Politics

PORTLAND, Ore. – Betsy Johnson is not running for Miss Congeniality. The longtime Democrat now running for governor of Oregon as an unaffiliated candidate is more likely to drop a swear word than a political platitude. When voters asked if she would repeal Oregon’s drug decriminalization law, she responded, “Hell yes.” On education, she declared, “Let’s not worry about pronouns. …

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson went after his Democratic challenger Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes’ positions on crime Friday in the Wisconsin Senate debate, one of the most hotly contested races that could determine party control of the U.S. Senate. Johnson has aimed numerous attacks at Barnes’ previous statements on police funding and has accused him of adding to the anti-law enforcement …

ATLANTA – FIRST ON FOX: Democratic Georgia gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams told Fox News Digital on Friday that she’s “been in conversations” with the White House, and that she wants President Biden and other members of the administration to join her on the campaign trail. “Yes. We’ve reached out to — we’ve been in conversations with the Biden administration, and …

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Rick Scott, the chair of the Senate GOP’s election arm, and Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., will travel to Georgia for a Tuesday event supporting Herschel Walker, the first major campaign stop following accusations that the Republican Senate nominee paid for an ex-girlfriend’s abortion a decade ago. Walker has denied that he paid $700 a woman to …

First lady Jill Biden told a story on Friday recounting a situation when she assisted her friend in the aftermath of an abortion in Pennsylvania when the procedure was illegal in the late 1960s and accused Republicans of wanting to go “back to that time.” Biden, speaking at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Women’s Lunch and Issues Conference, told the …

The Biden administration says that it has reunified 500 migrant families who were separated during the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy that aimed to stop illegal immigration into the U.S. “This is a significant milestone that reflects the tireless dedication of the many public servants in the Department of Homeland Security and across the federal government, including those in the …

Delaware’s Supreme Court on Friday ruled that recently passed laws allowing universal vote by mail and same-day registration are unconstitutional, marking a win for state Republicans who had rallied against the legislation. The court found that the two moves conflict with the registration and absentee voter categories outlined in the First State’s constitution. It upheld a prior ruling by the …

New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Friday said that the migrant “crisis” that the Big Apple is facing will cost the city at least $1 billion by the end of the fiscal year — as he declared a state of emergency and again appealed for federal aid and for other states to help. “My fellow New Yorkers, we are …

Republican Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker’s campaign fired political director Taylor Crowe on suspicion of leaking to members of the media, two Republican sources with knowledge of the events confirmed to Fox News Digital. The decision comes a month before the 2022 midterm election, with Walker responding to a report that he urged an unnamed former girlfriend to get an …

Several climate activists blocked rush hour traffic on a busy highway in Washington, D.C., on Friday, sparking outrage among drivers headed to work. The activists, with the environmental group Declare Emergency, sat on I-395, a major highway that feeds into Washington, D.C., until they were eventually arrested by police officers, according to video posted by Ford Fischer of the independent …