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The White House has blocked the Associated Press from the Oval Office and Air Force One because the news organization has refrained from renaming the "Gulf of Mexico" to the "Gulf of America."President Trump, on his first day in office, directed the Department of the Interior to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. Companies such as Google have gone along with the change, but the Associated Press has said it would continue to call the body of water by its original name. The decision has irked White House officials, who have blocked AP reporters from events

The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas has released the names of the three hostages set to be freed Saturday, including American-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen, following days of concern that a ceasefire deal with Israel could collapse. Russian-Israeli Alexander Troufanov and Argentine-Israeli Yair Horn, who along with Dekel-Chen were abducted by Hamas from Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7, 2023, will also be released on Saturday, which will mark 497 days in captivity.Dekel-Chen is the second American to be released by Hamas since President Donald Trump re-entered office, following the release of Keith Siegel on Feb. 1. FORMER HAMAS HOSTAGE'S MOM SAYS DAUGHTER WAS FORCED

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters on Friday that "the reality of U.S. troops in Ukraine is unlikely," but insisted that there was "no daylight" between himself and Vice President JD Vance.In a bilateral press conference with Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, Hegseth touched on the possibility of U.S. troops going into Ukraine. At first, he appeared to shut down the idea, but then he seemed to not take it entirely off the table. Hegseth added that he would "never put constraints around what the President of the United States would be willing to negotiate with the

FIRST ON FOX: House Republicans are taking steps to repeal the "climate-crazed" Biden administration's tax credit for electric vehicles (EVs) that "ran up the bill on the American people to the tune of billions of dollars," Fox News Digital learned exclusively.Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, on Friday will introduce the Eliminating Lavish Incentives to Electric Vehicles Act, a bill that aims to eliminate the Biden-era tax credit for new and used EVs and slash "woke and wasteful spending.""Under President Biden and the most climate-crazed administration in the history of our country, Democrats ran up the bill on the American people to

Taylor Swift's home-cooked meal was not enjoyed by Travis Kelce's sister-in-law, but it was not due to Swift's cooking.During a recent episode of the "Call Her Daddy" podcast, host Alex Cooper asked Kylie Kelce if she and her husband, Jason Kelce, had ever gone out with Taylor and Travis.Kylie went into detail about the pair's double-date and explained that she could not get herself to eat Swift's meal."Technically, yes, it was at home," Kylie began. "This is gonna sound terrible, but I didn't really eat the meal. I didn’t really eat the meal because I was eight weeks pregnant."TAYLOR SWIFT,

The Trump presidency’s effect on the "integrity and point of view" of filmmakers is a question "hanging over all American filmmakers," a longtime director claimed on Thursday.Berlin International Film Festival jury president Todd Haynes warned reporters during a press conference that people are in a "state of particular crisis right now in the U.S. but also globally," from the start of President Donald Trump’s second term."I think everyone I know in the U.S. and friends abroad are witnessing this barrage of actions in the first three weeks of the Trump administration with tremendous concern, shock," Haynes said."I think that’s been

An alleged drone struck the protective shell covering the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine early Friday, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is pointing the finger at Russia. The International Atomic Energy Agency reported on X that overnight Thursday, the IAEA team at the Chornobyl site heard an explosion coming from the New Safe Confinement.The site protects the remains of the nuclear reactor that exploded in Chernobyl in 1986 and was reportedly set ablaze after an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) struck the NSC roof. Zelenskyy said initial assessments show "the damage to the shelter is significant." Zelenskyy took to X stating that

EXCLUSIVE: Senate Majority Leader John Thune is getting a tough job done."Senate Republicans have been committed to getting President Trump's nominees through," Thune, who's been on the job steering the Senate for six weeks, told Fox News in an exclusive national digital interview.Thune was interviewed ahead of Brooke Rollins's confirmation as secretary of agriculture, which brought to 16 the number of Trump nominees approved by the Senate.Only 11 Cabinet nominees were approved by this date eight years ago during Trump's first term in the White House.SENATE CONFIRMS ANOTHER CONTROVERSIAL TRUMP CABINET NOMINEEAnd on this date four years ago, the Senate

As Vice President JD Vance leaves Paris after urging Europe to reduce regulations and promote AI innovation, that effort is already in jeopardy. A series of quiet maneuvers by the Biden administration, major technology incumbents and a government-funded nonprofit called the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) threatens to impose sweeping AI regulations in American states — even after President Donald Trump revoked the previous administration’s restrictive framework. On January 23, Trump signed Executive Order 14179, "Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence," replacing Biden’s command-and-control approach with a pro-innovation mandate to defend U.S. AI leadership against rivals like China. But remnants