Fox News Politics Newsletter: Outside the Maine-stream

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Here’s what’s happening…

-White House protector and most-decorated K-9 in US history dies: ‘A very good boy’

-Noem makes aggressive new move to ramp up arrests, deportations of illegal immigrants

–Luigi Mangione’s CEO murder case raises concerns activist jurors may ignore evidence

No Money for Maine, Trump Pledges

President Donald Trump on Thursday announced that he will cut off federal funding to the state of Maine if it continues to defy his executive order preventing trans athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports. 

“I heard men are still playing in Maine,” Trump said to a gathering of Republican governors in Washington on Thursday. 

“I hate to tell you this, but we’re not going to give them any federal money, they are still saying ‘we want men to play in women’s sports’ and I can not believe that they’re doing that… So we’re not going to give them any federal funding, none whatsoever, until they clean that up.”…Read more

US President Donald Trump signs the No Men in Women’s Sports Executive Order into law in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 5, 2025. President Trump on Wednesday is signing an executive order to ban transgender girls and women from competing on sports teams that match their gender identity, marking his latest move targeting transgender rights.  (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

White House

NO TROs: Trump’s DOGE stays on track after pair of federal judge rulings…Read  more

‘PARDON CZAR’: Trump appoints Alice Marie Johnson ‘pardon czar’ during Black History Month event at White House…Read more

NOT LEAVING?: Group of Venezuelans sue Trump admin for temporary immigration protections…Read more

The Venezuelan national flag is flown by protesters in Caracas, Venezuela, on May 3, 2017. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

World Stage

MIDDLE EAST: Hamas claims remains of mother of two young boys mixed with other human remains after Israeli airstrike…Read more

‘VERY FRUSTRATED’: US turns up pressure on Ukraine to reach peace deal as Trump’s frustrations with Zelenskyy escalate…Read more

PUTTING UP A WALL: Joint Chiefs chairman heads to US-Mexico border to review troops…Read more

‘BRAZEN VIOLATION’: Israel’s Netanyahu calls for ‘revenge’ after Hamas returns wrong remains…Read more

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem on December 9, 2024. (MAYA ALLERUZZO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Capitol Hill

SENATE OUT-HUSTLES HOUSE: Senate border budget triumphs after all-night session while Trump-backed House bill lags…Read more

Across America

WHO LET THE DOGE OUT?: Red state governor says DOGE aligns with GOP’s ‘fiscal sanity’…Read more

CUT THE ‘BS’: Defense Sec. Hegseth on working with DOGE…Read more

TRUMP WEIGHS IN: Trump says this congressman would have his ‘Total Endorsement’ if he runs for Florida governor…Read more

‘OUT OF CONTROL’: Chainsaw-wielding Elon Musk makes ‘Dark MAGA’ appearance with Javier Milei at CPAC…Read more

Argentinian President Javier Milei gifted Elon Musk a blinged-out DOGE chainsaw to help him cut through wasteful spending.

‘FULL TRANSPARENCY’: Kash Patel lays out FBI’s top priorities in letter to subordinates…Read more

‘KICKED OUT’: AG Bondi on how to deal with violent anti-Israel student protesters in the US on visas…Read more

DOGE DISCIPLE: Sec. Doug Burgum says Interior Dept. is ‘completely embracing the DOGE effort’…Read more

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