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How forest fires in California, Washington Republicans have begun debating whether to condition federal aid on changes in policies blamed for the fires. “It’s part of the discussion right now,” Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Wis., told Fox News Digital. “People aren’t…

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense, on Tuesday emerged largely unscathed from a sometimes blistering confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Democratic lawmakers on the panel pointed to Hegseth’s lack of experience leading an agency…

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, officially endorsed Pete Hegseth as defense secretary Tuesday night, despite expressing some initial uncertainty after their first meeting. “After four years of weakness in the White House, Americans deserve a strong Secretary of…

A federal judge in Texas has temporarily blocked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from enforcing a requirement that cigarette packages include graphic warnings about the impacts of smoking. On Monday, U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker in Tyler, Texas,…

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The House is headed for a contentious debate on California disaster aid as many, but not all, Republicans call for conditions on the assistance, an idea Democrats reject with firmness Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Monday threw his support behind…

FIRST ON FOX: A Kentucky judge refused to immediately sign a consent decree for police reform forged by the Justice Department and the city of Louisville during a hearing that one courtroom participant described as a hasty attempt by the…

Where President-elect Trump sees a rivalry, Canada sees a potential friend. America’s neighbor to the north this week is proposing an energy and minerals partnership with the US, Canadian Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson told The Hill on…

Reactions poured in social networks and elsewhere, as Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, he was criticized by Democrats on Capitol Hill after a tense confirmation hearing that often got personal. “Pete Hegseth is crushing it,” former White House press secretary…

Pete Hegseth wrestled with a Senate hearing Tuesday in which Democrats sought to paint the Pentagon nominee as inexperienced, unprofessional and toxic amid allegations of sexual abuse and alcohol abuse. But Republicans vigorously defended President-elect Trump’s nominee, and the chairman…