Biden issues message honoring National Police Week; vows 'answer is not to defund,' while pushing gun control
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President Biden touted his administration's gun control initiatives in a video honoring National Police Week and Peace Officers Memorial Day.
"Let’s be very clear. The answer is not to defund the police," Biden said. "It is to provide you with the resources and training to be the partners and protectors of the communities that are in need." Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on Twitter: @danimwallace.
Biden applauded himself for signing the American Rescue Plan during the pandemic, providing $350 billion for states and cities that could be used to retain and hire more officers, pay overtime and bonuses, expand benefits for disabled first responders and "keep communities safe." The president said that so far, hundreds of communities have used more than $10 billion of those funds.
Defense Secretary Hegseth allied with DOGE to fix the military budget and get it back to warfighting. Spending was reallocated and Congress could target Pentagon for $150 billion more.
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Vice President JD Vance speaks with "The Ingraham Angle" about the Trump administration's deportation efforts and other measures it is taking to secure the southern border.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., says he will vote to keep the government open while speaking on the Senate floor on Thursday.
President Donald Trump is reportedly expected to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 in an effort to fast track mass deportations of illegal immigrants.
President Donald Trump's poll numbers are edging down since taking over in the White House nearly eight weeks ago. And Americans appear to be giving DOGE's Elon Musk a thumbs down
Democratic Senators are on the brink of allowing the government to shut down after Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., spent years criticizing Republicans for their opposition to funding bills.
President Trump in a press event with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte suggested that Russia, China and Iran could be meeting to discuss "de-escalation" during upcoming nuclear talks.
Chaotic scenes broke out at the New York state Capitol in Albany on Wednesday as raging pro-illegal immigration activists and Democrat lawmakers attempted to confront Border Czar Homan over his immigration clampdown efforts.
President Donald Trump has long advocated for NATO allies to ramp up defense spending to between 2% to 5% gross domestic product.
Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., melted down in a screaming fit over Elon Musk and DOGE before House Ways and Means Committee colleagues on Wednesday.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating Dallas and its police department over its refusal to comply with state and federal immigration laws.
A new Heritage Foundation report calls for making Israel a "strategic partner" that isn't dependent on U.S. aid and proposes that direct aid should be phased out.