The Global Update

An alleged drone struck the protective shell covering the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine early Friday, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is pointing the finger at Russia.  The International Atomic Energy Agency reported on X that overnight Thursday, the IAEA team at the Chornobyl site heard an explosion coming from the New Safe Confinement….

Roxanne Perez will have a chance at history on Saturday night when she takes part in a fatal four-way match for the NXT Women’s Championship at Vengeance Day. Fresh off a Royal Rumble where she rewrote the record books by being the longest-lasting competitor, Perez will compete against defending champion Giulia, Bayley and Cora Jade…

EXCLUSIVE: Senate Majority Leader John Thune is getting a tough job done. “Senate Republicans have been committed to getting President Trump’s nominees through,” Thune, who’s been on the job steering the Senate for six weeks, told Fox News in an exclusive national digital interview. Thune was interviewed ahead of Brooke Rollins’s confirmation as secretary of…

A Florida killer found guilty of shooting and bludgeoning a newlywed couple to death in front of their toddler was finally executed on Thursday, nearly three decades after his gruesome crimes.  James D. Ford, 64, was executed via lethal injection at Florida State Prison on Thursday for the murders of Greg Malnory, 25, and his…

The Department of Veterans on Thursday announced the dismiall of more than 1,000 employees following a recent call from the Trump administration to shrink the size of the federal workforce. The VA says this move will save the department more than $98 million per year, allowing them to spend those resources on health care, benefits…

As Vice President JD Vance leaves Paris after urging Europe to reduce regulations and promote AI innovation, that effort is already in jeopardy. A series of quiet maneuvers by the Biden administration, major technology incumbents and a government-funded nonprofit called the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) threatens to impose sweeping AI regulations in American states…

“The Simpsons” star Hank Azaria has voiced his fears over artificial intelligence in a new opinion piece. The actor, who has been with the show since 1989, wrote an opinion essay for The New York Times, worrying AI “will be able to recreate the sounds of the more than 100 voices I created for characters…

Vice President JD Vance on Thursday reportedly warned that the U.S. wouldn’t rule out tough sanctions or even potential military action against Russia if President Vladimir Putin didn’t come to the negotiating table on a deal that would guarantee peace for Ukraine.  In speaking with The Wall Street Journal, which was the first to report…

A federal judge late Thursday issued an order compelling the Trump administration to lift its three-week funding freeze on U.S. foreign aid. Judge Amir Ali issued the order Thursday in U.S. district court in Washington in a lawsuit brought by two health organizations that receive U.S. funding for programs abroad. In his order, Ali noted…

EXCLUSIVE: The home of former San Jose State University assistant volleyball coach Melissa Batie-Smoose was shot at on Monday night in Scotts Valley, California, Batie-Smoose and local police have told Fox News Digital.  Scotts Valley Police Department Captain Scott Garner told Fox News Digital that officers have determined that the weapon used was a pellet…