FIRST ON FOX: A Republican senator added his name Thursday to a growing list of lawmakers supporting former President Donald Trump’s pick for Ohio senator, Republican candidate Bernie Moreno. Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., endorsed Moreno in Ohio’s GOP Senate primary to take on vulnerable Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in November, saying in a statement, “I am thrilled to endorse Bernie Moreno as Ohio’s next U.S. Senator. Bernie is...

Three dozen progressive House Democrats, led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., voted against a bipartisan bill that would streamline the federal permitting process for nuclear energy development. The House passed the so-called Atomic Energy Advancement Act — which was authored by Reps. Jeff Duncan, R-S.C., and Diana DeGette, D-Colo. — in a 365-36 vote Wednesday evening, with 199 Republicans and 166 Democrats voting in favor. However, all 36...

A federal judge has blocked Texas from enforcing a new law that would make illegal immigration a state crime. Federal judge David Ezra on Thursday granted a preliminary injunction that will block Texas’ SB4 from taking effect next week. The law would allow state authorities to arrest and jail illegal immigrants, and would give state judges the power to order deportations.  In his ruling, the judge wrote that...