Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is signaling openness to making it harder for House lawmakers to punish each other via a censure resolution. The congressional leader sat down for an interview with Fox News Digital on Friday, the first week the House returned since the beginning of the 43-day government shutdown began on Oct. 1. But the five-day legislative week was ...
Dominik Lett Since taking office in January, President Trump has repeatedly suggested downsizing and eventually eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and returning disaster responsibility to the states. Trump’s instincts are right on the money: Decades of federal intervention in what has traditionally been a state-led process have produced slow, inefficient disaster responses, poor mitigation, and wasteful boondoggles. A ...
The Iran-backed Lebanese terrorist movement Hezbollah is rebuilding its military arsenal on Israel’s northern border, as experts warn that another war between the two sides could be on the horizon. The latest developments come a year after the U.S. helped broker a ceasefire between the parties. On Wednesday, IDF spokesman Nadav Shoshani, said Hezbollah had engaged ‘in a blatant violation ...
Nicholas Anthony The marketing team at the European Central Bank has picked up a new buzzword for its digital euro campaign: “freedom.” European Central Bank board member Piero Cipollone has been at the forefront of this marketing campaign. In a recent speech, Cipollone said the digital euro “would preserve our freedom to choose how we pay” and that “at its ...
Colleen Hroncich Montana mom Holly Long had no idea how motherhood would change her. “I loved my job. When I had my daughter, I thought I’d take my three months and go back to work just like all the other ladies that I worked with did,” she recalls. But, to her surprise, Holly didn’t want to send her daughter to ...
Retail sales slipped in October as wary consumers delayed purchases ahead of the Chancellor’s Budget and the start of the Black Friday discount period. Sales volumes fell by 1.1%, the first contraction in three months and significantly worse than the flat reading economists had expected. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the drop was partly driven by shoppers intentionally ...
The operator of the Channel Tunnel has frozen millions of pounds of planned investment in Britain and warned that rail fares could rise after the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) proposed a 200 per cent increase in its business rates bill. Eurotunnel, owned by French group Getlink, said it was in “deep disagreement” with the planned revaluation, describing it as “unjustified ...
The government has announced a sweeping package of artificial intelligence investments and reforms designed to accelerate economic growth, support national renewal and strengthen the UK’s position as a global leader in AI. Placing AI at the heart of the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, ministers said the programme would unlock billions of pounds in private investment while enabling new opportunities for ...
The government has borrowed £9.9 billion more than expected so far this fiscal year, intensifying the economic pressure on Chancellor Rachel Reeves as she prepares to deliver next week’s Budget. New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that public sector borrowing hit £17.4 billion in October, down £1.8 billion on the same month last year but still ...
The chair of the House Republican campaign arm says the Democrats’ sweeping victories in this month’s 2025 elections are a ‘wake-up call’ for GOP voters. And Rep. Richard Hudson of North Carolina, who’s chairing the National Republican Congressional Committee for a second straight election cycle, said in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital that he wants President Donald Trump ...