Federal government confirms huge voting shakeup plan that’ll hit 22M Californians

More than 22 million registered voters in California could be caught in the middle of a growing fight between the Trump administration and state officials. The nation’s top postal official has confirmed a proposal is being weighed that could block the delivery of mail ballots in states that refuse to share voter data with the federal government. Speaking before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday, Postmaster General David Steiner said the US Postal Service would not deliver mail ballots under a proposed federal rule if a state declined to provide absentee voter information requested by Washington,…

Exclusive | House DOGE chairman demands answers from Dem govs refusing to share SNAP data: ‘Billions in potential fraud’

Rep. Tim Burchett, the chairman of the House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE), demanded explanations Wednesday from five Democratic governors who have refused to share state data related to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that could reveal large-scale fraud.  Govs. Kathy Hochul of New York, Gavin…

Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion pill, while lawsuit plays out

The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues. The court’s order allows women seeking abortions to continue obtaining the drug, mifepristone, at pharmacies or through the mail, without an in-person visit to a doctor. Access is…

US moving to indict former Cuban leader Raúl Castro

The United States is moving to indict Raúl Castro, the former Cuban president, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to Fox News Digital. The potential charges against Castro, 94, come after CIA Director John Ratcliffe met Thursday with counterparts from Cuba’s Ministry of the Interior during a high-level visit to…

Giants devastate Dodgers with inside-the-park home run

It’s one of the most exciting plays in baseball. And it was devastating for the Dodgers. What looked like a bloop hit that landed on the warning track down the left-field line morphed into an inside-the-park home run that left Teoscar Hernandez giving chase as the ball off Jung Hoo…

Gavin Newsom’s skyrocketing budget called a ‘fantasyland’

Gavin Newsom touted California’s roaring economy while also preaching fiscal prudence as he unveiled his final budget as governor Thursday — the largest in state history. The governor’s revised 2026-27 budget proposes $349.9 billion in total spending and $246.6 billion from the general fund — the highest total spending level…

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