Efforts to overhaul the Coast Guard are gaining traction on Capitol Hill — coinciding with the Trump administration’s endeavor to revamp the service to address illegal migrant crossings and drug seizures.  Multiple initiatives to update the Coast Guard are underway in both chambers of Congress, and within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). All seek to elevate the service so it’s on par with the other branches of...

FIRST ON FOX: The intelligence community did not have any direct information that Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to help elect Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election, but, at the “unusual” direction of then-President Barack Obama, published “potentially biased” or “implausible” intelligence suggesting otherwise, the House Intelligence Committee found. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declassified a report prepared by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence...

FIRST ON FOX: Republican Rep. Mike Lawler of New York will seek re-election in next year’s midterms in his crucial battleground House district, which covers a large swath of New York City’s northern suburbs. Lawler, who announced his news in an interview Wednesday morning on Fox News’ “Fox and Friends,” had been seriously mulling a bid for New York State governor. “There’s no question Kathy Hochul is the...