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Alabama lawmakers advance bill letting inmates speak at parole hearings

A legislative committee on Thursday advanced a bill to allow state inmates, for the first time, to speak by phone or video conference at their parole hearings. The House Judiciary Committee approved the bill after adding an amendment to give victims and law enforcement officials the option to also participate by electronic means instead of Read More

All GOP senators press Biden not to support expanding WHO pandemic authority

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., led the entire Republican Senate conference in calling on President Biden to reject agreements that would expand the authority of the World Health Organization (WHO) in the case of a global pandemic. “We strongly urge you not to join any pandemic related treaty, convention, or agreement being considered” Read More

Sen. Tom Cotton takes aim at student loan forgiveness for anti-Israel agitators

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Tom Cotton, a Republican from Arkansas, on Thursday criticized the possibility of student loan forgiveness that may be extended to anti-Israel agitators at universities nationwide. The senator introduced The No Bailouts for Campus Criminals Act, a measure that would prevent so-called “bailouts” from being given to anyone convicted of federal or Read More

2024 Showdown: Biden’s bump has flatlined in the polls

It was a poll that rattled the campaign world, disrupting the recent narrative that President Biden was closing the gap with former President Donald Trump in the 2024 election rematch. A survey that went viral on Sunday indicated Trump topping his Democratic successor by six points in a head-to-head match-up and by nine points in Read More