Country’s Ills
A soldier who died in an explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck at the Trump hotel in Las Vegas left a note saying it was stunt to serve as “wakeup call” for the country’s ills, investigators said Friday. Matthew Livelsberger, a 37-year-old Green Beret from Colorado Springs …