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The federal government is shutting down for the second time in six months after Congress failed to reach an agreement on the yearly budget in time.The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is expected to notify federal agencies to begin shutdown preparations as early as just after midnight on Jan. 31 Unlike last time, however, the government is only entering a partial shutdown this weekend.That’s because Congress was able to pass legislation fully funding some areas — the Department of Agriculture, the legislative branch, and the Department of Justice, for instance — while a majority of federal spending is still

"Border czar" Tom Homan pushed back against claims that President Donald Trump sent him to Minneapolis as part of a pullback of the administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota."If anybody thinks that Tom Homan, if President Trump, isn’t serious about immigration enforcement and having a mass deportation, then they weren't paying attention," he told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Friday.Joining "Hannity" for his first interview since being sent to Minneapolis, Homan detailed his mission to defuse widespread unrest in Minnesota while making it clear there will be no surrender."To set the record straight, because my staff said they've seen a

All known American citizens being held in Venezuela have been released, the U.S. Embassy said Friday evening. "We are pleased to confirm the release by the interim authorities of all known U.S. citizens held in Venezuela," the embassy wrote on X. "Should you have information regarding any other U.S. citizens still detained, please contact American Citizen Services."No other details about the detainees were disclosed. Fox News Digital has reached out to the State Department. VENEZUELA’S DELCY RODRÍGUEZ SNAPS AT WASHINGTON, DECLARES ‘ENOUGH’ OF US INFLUENCEInterim authorities have slowly released American detainees in the weeks following the U.S. capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and

A Florida couple is suing a fertility clinic weeks after the woman gave birth to a baby that allegedly isn’t biologically their child.Steven Mills and Tiffany Score gave birth to a "beautiful, healthy female child" in December, but when the couple, who are both White, realized their new daughter appeared to be "racially non-Caucasian," they ordered genetic testing that proved she wasn’t theirs, according to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital.The lawsuit claims the Fertility Center of Orlando somehow implanted the wrong embryo in Score’s uterus five years after the couple had their embryos frozen at the clinic."Of equal concern

Perhaps Jon Gruden was not on the New York Jets' list after all.A report circulated earlier this week that Gruden was reportedly contacted by the Jets about the idea of joining their staff, but he was not interested.But in an appearance on WDAE radio, Gruden insinuated that the report was false.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "There's a lot of stupid rumors out there. Some of these reports are ridiculous. Let's just say there was never anything from the Jets and I wish them well in their search for a new offensive coordinator," Gruden said.The Jets have turned over

An autonomous vehicle struck a student in Santa Monica last week, but the victim was not injured, according to the Santa Monica Police Department.The Santa Monica Police Department said in a statement to Fox News Digital, "On January 23, 2026, at approximately 8:31 a.m., Santa Monica Police Department officers responded to a traffic collision involving an autonomous vehicle and a student near 24th Street and Pearl Street, adjacent to Grant Elementary School.""Preliminary information indicates the student entered the roadway outside the available crosswalk and away from the on duty crossing guard, and was involved in a low speed, non-injury collision with the vehicle,"

FIRST ON FOX: American Sovereignty, a conservative nonprofit focused on border security and community safety, will launch a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign over the weekend to press for support for ICE.The ad spots aim to remind the public that ICE agents are family men and women who are part of the fabric of their communities on and off the job — and among those who put themselves in the most danger to protect the homeland.The two ads — which will run nationally, with an additional focus on the District of Columbia, North Carolina, Michigan and Georgia — are entitled "Criminals" and

The death toll from a powerful winter storm continued to rise Wednesday after Kentucky officials confirmed a twelfth weather-related death in the state.The Fayette County Coroner’s Office said a 32-year-old woman, Jordyn Daws, was found dead in the front yard of a home in the 3700 block of Wargrave Walk in Lexington, according to WKYT.Daws was found just after 12:45 p.m., and her cause of death was determined to be hypothermia due to environmental exposure, per the outlet.Daws was found just steps from her own home in the Polo Club community, not far from where she lived, according to local