NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former reality star Spencer Pratt’s lead over councilwoman Nithya Raman in the Los Angeles mayoral contest narrowed Thursday, while Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton slid behind Democrat Tom Steyer.Following the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, California’s key elections have taken on national significance,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Customs and Border Protection stopped two separate vehicles and confiscated over $300,000 worth of narcotics over the span of a day.The apprehensions continue to demonstrate the high volume of narcotics that smugglers are attempting to bring across the southern U.S. border, even…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Senate failed to move one step closer to extending the nation’s spy powers amid brewing consternation against President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the nation’s intelligence agencies. Nearly every Senate Democrat and six Senate Republicans banded together to block a procedural hurdle…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Texas, Florida and other booming red states aren’t just winning the migration race because of lower taxes and warmer weather — they’ve also embraced an anti-regulation housing strategy that many high-cost states have resisted.As Americans and businesses continue pouring into southern states,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As the Trump administration weighs diplomacy and military pressure against Iran, a political clock is ticking at home.Even if the Strait of Hormuz — the global oil choke point largely shuttered since the conflict with Iran due to Iranian attacks — reopened…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A sitting Democratic Senator, who is one of Graham Platner’s top donors, is now drawing backlash for shrugging off the most recent allegations of misconduct that have followed the controversial Maine Senate candidate.Platner has received $10,000 in the form of two $5,000…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Senate Republicans managed to stitch together a unified front to advance President Donald Trump’s roughly $70 billion immigration enforcement package, but divisions over the president’s agenda were laid bare after a marathon day of votes. Passage of the budget reconciliation package geared toward…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Republican nominee for governor in Iowa pulled back the curtain for Fox News Digital on the time he went viral for stumping Barack Obama at a 2009 town hall centered on the then-president’s namesake legislation.Zach Lahn pulled off an upset victory…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Senate Republicans rallied against permanently killing President Donald Trump’s nearly $2 billion “anti-weaponization” fund despite heavy criticism among their ranks.Republicans and Democrats shut down an amendment from Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., that would prevent the fund from ever returning and instead divert…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Several Democratic senators repeatedly declined to say whether they still support Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner when pressed about leaked explicit sexual messages tied to the candidate.Platner’s latest controversy in the public eye involves sexually explicit text exchanges with multiple women…