NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! House Democrats are poised to rebel against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s spending deal with the White House, Fox News Digital is told, an act that could prolong the ongoing partial government shutdown. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., made clear to Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., that…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Texas A&M University announced on Friday that it would be eliminating its Women’s and Gender Studies degree program, citing “limited student interest” and university policies. The university said that students currently enrolled in the program would be allowed to complete their degrees. “For 150 years, Texas A&M…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Hundreds of political prisoners in Venezuela, including opposition leaders, journalists and human rights activists, could soon be freed under an amnesty bill that the country’s acting president announced on Friday. The move represents the latest concession Venezuela’s acting President Delcy RodrÃguez has made since the Jan. 3…
The U.S. government partially shut down early Saturday, despite the Senate passing a funding deal hours earlier. The Senate — by a vote of 71-29 — approved a package of five bills, plus a two-week stopgap measure that gives lawmakers more time to work out disputes over funding for the Department of Homeland Security. But…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The federal government is shutting down for the second time in six months after Congress failed to reach an agreement on the yearly budget in time. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is expected to notify federal agencies to begin shutdown preparations as early as just…
President Trump said Friday that he is nominating the government economist Brett Matsumoto to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after previously accusing the federal agency of releasing low monthly jobs numbers in order to make him look bad. There is no evidence that the Bureau of Labor Statistics sought to undermine Mr. Trump with…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Panamanian court has voided a port contract held by a Hong Kong subsidiary, prompting assurances from President José Raúl Mulino that canal traffic will not be disrupted. The court ruled Thursday that the port concession granted to Panama Ports Company — a subsidiary of Hong Kong’s…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Federal authorities have arrested three additional people in connection with anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agitators storming a Minnesota church after former CNN anchor Don Lemon was taken into custody. “At my direction, early this morning, federal agents arrested Don Lemon, Trahern Jeen Crews, Georgia Fort,…
A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. A new “blue wave” of tax hikes on the wealthy is rippling through state legislatures, as Virginia, Washington state, Rhode Island and others…
The US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Health costs have emerged as the top financial anxiety for U.S. households, according to a new survey. It’s a dynamic that experts say could pose a threat to the Republican majority in Congress during this year’s…