he FBI has arrested the former deputy chief of staff of New York Governor Kathy Hochul and her husband following a raid at their home. Linda Sun, 41, and her husband Chris Hu, 40, were taking into custody on Tuesday in Manhasset, Long Island, after their $4.1m five-bedroom mansion was searched in July by federal officials. She is accused of enriching herself and her family by acting as an undisclosed agent of the Chinese Communist Party, federal prosecutors...

A senior aide to Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York was charged on Tuesday with acting as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China for using her position to further the Chinese government’s interests, including by blocking Taiwanese officials’ access to the governor’s office. The 65-page indictment detailed 10 criminal counts that included visa fraud, money laundering and other crimes, and accused the aide, Linda Sun, 40, of accepting substantial economic benefits in exchange for...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s former deputy chief of staff was charged Tuesday with acting as an illegal Chinese agent who used her government position to promote Beijing’s agenda in exchange for millions of dollars.  The Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office charged Linda Sun, 41, with eight criminal counts, including conspiring to act as an illegal foreign agent, visa fraud and conspiring to launder money. Her husband, Chris Hu, was also charged with bank-fraud and money-laundering...

As of Sunday, it is, once again, illegal to possess small amounts of hard drugs in Oregon. A first-in-the-nation law decriminalizing drugs expired, as communities across America struggle to curb fentanyl use and overdose deaths. Sunday marks the end of an experiment that drug-reform advocates called a pioneering and progressive measure to better help people. Oregon legislators reassessed Measure 110 this year and decided to again make it a misdemeanor to possess a minor amount of...

In addition to the 26 states protecting blocking the Title IX revisions put in place under the Biden-Harris administration, hundreds of colleges across 48 states will do the same. Biden’s new gender-affirming Title IX rules that redefine sexual discrimination to include sexual orientation are blocked by injunction in 26 states, while nearly 700 schools will not be required to enforce the revisions if students are members of Young America’s Foundation or Female Athletes...

When asked why he robbed banks, legendary fugitive Willie Sutton replied, “That’s where the money is.” Governments coerce social media platforms into censorship for the same simple reason: That’s where the objectionable speech is.  Thanks to a recent Supreme Court case, in America, there’s also little to stop them.  Social media platforms—but not their users—can sue the government to stop the impermissible suppression of speech, according to Murthy v. Missouri, decided...

The U.S. government has seized a luxury jet used by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro that officials say was illegally purchased through a shell company and smuggled out of the United States in violation of sanctions and export control laws. The Dassault Falcon 900EX was seized in the Dominican Republic and transferred to the custody of federal officials in Florida, the Justice Department said Monday. The plane landed at Ft. Lauderdale Executive Airport shortly before noon Monday...

At least 50 people were killed and 271 wounded when Russia hit a military institute in Ukraine's central town of Poltava with two ballistic missiles on Tuesday, the war's deadliest single attack this year. Photographs posted on social media showed several bodies of young men on the ground covered in dust and debris, with the badly damaged side of a large building behind them. Reuters could not immediately verify the images.

Vice President Kamala Harris was accused Monday of using a “fake accent” in her remarks to teachers union members in Michigan.  Harris, speaking at a Detroit high school, appeared to alter her tone of voice in moments where she became particularly animated and when interacting with supporters in the crowd.  “You may not be a union member, but you better thank a union member for the five-day workweek. You better thank a union member for sick leave. You better thank...

Amazon Alexa gave starkly different answers when asked why to vote for Republican Donald Trump versus Democrat Kamala Harris.  When asked, "Why should I vote for Trump?" Alexa declined to provide such information. "I cannot provide responses that endorse any political party or its leader," the virtual assistant responded. Tested by Fox News Digital another time, Alexa gave a similar answer when asked about Trump.