NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: Top Senate Republicans are unleashing millions of dollars into Texas to ensure that the GOP holds on to the seat as the midterm elections close in.The Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC tied to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., on Friday announced the launch of the Texas PAC, unlocking a war chest of campaign funds to ensure Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wins out in November.Paxton is in a tight race against Texas State Rep. James Talarico, who has become a prime target for Republicans who argue that…

Chinese entities supplied Iran with satellite images of an air base in Jordan before and after a deadly missile strike that killed three US service members, according to a report.  The US has “connected” the high-resolution satellite imagery of Muwaffaq Salti Air Base to Iran’s July 17 ballistic missile attack on the facility, US officials told the Wall Street Journal.  The officials declined to identify the Chinese companies that allegedly provided the images to Iran and didn’t accuse the Chinese government of direct involvement.  The missile attack, which targeted a housing area on the base, killed Army Sgt. Angel S.…

Published on 12/09/2026 – 10:25 GMT+2•Updated 10:41 Dublin is bracing itself ahead of a meeting between the US President Donald Trump and Irish President Catherine Connolly Saturday morning. Trump is landing in Dublin where he is due to take part in a bilateral meeting with Ireland’s Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Micheál Martin for around an hour. The visit coincides with the US president’s attendance at the Irish Open golf tournament – which is being held at his golf club – the Trump International Golf Links and Hotel Doonbeg in County Clare. Trump will spend the majority of his 48-hour visit at…

SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAWhen Anthony Albanese and Anika Wells stepped into the cool Canberra air this week to unveil their latest assault on Silicon Valley, they came with fighting words.“There is a global reckoning coming for big tech,” Wells said. “And it started here in Australia.”Flanked by the grieving parents of teenagers lost to suicide from online harm, the prime minister and his communication minister made an impassioned plea: Australians needed more control over what they see online, and only Labor was prepared to give them that…

One Chicago is once again going through cast shakeups with a cast member from Chicago Med confirming they won’t be returning in season 12. Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut, who has played Naomi since season 9, was asked via TikTok whether she is coming back to the NBC series. “I haven’t seen in you ages hope you’re doing well:) can I ask will you be returning to Chicago Med?” read a fan comment, to which Chestnut, 34, replied, “Thank you! Hope you’re well too:) And no.” Chestnut previously appeared in season 9 and 10 before viewers started to question her future on…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rob O’Neill, the Navy SEAL credited with killing Usama bin Laden, had just returned from a 40-day deployment to Kosovo when the world changed forever.The former Navy SEAL told Fox News Digital in an interview ahead of the 25th anniversary of 9/11 that he was stationed in Stuttgart, Germany, on Sept. 11, 2001, preparing equipment and catching up on emails when every television channel switched to breaking news.”At first, there was a hole in the North Tower,” O’Neill recalled. “No one even knew what the North Tower of the World Trade Center…

A Tennessee Wendy’s manager was fired after she allegedly tied a neurodivergent employee to kitchen equipment when she didn’t want to “babysit” the worker while tending to her duties. The worker, who was not identified, was restrained in a makeshift hold made of garbage bags attached to a metal counter inside the Wendy’s location in Murfreesboro, Tenn., according to footage obtained by WSMV. “I actually felt sad for him,” co-worker Nicholus Murphy, who recorded the video, told the outlet. “I actually wanted to cry.” Michiko Burton, a manager at the fast-food joint, admitted to tying up the worker but gave…

Major airports across California and the US were hammered by weather-related delays Friday morning, snarling travel on both coasts. San Francisco International Airport was among the hardest hit in California, with delays averaging around 45 minutes earlier in the morning as low clouds disrupted operations, according to the FAA. Departures at San Diego International were also running nearly an hour behind because of strong winds. Sign up for the California Morning Report newsletter The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now. Thanks for signing up! Seattle-Tacoma International Airport was also hit with widespread delays, while travelers at major…

Published on 12/09/2026 – 9:13 GMT+2 At least 44 people have been injured, one of them seriously, after a train which was carrying 186 people derailed in northern France on Friday, according to officials. Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot wrote on social media X that the train was running between the Normandy region cities of Rouen and Caen. A mass-casualty response plan was activated, mobilising 130 firefighters, five medical teams and 80 vehicles. Local authorities said in a statement that the incident took place at around 7:45 pm. “Suddenly there were a few jolts, and then after about three seconds it…

September 12, 2026 — 5:42pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAWorkers have walked off the job at Victoria’s largest disability housing provider, despite other operators brokering new workplace deals to reign in costs while trying to secure the homes for hundreds of vulnerable residents.Staff at 35 Scope homes walked off the job on Friday under in an escalation of protected industrial action. The Health and Community Services Union also rallied at the disability provider’s Hawthorn headquarters.Three of the other private providers charged with operating Victoria’s government-owned supported independent living (SIL)…

7 Little Johnstons star, Elizabeth Johnston Bolden, is officially a mom of two. According to Today.com, Elizabeth and her husband, Brice Bolden, welcomed their second child, a baby boy named Coleman Brice Johnston Bolden, on Tuesday, September 8. “We’re so happy to have Coleman here and to be home together as a family of four,” Elizabeth and Brice told the outlet. “We are so looking forward to watching Leighton and Coleman grow up together.” The couple, who tied the knot in November 2025, are already parents to daughter Leighton Drew Bolden. Their eldest child will celebrate her third birthday this…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s team is firing back at Mayor Zohran Mamdani after Mamdani accused past city officials of misleading New Yorkers about toxic air following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.Giuliani spokesperson Ted Goodman accused Mamdani of seeking to “score cheap partisan political points” by directing blame toward local officials who rushed to the scene of the attacks while overlooking the radical Islamic terrorists responsible for killing nearly 3,000 people.”Now would be a good time to remind Mayor Mamdani that cowardly terrorists acting in the name of Islam…

Former Vice President Kamala Harris accused Republicans of “cheating” during an interview Thursday and said she was working to “stop the madness” by helping Democrats win the midterm elections. “Midterms, midterms, midterms, full-time occupying my thoughts, my mind and my work,” Harris said.  “We have to win these midterms. These — these folks are cheating. They’re redrawing lines. They’re trying to make it more difficult for people to vote so they won’t vote because they are afraid of the power of the people. “And, so, I’m spending full-time working on doing everything I can to help people restore some balance…

DEAR ABBY: About 15 years ago, my nephew gave me a birthday gift of a baseball bat signed by a top player. I love baseball, so it was a lovely gift. After I thanked him, he said, “When my son is older, I would like you to give it to him.” We have been estranged now for at least 10 years because his spouse dislikes our family for some reason. Am I obligated to find a way to get the bat back to him? Looking at their Facebook over the years, I see no signs that there is any interest…

I’m in Latvia for the two-day Rīga Conference, which started yesterday with security and defence very much at the top of the agenda. (And the timing is curious, with today serving as the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the Twin Towers). The big takeaway so far? There is perhaps no place or populace that understands the reality of Russian aggression quite like this pine-covered country. Latvia is a small but mighty nation that has endured centuries of foreign domination, from the swords of German crusaders to the boot of the Soviet Union. In lockstep: From chats with…