President Donald Trump fired two Democratic commissioners at the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, both of whom now say they plan to sue to get their jobs back. The firings hit Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter, who represent the Democratic minority in the five-member commission. The White House did not immediately confirm Trump’s firing of the officials to Fox ...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he needs more details about peace proposals following President Donald Trump’s call with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, warning that ‘For us, the red line is the recognition of the Ukrainian temporarily occupied territories as Russian.’ Zelenskyy announced he plans to speak with Trump Wednesday after the president told Fox News’ ‘The Ingraham Angle’ that he spent nearly ...
Concerns are mounting around former President Joe Biden’s use of an autopen to sign presidential pardons and other official documents across his four years in office, though the chances of successfully challenging in court the use of an autopen on presidential pardons are ‘vanishingly low,’ constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley said. ‘Many are suggesting that the Biden pardons may now be ...
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Environmental Protection Agency from terminating $14 billion in grants awarded to three climate groups by the Biden administration. U.S. District Judge Tonya Chutkan ruled that the federal government’s ‘vague and unsubstantiated assertions of fraud are insufficient.’ The order prevents the EPA from ending the grant program, which totaled $20 billion. The judge also ...
Iran is trying to bolster its ‘battered deterrence’ after a general vowed to respond ‘decisively and destructively’ to any threats in the wake of U.S. strikes against Yemen’s Houthi rebels, an expert told Fox News Digital. Gen. Hossein Salami, the leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, said, ‘We warn our enemies that Iran will respond decisively and destructively if ...
With President Donald Trump now in the White House, analysts say Israel is operating with fewer constraints than before, impacting its military approach and the war’s potential outcome. ‘It is all about Trump,’ a former senior Israeli official told Fox News Digital, ‘Netanyahu can continue this war for another year. If Trump tells him in two weeks, enough, now you have ...
Tuesday’s stock market action marked a reversal in investor sentiment, with the broader indexes closing lower. The S&P 500 ($SPX), Nasdaq Composite ($COMPQ), and Dow Jones Industrial Average ($INDU) are still below their 200-day simple moving average (SMA). Investor anxiety is elevated ahead of the Fed’s culmination of its two-day policy meeting. The risk-off sentiment is back, with gold and ...
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has significantly increased the number of Research and Development (R&D) tax relief claims it has “corrected” using controversial powers, sparking concerns that the tax authority is bypassing due process. New data obtained by accountancy firm Price Bailey through a Freedom of Information request reveals that HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service (FIS) amended 2,440 claims for R&D ...
Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service has been installed at the White House, raising fresh concerns over potential conflicts of interest as the billionaire’s influence within the Trump administration continues to grow. The New York Times reported that Starlink was introduced to “improve WiFi connectivity” at the White House complex, according to press secretary Karoline Leavitt. However, the installation led to ...
The U.S. State Department has ended funding for tracking thousands of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, and a U.S. database with information on the victims may have been deleted, according to a letter U.S. lawmakers plan to send to Trump administration officials on Wednesday. A group of Democratic U.S. lawmakers penned the letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and ...