As Luigi Mangione faces life in prison for allegedly murdering a health insurance CEO, a radical new California ballot proposal bearing his name could upend the entire US healthcare system. Just months after Mangione allegedly gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Richard Thompson on a Manhattan sidewalk, Golden State activists and lawmakers are quietly pushing a ballot initiative.
Federal law enforcement’s hands are tied now that the statute of limitations for prosecuting fraud in COVID-era unemployment programs has expired. While Congress extended the statute of limitations for pandemic-era business relief fraud in 2022, the window to prosecute fraud in individual relief programs closed Thursday. “There’s huge amounts of fraud that law enforcement officials
FIRST ON FOX: Republican lawmakers are pushing to stop states from imposing excise taxes on gun and ammunition sales, a condemnation of a measure California enforced in 2024. In 2023, California became the first state to adopt a measure imposing an excise tax targeting the gun industry. The legislation sets an 11% excise tax on guns
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition enacted legislation on Thursday morning that handed politicians more control over picking judges, part of a contentious effort to overhaul the Israeli judiciary that roiled the country before the war with Hamas. Israel’s 120-seat Parliament, known as the Knesset, passed two laws after an hourslong overnight debate in a vote
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., huddled privately with House Judiciary Committee members on Tuesday afternoon for what was described as a “brainstorming” session on how to take on “activist judges” blocking President Donald Trump’s agenda. The House is scheduled to vote next week on a bill to limit U.S. district judges in ordering nationwide injunctions. But
U.S. intelligence chiefs are scheduled to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, a day after it emerged that senior Trump administration officials had shared classified war plans in an encrypted group chat that also included a journalist, in an extraordinary breach of American national security. Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence; John
A bill making its way through the Texas legislature would bar people from using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits on junk food, including soda, energy drinks, candy, chips and cookies. Senate Bill 379 would narrow the restrictions on the types of food people can purchase using SNAP funds, formerly known as food stamps. Republican
FIRST ON FOX: Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is expected to privately meet with Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, two people familiar with the plans told Fox News Digital. The timing or reason for the meeting is not immediately clear, but it comes as Republicans in Congress map out how to respond
The British screenwriter and playwright Jack Thorne has written several TV dramas that he hoped would stir political debate. Until last week, they never quite took off. Then, his new show, “Adolescence,” appeared on Netflix. In the days since its March 13 release, the four-part drama about a 13-year-old boy who murders a girl from
Even before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Montana lawmakers were determined to outlaw abortion, passing three laws restricting access. But a district judge in Yellowstone County later ruled that the laws were unconstitutional. In April 2023, Montana lawmakers banned gender-affirming care for minors, only to have the law blocked by a