Fox News – Political – 04/07/2023

Lara Trump, former RNC co-chair and President-elect Trump’s daughter-in-law, said Saturday she is withdrawing from consideration to replace Marco Rubio in the U.S. Senate.

Although the House of Representatives rejected the 1,547-page interim spending bill, lawmakers reached an agreement Friday to avoid a government shutdown before the holidays.

President-elect Trump has tapped Mark Burnett, a TV producer and the creator of “The Apprentice,” to serve in a diplomatic role in the United Kingdom.

Lawmakers are having their say after President Biden signed a stopgap bill into law on Saturday, extending government funding into March and avoiding a shutdown.

President-elect Trump announced Saturday Aaron Reitz, Chad Mizelle and David Fink will serve in various Department of Justice and Department of Transportation roles starting in January.

Fox News Digital spoke to GOP Rep-elect Derek Schmidt about what he expects to see from Republicans when they return to the House in January with a razor-thin majority.

The White House has announced that President Biden signed a stopgap funding bill into law on Saturday, extending government funding into March and avoiding a shutdown.

Fox News Digital has confirmed that Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, a candidate to replace JD Vance in the Senate, recently traveled to President-elect Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence.

A new report from a pro-tech advocacy group warns that China’s advancements on artificial intelligence could pose both an economic and national security threat to the U.S.

Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears of Virginia could make history next year as the nation’s first Black woman to win election as a governor and as the state’s first female governor.

EXCLUSIVE: Senate Republicans demand answers on whether confidential human sources from DOJ agencies beyond the FBI were used on Jan. 6, 2021, while also questioning IG Horowitz’s review of records.

Congress managed to pass a short-term spending bill through both chambers after going through three different versions of it.

Congress did not manage to send a spending bill to President Biden’s desk before the pre-Christmas deadline.

President Biden is reportedly considering commuting the sentences of most, if not all, of the 40 men on the federal government’s death row.

House lawmakers voted 366-34 to approve the bill.

Thirty-four House Republicans voted Friday against a spending bill to avoid a partial government shutdown, while no Democrats opposed the legislation.

Aurora Police have confirmed that several members of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua were involved in an “incredibly violent” armed home invasion.

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Democrats in the Senate criticized Republicans for allowing Elon Musk to take on such an influential role, acting as a “shadow speaker” or “co-president.”

The U.S. military killed ISIS leader Abu Yusif and another member in an airstrike conducted in Syria on Thursday, U.S. Central Command said.

Several lawmakers are calling on Scranton to un-rename the President Biden Expressway, citing the damage done to children by now-pardoned Judge Michael Conahan.

Just five days before Christmas Day, President-elect Donald Trump announced he is appointing outspoken conservative and president of Catholic Vote Brian Burch to serve as the U.S. ambassador to the Vatican.

The White House refused to discuss President Biden’s lack of public appearances amid the ongoing spending bill crisis as a government shutdown looms.

Congressional leaders have been scrambling for days to avert a partial government shutdown by the end of Friday.

Two Republican senators are efforting quick passage of their bill to ensure the military is paid in the event of a partial government shutdown.