Fox News Politics Newsletter: Can Jay Jones be replaced?

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– announces First Lady Melania Trump 8 Ukrainian children They are reunited with their families after being transferred to Russia

-The Pentagon agrees to host Qatari F-15 fighters and pilots Idaho Air Force Base

–Ivy league professor Who mocked Charlie Kirk’s death is still working despite public outcry and ‘resignation’

Can Jay Jones be replaced? Democrats’ defense of the scandal-plagued candidate raises questions

When asked if Virginia Attorney General candidate Jay Jones should drop out of the race after several violent text messages surfaced Democrats They either remained silent or defended Jones’ candidacy while condemning the messages.

The situation raises questions about whether Democrats might be concerned about the idea of ​​replacing Jones in the House Democratic ticket against incumbent Republican candidate Jason Miyares — and whether that’s legally possible.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Commonwealth of Virginia about what could be happening and whether Jones is off the ballot as his scandal unfolds…Read more.

The white house

The “coward” was arrested.: Bundy announces arrest of ‘coward’ who allegedly threatened conservative influencer after Kirk’s killing

Conservative influencer Bennie Johnson, right, allegedly received a threatening letter following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on Friday, October 10, 2025. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images; Charlie Tripalo/AFP via Getty Images)

“Hero of peace”The Nobel Peace Prize goes to Maria Corina Machado, despite calls for Trump to receive the award

The Patriots answer the call: Exclusive: USCIS is seeing a huge surge in applications for “homeland defender” work.

Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado waves during an anti-government protest on January 9, 2025, in Caracas, Venezuela. (Jesus Vargas/Getty Images)

Global stage

Ice cold war: US turns to Finland to fill Arctic ‘icebreaker gap’ as Russia and China expand Polar presence

A drone photo taken on November 29, 2024, shows Chinese research icebreakers Xuelong and Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon and Snow Dragon 2, breaking ice near Zhongshan Station, a Chinese research base in Antarctica. (Chen Dongbin/Xinhua via Getty Images)

The outbreak of the trade war: Trump threatens to impose “huge” tariffs on China, and sees “no reason” to meet with Xi

Peace returnThe White House will begin work on the new Abraham Accords “very soon” after the Gaza agreement

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdul Latif bin Rashid Al Zayani and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan join President Trump at the Abraham Accords signing ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House on September 15, 2020, in Washington. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Gunboat diplomacyShadow war in Washington: How strikes on cartels threaten the collapse of the Maduro regime

Capitol Hill

Pink slips: Sweeping layoffs have begun as the government shutdown continues

Privacy questions: Hagerty presses Verizon about the FBI’s access to his phone records during the Jack Smith investigation

Sen. Bill Hagerty, Republican of Tennessee, speaks during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., March 7, 2023. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Turn off the capital lights: Johnson raises the stakes for Schumer as the government shutdown continues into its third week

Energy is under siege: Scalise leads GOP fight in SCOTUS to stop the radical left’s ‘war on American energy’

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House Majority Leader Steve Scalise led more than 100 House lawmakers in an amicus brief to the Supreme Court on October 10, 2025. (Getty Images)

There is no payday: The Senate leaves Washington as the government shutdown approaches its third week, and military salaries are at risk

Stop confrontation: GOP senators support Ross Vaught’s strict lockdown strategy as the standoff intensifies

All over America

Grounded in Georgia: Georgia’s Mike Collins needles Ossoff in new ad about the shutdown’s toll on airports and workers

Highway danger: The blue state is in the hot seat after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests an illegal immigrant with a “no name given” license.

Catch up: A new poll reveals that Mamdani’s lead is shrinking as Cuomo advances in the showdown in New York City

Former Governor Andrew Cuomo (R) criticized the progressive policies of New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zahran Mamdani during a business forum in New York City. (Richard Drew/AP Photo; Julia Demaree Nickinson/AP Photo)

Circulating around the carts: Allies stand by Katie Porter despite controversial videos that sparked a political firestorm in the California campaign

“Cross the line”: NJ Republican Ciattarelli threatens to sue Sherrill over opioid claim

Republican Jack Ciattarelli looks on as Democrat Mickey Sherrill speaks during the final debate in the New Jersey governor’s race Wednesday, October 8, 2025, in New Brunswick, New Jersey. (Heather Khalifa/AP)

There is no moral courage: Spanberger criticized online as a ‘coward’ for refusing to get rid of ‘troubled’ Jay Jones

Transgender tension: ‘Naked men in locker rooms’: Earl Sears slams Spanberger over transgender locker room stance in heated debate

Alarm bells: A top insurance executive is in the hot seat after a scathing ad campaign that exposed ties with China

Winson Earl Sears and Abigail Spanberger. (Pool/Getty Images)

No answer provided: Spanberger refuses to urge Jay Jones out of the race, dodges questions after ‘Two Bullets’ texts

Old Dominion Conflict: Earl Sears comes out swinging in a heated discussion while Spanberger dodges questions from Jay Jones

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