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Late Night Downloads the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:26:52 +0000

The event “was supposed to be an evening of fun and merriment,” Jon Stewart said, “until, like most things in America, it was interrupted by gunfire.”

Missouri and Illinois Face Severe Storms and Tornado Threat

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:04:16 +0000

The system brought down trees and power lines across several states. A man in Michigan was killed when a tree fell on him, the authorities said.

Mexico urges US to avoid unauthorized operations after fatal Chihuahua crash; state prosecutor resigns

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 05:57:18 +0000

How South Korea Uses A.I. to Check on Its Elderly

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 05:41:52 +0000

In the world’s fastest aging society, artificial intelligence is being used to make care calls to older adults who live alone and to fight dementia.

How South Korea Uses A.I. to Check on Its Elderly

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 05:41:51 +0000

In the world’s fastest aging society, artificial intelligence is being used to make care calls to older adults who live alone and to fight dementia.

Pompeii archaeologists use AI to reconstruct man killed in volcano's eruption

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 05:20:05 +0000

Archaeologists have used AI for the first time to digitally reconstruct the face of a man killed in the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius, offering a new way to understand one of history's most famous natural disasters.

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Jasmine Crockett's social media posts about WHCD shooting show different tones

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 05:08:02 +0000

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, posted on social media what appeared to be contradictory messages about the shooting over the weekend at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

In the shooting that unfolded at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., gunman Cole Tomas Allen of California rushed through a security checkpoint with guns and knives. One Secret Service agent was shot in the chest but was saved by his bulletproof vest.

The Justice Department charged Allen with attempting to assassinate the president, transporting a firearm and ammunition in interstate commerce with intent to commit a felony, and discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence.

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President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and other administration officials were in attendance, as were members of Congress and the media. Trump and other attendees were rushed off the stage, and the suspect was taken into custody.

Crockett, who lost in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate this year, has made multiple posts about the shooting since it happened, with some condemning political violence and others questioning whether assassination attempts against Trump were staged.

On her official X and Threads accounts, she said, "The political violence is unacceptable and must stop."

"I am grateful that everyone attending tonight’s WHCD is safe," the congresswoman added.

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But on her Jasmine For US campaign Threads account, she posted, "Has there ever been a president have this many close 'attempts' on their life?"

"Maybe it’s lax gun laws, maybe it’s lack of mental health funding, or maybe it’s fake… who knows," the post continued.

Fox News Digital has reached out to Crockett's office for comment. A message was also left with the office of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., seeking comment.

In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, Trump began claiming that the incident showed the need for his proposed White House ballroom. Other administration officials and the president's allies in Congress quickly began pushing for the ballroom as well.

But the dinner was hosted by the White House Correspondents' Association and not the White House, and it had more than twice as many guests as the proposed ballroom could hold.

A judge had, on multiple occasions, halted construction of the $400 million White House ballroom, ruling that it lacked congressional approval, while offering an exception for "actions strictly necessary to ensure the safety and security of the White House and its grounds."

Haiti’s Original Sin? Freedom.

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 05:00:06 +0000

Haiti’s revolution shocked the world. America still isn’t over it.

Jimmy Kimmel remains defiant, insists 'expectant widow' jab against Trumps was about age difference

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 04:19:58 +0000

ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel remained defiant Monday night, insisting his now-viral "expectant widow" joke about President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump was simply about their age.

"This was Thursday, and there was no big reaction to it until this morning, when I greeted the day facing yet another Twitter vomit storm," Kimmel said during his monologue. "I said, our First Lady, Melania, is here. Look at her. So beautiful. This is from the glow. Like an expected widow, which obviously was a joke about their age difference and the look of joy we see on her face every time they were together."

"It was a very light roast joke about the fact that he's almost 80, and she's younger than I am. It was not, by any stretch of the definition, a call to assassination — and they know that," he continued. "I've been very vocal for many years speaking out against gun violence in particular, but I understand that the First Lady had a stressful experience over the weekend, and probably every weekend is pretty stressful in that house."

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Replit's CEO says it's dumb to study computer science thinking you can make a 'boatload' at Google

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 04:08:29 +0000

Indonesia train crash toll rises to 14 as rescuers complete evacuation

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 04:02:16 +0000

Court hearing for man charged will killing 2 University of South Florida students

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 04:01:28 +0000

How South Korea Uses A.I. to Check on Its Elderly

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 04:01:08 +0000

In the world’s fastest aging society, artificial intelligence is being used to make care calls to older adults who live alone and to fight dementia.

Trump withdraws nomination of hospitality executive to head National Park Service

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 03:05:16 +0000

Trump Is Dissatisfied With Iran’s Plan to Reopen Strait of Hormuz

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 03:00:31 +0000

The proposal would have set aside questions about what to do with Iran’s nuclear program.

Rodent infestation at Angel Stadium leads to concession stand shutdown after health inspection report

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 02:58:57 +0000

The Los Angeles Angels have seemingly traded the rally monkey in for alley rats. Now, there is a new problem crawling into Anaheim: a rodent infestation at Angel Stadium.

Health inspection reports that surfaced this week showed Section 432 at Angel Stadium was hit with a shutdown, and inspectors found the concession stands were not exactly running a tight ship.

Turns out some uninvited, four-legged guests were making themselves at home. For once, the stench at the Big A is not just coming from the bullpen.

Orange County Public Health Services did not find just one mouse sniffing around for scraps. Inspectors flagged rodent droppings in five different spots around the concession area, which is still more coverage than the Angels' lineup usually provides.

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The exclusive report shared by the California Post also noted a ceiling hole larger than a quarter inch, which basically gave the critters a free pass to move between the rafters and the food stations like they had season tickets.

On record, the concession stand was shut down on April 22, which was a homestand against Toronto, ending in a 7-3 win over the Blue Jays.

While the Angels keep struggling to shut down opposing hitters, the health department had no trouble shutting down part of the stadium.

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Angel Stadium is now the fourth-oldest park in Major League Baseball, and it is showing its age in all the wrong ways.

The Angels are paying hundreds of millions for a roster that cannot find home plate, while the rats are finding nacho cheese without spending a dime.

If you are heading to the Big A this week, you might want to think twice about the upper deck snacks.

Until Artie Moreno fixes the holes in the ceiling and the holes in the lineup, the only thing consistently lit in Anaheim might be a Closed for Infestation sign.

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King Charles Will Speak of ‘Reconciliation and Renewal’ During Address to Congress

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 02:46:19 +0000

The state visit of King Charles III comes at a moment of tension over the war in Iran between President Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Cooper Flagg wins NBA Rookie of the Year after Kon Knueppel's Play-In Tournament struggles swayed voters

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 02:43:59 +0000

Dallas Mavericks first overall pick Cooper Flagg was named the 2025-26 NBA Rookie of the Year, and it was a thrillingly close vote in the end.

Flagg narrowly beat out Charlotte Hornets’ sharpshooter Kon Knueppel, his fellow Duke Blue Devils star who went three picks later than Flagg in last year’s draft, earning 56 first-place votes compared to Knueppel’s 44. So, Flagg finished with 412 total vote points to Knueppel’s 386.

Philadelphia 76ers guard VJ Edgecombe finished in third place with 96 points (93 third-place votes), while San Antonio Spurs’ Dylan Harper and Memphis Grizzlies Cedric Coward also got third-place votes.

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Flagg marked the second-youngest player to ever win the award, as the 19-year-old was only behind Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James.

For most of the season, it appeared Knueppel was going to win the award, but multiple voters came out publicly and said Knueppel’s Play-In Tournament struggles factored into them changing their minds for Flagg.

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Knueppel had just six points on 2-of-12 shooting in 34 minutes during the Hornets’ electric 127-126 overtime win over the Miami Heat at the start of the tournament. Then, in the 121-90 loss to the Orlando Magic, he shot 3 of 11 for 11 points (4 of 5 from the free-throw line as well), and he posted a minus-26 while on the court.

Flagg noted being keen on what Knueppel was doing during the year, showing love to his fellow rookie.

"I see the games every night. I can check the box scores," he said about watching Knueppel’s stat lines closely, per ESPN. "I think also I was watching Kon just because that’s one of my brothers.

"We had such a good connection, and we’re gonna be there for each other for the rest of our lives. I was watching him as a fan, as well, but there was obviously that competition at the same time."

Flagg averaged 21 points, 6.7 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game this year for the Mavericks. Those numbers had him among some NBA greats, as Larry Bird, Michael Jordan and Luka Doncic were the only rookiesMichael Jordan and Luka Doncic were the only rookies before Flagg to average at least 20 points, six rebounds and four assists since the NBA-ABA merger, ESPN pointed out. Flagg also led all rookies in scoring this season.

As for Knueppel, he dropped 18.5 points per game with 5.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists, but while Flagg had him beat in those categories, he reset the rookie 3-pointers made record with 273. That number also led the NBA this season. Knueppel was also a key piece in the Hornets getting into the Play-In Tournament to begin with, finishing 44-38 before being eliminated by the Magic.

Flagg and the Mavs didn’t fare too well this season, finishing 26-56, though he led the team in scoring, rebounding and assists this season. Despite the losses, Flagg continued to show that age didn’t matter, becoming the youngest player to ever have games with 35, 40, 45 and 50 points.

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Fetterman says America must turn down the temperature after White House Correspondents Dinner shooting

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 02:40:37 +0000

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., said America needs to cool heated political rhetoric after Saturday’s shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.

"We really have to just… turn that temperature down," he told "Hannity" Monday. "The president was shot in the head in my own state just back in Butler too. People seem to, they forgot that, too."

"We really got lucky because it could have been far more even catastrophic, and I'm so grateful no one was hurt."

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The suspected shooter at the WHCA Dinner, Cole Allen, a computer scientist from Torrance, California, allegedly wrote in a manifesto note that his targets were Trump administration officials with the exception of FBI Director Kash Patel. According to Federal Election Commission records, Allen donated $25 to Kamala Harris during the 2024 election cycle. He faces three counts, including attempting to assassinate the President of the United States, transporting a firearm across state lines, and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.

Fetterman’s comments about political rhetoric come as comedian Jimmy Kimmel faces backlash after he jokingly called first lady Melania Trump an "expectant widow" days before the WHCA Dinner shooting.

"Our first lady, Melania, is here. Look at Melania, so beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow," Kimmel said Thursday.

Melania Trump condemned his poorly timed joke in a statement on X Monday morning.

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"His monologue about my family isn’t comedy — his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America," she said.

President Donald Trump also fired back, saying ABC should "immediately" fire Kimmel over the "despicable call to violence."

Fetterman criticized heated political rhetoric that the White House says incites violent attacks like Saturday’s shooting.

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"I've always refused to use that kind of language, and I strongly and in the strongest terms, I reject the extreme rhetoric for anyone at this point," the Pennsylvania Democrat said.

Since the shooting, Trump has reignited calls to build a ballroom at the White House to create a space for safe and secure official events.

Fetterman said the event, held at the Washington Hilton, was improperly secure, especially since the line of presidential succession was in attendance.

He told "Hannity" he is in full support of building a White House ballroom and called on his Democratic colleagues to "drop the TDS" and help the building.

"We need to have a secure facility for events just like this," Fetterman said. "We can't ever allow to be exposed in that way to an attack. That hotel was never designed to do that in a safe way."

"Our country deserves that. And that's gonna create a venue for more secure and inclusive and really more accessible for people," he added.

British Embassy Hosts Royal Couple, and a Few Hundred More, at Garden Party

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 02:26:37 +0000

King Charles III and Queen Camilla gathered with Washington’s famous and not so famous for an off-the-record evening.

Wisconsin teacher placed on leave after social media post advocating to 'make Americans great assassins again'

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 02:21:57 +0000

A Wisconsin teacher was placed on leave following controversial comments in which he said he was "not impressed with recent presidential assassins."

Kaukauna High School social studies teacher Patrick Meyer suggested that the four men who successfully assassinated a U.S. president — John Wilkes Booth, Charles Guiteau, Leon Czolgosz and, Lee Harvey Oswald — must be rolling over in their graves after recent failed attempts to kill a president.

"I am not impressed with recent presidential assassins. It's f---ing embarrassing! Booth, Guiteau, Czolgosz, Oswald must all be spinning in their graves! MAGAA (make Americans great assassins again)! Sad!" Meyer said in a since-deleted post on X, appearing to mock President Donald Trump's Make America Great Again, or MAGA, slogan.

The Kaukauna Area School District released a statement on Monday saying it had been made aware of the post and that Meyer, who has worked as a teacher in the district for more than 20 years, had been placed on administrative leave.

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"The District has placed the employee on administrative leave and is taking additional action to review the matter in accordance with its policies and procedures," the district wrote.

"The Kaukauna Area School District is committed to maintaining a safe and supportive learning environment for all students, families, and staff, and unequivocally rejects any conduct, expression, or behavior that may encourage, condone, or promote violence in any form," the statement added.

The district also said that the content of the social media post "was not related to the Kaukauna Area School District, and there has been no evidence of a risk to the safety of our students and schools."

Fox News Digital reached out to the district for additional comment. Fox News Digital also reached out to Meyer for comment.

Rep. Tony Wied, R-Wisc., said on social media, "This type of disgusting rhetoric has no place in our society and does not represent our values in #WI08. It is not the example that our teachers should be setting for Northeast Wisconsin students."

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The comments came amid heightened concern over political violence following the recent shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, D.C.

How the Trump Administration Ended Independent Science at E.P.A.

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 02:01:14 +0000

The agency’s prestigious research office spent decades doing scientific work insulated from political pressure. Now it’s being dismantled.

Kentucky man credits Younghoe Koo's embarrassing botched field goal attempt with saving his life

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 01:50:34 +0000

One of the worst moments in Younghoe Koo's NFL career last season may have saved a man's life.

At least that's how it seems if you hear Mark Toothaker describe what happened to him when he was home with his wife last December watching Monday Night Football as the New York Giants played the New England Patriots.

In the second quarter of the game, Koo, kicking for the Giants, suffered a terrible, funny, awful, embarrassing moment when he abruptly decided not to follow through on a field goal attempt and the play turned into a Keystone Cops moment on national television.

Perhaps like many fans who witnessed the play, Toothaker began laughing at Koo's expense. But suddenly, unexpectedly, the laughter turned into a crisis when it brought on a violent seizure.

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And that led to things, which led to things, which Toothaker believes saved his life.

"(The) kicker saved my life because it could’ve happened any other time," Toothaker told The Associated Press. "I wholeheartedly believe I was in the right spot at the right time, and he was the trigger for that happening. It was a miracle."

Toothaker sees a miracle in Koo's aborted kick and his medical emergency , which he likens to getting "electrocuted" because his wife immediately called 911. When paramedics arrived, they whisked him to the hospital.

A CT scan revealed a tennis-ball-sized tumor on the left side of Toothaker's brain. So, yes, serious stuff manifesting after laughter

"When you hear the news, ‘You’ve got a brain tumor,’ that’s what nobody wants to hear," said Malory Toothaker, who happens to be a nurse who works with brain-injury patients.

Toothaker was transferred to the University of Kentucky’s hospital, where the tumor was surgically removed. It turned out to be benign, according to The Associated Press.

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Toothaker was home by the end of the week with no lasting damage and and he continues working at Spendthrift Farm whose thoroughbred Further Ado will race in Saturday's Kentucky Derby.

Toothaker, 59, said he had no symptoms and no idea the tumor had pushed his brain six millimeters to the right as it grew. All Toothaker knows for sure is that his job as stallion season manager requires he drive and fly all around the country.

And if that seizure had hit when he was in the air or behind the wheel, a cool story might have a different ending.

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"I could have had it on a plane, anywhere," Toothaker said. "I didn’t kill anybody. I didn’t run over a family in my Expedition running up and down the road. I guess that would’ve been the hardest thing for me to live with if somebody would’ve got hurt out of this.

"Believe me, as tough as that thing was, as violent as that seizure was, I have no memory of it and I would find it hard to believe that I wouldn’t have hurt somebody or hurt myself if I would’ve been behind a wheel."

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Toothaker's good fortune was part of Koo's undoing.

He was released by the Giants after a Week 15 loss to the Washington Commanders when he missed two field goals. The memory of the botched attempt against the Patriots definitely didn't help his cause, either, as the team decided his fate.

Fox News attempted to contact Koo for this story but he did not return a message.

"I know it wasn’t his best moment, but it was beyond crazy," Toothaker said. "For [Malory] and I to be belly-laughing at his expense, which I feel terrible about now, but it all worked out in the end, that for me it couldn’t have been at a better moment."

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Megan Thee Stallion to Leave ‘Moulin Rouge!’ on Broadway Early

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 01:50:17 +0000

The rapper will perform in “Moulin Rouge!” for the final time on Friday, though the production didn’t say why she was leaving more than two weeks early.

Trump administration fires entire National Science Board

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 01:42:40 +0000

'Dances With Wolves' actor Nathan Chasing Horse sentenced to life in prison after sexual assault conviction

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 01:36:25 +0000

"Dances With Wolves" star Nathan Chasing Horse has been sentenced to life in prison for sexual assault.

According to the Associated Press, a Nevada judge sentenced the actor on Monday. Earlier this year, jurors found Chasing Horse guilty of 13 of the 21 charges he faced, most involving a victim who was 14 years old when the assaults began.

According to the outlet, Chasing Horse stared straight ahead as the victims and their families told Judge Jessica Peterson about the trauma they continue to suffer from. "This is a miscarriage of justice," the actor told the judge on Monday. Chasing Horse continued to deny the charges against him.

Chasing Horse was acquitted on several sexual assault charges from a later period when the 14-year-old victim was older and living with him and other companions.

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During his trial in January, prosecutors said the former actor weaponized his reputation as a Lakota medicine man, exploiting cultural traditions and spiritual beliefs to prey on Indigenous women and girls.

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The verdict capped a yearslong effort to hold Chasing Horse accountable after he was first arrested and indicted in 2023, sending what authorities described as shock waves through the area.

Over the course of an 11-day trial, jurors heard testimony from three women who claimed Chasing Horse sexually assaulted them, some while they were underage. The jury ultimately returned guilty verdicts on charges tied to all three accusers.

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Chasing Horse was born on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota, home to the Sicangu Sioux, one of the seven tribes of the Lakota Nation. He became widely known for portraying Smiles a Lot in Kevin Costner’s Oscar-winning 1990 film "Dances with Wolves," one of the most prominent movies of its time to feature Native American actors.

The trial unfolded amid increased scrutiny of violence against Native women, an issue authorities have acknowledged has long been underreported and under-prosecuted.

Chasing Horse also faces sex crime charges in other states and in Canada. British Columbia prosecutors said Friday they will determine how to proceed after his sentencing and any appeals in the United States are completed.

Fox News Digital's Stephanie Giang-Paunon and the Associated Press contributed to this report.

Stagecoach festivalgoers split on whether America is headed in the right direction ahead of its 250th birthday

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 01:30:31 +0000

In a dusty corner of the California desert, the national anthem plays on loudspeakers, awakening patriots for another day at one of the largest country music festivals in the world.

Stagecoach – headlined this year by Cody Johnson, Lainey Wilson and Post Malone – draws roughly 80,000 people a day to Indio, Calif., to listen to some of the biggest names in country music.

Fox News Digital spoke with festival goers about the state of the country, whether the American dream is still achievable and what issues need to be addressed ahead of America’s 250th birthday.

Stagecoach attendees were split when asked whether the country is headed in the right direction as opinions remain mixed over President Donald Trump's war with Iran.

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"I think the Iran War is a total waste of our resources," Cole Stern said. "However, I would still say in terms of places where I'm really glad to live, and places where I can chase my dreams - this is one of the best places to do that."

"We need to take care of ourselves first before we start worrying about everybody else." Abel Flores said. "We're self-sufficient, we should probably just do that for a while."

"It is heading in a favorable direction, but not great in my opinion," Dan Payne said.

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"I would say 50-50 right now," said Annette Flores. "I don't agree with some stuff that's going on, I do agree with others, but it's pretty split."

Festival goer Zach Maurus, however, said Trump’s entry into the Middle East conflict comes with the territory of American military dominance.

"We lead in innovation by far, like there's no country that compares," Maurus told Fox News Digital. "Obviously, we're a hegemony like militarily so we're gonna have to be involved in international politics and like that has its costs of being involved in international conflicts, which is just part of being the most dominant military on earth."

Despite concerns over the Iran War, most Stagecoach attendees had relatively high ratings for the state of America when asked to rate the country from one to ten.

"I would say an eight right now," Abel Flores said. "I think there's a lot of things that are happening right now that are just making it so volatile."

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"I think it's about an eight, honestly. I think is a great country. I love it," Payne said. "But I do see opportunities for improvement. I think it could be much better than it is. If we learn to accept each other a little bit more...I think it could definitely be an 11."

Stagecoach attendees Stern and Maurus expressed more favorable ratings, pointing to personal freedoms as justification for their perfect tens.

"I would rate it a 10 and mainly because even if you're left or right, whatever, you do have the freedom to do whatever you want and that is something that is not available to most people in this world," Stern said.

"I'm gonna say 10," Maurus added. "I think America is the freest country in the world. Obviously there are problems, but it's still the freest country. We have freedom of speech, we have the ability to kind of make the most out of our lives and I don't think that's true about other countries."

Stagecoach attendees went on to tell Fox News Digital about the issues they believe need fixing before America’s 250th birthday, pointing to concerns ranging from overseas conflict to political division at home.

"The Strait of Hormuz, we gotta fix the oil markets, they're crazy," said Maurus. "I think we just have to open the strait, regardless of the Iran War, that's a separate issue. The main issue is just making sure that oil doesn't go above 100 a barrel."

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"I think America needs to come, we need to become one again and not so against each other," Annette Flores said. "The right versus the left, I think it'd be better if we just all came together and supported everyone and respect everyone else's opinion."

Fox News Digital also asked festivalgoers whether the American dream is still achievable, particularly among younger generations trying to find their footing in an economy with homeownership out of reach for many.

"I think it's achievable. It's definitely harder," Payne said. "I have a 22-year-old daughter. I know the kind of struggles that the younger generation are going to come by as far as trying to buy a house and to get that American dream. It is achievable, it could be done much, much better though."

"I want to start a company. I want run a business, and I would this is probably the best place I could do that," Stern said.

Other attendees raised concerns that emerging technologies like artificial intelligence could complicate the path to the American dream.

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"In 2026, yes," Maurus added. "We'll see how long that lasts given if AI automates everything, then the job market will probably be pretty, pretty messed up. But for now... for the hopefully next few years, yes."

Stagecoach attendees used words like diversity, freedom and patriotism to describe America in their conversations with Fox News Digital, and one concertgoer highlighted a patriotic moment that unfolds at the festival's campsite every day at 6 a.m.

"We're camping here and the national anthem plays in the morning. Everybody stops what they're doing and respects that, so that’s awesome," Abel Flores said.

As America nears its 250th birthday, Stagecoach goers suggest the nation is still wrestling with challenges but expressed hope for what it can become.

Next year brings another chapter for the nation, and at Stagecoach, the national anthem will once again greet campers at sunrise.

Giants legend Lawrence Taylor hospitalized for a week with stomach-related issue, attorney says

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 01:27:02 +0000

New York Giants legendary linebacker Lawrence Taylor was hospitalized for a stomach-related issue that his attorney says is non-life-threatening.

Attorney Mark Eiglarsh issued a statement on Monday saying Taylor authorized him to let people know he has been in the hospital for a week with no discharge date determined.

The 67-year-old Pro Football Hall of Famer is under medical observation for the stomach-related issue, and he is showing signs of improvement.

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"Lawrence asks that I convey his sincere gratitude to everyone who has been thinking of him and keeping him in their prayers during this challenging time," Eiglarsh said in the statement.

Taylor is considered by many to be the greatest linebacker of all time, and possibly the best defender to ever grace the gridiron.

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The three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year helped the Giants win two Super Bowls, while reaching 10 straight Pro Bowls, making eight All-Pros and being named MVP of the 1986 season.

Taylor remains the Giants’ all-time sacks leader, which also includes his 9.5 sacks he secured during his rookie season before sacks became an official NFL stat.

Taylor’s No. 56 was retired by the Giants, and he eventually reached Canton, Ohio, entering the Hall of Fame in 1999.

However, there were off-the-field issues that Taylor dealt with, including legal troubles following his playing days. He also had drug problems, which resulted in health issues later in life.

In 2011, Taylor pleaded guilty in New York to misdemeanor criminal charges of sexual misconduct and patronizing an underage prostitute. He was sentenced to six years of probation and ordered to register as a sex offender. Taylor was also charged in Florida with failing to update his address on the state’s registry in 2021 and 2024.

Taylor showed his support for President Donald Trump in 2024, appearing at a rally in Wildwood, N.J..

"I grew up a Democrat, and I've always been a Democrat until I met this man right here," Taylor said to cheers. "Nobody in my family ever will vote for a Democrat again."

Taylor made Giants headlines last year when he quickly turned down Abdul Carter's request to wear Taylor's No. 56 that has been retired by the organization since 1994, one season after he retired.

Fox News’ Ryan Morik contributed to this report.

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LIV Golf's New Orleans event cancelled weeks after CEO vowed season would go on 'full throttle'

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 01:13:43 +0000

The LIV Golf Tour seems to be at a major turning point.

Rumors swirled about the breakaway golf format over the last few weeks, when reports broke that an announcement was imminent about the future of the Tour and its relationship with the Saudi Arabia-backed Public Investment Fund.

Then, LIV CEO Scott O’Neil confirmed that the Saudis would be pulling their financial support for LIV after the end of the 2026 season. While most have assumed that would mean the end of the league entirely, O’Neil told TNT Sports that he had a "business plan" to keep the league going.

"The reality is you're funded through the season, and then you work like crazy as a business to create a business and a business plan to keep us going. But that's not different from any other private equity-funded business in the history of man," O'Neil said.

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Whether the league can secure funding from other sources after the season remains to be seen, but O’Neil was adamant in an internal memo that the remainder of the 2026 season would go on "exactly as planned, uninterrupted, and full throttle."

Well, that’s officially no longer the case.

Local Louisiana media outlet WDSU reported on Monday afternoon that the Tour’s event in New Orleans in late-June would no longer take place as scheduled. An announcement, the report said, could come as soon as Tuesday.

Per WDSU, the state of Louisiana postponed the event until "LIV can restructure financially and find additional sources of funding."

The Athletic reported that there are still hopes of hosting a "re-envisioned event in the fall" in New Orleans, though what that event would entail is also unclear. The state had already spent roughly $2 million to improve the Bayou Oaks in City Park golf course, and paid a $1.2 million hosting fee to LIV. That $1.2 million will reportedly be returned to the state.

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Without question, it is a concerning sign for the financial state of the Tour that this event has been canceled. And it raises questions about the rest of the summer schedule. Without the Louisiana event, LIV no longer has a tournament between June 4-7 in Spain and July 23-26 in the United Kingdom.

The next stop is LIV Golf Virginia at Trump National Golf Club in Lowes Island on May 7-10 before they head to South Korea in late May.

How this plays out for the remainder of 2026, 2027 and beyond is anyone’s guess. Bryson DeChambeau’s contract, arguably LIV’s biggest draw, expires at the end of the year. And given his earnings, and the earnings and promises made to players like Jon Rahm, other investors will have a hefty bill to foot should they want to keep LIV going as currently constructed.

The cancellation of the Louisiana event implies that there might be more uncertainty there than O’Neil has been willing to admit.

Political Violence Is Reprehensible. That Doesn’t Make Trump Less Depraved.

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 01:07:21 +0000

Each act of political violence further frays our threadbare social fabric, laying the foundation for authoritarianism.

Stephen A. Smith calls out heated political rhetoric after WHCD security scare

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 01:02:24 +0000

Stephen A. Smith expected a routine night at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. The black tie event was anything but, as it turned into a moment of real fear.

The ESPN host was inside the Washington Hilton on Saturday night when gunfire outside the event triggered panic throughout the room.

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The deranged anti-Trump and anti-Christian gunman never made it into the ballroom and was stopped by security, but for several tense seconds, no one inside knew that.

On his YouTube show Monday, Smith described the chaos as guests scrambled to react without clear information.

"What scared the living hell out of everybody was that you thought at least for a few seconds that the room had been penetrated," Smith said. "So all of us had to get down. We ducked under tables, ducked under chairs and all of that other stuff."

What should have been a unifying moment against political violence once again turned into political chicanery from the Left.

Smith also pushed back on conspiracy theories that quickly surfaced online in the aftermath.

"You’ve got a lot of conspiracy theorists out there claiming that this was all rigged," he said. "Me personally, people can have their opinions, their conjecture or whatever, but it would be irresponsible for me or any journalist to jump to that conclusion. We’re not gonna do that."

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At the same time, he pointed to a broader issue, the increasingly heated political climate surrounding moments like this.

"I’m sick and tired of us giving lip service to the narrative of dialing down the rhetoric. Enough of that. Stop talking about it and do it," Smith said. "Let’s debate policy as opposed to engaging in name-calling and speaking about people in incendiary and derogatory fashion."

The incident also raised a practical concern about the event itself ...

The White House Correspondents’ Dinner is held at a hotel, not on White House grounds.

Smith did not dismiss that criticism.

"A dead clock is right twice a day. The president has a point," he said. "Stuff like this should be on the grounds of the White House. It shouldn’t be at some damn hotel in D.C. that just anybody could get into. It just shouldn’t."

OutKick founder Clay Travis, who also attended the event, sounded the alarm about what he sees as ongoing security concerns.

On X, Travis wrote, "Assassination attempts four and five are coming. The Secret Service is not good enough at their jobs. We need better."

Ultimately, the threat never reached the ballroom. But for a few moments, uncertainty took over, and that was enough. Because in a room filled with some of the most prominent figures in media and politics, no one knew if they were safe.

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Study finds more AI praise for Black students, softer treatment of females

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 01:00:51 +0000

A new study found that artificial intelligence (AI) gave more praise and positive feedback to Black students' essays and differing treatment for other students based on their race and sex.

The study, titled "Marked Pedagogies: Examining Linguistic Biases in Personalized Automated Writing Feedback," was published in March by three Stanford University researchers who analyzed 600 eighth-grade persuasive essays through four different AI models, including various versions of OpenAI's ChatGPT, as well as Llama, a large language model made by Meta AI.

The essays covered topics including whether schools should require community service and whether aliens built a hill on Mars.

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The researchers — Mei Tan, Lena Phalen and Dorottya Demszky — then submitted the essays again and labeled the writers as Black or White, male or female, driven or unmotivated, or as having a learning disability.

The Hechinger Report showed that "researchers found consistent patterns across all the AI models. Essays attributed to Black students received more praise and encouragement, sometimes emphasizing leadership or power," including feedback such as, "Your personal story is powerful! Adding more about how your experiences can connect with others could make this even stronger."

Conversely, "Essays labeled as written by Hispanic students or English learners were more likely to trigger corrections about grammar and ‘proper’ English. When the student was identified as White, the feedback more often focused on argument structure, evidence and clarity — the kinds of comments that can push writers to strengthen their ideas."

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According to the analysis, students who identified as female "often used first-person pronouns and affective language that positioned the model as personally engaged with the student’s work" with feedback such as "I love your confidence in expressing your opinion!" and "I appreciate your emphasis on respect."

The analysis also found that "compared to their counterparts, students identified as Black, Hispanic, Asian, female, unmotivated, and learning-disabled received less constructive criticism and more praise, reflecting both feedback withholding and positive feedback biases. In some cases, praise took on overtly stereotyped forms: words like 'love' were used disproportionately with female students, while 'powerful' appeared only for Black students."

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Fox News Digital reached out to researchers, Tan and Phalen who told Fox News Digital in a statement that, "Our concern is not that feedback should be standardized for every student. Good teaching is often responsive to students’ skills, needs, and experiences."

They continued, "Feedback being positive does not mean it's high-quality. In our study, some automated feedback over-relied on praise for students marked by race or disability, while offering less substantive critique to help them improve. In other cases, especially for students identified as English Language Learners, feedback was intensely negative and corrective. Both can deny students meaningful opportunities to revise and grow as writers."

"Since LLM training procedures are proprietary, we can only speculate on why these biases may exist," Tan and Phalen added. "Research has observed positive feedback bias and feedback withholding bias in human feedback. This related paper also hypothesizes that bias mitigation mechanisms in training LLMs may introduce some of the positive stereotypes we see."

Fox News Digital reached out to Demszky as well as OpenAI and Meta for comment.

The lawless floating gas station where Iranian oil changes hands

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:53:12 +0000

Missouri and Illinois Face Severe Storms and Tornado Threat

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:49:17 +0000

By Monday evening, the system had brought down trees and power lines across several states. A man in Michigan was killed when a tree fell on him, the authorities said.

Newsom's wife lashes out at Trump after he rips '60 Minutes' host: 'Internalized misogyny'

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:30:23 +0000

California's "First Partner," Jennifer Siebel Newsom, ripped into President Donald Trump after his contentious "60 Minutes" interview with the female host, slamming the president for "speak[ing] to a woman journalist with that level of contempt."

The interview included a contentious back-and-forth between Trump and Norah O'Donnell over her questions about the shooter from this past weekend's White House Correspondents' Dinner, with President Trump calling O'Donnell a "disgrace" and "disgraceful" amid the interview.

Trump's comments came after O'Donnell was reading excerpts from the shooter's alleged manifesto, which described the president as a "rapist," "pedophile" and "traitor," O'Donnell recounted during her talk with the president Sunday evening.

"My family and I watched the 60 Minutes interview with Donald Trump and Norah O’Donnell last night, and we were shocked. Seeing a president speak to a woman journalist with that level of contempt — and a clear allergy to facts — is disturbing, though at this point not unexpected given his pattern of behavior," California Governor Gavin Newsom's wife said in a scathing X post on Monday.

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"But that is the problem," she continued. "Because when that level of disrespect from the highest office in the country repeats itself, it starts to trickle down into our culture and define what power looks like, shaping how boys and plenty of men see women and girls and what they come to accept as normal behavior."

Fox News digital reached out to the White House and to representatives for Governor Newsom and his wife, but did not receive a response in time for publication.

Trump's "60 Minutes interview came Sunday evening after authorities identified the suspect as 31-year-old Cole Allen, of Torrance, Calif. Authorities indicated Allen had prepared a manifesto outlining his intent, which included anti-Trump and anti-Christian rhetoric on social media. O'Donnell, during the interview, read alleged portions of the document that alluded to concerns about Trump being a sexual abuser and a traitor, leading to a defensive reaction from Trump.

"I was waiting for you to read that because I knew you would because you're horrible people," Trump answered. "Horrible people. Yeah, he did write that. I'm not a rapist. I didn't rape anybody."

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"Do you think he was referring to you?" O'Donnell asked.

"I'm not a pedophile. You read that crap from some sick person? I got associated with all...stuff that has nothing to do with me," Trump continued. "I was totally exonerated. Your friends on the other side of the plate are the ones that were involved with, let's say, Epstein or other things. But I said to myself, 'You know, I'll do this interview and they'll probably...' I read the manifesto. You know, he's a sick person. But you should be ashamed of yourself reading that because I'm not any of those things."

O'Donnell interrupted to argue that she was quoting the alleged gunman's words, but Trump continued to call her "disgraceful."

"You shouldn't be reading that on '60 Minutes.' You're a disgrace. But go ahead. Let's finish the interview," Trump said.

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Trump's "disgrace" comments garnered widespread attention online, including from Siebel Newsom, who said after the interview that the "culture of misogyny" exhibited by Trump "is on all of us, and it has to end."

"Add in rhetoric rooted in political division, amplified by a digital ecosystem that rewards outrage and misinformation, and this cultural norm of hate, othering, and misogyny becomes pervasive," Siebel Newsom continued. "Behavior that should be challenged gets normalized; what should raise concern is amplified and cheered on. It’s no wonder we have a culture that normalizes dominance and aggression toward women and girls, which not only silences them but also leads to internalized misogyny in others."

However, conservatives rallied around Trump.

"What's really disgusting about this clip is Norah O'Donnell's fake innocent surprise: 'oh you think he was referring to you?' She knows perfectly well that every day some fellow Democrat like Ted Lieu calls Trump a pedophile and rapist," said New York Post columnist Miranda Devine in response to pushback on Trump's interview comments.

"Their white supremacy lies ran out of steam so this is the new hoax. Rich from a party that protects illegal alien child molesters."

"Norah O’Donnell may have reached the low point in disgusting and inhumane demagoguery disguised as journalism," added former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich. "The idea that you would take the vicious dishonest and disgusting words of a would be killer who had been blocked by the Secret Service but would otherwise have killed a lot of people and you would dignify them by putting them on the air and asking the President of the United States to comment is about as destructive as anything a major reporter has done in a long time."

Gingrich said O'Donnell "should be fired for demeaning her entire profession and being the mouthpiece of a would-be killer."

Canada’s New Route to Citizenship Has Thousands of Americans Lining Up to Apply

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:15:55 +0000

Canada has opened a route to citizenship for people who can prove they have a Canada-born ancestor. Millions could qualify, and Americans are already lining up to apply.

Political Violence Isn’t Just Evil. It’s Counterproductive.

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:15:38 +0000

Each act of political violence further frays our threadbare social fabric, laying the foundation for authoritarianism.

Jamie Ding’s ‘Jeopardy’ Sweaters Made Him a Style Champion

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:13:11 +0000

Ding’s approach to dressing, with his spectacular spectrum of sweaters, suited a contestant who remained ice-cube calm as he climbed up the show’s leaderboard.

Allyson Felix, most decorated US female track Olympian, announces comeback bid for 2028 LA Games

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:04:55 +0000

Allyson Felix, the most decorated track and field Olympian of all time, wants one more crack at adding more medals to her illustrious career.

The 40-year-old told Time she will be making a comeback in hopes of running in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games, which will be hosted in her home city.

"So many of us have been told not to do the big, bold thing," Felix said to the outlet about her comeback. "You know, at this age, I should probably be staying home and taking care of my kids, doing all that. And just, why not? Let’s flip it on its head. Let’s go after the thing. Let’s be vulnerable."

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Felix will be 42 when the Olympics begin in L.A., but the winner of 11 Olympic medals, including seven golds, across five different Games has seen others past 40 years old do what many consider impossible. Tom Brady, LeBron James and Lindsey Vonn were mentioned by Felix during the interview.

She wants to push past the age barrier, believing she can get one last shot at Olympic glory.

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If Felix were to make the Olympic team at 42, she would be the first American sprinter to ever reach the Games in their 40s. And considering her specialty is sprinting, it will be quite the feat with the talent pool she’d be going up against.

Sha’Carri Richardson, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, Gabby Thomas and more will be vying for spots on the Olympic team come 2028. But that’s clearly not going to deter Felix, who many of these women likely looked up to since she burst onto the Olympic scene in Athens in 2004.

Felix won silver that year in the 200-meter sprint. Then, during the 2008 Games in Beijing, she won gold with the 4x400-meter relay team, while taking home silver in the 200-meter sprint.

Felix reached the height of her running powers during the London Games, notching gold in the 200-meter, the 4x100-meter relay and 4x400-meter relay. She was a part of the team in Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo before announcing her retirement following the 2022 track season.

Since then, Felix was inducted into the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame in 2025, while serving as part of the International Olympic Committee’s Athlete’s Commission as well as the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee’s Board of Directors.

So, while Felix is involved heavily in the Games for the U.S., she wants to be back on the track.

Felix did return to competitive running last year, but she said she will seriously begin training for an Olympic comeback in October.

If Felix doesn’t make the team in the end, she said she will be present at the 2028 LA Games with her children to cheer on those representing the Stars and Stripes.

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Missouri and Illinois Face Severe Storms and Tornado Threat

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:04:01 +0000

The Weather Service issued a rare “particularly dangerous situation” tornado watch on Monday as powerful storms moved across the region.

Mamdani's education plan's 'lack of merit' could fundamentally change student outcomes: GOP leader warns

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:44 +0000

NEW YORK, N.Y. — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s education agenda might be the most concerning of his administration and would have a damaging impact, a local GOP leader told Fox News Digital, arguing that schools will be shifting away from merit-based achievement under Mamdani's tenure.

Mamdani has proposed phasing out the city’s gifted and talented programs for younger students over inequity concerns, a move critics argue could limit academic opportunities for high performers from low-income families.

"That's my biggest concern," Forte told Fox News Digital. "The lack of merit and the lack of competitiveness…is going to lead to test scores declining and the quality of our education declining significantly."

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Forte went on to caution that Mamdani and the people he appoints would "gut" the entire program.

"He's going to gut the gifted and talented program. He said this already," he said. "Who he's put into the Department of Education here in New York, gonna gut the program."

He said Mamdani would transform the system into one "based on race and racial quotas," undermining academic fairness in schools.

"It's not going to be about merit anymore," he said. "It's going be about what is somebody's skin color? What is their race? They're going to make this an equity-based system based on race and racial quotas, and a lottery system. That is no way to have education. That is no way to educate students."

But he said this would backfire, with Mamdani’s plan ultimately harming students.

"What this is going to do is lower test scores across the board, it is going to lower expectations across the board, and students are going to suffer because of it."

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Turning to the new curriculum, he said teachers will eventually lead students to "hate their history."

"We don't know what he's going to be implementing as curriculum," he said. "We don't know what he is going to do with American history. We don't know what's he's gonna do with the history of New York."

"Is that going to be standard operating procedure for all of New York schools? Is that what they're going to be teaching? That they hate their history?" he added.

Shortly after taking office, Mamdani appointed Kamar Samuels, a longtime New York City educator and Manhattan superintendent, as the city's next schools chancellor, which many critics took issue with given Samuels' history of attempting to dismantle the gifted and talented program.

Teacher unions and their potentially increasing power under Mamdani are another issue Forte raised, saying they "will play a more active role."

"The teachers' union is the most, I don't even want to call them progressive. They're more than that," he said. "The most socialist, militantly woke organization in the country. That doesn't make sense. That's not good."

He said American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten is going to be "a very powerful figure in Mamdani's New York."

"That is going to be what is educating the next generation of Americans and they're not keeping their politics out of the classroom," he added.

Forte also targeted teacher training programs. He said they are shaping how future educators will think and teach.

"We have to do something about the teacher colleges where they are teaching the next generation of educators how to be Marxist, how to be liberals…and how to indoctrinate the next generation of students."

Fox News Digital reached out to Mamdani's office and the American Federation of Teachers for comment.

Mamdani found himself in hot water on education last week when he announced that his first veto as mayor was to derail a bipartisan bill aimed at combating antisemitism by expanding protest security safeguards for places of education.

Trump worries someone will try to 'take him out' every time he goes anywhere, Lara Trump says

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:20 +0000

Lara Trump said during a Monday interview that her father-in-law fears assassination attempts each time he makes a public appearance.

Lara Trump spoke to Chris Cuomo on his SiriusXM radio show "Cuomo Mornings," mere days after an assailant was stopped rushing a security checkpoint and opening fire at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, where President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, and senior Cabinet officials were in attendance.

Cuomo praised Trump’s comments at the press conference after the attack plot was foiled, suggesting that partisan differences between Democrats and Republicans were all briefly set aside in that moment of crisis.

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"We have to remember we're human beings, Chris. I think that's the bottom line there," Lara replied. "We are all at the end of the day, more alike than we are different. We all generally want the same things. We want safety and security. We want a better life for our kids than we had. We want, you know, the next generation to succeed."

Lara Trump, who is married to the president's son Eric and hosts "My View" on Fox News Channel, noted how dangerous it is that people forget about shared humanity.

"At the end of the day, we're all human beings. Donald Trump is a human being. He doesn't deserve to have his life put in jeopardy multiple times, now," she said.

"He doesn't deserve to think every time he goes somewhere — and don't kid yourself, he absolutely does — ‘Is this going to be the time where someone tries to take me out again?’ And, like I said, I don't know how many chances one person actually gets, and that is a really, really scary thought," she said.

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The assailant on Saturday shot a Secret Service officer, who was hit in his bulletproof vest and survived. The suspect, Cole Allen, was apprehended and has been charged with multiple felonies. The gunfire led to the Trumps and the Cabinet at the dinner being evacuated, and the event is expected to be rescheduled.

Federal law enforcement officials confirmed to Fox News Digital that after Allen’s arrest, he said he intended to target Trump administration officials and had prepared a manifesto detailing his intent.

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Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment.

Jamie Ding’s ‘Jeopardy!’ Streak Comes to an End

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:10 +0000

Jamie Ding, a self-described “faceless bureaucrat” from New Jersey, became a TV sensation during his 31-game winning streak.

'Hell Week' in Washington: A look at House Republicans' current bind, and how we got here

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 23:57:36 +0000

There’s no such thing as hazing in Congress.

You won’t find "fraternity row," with each house festooned with a trifecta of deltas, gammas and epsilons.

No drinking games here.

At least not officially.

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But get ready for something on Capitol Hill with which many Greek pledges are all too familiar:

"I’m going to say next week is hell week," warned Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, last Thursday. "Next week is going to be hell week.’

And this was all before the harrowing episode Saturday night at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington.

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To wit about the week facing Capitol Hill:

House Republicans face a devil of a week. They must get on the same page as the Senate to pass a budget framework – to prospectively fund ICE and the Border Patrol. FISA, the nation’s controversial spy program expires early Friday morning. That’s to say nothing of trying to pass the farm bill.

If they don’t get all of this done, "Dean Wormer" (of Animal House fame) might just place House Republicans on "double secret probation" before the week is through.

So let’s examine what got House Republicans in this bind.

Let’s start at 3:36 a.m. last Thursday.

We begin there, because in the past several weeks, the most important moments in Congress have unfolded at 2:12 on a Friday morning, 2:16 on a Friday morning and now 3:36 on a Thursday morning.

3:36 a.m. is when the Senate approved a budget framework to possibly fund ICE and CBP. Republicans are running a special legislative gambit called "reconciliation" to bypass a filibuster. That’s because Democrats won’t help. They’ve never secured the reforms they need to support ICE. So Republicans are going it alone.

"We're trying to use the reconciliation process to get money to secure the border," said Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.

Democrats have balked about funding ICE since the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis over the winter.

"They want to give $140 billion for ICE and Border Patrol without any reforms," said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. "(They’re) adding $140 billion to an agency that nobody – well, two groups, Border Patrol and ICE – that nobody respects in this country."

That prompted an explosive response from Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin during an appearance on Fox.

"It makes my ears red. It takes a lot to get me upset. But Chuck Schumer, no one respects you. The definition of a lying scumbag politician. That is you," said Mullin of his former Senate colleague.

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Perhaps this why the white-hot rhetoric on both sides may have contributed to the mayhem of Saturday night.

Mullin says emergency DHS money is about to expire. So pressure is intensifying on the House to align with the Senate with no changes to the outline adopted by the Senate.

"It has to be clean, because it's got to be quick," said House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. "The last paychecks go out at the end of this month."

But remember, this is just the House lining up with the Senate on a blueprint to address the funding lapse at ICE and CBP. The assassination attempt at the White House dinner only amplified the need to fund DHS. And fast. However, Johnson refused to pick up a bill to fund everything else at DHS which the Senate passed twice. Then Johnson agreed to pass the bill after dissing it. But the House has never synced up.

Johnson says the Senate funding package – not the reconciliation framework – "has some problematic language" because it was "haphazardly drafted."

And now Johnson is suggesting there may be yet another DHS funding bill in the works.

That may be inevitable, considering the chaos of the weekend.

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Budget reconciliation takes a while.

"Reconciliation is still a little ways off," said Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D. "They're running out of runway to fund a lot of those agencies."

But here’s the other problem with reconciliation: Many conservatives insist on add-ons.

"We should be taking a broader approach to reconciliation," said Rep. Chip Roy R-Texas.

Here’s what they’re mulling: Maybe money to cover the cost of the war in Iran. Perhaps a suspension of the federal gasoline tax. Additional tax cuts. You name it.

Many on the right demand the inclusion of the SAVE America Act. The bill requires proof of citizenship in order to vote.

"I think you'd see a lot more folks on our side jump on board with it if they had that," said Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., about the SAVE America Act.

However, even advocates of the SAVE America Act doubt the GOP can stuff that into a Senate bill which must be fiscal in nature. Many demand an additional, expansive reconciliation bill which is not limited to DHS.

"This is probably the only reconciliation we're going to have before the break. That's a poor excuse for the work we're doing up here," complained Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C. "One bill with that limited amount."

"People probably intend to do a third reconciliation bill. But you're not looking at Bambi's baby brother here," said Sen. John Kennedy, R-La. "This is the last train leaving the station."

All aboard?

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For the moment, President Trump is still focused on the reconciliation outline.

"We need all Republicans to join together and support this Budget Blueprint, which will allow us to bypass Democrat obstruction in the Senate, and fund Immigration Enforcement with only Republican Votes. The Senate passed this Blueprint last week on Thursday morning, and now, House Republicans must UNIFY, and pass the same Blueprint to get the Bill done," wrote the President on Truth Social.

The President added that he wants a "FAST and FOCUSED" bill by June 1.

That’s nearly five weeks from now.

Hence the challenge of the week.

"This is so difficult. Up here, we can't agree with much," fumed Nehls.

But here’s a little secret. Every week on Capitol Hill in recent memory has morphed into a political inferno. A failed exercise to fund the government which lingered since last summer. Fights over the Epstein files. Resignations amid dark political scandals. Efforts to expel other lawmakers. You name it.

"If you’re going through hell, keep going," said Winston Churchill.

Which is maybe why Congress goes through the same hellish, legislative landscape nearly every week.

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Pastor known for marriage advice arrested at rumored swingers community accused of having multiple wives

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 23:49:52 +0000

A pastor who runs a ministry in a rumored swingers community for Florida seniors — and ironically wrote a book on how to love your spouse — was arrested Wednesday following allegations that he married multiple women.

Leslie Williams, 62, was taken into custody at the sprawling retirement center, The Villages, on an outstanding warrant out of Georgia tied to a bigamy charge, according to the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office in Florida.

He is currently being held without bond due to his status as an out-of-state fugitive, with legal holds stemming from Rockdale County, Georgia.

"Florida marriage records were obtained and confirmed that Leslie Williams was still lawfully married at the time of the subsequent marriage," the Rockdale County Sheriff's Office told Fox News Digital. "Based on these records, a warrant was obtained for Leslie Williams for the charge of bigamy."

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Concerns were first raised when a complainant reported the alleged bigamy to the Haines City Police Department in Florida, officials said. The case was later transferred to Georgia after records showed Williams’ previous marriage had been certified in Rockdale County.

According to Williams’ Facebook page, the pastor had indicated he had been married for years, dating back to at least 2018, before a recent December post announced a new marriage to a woman named Cindi.

"Thanks for all the wonderful comments referencing my saved, beautiful and talented wife, Mrs. Williams!" he wrote in the post, which featured a photo of the woman as his updated cover image.

One friend, however, reacted to the celebratory news with some skepticism.

"Wow I thought you were already married. Congratulations!!" the commenter wrote.

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When another friend asked if the announcement was real, Williams responded, "Yes preacher!!!! THE HAPPIEST MAN on earth!!"

However, activity on his Facebook page suggests the relationship may have turned rocky in the months that followed.

The cover photo featuring his new wife was removed roughly two months later and replaced with an image of a car, according to his account activity.

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His relationship status was also changed from "married" to "single."

Documents show the warrant for his arrest was then issued on April 3 by the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia.

Williams is currently being held for extradition at the Sumter County Detention Center in Florida in accordance with the warrant stipulations.

The arrest came after the pastor had published a 2017 book titled "Love Her Like This: Loving Her Has Never Been Deeper." According to its summary, the book aimed to foster a "never-failing" love by emphasizing biblical commitments to strengthen marriages.

"In a time where there is a high divorce rate in the church, LHLT shows men [the] depth of Christ's love for His bride as an example for every man to love his bride with the same strength, sacrifice and commitment," a cover poster for the book stated.

The 62-year-old also described himself as "an apologist and teacher of the word of God with relevant and timely messages for the body of Christ," according to his book.

He also runs Leslie Williams Ministries located within The Villages, his website said.

According to the Associated Press, The Villages is one of the largest retirement communities in the world located outside of Orlando, where long-running rumors of swingers, public sexual encounters and unusually high rates of sexually transmitted diseases have surfaced over the years.

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