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

By The Hill | Ashleigh Fields | 8/1/2025 3:29 PM

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that peace talks with Ukraine have been stalled due to “inflated expectations” as leaders continue to urge the Kremlin to shift course.  “All disappointments come from inflated expectations,” Putin told reporters Friday, according to The New York Times.  “In order to solve the issue in a peaceful way, we... ... Read full Story

By Fox News | | 8/1/2025 3:26 PM

NYPD arrested Anti-Israel protesters on Friday after they stormed the lobby of senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand's New York City offices. ... Read full Story

By Politico | | 8/1/2025 3:19 PM

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By The Hill | Alexander Bolton | 8/1/2025 3:11 PM

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Friday afternoon that whether a deal is reached on 160 stalled nominees hinges on talks between the White House and Senate Democrats, and didn’t sound confident an agreement could be reached before the weekend. Thune said “a number of people involved” from the White House are in discussions... ... Read full Story

By Politico | | 8/1/2025 3:00 PM

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By Fox News | | 8/1/2025 3:00 PM

Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump administration, Capitol Hill and more Fox News politics content. ... Read full Story

By Fox News | | 8/1/2025 2:57 PM

Appeals court to review Trump's birthright citizenship order after Supreme Court ruling narrowed lower courts' ability to issue universal injunctions. ... Read full Story

By The Hill | Jeff Arnold | 8/1/2025 2:45 PM

ICE's recruitment of 10,000 new officers stems from more than $46 billion in President Trump's "big, beautiful bill." ... Read full Story

By Fox News | | 8/1/2025 2:44 PM

Federal judge delays Trump administration's termination of temporary protected status for Honduras, Nicaragua and Nepal immigrants, citing racial animus. ... Read full Story

By The Hill | Alex Gangitano | 8/1/2025 2:39 PM

President Trump said Friday he directed his team to fire the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics following a dismal jobs report he blamed squarely on the appointee of former President Biden. Trump said on Truth Social that the commissioner, Erika McEntarfer, had “faked the Jobs Numbers” before the 2024 election in order to... ... Read full Story

By The Hill | | 8/1/2025 2:35 PM

Stock markets plunged Friday after a weak jobs report and major downward revisions to May and June employment figures set off alarm bells about the direction of the U.S. economy. The U.S. added only 73,000 jobs in July and the unemployment rate stayed flat at 4.2 percent, according to data released Friday by the Labor... ... Read full Story

By The Hill | Miriam Waldvogel | 8/1/2025 2:00 PM

President Trump said Friday the U.S. is positioning two nuclear submarines in “appropriate regions” near Russia, a move he blamed on threatening rhetoric from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who remains a top Kremlin adviser. Trump cited in a Truth Social post what he called “highly provocative statements” from Medvedev and said the submarines were... ... Read full Story

By The Hill | Filip Timotija | 8/1/2025 1:48 PM

Cambodia floated plans Friday to nominate President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for working to broker a ceasefire agreement that helped the country end its border war with Thailand.  “He should get the Nobel, not only for his work on Cambodia but also elsewhere,” Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sun Chanthol said in an interview... ... Read full Story

By The Hill | Miriam Waldvogel | 8/1/2025 1:18 PM

President Trump in his first six weeks in office has made a number of moves to remake American arts and cultural institutions — particularly those in the nation’s capital — in the MAGA image. His administration has cut funding for arts programs, installed the president as the head of the Kennedy Center and attempted to... ... Read full Story

By Fox News | | 8/1/2025 1:10 PM

President Donald Trump said he "ordered two Nuclear Submarines to be positioned in the appropriate regions" in the wake of comments made by Dmitry Medvedev. ... Read full Story

By The Hill | Brooke Migdon | 8/1/2025 12:51 PM

More than a dozen Democratic attorneys general announced a lawsuit challenging recent moves by President Trump’s administration to severely restrict access to gender-affirming health care for anyone under 19, including in states where treatment is legal and protected by law. The lawsuit filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts challenges... ... Read full Story

By Fox News | | 8/1/2025 12:36 PM

Former President Joe Biden slurred on multiple occasions during the night, including while discussing serving as the vice president to the first Black president, former President Barack Obama. ... Read full Story

By Fox News | | 8/1/2025 12:28 PM

Hudson Institute report warns China is shifting from nuclear deterrence to using weapons for regional dominance, targeting American influence across East Asia. ... Read full Story