Tag Archives: Politics

Rubio ditches costly conference travel, slashes nearly $100M in Biden-era bloat

FIRST ON FOX: The State Department has spent nearly $100 million less on travel this year than last amid a wider effort to trim budgets, according to documents exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital. From January to September 2024, the Biden administration State Department spent $306 million on foreign and …

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Eleanor Holmes Norton, an 88-year-old Dem congressional delegate, scammed by phony 'cleaning crew' at DC home

An 88-year-old Democratic congressional delegate for Washington, D.C., was scammed out of more than $4,000 Thursday when suspects showed up at her home claiming to be a “cleaning crew,” Fox News Digital has confirmed. The suspects accessed Eleanor Holmes Norton’s credit card after they were let inside her D.C. home. …

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Jen Psaki urges Democrats to 'burn' DNC talking points, 'talk like a human being'

MSNBC host Jen Psaki urged members of the Democratic Party to “burn” Democratic National Committee (DNC) talking points and to speak “like a human being with a heart.” “People just have to become a little bit more relaxed, let go of the talking points, which — it’s funny, in part …

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Spanberger describes AG candidate Jay Jones' violent texts about GOP colleague as 'poor choice'

Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger downplayed a fellow Democrat’s text-message scandal, calling it a “poor choice” in a new interview. In 2022, Virginia attorney general candidateJay Jonestexted a colleague that he wished violence against former Republican House Speaker Todd Gilbert and his children. The private messages sparked outrage from …

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Musk says he regrets some of his posts on Trump, conceding they “went too far”

Elon Musk, the world’s richest person and President Trump’s former adviser, said early Wednesday he regretted some of his recent criticisms of the president, in the wake of their public falling-out last week. “I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far,” Musk wrote on …

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Sen. Warren asks for contingency plans on national security after Trump and Musk’s social media fallout

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is asking Secretary of State Marco Rubio for information on the Trump administration’s contingency plans if billionaire Elon Musk breaches his companies’ current contracts with the U.S. amid the ongoing public fallout between him and President Trump. In a letter to Rubio as acting national security adviser …

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Trump and Elon Musk trade insults and accusations as public feud reaches new heights

Washington — The relationship between President Trump and Elon Musk broke down in dramatic and public fashion on Thursday, with the president threatening to cancel Musk’s lucrative government contracts and Musk claiming that Mr. Trump could not have won the presidency without him, fueling a feud that erupted over Musk’s …

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When Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s husband landed on a travel watchlist, a phone call had him removed

A U.S. senator’s spouse was placed on a government watchlist in 2023 after a surveillance program flagged his travel profile, but he was removed after the senator back-channeled with administration officials, sources familiar with the situation told CBS News.  Shortly after New Hampshire Democrat Jeanne Shaheen spoke with the Transportation …

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Vice President Kamala Harris matches record set by John C. Calhoun for breaking most tie votes in Senate

Kamala Harris, who made history as the first woman or person of color to serve as vice president, made history again Wednesday as she matched the record for most tiebreaking votes in the U.S. Senate. The vote, her 31st, advanced the nomination of Kalpana Kotagal to the Equal Employment Opportunity …

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Yusef Salaam, exonerated member of Central Park Five, declares victory in New York City Council race

Yusef Salaam, one of the five teenagers who were wrongfully convicted of raping a woman in Central Park and later exonerated, is leading in a race for New York City Council after Tuesday’s Democratic primary. Salaam declared victory on Tuesday night, although the official results may take several days to be …

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