Politics

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! After meeting with leading New York City mayoral contender Zohran Mamdani, Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., issued a lukewarm statement through a spokesperson about the meeting and did not endorse his party’s nominee. Mamdani, a New York state assemblyman and self-proclaimed socialist who has promised to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump administration, Capitol Hill and more Fox News politics content. Here’s what’s happening… – Trump directs AG Bondi to work on unsealing grand jury transcripts in Epstein case: ‘We are ready’ – Congress sends…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: For one lawmaker, the path to making Americans healthier starts in the dirt. Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., has styled himself as an early adopter of the Make America Healthy Again movement, a political slogan born on the 2024 campaign trail that has since seen…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Biden-Harris administration is accused of misusing taxpayer dollars to fund protests in Israel against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prior to Oct. 7.  The House Judiciary Committee recently released a memo outlining the allegations and showing a possible money trail. “The Committee’s oversight has revealed that the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former Minnesota state Sen. Dr. Scott Jensen, the Republican who lost the state’s 2022 gubernatorial contest to incumbent Gov. Tim Walz, has announced another bid for the governorship. “Two decades of liberal policies have made Minnesota too expensive, too dangerous, and thrown our culture outta whack. Tim…

Andy Mitchell Local Democracy Reporting Service BBC George Finch says existing staff have been unable to bring about change The interim leader of Warwickshire County Council has put forward plans to hire political assistants at a cost of up to £190,000 a year. An assistant would serve each of the three largest parties on the…

Rob England Data Journalist, BBC Verify Jack Fenwick Political correspondent EPA The government spent nearly a third less on hotels to house asylum seekers between April 2024 and March 2025, according to newly published figures. The Home Office’s annual accounts show £2.1bn was spent on hotel accommodation – an average of about £5.77m per day,…

David Wallace Lockhart BBC Scotland political correspondent Getty Images John Swinney is attempting a balancing act on the constitution John Swinney has outlined his strategy for achieving independence in The National newspaper. The headline promises a “renewed” approach, but much of it feels familiar to what the first minister has been saying since he took…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: New York City’s Democratic mayoral nominee, Zohran Mamdani, refused to respond to questions from Fox News Digital about critics calling him a communist and whether he plans to walk back any of his far-left statements.  Outside his Queens apartment on Friday morning, Mamdani laughed off the…