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A Democrat lawmaker in Tennessee who survived a vote to expel her from the state legislature on Thursday attributed her survival to the color of her skin. The motion to expel Rep. Gloria Johnson, who is White, fell just one vote short after the motion to expel her Democrat colleague Rep. Justin Jones, who is Black and Filipino, reached the necessary threshold to remove him. Another Democrat, Rep. Justin Pearson, who is also Black, was expelled in a third vote.

Kansas lawmakers approved a bill Thursday aimed at helping parents opt their children out of public school lessons with LGBTQ-themed materials, as a Democratic lawmaker whose vote was crucial to banning transgender female athletes from girls’ and women’s sports faced calls to resign.

Republican Gov. Jim Pillen named a former prosecutor Thursday as the newest member of the Nebraska Legislature, which has been largely hamstrung by progressive lawmakers who are filibustering every bill before the body this session. Carolyn Bosn, of Lincoln, will replace Lincoln Sen. Suzanne Geist, who announced a day earlier that she is stepping down, effective midnight Thursday, to focus on her race for mayor of Lincoln.

Environmental groups heavily financed by a Swiss foreign national spent big on data mining operations targeting millions of President Biden’s voters, efforts that could be replicated ahead of the 2024 presidential elections.

Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., issued a stark warning over U.S. “vulnerability” to China following his meeting with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday alongside a delegation of congressional Republicans and Democrats. Speaking with Fox News Digital following the meeting, Zinke praised the bipartisan message that “peace through strength,” a phrase cemented by the late former President Ronald Reagan, was the best way to uphold the U.S.

Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., said that two county attorneys from Tennessee and Kentucky have asked him how they can “go after” the Biden’s following Former President Trump’s indictment. Comer made the comments on Wednesday on Fox & Friends. “And I’ll tell you, one of the things that I don’t think it’s been picked up a lot that’s going to be a problem.

The House Judiciary Committee is “seriously weighing” issuing subpoenas for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and two prosecutors who resigned last year from his team to testify before Congress following the unprecedented indictment of former President Trump, a source familiar told Fox News Digital. Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree in criminal court in Lower Manhattan Tuesday afternoon.

Family and friends will gather next week to remember Little Rock attorney Herbert C. Rule III, a former state legislator, one-time candidate for U.S. Congress and leader on the Little Rock School Board. Rule died Monday, family members said in posts on social media and to news outlets. He was 87. A cause of death was not provided.

Thousands of people in the Federal Bureau of Prisons system who have been serving time at home due to the risks posed by COVID-19 may be able to remain under home confinement even after the Biden administration declares the COVID emergency is over, according to the Justice Department.

Americans outside Trump Tower reacted to the indictment of former President Trump as he arrived in New York City ahead of his expected arraignment. “I think the government is messing up, and they think that this is going to help not get Trump elected again,” said Alan, from the Bronx. “I think it’s going to backfire.” But Bill supported the indictment. “Yes, he’s going to get a fair trial without any doubt,” he said.

Three Tennessee state lawmakers, all Democrats, were pulled from their committee assignments and could face expulsion from the legislature after they participated in storming the state Capitol during a protest against guns following last week’s school shooting. Tennessee House Republicans voted Monday to strip committee assignments from state Reps. Justin Jones, Justin J. Pearson and Gloria Johnson, according to WPLN.

Roy McGrath, a chief of staff of former two-term Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan turned fugitive who has been on the run from the FBI and federal officials for weeks, is now dead, his attorney said.  Attorney Joseph Murtha confirmed in a statement to Fox News that his client is dead after succumbing to gunshot injuries following a standoff with police late Monday night.  During the standoff, at least one FBI agent fired a weapon and McGrath was injured.

A Democratic senator said on Monday that China intended to invade the airspace over the U.S. when a balloon traversed over the country for days in February, and he plans to hold the Biden administration accountable. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., turned to social media on Monday after reading an article from NBC that said the Chinese spy balloon collected intelligence from multiple military sites in the U.S.

Former President Trump was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury Thursday after a years-long investigation led by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.  The former president of the United States and the leading Republican candidate for the White House in 2024 was charged Thursday, after weeks of speculation on whether Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg would seek to indict him related to hush money payments made before the 2016 presidential election.

As tech experts sound the alarm on advanced artificial intelligence, congressional lawmakers were split on the extent to which the federal government is capable of regulating AI platforms. “I think it’s important that the government regulate these platforms,” Democratic Rep. Maxwell Frost said. “That’s one of the major functions of the federal government, to help protect consumers and data and privacy of our citizens.

All New York City police officers have been told to show up to work Friday in uniform for deployments around the city following the indictment against former President Donald Trump.  An NYPD spokesperson told Fox News Digital that NYPD officers have been told to be in uniform by 7 a.m. but that there were no credible threats.  “It’s just in preparation for anything that could happen,” the spokesperson said.

New York legislative leaders said Thursday they expected to miss the deadline for adopting a new state budget as they negotiate with fellow Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul over her proposals to change bail rules and create new housing. State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said the holdup on a budget for state fiscal year beginning Saturday is due in part because of “big policy issues” that the governor included in her proposal. NY GOV.

Former President Trump said Thursday that he “cannot get a fair trial in New York,” after being indicted by a grand jury following the years-long investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. TRUMP INDICTMENT: LIVE UPDATES The Manhattan grand jury issued an unprecedented indictment of a former president of the United States and leading Republican presidential candidate of the 2024 cycle.

The city of Denver is facing criticism from homeless advocates after removing encampments near Coors Field ahead of the Colorado Rockies’ opening day. “It’s disgraceful, and they’re not trying to solve the problem,” Grant Francis, with the homeless advocacy group Mutual Aid Monday, told Denver7. “They’re just trying to provide some optics that make it look like they’re trying to do something.

Two organizations trying to shield the Biden administration from congressional oversight risk running afoul of the law by obstructing hearings and intimidating witnesses, according to a conservative legal group calling for an investigation and — if warranted — arrests.