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Elon Musk’s criticism of House Republicans’ "big, beautiful bill" has left some GOP lawmakers frustrated at the tech billionaire."This is why Mr. Musk has no place in Congress," one House GOP lawmaker, granted anonymity to speak freely, told Fox News Digital. "He wants to codify discretionary cuts. He didn't find enough waste, fraud, and abuse to fund , let alone reduce our debt." "This was a gimmick. He got used. He's now upset. He played the game, he got what he wanted, then he ended up like everyone else who gets too close."House Republicans passed a broad-ranging bill last week advancing President

A federal judge in New Jersey ruled that President Donald Trump's effort to deport anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil is most likely unconstitutional on Wednesday.U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz handed down the ruling, though he did not go so far as to order Khalil's release. Farbiarz argued that the Trump administration's deportation order was likely to be dismissed as "unconstitutionally vague.""The district court held what we already knew: Secretary Rubio’s weaponization of immigration law to punish Mahmoud and others like him is likely unconstitutional," lawyers for Khalil said after the ruling.Khalil, who was approved for deportation by a U.S. immigration judge,

The Justice Department accused a small city in northern Idaho of religious discrimination after it denied a zoning permit to a local evangelical church seeking to hold worship services.The DOJ announced on May 20 it had filed a lawsuit alleging the city of Troy, Idaho, violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) after it denied a conditional use permit to Christ Church to hold services in its downtown C-1 zoning district, where nonreligious assembly uses such as clubs, museums, auditoriums, and art galleries were allowed.The RLUIPA is federal legislation passed in 2000 that’s intended to "protect individuals,

Almost 10 months after a Texas family’s boat capsized off the coast of Homer, Alaska, a search turned up human remains at the bottom of the bay.In August 2024, the U.S. Coast Guard searched for the missing boaters but suspended it without any sightings.David and Mary Maynard, of Troy, along with their two sons – 11-year-old Colton Maynard and 8-year-old Brantley Maynard – went missing after a 28-foot aluminum boat carrying eight people capsized approximately 16 miles west of Homer, the U.S. Coast Guard said. TEXAS FAMILY MISSING ON ALASKA VACATION AFTER BOAT CAPSIZES OFF COASTAlaska State Troopers said they had three

President Donald Trump on Wednesday commuted the 12-year sentence of a major political donor who was serving time for a number of offenses, including obstructing an investigation into Trump’s 2017 inaugural committee, the White House confirmed with Fox News Digital.Imaad Zuberi, 54, was a major Democrat supporter before he backed Trump following his 2016 election victory, The New York Times reported. Before pivoting to Trump on election night, he served as a bundler for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, including stints on both of their campaign finance committees.Zuberi donated more than $1.1 million to committees associated with Trump and the

A man on board an American Airlines flight from Connecticut to Chicago Tuesday night faces charges after he allegedly forced a flight attendant to the floor and attempted to drag the flight attendant up the aisle while acting erratically, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).In a news release, the DOJ said 24-year-old Julius Jordan Priester, of Wichita, Kansas, was arrested and charged with interference with flight crew members and attendants, an offense that carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years.Priester was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 3359, which departed from Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks,

A Washington, D.C.-based law firm secured a judgment of more than $20 million against the Syrian Arab Republic on behalf of Sam Goodwin, a St. Louis native held captive in the country’s notorious prison system for 63 days while on a trip to visit every country in the world.U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly awarded Goodwin $20,201,620 in damages, about $10 million each in compensatory and punitive damages, in response to a lawsuit filed under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's "state sponsor of terrorism" exception.Roughly half of the judgment is payable through the U.S. Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism Fund, which is

A former Israeli hostage told CNN in an interview Wednesday that his Hamas captors hoped former Vice President Kamala Harris would win the 2024 election and that the terrorists were "very scared" of President Donald Trump returning to office.Omer Shem Tov, 22, was freed in February after spending 505 days in captivity in Gaza. He was captured during the deadly October 7, 2023, terror attack at the Nova music festival in southern Israel.Tov talked about his experience and about how the 2024 U.S. election played a role in how he was treated by Hamas in a new interview with CNN."They