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New York Times removes ex-Venezuelan Dictator Nicolás Maduro from 'Most Stylish' of 2026 list

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:25:11 -0400

The New York Times removed ex-Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro from their "39-ish Most Sylish People of 2026" list earlier this month, according to an editor's note.

The note at the bottom of the list, dated July 7, read, "This article has been updated to remove an entry on Nicolás Maduro. Read our Styles story about how an image of him in a tracksuit became a meme."

The outlet's style section reported on how President Donald Trump's Truth Social post of a photo of Maduro in a grey tracksuit following his capture went viral and quickly became a meme.

Page Six first reported the removal on Friday. The list was published by the Times on July 7.

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The Times' style piece about Maduro from January read, "Despite the seriousness, and shock of seeing a foreign leader in these circumstances, some people online have sidestepped the politics and seized upon the image itself, in order to talk about the clothing."

The Times did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

The U.S. military launched strikes against Venezuela and captured Maduro on Jan. 3 — emerging from the operation largely unscathed as it handicapped Venezuela’s defense systems and potentially conducted cyber operations against Caracas.

Maduro is awaiting trial on federal drug trafficking and weapons charges.

Altogether, more than 150 aircraft — including U.S. bombers and fighter jets — were involved in the operation, successfully completing a "large-scale strike" against Venezuela, according to Trump. Additionally, Caracas, Venezuela, suffered power outages early Jan. 3 — an indication of a potential cyber operation.

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The Times' list included Stephen Colbert, whose "Late Show" on CBS ended in May, as well as several political figures.

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary RFK Jr., New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's wife, Rama Duwaji, were included as well.

The list also pointed to Second Lady Usha Vance, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, and Katie Miller, a podcast host and wife of Stephen Miller, the deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security advisor in the Trump White House.

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The Times listed Miller, Vance and Leavitt in one category titled, "Pregnant Women in the Trump Sphere."

"It’s a potent image for an administration that has made clear its position that women should be having more children. These three women — Usha Vance, Katie Miller and Karoline Leavitt — create a portrait of idealized femininity, the counterpart to the masculine bravado put forth by the men of the White House," the Times wrote.

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The outlet's list also included a range of actors, podcast hosts, foreign leaders, athletes and New York Knicks fans.

Georgia high school shooting suspect Colt Gray changes plea to guilty, now faces life in prison

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:58:22 -0400

The 16-year-old charged with killing two students and two teachers during a 2024 shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia now faces life in prison after he entered a guilty plea Friday.

Colt Gray, who previously pleaded not guilty last October, entered the new plea Friday without reaching a deal with prosecutors. Gray, who was 14 at the time of the shooting, was charged as an adult with 55 total counts, including murder in the four deaths and 25 counts of aggravated assault. His trial had been scheduled to start in mid-October.

Teachers Richard "Ricky" Aspinwall, 39, and Cristina Irimie, 53, and students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14, died in the September 2024 shooting in Barrow County, about 45 miles northeast of Atlanta. Another teacher and eight more students were wounded, seven of them hit by gunfire.

Shayna Aspinwall, Richard Aspinwall's wife, told the judge on Friday that the "grief of losing him is constant" and lamented that the lives of their daughters, who were 2 and 5 when their father died, will be "forever marked by his absence."

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Breanna Schermerhorn, whose son Mason was killed, told the judge she does not forgive Colt Gray. She said that while adults around him missed multiple warning signs, he was the one who decided to bring a gun to school and to pull the trigger.

"Those decisions were his and his alone," she said.

She described her son as someone who "made people that were typically unseen feel seen, accepted and safe" and said she was confident he would have befriended Colt Gray if he'd had the chance.

"Mason deserved a future and we all deserved a future with Mason in it, and Colt took that from Mason and everyone who loved him," she said. She and two of Mason's sisters asked the judge for a sentence of life without parole.

Before accepting the plea, Barrow County Superior Court Judge Nicholas Primm asked Gray a series of questions meant to ensure that the teenager was aware of the consequences of his plea and was entering it voluntarily. To each question, Gray responded, "Yes, your honor."

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Because he pleaded guilty to murder, Gray faces a minimum sentence of life in prison, according to The Associated Press. The judge must decide whether he should be eligible for parole after hearing victim statements, evidence and each side's summary of the case.

Gray sat at a table in the courtroom with his feet chained together next to his attorney. Members of the community, including some victims and family members, were present in the courtroom.

A jury in March convicted his father, Colin Gray, of charges including second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter, and he is scheduled to be sentenced next week.

Prosecutors successfully argued that Colin Gray provided his son with the AR-15-style rifle used in the attack as a Christmas gift, continued buying him ammunition, despite being aware of his mental health deterioration and prior school shooting threats investigated by law enforcement.

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The prosecution told jurors that despite those concerns, Gray did not pursue inpatient treatment for his son.

Fox News Digital’s Michael Dorgan and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

The 76ers jump to betting favorite out East after LeBron James takes his talents to Philadelphia

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:50:09 -0400

Love him or hate him, LeBron James is still a needle-mover. At least in the sportsbooks and prediction markets.

After signing LeBron to a team-friendly two-year, $8 million deal, the Philadelphia 76ers are now the betting favorite in the Eastern Conference to win the 2027 championship at Kalshi.

I know the percentages can be confusing, so in American odds, the Sixers are +684 to win the title next season. They passed the reigning NBA champion New York Knicks, who are the second-betting favorite (+1240) out East as of 2 p.m. ET Friday, July 24.

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This is the second huge move Philly has made this offseason, coming off the heels of trading Paul George to the Boston Celtics for 2024 NBA Finals MVP Jaylen Brown.

Now, Philadelphia's starting five includes LeBron, Brown, 2022-23 NBA MVP Joel Embiid, two-time All-Star guard Tyrese Maxey, and SG V.J. Edgecombe, who finished third in Rookie of the Year voting last season.

Ultimately, the question: Is this team good enough to win a title?

I mean, if the 76ers get insane injury luck in the playoffs, of course they can win a championship. Every team can. And in an NBA2K-sense: Sure. If you turn off injuries and control the players yourself.

Whether the personalities and playing styles mesh is another conversation. In fact, there's a solid chance the 2026-27 Philadelphia 76ers will be a too many cooks in the kitchen type thing.

In theory, upgrading from PG to Brown, while adding LeBron to a Sixers squad that upset the Celtics in the first round of the 2026 NBA Playoffs (which led Boston to spazz and make a franchise-altering trade), is a power move.

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Brown is a champion and five-time NBA All-Star who averaged career-bests in points, rebounds and assists last season. He is in his athletic prime and has never suffered a significant injury.

Again, love him or hate him, LeBron balled last season, his final with the Los Angeles Lakers. He averaged 20.9 points on 51.5% shooting with 6.1 rebounds and 7.2 assists in 60 games.

But LeBron has always been ball-dominant, and I don't see him changing much at 41, soon-to-be 42-years-old. Brown is an iso-scorer who likes to take defenders off the dribble and operates in the mid-range.

Philadelphia needs Embiid healthy and playing at 70% of his MVP-self to justify being the betting favorite in the East. However, Embiid always gets hurt, and he is a much worse defender than he was when in his prime.

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Maxey actually led the 76ers in scoring last season despite Embiid having the highest usage rate on the team. Are we sure he'll be okay with giving the ball up to LeBron and Brown?

Deferring isn't the same as buying into a lesser role and still playing your a-- off. It isn't guaranteed that two or three All-Stars will be cool with being essentially role players, and you need "glue guys" to win a title.

That said, Philly should be second to New York as the betting favorite to win the East. The Knicks will have the same starting five in their title defense, all of whom are in their athletic primes. If they met in the playoffs, Jalen Brunson would be the best player on the floor.

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Paul Anka slams modern singers, says Frank Sinatra would have 'thrown a chair'

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:43:19 -0400

Paul Anka slammed modern singers and the technology that helps them sound better, saying Franka Sinatra would have thrown a chair at someone if they asked him to use autotune.

Anka called Sinatra and Elvis Presley his two "towers" of music while speaking to Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins on his "The Magnificent Others" podcast this week.

"When Elvis was around, he just – they both owned a room, and they were both given that it factor," he explained.

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He added, "And Elvis worked his a-- off. This was a shy guy. I would sit with him like this: ‘Hey, Paulie,’" he said in a reserved imitation of Presley. "‘How you doing, man? Yeah, Paul. You know, one day I'm going to do that "My Way." I love that "My Way."’"

He said he told Presley that he wouldn’t want to cover the song made famous by Sinatra because it wasn’t exactly his style of music.

"But what an amazing force to watch and be around it," he continued.

The "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" singer said he and Presley learned that it "wasn't about just getting up there and singing. You had to entertain people."

The 84-year-old gave the example of the notoriously unpredictable Bob Dylan, whom he admits he loves, but said would sometimes go on stage and "couldn’t give a s--- and people walk out, ‘What the f---?’ If you don't entertain people, you're dead."

Regarding Sinatra, he vowed the "Fly Me to the Moon" crooner "will get bigger, young people will learn exactly what true quality is, you know, at a time when there was no autotune."

"Think about the difference. I don't know who the f--- is doing the singing today. Do you?" he admitted. "Can you imagine back then if you said to Sinatra, ‘We're going to give you an autotune’? He would have thrown a chair at you."

Singers in Sinatra’s time, he said, "walked in a studio after rehearsing, as I stated earlier, and you kept singing, and that band kept playing till you got perfect."

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"That was it," he continued. "And he was the guy."

Anka said Sinatra set the standard and "made it tough for anybody to ever stand in front of a band again. We all came second, but he was the guy we emulated."

He also said that Sammy Davis, Jr. was the most "short-changed" on being recognized.

"To Frank and Dean [Martin] and to all of us, he was the most talented," Anka said.

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"That was the most talented guy," he professed. "He was a musician. He played drums. He played this, he did that. He sang great. He was the guy that I hope today somehow they put him back in the forefront. And Dean was an underrated singer."

Anka said a specific song that he wrote for Davis but didn't name was "as important to me as ‘My Way’ with Sinatra."

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Anka wrote "My Way" for Sinatra in 1968.

He also praised Michael Jackson’s talent, saying, "I never worked with anyone like that … I knew the kid was so talented."

Man accused of raping three underage girls faces new charge from prison

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:40:11 -0400

A man awaiting trial for allegedly raping three underage girls is facing new charges after reportedly breaking a window inside a Pennsylvania prison.

Imarr Finley, 25, of Harrisburg, Pa., has been at the jail since December 2024, when he was arrested after allegedly kidnapping a 12-year-old girl on her way home from school, taking her to his home and raping her, according to court records obtained by Pennlive.com.

Court records show Finley was charged with the rape of two other girls. One girl was 17, while the other was 13 or 14, Pennlive.com reported.

Finley's most recent criminal charge stems from a July 8 incident when he allegedly broke a control room window on the Dauphin County Prison's P block while he was out of his cell on recreation time, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by Pennlive.com.

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The affidavit, filed by the Dauphin County District Attorney’s Office, claimed two corrections officers saw Finley break the window, which caused $772 in damage.

Court records show Finley was charged on Thursday with institutional vandalism, a second-degree misdemeanor.

For that charge, he was arraigned on Thursday afternoon and a preliminary hearing has been scheduled for Aug. 4. Fox News Digital reached out to the prison for comment.

The first alleged rape occurred on Nov. 25, 2024, in the uptown Harrisburg area, according to police.

According to Pennlive.com, the girl told authorities that a man dressed in all black and a mask over his face was following her.

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The man, who police say was Finley, got the girl to follow him to his house, where he allegedly raped her and threatened the girl's family if she told anyone, Pennlive.com reported. Days later on Dec. 4, 2024, Finley was arrested by Harrisburg police after he fled out the second story window of a home and tried to flee by running across rooftops, according to authorities.

On March 23, 2026, Finley was charged in connection with the rape of a 13- or 14-year-old girl who he allegedly lured to his house with a fake Snapchat photo, Pennlive.com reported.

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Four days later, he was charged with raping a 17-year-old girl after authorities said DNA evidence tied him to the crime, according to the outlet.

Finley is being held without bond and is due to appear in court for the rape charges on July 30.

Tony Romo arrested in Milwaukee for alleged OWI offense: report

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:36:28 -0400

Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo was arrested in Milwaukee on Thursday night for allegedly operating while intoxicated.

Romo was reportedly stopped on a highway and performed poorly on field sobriety tests, FOX6 in Milwaukee reported. He was released and is due in court Sept. 21.

Other information regarding the arrest was not immediately available. Neither the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office nor CBS immediately responded to emails from Fox News Digital.

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Romo retired from football in 2017 and soon joined CBS as a color commentator.

He was the Cowboys' starter from 2006 to 2015, but an injury cost him his spot in 2016 to Dak Prescott. The Cowboys released him after the season, and he eventually hung up the cleats.

Romo threw for 34,183 yards, 248 touchdowns, and 117 interceptions, completing 65.3% of his passes.

He was named to the Pro Bowl four times and finished tied for third in the MVP vote in 2014 behind Aaron Rodgers and J.J. Watt - he was tied with DeMarcio Murray.

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Romo went 2-4 in the playoffs, famously dropping a snap for a potential game-winning field goal in his first against the Seattle Seahawks. Romo then picked up the ball and tried to run for a touchdown but was stopped short, giving Seattle the win.

Romo never made it past the NFC divisional round.

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Since retiring, Romo and Jim Nantz have been the main tandem for CBS, calling three Super Bowls, including the Kansas City Chiefs' overtime win over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

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Platner campaign strategist admits tattoo, Reddit posts should have been 'enough' to disqualify him

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:30:25 -0400

Graham Platner's lead campaign strategist, Morris Katz, admitted on Friday that the controversies that came out about the ex-Maine Democratic Senate candidate early on should have been enough to disqualify him from running.

Katz told The New York Times that the anger and frustration surrounding Platner's campaign was valid. He said he often criticizes establishment Democrats for not learning from their mistakes, and said, "I think there are things here, many of the critiques that have been made, that are incredibly valid and things to learn from."

Platner ended his Senate campaign in July after Jenny Racicot alleged the Senate candidate had raped her when the two were in a relationship in 2021, which was first reported by Politico.

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"That being said, in hindsight, knowing what we know now, the Reddit posts alone probably should have been enough — or should have been enough. The tattoo should have been enough. The initial New York Times story on troubling behavior should have been enough," Katz said.

Katz's remarks drew some derision online, as those who felt Platner was problematic at the time were roundly dismissed and criticized by the candidate's allies.

"What a bunch of arrogant gaslighters," one wrote on X. "Like there were a ton of us who were literally screaming this from the rooftops and were met with all kinds of name-calling."

Platner was flippant about Platner's Nazi tattoo issue in a profile in The New York Times in January. He was quoted as jokingly asking then-Iowa Democratic Senate hopeful Nathan Sage if he had such a tattoo as well.

The New York Times published a story in June highlighting accounts from several women Platner has dated that referenced unsettling behavior. The story faced scrutiny, as another one of Platner's accusers, Lyndsey Fifield, said the paper tainted her account.

Fifield's account was challenged by some left-wing media figures and politicians because of her past working for Republican organizations. She told Fox News Digital she felt betrayed by how the New York Times handled her allegations in the original report Katz referenced.

Klein asked Katz why he once described Platner's Reddit posts as an asset. CNN unearthed Platner's posts in October 2025 and found the Democratic Senate candidate once described himself as a "communist," wrote that "all" police were bastards and argued that many rural White Americans "actually are" racist and unintelligent.

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Additional reporting drew scrutiny to other deleted posts, including one in which Platner appeared to downplay concerns about sexual assault. In one post, Platner wrote that people should "take some responsibility for themselves" and avoid becoming so intoxicated that they end up in compromising situations.

Katz said it was good to see people show Platner some grace to show that he could have changed and evolved since the posts.

"I think that was something we needed, and I don’t want to lose that. I don’t want people’s lesson from this to be that there should never be room for grace. I think that there are a lot of people who have made mistakes or said controversial things who we want to win the support of, who we need to earn the trust of. But I also think I was wrong," he said.

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Katz said there was a vetting document about Platner and that it did find a Reddit account, but not the extent of what came out throughout the campaign. Klein noted the post about sexual assault and asked Katz about what he thought hearing the comments now.

"I think it should have been a red line. He talked about it being one of the things he regretted saying the most, that it was indicative of a time of his life when he was lost and angry, and that it was in no way reflective of who he was," Katz said.

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Maine Democrats are expected to nominate Troy Jackson this weekend to replace Platner as they try to unseat Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, a key swing vote in the Senate. Collins is seeking a sixth term.

Collins has the distinction of being the only Republican U.S. Senator to represent a state that President Donald Trump lost in all three of his presidential races.

Bombshell memo shows Biden planned to leave Trump with even more massive immigration crisis

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:22:52 -0400

A newly-uncovered Biden White House memo from the administration's final days revealed plans that could have expanded Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to more than 3 million noncitizens while acknowledging that previous court challenges had blocked many of President Donald Trump's efforts to end the protections.

TPS is meant for foreign populations experiencing crises like political unrest or natural disasters, and while Trump has tried to end the "temporary" provisions for Haitians, Nepalese, Salvadorans and Sudanese people, lawsuits from pro-migrant advocates have halted most attempts.

"Stakeholders argue that granting TPS will potentially protect many vulnerable people from President-elect Trump's planned mass deportations... They argue that these protections are likely to hold in court, and they are prepared to litigate efforts to terminate or slow down the implementation of TPS for specified nations by the Trump Administration," read a section of the memo — acquired by Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo.

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"[P]rior federal litigation brought by advocates during the first Trump administration was successful in halting [its] efforts to terminate TPS, though that was due in large part to [its] failure to produce a factual record in support of termination, which is something that could be rectified," the memo went on.

Schmitt said he obtained the memo from Archivist of the United States Edward Forst through his authority as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution.

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"Biden tried to turn TPS into a 3.1-million-person deportation shield, protect Tren de Aragua members, and trap President Trump in years of litigation," he said, adding the move directly betrayed the "will of the people" who ousted liberal Democrats from power the prior election.

"The most disturbing part, Biden's ‘Senior Advisors’ recommended he create 2.1 million NEW TPS designees in the last few weeks of his presidency, despite admitting TPS applications take 6 months," Schmitt added.

"Luckily, that never happened and we have been deporting Ecuadorians and Guatemalans."

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Fox News Digital reached out to Biden, a former Biden official and Schmitt for additional comment.

Schmitt noted that one week after the January 2025 memo — which he said was erroneously dated "2024" — Biden extended TPS protections for nearly 1 million noncitizens, meaning its transmission still led to "a concrete, mass-migration action."

Schmitt shared a clip of his recent floor remarks on a related topic, where he said the U.S. should not be a "get-rich-quick scheme for the third world" and that Americans don’t try to delay enforcement of squatters on their property in real-life.

The memo reminded Biden he gave TPS protections to Afghans, Cameroonians, Ethiopians, people from Burma, Lebanese, Ukrainians and Venezuelan nationals and repeatedly extended protections for Haitians.

"The previous Administration unsuccessfully attempted to terminate TPS designations for Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, El Salvador, Nepal, and Honduras. Courts issued preliminary injunctions blocking the Trump Administration's actions," it read. "Your administration took actions to resolve this litigation by either redesignating Haiti or rescinding the terminations."

The memo noted that Trump had said during the 2024 campaign he intended to revoke TPS protections for Haitians and predicted his incoming administration would likely seek to rescind additional TPS designations.

A chart in the memo estimated potential new TPS eligibility for roughly 1.5 million Guatemalans, 600,000 Ecuadorians, 464,000 Nicaraguans, 455,000 Venezuelans, and smaller populations from Ukraine, Sudan, and Afghanistan — figures Schmitt said totaled more than 3.1 million people.

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The memo said Biden’s "senior team" had also received requests for varying types of new TPS-related actions before Trump would take office from Sens. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., Catherine Cortez-Masto, D-Nev., Cory Booker, D-N.J., Richard Durbin, D-Ill., Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., and Alex Padilla, D-Calif.

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"In addition, some stakeholders are requesting that your Administration designate nationals from new countries, most notably Ecuador and Guatemala, for TPS," it stated.

While the proposals outlined in the memo were never fully implemented, the document offers a rare glimpse into the immigration options Biden advisers presented as Trump prepared to return to the White House promising mass deportations.

Nick Bosa breaks yearslong X hiatus to seemingly celebrate Ryan Clark's ESPN firing

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:20:21 -0400

After four years off X, Nick Bosa is making up for lost time.

The San Francisco 49ers star edge rusher had not posted on the social media platform since Nov. 12, 2022, aside from just three reposts. That was until Thursday.

The three reposts Bosa had shared included Joe Rogan's 2024 podcast episode with Elon Musk, Michael Bublé promoting a charity, and George Kittle's post from the World Cup final asking for grass instead of turf for NFL stadiums. Ironically, that was the topic of Bosa's last post he wrote himself.

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But news that circulated this week was enough for Bosa to get his thumbs going, albeit for an extremely short period of time.

Bosa quoted a post from The Athletic about Ryan Clark being laid off from ESPN, and he made his thoughts relatively clear with just one emoji.

Clark criticized Bosa in the past for wearing a MAGA hat after a game shortly before the 2024 election, which President Donald Trump eventually won.

"It seems very clear to me Nick Bosa understands that when you wear that hat, you take a side," Clark said at the time. "You take a side of division in a sport that’s supposed to bring us together. I’m just waiting for all the people who comment under political and sports things to shut up and dribble or to shut up and play football, to tell him to shut up and rush. But they ain’t going to say it, because they feel the exact same way he do."

Clark recently said that supporting Trump is "more polarizing" than supporting other politicians.

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"Let’s be honest. Who you supported in 2008, 2012 is nowhere near as polarizing as who you support today," Clark said on his podcast. "[Trump] has clearly picked a side, [and] standing next to him gives the impression that you have to. Which means you stand in direct opposition to the majority of your teammates."

Bosa was fined $11,255 for wearing the hat, but he appeareaed no regrets.

"It was well worth it," Bosa said after the election, before being fined. "I don’t think my position on speaking about it is going to change, so clearly the nation spoke," Bosa added. "We got what we got."

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Clark was among several layoffs at the company, including Bart Scott, Tom Pelissero, Karl Ravech, and Cam Newton.

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Panthers defense takes major hit as star pass rusher suffers major injury on first day of camp: reports

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:19:21 -0400

The Carolina Panthers defense suffered a crushing blow on the first day of training camp.

Second-year outside linebacker Nic Scourton tore his ACL during team drills on Thursday, according to multiple reports. The 21-year-old had a strong rookie season and was expected to be a key contributor to the defense.

"I'm just sick about it," Panthers general manager Dan Morgan said Thursday night.

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In 17 games last season, the 2025 second-round draft pick started eight. He recorded 47 tackles, 5.0 sacks and seven tackles for loss.

The Panthers signed star edge rusher Jaelan Phillips in the offseason to a four-year, $120 million contract, with the hopes of pairing him alongside Scourton to form a strong pass-rushing duo.

Scourton will reportedly be placed on injured reserve and will seek a second opinion on the injury.

The former Texas A&M star went down on a wet field late in practice during team drills. Players immediately gathered around him on one knee.

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Scourton held his hand over his face as he was led into a waiting cart.

As he was leaving the field, the cart stopped and head coach Dave Canales and every player on the roster individually walked over to hug Scourton before he was taken to the training room.

"They care about each other," Panthers coach Dave Canales said. "Whenever you’re in a group of people doing something hard together, it has a way of creating a special bond. Between all the workouts and going through a full season and an offseason and all that, it means something to the guys. I’m proud of that."

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It may be early in training camp, but the Panthers already have been hit hard by injuries to key players.

Panthers right tackle Taylor Moton is out after a blood clot was discovered in his lungs. With left tackle Ickey Ekwonu still recovering from a torn patellar tendon in his knee he suffered in last season's wild-card playoff loss to the Los Angeles Rams, the Panthers will begin the season with both starting tackles on the sideline.

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Two-time Pro Bowl cornerback Jaycee Horn is dealing with a foot laceration and did not practice Thursday. Defensive tackles Tershawn Wharton (neck) and Bobby Brown (hamstring) were also out.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Elon Musk fires back at reporter, claims more people 'hate you and the media than you realize'

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:05:31 -0400

Elon Musk fired back at The Economist editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes during a Thursday interview from Tesla's Gigafactory in Texas after she said people loathed him over his efforts to influence European politics.

"I think a lot more people hate you and the media more than you realize," Musk told the journalist.

Beddoes confronted the Tesla and SpaceX CEO after challenging his support for right-wing European political parties and arguing that his wealth, ownership of X and following on the platform gave him unusual power to shape politics abroad.

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"Why should you be able to shape European politics? You don’t even live there," Beddoes said.

"But do you see why this makes people think that this man who has all this power, he’s the world’s richest man, he thinks he has a right to influence our politics?" Beddoes said. "It’s why people loathe you. I mean, some people do loathe you."

Musk dismissed the criticism by pointing to his roughly 250 million followers on X as evidence that he had more supporters than detractors.

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"Maybe some people do loathe me, and that’s probably true. I don’t care," Musk said. "But the fact that, as you pointed out, a quarter billion people follow me is that I think a lot more people actually like me than don’t."

The Tesla and SpaceX CEO argued that distrust of the press was greater than opposition to him and asked Beddoes whether she recognized the media's standing with the public.

"Do you realize the media is despised?" Musk said. "Do you realize that journalists, the view of journalists is like, it’s like a favorable view of journalists is like 15%?"

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Beddoes acknowledged that trust in American journalism was low but argued that polarization on social media contributed to the problem.

"I think in part there have been mistakes by journalists and journalism. I totally acknowledge that," Beddoes said. "But I also think that the kind of polarized environment, particularly on social media, fostered by the kinds of things you are pushing on X, actually helps make this worse."

Musk rejected her argument and insisted the public disliked journalists more than him.

"The shoe is on the other foot. They hate you. They hate you far more than they hate me," Musk said. "I think you’re the problem. The media."

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The exchange followed a lengthy disagreement about Musk's warnings that Britain could face civil war and his backing of European parties Beddoes described as far right. Musk rejected the label and framed his positions around border security, public safety and government spending.

"I literally said, look, I believe in safe cities, secure borders and sensible spending with respect to government," Musk said. "That doesn’t make me right wing at all in the least."

Musk urged Germans to vote for the Alternative for Germany Party and interviewed its leader, Alice Weidel, on X before Germany's 2025 federal election. He promoted the party in at least two dozen posts over two months, Reuters reported.

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Public confidence in the news media has fallen sharply. A 2025 Gallup poll found that 28% of Americans had a great deal or fair amount of trust in newspapers, television and radio to report the news fully, accurately and fairly, a record low.

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Jewish leaders fault Mamdani rhetoric as Upper West Side stabbing, hate crime probe continues

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:51:15 -0400

Jewish leaders in New York City are accusing Mayor Zohran Mamdani of "fanning the flames of hatred and division" as an investigation is continuing Friday into a pair of stabbings in Manhattan’s Upper West Side that are being looked at as potential hate crimes.

New York Attorney General Letitia James said both victims in Thursday’s attack are currently in stable condition. The suspect, identified as Raul Morales, 51, is accused of yelling "Allahu Akbar" while stabbing two men on Thursday afternoon, according to officials.

"When the mayor of New York repeatedly uses his platform to relentlessly single out and demonize Israel, the world's only Jewish state, and calls those who support it monsters, he contributes to a climate in which Jewish New Yorkers are increasingly targeted and unsafe," Eric Goldstein, the CEO of the UJA-Federation of New York, said Friday.

"Mayor Mamdani, stop fanning the flames of hatred and division. The consequences are not abstract. They are playing out on our streets. But make no mistake, we're not going anywhere. The Jewish community of New York, the largest in the world outside Israel, will continue to walk the streets of the Upper West Side and all the streets of New York openly and proudly," he added.

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Rabbi Yosie Levine of The Jewish Center also said Friday that, "When public officials repeatedly cast the Jewish community as a stand-in for actions of the Israeli government, they create a climate in which Jews become targets."

"You know when I was growing up, the only time we saw security outside of my synagogue or outside of my Jewish day school was when the mayor came to speak. The police were there to protect him. Today, every time the mayor speaks, we need the police to protect us," he added. "Jewish life in America is starting to feel like Jewish life in Europe. Armed guards, bulletproof glass, and the constant fear that yesterday's rhetoric will turn into today's assault."

When asked by Fox News Digital for a response, Mamdani's office highlighted remarks the mayor made to NY1 on Friday, in which he said, "There's no tolerance for antisemitism or hatred of any kind in this city."

"This is a city that believes in the beauty and the breadth of all of its five boroughs and everyone who calls it home. And if anyone is perpetrating this kind of a bigotry, that kind of hatred, they will be held fully accountable," Mamdani told the station.

"When it comes to my comments about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, they are critiques not based on my personal analysis but rather on objective facts," he added. "They are critiques of a political leader not of people of a specific faith or a religion or a background and my responsibility as the mayor of this city is to keep every New Yorker safe, no matter where they come from, what they believe in, or frankly, even if they agree with my politics. My job is to keep them safe."

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The victims were identified in media reports as Chok Sung, 57, and Moshe Grunhaus, 50.

"So many people know Moshe, so many people care about him. He was just trying to pray at his synagogue, and now we're the ones praying for his recovery," Levine said. "To have been stabbed 200 feet from the Jewish center evokes all the worst images of the Jewish past. If a Jew can't feel safe walking home from shul in broad daylight on a Thursday afternoon on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, then something has gone profoundly wrong, not only for the Jewish community, but for our city."

Goldstein added that Mamdani's recent video in which he called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a "war criminal" was "political grandstanding."

"This is the largest Jewish community in the world outside of Israel. His words have profound real world consequences on us and shame on him. Shame on him for doing this for perceived political benefit when it has real world consequence for the Jews of New York. He must stop," Goldstein said.

James said after speaking with the NYPD commissioner and local district attorney, "they have asked me not to draw any conclusions as a result of last night's event."

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"What I do want to say is that it's really critically important that individuals understand that anti-Semitic acts have been growing in the city of New York. It's really critically important," she said. "And then also acts against the Asian community have also been on the increase. So it's important that I stand with my Jewish friends, that I stand with my Asian friends, that I let everyone know that there should not be any space between any of us, that we should stand together against any form of hate, any act of hate in the city and the state of New York, that it will not be tolerated."

‘McCarthy trials’: Hasan Piker, far-left figures erupt over subpoenas in $39M Singham probe

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:48:51 -0400

Prominent far-left figures, including livestream influencer Hasan Piker, are rallying around a pro-China media outlet within the sprawling network bankrolled by communist tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham – casting recent congressional subpoenas as leading a "McCarthy-style" witch hunt against the left.

As Fox News Digital first reported Wednesday, the House Ways and Means Committee sent subpoenas to three nonprofits, including media outlet BreakThrough News, as part of a wider investigation into alleged malign foreign influence by China in U.S. politics. The three groups have received about $39 million from Singham, who left the U.S. several years ago to live in China.

The other two groups are the People’s Forum Inc., a New York-based activist and political-education hub, and Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, a think tank that says its work is anchored in "national liberation Marxism."

The committee said it is examining whether nonprofit laws adequately protect against foreign influence and whether Congress needs to strengthen them. It also accused the three groups of failing to produce "a single responsive document" following earlier requests for information.

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Piker, CodePink rally behind subpoenaed outlet

Hours after Fox News Digital reported the subpoenas, pro-communist influencers and organizations mounted a social media defense of BreakThrough News, echoing similar-phrased attacks on the congressional investigation.

Among them were Piker, a prominent Twitch streamer and political commentator, and Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CodePink, a pro-communist, pro-China nonprofit that has received Singham money.

Piker called the subpoenas "the McCarthy trials," invoking the anti-communist Congressional investigations of the 1950s, led by Sen. Joe McCarthy.

"They will come for you," Piker warned on X.

Responding to BreakThrough News host Rania Khalek appeal for support and donations, Benjamin called the move a "terrible attack on independent journalism," adding, "We stand with you!!!"

Benjamin co-founded CodePink with Jodie Evans, who married Singham in 2017, the year he sold his technology company, ThoughtWorks, for an estimated $785 million. He has subsequently poured money into a network of pro-communist, pro-China organizations.

In March, Piker, Benjamin and Evans traveled to Cuba to rally support for the island nation’s communist government. Fox News Digital previously reported that the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control is investigating whether they violated U.S. sanctions restricting dealings with Cuba, according to sources familiar with the inquiry.

Their warnings about political repression come despite longstanding restrictions on dissent and independent media under the communist governments of Cuba and China.

The three organizations occupy different roles within the Singham network.

Breakthrough BT Media Inc., which runs BreakThrough News, is based at the People’s Forum W. 37th Street address in Manhattan. It serves as a propaganda arm of the network, producing media and protest coverage and "agitprop," or agitation propaganda. It’s often the first on the scene of major hotspots, like Glam Doll Donuts in Minneapolis, where a local activist, Alex Pretti, was killed by U.S. immigration agents earlier this year.

The People’s Forum organizes demonstrations and political programming, often the first to arrive at protests, handing out pre-printed signs from an affiliated group, the Party for Socialism and Liberation. Tricontinental, led by Singham friend Vijay Prashad, supplies Marxist research and ideological material and hosts events like a "Global South" conference last November in Shanghai, where Singham spoke, expressing support for the "new world order" of the Chinese Communist Party and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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As Fox News Digital first reported, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton from has separately launched a grand jury investigation into alleged wire fraud, bank fraud, money laundering and other financial improprieties by Singham in financing these organizations. Meanwhile, the State Department issued a report on Monday, naming People’s Forum and CodePink as "fellow travelers" in Cuba’s foreign influence campaign to sell communism.

The synchronized defense illustrates how organizations and personalities tied to the Singham network can rapidly mobilize around a common message, just as they’ve done in the past to oppose everything from data centers to President Donald Trump, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the war with Iran, Israel and the U.S. arrest of Venezuela strongman Nicholas Maduro.

Rather than addressing the committee’s allegations about foreign-linked funding, financial transparency and compliance with congressional document requests, many of the network’s most prominent voices characterized the investigation as political persecution, invoking themes of the "red scare," "McCarthyism," "censorship" and a broader "war on the left."

Messaging and fundraising push spreads

The wider campaign began Wednesday evening with a coordinated petition and fundraising push, before spreading through the Singham-linked network overnight and into today.

At 5:40 p.m. on Wednesday, the People’s Forum launched the messaging counterattack, sharing a new petition and a fundraising appeal on the platform Give Lively LLC, requesting tax-deductible donations to finance its legal response and "mass organizing work."

A few hours later, at 9:44 p.m, Khalek, the BreakThrough News host, urged her social media followers to "sign, share, donate" to the outlet’s new fundraising campaign on the GoFundMe platform and sign a petition, "Tell Congress: Drop the Witch Hunt Against BreakThrough News!"

The petition is hosted on Action Network, a big Democratic Party organizing platform. BreakThrough News said it sought "emergency funds to fight back."

"We’re not going anywhere," Khalek wrote on X. "We’re going to fight this assault on our journalism. The only rights we have are the ones we’re willing to defend."

According to Breakthrough BT Media’s tax filings, Khalek received $101,449 in 2024 and $108,160 in 2023 for "consulting."

Khalek hosts the outlet’s "Dispatches" program and co-hosts "The Freedom Side." Fox News Digital previously reported that she promoted the Chinese government’s claimed "eradication of extreme poverty" during a 2021 program with Tings Chak, a China-based researcher at Tricontinental, linking the media output of one subpoenaed organization to the ideological work of another.

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About an hour later, at 10:52 p.m, Hartzell Gray, a congressional candidate in Missouri supported by Democratic Socialists of America and CodePink’s Benjamin, declared: "Truth isn’t partisan. Journalism isn’t a crime."

Soon after, at 11:45 p.m., Benjamin replied to Khalek, expressing her support, and at 11:51 p.m., Piker posted his condemnation of the subpoenas.

By 2:11 a.m. the next day, socialist congressional candidate Kshama Sawant, a former Seattle City councilwoman, shared Khalek’s message and told followers she had signed the petition supporting BreakThrough News. She described the subpoenas as a "shocking increase in repression of independent media and left activists."

Later that morning, at 9:34 a.m., the campaign had spread to propagandists for the Islamic Republic of Iran. Seyed Mohammad Marandi, a University of Tehran professor and former adviser to Iran’s nuclear negotiating team, shared BreakThrough News’ response and declared: "The US is an intolerant and authoritarian regime."

Marandi’s accusation comes against the backdrop of Iran’s own crackdown on dissent. A United Nations fact-finding mission said the Iranian government had intensified its repression in a "concerted effort to crush dissent," while Reporters Without Borders ranked Iran 177th out of 180 countries for press freedom in 2026.

About an hour later, at 10:39 a.m, Craig Mokhiber, a former senior U.N. human-rights official who previously directed the New York office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, called the subpoenas an "outrageous attack" by the "US-Israel Axis." He said they threatened freedom of opinion, expression and information.

Foreign-linked funding at heart of probe

At the heart of the committee’s inquiry is the network’s layered financial architecture.

The panel alleges that Singham’s money traveled through shell companies and donor-advised funds before reaching the three tax-exempt organizations. Such arrangements, the committee said, can move foreign-linked funding through layers of intermediaries that "by design, obscure the original source of the contribution."

Fox News Digital previously documented $278 million flowing from Singham into six core nonprofits in a wider transnational network spanning media operations, activist organizations and ideological think tanks. The committee’s current investigation focuses on about $39 million it says reached BreakThrough News, the People’s Forum and Tricontinental.

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The committee requested records concerning foreign-linked funding and projects whose finances the groups managed. It also sought contracts involving foreign individuals or organizations, communications with Singham about the groups’ finances or operations, contacts with other foreign interests, information about foreign donors who contributed more than $5,000 and records of grants sent overseas.

By Thursday night, the counterpropaganda campaign went global with the World Socialist Website, a pro-communism platform, parroting the rhetoric of the Singham network and blasting the "anti-communist witchhunting" to its readers.

Netanyahu to visit Trump at White House, attend 'dear friend' Lindsey Graham's memorial service

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:44:20 -0400

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to Washington, D.C., next week to meet with President Donald Trump and attend the memorial service of late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., his office announced Friday.

The office said Netanyahu will leave Israel on Monday and meet Trump the following day. Graham’s communications director said last week that the late senator's "life and legacy" will be celebrated on Tuesday, July 28, in Washington, D.C., and on Wednesday, July 29, in Columbia and Pickens County, South Carolina.

Netanyahu, in a post on X paying tribute to Graham, described him as a "dear friend."

"In our recent meeting, I said, ‘Lindsey is a great friend of Israel and a cherished friend of mine. We have no better friend than Lindsey.’ Lindsey understood that the security of Israel and America are inseparable," Netanyahu said. "He devoted his life to defending America, strengthening our alliance and standing up for the free world."

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"Israel has lost one of its greatest friends. America has lost a great patriot. I have lost a beloved friend," Netanyahu added.

The U.S. and Israel jointly launched Operation Epic Fury and Operation Roaring Lion against Iran on Feb. 28.

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Over the last 13 days, U.S. Central Command has carried out repeated airstrikes against Iranian military targets , while the Israel Defense Forces said they have been pushing back against provocations from Hezbollah, an Iran-backed terrorist group based in Lebanon.

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

Fox News' Yonat Friling contributed to this report.

Lindsay Clancy judge shields 911 call, autopsy photos in mom’s triple-murder trial

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:40:39 -0400

A Massachusetts judge has partially granted a grieving father’s request to shield some of the most graphic evidence expected to surface at the murder trial of his now-ex-wife, who is accused of strangling their three young children inside the family’s home.

Plymouth Superior Court Judge William Sullivan ruled Friday that the media and public may not record, display, reproduce or distribute Patrick Clancy’s initial 911 call or autopsy photographs of 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan Clancy.

The evidence may still be presented to jurors during Lindsay Clancy’s trial, which is set to begin Monday with opening statements.

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Reporters may also describe what is heard or shown in court but cannot broadcast or publish the recording or images themselves, according to the two-page order.

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Lindsay Clancy is charged with murder in the January 2023 deaths of her three children inside their Duxbury, Massachusetts home.

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Prosecutors allege Clancy strangled the children inside the family’s home before attempting to take her own life. Her attorneys have argued that she was suffering from severe mental illness and postpartum psychosis at the time.

Leavitt vows Trump will deliver 'entertaining' speech at his return to White House Correspondents' Dinner

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:39:10 -0400

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News that President Donald Trump will deliver an "entertaining" speech Friday night at the White House Correspondents' Dinner after gunfire abruptly ended the original event in April.

"The President’s speech will be a combination of unifying yet vicious, and serious yet hilarious, all at the same time, if you can imagine that," Leavitt said on Friday about the president’s upcoming address at the Waldorf Astoria in Washington, D.C.

"One thing I can assure you, it will be entertaining," she added.

The annual dinner has historically been held at the Washington Hilton. Chaos, however, broke out at this year’s banquet when an armed suspect, Cole Allen, stormed the event in what authorities say was an attempt to assassinate the president.

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The incident prompted Secret Service agents to rush the president and first lady from the room as guests scrambled for cover, abruptly ending the dinner.

While first lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will not be in attendance Friday due to prior commitments, many Cabinet officials will be present.

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FBI Director Kash Patel, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick are among those attending.

"In a sign of Strength and Fortitude, it was just announced that The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, which violently ended rather abruptly on April 25th, will be rescheduled to July 24th. This announcement is a very good thing in that we cannot allow Lunatics to change our way of life, or even its scheduling," Trump had written on Truth Social in June.

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"I don’t know whether or not I will give the same rather nasty statements, at least as it concerns certain people, but we will soon find out," Trump added.

Fox News' Jacqui Heinrich contributed to this report.

Second lady Usha Vance shares family photos featuring newborn who is less than 1 week old

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:36:25 -0400

Second lady Usha Vance on Friday shared a picture of her newborn infant and two family photographs featuring the second couple and their four children.

"Thank you for all the good wishes as we settle into life as a family of six," she wrote, adding a heart emoji in the social media posts.

"Meet Alec — and enjoy these attempts at taking a decent family photo with four kids!" she added.

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It has been less than a week since the baby was born.

"We are excited to announce that our baby boy, Alec Neel Vance, was born this morning. Usha and the baby are happy and healthy, and our kids are overjoyed to meet their little brother," the second couple first announced in a statement on Sunday.

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"The incredible military doctors and staff members of Walter Reed Medical Center and the White House Medical Unit have been a blessing. We are deeply thankful for all they have done for our family," the statement added.

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President Donald Trump declared in a Monday Truth Social post, "Congratulations! A perfect baby boy for the wonderful Vance family."

His post included a photo of the infant and two children.

Eleven indicted in alleged Texas smuggling scheme that left 7 migrants dead in shipping container

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:36:19 -0400

Eleven people were indicted this week for allegedly participating in a years-long human smuggling operation that left seven illegal migrants dead in May after they were trapped for hours inside an unventilated shipping container in Texas.

Prosecutors say the migrants were loaded into the container near Del Rio before it was transported by train across the state. Six were later found dead inside it in Laredo and a seventh was discovered near railroad tracks at the San Antonio stop, according to authorities.

The victims — four Mexican nationals and three Honduran nationals — had no chance of escape because the container could not be opened from the inside, according to prosecutors.

"The ultimate destination for these aliens who began their journey in Del Rio was likely San Antonio. Once the train got to San Antonio, this alien smuggling organization that facilitated the movement of these individuals opened the train car doors," U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons said at a press conference on Friday.

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"There was one individual inside that then fell out of the car. They left that individual for dead there by the tracks in San Antonio, closed the door to the container and sent the train on its way, the train ultimately ending up in Laredo, Texas, where the other six bodies were found," Simmons added.

One of the victims was a 14-year-old child, while another individual inside the car "frantically contacted their family as they were dying from the sweltering heat in that container," Simmons said.

The 11 defendants — four of them from the U.S. and seven from either Mexico, Honduras or Guatemala — allegedly ran a human smuggling organization from around April 2023 until May 2026, according to the indictment.

The group allegedly used cargo trains to get migrants further into the interior of the U.S. after getting them across the border, per the indictment.

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Prosecutors allege that toward the end of April this year, the organization began facilitating the travel of the group of seven migrants who would later die in the shipping container.

Each of the victims paid the smugglers between $1,500 and $10,000 to be transported from Acuña, Mexico, into the U.S., according to the indictment.

On the afternoon of May 9, the migrants made it into Del Rio, where the smugglers allegedly used a bolt cutter to snap the lock off a Conex shipping container that was aboard a stationary Union Pacific train, prosecutors said.

Once inside the container, the migrants were dealing with outside temperatures of 88 to 92 degrees Fahrenheit, according to investigators.

The train traveled along U.S. 90 to San Antonio, about 150 miles away from Del Rio, where the smugglers caught up with the migrants and found them "in peril," prosecutors said.

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According to the indictment, the smugglers that were there allegedly left one of the migrants who had already died near the railroad tracks before abandoning the rest of the migrants inside the shipping container as it traveled to Laredo.

The next day, a worker at the Union Pacific Railyard in Laredo saw a leg sticking out of the container, leading to the discovery of the dead migrants, the indictment said.

San Antonio authorities later discovered the body of the migrant who had been left by the railroad tracks, prosecutors said.

Nine of the 11 people charged in connection with the smuggling and the deaths of the migrants have been arrested and are now in federal custody.

Mayra Alejandra Huerta, 32, of Del Rio, was the first to be arrested on May 12.

Last week, eight other defendants charged in the indictment were arrested in central and south Texas as part of a Homeland Security Task Force operation.

Those arrested from the U.S. were Edson Alejandro Perez, 18, of Del Rio; and Eric Hernandez, 40, of Eagle Pass, Texas.

Another two defendants arrested were from Honduras — Jonas Ulloa-Aguilera, 25, and Franklin Williams Ayala Aguilera, 30.

Three more were from Mexico — Maria Norma Neri de Moran, 56; Damian Huerta Analucas, 55; and Rosario Cristal Lopez-Saldana, 26.

Finally, Pascual Raymundo Loarca, 34, of Guatemala, was also arrested in the Homeland Security operation.

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Two of those charged remain at large, including 37-year-old Karina Garcia of Del Rio and 35-year-old Seferino Huerta-Casillas of Mexico.

All the defendants were charged with one count of conspiracy to transport illegal aliens resulting in death and one count of aiding and abetting transport of illegal aliens resulting in death. They face a maximum of life in prison.

Measles surge hits new milestone as US cases surpass last year's total

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:28:29 -0400

Measles has reemerged as a persistent public health challenge in the U.S. over the past two years — and the spread isn't slowing down.

According to a Johns Hopkins University tracker that compiles local and state health data, there were 2,295 confirmed measles cases in the U.S. as of July 22.

This figure has officially surpassed the 2025 numbers, which totaled 2,286 measles cases nationwide.

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Cases have been reported across the country, but concentrated outbreaks have worsened in some areas of Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Florida, Virginia, Utah, Texas and Arizona. In 2025, Texas had the largest outbreak, totaling 803 cases throughout the state.

In the latest CDC measles update on July 17, there were 34 new outbreaks reported in 2026, compared to 48 outbreaks in 2025. Most cases were associated with local outbreaks, while some were linked to international visitors.

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Both this year and last year, 93% of all measles patients were either unvaccinated for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), or had an unknown vaccination status, data shows.

Most cases have occurred in children and young adults between the ages of 5 and 19. There have been no deaths reported in 2026, according to the CDC, but there were three deaths in 2025.

The rise in cases comes more than two decades after health agencies reported that the disease was eliminated in 2000.

Measles can be spread through direct contact with infectious droplets, or can be airborne when an infected person breathes, coughs or sneezes, according to health officials. The virus can remain infectious in the air for up to two hours after an infected person leaves an area.

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Symptoms usually appear within a week or two, and may include a high fever, cough, runny nose and red, watery eyes.

A few days later, flat, red spots appear on the face and then spread down the neck to the rest of the body. People are most contagious in the four days before and four days after the rash appears.

Community protection

Dr. Marc Siegel, Fox News senior medical analyst, emphasized the highly contagious nature of measles.

"Measles is so contagious that up to 90% of susceptible people who are exposed to an infected person will become infected," he told Fox News Digital, noting the importance of community protection. "We need a 95% vaccine coverage rate to ensure herd immunity," he said.

The herd immunity threshold is a mathematical estimate based on how contagious a disease is and how effectively immunity from vaccination or prior infection prevents its spread, according to Siegel.

"In this case, two-dose vaccination is almost 100% effective, and natural immunity after a measles infection is generally lifelong," the doctor said. "This isn’t about personal choice, it’s about community protection. We need to protect those who can’t have a live virus vaccine because they are immunocompromised or pregnant."

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The doctor also cautioned that the U.S. could be at risk of losing its measles elimination status, as the number and duration of outbreaks suggest sustained local transmission within the U.S., rather than isolated cases linked only to international travel.

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The CDC recommends that everyone receive two doses of the MMR vaccine, calling vaccination the best protection against measles.

Anyone who is showing measles symptoms or thinks they’ve been exposed should self-isolate and contact their doctor before showing up to a medical center and infecting others.

CBP intercepted biological materials tied to US–China virus network before COVID, new documents show

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:27:18 -0400

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has released another batch of documents related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The latest records show that U.S. officials intercepted undeclared biological materials tied to a U.S.–China coronavirus research network as early as 2018, likely in an attempt to avoid international tensions and regulatory scrutiny, Paul said.

The documents, which include a Department of Homeland Security intelligence report, primarily focus on a network centered around University of Minnesota virologist Fang Li.

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In the years leading up to the pandemic, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) intercepted undeclared biological materials tied to this network of American and Chinese coronavirus researchers centered around Li, whose lab has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Paul stated in a news release.

In April 2018, Zhengli Shi, a scientist at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), asked Li to have a student transport antibodies for SARS research from the United States back to China.

Li told Shi that was not a good idea, given the "current tension between the USA and China," according to the documents. He suggested another scientist ship the antibodies instead.

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In October of that same year, Qibin Geng, a student in Fang Li's lab, offered to send live PEDV—a swine coronavirus—along with a growth protocol to Ralph Baric, a prominent American researcher.

Geng requested Baric's shipping address for the live virus. Geng had previously earned a degree from an institution affiliated with China's People's Liberation Army (PLA), but did not disclose any military service or affiliation on his visa application.

In November 2018, CBP agents at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport intercepted three undeclared vials concealed in paper towels and wax film from a courier, who named Yusen Zhou of China's Academy of Military Medical Sciences (AMMS) as the source.

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In June 2021, the same courier was stopped again at the Detroit airport while traveling out of China, carrying 132 vials and a laptop belonging to someone else.

CBP reported that the vials likely contained a species of fly commonly used as a model organism in biological research. The courier was also carrying a laptop issued by a U.S. research institution to another individual, along with login credentials.

Fox News Digital has reached out to Li.

As Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Paul has released several batches of internal documents through his public archive, "The Reading Room."

Previous releases highlighted private doubts expressed by the authors of the "Proximal Origin" paper regarding the virus's source, as well as how the FBI halted a planned border inspection of another virus researcher.

WNBA Star Sophie Cunningham's player exclusive Adidas shoe sells out in less than an hour online

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:23:06 -0400

Sophie Cunningham has quickly become arguably the second-most popular player in the WNBA, only behind Caitlin Clark, of course. She is a viral star on TikTok, one of the most efficient three-point shooters in the league, Clark’s defender when she’s bullied, a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model, and recently, an unapologetic defender of keeping women’s sports female. She’s the whole package, and many companies are taking advantage of her stardom, including Adidas.

On July 10, Adidas announced a player-exclusive Sophie Cunningham shoe that would be available for purchase in 10 days. The Crazy Energy "Sophie Cunningham" PE, a pink gradient colorway, released Friday morning for a retail price of $120.

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Friday morning, in collaboration with Adidas, Cunningham posted a video of her in an unmarked van full of her new sneakers with the caption: "today's the day. who's ready for the drop?", which has attracted over half a million views across Instagram and X in its first three hours of posting.

Within minutes of the social media promotion, most men's and women’s sizes were sold out. In less than an hour, they were all gone.

This is further proof that Cunningham’s marketability is skyrocketing. She’s on billboards, in commercials, a prominent voice in the culture war, and now, she has a best-selling shoe.

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In a league where only all-stars like Caitlin Clark, Sabrina Ionescu, Angel Reese, and A’ja Wilson get shoe deals, Cunningham is breaking the mold and changing the game.

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As for Clark, the Nike Caitlin 1 is scheduled to release on October 1, 2026, marking Caitlin Clark's first signature basketball shoe with Nike, after making the public wait almost three full seasons before a release. Nike officially announced the shoe and its accompanying signature apparel collection on June 17, 2026.

Rahm Emanuel warns ‘Bernie bros’ could sink Democrats by saddling moderates with socialist agenda

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:18:24 -0400

Former Obama White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel warned Thursday that "Bernie bros" and democratic socialist candidates could hurt the Democratic Party in November's midterm elections by forcing moderates in competitive districts to answer for unpopular progressive positions.

Emanuel wrote in a Wall Street Journal opinion column that Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) candidates could divert attention from the issue he believes Democrats should make central in the campaign.

"In the name of ‘authenticity,’ the DSA and others are saddling the Democratic Party with nominees whose wildly unpopular positions will protect Republicans from having to pay the price of Donald Trump’s corruption and economic incompetence," Emanuel said.

He compared the current political environment with 2006, when he led the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) as the party gained 31 House seats. He said Democrats succeeded by recruiting candidates who eased voters' concerns that the party was culturally out of touch and weak on national defense.

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The former Chicago mayor said efforts to elect socialists in safely Democratic districts have now created problems for candidates elsewhere.

"When the DSA attempts to turn safe Democratic states and districts a darker shade of blue, Democratic candidates in swing districts are put at a distinct disadvantage," Emanuel said.

Emanuel pointed to DSA member Darializa Avila Chevalier’s victory over Rep. Adriano Espaillat in New York’s 13th Congressional District. The Mamdani-backed candidate narrowly defeated the five-term incumbent and Congressional Hispanic Caucus chairman in June’s Democratic primary. Emanuel said Republicans could use the positions promoted by socialist candidates in heavily Democratic districts against moderates nationwide.

"What happens in the 13th District doesn’t stay in the 13th District," Emanuel said.

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Emanuel also blamed socialists for promoting positions that he said contributed to Democrats' recent electoral losses.

"It was socialists who led the charge to defund the police, open the borders, abolish prisons, release violent criminals onto the streets and degrade the flag," he said.

Emanuel cited Nebraska Democratic congressional nominee Denise Powell, whom the state Republican Party has labeled as "DSA Denise." Powell is running against Republican Omaha City Councilman Brinker Harding for an open seat in Nebraska's competitive 2nd Congressional District.

He argued that Powell should be able to focus on Harding's record instead of spending campaign resources separating herself from the socialist movement.

"Candidates in competitive districts have to spend time and effort differentiating themselves from the DSA’s agenda when they should be focusing voters on Mr. Trump’s corruption," Emanuel said.

He identified Powell as a "bright star perfectly positioned to flip" Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District but said Republicans were unfairly labeling her.

Powell’s campaign denied any connection to the socialist organization in a statement to Fox News Digital.

"Denise Powell is not a member of the DSA. She is a small business owner and working mom who is laser focused on lowering costs for Nebraskans and ending the rampant corruption in DC," campaign manager Ryan Longenecker said.

On Tuesday, Emanuel got into a heated clash with The New Yorker's David Remnick over why the potential 2028 Democratic candidate wasn't emphasizing left-wing culture war topics like transgender issues.

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Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was asked Friday on CNN's "The Situation Room" whether he agreed with Emanuel's argument. Buttigieg said moderate Democrats should focus on presenting their own agenda.

"Yeah, I think those of us who are more moderate in the party should concentrate our efforts on talking about what we’re for," he said. "Just like the Democratic Party as a whole has to be about more than just being against Republicans."

Buttigieg did not address Emanuel’s individual policy criticisms, instead promoting affordable healthcare, tax fairness and campaign finance reform.

"This is the kind of agenda that I think can be unifying, and I’m much more interested in that than any kind of factional project inside or outside the Democratic Party," Buttigieg said.

Buttigieg campaigned with Powell in Omaha earlier this month, WOWT reported. The DCCC has also placed Powell in its Red to Blue program, which supports Democratic candidates in competitive Republican-held districts.

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A poll released Wednesday found Buttigieg in a close second to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in New Hampshire as a potential 2028 contender for the Democratic presidential nomination.

GOP rift grows as Thune hits brakes on Trump's election bill to avert shutdown

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:14:56 -0400

The wheels are in motion for Republicans to take another swing at President Donald Trump’s top election priority, but in the Senate, the main focus is keeping the government open.

House Republicans advanced their framework for another party-line budget reconciliation package that, among other funding priorities, includes a rough sketch to find a way to pass part of the SAVE America Act in the Senate.

But Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is prioritizing another issue: preventing Senate Democrats from getting the opportunity to shut down the government ahead of the midterm elections in the fall.

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Thune plans to hold the House’s budget framework until the Senate can move a funding extension, known as a continuing resolution. Doing so, however, delays reconciliation, and in turn, trying to pass the SAVE America Act.

Negotiations on a continuing resolution between Republicans and Democrats are already underway in the Senate, but some in the GOP worry that Thune’s maneuver opens the door for betrayal.

"I support (Thune), I like him. I don't agree with him on this," Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., an appropriator, told Fox News Digital. "I've seen this vampire movie before. He wants to negotiate with the Democrats. I respect that, but right now, if you turn the other cheek to Chuck (Schumer), he’s just gonna stab me in the neck."

Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., told Fox News Digital she understood Kennedy’s position, but that Republicans needed to strike on funding the government while the opportunity was there.

"I believe that, particularly in the last year, we've seen Democrats getting more and more comfortable with not doing their job and finding a pathway forward," Britt said. "I do think we all have a duty and an obligation to try to find one here."

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Kennedy also is unhappy with the slowdown in passing the SAVE America Act, a sentiment shared by his colleagues in the House.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., contended that the Senate could, and should, do both at the same time.

"Well, we all should be able to walk and chew gum at the same time," Scalise told Fox News Digital before the vote Tuesday. "In fact, this week, we're doing both. We're passing the reconciliation bill that will move SAVE America, and we're passing a continuing resolution to fund the government at current levels."

The House did pass a continuing resolution earlier in the week, but the Senate is working on a plan that could score Democratic votes, which, given the 60-vote filibuster threshold, is a necessity in the upper chamber.

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., told Fox News Digital he was largely open to whatever could help Republicans avoid a shutdown ahead of the all-important midterm elections.

"Obviously, we would consider anything they had," Cole said. "A lot depends on what's in it and whether or not, if we'd lost Republicans, are they going to replace them over here with Democrats? But no, I think the more talking about getting this done, the better off we are, the less chance of a shutdown."

Thune also floated attaching the continuing resolution to the reconciliation bill sent over by the House as a means of bypassing the 60-vote threshold, which Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., called "problematic" because they are two separate aspects of government funding that are not traditionally paired.

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"I would suggest that Leader Thune do exactly what the House is doing," Clyde said. "Putting a continuing resolution on the budget reconciliation is problematic because you've got mandatory and discretionary funding mixed, literally for the entire Congress."

But the SAVE America Act may not even survive the strict rules that allow Republicans to use reconciliation. It also might not have the 50 votes needed to pass, either.

Thune, when asked about the criticism of his plan and the concerns holding up the SAVE America Act, told Fox News Digital, "as I've said before, we gotta get to 50."

"And I can't count to 50 right now on a budget resolution," Thune said. "But we'll see. I mean, we'll have those conversations at the conference. The priority is funding the government. And, so, to me, that's the thing we've got to keep our eyes on."

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Republicans across the chambers agree on the latter point to find a way to keep the lights on and prevent yet another government shutdown.

But still, those not completely bought into Thune’s plan think that both issues can be completed.

"We need to do government funding, he’s right on that," Rep. Michael Cloud, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital. "We should also make sure our elections are secure, we should support the military, and so I think the reconciliation bill should move forward as well. But you know what, the Senate’s the Senate, they’ll do what they want to do."

Another top Seattle mayoral aide exits as Katie Wilson administration faces continued staff turnover

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:12:41 -0400

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson's press secretary is leaving City Hall after less than seven months on the job, marking the latest high-profile departure from an administration that has already faced significant staffing turnover during its first year.

Local outlet PubliCola reported Wednesday that Sage Wilson made the call after "deciding he’d be more effective as an advocate for progressive causes outside the mayor’s office than inside it."

"Wilson, who previously worked in media relations for the labor advocacy group Working Washington and the progressive policy group Civic Ventures, doesn’t have a job lined up yet; his last day will be in early August," the report continued.

On his LinkedIn page, Wilson identifies himself as Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson’s deputy communications director.

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Sage Wilson's departure is the latest in a series of staffing changes inside Mayor Katie Wilson's office. PubliCola previously reported that the mayor's communications director, Seferiana Day, resigned in June after the mayor requested her resignation following several weeks of negative publicity.

According to the outlet, City Hall later brought in political consultant Crystal Nicole Fincher as a temporary communications advisor and Seattle Department of Transportation spokeswoman Dawn Schellenberg to assist with media relations.

On Thursday, the Everett Post reprinted a story from The Center Square that quoted Schellenberg as saying that the turnover is to be expected.

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"It is common for new administrations to have some turnover and restructuring during the early phase as staff settle into their roles and address the priorities voters elected them to do," Schellenberg said.

Before taking office, Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson urged Seattle residents to boycott Starbucks in support of a baristas' union protest at one of the company's local stores. She later softened her stance after Starbucks announced it would establish a regional headquarters in Nashville and relocate some Seattle-based jobs there.

"I had the pleasure of visiting the Pike Place Market Starbucks a little while ago, and I ordered – I think it was a blueberry muffin latte that was like a staff creation," Wilson said during a June interview with FOX 13 Seattle co-anchor Hana Kim, who had asked Wilson if she still supports a boycott of Starbucks.

"I guess I broke my boycott," Wilson added. "And yeah, but I, you know, I don’t know. What do you want me to say about that?"

In a May Wall Street Journal opinion piece, former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz criticized Wilson's "socialist rhetoric," arguing it reflected an anti-business climate contributing to companies leaving Seattle.

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"Seattle’s mayor, Katie Wilson, has chosen to cast business as a foil rather than a partner," Schultz wrote in the op-ed. "Her socialist rhetoric vilifies employers, even while she continues to rely on them for revenue. She has encouraged residents who disagree with her policies to leave."

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News of Sage Wilson’s departure quickly prompted criticism from political opponents on social media, many of whom pointed to the administration's earlier staff changes as evidence of broader instability. Others wished the departing spokesman well and speculated about the demands of the job.

Fox News Digital reached out to Sage Wilson for comment.