Senate Confirms Trump FCC Nominee Nathan Simington, Threatening to Deadlock Commission

On Jan. 5, Georgians have a clear choice to make when they vote in the Senate runoff elections.

President Trump in a video posted to Twitter on Tuesday night demanded that lawmakers amend the coronavirus stimulus package they passed Monday to include $2,000 checks for individuals instead of $600 checks -- while also insisting that "wasteful and unnecessary" items be cut from the year-end spending package that was attached to the pandemic aid.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterAlex Padilla has been appointed to replace Kamala Harris in the U.S. Senate, becoming the first Latino senator from California.Gov.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn a two-hour hearing on Tuesday morning, representatives for the concert industry, which has been ravaged by the pandemic shutdown, made a passionate and compelling case for federal aid before the U.S. Senate.“We’re here before you with our hats in our hands,” said witness Michael Strickland, owner of the lighting company Bandit Lites in Knoxville, TN.“Please don’t let the music die,” said Adam Hartke, who owns two independent venues in Wichita, KS.

Early voting for the Georgia Senate runoff elections started Monday as outside groups are converging on the state to stump for the four candidates and boost base turnout with Senate control on the line.  One of the outside groups stepping into the runoffs is the Keep America America Action Fund super PAC, which supported President Trump in the presidential election. It is starting a bus tour on Monday through Georgia in support of incumbent Republican Georgia Sens.

Georgians “understand” what is at stake in the Peach State’s upcoming Senate runoff elections, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said on Monday.

The Senate aligned with the House to approve an interim spending bill Friday for one week to avoid a government shutdown.  The Senate approved the plan by voice vote and the bill now goes to President Trump to sign, which he is expected to do.The plan funds the government until midnight on Dec.

The GOP-led Senate overwhelmingly approved a $740 billion major national defense bill on Friday, defying President Trump's veto threats.

Donald Trump for his signature. The Senate was attempting to pass the measures by voice vote, which requires every senator's consent.The dispute on the Senate floor came amid the impasse over a new coronavirus relief bill and highlighted the difficulty of achieving even widely supported goals in the polarized Congress.

Fox Corp. chief financial officer Steve Tomsic has a warning to outgoing President Donald Trump or anyone else looking to launch a new conservative cable news network to cut into Fox News' audience share.

The Senate confirmed Nathan Simington to the FCC, assuring that Republicans will have two seats on the commission to match those of Democrats when Joe Biden takes office.

Donald Trump Jr. will urge Georgia residents to preserve President Trump’s policy accomplishments by supporting Republican Senate candidates in his first television ad appearance of the state’s crucial runoff election campaign, Fox News has learned.

President Trump urged his supporters to vote for Republican Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue to prevent the "socialists" and "communists" from gaining control of the U.S.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger touted his support for his state's Republican candidates for Senate -- incumbents Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue -- despite them joining President Trump in calling for his resignation after he certified President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the longtime GOP stronghold.  "I'm going to be voting for my two Republican senators, and I hope every Republican gets out to vote for our Republican senators," Raffensperger said Saturday on "Your World" with

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday urged Georgia Republicans to "overwhelm the polls with a tidal wave of votes" in the upcoming Senate runoffs.

Lara Trump teased a potential Senate run in North Carolina Friday to replace Sen. Richard Burr, who plans to retire in 2022.  "I could think of nothing greater than to represent the people of my home state, represent North Carolina," she said on Outloud with Gianno Caldwell.  Lara Trump, who is married to Eric Trump, noted that President Trump tasked her with helping him win North Carolina in both the 2016 and 2020 elections.

The much-anticipated Georgia Senate runoff races carry high stakes for both political parties, but Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., explained on “The Ingraham Angle” Thursday that he has high hopes for a GOP victory. Perdue argued some Georgia suburbanites who might not have voted for President Trump still care about core Republican issues, such as law and order.

With Georgia’s crucial Senate runoff vote just weeks away, a progressive political action committee has launched a billboard campaign in a tongue-in-cheek bid to convince President Trump’s backers not to lend their support to incumbant Republican candidates Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue.