The months-long blockade on Senate-confirmed ambassadorships came to close Saturday morning after Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz reached a deal with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Cruz has relied on the limited powers of the Senate minority to block President Biden’s nominations to fill top foreign positions in protest to …

The us-regions Coastal Commission has approved a plan to poison invasive mice threatening rare seabirds on the Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge. The agency that regulates California’s coastline voted 5-3 Thursday night to approve a plan to drop about 3,000 pounds of poisoned bait from helicopters onto the rocky islands …

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FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., says “every city is a border city” when it comes to the record amount of dangerous mental-health flowing into the U.S. from Mexico and China. Murphy recently led a group of his fellow GOP Doctors Caucus members in sending a letter to Department …

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The Ohio National Guard has once again been called into an unconventional battle against COVID-19. Ohio Gov. mike-dewine” target=”_blank”>Mike DeWine< to aid state hospitals suffering from staff shortages related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.  “Governor DeWine mobilized 1,050 members of the Ohio National Guard to help relieve the hospital staffing …

us-regions Senate candidate Kathy Barnette discussed some of the top concerns she is hearing from voters in the state in a Friday interview with Fox News Digital. Barnette — who grew up on a hog farm in Alabama, served in the U.S. Army Reserve for a decade and is now …