Politics

FLASHBACK: Ted Cruz predicts ballooning Obamacare subsidies now at center of shutdown fight

Sen. Ted Cruz warned more than a decade ago that Obamacare subsidies would balloon — a prediction now at the heart of Washington’s latest funding fight. The ballooning of premiums and their accompanying subsidies are at the center of the 22-day shutdown that looks poised to get longer still. “Despite …

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Speaker Johnson hit with Democrat-led lawsuit over delayed swearing-in amid House shutdown chaos

The state of Arizona is suing Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., over the delayed swearing-in of Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz. “Speaker Mike Johnson is actively stripping the people of Arizona of one of their seats in Congress and disenfranchising the voters of Arizona’s seventh Congressional district in the process,” Arizona Attorney …

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Zohran Mamdani’s NYC mayoral campaign took foreign cash, raising compliance questions

New York City’s leading mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani, raised nearly $13,000 from donors with addresses outside the United States, a Fox News review of New York City Campaign Finance records show — raising questions about campaign compliance and transparency. As of Oct. 3, at least 170 of the nearly 54,000 …

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'Democrat shutdown' will next jeopardize US nuclear stockpile with imminent furloughs: White House

FIRST ON FOX: The White House railed against the “Democrat shutdown” for “jeopardizing national security” because 80% of the federal agency charged with protecting the U.S. nuclear stockpile will be furloughed in the coming days, the administration told Fox News Digital. “The Democrat shutdown is now jeopardizing our national security,” …

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Shutdown standstill: No headway until there's 'incentive,' politicos lament

We’re two weeks into the government shutdown. There’s no movement by either side. Is President Trump seemingly relishing it? “The Democrats are getting killed on the shutdown because we’re closing up programs that are Democrat programs that we were opposed to,” the president boasted. “They’re never going to come back …

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John Bolton pleads not guilty to charges of sharing classified information

Former White House National Security Advisor John Bolton pleaded not guilty Friday to all 18 counts related to the improper handling of classified materials after surrendering to federal authorities in Maryland. U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy Sullivan explained the charges to Bolton and asked if he understood them and the potential …

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Rand Paul pledges support for Massie against Trump-backed challenger: 'I'm going to help him'

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said he will be supporting fellow liberty-minded lawmaker, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., as he faces a primary challenge from a candidate backed by President Donald Trump. Trump endorsed vocal loyalist and former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein last week after calling for a 2026 challenger to Massie, …

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Coast Guard surges to Rio Grande in new border security mission, Operation River Wall

The Coast Guard is bolstering its forces along western Texas’ Rio Grande to support President Donald Trump’s border security mission as part of a “surge operation,” according to the service. Trump declared a national emergency at the border in January, and his administration stood up Joint Task Force Southern Border …

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Nearly all Republican AGs add firepower to Trump's birthright citizenship push

FIRST ON FOX: Nearly all Republican attorneys general asked the Supreme Court on Friday to side with President Donald Trump in his fight to curtail birthright citizenship, offering a wide show of support for one of the president’s most controversial agenda items. The 24 states, led by Iowa’s Brenna Bird …

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‘She lied’: Mikie Sherrill's classmate says involvement in cheating scandal deeper than she claims

A former classmate of gubernatorial candidate Rep. Mikie Sherrill said the New Jersey Democrat is concealing her true involvement in a massive cheating scandal that rocked the U.S. Naval Academy in the ’90s. In an interview with Fox News Digital, Brent Sadler, a Heritage Foundation senior research fellow who served …

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