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Confirmation for a key post. I'm Lisa Lucera, Fox News. By a narrow vote, the Senate has confirmed Kash Patel as FBI director. There were two GOP no's. You had Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine. So 51-49, they did not need...
J.D. Vance here to break a tie in this instance. Fox's Chad Pergamon, Washington. Before the vote, Illinois Democrat Dick Durbin said he could not imagine a worse choice. Patel has talked about making major changes at the bureau, including a renewed emphasis on crime fighting rather than the intelligence gathering and national security work it's been focusing on over the past 20 years. Patel's a former Justice Department attorney and served in several capacities in the first Trump administration.
The Israeli military says Hamas did not return the body of hostage Shiri Bibas, who was kidnapped along with her two young sons during the October 7th attack. And they say the body is not of any other hostage. Bibas' sons, four-year-old Ariel and Kiefer, who was less than a year old when they were taken...
were returned and positively ID'd. Fox's Kevin Ureski, Biba's husband, who is alive, was released earlier this month. The body of a fourth hostage, Odette Lifshitz, who was 83 when he was abducted, was released to Israeli authorities today.
President Trump marking Black History Month this afternoon with a celebration that included golf legend Tiger Woods in the White House East Room. Today we pay tribute to the generations of black legends, champions, warriors, and patriots who helped drive our country forward.
greatness. The president noting he signed an executive order establishing what he called a park of American icons that he says will include notable black Americans. This coming as many federal agencies, including the Pentagon, have scaled down or canceled Black History Month events as the administration has ended DEI programs in the federal government. America is listening to Fox News.
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will not seek re-election next year. The longest-serving Senate party leader in history says it's been an honor to serve the Commonwealth of Kentucky, a job he was first elected to in 1984. Seven times, my fellow Kentuckians have sent me to the Senate.
Every day in between, I've been humbled by the trust they placed in me. McConnell telling senators he has unfinished business. The Kentucky senator has faced criticism from fellow Republicans loyal to President Trump for voting no on several of his cabinet nominees. But many GOP members have credited McConnell for the confirmation of three conservative justices to the Supreme Court and helping to pass the Trump tax cuts bill in 2017. Ryan Schmelz,
Fox News. The Labor Department says the number of Americans filing for jobless benefits rose by 5,000 to 219,000 for the week ending February 15th. Analysts projected that 215,000 new applications would be filed. The total number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits for the week of February 8th rose to 1.87 million.
The NBA suspends a star player from the Milwaukee Bucks for violating the league's anti-drug policy. Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis was suspended 25 games by the NBA Thursday for violating the league's anti-drug policy. He tested positive for the painkiller Tramadol, which Portis claimed he unknowingly ingested.
He said he got a painkiller from an assistant who has a prescription. Under the belief, Portis said that the pain medication was called Toradol, not the banned Tramadol. Portis, who has averaged more than 13 points a game this season for the Bucs, suspended 25 games without pay. He'll begin to serve his punishment Thursday when the Bucs host the Clippers.
A recent victim of a South American theft group that robbed his home of over $1.4 million in valuables, Portis will lose $2.85 million in salary during his suspension. He'll be eligible to return April 8th. Fox's Jared Max, I'm Lisa Lucera, this is Fox News.