NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! It may be summer. But fall is consuming the United States Senate.Bipartisan lawmakers are trying to avoid a government shutdown.”The fiscal year begins Oct. 1 each year,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa. “This resolution keeps the government open for business.”The House approved an interim spending bill in July to keep the government funded through Dec. 4. But bipartisan senators are trying to duck yet another protracted government shutdown odyssey, like last year’s 43-day exercise.HOUSE GOP VOTES TO PUNT GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN BATTLE TO AFTER NOVEMBER MIDTERMS “I look forward to passing this bill…
Joan Jett is canceling multiple concerts amid her recovery from back surgery. “Following a recent injury, Joan Jett has undergone orthopedic surgery on a fractured vertebrae and will begin the necessary healing process,” read a statement shared via the rocker’s Instagram Story on Wednesday, August 5. After speaking with her…
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A quartet of witnesses testifying this week to the House Small Business Committee disputed the commonly-held belief that artificial intelligence will displace human workers and insisted that small businesses which use AI are likely to wind up having to hire more employees–because they’ll grow.Already, a majority of small businesses are…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! It’s been a big week for NFL running backs stuffing their bank accounts with one big contract after another. And Detroit Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs saved the best for last.Gibbs agreed Thursday evening to a three-year deal worth $67.5 million that…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A benches-clearing scrum led to suspensions in Major League Baseball Thursday.MLB announced that Seattle Mariners left-handed reliever Gabe Speier and manager Dan Wilson have both been suspended after the league determined Speier intentionally beaned Detroit Tigers infielder Gleyber Torres during Wednesday’s game.Speier…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! WWE star Rhea Ripley announced Thursday she underwent surgery on her right knee.Ripley is the reigning WWE women’s champion and one of the top stars on the “SmackDown” brand. “Life update,” she wrote on Instagram. “After just under 14 (years) in wrestling…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! MJF made his return to All Elite Wrestling programming with authority on Wednesday night’s Grand Slam Mexico.After Andrade El Idolo won a triple-threat match to earn the No. 1 spot in the casino gauntlet match at All In later this month, MJF…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The WNBA has been under critical fire since the first day Caitlin Clark joined the league.While being in the midst of culture war battles, Clark has also been the victim of some hard fouls due to what’s commonly been perceived as massive…
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Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), a conservative firebrand endorsed by President Trump, came up short Thursday in the Republican primary for Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District, marking the second loss of the week for a candidate backed by the commander-in-chief. A flood of outside spending in the expansive and dramatically reshaped district,…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The battle between the left-wing and the center-left establishment for the ideological future of the Democratic Party is staying put in the Midwest.After far-left candidate Abdul El-Sayed narrowly edged out more moderate Rep. Haley Stevens this week in battleground Michigan’s high-stakes Democratic…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A key congressional primary race will serve as a test of President Donald Trump’s political weight on Thursday night.Voters in Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District are headed to the polls to decide between Trump-backed Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., and Republican Charlie Hatcher, the…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. State Department said a “threat against American interests” forced the United States to suspend all of its government activities in a Mexican state where visitors face a risk of violence “from terrorist groups, cartels, gangs and criminal organizations.”The warning from…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday expressed her support for state Democratic U.S. Senate primary winner Abdul El-Sayed after backing his opponent, U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens, in the contest.”Congratulations to Jocelyn Benson, Abdul El-Sayed, and every Democrat who won up and down…
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Alex Murdaugh’s lawsuit against the former Colleton County Clerk Becky Hill was thrown out after he claimed she improperly advised jurors when he was on trial for the 2021 murders of his wife, Maggie Murdaugh, and their son Paul Murdaugh. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Gergel ruled on Wednesday, August 5, that Alex, 58, cannot seek $600,000 from Hill, 58, in order to pay for his legal fees as requested in the lawsuit. Gergel made the decision after he concluded that Hill had nothing to do with the murder charges filed against him. “Plaintiff liquidated his retirement account to fund…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged a detainer against a criminal illegal alien who allegedly left a 14-month-old toddler to drown in a bathtub, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).The ICE detainer asks North Carolina officials not to release…
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