A leftist Democrat sparked fierce backlash after he appeared to insist that Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s views on Cuba carried less weight because he has not visited the island. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., made the striking claim during a heated exchange with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz on Wednesday at a committee hearing. Pocan, who has compared Cuba to a “silent Gaza,” visited the...

The battle to control Congress always dominates midterm discussions, but should it? More voters will elect a governor than a U.S. senator this year. Among the key contests are what might be the GOP’s only flip opportunity, races that will show how key voter groups are responding to President Donald Trump’s second term, and even a test for Democrats in the Northwest. These elections could also decide which...

FIRST ON FOX: Weeks after the Obama Presidential Center’s star-studded opening in Chicago, a subcontractor who previously claimed his company was stiffed for nearly $4 million has shut down operations and laid off 25 union workers. Mike Owen, the owner of Chicago-based Adamson Plumbing Contractors, told Fox News Digital that the financial fallout forced the company to abandon about half a dozen other construction jobs and left it...