Injunction lifted on Trump executive orders slashing federal DEI support
An appeals court on Friday lifted a block on President Donald Trump‘s executive orders ending federal support for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. A panel of three judges ruled the orders can be enforced during a pending lawsuit, reversing a nationwide injunction from U.S. District Judge Adam Abelson in Baltimore, the Associated Press reported. Two of the judges on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the orders “could raise concerns” about First Amendment rights, but found Abelson’s “sweeping block went too far,” according to the report. FEDERAL JUDGE TEMPORARILY STOPS TRUMP ADMIN FROM FIRING 11 INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO DEI PROGRAMS Abelson, a Biden nominee, previously ruled the orders violated the First Amendment right to free speech and were unconstitutionally “vague,” as they did not define DEI. The ruling followed a lawsuit filed by the City of Baltimore, the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, the American Association of University Professors and the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, which alleged the executive orders were presidential overreach and anti-free speech. They argued the president’s power “is not limitless.” TRUMP SCORES BIG LEGAL WIN AGAINST PULITZER PRIZE BOARD MEMBERS AS LAWSUIT MOVES TO DISCOVERY Trump’s orders directed federal agencies to terminate all “equity-related” grants or contracts, and required federal contractors to certify that they don’t promote DEI. The administration argued in court that the ban only affected DEI programs violating federal civil rights laws. “What’s happening is an overcorrection and pulling back on DEI statements,” attorney Aleshadye Getachew said in a hearing. While the president secured a win with the latest injunction, a similar federal lawsuit was filed in D.C. U.S. District Court on Wednesday challenging DEI executive orders including: “Ending Radical and Wasteful DEI Programs and Preferencing;” “Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government;” and “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The second complaint was filed by NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Lambda Legal on behalf of nonprofit advocacy organizations. White House spokesman Harrison Fields told the New York Times that “the radical leftists can either choose to swim against the tide and reject the overwhelming will of the people, or they can get on board and work with President Trump to advance his wildly popular agenda.” Fox News Digital’s Brie Stimson, Danielle Wallace, and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Trump, Kathy Hochul had ‘productive’ White House meeting after governor said she would lead Dem ‘resistance’
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office said Friday she and President Trump had a “productive” meeting at the White House while discussing several topics, such as tariffs and energy. “Gov. Hochul and President Trump covered a broad range of topics in today’s meeting, including the redevelopment of Penn Station, congestion pricing, tariffs and energy policy,” a spokesperson for her office shared with Fox News Digital. “While no formal agreements or decisions were reached, it was a productive conversation, and we look forward to continuing the dialogue in the coming weeks.” The White House also confirmed the meeting to Fox News Digital but said it was off the record and there would be no readout. NY GOV HOCHUL NOW SAYS SHE WILL LEAD ‘RESISTANCE’ AGAINST TRUMP AFTER SAYING OPPOSITE WEEKS AGO Trump told reporters Thursday, “Kathy Hochul, very nice woman; she’s coming in tomorrow morning at 9 o’clock to meet me.” He added they would be discussing reviving the Constitution natural gas pipeline from Pennsylvania to New York, among other topics. They met amid tensions between the two, including over congestion pricing. The Trump administration has ordered the termination of congestion pricing by next Friday. In February, Trump posted from the White House X account, “CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!” HOCHUL SLAMS TRUMP’S ‘KING’ REMARK AFTER PRESIDENT’S MOVE TO BLOCK CONGESTION PRICING TOLL IN NYC Hochul responded by saying in a press conference, “I’m here to say New York hasn’t labored under a king in over 250 years. We sure as hell are not gonna start now,” FOX 5 reported. “There is a huge disconnect between the reality we know that New Yorkers are facing and the perception of reality out of the White House,” she added at a New York Department of Transportation board meeting this week. “I guarantee that the president has never had to endure missing a child’s sporting event because he was stuck on a delayed train.” Earlier this month, the Democratic governor said she will be “leading the resistance” against Trump. Hochul said she would “fight back hard” during an interview with NPR’s “Morning Edition” Monday when asked about New York City’s congestion pricing toll that the Trump administration moved to block last month. “We offered up an olive branch. [We said] ‘We’ll work with you on infrastructure. Let’s redo Penn Station’,” Hochul said. “Those areas were common ground. But once you draw first blood on us, we’re coming back hard. And I will be leading the resistance on policies like these where you’re hurting New Yorkers directly. This is our decision, not yours.” Two weeks before that, however, Hochul said she didn’t plan to lead the resistance. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “I’m governing the great state of New York,” she told reporters.
Trump undoes stack of ‘harmful’ Biden executive orders, shrinks multiple agencies
President Donald Trump announced Friday the rollback of 19 “harmful” Biden-era executive orders, including some related to gender ideology and “radical” labor policies. Trump also reduced the functions of a number of government agencies as part of widespread cost-cutting measures. Some of the rescinded Biden executive orders include eliminating the Defense Production Act to push the “Green New Scam,” including mandates for electric heat pumps and solar panels, and an order that elevated alleged radical gender ideology in U.S. diplomacy and foreign aid, Trump said. DOGE SAYS 239 CONTRACTS CANCELED OVER 2 DAYS, INCLUDING A GRANT TO TEACH TRANS FARMERS ABOUT ‘FOOD JUSTICE’ Another Biden order that prioritized union-driven policies was rescinded, and Trump terminated proclamations that declared nearly a million acres for new national monuments, which the Trump administration said shielded large amounts of land from economic development and energy production. Since taking office, Trump has rescinded more executive orders than the total number of orders signed by Biden during the first year of his presidency, a White House fact sheet states. “President Trump is committed to continuing the review and repeal of harmful Biden administration policies to usher in a new golden age for America,” the fact sheet said. HOUSE DEM GOES ON SCREAMING RANT AGAINST ELON MUSK, DOGE: ‘SHAME!’ In addition, Trump pared down the functions of multiple agencies as he continues to downsize the federal government. A White House official told Fox News Trump’s actions eliminate non-statutory functions and reduce the statutory functions of unnecessary governmental entities to what is required by law. The entities affected include the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, United States Agency for Global Media, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Institute of Museum and Library Services, United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, Minority Business Development Agency and Arctic Research Commission. “Cutting these governmental entities will save taxpayer dollars, reduce unnecessary government spending and streamline government priorities,” the White House said. “Through these actions, President Trump is keeping his promise to restore efficiency and accountability in the federal government.” The moves are part of the Trump administration’s effort to scale down the size of government through the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. The Elon Musk-led group has overseen the cancellation of billions of dollars in government contracts and grants and layoffs within multiple agencies.
Grenell developing ‘common sense’ plan to turn Kennedy Center financials around
Kennedy Center interim Director Richard Grenell is developing a “common sense” plan to turn the center’s financials around and make it “prosperous again,” as it grapples with $72 million of debt due to past leadership decisions. “The Kennedy Center is the premier arts institution in the United States,” Grenell told Fox News Digital. “It deserves to have the public’s full support and a balance sheet that is solid.” Sources familiar with the Kennedy Center’s current financials told Fox News Digital that it had been “budgeting to lose money.” But Grenell brought in a new chief financial officer, Donna Arduin, who is tasked with improving what she has described as a “dire situation.” KENNEDY CENTER DIRECTOR ENCOURAGES REPUBLICAN ATTENDANCE, SAYS ‘EVERYONE IS WELCOME’ “The Kennedy Center’s previous business plan was made to leave the Center in the red and it did just that,” Arduin told Fox News Digital. “The previous leadership were left with no other option than to pay employees’ salaries with monies supposed to be allocated for the debt reserves.” Arduin told Fox News Digital that the “gross mismanagement created a dire situation that we were shocked to discover.” In Fiscal Year 2025, the Kennedy Center is operating on a $234 million budget. Also, in FY25, the Kennedy Center had an operating deficit of $105.2 million dollars, which left a bottom-line deficit of $7.2 million dollars. Sources familiar with the numbers told Fox News Digital that the gap was filled with Kennedy Center fundraising dollars–$91 million from annual fundraising, and $7 million from earnings on the endowments. VANCE BOOED AT KENNEDY CENTER CONCERT Sources familiar with the leadership team’s plans told Fox News Digital that the plan will focus on getting rid of debt, improving on ticket sales and fundraising, and growing the center’s endowments. A source explained that the team will use the venue for profitable business events other than traditional shows and performances and will begin offering alternative programming. “There are a lot of opportunities and we are pursuing all of them,” the source said. The Kennedy Center has two affiliates—the National Symphony Orchestra and the Washington National Opera. The new leadership team is currently working on business plans with its affiliates to ensure the Kennedy Center has larger endowments and “greater sustainability.” The official endowments combined total just $163 million, which new leadership told Fox News Digital is “not adequate for the size of this institution.” Under the last leadership team, the Kennedy Center built “The REACH,” an intimate theater at the Kennedy Center hosting concerts, comedy shows, and poetry readings. It also has a restaurant. But sources familiar with the financials told Fox News Digital that former leadership took out a significant chunk of debt to build the venue—costing the center nearly $200 million. “There wasn’t a profitability plan for that,” the source explained, noting that thus far, the space has been “underutilized,” bringing in just $2 million per year. WHOOPI DECLARES SHE ‘HAS NO PLANS TO GO’ TO KENNEDY CENTER AFTER TRUMP BECOMES CHAIRMAN OF VENUE “America’s premier institution for the arts deserves better,” Arduin said. “The new team has already written a responsible budget that will make us prosperous again.” She added: “We are using common sense.” President Trump in January fired the theater’s board of directors and announced he had been elected board chair by his new handpicked board. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told the Wall Street Journal in January: “The Kennedy Center learned the hard way that if you go woke, you will go broke. President Trump and the members of his newly-appointed board are devoted to rebuilding the Kennedy Center into a thriving and highly respected institution where all Americans, and visitors from around the world, can enjoy the arts with respect to America’s great history and traditions.” Some groups who disagreed with the move decided to cancel shows at the center. Producers of Broadway’s “Hamilton” pulled out of a planned run there next year. “Our show simply cannot, in good conscience, participate and be a part of this new culture that is being imposed on the Kennedy Center,” producer Jeffrey Seller said earlier this month. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The show was performed at the Kennedy Center during Trump’s first term in office. Grenell told Sean Hannity earlier this month that “everyone is welcome” at the Kennedy Center. “Look, the reality is, the Kennedy Center is open for business for everyone,” Grenell told Hannity. “We just want an arts center that celebrates the arts — we want common-sense art.”
Rubio boots South African ambassador from US: ‘persona non grata’
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday said South Africa’s ambassador to the U.S. was no longer welcome in the country, while calling him a “race-baiting” politician who hates America and President Donald Trump after he said the commander-in-chief is leading a global White supremacist movement. On Thursday, South African Ambassador Embrahim Rasool addressed the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) in Johannesburg while explaining Trump’s opposition to his country’s expropriation law and its anti-Israel stances. He said Trump’s Make America Great Again movement was a White supremacist response to demographic changes in the U.S. SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT SIGNS CONTROVERSIAL LAND SEIZURE BILL, ERODING PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS “What Donald Trump is launching is an assault on incumbency, those who are in power, by mobilizing a supremacism against the incumbency, at home, and, I think I’ve illustrated, abroad as well,” he said. “So in terms of that, the supremacist assault on incumbency, we see it in the domestic politics of the USA, the MAGA movement, the Make America Great Again movement, as a response not simply to a supremacist instinct, but to very clear data that shows great demographic shifts in the USA in which the voting electorate in the USA is projected to become 48% white.” Rubio, in a post on X, blasted Rasool over his remarks. “South Africa’s Ambassador to the United States is no longer welcome in our great country,” the secretary said. “Emrahim Rasool is a race-baiting politician who hates America and hates @POTUS. We have nothing to discuss with him and so he is considered PERSONA NON GRATA.” Trump has criticized South Africa over a land expropriation law that allows the government to make land seizures without compensation. In February, Trump issued an executive order penalizing South Africa. “In shocking disregard of its citizens’ rights, the Republic of South Africa recently enacted Expropriation Act 13 of 2024, to enable the government of South Africa to seize ethnic minority Afrikaners’ agricultural property without compensation,” the order states. TRUMP FREEZES AID TO SOUTH AFRICA, PROMOTES RESETTLEMENT OF REFUGEES FACING RACE DISCRIMINATION “It is the policy of the United States that, as long as South Africa continues these unjust and immoral practices that harm our Nation: (a) the United States shall not provide aid or assistance to South Africa; and (b) the United States shall promote the resettlement of Afrikaner refugees escaping government-sponsored race-based discrimination, including racially discriminatory property confiscation.” The order also took aim at South Africa’s position against Israel, which it has accused in the International Court of Justice of committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, as well as reinvigorating its relations with Iran to develop commercial, military, and nuclear arrangements. “The United States cannot support the government of South Africa’s commission of rights violations in its country or its undermining United States foreign policy, which poses national security threats to our Nation, our allies, our African partners, and our interests,” the order said. The South African government has claimed Whites of all backgrounds, not just Afrikaners, still own approximately 70% of South Africa’s land. The government is on record saying the Expropriation Act will only be used to take land needed for public purposes — such as for a new school — from people of any color when the owner refuses to sell, and even then there would be “fair and equitable compensation.”
President Trump comforts mother whose son died of fentanyl poisoning: ‘Up there watching you’
Speaking at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., on Friday, President Donald Trump comforted a mother whose son died from fentanyl poisoning, telling her, “He’s up there watching you” and “he’s so proud of mom.” Trump highlighted the profound impact of fentanyl poisoning on U.S. citizens, saying during his speech that “more Americans died from fentanyl last year than died in the Korean War, or the Iraq War or the Afghanistan War. All of them combined.” He blamed President Joe Biden’s open border policies, the cartels and countries such as Mexico, Canada and China for allowing the fentanyl problem to become so widespread. TRUMP PLEDGES TO MAKE US CAPITAL ‘CRIME-FREE’ AND THE ‘TALK OF THE WORLD’ Stepping aside for a few moments, the president called to the stage Anne Fundner, an anti-drug activist and mother who lost her son – Weston – to fentanyl poisoning, to speak about how the deadly drug is hurting Americans. While onstage, Fundner thanked Trump and his administration for shutting down the border, targeting the cartels and migrant crime groups as “foreign terrorist organizations” and for instituting tariffs to target countries where fentanyl is flowing from. “The cartels were allowed to operate on American soil and took hundreds of thousands of American lives. And so, we knew there was only one person that could save us from the devastation on our American soil. And that was President Trump,” said Fundner. “I feel like I can speak for the entire fentanyl fighting community when I say thank you to President Trump and thank you to Pam Bondi and everyone out here who is fighting this fight. God bless you. God bless you, President Trump.” VENEZUELA AGREES TO RESUME DEPORTATION FLIGHTS IN RESPONSE TO PRESSURE FROM TRUMP In a heartfelt moment caught on the microphone, Trump leaned in to hug Fundner and said, “He’s up there watching you. He’s so proud of mom. “I just said to Anne, ‘Weston is up in heaven watching his mom, and he’s so proud of you, he’s so proud of you,” Trump said afterward. Turning to the crowd, Trump also addressed a group of parents who also lost children to fentanyl, saying, “We want to acknowledge you and also, your daughters, your sons, they’re looking down on you, and they’re loving you like crazy.” The president said that since he took office the DEA and FBI have seized 1 million deadly doses of fentanyl. “And that’s just the beginning,” he said. “At my direction and working with Pam and everybody else, we’ve launched an all-out war on fentanyl traffickers. And it’s a war that we’re going to win. We’re going to win this war.” He also hinted that the death penalty for certain cartel drug trafficking crimes is being considered but acknowledged that “America may not be ready for it.” TOM HOMAN WARNS MAJOR SANCTUARY STATE WILL ‘GET EXACTLY WHAT THEY DON’T WANT’ “Wherever you have the death penalty, you don’t have drugs,” he said. “But I just don’t know if this country is ready for it. So, I tell people and it’s always an option.” The Trump White House has previously told Fox News Digital that it would be “ruthlessly aggressive” in responding to cartel threats to American lives. “This department will not rest until we have ended the fentanyl epidemic in America once and for all,” Trump said on Friday. In addition to taking action against the cartels, Trump said his administration would soon be launching a series of ads to emphasize the negative effects of drug use in an attempt to lessen the widespread deaths across the U.S.
Shutdown averted after Schumer caves and backs Trump spending bill
A government shutdown was averted just hours before the Friday 11:59 p.m. deadline after enough Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., helped Republicans defeat the filibuster. Senators voted 54-46 to pass the stopgap spending bill, which only needed 51 votes to be approved. Nearly all Republicans backed the measure, with only Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., opposing. All Democrats opposed it, with the exception of Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine, who caucuses with the Democrats, also voted to pass the bill. It now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk for a signature. The Senate earlier took a key procedural vote on a stopgap spending bill, which needed to meet a 60-vote threshold to move forward, also known as the legislative filibuster. CHUCK SCHUMER WILL VOTE TO KEEP GOVERNMENT OPEN: ‘FOR DONALD TRUMP, A SHUTDOWN WOULD BE A GIFT’ House Republicans passed the short-term bill, called a continuing resolution, earlier in the week. The bill will keep spending levels the same as fiscal year (FY) 2024 until Oct. 1. If a spending bill was not passed by the Friday deadline, the government would enter into a partial shutdown. During a partial government shutdown, federal agencies and non-essential services would be halted. However, government functions deemed “essential” would continue. National security protocols, such as border patrol, law enforcement and disaster response, stay active during shutdowns, for example. The Friday evening vote to pass the six-month CR came after a critical procedural vote earlier in the afternoon. A handful of Senate Democrats provided the Republican majority with the necessary votes to overcome the filibuster and move forward with the stopgap spending bill. DEM HEARD SCREAMING AT COLLEAGUES DESPITE SCHUMER’S UNITY CLAIM AS SHUTDOWN LOOMS Deep divisions emerged within the Democratic Party over the past couple of days, with even House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., refusing to answer questions about whether he had confidence in Schumer. In one of several Senate caucus meetings, a senator yelled loud enough that it was heard outside of heavy, thick wooden doors. The voice was identified by the press as belonging to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., but her office would not confirm. SENATE REPUBLICANS COIN ‘SCHUMER SHUTDOWN’ AHEAD OF CRITICAL VOTE ON TRUMP SPENDING BILL Prior to its passage, Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., criticized his fellow Democrats for their planned “no” votes that risked a government shutdown. “It wasn’t that long ago before we were lecturing that you can never shut the government down. So, that’s kind of inconsistent,” he told reporters on Thursday. CANADA EXPLOITING ‘LOOPHOLE’ HURTING US DAIRY FARMERS AMID TRUMP TARIFFS, SENATORS SAY Ahead of the final vote, 10 Democrats joined nearly all Republicans to overcome the legislative filibuster. Those senators were Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Sens. Angus King, I-Maine, Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., John Fetterman, D-Pa., Gary Peters, D-Mich., Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. The senators managed to beat the 60-vote threshold, with an ultimate margin of 62-38.
FBI investigating rise in swatting incidents after several conservatives targeted, Kash Patel says
FBI Director Kash Patel on Friday revealed that the agency is investigating a recent spike in swatting incidents after several conservative media figures said they were targeted. “I want to address the alarming rise in ‘Swatting’ incidents targeting media figures,” Patel wrote Friday morning on his social media. “The FBI is aware of this dangerous trend, and my team and I are already taking action to investigate and hold those responsible accountable.” The director stressed, “This isn’t about politics—weaponizing law enforcement against ANY American is not only morally reprehensible but also endangers lives, including those of our officers.” Swatting is when a person attempts to send armed law enforcement to another person’s house over a fake incident, which has led to deadly consequences in the past. TRUMP CABINET NOMINEES, APPOINTEES TARGETED WITH ‘VIOLENT, UNAMERICAN THREATS’ “That will not be tolerated,” Patel continued. “We are fully committed to working with local law enforcement to crack down on these crimes.” He added that there would be more updates to come. Conservative podcaster Nick Sortor said Thursday on X that both his father and sister were swatted that same day. “A dozen cops attempted to kick my dad’s door in at gunpoint,” he wrote. “This is literal f—ing terrorism. And the FBI should treat it as such. Before calling in the swat, this dumbs— sent my sister an email calling me a Nazi, of course. So the motive is clear.” Sortor said the person who called the police on his father claimed he was killing his “entire family, requiring them to intervene with deadly force.” “This is nothing short of attempted murder. They wanted the police to kill my father,” he added. FEDS CHARGE 2 EUROPEANS WITH ‘SWATTING’ PLOT TARGETING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS Conservative host Shawn Farash wrote on his X account that he and his wife were swatted Thursday night. “We are totally safe,” he assured his followers. “Thank you to everyone who checked in. We are going to do whatever is necessary to find out who is behind these coordinated attacks and hold them accountable to the fullest extent.” An apparent swatting call at Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s home in December turned deadly following a car accident with police. Greene at the time said she had been swatted at least eight times before the fake bomb threat. In January, lawmakers introduced a bipartisan and bicameral bill to impose “strict penalties” for people who make swatting calls, including up to 20 years in prison if someone is seriously injured or killed in an incident. “Having spent over 40 years in law enforcement, I’ve seen firsthand how swatting is a reckless and dangerous action that not only puts innocent lives at risk but wastes critical resources,” Rep. Mike Ezell, R-Miss., said in a statement in January when introducing the bill in the House. “Local and state law enforcement agencies are forced to divert their time, energy, and taxpayer dollars to respond to these false calls, taking them away from real emergencies. As someone who has been on the front lines, I understand the toll this takes on our officers and communities. That’s why I am proud to help introduce the Preserving Safe Communities by Ending Swatting Act — a vital step in protecting both our law enforcement officers and the communities they serve.” Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, wrote on Friday that he was “proud” to cosponsor the bill. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “Multiple conservative influencers and pundits have had their homes swatted in the past several days,” he wrote. “This is an extremely dangerous form of political terrorism. It’s liable to get somebody killed, and it must end now.”
Fox News Politics Newsletter: ‘FBI’s “Gotcha” Scheme’
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… –Education Department launches widespread civil rights probe: A look at what the agency does as Trump eyes shutdown -50 House Dems railed for ‘political puppet show’ after making identical social media posts –Migrant gangs on notice after string of home burglaries EXCLUSIVE: The Biden White House turned over government cellphones belonging to President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence to the FBI in May 2022 as part of a bureau probe into the aftermath of the 2020 election, tying Trump to that investigation without sufficient predication, Fox News Digital has learned. The FBI did not need a warrant to physically obtain the government phones from the Biden White House, but after acquiring the devices agents began drafting a search warrant to extract the phones’ data, sources familiar with the investigation told Fox News Digital. “The Biden White House played right along with the FBI’s ‘gotcha’ scheme against Trump,” a source familiar with the investigation told Fox News Digital. “Biden’s Office of White House Counsel, under the leadership of Dana Remus and Jonathan Su, gave its blessing and accommodation for the FBI to physically obtain Trump and Pence’s phones in early May 2022. Weeks later, the FBI began drafting a search warrant to extract the phones’ data.” …Read more TAKEN FOR A SPIN: Biden also paraded electric vehicles at the White House, when he drove a Jeep Wrangler in 2021 ‘VACCINE HESITANCY’: Millions spent by Biden on COVID ‘vaccine hesitancy’ campaign slashed by Trump NIH: report SPLIT ON TRUMP: Americans split over the job Trump and Musk are doing: poll ‘DEPARTMENT OF INJUSTICE’: Trump accuses Biden’s DOJ of trying to turn U.S. into ‘corrupt communist’ country ‘BROKE THE DEADLOCK’: ‘We have never been this close to peace’ since Russia invaded Ukraine, Leavitt tells reporters ‘REALLY STAGGERING’: Trump praised for getting NATO allies to bolster defense spending ‘PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE’: Venezuela agrees to resume deportation flights SENATE GRILLING: Dr. Oz faces Senate grilling on Capitol Hill in bid to run Centers for Medicare and Medicaid BAD EVIDENCE: Anna Paulina Luna escalates DOJ standoff over Epstein docs, unveils SHRED Act ‘WELLNESS GRIFTING’: Oz bats back Dem attempts to paint him as ‘snake oil’ salesman KEY WITNESS: Key witness in American college student’s disappearance tells police how they met, what happened on beach ‘ENDS NOW’: Tulsi Gabbard lists ‘recent examples of unauthorized leaks’ from intelligence community, announces crackdown ‘RADICALS’: Vance booed at Kennedy Center concert ‘BROKEN BUSINESS MODEL’: USPS signs agreement with DOGE after moving to cut 10,000 workers: ‘Broken business model’ Get the latest updates on the Trump administration and Congress, exclusive interviews and more on FoxNews.com.
Trump pledges to make US capital ‘crime-free’ and the ‘talk of the world’
President Donald Trump renewed his vow to clean up the city of Washington, D.C., Friday while speaking at the Department of Justice, saying, “We’re going to have a crime-free capital.” “We’re cleaning up our city. We’re cleaning up this great capital,” the president said. “And we’re not going to have crime, and we’re not going to stand for crime.” He noted that, since returning to the White House, he has had to order the roadways cleaned of tents and graffiti when heads of state visit. TRUMP BLASTS BIDEN’S DOJ: THEY TRIED TO TURN US INTO A ‘CORRUPT COMMUNIST’ THIRD WORLD COUNTRY “When Prime Minister Modi of India, when the president of France and all of these people, the prime minister of the United Kingdom, they all came to see me over the last week and a half. And, when they come in, I had the route run,” he said. “I didn’t want to have them see tents. I didn’t want to have them see graffiti. I didn’t want to have them see broken barriers and potholes in the roads. “We want to have a capital that can be the talk of the world,” Trump added. “We’re going to do that for the city.” Trump commended D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, for cooperating with his administration. DANCING TRANSGENDER HECKLERS SHUT DOWN PARENTS’ EVENT AT BLUE STATE’S CAPITOL: ‘SAD AND UNFORTUNATE’ Bowser recently announced the removal of a “Black Lives Matter” street mural that was installed in front of the White House in 2020. “We’re working with the administration, and if the administration can’t do the job, we’re going to have to take it back and run it through the federal government,” said Trump. “But we hope the administration’s going to be able. So far, so good. So far, they’ve been doing very well. The mayor has been doing a good job.” “We’re going to have a crime-free capital,” he added. “When people come here, they’re not going to be mugged or shot or raped. They’re going to have a crime-free capital again. It’s going to be cleaner and better and safer than it ever was. And it’s not going to take us too long.”