Five months after the deadly Texas Hill Country flood, newly released 911 calls reveal panic, desperation and heartbreaking pleas.The two emergency dispatchers on duty were overwhelmed as they were inundated with calls from individuals dealing with an increasingly dire situation. Among the more than 400 calls to emergency services were people stuck in or on their homes, their summer camp cabins and even trees. Some called multiple times to let rescuers know where they were and to alert them that...
Many local stories that could be harmful to Democrat politicians don’t become national TV stories for an obvious reason. In the case of the massive welfare fraud committed by Somalis in Minnesota under Democrat Gov. Tim Walz, former Vice President Kamala Harris’s 2024 running mate, that is doubly obvious. The focus launched with conservatives on Nov. 19 with a City Journal article by Christopher Rufo and Ryan Thorpe with a rather unforgettable sentence: "The largest funder of [al Qaeda-linked] a...
A promotional flyer obtained by Fox News Digital shows that a high school in a well-to-do New Jersey suburb is advertising a brand-new club for young socialists.The Highland Park High School Socialist Club in New Jersey held its first meeting Thursday at lunchtime, according to the flyer. The teen anti-capitalists are advised by a Mr. Girvan."WE WANT YOU," the flyer says above an image of infamous communist Karl Marx, who is pointing toward the reader. The image is a play on the famous "I WANT Y...
Taylor Swift may be writing her biggest love story yet.Ocean House in Watch Hill, Rhode Island — an ultra-luxe resort near a home Swift owns — is suddenly at the center of a celebrity wedding storm.Sources told Page Six that Swift paid off another bride who had the venue booked for June 13, 2026 — the date she was allegedly determined to lock down for her own wedding with NFL star Travis Kelce.TAYLOR SWIFT AND NFL STAR TRAVIS KELCE ARE ENGAGED AFTER 2 YEARS TOGETHERIn a statement to Fox News Dig...
Researchers believe they've found the oldest-known depiction of cosmic creation — carved into a small silver cup unearthed over half a century ago.The ˁAin Samiya goblet, discovered in the West Bank in 1970, is the subject of new research about how ancient people viewed the universe — and primordial chaos — in antiquity.The cup was found in a sealed shaft tomb near the Palestinian town of Kafr Malik in the West Bank. It dates back to the Intermediate Bronze Age, roughly between 2650 and 1950 B.C...
EXCLUSIVE: Hollywood icon Lorenzo Lamas is endorsing a pro-law enforcement Republican for California governor after he says that Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has had a "devastating" impact on the state.Lamas, who is best known for his action roles in the 80’s and 90’s, told Fox News Digital he is endorsing Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco for governor, saying, "The impact on the state of California with the current [Newsom] administration is nothing short of devastating."Lamas said that "over the y...
President Donald Trump’s long-running feud with The New York Times has escalated in recent weeks, with new insults coming from the White House and lawsuits filed against and by the newspaper.Trump erupted last week over a report co-authored by White House correspondent Katie Rogers headlined, "Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office," that suggested the 79-year-old is slowing down. Trump ripped the outlet for the "hit piece," and said Rogers was "ugly, both insid...
As the city of Minneapolis faces a $1 billion welfare scandal, Minnesota Republican gubernatorial candidate Dr. Scott Jensen spoke to Fox News Digital about his belief that Gov. Tim Walz is not only directly responsible for the controversy, but suggested that a "cover up" that’s "worse than Watergate" is at play.Walz’s role in what’s been labeled by prosecutors as the largest COVID-19 fraud scheme in the country, stemming from allegations that the Minnesota nonprofit Feeding Our Future and its a...
The National Guardsman who was injured after being shot last week in Washington, D.C., is starting to "look more like himself," West Virginia’s governor said, relaying a message from his parents. Gov. Patrick Morrisey provided the update Friday evening before attending a prayer vigil in Andrew Wolfe’s honor at Musselman High School in Berkeley County, W.Va., where the recovering 24-year-old graduated from, according to WUSA9. "His parents report that his head wound is slowly healing and that he'...
Artificial intelligence is becoming smarter and more powerful every day. But sometimes, instead of solving problems properly, AI models find shortcuts to succeed. This behavior is called reward hacking. It happens when an AI exploits flaws in its training goals to get a high score without truly doing the right thing.Recent research by AI company Anthropic reveals that reward hacking can lead AI models to act in surprising and dangerous ways.Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Report Get my best tech ti...
Royal experts say Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s star power in Hollywood is rapidly fading five years after their dramatic break from the monarchy.A source recently told People magazine that the couple is still learning to navigate public scrutiny. While Meghan reportedly brushes off the criticism as "just noise," Harry is said to take the attacks more personally and remains intensely protective of his wife."Their star power is fading," Kinsey Schofield, host of YouTube’s "Kinsey Schofield Unf...
Former President Joe Biden, when he served as a Delaware senator, railed against foreign narco-terrorists flooding the U.S. with highly addictive substances, calling for an "international strike force" against the drug traffickers in a fiery 1989 speech. "Let's go after the drug lords where they live with an international strike force. There must be no safe haven for these narco-terrorists and they must know it," then-Sen. Biden said in an 1989 video speech addressing then-President George H.W. ...
A North Carolina congressman has introduced legislation to protect homeschoolers from what he feels are discriminatory practices in the college application process. "There's some situations that, due to something in our U.S. code and some poorly worded statements, that some of our homeschool young people find that when they've applied to college that there are extra things that are placed on them, burdens that are placed on them, which we feel really is discriminatory," Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C.,...
FIRST ON FOX: Democrats sounding the alarm of potential harms to Alaskan communities if their efforts were reversed and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) was further opened to energy development got a very different response than they may have been expecting from a consortium of local Natives.Using the Congressional Review Act, the Senate voted Thursday night to pass a resolution from Rep. Nick Begich, R-Alaska, that formally reversed a Biden-era rule restricting more than 1 million acr...
A teenage girl who spent her final years advocating for young people battling cancer is forever memorialized in history, thanks to a key bill passed by the House of Representatives.Mikaela Naylon was just 16 when she died five years after being diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer.Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, who helped lead the landmark legislation that became her namesake, said Mikaela spent much of that time fighting to give fellow children a chance to survive cancer.He to...
European Christmas markets are opening this year under tightened security and rising operational costs, as officials across Germany, France and other parts of Europe respond to what authorities describe as elevated threats to public safety.In Germany, spending on security for public events — including Christmas markets — has increased by about 44% over the past three years, according to a new survey by the Federal Association of City and Town Marketing. Berlin’s main market launched this season ...
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg is again facing scrutiny for his assigned cases after California Rep. Eric Swalwell's high-profile lawsuit accusing a senior Trump housing official of brazen misconduct landed in his court.Some Republicans have criticized Boasberg's docket, given his assignment to an earlier legal challenge involving President Donald Trump's removal of hundreds of Venezuelan migrants to a Salvadoran prison in March and his role in presiding over the so-called "Signalgate" lawsu...
The Senate is quietly winning the battle over states’ abilities to craft their own artificial intelligence (AI) regulations, but there is still a desire to chart out a rough framework at the federal level. The issue of a blanket AI moratorium, which would have halted states from crafting their own AI regulations, was thought to have been put to bed over the summer. But the push was again revived by House Republicans, who were considering dropping it into the annual National Defense Authorization...
As scrutiny mounts on the Trump administration's use of force in its targeting of suspected cartel members in the Caribbean, lawmakers on Capitol Hill were asked whether they believe U.S. citizen victims or drug traffickers are more important.Republicans, such as Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., said the answer is easy."I can't speak for anybody else, but my top concern is American citizens, their lives, their health. So, for me, it's an easy choice. Kill drug dealers, save Americans," said Sheehy.Demo...
Former President Joe Biden said "we're the United States of Amerigotit" in his latest gaffe during a speech on Friday at the International LGBTQ+ Leaders Conference in Washington, D.C.Biden was urging elected officials, leaders and advocates to "continue the fight" for equality when he slurred his words."We just have to get up. As long as we keep the faith … and remember who the hell we are. We're the United States of Amerigotit, that's who we are! We're the U.S.!" Biden said.‘THIS GUY’: SLURRIN...
U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks announced that nearly all illegal immigrants detained will be charged a $5,000 "apprehension fee."In a post on X on Thursday, Banks said illegal immigrants ages 14 and older who entered the country without inspection will face a fee, a provision included in the "big, beautiful bill," which President Donald Trump signed into law in July."This message applies to all illegal aliens — regardless of where they entered, how long they’ve been in the U.S., their cu...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday pushed back against accusations from Arizona Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva, who claimed she was pepper sprayed during an immigration raid in Tucson.In a post on X, Grijalva said she was "pushed aside and pepper sprayed" after identifying herself as a member of Congress while seeking information from officers during a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) operation near the Taco Giro restaurant."ICE just conducted a raid by Taco Gi...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit on Friday against the East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC), Community Capital Partners (CCP) and several associated leaders, accusing them of running an illegal securities and land development scheme tied to a proposed 400-acre community known as "EPIC City."The lawsuit, filed in Collin County, follows a monthslong investigation and a referral from the Texas State Securities Board. The state alleges the defendants raised tens of millions of dollars w...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, criticized President Donald Trump on Thursday for describing the state's Somali community as "garbage."Walz said Trump's statements of contempt for the state's Somali community were "unprecedented for a United States president.""We’ve got little children going to school today who their president called them garbage," the blue state governor said.Minnesota has the largest Somali population in the country, with about 84,000 people in the Minneapolis and St. Pau...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) arrested seven more criminal illegal immigrants, including "pedophiles, gang members and drug traffickers" during Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis.Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Friday announced its latest "worst of the worst" list, with offenders coming from Somalia, Venezuela, Ecuador, the Dominican Republic and Guatemala."Governor Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey protected these criminals at the expense of the safety of Americans," DHS ...
The Federal Aviation Administration this week told airlines it will investigate whether they complied with orders from the Trump administration during the record-long government shutdown to cut flights.The orders came in November after the shutdown had been going for a month and airports were facing shortages of air traffic control workers.The emergency order affected 40 major airports in the U.S. and fluctuated between cuts of 3% to 6% for each airline before the shutdown ended on Nov. 12.NATIO...
As the debate over NFL playing surfaces continues, the league introduced a plan that aims to bring more consistency to all stadiums.The new enhanced standards will have to be met by 2028, according to the NFL, and will be set through lab and field testing.Nick Pappas, an NFL field director, shared some details about the plans for the program rollout.Each team will be provided with "a library of approved and accredited NFL fields" before the 2026 season begins. Any new field will immediately have...
President Donald Trump ordered a sweeping federal review of every childhood vaccine recommendation in the United States on Friday just hours after a CDC advisory committee voted to end its long-standing guidance for infants to receive the Hepatitis B vaccine at birth, calling the rule unnecessary for healthy newborns."Today, the CDC Vaccine Committee made a very good decision to END their Hepatitis B Vaccine Recommendation for babies, the vast majority of whom are at NO RISK of Hepatitis B, a di...
President Donald Trump ordered a sweeping federal review of every childhood vaccine recommendation in the United States Friday, just hours after a CDC advisory committee voted to end its long-standing guidance for infants to receive the hepatitis B vaccine at birth, calling the rule unnecessary for healthy newborns."Today, the CDC Vaccine Committee made a very good decision to END their Hepatitis B Vaccine Recommendation for babies, the vast majority of whom are at NO RISK of Hepatitis B, a dise...
A Canadian politician who claimed a voicemail she allegedly left a potential mayoral candidate last summer was artificial intelligence has been arrested and charged with making threats.Ontario Councilor Corinna Traill was arrested on Wednesday and charged with two counts of uttering threats, the Peterborough Police Service in Ontario said.In September, former mayoral candidate Tom Dingwall wrote on his Facebook that in August Traill left him a voicemail, telling him not to run for mayor so a fri...
"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin went to bat for California Gov. Gavin Newsom Friday, days after actress Halle Berry called him out publicly for overlooking women in his state.Responding to Berry’s criticism of the Democratic governor for vetoing a menopause-related bill in California, Hostin argued that Newsom was justified in his actions and touted his supposedly strong record of defending women."And, so, in an effort to keep healthcare costs down, he has to veto it because they’re not tailorin...
Two men were arrested after authorities found 30 handguns allegedly destined for Mexico hidden in a spare tire during an inspection on the southern border in Texas, officials said Friday.The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) seized the weapons this week at the Anzalduas Port of Entry in Mission, a town on the Texas-Mexico border, the agency said. DPS special agents searched a 2015 Chevy pickup as part of a multi-agency task force with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Homeland S...
More than $1.7 million has been raised to help an Army veteran retire after his story went viral online and a GoFundMe drew thousands of donations from strangers.Australian social media influencer Sam Weidenhofer first learned about Edmund Bambas, 88, from a comment on one of his videos. Weidenhofer then worked with influencer Mike McKinstry to track the veteran down at the Meijer supermarket in Brighton, Michigan, where he works, WXYZ Detroit reported."May I ask how old you are?" Weidenhofer as...
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced on Friday agents arrested an illegal immigrant from Azerbaijan, who had multiple convictions for crimes including cruelty to animals.Rafael Vladimirovi Sarkisyan, of Azerbaijan, was arrested by ICE Los Angeles Nov. 25, and will remain in ICE custody pending removal proceedings, according to officials.Sarkisyan was previously convicted of cruelty to animals, causing a structure fire, and manufacturing a controlled substance, ICE wrote in a ...
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Friday agents arrested an illegal immigrant from Azerbaijan, who has multiple convictions for crimes, including cruelty to animals.Rafael Vladimirovi Sarkisyan of Azerbaijan was arrested by ICE Los Angeles Nov. 25 and will remain in ICE custody pending removal proceedings, according to officials.Sarkisyan was previously convicted of cruelty to animals, causing a structure fire and manufacturing a controlled substance, ICE wrote in a statem...
CNN anchor Jake Tapper issued a correction Friday after referring to the D.C. pipe bomb suspect as a "White man."Tapper raised eyebrows Thursday for referring to Brian Cole Jr., the man suspected of leaving pipe bombs outside the RNC and DNC headquarters on the eve of Jan. 6, as a "30-year-old White man.""Yesterday, minutes before we showed you the suspect's photo, I should note that I mistakenly said that the suspect was White," Tapper told viewers. "Obviously, as the photo revealed, he's Black...
The Washington Post is standing by a report that has been facing growing scrutiny regarding the Pentagon's strike of an alleged drug boat.Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth and Adm. Mitch Bradley have been inundated with accusations of having committed war crimes after the Post published a report last Friday claiming Hegseth had given a "kill them all" order on a September bombing of a boat allegedly transporting drugs in the Caribbean, something the Trump administration had strongly denie...
Transgender comedian Stacy Cay incited backlash on social media Friday after making a joke about former high school volleyball player Payton McNabb's brain injury. Cay's joke made light of the fact McNabb suffered a concussion, brain bleed and permanent whiplash after being spiked in the head by a biological male trans athlete during a North Carolina high school match in 2022. Cay called footage of the incident "pretty funny." "They don't ever want to show the clip of what happened because it's ...
Standing in the snow on an eastern Kentucky mountaintop Friday, Rev. Franklin Graham dedicated 18 newly constructed homes in Jesus' name to families who lost everything in the region's catastrophic 2022 floods, a moment survivors described as the first real breath of relief they've had in three years."This is Franklin Graham," he says in an exclusive video to Fox News Digital. "Terrible floods here a few years ago just destroyed hundreds of homes. Well, today we are dedicating 18 houses that are...
A pup got lucky last weekend when she was rescued off the California coast after getting swept out to sea.The black Labrador retriever-mix named Sadie, initially escaped from the home where her owners were staying in San Diego during a Sunday football game, the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department said. The pair, Alexis Barcellos and Brandon Valdez, tracked Sadie using the AirTag on her collar and set out to the coast to find her, officials said. AI TECH HELPS A SENIOR REUNITE WITH HER CAT AFTER 11 ...
EXCLUSIVE: TUCSON, Ariz. — Protesters swarmed a Mexican restaurant in Tucson, Arizona, Friday morning, briefly locking a group of federal agents in a gated parking lot as they were executing a search warrant as part of a sprawling tax and immigration fraud investigation.It happened outside a Taco Giro restaurant on North Grande Avenue in Tucson. A SWAT team responded after protesters surrounded the feds and allegedly used a bike lock to block the exit with agents inside."Special agents and offic...
EXCLUSIVE: TUCSON, Ariz. — Protesters swarmed a Mexican restaurant in Tucson, Arizona, Friday morning, briefly locking a group of federal agents in a gated parking lot as they were executing a search warrant in connection with a sprawling tax and immigration fraud investigation.It happened outside a Taco Giro restaurant on North Grande Avenue in Tucson. A SWAT team responded after protesters surrounded the feds and allegedly used a bike lock to block the exit with agents inside."Special agents a...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene will appear on CBS News' "60 Minutes" ahead of her expected departure from Congress next month.On Friday, "60 Minutes" teased the interview with Lesley Stahl that will air Sunday, touting Greene's first sit-down interview since she announced her exit last month.Greene shocked the political landscape when she revealed she would leave Congress Jan. 5. Many believe her abrupt exit was the result of her soured relationship with President Donald Trump.MARJORIE GREENE SAYS ...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is set to appear on CBS News' "60 Minutes" ahead of her expected departure from Congress next month.On Friday, "60 Minutes" teased the interview with Lesley Stahl set to air Sunday, touting Greene's first sit-down interview since she announced her exit last month.Greene shocked the political landscape when she revealed that she would leave Congress on Jan. 5. Many believe her abrupt exit was the result of her soured relationship with President Donald Trump.MARJORIE GR...
Fox News Channel continued to excel throughout November, finishing ahead of NBC and CBS in weekday primetime viewership year-to-date while leaving CNN and newly rebranded MS NOW in the dust. Since the start of 2025, Fox News has averaged 3.2 million weekday primetime viewers, ranking as the second highest-rated network in all of television and outperforming both CBS and NBC. While Fox News continues to compete with broadcast offerings, it easily bested cable news competition. During November, Fo...
First lady Melania Trump met with young kids at the Children’s National hospital on Friday, wishing them "a lot" of presents from Santa."I'm sure Santa will visit all of you this Christmas and bring you a lot of toys," the first lady told the nearly dozen patients between 4 and 11 years old gathered at the Washington, D.C. area hospital. "I wish you all a very merry Christmas and happy new year.""I wish you a lot of strength and love," she added.Trump also spoke with each child in attendance aft...
Princess Kate dazzled Friday at her "Together at Christmas" carol service, joined by husband Prince William and their three children at Westminster Abbey in London."So special to come together this evening for this year’s ‘Together at Christmas’ Carol Service," the royal family wrote on Instagram. "Grateful to everyone who helped make it such a warm and memorable celebration of love at Christmas."Notably absent from the Christmas celebration were Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, daughters...
Princess Kate dazzled Friday at her "Together at Christmas" carol service, joined by her husband Prince William and their three children at Westminster Abbey in London."So special to come together this evening for this year’s ‘Together at Christmas’ Carol Service," the royal family wrote on Instagram. "Grateful to everyone who helped make it such a warm and memorable celebration of love at Christmas."Notably absent from the Christmas celebration were Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, daugh...
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…-Trump rewrites national security playbook as mass migration overtakes terrorism as top US threat-SCOTUS to review Trump order on birthright citizenship -Dem state election board under fire after ICE-arrested superintendent surfaces on voter rollsCongress wants to seize the reins and take greater control of U.S. military action...
After more than 120 House Democrats signed onto a bill from a top progressive lawmaker to seek what they define as "dignity" for federal immigration detainees, critics sounded the alarm that the legislation could forever transform how illegal immigrants are treated in the U.S.Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., is spearheading the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act, along with fellow Evergreen State lawmaker Rep. Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee — which they say wil...
NBA legend Michael Jordan testified in his antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR on Friday, revealing why he decided to take legal action against the sport he says he grew up a fan of. "Someone had to step forward and challenge the entity to understand that it is a real concern from our aspect," Jordan said. "I felt I could challenge NASCAR as a whole. I felt, as far as the sport, it needed to be looked at from a different view."Jordan’s highly anticipated appearance followed dramatic testimony from ...
President Donald Trump suggested the American sport of football should have a different name so that soccer, which is called football in nearly every other country, can assume the name. Trump made his comments during the World Cup draw in Washington, D.C., Friday while discussing soccer's growth in the U.S."When you look at what has happened to football in the United States, again soccer in the United States, we seem to never call it that because we have a little bit of a conflict with another t...
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested a Somali illegal immigrant convicted of fraud and connected to several high-profile Minnesota politicians, including Gov. Tim Walz, the former Democratic vice presidential nominee.The illegal alien, Abdul Dahir Ibrahim of Somalia, has had a deportation order against him since 2004 and courts have rejected all of his appeals. Ibrahim has a criminal history that includes convictions in Canada for asylum and welfare fraud before he entered the Unite...
FIFA president Gianni Infantino was front and center at the highly anticipated World Cup draw event in Washington, D.C., on Friday afternoon.Infantino took the stage at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts alongside President Donald Trump, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. The photo op brought the head of the sport’s international governing body together with the leaders of the three host countries for next year’s World Cup.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPO...
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is recommending New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick direct the agency to cooperate with federal immigration authorities following a major federal enforcement operation that resulted in the arrest of dozens of criminal illegal immigrants.In a letter dated Friday to Kirkpatrick, Murill said the department's policies appear to conflict with state law and could be interpreted as "sanctuary" policies, which generally prohibit loc...
Star wrestler and actor John Cena recalled to Joe Rogan on Friday how he upset China in 2021 by referring to Taiwan as a country, and then in turn upset America with his Mandarin-language apology, calling it a difficult learning experience. As American franchises increasingly cater to international audiences like China, Cena recounted a hard lesson to the podcaster: "Just because you know the language doesn’t mean you know the culture."Amid an effort to spread pro-wrestling to foreign countries,...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is warning Republicans that the Tennessee special election exposed a turnout problem that could affectthe 2026 midterms. He said President Donald Trump expanded the Republican Party but also attracted a group of voters outside its traditional base. DeSantis said those voters come out when Trump is on the ballot but may stay home when he isn’t.The tighter-than-expected Nashville race underscored Republicans’ concerns about whether Trump voters will show up when the presi...
Terence Crawford sounded off on the World Boxing Council (WBC) after the organization stripped his undisputed super-middleweight world title over his failure to pay sanctioning fees for his last two fights. The undefeated American boxer earned the title after defeating Canelo Alvarez by unanimous decision in September. The fight was sanctioned by all four of the major sanctioning bodies, including the World Boxing Association (WBA), the International Boxing Federation (IBF) and the World Boxing ...
EXCLUSIVE: The Coast Guard cutter Munro seized more than 20,000 pounds of cocaine in a single drug interdiction mission Tuesday — marking the largest seizure a national security cutter had completed involving a go-fast vessel. New video footage shared with Fox News Digital depicts Coast Guard forces, including a sniper from the service’s Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) based in Jacksonville, Florida, utilizing disabling fire against a go-fast vessel as it completes a drug inte...
Former SEC Commissioner Roy Kramer, who became a pioneer for college football's current playoff structure, has died at age 96, the conference announced.Kramer served as the SEC’s commissioner from 1990 to 2002 and made it one of the richest conferences in the nation during his tenure, mostly by negotiating lucrative television contracts. He began by bringing Arkansas and South Carolina into the conference in 1991 — a small preview of the massive expansion that has overrun the sport and college a...
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Almost two months after firing James Franklin, Penn State is reportedly nearing the finish line with a new head coach. The Nittany Lions are reportedly hiring Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell to replace Franklin. Campbell and Penn State are working on a deal and getting formal approval for compensation, according to ESPN. The 46-year-old is the winningest coach in Iowa State history. The three-time Big 12 Coach of the Year went 72-55 in 10 seasons with the Cyclones, with eight winning seasons...
Vanity Fair announced it is parting ways with political journalist Olivia Nuzzi after allegations about inappropriate affairs surfaced. "Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi have mutually agreed, in the best interest of the magazine, to let her contract expire at the end of the year," representatives for Vanity Fair and Nuzzi said in a joint statement to Fox News Digital.The magazine announced in September it had hired Nuzzi to be its West Coast editor.JOURNALIST OLIVIA NUZZI ADMITS SHE ‘F---ED UP’ FOLL...
Let’s face it: Politics is personal. And you cannot separate the two on Capitol Hill.Lawmakers may not have missed legislating during the government shutdown. But they sure missed attacking one another.Yes, both chambers of Congress voted to reopen the government. That’s legislating. There were certainly a few bills of consequence on the House and Senate floors in September before the shutdown. There was a little bit in the Senate, which remained in session during the shutdown. There was the ado...
Matthew McConaughey isn't backing down from stunt work.McConaughey revealed his most bizarre and memorable injury during an appearance on the First We Feast show "Hot Ones."The now 56-year-old actor is known to do his own stunts, as long as insurance will allow it. McConaughey recalled hyperextending his left leg during a "dumba--" move filming "Reign of Fire" in the early 2000s."You could see the bottom of the tunnel," he said. "It was about a six-foot drop. Right? So you see it. Go down, you k...
The Senate is gearing up for a vote on extending expiring Obamacare premium subsidies, but a tense debate over restrictions on taxpayer-funded abortions is proving a major roadblock on the path to a bipartisan healthcare solution. Broadly, lawmakers in the upper chamber do not want to see the subsidies expire by the end of the year, given the political ramifications and expected leaps in healthcare premiums that would come should they lapse. But Republicans demand that Hyde Amendment protections...
Researchers say they've identified 168 chemicals that may affect gut bacteria — substances that people can encounter in a range of everyday environments.Experts from the University of Cambridge published a study on Tuesday in the journal Nature Microbiology that found many everyday substances can hinder the growth of beneficial gut bacteria — and it goes beyond pesticides.The scientists studied how 1,076 chemical contaminants affected 22 bacterial species, creating a machine-learning model to fo...
Researchers say they've identified 168 chemicals that may affect gut bacteria, substances that people can encounter in a range of everyday environments.Experts from the University of Cambridge published a study Tuesday in the journal Nature Microbiology that found many everyday substances can hinder the growth of beneficial gut bacteria, and it goes beyond pesticides.The scientists studied how 1,076 chemical contaminants affected 22 bacterial species, creating a machine-learning model to forecas...
The Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy marks a sweeping shift in America’s defense priorities, downplaying Islamic terrorism and decades of Middle East–centric policymaking in favor of asserting U.S. dominance in the Western Hemisphere and treating mass migration as the top national security threat.In language that departs from every post-9/11 strategy document, the White House argues that the Middle East is no longer the primary driver of global instability and says the "era ...
Many have said the World Cup would be a failure if the United States did not make it out of the group stage, without even knowing who they will face in it.Well, the Stars and Stripes learned Friday who they will be playing in the group stage, and by all accounts, the U.S. Men’s National Team should advance to the knockout stage with ease.The U.S. is the highest-ranked team in its group, joining Australia (26th), Paraguay (39th) and a team to be determined early next year in a playoff.CLICK HERE ...
Longtime CBS News journalist Connie Chung criticized her former employer in an interview that aired Thursday, suggesting "greedy" ownership has caused the Tiffany Network to "crash into crumbles."Chung worked as a correspondent for "CBS Evening News" with Walter Cronkite in the early 1970s before leaving to work in local news. She returned to CBS in 1989 and became the first Asian American to be a network anchor when she started co-anchoring "CBS Evening News" with Dan Rather in 1993. Chung join...
USA Gymnastics is facing another lawsuit for allegedly failing to protect female athletes from sexual abuse. The latest lawsuit alleges USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Center for SafeSport were informed about a coach, Sean Gardner, involved in "inappropriate and abusive behaviors" but failed to properly investigate. John Manly, the attorney representing the plaintiffs in the case, previously represented stars including Simone Biles in the Larry Nassar sexual abuse lawsuit against USA Gymnastics, and...
Disgraced former Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., has been permanently barred from holding public office in New Jersey after his conviction for taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in gold bars and cash, the New Jersey attorney general announced.Menendez, sentenced to 11 years in prison in January, is also prohibited from holding any position of public trust in the state, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Robert Lougy ruled.The former lawmaker was found guilty in July 2024 of 16 counts of b...
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review the legality of President Donald Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship in the U.S., a landmark case that stands to profoundly upend the lives of millions of Americans and lawful U.S. residents.Oral arguments in the case are expected to be held sometime between February and April next year, with a ruling expected by the end of June.At issue before the court is Trump's executive order signed on the first day of his second presidential te...
New York Attorney General Letitia James is challenging Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York John Sarcone's power to preside over a Department of Justice probe pertaining to regulatory lawsuits she lodged against President Donald Trump and the National Rifle Association, according to The Associated Press.It is one of the arguments she is advancing to block subpoenas issued in connection with the investigation, according to the outlet.Her attorney, Hailyn Chen, argued in cour...
IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER:- OpenAI's Sam Altman issues ‘code red’ to bolster ChatGPT’s quality, delays other products: report - Chinese hackers turned AI tools into an automated attack machine- AI Melania: First lady rolls out audiobook of first memoir in Spanish'MORE INTUITIVE': OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declared a "code red" effort within his company to improve the quality of ChatGPT The Wall Street Journal reported, citing an internal memo. BOTS GONE ROGUE: Cybersecurity has been reshaped by the rapi...
Iran's military fired ballistic and cruise missiles at simulated targets near the Persian Gulf on Friday as part of an exercise aimed at deterring foreign threats, a report said.The drills carried out by Iran's Revolutionary Guards Navy began Thursday in the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman, according to Reuters.The news agency cited Iranian state media as saying that a massive launch Friday of Qadr 110, Qadr 380 and Qadr 360 cruise missiles, as well as ballistic missiles, were directed toward ...
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., on Friday urged the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s acting director not to sign off on new guidance that would end routine hepatitis B (HBV) vaccinations for newborns, calling the proposed change "a mistake."Cassidy made the comments after the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted in favor of the recommendation, finding parents should exercise "individual-based decision-making," in consultation with a doctor, when deciding wh...
President Donald Trump put forward a sweeping set of national security goals in which he vows to enforce the Monroe Doctrine while adding his own corollary aimed at expanding U.S. influence in the Western Hemisphere and countering adversaries’ growing footprint.In the 33-page blueprint, the Trump administration asserts that a "reasonably stable" Western Hemisphere where governments work together to fight malign foreign influence is key to U.S. national security. To achieve this, the administrati...
Brian Cole Jr., the Virginia man accused of placing pipe bombs outside the Republican and Democratic National Committee buildings in Washington, D.C., in January 2021, made his first appearance in federal court Friday as his family yelled in support as he was led out. Cole was informed about the charges against him as he appeared before a judge in Washington. This story is breaking. Please check back for updates.
Brian Cole Jr., the Virginia man accused of placing pipe bombs outside the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee buildings in Washington, D.C., in January 2021, made his first appearance in federal court Friday as his family yelled in support as he was led out. Cole, 30, was informed about the charges against him as he appeared before a judge in Washington. Government prosecutors told Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya Cole spoke to law enforcement for over four hours Th...
A senior FBI official is pushing back against an MS NOW report that FBI Director Kash Patel told his girlfriend’s security detail to drive her intoxicated friend home after a night out in Nashville. The outlet claims this has happened multiple times.Ben Williamson, the FBI’s assistant director for public affairs, denied the story in a post on X and directly criticized the reporter involved."1,000% false and did not happen. And I’d like to give some BTS insight into how this hogwash got printed,"...
The National Basketball Association has changed a lot since Alonzo Mourning retired in 2009.His professional career began in 1992 while Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls were running the show, and he hung up his shoes just before players who played his position started to shoot three-pointers at the same rate Stephen Curry did early in his playing days.Take Victor Wembanyama, for example. At nearly seven-and-a-half feet tall, "Wemby" would have stayed at the block if he played during Mourning...
CNN anchor Jake Tapper referred to the Washington, D.C., pipe bomb suspect as a "White man" on Thursday during his coverage of the breaking news, shortly before airing the man's picture that showed he was Black.Brian Cole Jr. of Woodbridge, Va., was arrested Thursday nearly five years after he allegedly placed pipe bombs outside the RNC and DNC headquarters in Washington, D.C., on the eve of the January 6, 2021, riot on Capitol Hill.Tapper kicked off Thursday's installment of "The Lead" by addre...
A federal judge in Florida granted the Justice Department’s request on Friday to unseal grand jury transcripts related to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, citing a new federal transparency law.Judge Rodney Smith found that the Epstein Files Transparency Act of 2025 overrode the secrecy requirements of federal grand jury rules. The law, signed by President Donald Trump on Nov. 19, requires the attorney general to make public all unclassified DOJ records connected to Epstein and Maxwell.It w...
The Republican-controlled Indiana House on Friday pushed through congressional redistricting championed by President Donald Trump.The new map, drawn by a national Republican-aligned group, would create two more right-leaning congressional districts in the solidly red Midwestern state, where the GOP currently controls 7 of Indiana's 9 U.S. House seats.The vote — coming less than 24 hours after the Supreme Court cleared the way for GOP-dominated Texas to use its newly redrawn map, which creates fi...
Nature magazine, a top British weekly scientific journal, retracted a study predicting climate change would cost an annual $38 trillion throughout the next 25 years after its methodology and staggering economic findings came under scrutiny. "Readers are alerted that the reliability of data and methodology presented in this manuscript is currently in question," an editor's note on the study read Nov. 6. "Appropriate editorial action will be taken once this matter is resolved." The study official...
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., was caught on a hot mic Thursday discussing strategy following the passage of a new map by California voters that could potentially give Democrats an additional five House seats.Issa was apparently referring to Reps. Ken Calvert and Young Kim, both California Republicans, during his remarks while attending President Donald Trump’s peace deal signing between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Just before the event began, Issa was captured on a pool camera...
Holiday shopping creates a perfect storm for cybercriminals. The FBI says scammers target Gmail, Outlook and nearly every other inbox this time of year as they push fake messages that trick you into giving up money or sensitive information.These schemes move fast, and victims often do not realize what happened until their bank accounts show charges they never made.Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy ReportGet my best tech tips, urgent security alerts and exclusive deals delivered straight to your inbox...
Beginning Jan. 1, 2026, grocery, pharmacy, liquor and convenience stores in California will not be able to provide any single-use thin plastic bags or even "reusable" plastic film bags.The updated law stems from Senate Bill 270, which was first introduced in 2014. It previously allowed the use of reusable bags — which were made of a thicker plastic.Senate Bill 1053 now "eliminates the distribution of thicker film plastic bags."BAR OWNER SPARKS FURY OVER 'NARROW-MINDED,' CONTROVERSIAL LATE-NIGHT ...
Several Senate Republicans are calling for the Trump administration to revisit vetting standards for Afghan nationals following the shooting of two National Guard members last week.In a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, over a half dozen Senate Republicans argued that it was "past time for the United States to revisit the deficiencies of the Biden administration’s vetting process for Afghan nationals," in the wake of former President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan.Their letter c...
Vice President JD Vance, who married his wife Usha in 2014, told NBC News their marriage is just as strong as ever.When asked if he was irked by headlines about his wife being spotted out without a wedding ring, the vice president noted on Thursday, "I think that we kind of get a kick out of it," the outlet reported."With anything in life, you take the good with the bad," the vice president told NBC News. "You accept that there are some sacrifices and there are some very good things that come al...
MS NOW host Jen Psaki mocked Republican lawmakers Thursday, saying they should lean into what she sees as President Donald Trump’s mixed messaging on affordability. During an appearance on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," Psaki accused Trump of saying conflicting things about his agenda to lower prices in America, and said that the GOP should repeat them so they look bad compared to the Democratic Party."Well, look, I would say, as someone who really would like to see the Democratic Party t...
FIRST ON FOX: The leader of the House GOP's largest caucus is rolling out a plan to scale back Obamacare while giving Americans the option to open new health savings accounts (HSAs) named after President Donald Trump.Republican Study Committee Chairman August Pfluger, R-Texas, is filing legislation on Monday called "The More Affordable Care Act," he told Fox News Digital.States would be allowed to opt out of major facets of Obamacare, formally called the Affordable Care Act (ACA), provided they ...
The National Guardsman who is fighting for his life after being shot last week in Washington, D.C., is a "miracle" who is now "able to open both eyes," Attorney General Pam Bondi told "Fox & Friends" on Friday.U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, remains hospitalized after being wounded in the Nov. 26 shooting just blocks away from the White House. Another National Guardsman, Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, was killed."Please continue to pray for Andy. I saw Andy, I've met with his mom. I talke...
President Donald Trump was awarded the very first FIFA Peace Prize on Friday at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., during the World Cup final draw.FIFA President Gianni Infantino gave Trump the award, which included a trophy of golden hands holding a soccer ball.Trump created the World Cup task force earlier this year, as the United States will be home to 11 of the 16 host cities in next year's event.The championship match will take place on July 19 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, Ne...
President Donald Trump was awarded the very first FIFA Peace Prize on Friday at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., during the World Cup final draw.FIFA President Gianni Infantino gave Trump the award, which included a trophy of golden hands holding a soccer ball. He was also awarded with a medal that he put on almost immediately."The FIFA Peace Prize is presented annually on behalf of the billions of football-loving people from around the world to a distinguished individual who exemplifies ...
New York City authorities have made an arrest in the caught-on-camera illegal street takeover that ended with a couple being brutally beaten and a neighbor’s car being set ablaze by a group of rowdy drivers. Justin Aguilera, 19, is facing a slew of charges, including gang assault, riot, assault and trespassing, City Councilwoman Vickie Paladino, who represents the neighborhood, said in a social media post Thursday. The charges stem from a violent car meet-up in the Queens neighborhood of Malba ...
Simon Cowell is opening up about the unconventional wellness procedure that he claims is helping him age backwards — one that "rinses" and "filters" his blood before returning it to his body.Although the music mogul, 66, didn’t specify which particular procedure he undergoes, the description is similar to apheresis, which is a medical procedure that draws blood from the body, spins it to separate and remove certain elements, then returns it to the body, according to Cleveland Clinic."I go to thi...
