By Fox News | | 8/1/2025 8:02 PM

Senate advances spending package despite Republican concerns over increased funding levels as lawmakers race to prevent government shutdown by Sept. 30. ... Read full Story

By The Hill | Ashleigh Fields | 8/1/2025 7:38 PM

“Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary on Friday criticized President Trump for proposing the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) head be fired after reporting a decline in job growth. Hours before his comments, Trump slammed Commissioner Erika McEntarfer in a Truth Social post alleging she altered job reports to favor former Vice President Harris during the... ... Read full Story

By Politico | By Katherine Tully-McManus and Jordain Carney | 8/1/2025 6:48 PM

The chamber’s leaders hope to strike a compromise with House lawmakers before federal cash stops flowing on Oct. 1. ... Read full Story

By Fox News | | 8/1/2025 6:22 PM

Speaking with reporters on Friday afternoon, President Donald Trump said, 'I hope so' when asked whether former opponent Hillary Clinton will be investigated for election fraud. ... Read full Story

By Fox News | | 8/1/2025 6:17 PM

NYC socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is reportedly considering former progressive House Democrat Jamaal Bowman to head the New York City public school system. ... Read full Story

By Fox News | | 8/1/2025 6:02 PM

President Donald Trump's announcement to move two nuclear submarines in response to heightened Russia threats comes just weeks after he praised a submarine's role in the Iran strikes. ... Read full Story

By Fox News | | 8/1/2025 5:53 PM

House Oversight Chairman James Comer agreed to delay Ghislaine Maxwell's deposition but rejected the Jeffrey Epstein confidant's request for immunity from prosecution. ... Read full Story

By The Hill | Ashleigh Fields | 8/1/2025 5:52 PM

Vice President Vance mocked critics of an American Eagle jeans ad featuring Sydney Sweeney in an interview published Friday, blaming Democrats for public discourse arguing the commercial endorses eugenics. “So you have a pretty girl doing a jeans ad and they can't help but freak out. It reveals a lot more about them than it... ... Read full Story

By The Hill | Sylvan Lane | 8/1/2025 5:47 PM

President Trump’s economic pitch took a serious hit Friday after the latest federal jobs report revealed stunning weakness in the labor market. He responded by firing the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for what he called politically motivated revisions that lobbed off hundreds of thousands of job gains earlier this summer. The... ... Read full Story

By Fox News | | 8/1/2025 5:43 PM

Senate Republicans have struggled to reach a deal with Democrats to confirm a slew of President Donald Trump's nominees as they move beyond their scheduled departure from Washington. ... Read full Story

By Fox News | | 8/1/2025 5:34 PM

Tehran demands compensation from Washington for nuclear facility strikes as Iran's foreign minister says the country retains uranium enrichment capabilities. ... Read full Story

By The Hill | Brooke Migdon | 8/1/2025 5:22 PM

Wagner College, a small, private liberal arts college on Staten Island in New York has agreed to comply with the Trump administration’s restrictions on transgender student-athletes following a federal investigation that stemmed from an incident at a women’s fencing competition in March, the Education Department announced Friday. The department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) launched... ... Read full Story

By Fox News | | 8/1/2025 5:19 PM

Court ruling provides reprieve for over 60,000 immigrants with temporary protected status as judge finds Trump policy rooted in discrimination. ... Read full Story

By Fox News | | 8/1/2025 5:15 PM

Former FBI Director Christopher Wray faces criminal referral over testimony about anti-Catholic bias memo and Chinese fake driver's license plot during 2020 election ... Read full Story

By The Hill | Filip Timotija | 8/1/2025 5:04 PM

President Trump on Friday accused the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Erika McEntarfer of faking jobs numbers, directing his team to fire the former President Biden appointee.  Trump blamed McEntarfer for the bad Friday jobs report, showing that the country added 258,000 fewer jobs in May and June than previously reported.  The... ... Read full Story

By The Hill | Sylvan Lane | 8/1/2025 4:42 PM

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer praised President Trump's decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) after the Friday release of the July jobs report. In a statement on social media, Chavez-DeRemer hailed Trump's decision to fire BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer after the agency, which is housed in the Labor Department, released... ... Read full Story

By Fox News | | 8/1/2025 4:40 PM

Department of Veterans Affairs announces reversal of Biden-era exception allowing abortion services for veterans, citing conflict with medical benefits law ... Read full Story

By Fox News | | 8/1/2025 4:13 PM

Republican activist Scott Presler launches voter registration drive in New Jersey to help flip the governorship red, targeting rural areas and diverse communities ... Read full Story

By The Hill | Alexander Bolton | 8/1/2025 4:05 PM

Senate Democrats reacted with outrage and disbelief to the news that President Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics hours after the agency released a weaker-than-expected jobs report that showed the economy gained only 73,000 jobs in July and did far worse than previously reported in May and June. “Just absolutely insane,... ... Read full Story

By The Hill | Lexi Lonas Cochran | 8/1/2025 3:51 PM

Tariff concerns are affecting parents as they begin back-to-school shopping early to avoid the higher costs they believe are coming for school supplies, according to a Wednesday survey from U.S. News.   Sixty percent of parents surveyed already began back-to-school shopping as 62 percent said they expect to pay more this year than last year, according... ... Read full Story