Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., will not run for re-election in 2026 and will instead retire, the longtime senator announced Thursday. McConnell has served in the Senate for decades, including as Senate majority leader under President Donald Trump’s first administration. McConnell is the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history, Read More

Moderate GOP Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, revealed she will not back President Donald Trump’s nominee to be director of the FBI, Kash Patel.  ‘The nomination of Kash Patel to serve as Director of the FBI comes to the Senate against the backdrop of recent personnel actions at the Department Read More

The Senate voted to advance the confirmation of FBI director nominee Kash Patel on Thursday.  A vote to invoke cloture and begin up to 30 hours of debate on the nominee passed 51 to 47.  Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee voted earlier this month, 12 to 10, to advance Patel to the full floor [&Read More

The Senate votes late Thursday morning to break a filibuster on the nomination of Kash Patel to run the FBI.  Senators will vote to confirm him around 1:45 p.m. ET, with the final result due after 2 p.m ET. He will be confirmed along party lines.  Then the Senate returns Read More

An influential conservative group is throwing its weight behind Elbridge Colby’s nomination to serve in a top position at the Defense Department.  The Heritage Foundation said, in a memo obtained by Fox News Digital, that Colby is ‘without question the most influential defense policy thinker in over twenty years.’ ‘Read More

The Kremlin is suggesting that another U.S.-Russia prisoner swap could be coming, just days after the release of two Americans who were detained by Russia, a report says.  The Kremlin said Thursday that the idea of a possible new prisoner exchange between Russia and the U.S. is Read More

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! DOGE administrator Elon Musk may soon be taking a page out of the book of legendary TV newsman Geraldo Rivera by hosting a livestream opening up Fort Knox to see if America’s gold is really still there. Quite well, do those Read More

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! On Tuesday, the U.S. and Russia formally kicked off the start of the negotiating process, which Team Trump expects to result in a peace settlement for Ukraine – President Trump’s goal and campaign promise.  Trump’s team of heavy hitters – Secretary Read More

This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). South Carolina House Rep. Brandon Guffey gave powerful testimony in Wednesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Children’s Safety in the Digital Read More

Former Rep. Liz Cheney lambasted President Donald Trump in a tweet on Wednesday, asserting that he is the ‘antithesis’ of all that Ronald Reagan, America’s 40th president, ‘stood for.’ She claimed that Trump ‘is aligning’ the U.S. with the opponents of liberty. ‘Trump – with his devotion to Putin, Read More