Ukraine aid surpasses $113 billion; Pentagon seeks another $10 billion to replace depleted stockpiles
EXCLUSIVE: The United States government has spent at least $113 million on the war in Ukraine, but that total could be considered much greater due to the cost of replacing weapons and munitions sent to Kyiv, as estimated by the Pentagon, Fox News Digital has learned. Fox News Digital first reported in September that the United Read More
South Carolina congressional map can stay for this year’s elections, panel rules
A federal court on Thursday ruled that this year’s congressional elections in South Carolina will be held under a map that it had already deemed unconstitutional and discriminatory against Black voters, with time running out ahead of voting deadlines and a lack of a decision on the case by the Supreme Court. In an order, Read More
Top court upholds Maine’s Sunday hunting ban
Maine’s highest court has ruled that the state’s longstanding ban on Sunday hunting is constitutional. The court considered a lawsuit that asked whether the ban on hunting game animals such as deer, turkey and moose on Sundays was still necessary. Maine is one of a dwindling number of states that restricts hunting on Sunday. MAINE Read More
Crackdown on ‘deceptive’ AI in political ads passes NH House without debate
Political ads featuring deceptive synthetic media would be required to include disclosure language under a bill passed Thursday by the New Hampshire House. WISCONSIN GOV. EVERS VETOES GOP VOTING, ELECTION AUDIT BILLS; GREENLIGHTS POLITICAL AI CRACKDOWN Sophisticated artificial intelligence tools, such as voice-cloning software and image generators, already are in use in elections in the Read More
Biden mingles with Obama, Clinton at ritzy NYC fundraiser on same day fallen cop is mourned just 40 miles away
President Biden and former President Trump were in the New York City area on Thursday, but they attended very different events. Biden was in town for a Democratic fundraising event, while Trump attended a wake for New York City Police Officer Jonathan Dille at a Massapequa Park, Long Island funeral home, some 40 miles from Read More
Dem who demanded ‘justice’ after subway chokehold death skewered for post about NYC assaults
A New York City Council member — who last year demanded “justice” for an “erratic” homeless man who died while being subdued by subway passengers he was threatening — is being cast as a hypocrite for questioning why ordinary citizens have seemingly ignored a recent string of violent attacks against women in the Big Apple. Read More
GOP Senate candidate pushes Republicans to rebuild Baltimore bridge
BALTIMORE, MD – Former two-term Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan says he’s urging fellow Republicans on Capitol Hill to support federal funding to rebuild the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge. “I’m going to push them as hard as I can. I’ve already called a couple of Republican Senate leaders and started working them,” Hogan, who’s running Read More
White House says it’s putting US first in face of Mexico’s migrant demands
The White House on Thursday stressed that it is putting U.S. interests first when making policy decisions, emphasizing that it has a “constructive” relationship with Mexico after that country’s president made a number of demands related to migration policy. Lifting sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela, sending Latin American and Caribbean countries $20 billion in aid Read More
West Virginia bill adding work search to unemployment, freezing benefits made law without signature
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s unemployed people will need to do more to prove they are searching for jobs to collect state benefits under a new law that will take effect later this year. A controversial bill passed by the GOP-majority Legislature on the final day of the 60-day legislative session went into law Read More
Texas could require social media influencers to disclose paid political posts
The Tribune reported last year that a company called Influenceable LLC was paid to recruit influencers to defend Attorney General Ken Paxton over his impeachment.