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What did the Senate vote reveal about the latest federal funding resolution?
Blanch confirmed. I'm Deborah Valentine, Fox News. A busy night on Capitol Hill with acting US Attorney General Todd Blanch confirmed as AG Fox's Chad program has details from Washington.
The vote very tight, fifty to forty nine. The only Senator not casting a ballot, uh Mitch McConnell, the former Senate majority leader who's been out since uh the middle of June here. Uh there were two Republican no's, uh Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, who has a tough reelection bid uh this fall. She announced her opposition a couple of days ago. And early Friday morning you had Lisa Murkowski, uh from Alaska, who also said uh she had met with uh Todd Blanche and just wasn't uh uh you know committed to him at that stage.
How is the White House ballroom construction facing legal challenges from the courts?
So this took it down to Bill Cassidy. He was the only person, the Republican senator from Louisiana, who was undecided on that side of the aisle and he broke the log jam.
The Senate has passed a resolution funding the federal government until December eleventh prior to summer recess. However, it still needs House approval. President Trump plans to take his defense of a new White House ballroom to the US Supreme Court. Fox's Jared Halpern has more from the White House.
Why is President Trump claiming the ballroom ruling threatens national security?
A split panel of judges on the Court of Appeals for DC is ordering construction on a four hundred million dollar White House ballroom to stop, ruling Congress must first approve the project. It is the latest legal setback for the project, upholding a district court ruling also blocking further construction. President Trump says the ruling is a national security threat. He has expanded the size and scope of construction to include what he describes as Is a desperately needed military center, complete with bomb shelters, medical facilities, missile resistant steel, and drone proofing. The President also says funding for the ninety thousand square foot ballroom is coming from private donors and not taxpayer money.
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What happened in the Utah helicopter crash while battling the wildfire?
A helicopter crashes while battling a wildfire in central Utah. Foxes Chris and Goodwin.
A Sikorsky S sixty four helicopter helping to battle Utah's Wide Mouth two fire crashed in Richfield Friday with two people on board. Extreme fire conditions in difficult terrain, making it hard for officials to initially reach the scene.
Uh there were first responders in that area, firefighters were in the area, but due to the fire activity it kinda overran the area. So no escape routes that any firefighters could get into or out of.
Tyler Hacked, deputy incident commander with the Great Basin Incident Management Team two. The FAA and the NTSB are investigating the incident. The helicopter was one of seven working to fight the inferno in Millard County that was ignited by lightning on july twenty seventh. Kristen Goodwin, Fox News.
Two people were on board the helicopter when it crashed, their fate is unknown.
How are WNBA players and coaches responding to the recent gender‑identity controversy?
Former NBA player Enes Cantor Freedom, who has been very vocal about his political activism, which he believes blackballed him from the NBA, has now officially declared himself a prospect for the twenty twenty seven W NBA draft. Fox's Chamley Painter explains.
This issue hit the headlines last month when the Indiana Fever Sophie Cunningham took a stand for women's sports remaining female. And things really heated up on Sunday after Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve wore a trans kids belong t shirt at her game against Cunningham's fever. While the Players Association joined the fray today, issuing a statement that read in part, We embrace justice, equ equity, diversity, and inclusion, hate, abuse, and demonization. Of any person or group of people, including transgender people, only fuel fear, division, and harm. We will not be used as political pawns.
Kentucky Freedom made these claims as he is not trying to simply ask that the current rules be applied equally to everyone, the rules that represent the very values many WNB players and coaches have publicly advocated for. I'm Deborah Valentine. This is Fox News.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What did the Senate vote reveal about the latest federal funding resolution?
0:02–0:44
2
How is the White House ballroom construction facing legal challenges from the courts?
0:44–1:11
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Why is President Trump claiming the ballroom ruling threatens national security?
1:11–2:02
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What happened in the Utah helicopter crash while battling the wildfire?
2:02–2:52
5
How are WNBA players and coaches responding to the recent gender‑identity controversy?
2:52–3:56