FIRST ON FOX: Progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., issued extremely rare credit to President Donald Trump for pressuring defense companies to put more money back into building weapons and expanding production rather than returning it to investors and lining stakeholders’ pockets. Warren and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, are urging War Secretary Pete Hegseth to make Trump’s restrictions on stock buybacks for defense contractors permanent, according to a letter...

President Donald Trump has long argued that who is counting the votes can matter nearly as much as who is on the ballot — a view that has helped turn the mechanics of elections into their own political battleground. That fight is becoming more organized, more expensive and more sophisticated ahead of the 2026 midterms. Tuesday marks National Poll Worker Recruitment Day, a once-obscure observance created in 2020...

During the long night to send the Senate home, deals were brokered, major legislation was punted and promises were extended. The SAVE America Act never made it off the shelf, despite promises up and down from its biggest proponents to thwart any attempt to leave Washington, D.C., without trying to pass it. And the vehicle to blast through Democratic objections and pass parts of the bill never left...