Politics

FIRST ON FOX: The vice chair of the Treasury Department’s newly-announced racial equity committee wants to defund the police and put racial justice at the center of all government policymaking. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday announced the formation of a 25-member committee called the Treasury Advisory Committee on Racial Equity, which will identify, monitor, and review aspects of the …

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared ready Tuesday to uphold Alabama’s GOP-friendly congressional map, in an important voting rights case that could major implications in the 2024 race and beyond. In a tense nearly two-hour oral argument, the state argued it was taking a “race-neutral” approach in creating voting boundaries, and that it should not be forced to sort voters …

A group of alumni from the University of California Hastings College of the Law and descendants of its namesake, Serranus Hastings, filed a lawsuit against the state and the school Tuesday in response to Gov. Gavin Newsom signing a bill that authorized changing the school’s name. Hastings, a California Supreme Court Justice, founded the school in 1878, but some historians …

It’s well known that Vice President Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel. But what few Americans know is that President Harry Truman also took out Hamilton. Hamilton wasn’t laid low in a duel. But congressional officials recently moved Hamilton’s statue out of the Capitol rotunda in exchange for a statue of the 33rd president. Hamilton’s statue is now …

Vulnerable midterm candidate Rep. Kim Schrier, D-Wa., claimed that after the COVID-19 pandemic, “Democrat spending rescued our economy,” despite inflation hitting a 40-year-high in June. “Democratic spending rescued our economy and kept families afloat, kept small businesses afloat, and were key to our country’s economic recovery and rebound which was faster than virtually any other country in the world,” Schrier …

Democratic Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman previously stated that he did not want political support from those who championed ideas held by former President Donald Trump or from Americans who are not open to welcoming Syrian refugees to the United States or those who hold traditional views of marriage. The resurfacing of the past remarks from Fetterman — several of …

Abortion ranked as most important issue to voters in Michigan, topping inflation and the cost of living, according to a new poll that revealed Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is dominating the state’s gubernatorial race. A Detroit News/WDIV poll of registered voters in Michigan found that despite the Consumer Price Index (CPI) reporting the year-over-year inflation rate rose to 8.3% in …

A church-sponsored LGBTQ pride event in Kentucky is advertising “kid’s activities” and “drag shows” in the state’s capital this weekend.  Capital Pride Kentucky is hosting a festival on Saturday at the Old Capitol Lawn in Frankfort, where children can partake in activities like jewelry making and a scavenger hunt. Banners advertising the event posted on the LGBTQ group’s Facebook page list a …

Republican Senate nominee in Georgia Herschel Walker denies a claim that 13 years ago he paid for a girlfriend’s abortion. “It is a flat-out lie, and now you know how important this seat is,” the former college and professional football star said on Fox News’s “Hannity” on Monday night. Walker’s denial came a couple of hours after a report that …

FIRST ON FOX: Several national Jewish groups blasted a Washington, D.C., city councilmember who praised the notoriously antisemitic Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan as seeking to “honor” an “out-and-out bigot.” Fox News Digital reached out to several Jewish advocacy groups about D.C. Councilmember Trayon White, Sr., attending and promoting an event featuring Farrakhan as the main speaker. The Anti-Defamation …