Politics

President Donald Trump on Friday fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after a report showed hiring slowed in July and was much weaker in May and June than previously reported. FOX News Correspondent Connor Hansen talks more about the [potential United States economic fallout.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt hosted a press briefing on Thursday afternoon. Leavitt gave all the latest updates from the Trump administration and answered questions on a multitude of topics, including the economy, immigration, the Epstein files and tariffs.

A massive tariff deadline is just one day away, and the White House is appearing to be fast-tracking some new trade deals. FOX News Correspondent Doug Luzader has all the latest political headlines.

President Donald Trump said he's giving Vladimir Putin 10 to 12 more days to reach a deal to end the Ukraine war. Otherwise, the president said Russia could face new sanctions and secondary tariffs targeting its trading partners. FOX News Correspondent Doug Luzader has all the latest political headlines.

FOX 35's John Brown and Garrett Wymer break down the top news stories of the day, from WWE Hall of Famer and pro wrestling superstar Hulk Hogan dying in his Clearwater home at age 71, a 1-year-old falling from a third-story window in Rockledge, a man shooting and killing his grandparents in West Melbourne according to the Brevard County Sheriff's Office and the state of the Florida Governor's race after a UNF poll found Congressman Byron Donalds and First Lady Casey DeSantis are neck-and-neck, despite President Donald Trump endorsing Donalds for the position in 2026.

UCF Political Science Lecturer John Hanley joins FOX 35's Garrett Wymer live via Zoom to break down a new UNF poll which shows the 2026 Florida Governor's race within the margin of error between Congressman Byron Donalds and First Lady Casey DeSantis, with Matt Gaetz a clear third place.

President Donald Trump was “caught off guard” by the recent Israeli strikes in Syria and on a Catholic church in Gaza, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday. “In both accounts, the president quickly called the prime minister to rectify those situations,” Leavitt said. FOX News Correspondent Doug Luzader talks all the latest political headlines.

Former President Donald Trump said he "absolutely loved" that federal prosecutors are seeking to unseal grand jury transcripts related to Jeffrey Epstein's 2019 sex trafficking case, even as he filed a lawsuit over a Wall Street Journal article linking him to the disgraced financier.

UCF History Professor Dr. John Sacher joined FOX 35 News+ to talk about what the Florida Supreme Court's decision in a key redistricting case means and how it fits into larger conversations about redistricting and gerrymandering across the country.

President Donald Trump signed the first major federal law governing cryptocurrency on Friday. The GENIUS Act was passed on Thursday by the United States House of Representatives with bipartisan support.

President Donald Trump is countering criticism of the Justice Department’s failure to release much-hyped records around the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case, trying to place blame on former government officials. Epstein was arrested in 2019 and found dead in his cell at a federal jail in New York City about a month later. Investigators concluded that he killed himself.