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A number of large groups of illegal immigrants have been caught at the southern border in recent days, as the number of migrant encounters remains lower than in previous months, but fears persist of a border surge before the Trump administration takes office.On Sunday, the Texas Department of Public Safety encountered a group of 154 illegal immigrants in Eagle Pass, Texas. The group included six special interest immigrants from Afghanistan and 20 unaccompanied minors.They were turned over to Border Patrol, Texas authorities said.‘NOW’S THE TIME': TRUMP VICTORY HAS BIDEN ADMIN BRACING FOR MIGRANT SURGE AT SOUTHERN BORDER In Arizona, Border Patrol

Republicans hold a slim majority in the House of Representatives, though the size of that narrow margin will not be known until the final five undecided races are called.The five House races that remain uncalled as of Tuesday morning are in Alaska, California, Iowa and Ohio. The balance of power currently sits at 218 seats for Republicans, and 212 for the Democrats.Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola is in a tight race in Alaska’s at-large congressional district, where she is trailing Republican entrepreneur Nick Begich.As of Tuesday morning, Begich holds just over a 2-point lead at 48.5% of the vote

A group of House Republicans is pushing to overhaul how funds are organized at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to more quickly get aid to communities devastated by Hurricane Helene.Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Ala., chair of the House GOP Policy Committee, is leading a new bill that would move unspent funds the agency has from the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as certain unspent funds earmarked for previous natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina, into the FEMA Disaster Relief Fund.It comes just hours before the House Oversight Committee is set to hold a high-stakes hearing over accusations that FEMA aid was politicized,

COVID-19 can cause a long list of health issues, including flu symptoms, respiratory problems and even organ damage, according to medical experts — but a new study suggests that the virus could have a surprising impact on cancer.The study, which was published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation on Friday, found that COVID infection was linked to cancer regression, which could serve as a foundation for new cancer treatments in the future.The SARS-CoV-2 virus — which causes COVID — is made up of RNA (ribonucleic acid), a molecule that is found in all living cells.VACCINES FOR FLU AND COVID: SHOULD

Radio host Charlamagne Tha God and former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley said the "Morning Joe" co-hosts' controversial visit to the estate of President-elect Donald Trump was nothing more than a play for ratings.MSNBC co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, two of Trump's fiercest critics in the media, revealed on Monday they had a face-to-face meeting last week with the president-elect at Mar-a-Lago, saying it was an important opportunity for those who disagree to speak with each other. Haley spoke about the incident on an episode of her SiriusXM show, "Nikki Haley Live," that will be released in full on Wednesday,

Authorities in Utah are offering a $30,000 reward for information related to the shooting death of a federally protected wild horse in the Onaqui Herd Management Area.The male horse, identified as Pyrite/Goldie/Glory by the Onaqui Catalogue, was found dead on Nov. 10 approximately three miles southwest of Simpson Springs in Tooele County, according to the Bureau of Land Management's Utah State Office.Evidence leads authorities to believe the horse was shot during the week of Nov. 3 and died from his injuries over the weekend.$100,000 REWARD OFFERED AFTER FEDERALLY PROTECTED WOLF FOUND DEAD IN ARIZONAA member of the public found the

If you take a step back – make that several steps back – it’s easier to understand what Donald Trump is doing.Why would he deliberately ignite a media firestorm over such controversial nominees as Matt Gaetz and Pete Hegseth, and to a lesser degree with Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr.?The short answer is that the president-elect can’t run again and wants these nominees to disrupt – or even blow up – the departments they’d be in charge of running. And if they don’t have the usual credentials, if they’ve never run a large organization, he doesn’t give a damn.But wouldn’t

A man has been arrested and charged with murder after the Leon County Sheriff's Office found human remains linked to a missing persons case on a property in Buffalo, Texas.Michael Dean Davis Jr., 27, was arrested in connection with the discovery of the remains now known to belong to a mother that has not been seen or heard from by family members since July 2022, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.The investigation into the case began on June 19 after LCSO received a report of a missing person and child. Both were then entered into the National

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is siding with the state's high court after the justices ruled that faulty mail-in ballots can’t be counted amid a contentious recount, delivering a victory to Republican Party officials.The state Supreme Court reaffirmed its prior decision in a 4–3 ruling Monday that counties cannot count incorrectly dated or undated ballots. The decision singled out the Boards of Elections in Bucks County, Montgomery County, and Philadelphia County, whom they said "SHALL COMPLY with the prior rulings of this Court in which we have clarified" for mail-in and absentee ballots in their Nov. 1 ruling."Any insinuation that our

The Houston Texans have won the battle of Texas, as they dominated the struggling Dallas Cowboys, 34-10, on "Monday Night Football."Houston came into this game losing back-to-back games, and there were some murmurs from the fan base about what needs to be done on offense with C.J. Stroud struggling to get going of late. But, with his trusty receiver Nico Collins back from a hamstring injury, Stroud looked more poised, and it opened up a lot for offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik to work with. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMCollins’ return to the football field led to 54 yards on

I'm here. I'm here. Chairman of the Joint Chief of Sexiness. Happy Monday, everyone. So with Trump's election, Mexico is now planning to strengthen its borders. This as Canada also cracks down on illegal immigration. When asked why, officials point to the influx of liberal celebrities that could overwhelm their obesity treatment centers. My God. Because they're fat. Last week, Donald Trump met with Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski at Mar-a-Lago. It was hard for them to see eye to eye since Trump only saw the tops of their heads. It's polishing their shoes. Joe Biden appeared to wander off into

Fox News host Sean Hannity ripped ‘Morning Joe’ co-hosts for their about-face on their rhetoric towards President-elect Trump on "Hannity."HANNITY: Tonight, the joy the Democrats tried so hard to manufacture during the election that ended up being a lot of hate is now spreading in reality across the country.But it is not coming from the left. Americans from every race, religion – they are celebrating a new era in the Washington swamp. Donald Trump headed to the White House. Even pro athletes now – they're showing their support. And coming up, we're going to play the president-elect at his big

Newly released police bodycam footage shows what authorities said was a Michigan man driving a riding mower and refusing to pull over for a deputy before getting tased and accidentally shooting himself in the hand. On Sept. 19, police responded to a home in Leoni Township to arrest a man who had several warrants, according to the Jackson County Sheriff's Office. The deputy arrived at the home to arrest 41-year-old James Mitchell Kerr, who was driving a riding lawn mower and allegedly refused to get off the machine.Authorities said Kerr accelerated toward the deputy before riding away as the deputy chased him. FLORIDA

U.S. men’s soccer star Christian Pulisic put a ball into the back of the net and then got in on the dance craze sweeping the sports world.Pulisic and the Americans were playing Jamaica in a Concacaf Nations League matchup, and it didn’t take long for the striker to put the U.S. up. He flicked the ball over the Jamaican goalkeeper and into the back of the net for the first score.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMHe ran to the corner to celebrate the score and immediately was seen doing President-elect Donald Trump’s dance move.Pulisic scored again in the

NHL referee Mitch Dunning was stretchered off of the ice during a game between the Colorado Avalanche and the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night.Dunning was skating away from the puck when Avalanche defenseman Josh Manson collided with him in the first period. Dunning hit the ice hard and was down for several moments as trainers and medical staff came out and attended to him.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMHe was later taken off the ice on a stretcher."Referee Mitch Dunning has been taken to hospital for precautionary reasons following a collision in the @Avalanche / @NHLFlyers game," the

Senate Republicans opted to delay votes and draw out floor action on Monday night after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., sought to stack additional judicial confirmation votes on the calendar ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Two sources familiar told Fox News Digital that the plan to slow down the Senate was spearheaded by Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., who was recently elected as the next Republican Senate leader. "If Sen. Schumer thought Senate Republicans would just roll over and allow him to quickly confirm multiple Biden-appointed judges to lifetime jobs in the final weeks of the Democrat majority, he thought

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, cited a member of an airline flight crew on Friday, after they were found to be in possession of a loaded handgun at one of the airport’s checkpoints.The TSA said in a news release that the female flight crew member, who has not been named, was carrying a 9 mm pistol that was loaded with nine bullets, including one in the chamber.Once TSA officers came across the firearm, they immediately notified police from the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (WMAA), who responded to the checkpoint, confiscated the

"The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg did not further address the back-and-forth between herself and a Staten Island bakery, during "The View" on Monday, after she accused the bakery of denying her service over her politics. Goldberg and her co-hosts celebrated her 69th birthday on Wednesday with Charlotte Russe desserts, a nostalgic New York treat. Goldberg told the audience her birthday order had almost fallen through due to what she claimed was the bakery’s objection to her left-wing political stance."They said that their ovens had gone down, all kinds of stuff, but folks went and got them anyway, which is why I’m

President-elect Trump announced that he is nominating former Congressman Sean Duffy of Wisconsin to serve as the U.S. Secretary of Transportation."Sean has been a tremendous and well-liked public servant, starting his career as a District Attorney for Ashland, Wisconsin, and later elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District," Trump said in his announcement on Monday. "Sean will use his experience and the relationships he has built over many years in Congress to maintain and rebuild our Nation’s Infrastructure, and fulfill our Mission of ushering in The Golden Age of Travel, focusing on Safety, Efficiency, and

JERUSALEM— Just hours before the United Nations Security Council is slated to vote on an alleged anti-Israel resolution pushed by Algeria to impose an end on the Jewish state's war of self-defense against Hamas, the Biden administration has gone silent about how it will vote.The irony of the notoriously anti-Israel Algeria devising the resolution recalls the witty line of the late Israeli Ambassador to the U.N., Abba Eban, who said, "If Algeria introduced a (U.N.) resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26

Since President-elect Donald Trump tapped Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) last week, there has been a heightened focus on Kennedy’s initiative to "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA).One of Kennedy’s widely reported goals has been to reduce kids’ consumption of ultraprocessed foods."We have a generation of kids who are swimming around in a toxic soup right now," Kennedy previously told Fox News. "We’re letting these industries corrupt our agencies and mass poison them."ULTRA-PROCESSED FOOD CONSUMPTION IN US POSES RISK FOR KIDSDr. Marc Siegel, senior medical analyst for Fox News, joined "Fox

Jose Ibarra, the suspect accused of murdering Augusta University student Laken Riley in February while she was on a morning run, is back in court Monday for the second day of his trial.Security guards escorted Ibarra, who was wearing a striped shirt and black pants with handcuffs around his wrists, into Superior Court Judge Patrick Haggard's courtroom at the Athens-Clarke County courthouse Monday around 7:15 a.m.Prosecutors say Ibarra, a 26-year-old illegal immigrant from Venezuela, attacked and killed Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student, while she was jogging along trails near Lake Herrick on the University of Georgia campus in Athens the

Kaley Cuoco says enough is enough when it comes to mom shaming."The Big Bang Theory" star, who has 18-month-old daughter Matilda with her fiancé Tom Pelphrey, has dealt with her fair share of critics when it comes to her parenting style. Cuoco told E! News, "It's just this business, it's this life. It is what it is. But yeah, we got to stop the shaming." Cuoco noted that "everyone's got something to say about everything. There's no change before I had kids, to having kids, to where I am in my life." KALEY CUOCO SAYS SHE MAY HAVE ANOTHER CHILD BEFORE GETTING MARRIED:

FIRST ON FOX — Senior Republican Party officials announced Monday that they are filing 12 lawsuits in Pennsylvania as part of an ongoing effort to "aggressively" defend their pickup in the closely watched Keystone State Senate race.Speaking to reporters on a call Monday, GOP officials said they have been working closely with Republican candidate Dave McCormick's campaign in an effort to protect his Senate win over three-term incumbent Democrat Sen. Bob Casey, who has refused to concede defeat and has secured a statewide recount.Both national and state Republican parties have filed lawsuits in four counties across Pennsylvania, urging the courts

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he is likely to make a decision on who will fill Sen. Marco Rubio’s U.S. Senate seat by early January, emphasizing that the governor's office has already begun vetting several possible candidates President-elect Donald Trump officially announced last week that he would nominate Rubio, the three-term senator from Florida and a senior Republican member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Intelligence committees, to serve as secretary of state in his incoming administration."Senator Marco Rubio is expected to resign from the Senate to assume duties as Secretary of State when the Trump administration takes power on January