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Around 100 U.S. troops and military equipment arrived in Nigeria Monday to help support local forces battling Islamic militants and other armed groups in the West African nation, the Nigerian military said.The U.S. personnel touched down as part of a broader security cooperation effort between Washington and Abuja with 100 more arriving over time.The arrival came at the request of the Nigerian government, which sought assistance with training, technical support and intelligence sharing as it confronts violence, the Associated Press reported.About 200 U.S. Africa Command personnel are expected to deploy to Nigeria in total and in what officials have described

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is ready to put Senate Democrats to the test on voter ID legislation.The Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act has earned the backing of 50 Senate Republicans, including Thune, which is enough to break through a key procedural hurdle.Whether it can pass from the Senate to President Donald Trump’s desk is, for now, an unlikely scenario if lawmakers take the traditional path in the upper chamber. Still, Thune wants to put Democrats on the spot as midterm elections creep closer."We will have a vote," Thune told Fox News Digital.SCHUMER SAYS DEMS WILL FIGHT

A former FBI agent who worked in behavioral analysis told Fox News Digital that he believes Savannah Guthrie's latest Instagram video was directed towards a suspect who could be an amateur criminal feeling the heat of a now-massive investigation. Savannah Guthrie began her latest video by saying that after two weeks of her mother, Nancy Guthrie, 84, being missing, she and the rest of the Guthrie family are not giving up. She then made a direct plea to her mother's alleged abductor. "It’s never too late. You are not lost or alone, and it is never too late to do the right

Tom Homan, the border czar appointed by President Donald Trump to crack down on illegal immigration, believes the administration may still deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in other sanctuary cities as federal agents wind down their presence in Minnesota.Homan said he thinks that possibility depends entirely on whether cities with policies shielding illegal immigrants decide to cooperate with federal immigration efforts."I think it depends on the situation," Homan said in an interview with CBS on Sunday. "I've said from day one that, you know, we need to flood the zone and sanctuary cities with additional agents. The number of

The NAACP formally asked a federal judge to protect voter information seized by the FBI from an election warehouse in Atlanta on Sunday.The NAACP and other organizations say the documents contain "sensitive personal information," and asked the judge to impose limits on how the FBI can use the data. Their motion argues the seizure from the Fulton County elections building "infringed constitutional protections of privacy, and interfered with the right to vote."The motion asks the judge to "order reasonable limits on the government’s use of the seized data" and to prohibit the government from using the data for purposes other

The Trump administration unveiled a sweeping maritime action plan Friday, aimed at reclaiming U.S. maritime dominance and reducing America’s reliance on foreign-built and foreign-flagged ships that carry the vast majority of its international trade.Senior administration officials warned in a call with reporters that nearly 99% of U.S. international maritime trade moves on foreign-built, foreign-owned and foreign-flagged vessels, a dependence they described as a national and economic security vulnerability as global competition intensifies."Roughly 50% of our trade moves through the maritime domain, and 99% of that moves on foreign-built, foreign-owned and foreign-flagged ships," one senior administration official said during a call with

Australian women’s tennis player Destanee Aiava announced Saturday that the 2026 season will be her last in a scathing statement about the sport posted on her social media.Aiava, 25, described tennis as her "toxic boyfriend" in the statement posted on Instagram. She lamented being so young when she started to have a breakthrough at the start of her career when she was just 17.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMShe wrote that tennis gave her some of her best friends and she was able to travel to places she only dreamed of. But she said the sport "took things

LeBron James wants to remain in the present — he isn’t focused on the future yet.The Los Angeles Lakers superstar enjoyed playing in his 22nd All-Star Game on Sunday night at the Intuit Dome for Team Stripes in the revamped format the league put in place this season.The media was curious if this wasn’t just his final All-Star Game, but rather his final NBA season, as the 41-year-old has yet to make a decision for the 2026-27 season.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMBut, as he’s said in the past, James doesn’t know just yet what he wants to