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Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump administration, Capitol Hill and more Fox News politics content. Here’s what’s happening…

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-What to know about Judge Boasberg, the Trump foe at center of DOJ complaint

SCOTUS to discuss Ghislaine Maxwell’s case privately in September at post-summer conference

Virginia councilman set on fire with gasoline by attacker at his place of business

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Sensitive Trump-Russia Files Found by Patel in FBI ‘Burn Bags’

FBI Director Kash Patel found a trove of sensitive documents related to the origins of the Trump–Russia probe buried in multiple «burn bags» in a secret room inside the bureau, sources told Fox News Digital. 

Sources told Fox News Digital that the «burn bag» system is used to destroy documents designated as classified or higher.

Sources told Fox News Digital that multiple burn bags were found and filled with thousands of documents…READ MORE

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Director Kash Patel speaks with Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum before US President Donald Trump arrives for a bill signing ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 19, 2025. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

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BABY BONUSES: Trump accounts for newborns could grow to $1.9 million, Treasury says

AMERICAN DREAM: Trump signs VA Home Loan Program Reform Act to prevent veterans from losing homes to foreclosure

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CIRCLE OF TRUST: Who is Steve Ricchetti, the longtime Biden confidante questioned in Comer’s cover-up probe?

CLOCK IS TICKING: Trump says his Aug 1 tariff deadline ‘will not be extended’–here are the countries that might not make it

Trump in Scotland

President Donald Trump reacts as he speaks to the media as Ian Murray, M.P., Secretary of State for Scotland (R) and Warren Stephens, U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom (C) stand nearby as he arrives at Glasgow Prestwick Airport on July 25, 2025 in Prestwick, Scotland. President Trump is visiting his Trump Turnberry golf course, as well as Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeenshire, during a trip to Scotland from July 25 to 29.  (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

REFUGEE REVERSAL: Trump says Ukrainians can stay in US following months of uncertainty

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BOLSONARO BACKLASH: Trump admin sanctions Brazilian judge overseeing Bolsonaro coup-plot probe

ULTIMATUM TO TERROR: Arab nations for first time pressure Hamas to disarm, relinquish power in Gaza

BEIJING BLUNDER: Trump blasted for ‘steep concessions to Beijing’ after chip deal, canceled Taiwanese visit

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The national flags of the United States and China flutter at the Fairmont Peace Hotel on April 25, 2024 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Wang Gang/VCG via Getty Images)

NATIONAL FAILURE: Canada’s antisemitism envoy resigns, citing exhaustion amid hate surge

Capitol Hill

FAMILY FEUD: Democratic lawmaker ‘no longer on speaking terms’ with some family over Israel support

‘NO RATIONALE’: Top GOP senator demands probe into whether Jack Smith ‘unlawfully’ tried to influence 2024 election

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RACE-BAIT BACKLASH: White House knocks Chuck Schumer over Jim Crow claim: ‘Professional gaslighter’

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., right, speak to reporters following closed-door party meetings at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 17, 2025.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘LITTLE-KNOWN LAW’: Schumer says century-old law forces Trump DOJ, FBI to release Jeffrey Epstein files by August deadline

TRADITION SLAMMED: Grassley rebukes Trump’s pressure to ‘have the courage’ to speed up nominations

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Across America 

COST OVERRUN EXPOSED: Hundreds of billions in over-budget federal projects exposed, as Senate DOGE tries to claw money back

DODGING QUESTIONS: Zohran Mamdani dodges questions on mass shooting after returning from Africa vacation

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Democrat mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks during a rally at the Hotel & Gaming Trades Council headquarters in New York, Wednesday, July 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

‘RECKLESS POLICIES’: Newsom office dismisses crime fears, defends sanctuary policies amid surge in violence

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DRAWING THE LINES: Trump, Republicans race to redraw Texas congressional map as Democrats threaten legal war

UNDER OATH: Epstein, Maxwell grand juries relied on two law enforcement witnesses, DOJ filing reveals

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Jack Smith defends subpoenaing Republican senators’ phone records: ‘Entirely proper’

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Former special counsel Jack Smith is standing by his 2023 decision to subpoena several Republican lawmakers’ phone records, calling the move «entirely proper» and consistent with Justice Department policy.

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Smith said through his lawyers in a letter obtained by Fox News Digital that the subpoenaed data, known as toll records, belonging to eight senators and one House member were carefully targeted to support his investigation into President Donald Trump’s alleged subversion of the 2020 election.

«As described by various Senators, the toll data collection was narrowly tailored and limited to the four days from January 4, 2021 to January 7, 2021, with a focus on telephonic activity during the period immediately surrounding the January 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol,» Smith’s lawyers wrote Tuesday to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.

JACK SMITH INVESTIGATORS NEED TO ‘PAY BIG’ FOR JAN. 6 PHONE RECORDS PROBE, WARNS SEN. GRAHAM

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Former special counsel Jack Smith delivers remarks on an unsealed indictment, including four felony counts against President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, in Washington. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Toll records do not reveal the contents of phone calls but instead reveal when calls were made and to whom.

Smith’s lawyers said that although Grassley, who brought the subpoenas to light, has not reached out to Smith, they felt compelled to write to the chairman to address claims from Republicans that Smith improperly spied on lawmakers.

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Grassley responded to the letter, saying he would continue an unbiased probe into Arctic Frost, the name of the FBI investigation that led to Smith’s election-related prosecution of Trump.

«I’m conducting an objective assessment of the facts&law like he says he wants So far we exposed an anti-Trump FBI agent started the investigation/broke FBI rules &only REPUBLICANS were targeted SMELLS LIKE POLITICS,» Grassley wrote on X.

The targeted senators included Republican Sens. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Josh Hawley of Missouri and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. 

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In addition to the eight senators, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told Fox News’ Sean Hannity Tuesday that he recently discovered Smith also attempted to subpoena his toll records but that his phone company, AT&T, did not hand them over.

DEM REP DEFENDS DOJ OBTAINING GOP SENATOR CALL RECORDS IN 2023: ‘YOU WEREN’T SURVEILLED’

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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

The Republicans have broadly claimed they were inappropriately spied on, and compared Arctic Frost to the Watergate scandal.

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Smith’s lawyers emphasized the normalcy of seeking out phone records and said that public officials are not immune from investigation.

Smith brought four criminal charges against Trump alleging he illegally attempted to overturn the results of the 2020 election, but he dismissed the charges after Trump won the 2024 election, citing a DOJ policy that discourages prosecuting sitting presidents. 

Special Counsel Robert Hur testifies before Congress

Former special counsel Robert K. Hur testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on March 12, 2024, in Washington. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Former special counsel Robert Hur sought toll records during his investigation into former President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents. The DOJ subpoenaed phone records of former Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez, who is serving prison time after he was convicted in 2024 of corruption charges.

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The first Trump administration subpoenaed phone records of Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and then-Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and dozens of congressional staffers from both parties as part of a leak investigation.

Former DOJ inspector general Michael Horowitz warned in a report about the leak probe that lawmakers’ records should only be subpoenaed in narrow circumstances because it «risks chilling Congress’s ability to conduct oversight of the executive branch.»

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Smith’s lawyers also disputed FBI Director Kash Patel’s accusations that he attempted to hide the subpoenas «in a lockbox in a vault,» noting that the former special counsel mentioned subpoenaing senators’ records in a footnote of his final special counsel report.

«Moreover, the precise records at issue were produced in discovery to President Trump’s personal lawyers, some of whom now serve in senior positions within the Department of Justice,» Smith’s lawyers said.

Read Smith’s letter below. App users click here.

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M. Night Shyamalan sorprende con una película de amor: “Quería hacer algo diferente”

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M. Night Shyamalan y Nicholas Sparks colaboran en «Remain», una novela y película de romance sobrenatural (Foto: AP)

Incluso M. Night Shyamalan —conocido por hacer películas más oscuras como Sexto sentido y Señales”— a veces busca la luz. “Acabo de terminar tres películas realmente oscuras, Viejos, Llaman a la puerta y Trampa, que son historias muy intensas donde los personajes son súper, súper oscuros y complicados, y quería hacer algo diferente”, dijo el director.

Encontró una oportunidad interesante para colaborar en una nueva novela de romance sobrenatural llamada Remain junto a Nicholas Sparks. Sí, ese Nicholas Sparks: el rey de los dramas románticos como Diario de una pasión y Un paseo para recordar.

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Los libros coescritos son una tendencia candente en el mundo editorial en este momento. Reese Witherspoon y Harlan Coben tienen una nueva novela. James Patterson se ha asociado con Bill Clinton y Dolly Parton en libros. Sin embargo, esta colaboración es diferente en que Shyamalan escribió el guion y Sparks aceptó escribir una novela basada en esa historia. Una película de Remain —protagonizada por Jake Gyllenhaal y Phoebe Dynevor— ya terminó su producción y se estrenará el próximo año.

Shyamalan y Sparks crearon versiones
Shyamalan y Sparks crearon versiones independientes de la misma historia: guion cinematográfico y novela (Foto: REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs)

“No creo que nadie haya hecho lo que acabamos de hacer, que fue tomar la misma historia e ir simultáneamente a hacer nuestras cosas por separado”, dijo Sparks. “No es de manera lineal. Son dos personas haciendo dos formas de arte diferentes a partir de la misma historia. Confié en él al 100% para hacer la mejor versión cinematográfica posible de esa historia y él confió en mí”.

Ambos se cruzaron hace años cuando le preguntaron a Shyamalan si querría adaptar la novela de Sparks El diario de una pasión en una película. El trabajo terminó en manos de Nick Cassavetes, pero Shyamalan dijo que la obra de Sparks “siempre representó algo mágico para mí”. Significaba algo para él que le confiaran una historia tan querida.

En una entrevista conjunta, Nicholas Sparks y M. Night Shyamalan hablan sobre trabajar juntos, películas de terror y ensalada de pollo. Las respuestas han sido editadas por claridad y brevedad.

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Shyamalan y Sparks crearon versiones
Shyamalan y Sparks crearon versiones independientes de la misma historia: guion cinematográfico y novela (Foto: Maximiliano Luna)

—Al principio, ustedes dos trabajando juntos parece una pareja poco probable, pero los géneros sobrenatural y romántico tienen mucho en común.

SPARKS: No somos los primeros en incursionar en esto. La película más grande de 1990 fue Ghost. Shakespeare solía poner fantasmas en sus obras.

SHYAMALAN: Creo que el amor es un concepto sobrenatural. Es una mitología en la que todos creemos, pero sigue siendo una mitología, una mitología sobrenatural de que existe “el indicado”. El “destinado” que conoces en la cafetería y sabes que estaba destinado a ser, y luego todas las cosas que suceden porque se conocieron.

—Night, dices que te acercaste a Gyllenhaal a principios de año para este papel. Cuando lo hiciste, ¿le dijiste que también habría una novela escrita por Sparks?

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SHYAMALAN: Debo haberlo hecho. Pero fue un momento tan inusual porque había terminado de escribir el guion, presioné guardar, corrí para subirme al auto e ir a Nueva York para el cumpleaños de mi hija. En el auto suena el teléfono, y es Jake. Y yo, “¿Qué pasa, amigo?” No habíamos hablado en cinco años, o más. Y él dice, “Me encantaría estar en una de tus películas”. Y yo respondí, “Eso es tan raro. ¿Dónde estás?” Y él, “Estoy en Nueva York”. Le dije, “Bueno, yo voy a Nueva York. ¿Quieres tomar un té?”

Tuve la corazonada de que el universo estaba haciendo algo. Así que llamé a mi asistente. Le dije, “Imprime el guion”. Así que solo estábamos tomando té y poniéndonos al día. Y él me contaba lo enamorado que está y lo feliz que está y enamorado. Y le dije, “¿Sabes qué? Toma”. Se quedó en shock. Me llamó dos días después y dijo, “Estoy dentro. Me encanta”. Fue una especie de cosa extraña y hermosa.

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Jake Gyllenhaal se sumó al proyecto tras una coincidencia fortuita con Shyamalan en Nueva York (Foto: REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska)

—¿El libro sigue el guion al pie de la letra o viceversa?

SPARKS: Como cualquier adaptación, no. Lo primero que dije cuando leí su guion fue, “Oye, esto es genial. Por supuesto, no se parecerá en nada a mi novela. Es completamente diferente”. Night dijo básicamente lo mismo.

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SHYAMALAN: Creo que para el público será muy interesante. Podrán señalar las diferencias y preguntar, “¿Por qué Nicholas hizo eso con el personaje y la historia de fondo? ¿Por qué Night hizo esto?” Nuestro diálogo no es el mismo.

—Night, estamos en temporada de Halloween. ¿Hay alguna película —además de las tuyas— que recomiendes ver?

SHYAMALAN: El exorcista, por supuesto, siempre está ahí. Está Juego de inocentes. La casa embrujada, la película de 1963 de Robert Wise. Y la película japonesa Cure.

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Australian prime minister’s plane makes emergency landing in St Louis after leaving Washington

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The plane carrying Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had to make an emergency landing Tuesday night after leaving Washington, D.C.

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The aircraft, a Royal Australian Air Force KC-30A, diverted and landed safely at the St. Louis Lambert International Airport in Missouri, an Australian Defence spokesperson confirmed to Fox News.

«Our highest priority is providing support to the injured member and request that their privacy be respected,» a statement said.

Officials told local FOX 2 that a crew member was struck in the head by luggage, and it was believed to have fallen from an overhead bin.

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President Donald Trump, right, shakes the hand of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, October 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Evan Vucci)

That crew member reportedly suffered a concussion and was taken to the hospital.

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Albanese’s plane had left Joint Base Andrews at 5:15 p.m., FOX 2 reported, and the emergency landing happened around 7:45 p.m.

President Donald Trump and Albanese signed a critical minerals deal at the White House on Monday as the U.S. had been eyeing the continent’s rich rare-earth resources. This, at a time when China is imposing tougher rules on exporting its own critical minerals abroad.

TRUMP ADMIN SLAMS CHINA’S ‘GLOBAL POWER GRAB’ ON RARE EARTHS, THREATENS TRIPLE-DIGIT TARIFFS

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during a presser

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese gestures during a press conference in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 12, 2024. (Mark Baker, File)

The two leaders described the agreement as an $8.5 billion deal between the allies. Trump said it had been negotiated over several months.

«In about a year from now we’ll have so much critical mineral and rare earth that you won’t know what to do with them,» said Trump, boasting about the deal. «They’ll be worth $2.»

Xenotime rare earth elements ore held in hand, blue protective glove. Black background.

Xenotime is a rare earth element that can be found in Australia. (Getty Images )

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Albanese added that the agreement takes the U.S.-Australia relationship «to the next level.»

The Associated Press contributed to this report.



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