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Mike Johnson's future hangs in balance as the 'accidental speaker' marks 3 years

Three years ago today marked the end of one of the most chaotic periods in American political history. Speaker Mike Johnson , R-La., took control of the House of Representatives after a unanimous vote by his fellow Republicans, ending three weeks of paralysis in the federal government. His predecessor, Kevin McCarthy, had been ousted by GOP rebels in the first such rebellion against a sitting House speaker in U.S. history. The Louisiana Republican, having served in Congress only since 2017, surp

Brazil becomes next test for Latin America’s surging conservative movement

Brazil's estimated 158 million voters could advance Latin America's conservative wave in Sunday's election as the continent's most populous nation could elect conservative Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro as its next president. The first round election three weeks ago saw a strong performance by Bolsonaro , proving the polls wrong. While incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Lula) had been predicted to take the first round by single digits, Bolsonaro ended up winning 47% to Lula's 45%. As neither

United Airlines CEO wants a wealth tax, but Americans deserve to keep their legacy

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby advocates for a national wealth tax and an inheritance tax approaching 100% on amounts exceeding a threshold. My response is simple: Washington should not become the principal beneficiary of the American Dream. According to reporting highlighted by Fox Business, Kirby believes wealth inequality requires a national response. He has every right to make that argument. But a proposal to confiscate nearly everything above a government-determined threshold deserves a fo

Trump administration has pushed off 13% of Americans enrolled in food stamps

Enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap) has decreased significantly over the past year in the US following restrictions imposed by the Trump administration, which has forced more people to seek help from food banks or go hungry, stakeholders say. The number of people who receive food stamps has dropped from 41.6 million in July 2025, before the One Big Beautiful Act took effect, to 36.5 million in June 2026, a 13% decrease, according to the latest data from the US Depa

Demand for UK government action 10 months after British man’s death in Grenada

A time-critical investigation into the death of a British man whose body was found in a ransacked property on the Caribbean island of Grenada has stalled because of diplomatic delays between the two countries. Charity workers supporting the family of Andrew Frederick are demanding immediate government intervention to clear the path for a full investigation to begin almost 10 months after his death, which has been ruled a homicide by a pathologist. The Murdered Abroad charity has called on the fo

El Salvador president says bodies found in Haiti are not those of hostages

Nayib Bukele says bodies delivered to soldiers are "not our men" amid search for Salvadorans abducted last week.

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Elon Musk says SpaceX closed Ukraine Starlink ‘loophole’ after limits hit drone operations

Elon Musk has said his company imposed limits on the use of its Starlink satellite system in Ukraine last week, after curbs led to disruption to Ukrainian military operations. Ukraine said Saturday that both Starlink, run by Musk’s SpaceX, and its military variant Starshield were now fully functional after the long outage, two days after President Donald Trump indicated Musk had been asked to “put it back.” In a series of posts on X on Saturday night into Sunday morning, Musk accused Ukraine of

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Almost 1,000 arrested as clashes follow another day of mass protests across France

Officials have so far managed to avoid a repeat of last weekend's rioting and looting as hundreds of thousands took part in demonstrations.

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Foster children's autism therapy at risk as Georgia lawmakers step into funding fight

A fight over cuts to autism therapy for Georgia foster children is escalating at the state Capitol, with a Republican lawmaker and families now calling for the 30% reimbursement reduction to be reversed as advocates warn children could lose hard-earned progress. State Sen. Brian Strickland, R-McDonough, joined parents and providers Thursday to demand action over a reduction in reimbursement rates for applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy that went into effect Sept. 1 through Amerigroup, which

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American Culture Quiz: Test yourself on famous feuds and skin secrets

The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people, including the latest news, events and sights and sounds of the United States. This week's quiz highlights famous feuds, skin secrets, food trends and a lot more. Can you get all 8 questions right? Give it a try and see how well you do! CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES To try your hand at more quizzes from Fox News Digital, click here . And to take our latest News Quiz, which is published ev

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When a teen posts a selfie, how much filter is 'too much' filter?

When a teen posts a selfie, how much filter is 'too much' filter? How much filter is too much filter for kids and teens posting selfies on social media? That is the question state attorneys general across the country are grappling with following a landmark settlement with Meta this summer. As part of the agreement, the social media giant agreed to block some digital beauty filters for minors — specifically those mimicking extreme transformations like cosmetic procedures or heavy makeup. Now, the

‘Why would I leave?’: Middlesbrough pushes back against ‘hardest place to grow up’ label

“It’s disappointing, it’s just another kicking,” said a youth worker after the town in which they work was labelled as the hardest place in which to be a child in England. “It suggests our children are living unhappy lives,” said a teacher, who described her pupils as joyful. A clearly riled Chris Cooke, the mayor of Middlesbrough, said: “We get told a lot by people outside this place what we are. We know what we are. There is another side.” They were all reacting to a report published this week

Bust companies revived in ‘phoenix’ deals more likely to fail again, study finds

Insolvent businesses reacquired by their previous management in “pre-pack” administrations are much more likely to fail again and tend to repay far less to creditors, research for the Guardian suggests. The study is the latest to raise questions about the practice of “phoenixism” – accounting’s controversial art of liquidating companies to allow directors to return with a new entity, free of debts. The process tends to involve pre-pack administrations, where a supposed corporate rescue is agreed

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Mike Johnson's future hangs in balance as the 'accidental speaker' marks 3 years

Brazil becomes next test for Latin America’s surging conservative movement

United Airlines CEO wants a wealth tax, but Americans deserve to keep their legacy

Trump administration has pushed off 13% of Americans enrolled in food stamps

Demand for UK government action 10 months after British man’s death in Grenada

El Salvador president says bodies found in Haiti are not those of hostages

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Elon Musk says SpaceX closed Ukraine Starlink ‘loophole’ after limits hit drone operations

Almost 1,000 arrested as clashes follow another day of mass protests across France

Foster children's autism therapy at risk as Georgia lawmakers step into funding fight

American Culture Quiz: Test yourself on famous feuds and skin secrets

Today's highlights

When a teen posts a selfie, how much filter is 'too much' filter?

‘Why would I leave?’: Middlesbrough pushes back against ‘hardest place to grow up’ label

Bust companies revived in ‘phoenix’ deals more likely to fail again, study finds

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Inside the Pentagon's doomsday plan to keep America fighting if global war erupts

New Pentagon UFO files detail FBI agents' sighting of silent triangular object with no visible engines

Former Israeli army chief Gadi Eisenkot emerges as Netanyahu’s leading election challenger

The boss whose twice-bust business appears to be back despite £3m debts

Alarming fraud trend puts small-town mosque with industry and foreign govt ties in focus: ‘Our motherland now’

Leavitt says Trump is defying midterm headwinds as he barnstorms country

Musk says SpaceX restricted Ukraine's Starlink connection as service restored