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As President Donald Trump’s battle with the judiciary escalates, House Republicans are eyeing ways to rein in judges from blocking parts of his agenda. House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan said on Monday his panel will hold hearings next week on U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, who is at the center of the administration’s legal fight … Read more

The sentencing of Cholo Abdi Abdullah, a Kenyan national who was convicted of plotting a 9/11-style attack on the United States, was adjourned Monday after he asked for new lawyers. “I was thinking of having new lawyers who will represent me,” said Abdullah, who represented himself during the trial last year that ended with him … Read more

Members of the Trump administration coordinated highly sensitive Yemen war plans on an unsecure group chat, which accidentally included Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, he wrote in a report for the publication on Monday. White House National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes shared with ABC News the statement he provided to The Atlantic … Read more

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to reduce the Department of Education to its essential functions. The directive tells what’s left of the agency to prioritize sending money to school choice programs across America. These programs — which are also referred to as school vouchers and school freedom — allow parents to … Read more

The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court for an emergency stay of a district court judge’s order that 16,000 terminated federal probationary employees across six agencies and departments be immediately reinstated. The request is the latest challenge to a nationwide preliminary injunction issued by a federal district court judge in response to Trump’s executive … Read more

President Donald Trump on Monday named Alina Habba, his personal attorney-turned-White House counselor, to serve as the next interim U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey. “Alina will lead with the same diligence and conviction that has defined her career, and she will fight tirelessly to secure a Legal System that is both ‘Fair … Read more

LONDON — A senior Hamas official was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a hospital in southern Gaza on Sunday, the terror group and the Israel Defense Forces said, as Israel expanded its renewed campaign into the Palestinian territory. Ismail Barhoum, a senior member of Hamas’ political bureau, was killed in the strike on the … Read more

Amid calls for him to step down as Senate Minority Leader, Sen. Chuck Schumer said he would not and defended his decision to support the continuing resolution to fund the government. “The CR was certainly bad, you know, the continuing resolution. But a shutdown would be 15 or 20 times worse,” Schumer told NBC’s “Meet … Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., March 7, 2025.  (REUTERS/Leah Millis) Good morning and welcome to Fox News’ morning newsletter, Fox News First. And here’s what you need to know to start your day … TOP 3 1. Trump admin’s defiant fight with ‘lunatic’ judge … Read more

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants President Donald Trump to tap Sunshine State Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director. DeSantis contends that the public health official could do more for the state at the CDC than he can now. “Overhauling the CDC would be beneficial to FL. Joe … Read more