Fox News Politics Newsletter: Election Day 2025 Survival Guide

Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, featuring the latest updates on the Trump administration, Capitol Hill and other political content from Fox News. Here’s what’s happening…

-New Jersey gubernatorial candidates tout early voting numbers as Trump threatens close race

-Vance tells Republicans to stop being afraid federal powerclaims Democrats were the first to weaponize it

– Former FBI agents say bureau used internal investigations to punish whistleblowers

Election Day 2025 Survival Guide: Your Last-Minute Roadmap to Voting Across the Country

Even if 2025 is considered an “off-year election”, without high-profile presidential confrontation last year or competitive midterm elections that could shift the balance of power in Congress next year, there are more than a dozen local elections across the United States.

Election Day is only five days away. From the gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia, to the New York mayoral election and California’s special election, here’s everything you need to know to exercise your right to vote…LEARN MORE.

Election Day will be November 4, 2025, with high-profile elections expected across the country in New Jersey, Virginia and California. (PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP via Getty Images)

White House

“EVERYONE IS HAPPY”: Confirmation hearing for Trump surgeon general nominee postponed as she goes into labor

President Donald Trump has chosen Dr. Casey Means to be his nominee for surgeon general. (Getty; AP newsroom)

GROUND CONTROL: Vance to meet with Duffy, aviation executives as shutdown ‘severe’ impact on crucial industry

SPIRITUAL POSITION: JD Vance says Christian values ​​must guide America’s future during TPUSA tribute to Charlie Kirk at Ole Miss

Vice President JD Vance speaks to an audience at Turning Point USA at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi, Wednesday, October 30, 2025. (Jonathan Ernst-Pool/Getty Images)

SAYS IT ALL: Kamala Harris suggests Biden ‘didn’t want’ debate against Trump: ‘Something was wrong’

ASSET 1, SURVEY 0: Trump lawsuit moved to Iowa state court: What’s next in his case against pollster, Des Moines Register

World stage

TALK ABOUT HARVEST: Once a weapon of trade war, American soybeans are back on China’s shopping list

A combine harvests soybeans on a farm in Harvard, Illinois, Friday, October 17, 2025. (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

THE POISON OF CHINA: Lawmakers fight to end the ‘next fentanyl crisis’ by cracking down on synthetic opioid nitazenes

Capitol

POWER PLAY DENIED: Senate defies Trump on global tariffs as Republicans join Democrats in rare bipartisan vote

Sen. Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican, introduced the bipartisan bill at a news conference Tuesday. (Valérie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

PILL BACKUP: Republican senators criticize the FDA for expanding access to the abortion pill

NO FREE LUNCH: House Republican says he will introduce bill to block all welfare for non-citizens: ‘If you want free stuff, go home’

Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., leaves the U.S. Capitol after the final votes of the week, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Across America

DISASSEMBLY OF THE TEXAS: Trump’s shadow looms over Texas race as Hunt accuses Cornyn of treason

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents arrest a man in front of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building during a protest Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

WILD NORTHWEST: Portland police blame ICE for fueling protests, which city says were not violent

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