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Top conservative group jumps into Republican primary fight in race to flip key swing state Senate seat
FIRST ON FOX: The political wing of a fiscally conservative political advocacy group with a powerful grassroots outreach operation is taking sides in a Republican Senate primary battle. The winner will move on to a race for a key swing state seat that the GOP aims to flip next year.
Americans for Prosperity Action (AFP Action) on Monday announced it is backing former Republican Sen. John E. Sununu's 2026 bid to return to the Senate in the race to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire.
The Senate battle in New Hampshire is one of a handful in next year's midterm elections that will determine if the GOP is able to not only defend but possibly expand its majority in the chamber.
The endorsement of Sununu, who is facing off against former Sen. Scott Brown for the GOP nomination, was shared first with Fox News Digital on Monday.
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"John Sununu is exactly the kind of principled leader New Hampshire needs in the U.S. Senate," AFP Action Director Nathan Nascimento said in a statement. "His deep roots in the Granite State and proven record of advancing limited government principles, cutting wasteful spending, and driving smart regulatory reform make him uniquely qualified to represent New Hampshire’s values in Washington."
The endorsement by AFP Action is the third in 2026 Senate races, following their backing of former Republican National Committee chair Michael Whatley in North Carolina and former Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan, who's making his second straight Senate run. But it's the group's first endorsement in a Senate race where President Donald Trump remains neutral to date.
Sununu is a former three-term representative who defeated then-Gov. Shaheen in New Hampshire's 2002 Senate election. But the senator lost to Shaheen in their 2008 rematch.
Shaheen announced earlier this year that she wouldn't seek re-election in next year's midterms and Republicans are working to flip the seat as they aim to not only defend but expand their 53-47 Senate majority.
Now, after nearly two decades in the private sector, Sununu is returning to the campaign trail in New England's only swing state.
It's been 15 years since Republicans won a U.S. Senate election in swing-state New Hampshire. But Sununu is confident he can break his party's losing streak.
"This is a race I know I can win," Sununu said in a recent Fox News Digital interview. "It's the right message, the right set of issues, and also the right person."
Sununu is a brand name in New Hampshire politics. The former senator's father, John H. Sununu, is a former governor who later served as chief of staff in then-President George H.W. Bush's White House. And one of his younger brothers is former Gov. Chris Sununu, who won election and re-election to four two-year terms steering the Granite State.
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But Sununu won't have a smooth path to the GOP nomination.
Brown, who was elected and served three years in the Senate in neighboring Massachusetts, and who, as the 2014 GOP Senate nominee in New Hampshire, narrowly lost to Shaheen during her first re-election, jumped into the race in late June.
"Our campaign will have the necessary resources for the long haul, and allow me to campaign the only way I know how: relentless hard work and a focus on retail politics that Granite State voters expect," Brown said after Fox News first reported a couple of weeks ago that he hauled in roughly $1.2 million in fundraising during his first three months as a candidate.
AFP Action's national and New Hampshire political teams met with both candidates before deciding to endorse Sununu.
"John E. Sununu is an unapologetic and proven champion of New Hampshire values like limited accountable government, personal responsibility and free markets. He is the perfect antidote for what’s wrong with Washington today and will make the Granite State proud in the U.S. Senate," AFP regional director Greg Moore said.
AFP, the influential and deep-pocketed grassroots network founded by the billionaire Koch Brothers, highlights that in the 2024 election cycle, it and AFP Action engaged in a record-breaking 647 races, knocking on 20 million doors, and reaching 30 million voters. And the group says they expect "to significantly exceed those 2024 metrics across the board" in the 2026 cycle.
"We will put our unrivaled grassroots operation in full support of this effort and will work to ensure that this race becomes about the issues that matter most to New Hampshire residents and not about the political noise that has become a feature of politics lately," Moore emphasized.
Republicans are working to expand their 53-47 majority in next year's midterms. And Shaheen's seat in New Hampshire is a top GOP target, along with battleground Michigan, where Democrat Sen. Gary Peters isn't running for re-election, and Georgia, where Democrat Sen. Jon Ossoff faces a rough road to securing a second six-year term in the Senate.
"We believe that this will be among the most competitive races nationally this year, and we feel that AFP Action can make a huge impact in getting John E. Sununu back in the Senate," Moore said.
The winner of next September's GOP primary will likely face off in the general election with four-term Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas of New Hampshire, who is the frontrunner for his party's Senate nomination.
Trump puts BBC on notice: Retract, apologize for ‘false, defamatory’ documentary or face $1 billion lawsuit
FIRST ON FOX— President Donald Trump is seeking to hold the BBC responsible for "false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory statements," giving the British broadcaster a Friday deadline to make things right or face a $1 billion lawsuit.
The BBC has been engulfed in criticism over a BBC Panorama documentary about Trump’s Jan. 6, 2021, speech that he delivered before the attack on the U.S. Capitol. Critics believe the documentary was wildly misleading because it omitted Trump urging supporters to protest peacefully, and the BBC director-general Tim Davie and BBC News and Current Affairs chief Deborah Turness both stepped down in recent days amid the growing controversy.
Now, Trump is acting, and his litigation counsel sent a scathing notice of intent to bring a civil action lawsuit on Sunday to BBC chair to Samir Shah, along with general counsel Sarah Jones. The letter, which has been obtained by Fox News Digital, demands that "false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory statements" made about Trump must be retracted immediately.
BBC DIRECTOR-GENERAL AND UK NEWS CHIEF BOTH RESIGN OVER TRUMP SPEECH EDITING SCANDAL
Trump’s legal team said the statements in the documentary were "fabricated and aired by the BBC," giving the president no choice than to take legal action.
"Failure to comply will leave President Trump with no choice but to pursue any and all legal rights and remedies available to recover damages for the overwhelming financial and reputational harm that the BBC has caused him to suffer, with all rights and remedies being expressly reserved by President Trump," the letter states.
"In the Panorama documentary, titled ‘Trump: A Second Chance,’ which was first broadcast on October 28, 2024—a week before the 2024 United States presidential election—the BBC intentionally sought to completely mislead its viewers by splicing together three separate parts of President Trump’s speech to supporters," the letter continues. "The documentary showed President Trump telling supporters: ‘We’re gonna walk down to the Capitol, and I’ll be there with you and we fight. We fight like hell and if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.’"
According to the letter, Trump actually said, "We’re going to walk down, and I’ll be there with you, we’re going to walk down, we’re going to walk down any one of you but I think right here, we’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women."
The letter, penned by Trump attorney Alejandro Brito, then explained that BBC also edited out Trump saying, "I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard."
Brito accused the BBC of defamation under Florida law.
"Due to their salacious nature, the fabricated statements that were aired by the BBC have been widely disseminated throughout various digital mediums, which have reached tens of millions of people worldwide. Consequently, the BBC has caused President Trump to suffer overwhelming financial and reputational harm," Brito wrote on behalf of Trump.
"Consequently, the BBC lacks any viable defense to the overwhelming reputational and financial harm it has caused President Trump to suffer."
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Trump’s legal team feels "the BBC’s reckless disregard for the truth underscores the actual malice behind the decision to publish the wrongful content, given the plain falsity of the statements."
The president demands "a full and fair retraction of the documentary and any and all other false, defamatory, disparaging, misleading, and inflammatory statements about President Trump in as conspicuous a manner as they were originally published," an immediate apology and compensation.
The BBC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The BBC is already down two key executives because of the saga, and it appears problems could only get worse for the British broadcaster. Also in the letter, Trump’s legal team instructs the BBC not to destroy any documents or data that would be relevant in a potential lawsuit.
"If the BBC does not comply with the above by November 14, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. EST, President Trump will be left with no alternative but to enforce his legal and equitable rights, all of which are expressly reserved and are not waived, including by filing legal action for no less than $1,000,000,000 (One Billion Dollars) in damages. The BBC is on notice," the letter concluded.
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Pressure against Davie had intensified after The Telegraph published excerpts from a whistleblower dossier compiled by Michael Prescott, a communications advisor hired by the BBC to review its editorial standards. The documents criticized some aspects of BBC coverage, including the Trump edit, reporting on transgender issues and alleged anti-Israel bias in the BBC’s Arabic service.
When Turness stepped down, she said the controversy over the Trump documentary "has reached a stage where it is causing damage to the BBC, an institution that I love. As the CEO of BBC News and Current Affairs, the buck stops with me," she added.
Before threatening legal action, Trump reacted to the executives stepping down in a post on Truth Social on Sunday.
"The TOP people in the BBC, including TIM DAVIE, the BOSS, are all quitting/FIRED, because they were caught ‘doctoring’ my very good (PERFECT!) speech of January 6th," the president wrote. "Thank you to The Telegraph for exposing these Corrupt ‘Journalists.’ These are very dishonest people who tried to step on the scales of a Presidential Election. On top of everything else, they are from a Foreign Country, one that many consider our Number One Ally. What a terrible thing for Democracy!"
Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt previously described the BBC as "100% fake news" and a "propaganda machine" in an interview after allegations of bias at the broadcaster surfaced. In an interview with The Telegraph she said, "This purposefully dishonest, selectively edited clip by the BBC is further evidence that they are total, 100% fake news that should no longer be worth the time on the television screens of the great people of the United Kingdom."
Fox News Digital’s Emma Bussey contributed to this report.
Giants rookie makes NFL history before leaving game with concussion
New York Giants rookie Jaxson Dart reached the highest of highs and the lowest of lows all in one game on Sunday as the team fell to the Chicago Bears, 24-20.
Dart was 19-of-29 with 242 passing yards. He also ran for 66 yards and scored two touchdowns. But his day was cut short when he slammed his head onto the dirt as he fumbled the football in the third quarter. He left the game with a concussion and the Giants unraveled from there.
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Still, the former Ole Miss product etched his name into the NFL history books with his performance.
Dart became the only rookie quarterback to record a rushing touchdown in five consecutive games. He joined former Carolina Panthers star Cam Newton as the only rookie quarterbacks in league history to have at least seven rushing touchdowns through the first seven starts of their careers.
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He’s also the fifth rookie quarterback with at least five games of at least 50 rushing yards.
It’s unclear how long Dart will be out as he needs to go through all of the concussion checks before he comes back out on the field. He was already in the blue tent earlier this season during a Thursday night game against the Philadelphia Eagles.
Giants head coach Brian Daboll was fined for going into the blue tent to see how Dart was doing.
"As he was going back out on the field, just didn't seem right, so called the trainers over and said, ‘Let’s get him out and make sure he gets looked at,’" Daboll said on Sunday.
Russell Wilson came into the game for Dart, but didn’t do much to inspire confidence in the offense. It’s unclear if Wilson will be the starter for the team’s next game. The Giants also have Jameis Winston on the roster.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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The #1 Google search scam everyone falls for
When something goes wrong with your bank account or delivery, your first instinct might be to type the company name into Google and call the first customer service number you see. But that simple search has become one of the biggest traps for scammers, and it's costing people money, privacy and even control over their phones.
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Here's how one man's quick search for help turned into a nightmare he never expected. Gabriel wrote to us in distress, asking,
"I called my bank to check on some charges I didn't authorize. I called the number on the bank statement, but they told me to go online. I googled the company and dialed the first number that popped up. Some foreign guy got on the phone, and I explained about the charges. Somehow, he took control of my phone, where I didn't have any control. I tried to shut it down and hang up, but I couldn't. He ended up sending an explicit text message to my 16-year-old daughter. How do I prove I didn't send that message? Please help."
Gabriel's story is frightening, and unfortunately, it's not rare. This type of attack is called a remote access support scam. Scammers pretend to be bank or tech support, then trick you into installing a program that gives them control of your device. Once inside, they can steal passwords, send messages or lock you out completely.
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Search engines reward paid ads. Scammers take advantage of this by buying ad space to appear above legitimate customer service numbers. The fake pages look professional, complete with company logos and 800 numbers that seem real.
Once you call, the fake "agent" sounds knowledgeable and polite. They build trust, then convince you to install remote access software such as AnyDesk or TeamViewer. From that point, they can control everything on your phone.
Gabriel, what you went through is incredibly upsetting, and you're right to take it seriously. Here's what to do right away:
Turn off your phone immediately. Restart it in Airplane Mode and don't connect to Wi-Fi yet. Run a full antivirus scan with strong antivirus software.
Use a secure device that has not been compromised to reset the passwords for your key accounts, including email, cloud storage, phone carrier and banking logins. Create strong, unique passwords for each account and enable two-factor authentication (2FA) for added protection on all your devices and platforms.
Next, see if your email has been exposed in past breaches. Our #1 password manager (see Cyberguy.com) pick includes a built-in breach scanner that checks whether your email address or passwords have appeared in known leaks. If you discover a match, immediately change any reused passwords and secure those accounts with new, unique credentials.
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Let your phone provider know that your device was taken over. Ask them to check for unauthorized remote management apps or SIM-swap activity. Notify your bank's fraud department and report the fake number you found on Google.
Take screenshots and save everything. Contact local police and explain that the message was sent from your number while your phone was under remote control. If a minor is involved, the case may be referred to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3.gov).
Once your data is backed up, perform a factory reset on your iPhone or Android to remove any hidden software. Reinstall only apps you recognize from the official app store.
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Falling for a fake customer service number can happen to anyone, especially when you're in a rush or worried about your account. Here's how to make sure you never get tricked by the same kind of scam that hijacked Gabriel's phone.
Always type the company's web address yourself or use the contact number printed on your card or statement. Scammers often create fake numbers that appear in search results, hoping you'll call them instead of your real bank.
Search engines sell ad space to anyone, including criminals posing as real businesses. Those top "sponsored" listings can lead straight to scammers. Instead, scroll down until you find the official domain ending in .com, .org or .gov.
No legitimate company needs to control your device to verify charges or fix an account issue. If someone asks you to install software like AnyDesk or TeamViewer, hang up immediately. These tools give strangers complete control of your screen and data.
Scammers rely on panic. When someone insists you act "right now" or risk losing money, that's a warning sign. Stay calm, hang up, and verify the problem through your bank's official website or number.
Install and regularly update a trusted antivirus app. Strong antivirus software can block remote-access tools and spyware before scammers gain access. Regular scans also detect hidden threats that may already be on your phone or computer.
The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links that install malware, potentially accessing your private information, is to have strong antivirus software installed on all your devices. This protection can also alert you to phishing emails and ransomware scams, keeping your personal information and digital assets safe.
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Even a short breach can expose your private information. Identity-monitoring tools alert you when your name, email or Social Security number appears on the dark web. That gives you time to act before scammers can use it.
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The internet has made getting help easier than ever, but it has also made it easier for scammers to pretend to be helpful. The top way people are being scammed today isn't through phishing emails or suspicious links; it's by trusting fake phone numbers that look official. Take a few minutes to save the real customer service numbers for your bank, phone provider, and credit card company. One quick call to the wrong number could give a stranger access to your entire digital life.
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Reagan-appointed federal judge resigns to speak out against Trump's 'assault on the rule of law'
A federal judge appointed by former President Ronald Reagan announced in an op-ed published Sunday that he resigned from his position, relinquishing his lifetime appointment to speak out against President Donald Trump, whom he views as eroding judicial independence and using the law to reward allies and punish opponents.
Mark Wolf, who was appointed by Reagan in 1985, said in The Atlantic that he had looked forward to serving on the bench for the rest of his life but felt compelled to resign.
"My reason is simple: I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom. President Donald Trump is using the law for partisan purposes, targeting his adversaries while sparing his friends and donors from investigation, prosecution, and possible punishment," he wrote.
"This is contrary to everything that I have stood for in my more than 50 years in the Department of Justice and on the bench. The White House’s assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out. Silence, for me, is now intolerable."
FORMER SUPREME COURT JUSTICE WARNS PARTISANSHIP PLAYS 'TOO MUCH OF A ROLE' IN JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS
The former federal judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts said he began his career in public service at the Department of Justice in 1974, several years after the Watergate scandal.
Wolf served under former President Gerald Ford’s Attorney General Edward Levi, who he argued helped shape his views on what it means to uphold the rule of law and to seek justice in a nonpartisan way.
"I decided all of my cases based on the facts and the law, without regard to politics, popularity, or my personal preferences. That is how justice is supposed to be administered—equally for everyone, without fear or favor. This is the opposite of what is happening now," he wrote.
DOJ ACCUSES FEDERAL JUDGE OF MAKING ‘MOCKERY OF THE SEPARATION OF POWERS’ IN SNAP APPEAL
Wolf’s successor was selected and nominated after he became a senior judge in 2013, and the seat was officially filled by Judge Indira Talwani in 2014.
"I hope to be a spokesperson for embattled judges who, consistent with the code of conduct, feel they cannot speak candidly to the American people," he told The New York Times.
White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said in a statement to Fox News Digital that judges who "want to inject their own personal agenda into the law have no place on the bench."
"Here’s the reality: with over 20 Supreme Court victories, the Trump Administration’s policies have been consistently upheld by the Supreme Court as lawful despite an unprecedented number of legal challenges and unlawful lower court rulings," Jackson said. "And any other radical judges that want to complain to the press should at least have the decency to resign before doing so."
Harvard professor says there's 'grain of truth' in Trump calling school 'liberal mess'
Harvard psychology professor Steven Pinker said there was a "grain of truth" to President Donald Trump's argument that Harvard University was a "liberal mess."
"President Trump has described Harvard as a liberal mess, that it has been hiring almost all woke, radical left idiots and birdbrains," CBS' Bill Whitaker asked Pinker during "60 Minutes." "The language is a bit harsh, but does he have a point here?"
"Not there, no. I do not agree with that. I think there is a grain of a truth," Pinker said. "I think there should be more voices on the right at Harvard."
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The Trump administration has taken aim at elite universities over antisemitism. Trump slashed more than $2.2 billion in federal funding to Harvard earlier this year due to its failure to comply with the recommendations of a federal antisemitism task force. A judge in Boston blocked the Trump administration's attempt to slash funding in September.
Pinker added that he didn't think Trump should be the one determining whose voices are acceptable.
Whitaker asked Pinker where he believed Harvard had gone wrong.
"I think there have been too many incidents in which someone has expressed a controversial opinion and has been shamed or canceled," Pinker said.
Harvard University did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
He specifically pointed to former Harvard professor Carole Hooven, who previously taught the "Hormones and Behavior" human evolutionary biology course at the university.
Hooven said school administrators didn't support her after comments she made during a Fox News interview about biological sex.
The former professor told Fox News in 2021, "The ideology seems to be that biology really isn't as important as how somebody feels about themselves or feels their sex to be."
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"The facts are that there are, in fact, two sexes — there are male and female — and those sexes are designated by the kind of gametes we produce," she said.
US carries out more 'lethal' strikes on alleged drug boats in international waters, Secretary Hegseth says
War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced two additional airstrikes against alleged drug smuggling vessels in international waters on Monday.
The two attacks bring the total number of Trump administration airstrikes against alleged drug vessels to 19. Footage of the two strikes released by the Pentagon shows the vessels exploding into flames and debris.
"Yesterday, at the direction of President Trump, two lethal kinetic strikes were conducted on two vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. These vessels were known by our intelligence to be associated with illicit narcotics smuggling, were carrying narcotics, and were transiting along a known narco-trafficking transit route in the Eastern Pacific," Hegseth said in a statement.
"Both strikes were conducted in international waters and 3 male narco-terrorists were aboard each vessel. All 6 were killed. No U.S. forces were harmed," he added.
TRUMP’S WAR ON CARTELS ENTERS NEW PHASE AS EXPERTS PREDICT WHAT’S NEXT
"Under President Trump, we are protecting the homeland and killing these cartel terrorists who wish to harm our country and its people," he said.
At least 72 suspected narco-terrorists have been killed in recent strikes and three survived.
US MILITARY KILLS 2 SUSPECTED NARCO-TERRORISTS IN 16TH EASTERN PACIFIC STRIKE, HEGSETH SAYS
The Trump administration has created a new counter-narcotics Joint Task Force operating near the U.S. Southern Command in an effort "to crush the cartels, stop the poison, and keep America safe."
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The task force will coordinate air, maritime and special-operations missions across the region — marking the largest U.S. military effort in the Caribbean in decades.
This is a developing story. Check back soon for updates.
Johnson takes victory lap in first comments after Senate shutdown deal: 'Vindicated'
EXCLUSIVE: Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is glad the Senate finally managed to break through its weeks-long standoff on the government shutdown, he told Fox News Digital on Monday morning.
"It's a great development. It's long overdue. It vindicates our position in this all along," the House leader said.
He added that he would have "a lot more to say at a press conference this morning."
Asked how soon the House would return to session, Johnson said, "Immediately."
SENATE DEMOCRATS CAVE, OPEN PATH TO REOPENING GOVERNMENT
"We're going to get everybody back on a 36-hour notice, so it'll be happening early this week," Johnson said.
The House has not been in session since Sept. 19, when lawmakers there first passed a bill to avert a shutdown by extending current federal funding levels through Nov. 21. Democrats rejected that deal, however, kicking off weeks of a worsening impasse where millions of Americans' federal benefits and air travel were put at risk.
Eight Senate Democrats joined all but one Senate Republican in breaking a filibuster to advance an updated government funding deal late on Sunday night.
EIGHT SENATE DEMOCRATS BREAK RANKS WITH PARTY LEADERSHIP TO END HISTORIC GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
It came on Day 40 of the government shutdown — which already holds the record for being the longest shutdown in U.S. history.
Terms of the deal include a new extension of fiscal year (FY) 2025 federal funding levels through Jan. 30, in order to give congressional negotiators more time to strike a longer-term deal on FY 2026 spending.
It would also give lawmakers some headway with that mission, advancing legislation to fund the Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration; the Department of Veterans Affairs and military construction; and the legislative branch.
They are three of 12 individual bills that are meant to make up Congress' annual appropriations, paired into a vehicle called a "minibus."
In a victory for Democrats, the deal would also reverse federal layoffs conducted by the Trump administration in October, with those workers getting paid for the time they were off.
It also guarantees Senate Democrats a vote on legislation extending Obamacare subsidies that were enhanced during the COVID-19 pandemic, which are set to expire at the end of this year.
Extending the enhanced subsidies for Obamacare, formally called the Affordable Care Act (ACA), was a key ask for Democrats in the weeks-long standoff.
No such guarantee was made in the House, however, so Democrats effectively folded on their key demand in order to end the shutdown — a move that infuriated progressives in Congress.
"Tonight, eight Democrats voted with the Republicans to allow them to go forward on this continuing resolution," Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said in a video he posted Sunday night. "And to my mind, this was a very, very bad vote."
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., also announced his opposition over the lack of concrete movement on Obamacare.
"We will not support spending legislation advanced by Senate Republicans that fails to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits," he said in a statement.
Several Republicans also pointed out the final deal was not dissimilar to what Senate GOP leaders had been offering Democrats for weeks.
IOC set to ban transgender athletes from Olympic women's events: reports
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will enact a new policy that will prohibit transgender female athletes from competing against biological women, according to multiple reports. The policy is reportedly set to cover those with differences of sex development (DSD).
The IOC’s current policy leaves it up to each individual sport’s governing body to make policies governing transgender athletes. But as the IOC changed its leadership, The Times of London reported on Monday that its policies are set to change as well.
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IOC President Kirsty Coventry called for "protecting" the women’s category in June and there was "overwhelming support" from IOC members to do the same.
"We understand that there'll be differences depending on the sport … but it was very clear from the members that we have to protect the female category, first and foremost to ensure fairness," Coventry said at the time.
"But we need to do that with a scientific approach and the inclusion of the international federations who have already done a lot of work in this area."
The upcoming policy switch is likely to be announced at the IOC session in February before the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in Italy and comes after a presentation from Dr. Jane Thornton, the IOC’s medical and scientific director, last week, according to The Times.
NEW OLYMPICS CHIEF CALLS FOR 'PROTECTING' WOMEN'S CATEGORY AMID GLOBAL TRANS ATHLETE WAVE
Thornton’s presentation reportedly showed there were physical advantages in males, including those who took treatments to reduce testosterone levels. A source told the paper that the presentation was "very scientific" and unemotional.
"An update was given by the IOC’s Director of Health, Medicine and Science to the IOC Members last week during the IOC commission meetings," an IOC spokesperson told Fox News Digital. "The working group is continuing its discussions on this topic and no decisions have been taken yet. Further information will be provided in due course."
Athletes with DSD – those who were raised female but born with male traits – are set to be covered under the new policy, according to The Times. Olympic boxing had two major controversies over athletes who previously failed gender tests.
Algeria’s Imane Khelif and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-Ting won gold medals in their respective weight classes in the women’s division despite major uproar. Khelif has insisted that they were female. Lin has not commented on the controversy since the Olympics were finished.
World Boxing has since implemented mandatory sex testing for its competitors and Khelif will not be able to compete unless the test is completed.
Fox News’ Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.
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Eight Senate Democrats break ranks with party leadership to end historic government shutdown
Eight Senate Democrats broke with their party leaders to vote in favor of a House-passed continuing resolution Sunday night, taking a major step toward ending the government shutdown.
The House bill funds military construction, the Department of Agriculture and the legislative branch through September 30, 2026, and the rest of the government through Jan. 30. The final tally for the Senate vote was 60-40, the minimum threshold for passing such a bill.
Here are the Democrats who allowed it to happen.
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Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., has proven to be one of the Democrats most willing to stand against his party since joining the Senate in 2023.
While Fetterman stayed in line with Democratic leadership throughout the shutdown, he had argued for weeks that the party didn't have the leverage to force Republicans to make changes.
"After 40 days as a consistent voice against shutting our government down, I voted YES for the 15th time to REOPEN. I’m sorry to our military, SNAP recipients, gov workers, and Capitol Police who haven’t been paid in weeks. It should’ve never come to this," Fetterman said in a statement.
"This was a failure," he added.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., consistently voted with Republicans to reopen the government throughout the 40-day shutdown.
"I have consistently voted against shutting down the government because I know the pain it is causing working families, from TSA agents to government contractors. We must extend the ACA enhanced premium tax credits, but that can’t come at the expense of the millions of Americans across our country impacted by a shutdown," she wrote in a Sunday statement.
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"With the government open, we can focus on passing a full, bipartisan budget for 2026. That starts with a minibus that will restore funding President Trump cut, deliver millions of dollars in critical funding to Nevada, and block the Administration from future RIFs," she added.
Unlike her colleague from Nevada, Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., had opposed Republican efforts to reopen the government throughout the past few weeks.
Rosen now argues that Senate Majority Leader John Thune's promise to vote on the Affordable Care Act extensions in December is a major concession.
"The concession we’ve been able to extract to get closer to extending the Affordable Care Act tax credits is a vote on a bill drafted and negotiated by Senate Democrats. Let me be clear: I will keep fighting like hell to ensure we force Republicans to get this done," she said in a Sunday statement.
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Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., serves as the Senate whip for Democrats and was among the most significant defections Sunday night.
Durbin also pointed to concessions Republicans made in the latest version of the bill.
"Today’s bill is not the same one we’ve voted down 14 times. Republicans finally woke up and realized their Groundhog Day needed to end. This bill is not perfect, but it takes important steps to reduce their shutdown’s hurt. Not only would it fully fund SNAP for the year ahead, but it would reverse the mass firings the Trump Administration ordered throughout the shutdown," he wrote Sunday.
"Now that Democrats secured these wins, it’s time for Leader Thune to keep his promise to schedule a vote on the ACA tax credits in December and we will see to it that he makes good on his word for the millions of Americans worried they won’t be able to afford health care in January," he added.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., was a key player along with King in negotiating an end to the shutdown, working to assemble Democrats who would accept certain concessions from the GOP.
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She argued that Republicans have proven that they are unwilling to participate in healthcare negotiations as part of a government shutdown, leading to only more pain for Americans if Democrats press the issue.
"With the government reopened, it's time to move quickly to ensure we keep health care premiums from skyrocketing," Shaheen said. "President Trump, Leader Thune and Speaker Johnson have all said they are willing to find a way of extending these tax credits. We are ready to negotiate immediately."
Hassan also worked closely with her colleague from New Hampshire to secure an end to the shutdown.
"A record-long government shutdown paired with record-high health insurance cost increases is not the kind of history that the American people want Congress to make," Hassan said in a statement.
"Congress has one month to engage in serious, bipartisan negotiations to extend the Affordable Care Act's expiring tax cuts for health insurance. My Democratic colleagues and I have been ready to work on this for months. With the government reopening shortly, Senate Republicans must finally come to the table--or, make no mistake, Americans will remember who stood in the way," she added.
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., has been hyper-focused on the Trump administration's firings throughout the shutdown, thanks in large part to him representing hundreds of thousands of federal commuters who live in northern Virginia.
He played a key role in placing language into Sunday's bill that prevents Trump from pursuing further reductions in force (RIFs) through Jan. 30.
"This legislation will protect federal workers from baseless firings, reinstate those who have been wrongfully terminated during the shutdown, and ensure federal workers receive back pay, as required by a law I got passed in 2019," he told constituents. "That’s a critical step that will help federal employees and all Americans who rely on government services."
Sen. Angus King, I-Me., who caucuses with Democrats, supported the party's efforts to secure extensions for health insurance premiums, but he also warned that the shutdown was giving President Donald Trump too much authority.
"Today I again voted to re-open the government, resume vital services for Maine people, put people back to work, feed the hungry and secure an opportunity to avoid a harmful hike in health care costs," King said on Sunday.
"It's become clear after six weeks of the shutdown that the strategy of shutting down the government and forcing the Republicans to talk about the ACA wasn't working," he added in a video to constituents.
"The shutdown wasn't achieving its goal, and at the same time it was hurting a lot of people," he continued.