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Jazz Chisholm Jr says Knicks championship parade fuels his World Series hunger with Yankees

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:40:48 -0400

If you can dream it, you can achieve it — that’s the mindset New York Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. has heading into the second half of the 2026 MLB season.

In 2024, Chisholm and the Yankees were close to snapping the "Big Four" sports league championship drought in New York. The Los Angeles Dodgers, the team the Yankees will begin their second half against on Friday night in the Bronx, ended that Fall Classic in five games in their favor.

But Chisholm got to witness what a title parade looks like in New York this past month, as the New York Knicks broke a 53-year drought and sent the five boroughs and the surrounding tri-state area into a complete frenzy of joy, tears and countless other emotions.

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It’s the obvious goal for every MLB team to win the World Series in October, especially for the 27-time champions in pinstripes. But Chisholm told Fox News Digital that his conversations with Knicks players during their NBA title celebration only heightened his need to hoist a trophy himself.

"Me and a couple of my teammates talked about it, and a couple of [Knicks] talked about it as well. I talked to Jalen about it, and just seeing how it felt. Hearing it out of his voice and him getting the goosebumps all over again talking about it. It’s just a feeling you want to experience," Chisholm said, while highlighting his collaboration with Corona as part of their limited-edition Beach Connect Series jerseys.

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"I talk to my boys about it, and we’re all in."

Chisholm, an impending free agent, wouldn’t even discuss the future past the World Series because he wants to remain in the present as the Yankees try to cement their spot in the postseason.

It was a rough few weeks for New York heading toward the All-Star break, but they ripped off four straight wins to get momentum back before the reset.

They’ve also been playing without their three-time MVP slugger Aaron Judge, who remains out due to a rib injury. Despite his recovery taking longer than expected – Judge hasn’t been cleared to do baseball activities – the Yankees’ captain remains in good spirits, helping his team wherever he can.

"He’s still a big voice in the clubhouse for us. He comes to a lot of road games where he doesn’t have to," Chisholm explained. "He could stay home and rest and do his rehab, but he still makes a point to come and be with the boys and try to help lead us. Even though he can’t help us on the field, he tries to help us when he can off the field. We’re still rallying around him.

"He’s still the most positive guy in the clubhouse every day, so we can’t wait to get him back and turn everything up."

Judge is crucial to the Yankees’ World Series hopes, as they look to hoist their first trophy since the 2009 season. For the Yankees and its fan base, that feels like a century long, but Chisholm knows he and his teammates will continue to fight to break that drought.

He wants to be on the parade float just as the Knicks were.

"You have dreams about it sometimes," Chisholm admitted. "You sit there, you got to sleep, and you wake up like, ‘Dang, that’s what I want.’ I’ve had that dream of us partying on the parade after we won the World Series, and New York going as crazy it did for the Knicks for us. That’s all we’re looking for."

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The All-Star break means peak summer, which Corona used to help fans savor the moment with six Corona Beach Connect Series jerseys all co-designed by six MLB All-Stars including Chisholm.

Along with Chisholm, Atlanta Braves’ Ronald Acuña Jr., Los Angeles Dodgers’ Mookie Betts, Chicago Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong, Houston Astros’ Jeremy Peña and Philadelphia Phillies Cristopher Sánchez each added their flair to a jersey inspired by their beach memories.

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For Chisholm, the first-ever Bahamian All-Star in MLB history showcased his fashion chops with vibrant colors, textures and sounds of his island that he calls home. There’s turquoise water, pink sand, musicians on the front to pay homage to his love for music off the field, and a conch shell patch that is a meaningful nod to his roots.

"I just feel like it was an inspiration of how I grew up, where I’m from, the person that I am. I feel like me and Corona have a lot in common, especially with the beach mindset," Chisholm said. "I feel like the beach mindset is my normal mindset, you know what I mean? It’s all about chill, the music, the seafood. It’s playing in the sand with your family. Just enjoying the day, chilling and relaxing. So, that’s what I feel like we came up with it with the concept."

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New York Times raises eyebrows by referring to AIPAC as 'hard-right' pro-Israel group

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:10:08 -0400

The New York Times is raising eyebrows among critics over how it characterized the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the U.S.-based group that has become a target of anti-Israel advocates.

On Wednesday, the House of Representatives voted on a bill brought by outgoing anti-Israel Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., to cut military and humanitarian aid funding to Israel, which ultimately failed to pass but still earned majority support among Democratic lawmakers, resulting 103-98. Massie was the sole Republican vote.

In the Times' report on the vote, it highlighted how Democrats have increasingly vowed not to accept donations from AIPAC, which historically gave to both Democrats and Republicans who are supportive of Israel and its alliance with the U.S. Among those who have committed not to accept AIPAC money is Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass.

"Mr. Moulton, who is running for Senate, has also said he would no longer accept donations from AIPAC, the hard-right pro-Israel lobbying group that has recently become a toxic brand among Democrats," the Times wrote.

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Founded in 1954, AIPAC says its mission is to "encourage and persuade the U.S. government to enact specific policies that create a strong, enduring and mutually beneficial relationship with our ally Israel," and that it helps "elect Democrats and Republicans who support the alliance."

Prominent Democrats once joined Republicans in speaking at AIPAC's annual Policy Conference, which hasn't been held since the COVID pandemic. Among the top Democrats who spoke at its last conference in March 2020 were Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. and then former Vice President Joe Biden via a video message. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., spoke at the conference the year prior while serving as House speaker — she notably voted in favor of defunding money to Israel this week while Jeffries voted against the bill.

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Critics on social media were puzzled by the Times' description of the pro-Israel group.

"@anniekarni , a veteran NYT reporter, published a piece tn which she calls AIPAC a 'hard-right lobbying group.' What possible defense can you have of this formulation about an organization whose staff is probably 70 percent Democratic, Annie? Is it fun joining the jackals?" Commentary Magazine editor John Podhoretz called out the Times reporter on Friday.

"I wish AIPAC was hard right. Or even kind of right," New York Post columnist Karol Markowicz reacted.

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"AIPAC is a bunch of left-center squishes. It's only 'hard right' if you think Israel defending itself is 'extreme,'" California Post opinion editor Joel Pollak wrote.

"Shows how detached from reality a lot of media coverage of Israel has become. Most pro-Israel Jews are Democrats!" Jewish Insider editor-in-chief Josh Kraushaar exclaimed.

Neither The New York Times nor AIPAC responded to Fox News Digital's requests for comment.

In the post-Oct. 7 political climate, support for Israel has dropped dramatically among Democrats while maintaining a much larger swath among Republicans. AIPAC itself has widely been scapegoated by anti-Israel advocates, many of whom falsely push the narrative that the Jewish state is buying influence through AIPAC despite the fact that AIPAC is an American organization run by pro-Israel U.S. citizens.

Standing against Israel has become a litmus test for the progressive base of the Democratic Party for political hopefuls and is widely expected to be a major issue during the 2028 presidential election.

Fox News' Brian Flood contributed to this report.

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Beyoncé and Jay-Z's East Hampton home gate damaged after man crashes through

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:05:29 -0400

A man crashed into Beyoncé and Jay-Z's wooden gate outside their East Hampton home on Wednesday afternoon, according to police.

According to the police report obtained by Fox News Digital, the man was identified as Keith Jonathan Webster, 63, and he resides in the Bronx. Webster was charged with a felony criminal mischief in the second degree, and a misdemeanor for criminal trespass in the third degree.

Per the police report, Beyoncé and Jay-Z's front gate suffered "significant front end damage." A witness saw Webster driving at "a high rate of speed up the driveway" and did not stop until he broke the gate down and was on the celebrity couple's driveway.

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Webster's vehicle was impounded and kept as evidence. The report stated that he was transported to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital after revealing an injury while he was being processed. After Webster went to the hospital, he was released back into police custody.

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According to the East Hampton Press, Webster had his arraignment on Thursday. Justice Steven Tekulsky issued a stay-away order of protection, banning the 63-year-old from attempting to contact Beyoncé or Jay-Z. The outlet stated that Webster appeared "disorientated" during the arraignment and was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital’s mental health facility to be evaluated.

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Detective Sergeant Jennifer Dunn said that Webster's motive is still under investigation and she shared that he does not have a criminal record, per the East Hampton Press.

It is unclear whether Beyoncé and Jay-Z were home at the time of the incident. Fox News Digital has reached out to the couple for comment.

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Former Bills, Steelers cornerback Levi Wallace retires at 31

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:01:19 -0400

Cornerback Levi Wallace has retired from the NFL at age 31.

Wallace was with the Jacksonville Jaguars last season, but spent the year on injured reserve and never appeared in a game. His final game action came with the Denver Broncos in 2024.

He announced his retirement on Instagram, captioning the post, "Walk-on. Undrafted. 8 years. Retired."

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"Not bad."

Wallace was undrafted out of Alabama, but being an underdog was familiar to him. He played for Nick Saban at Alabama, joining the team as a walk-on in 2014.

For the first two years of his collegiate career, he played on the scout team and eventually saw the field, earning a scholarship for the 2016 season. In 2017, he became a key starter for the Crimson Tide defense during the National Championship-winning season.

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In 2017, he recorded 48 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, two sacks, three interceptions and led the SEC with 15 pass breakups. He returned one of his interceptions for a touchdown.

Coming out of Alabama, Wallace went undrafted and signed with the Buffalo Bills as a free agent. He eventually earned a spot in the starting lineup during his rookie year, starting seven games.

Once Wallace seized a spot in the secondary, he didn’t let go, as he started every game he appeared in for the Bills over his four-year stint with them. With the Bills, Wallace recorded 219 tackles and six interceptions.

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Wallace signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers following his Bills tenure, and started 18 of 31 games over two seasons. While he didn’t start as much, he still remained a ball hawk, snaring six interceptions over those two years for Pittsburgh.

In Wallace’s final season with Denver, he started two of 13 games and recorded 28 tackles.

In 96 career games, Wallace recorded 333 tackles, 56 pass deflections and 12 interceptions.

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Trump, Infantino declare World Cup a success before Argentina-Spain final: 'America has won'

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:38:27 -0400

Roughly 48 hours before a World Cup winner is crowned, President Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino raved about the success of this year's tournament.

The United States was awarded the opportunity to host this year's tournament, and 11 of the 16 venues hosted matches, including all of the quarterfinals, semifinals and the upcoming final.

"I promised you we would make a great World Cup. And, by all means, this World Cup has exceeded all expectations," Infantino said, adding that 7 million fans have attended games thus far, and "billions" have watched on television.

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"The American dream came to reality. We united the world, we united the world in America. When I told you we will do a great World Cup, you told me America will welcome the world. And you did welcome the world," Infantino added.

"Everyone that came here enjoyed it, everyone that stayed home enjoyed it as well. By watching the incredible images of these beautiful host cities, of the fans from all over the world coming together and enjoying in peace, Mr. President, in happiness and in joy. Because, I don't know if you know, but the official definition of FIFA is, FIFA is the official happiness provider to humanity [for] 120 years. We are providing joy and happiness — unless the team loses, of course. And all these, of course, would not have been possible. And I say this, because it is the truth. You don't need people to compliment you, Mr. President, but this World Cup would not have been such an incredible success without you...

"This has not just been and is not just the greatest World Cup of all time. It is the greatest human, social and cultural event that mankind has ever witnessed and seen. And we are all part of it. And for this, I thank you very much, Mr. President."

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Trump also called the event "the most successful sporting event maybe in the history of the world."

"It's been a true honor for Americans to share our magnificent country with the world. And today, America, it's stronger and wealthier and hotter than ever before, and you're a big part of it..." Trump said.

"I think beyond a sporting event, it's been, this has been not just a sporting event. This has been far beyond a sporting event. This has been something very, very special."

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Trump and Infantino will be at Sunday's final at MetLife Stadium and will hand the trophy to the winning team, which will be either Spain or Argentina.

Argentina are looking to become the first back-to-back winners since Brazil in 1958 and 1962. This is Spain's second final, having won in 2010 in South Africa.

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If China targeted our elections, why reward it with 600,000 student visas?

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:36:15 -0400

The president of the United States, appearing visibly angry in a primetime address to the nation on Thursday night, told the American people that China has been aggressively meddling in our elections.

The claims were eye-popping, and the debate about how to better secure American voting procedures and maintain a free and fair press will continue. But there’s another burning question Americans should be asking: What is the United States of America going to do about China now?

One of the most obvious and immediate actions would be to revoke the president's decision to welcome huge numbers of Chinese students to American universities. Universities are fertile ground for groundbreaking research and technology and present enormous espionage opportunities. On Thursday, the day of the president’s address, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it would be tightening restrictions on foreign student visas. But after the president’s speech, there’s no question there should be major reductions in Chinese student visas — and fast.

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Trump said China stole millions of files on American voters with the goal of influencing the 2020 presidential election. The stolen election data includes names, addresses, phone numbers, political affiliations and other voter-registration information.

Trump also claimed China sought to influence business leaders to abandon their support for Trump’s presidential bid and to identify American journalists who had reported negatively on his presidency. China then allegedly offered the journalists large sums of money to increase their negative reporting in hopes of undermining Trump’s reelection campaign.

It will take weeks and months to flesh out the president’s claims and verify them independently, but the White House made public the heavily redacted intelligence documents that allegedly support them. It is imperative that our electoral system be safe and secure, as must the private information of American citizens.

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Voters should also be confident that they can vote safely, that each vote will be counted fairly and that the outcome of the election accurately represents the views of American citizens. No business leader or journalist, if this claim is verified, should be bribed to support or work against any American candidate in the service of America’s enemies.

At the same time, the United States should take every reasonable measure to thwart obvious Chinese intelligence collection operations and explain that those measures are a direct response to China’s exploitation and abuse of America's open society.

In August 2025, President Trump announced that the United States would accept up to 600,000 Chinese students. In response to opposition from many of the president's supporters, the White House clarified that this was a continuation of U.S. policy.

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Trump defended his position and said it would be "insulting" to China to deny Beijing access to these visas and would harm relations between the two nations amid important talks about trade.

Trump's defense of Chinese visas was a reversal of the position Secretary of State Marco Rubio had articulated just months earlier. Rubio said in May 2025 that he would revoke Chinese visas held by people with connections to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), especially those "studying in critical fields." In his confirmation hearing before the Senate, Rubio said China is the nation's top geopolitical adversary. He also said, "Much of what we have to do to combat China is here at home."

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Indeed, China cares deeply about those U.S. student visas. Xi Jinping is the only CCP leader since Mao Zedong to stay in power beyond two five-year terms. He is currently in his third five-year term, with no end in sight, and appears to be carrying out his plan to replace the United States as the world’s most powerful and influential nation.

Xi’s goals would not preserve anything resembling the status quo for Americans. China expert Matt Pottinger, a former senior official in the first Trump administration have written that Xi’s aims are to "disintegrate the West and usher in an antidemocratic order."

Essential to China’s effort to outpace America is collecting massive amounts of data on Americans to steer their thoughts and opinions, divide and confuse them, and advance Chinese technology in space, advanced AI, aerospace and quantum computing.

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It’s a simple and deadly formula: divide Americans and strip them of their sensitive national security research and technology while maintaining control and unity among the Chinese population and advancing China’s key industries to outpace the United States.

The Department of Homeland Security’s Thursday press release said, "Since 1978, foreign students have been admitted into the U.S. for an unspecified period, enabling thousands to become ‘forever students’ by perpetually enrolling in courses to avoid departure."

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That’s an obvious problem, but it’s only one aspect of the issue. There are hundreds of thousands of Chinese nationals enrolled in American universities, many focusing their efforts on STEM-related research. And while Americans may want to generously invite foreign nationals to study at U.S. universities, especially in hopes of encouraging students to become more pro-America, candidates for American visas from China must go through a government and CCP vetting process — and each candidate must pass. Even if a Chinese student has no desire to harm the United States, he or she is necessarily tied to and responsive to China and the CCP.

Trump’s Thursday speech must be an inflection point, not only to galvanize bipartisan American support for securing fair elections, but also to protect our nation from Chinese espionage and impose a high cost on China for exploiting our open society.

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Time enough at last: What's next after the House passes bill to do away with Daylight Saving Time?

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:36:19 -0400

There are 86,410 seconds in a day.

1,440 minutes.

The most daylight in Washington, D.C. emerges in June, stretching 14 hours and 57 minutes.

The shortest is near the winter solstice, clocking in at a scant nine hours and 29 minutes.

Congress can’t change any of that. But it can alter how we perceive it.

Lawmakers routinely fork over to public tax cuts, economic stimulus and the elimination of a cumbersome law or policy.

Awarding something to the voters is part of the Congressional DNA.

So even though time is finite, lawmakers are again trying to give people something: more daylight.

The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the Sunshine Protection Act this week, 308-117.

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No. Our sun wasn’t in jeopardy of going supernova — although it is about halfway through its 10 billion year lifespan. Lawmakers weren’t safeguarding it. But they wanted you to think they were.

The Sunshine Protection Act permanently shifts the U.S. onto Daylight Saving Time. That’s a congressionally contrived temporal statute.

In other words, with adoption of the bill, we will never shift back to Standard Time again.

No more "springing forward" or "falling back."

We’re on Daylight Saving Time now. And we are here to stay if this becomes law.

"Polling shows that two-thirds of Americans want to unlock the clock. My bill is simply a solution to make Daylight Saving Time permanent," said Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.), one of the chief sponsors of the legislation. "Allowing an extra hour of sunlight in the evening gives families more time for outside sports activities and school."

An extra hour of sunlight? Really?

In other words, it’s really the same amount of light – or lack thereof – at 7 p.m. under Daylight Saving Time that we could experience at 6 p.m. under Standard Time.

But Congress is in the giving business.

"Why are we forcing families, businesses, and communities to adjust their schedules every spring and fall? The twice-yearly clock change is a relic of the past that no longer reflects the way Americans live," said Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.)

Perhaps it’s an idea whose time has come.

The biannual time change is maddening.

My mother taught second grade at the same elementary school I attended in rural Ohio.

One year, the school custodian got to work early on the Monday morning after the fall time change. He began to reset the clocks in each classroom. He maneuvered from south to north through the building, updating the clocks in the kindergarten. Then onto the first grade. Second grade after that. Third grade. Finally, fourth grade.

But as you traversed the school, each clock ran two to three minutes behind the one the custodian set previously.

We theorized that he looked at his watch, say around 7:10 a.m. – and proceeded to set each clock to 7:10 – regardless of the actual time. By the time you got to fourth grade, the clocks were nearly 20 minutes behind schedule.

As they say, timing is everything.

Only an episode involving my mother and grandmother tops the school’s time warp.

My mother once called my grandmother to remind her the time change would kick in at 2 a.m. on Sunday.

My grandmother was incredulous.

"You mean I have to sit up until two o’clock in the morning to change it?" she asked.

Establishing a year-around time isn’t something worth losing sleep over. Most just hate the exercise.

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"People in Tennessee wanted it gone. It's ridiculous. In the fall it starts getting dark around 5:00. Kind of depresses me. Really kind of a doggy downer. So I'm kind of digging the fact that we're going to fix it," said Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.)

Only one member spoke out in opposition when the House debated the time-change bill: Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.)

Her grievances focused on why Congress was even considering the legislation when it wasn’t trained on bread-and-butter subjects which could be key in the midterms.

"We aren't voting on bills right now that would reduce the sky-high costs of food, fuel, health care, or addressing the President's war in Iran. Instead, we're considering a bill that was deadly and dangerous in the past, in the ‘70s," said Dean.

Dean is referring to an experiment in 1974. Congress voted in late 1973 to park the nation on Daylight Saving Time for two solid years. This would help combat the OPEC oil embargo and fuel shortages.

It was a disaster.

Kids in Washington, DC headed for school around 8:30 a.m. It’s unclear whether the custodian properly adjusted the clocks. But it was "jet black" in DC, according to one news account from the time. Some kids set off for school with flashlights illuminating their paths.

You might not give politics the time of day.

But the time of day infuriated Americans in the mid-1970s.

Seventy-nine percent of those surveyed embraced the year-round time switch in December 1973.

But that number plunged to 42 percent by August 1974.

Future Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-Kan.) offered a measure to torpedo the Daylight Saving Time project. It passed. And by fall, everyone was falling back.

A House panel examining the issue declared that changing the clocks "must be balanced against a majority of the public’s distaste for the observance of Daylight Saving Time."

In 2022, the Senate unexpectedly approved a year-round Daylight Saving Time bill. But it languished as the House hit the snooze button.

Now the House approved an updated version of the legislation. President Trump called switching the clocks "ridiculous." Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) even discussed the issue with him this week.

"He seems to be very enthusiastic about it. I would put it that way. And I think we're going to move the bill pretty quickly," said Kennedy. "Some of my colleagues are opposed to it. They're entitled with their opinion. But I think we'll have a vote soon."

If the Senate passes the bill, some people will say it’s about time.

But others, like Madeleine Dean, remember the 1970s.

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George Santayana declared that "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

But if you’re running an hour ahead of Daylight Saving Time, perhaps you should switch your clock back and fix it to Standard Time.

Democrats turn on congressional hopeful after 'hiding' LGBTQ+ views from Muslim voters

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:10:04 -0400

A Washington state Democrat hoping to unseat a longtime member of Congress is facing a revolt from within her own party, after reportedly saying she left LGBTQ+ rights off her campaign website because she feared alienating Muslim voters.

Seattle Red first reported that Democrat organizations were reconsidering their endorsements of Melissa Chaudhry, a progressive Democrat challenging longtime Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., in Washington's 9th Congressional District, after comments she made during an endorsement interview with The Stranger.

When asked why her website did not mention LGBTQ+ issues, Chaudhry replied, "because a lot of Muslims do not feel that way, unfortunately," according to The Stranger.

The comments quickly sparked backlash from Democrat LGBTQ+ activists, with the Washington State Stonewall Democrats urging organizations to reconsider and rescind their endorsements of Chaudhry.

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"Her comments are disqualifying because they reveal a deliberate choice to hide her positions on LGBTQ+ rights while actively seeking Democratic endorsements," Washington State Stonewall Democrats chair Andrew Ashiofu told Fox News Digital.

"Anyone running as a Democrat should be bold enough to stand with our community. When a candidate chooses concealment instead of clarity, it raises serious concerns about honesty, integrity, and alignment with core Democratic values," he added.

Ashiofu said the organization is urging groups to revisit their endorsements because "transparency and trust are foundational to the Democratic endorsement process."

"When a candidate admits to hiding key civil-rights positions or tailoring their message to avoid acknowledging LGBTQ+ people, that undermines the integrity of every organization that endorsed her in good faith," he said. "Democratic groups deserve full honesty from candidates, and we believe her comments warrant a reevaluation of any support she has received."

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The Washington State Stonewall Democrats specifically called on organizations that have endorsed Chaudhry, including the 11th, 33rd, 37th and 43rd District Democrats, to reconsider their support.

Ashiofu also told Fox News Digital that neither Chaudhry nor her campaign has contacted the organization since the controversy became public.

"Our position is straightforward: LGBTQ+ rights are not optional within the Democratic Party. They are foundational," he said.

"Candidates seeking Democratic support must be willing to champion our community openly, consistently, and without hesitation," Ashiofu continued. "When a candidate admits to hiding their stance or misleading voters and endorsing bodies, that is a breach of trust. Democratic organizations should hold candidates to the highest standards of transparency and integrity because our community deserves nothing less."

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The controversy expanded beyond LGBTQ+ issues after The Stranger also reported that Chaudhry said she intended to run as a Democrat before switching to the Green Party if elected to Congress.

The outlet also reported that she asked the information not be made public during the endorsement process.

That revelation prompted additional concern among local Democrat leaders.

According to The Stranger, members of the 33rd District Democrats have discussed changing their bylaws because current rules do not allow an endorsement to be rescinded once it has been awarded.

Conservative radio host and Seattle commentator Jason Rantz, who first reported the controversy for Seattle Red, said the dispute underscores competing priorities within the Democratic coalition.

"Democrats built their coalition on the promise that every marginalized identity group wins simultaneously, and Melissa Chaudhry just proved the pandering doesn't always work," Rantz told Fox News Digital.

"When intersectionality forces progressives to rank Muslim voters against LGBTQ activists, somebody gets thrown overboard. Now the same party that preaches inclusion is rewriting its own bylaws to purge one of its own, because in the so-called oppression Olympics, there's always a loser on the podium."

Chaudhry pushed back on the criticism in a post on X, insisting she has supported LGBTQ+ rights throughout her life.

"For the record: I've supported full equality for LGBTQ+ people my entire life — not since this campaign started. My entire life," she wrote.

Chaudhry said her only sibling is LGBTQIA+, that she helped found her high school's Gay Straight Alliance "back when we had to keep the meeting location secret for our own safety," and that one of her closest friends is "a disabled lesbian woman raising her family against immense stigma."

"This is not a talking point for me. It is the fabric of my life," she wrote.

Chaudhry also accused the media of misrepresenting her remarks, writing, "The media that ignored three years of rape and death threats against a federal candidate is now running with a lie. I'm setting the record straight — in my own voice."

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She also has said the atmosphere during the endorsement interview contributed to her remarks, describing the meeting as hostile, according to The Stranger.

Smith, who has represented Washington's 9th Congressional District since 1997, faces multiple challengers in the Democratic primary, including Chaudhry.

Chaudhry's campaign did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

'The View' co-host lauds Hunter Biden as 'riveting' after podcast sit-down, calls him 'biggest troll'

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:00:55 -0400

"The View" co-host Ana Navarro praised Hunter Biden as "riveting" and "the biggest troll" Thursday on the ABC show's "Behind the Table" podcast while previewing their 90-minute interview and arguing that scrutiny of his Burisma income paled beside the Trump family's earnings during President Donald Trump's second term.

"The monetization of the presidency, the fact that Hunter got dragged through the coals and brought into a congressional hearing by Republicans for the money that he was making in Burisma, which is not even chump change in comparison to the billions of dollars that the Trump family has made off the presidency," Navarro said.

Navarro called the comparison one of several "double standards" discussed during an interview for her "Bleep! with Ana Navarro" podcast.

"I wanted him on because I’ve been seeing his social media and he has become the biggest troll, but he does it also with humor," Navarro said.

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Navarro cited Biden's response to a user who blamed him for cocaine discovered at the White House in July 2023.

"And he’s like, ‘No, I would have never forgotten my coke,’" Navarro said.

The Secret Service closed its investigation without identifying a suspect, though the FBI reopened the case in 2025. Fox News Digital reached out to the FBI and the White House for comment, but did not immediately receive a response.

Navarro described the lengthy conversation as compelling from start to finish.

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"Hunter Biden is riveting, riveting. We talked for over an hour and a half," Navarro said. "Here’s the problem: The interview was scheduled at the same exact time as the Argentina versus England [World Cup] game."

Burisma paid Biden and business associate Devon Archer $1 million each annually after they joined its board in 2014, according to the House Oversight Committee. He joined when his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, helped lead U.S. policy toward Ukraine during the Obama administration.

Hunter Biden sat for a closed-door House deposition in February 2024 during the Republican-led impeachment inquiry into his father. The full House never voted on articles of impeachment.

Navarro also defended Hunter Biden's art sales and maintained that the transactions received scrutiny.

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"And while his father was president, he didn’t make any money. He made money off his paintings… every painting he sold had to go through vetting, and he had been painting his entire life," Navarro said.

The White House rejected Navarro’s comparison, arguing Trump’s children built successful businesses independently while dismissing Hunter Biden’s credibility.

"President Trump’s children are extremely successful business leaders in their own right running multi-billion-dollar corporations. Hunter Biden smoked crack, banged hookers, and sold ugly paintings for hundreds of thousands of dollars. No one cares what he has to say," White House communications director Steven Cheung told Fox News Digital.

Biden's former gallerist, Georges Bergès, testified that a buyer-anonymity agreement did not take effect until September 2021 and that Biden knew about 70% of his buyers, Fox News Digital reported. Ten buyers paid $1.5 million for his artwork, of which Biden received $900,000, according to the Washington Post.

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Reuters estimated in June that Trump and his sons had added at least $2.3 billion to the family fortune through their main cryptocurrency ventures since he returned to the White House. Trump said this month that he did not manage his personal finances.

ESPN writer who blamed racism for his arrest says racism is not to blame for Caitlin Clark hate

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:00:10 -0400

ESPN writer Howard Bryant wants you to believe the hostility toward Caitlin Clark in the WNBA has nothing to do with race and everything to do with her sticking her tongue out on the court.

Bryant presented his argument during an appearance on "The Right Time With Bomani Jones" podcast.

"I argue that this is not a racial question," Bryant responded to a question about whether players are targeting Clark. "I think people don't like her. … It's almost like a bit of hocus-pocus, right? She's a popular player but not a particularly likable player because of her on-court behavior, right? Like, how are you gonna go out there and make a whole bunch of threes and stick your tongue out and get up in people's faces and then cry about every trip down court?

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He continued: "You're either in it, or you're not in it, right? I mean, can you have it both ways? Can you look and scream at the ref, 'That's a foul,' every time you have the ball? Right? And then when you make a shot, (you're) mean-mugging in somebody's face and not handle it. Are you tough or are you not tough? Which one is it?"

There you have it. According to Bryant, players are driving their fists into Clark's throat and poking her in the eyes because she complains to the officials.

Bryant's defense of the players targeting Clark is obviously not valid. As OutKick explained earlier this week, the media has ingrained in many players the idea that Clark's popularity is primarily the product of her being a straight White woman in a league that is roughly 70% Black or LGBTQ+. There are many, many examples of this. Naturally, that narrative has led many of the league's self-styled victims to resent her.

But there's more to it.

The league's race bullies have shown they will embrace certain White players — such as Cameron Brink and Paige Bueckers — because they have used their platforms to speak the language of the racial and sexual activism expected of them. Just last week, Bueckers called for more WNBA teams to hire Black women as head coaches.

Clark doesn't do that. She mostly sticks to basketball, creating the perception among critics that her silence somehow enables her supposedly racist fans, a point WNBA player DiJonai Carrington tried to make last season.

"Silence is privilege," Carrington said about Clark's focus on basketball rather than the purported social issues surrounding the league.

It's all transparent, though contradictory to the preferred narrative.

Then again, we can't expect honest analysis from someone like Howard Bryant. Two years ago, he published a column on ESPN.com on the Fourth of July titled "Baseball, Barbecue and Losing Freedom This Fourth of July." In it, he urged Americans not to celebrate their freedoms because of Jan. 6.

Per Bryant:

"YOU WATCH TV, even though you swore to not pay attention to the Jan. 6 congressional hearings. It was not a decision made from the perch of elegant privilege, of too rich to care, but from a full dissidence -- a weariness of the gaslighting and false equivalencies, the whataboutisms, the goalposts moving that have defined the past several years. The spectacle of all-white juries acquitting proud, admittedly guilty white killers of Black people largely predated your birth, and thus for the past 18 months you've held on to a truth: The events of Jan. 6, where Americans stormed the most symbolically important legislative building in the free world -- and a sitting president reportedly enraged he was not taken to the Capitol to join them -- are the most unforgivable betrayals of the American ideal in your lifetime."

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Why a column like that ever appeared on a sports website remains an open question.

Speaking of self-described victims of racism, Bryant has portrayed himself as one for nearly a decade. In 2011, he was arrested on charges of allegedly assaulting his wife in front of their 6-year-old son. According to MassLive, Bryant was also charged with assaulting a police officer after officers arrived and allegedly observed him choking his wife in public.

Afterward, his defense blamed — you guessed it — racism.

"If Howard Bryant was Caucasian and was on the streets having exactly the same conversation with his wife — nobody would have even noticed," his lawyer, Buz Eisenberg, told the Boston Herald.

"Race still plays a part in our society and we intend to contest these allegations completely," Eisenberg added. "The 6-year-old had to witness his father being thrown on a hood of a car and being abused."

State Police spokesman David Procopio rejected that explanation, saying the arrest had nothing to do with race.

"Howard Bryant was arrested, first and foremost, because evidence indicates he physically assaulted a woman," Procopio said. "He had additional charges filed against him because he was combative with arresting officers."

Put simply, being arrested after allegedly assaulting your spouse and then fighting with police is not evidence of racism.

But that's who Howard Bryant is. Bomani Jones wouldn't have him on his podcast if he were any different.

So it's no surprise to see Bryant rush to defend the Black women who are so clearly targeting Caitlin Clark by claiming Clark deserves the vitriol because she sticks her tongue out and complains about calls.

By the way, that sounds a bit like a player by the name of Michael Jordan. Jordan routinely taunted opponents by, well, sticking out his tongue, trash-talking relentlessly, screaming at officials, and celebrating in defenders' faces.

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Howard Bryant has written extensively about Jordan over the years. Curiously, Bryant never argued that Jordan deserved to be punched in the throat because of it.

Why is that?

WATCH: Inside look at the dangerous cartel human smuggling tunnels still being used at border

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:29:53 -0400

Despite President Donald Trump’s tight clamp on the border, cartels are continuing to attempt to smuggle humans and narcotics by going underground using a vast network of storm drain tunnels in El Paso.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) elite Confined Space Entry Team gave Fox News an exclusive look inside the narrow tunnels, which stretch for miles across the region.

There are 32 entry points into the tunnels from the Rio Grande and hundreds of exit points throughout the city. The team said this makes patrolling the tunnels a game of "whack-a-mole" because smugglers can pop out of storm drains at any point. According to CBP, it is much more difficult for Border Patrol agents to detect and intercept smugglers using these secret routes. Nevertheless, they use technology to detect movement underground, monitor entry points and strategically position teams to intercept groups.

The greatest challenge, a team member told Fox News, is the heat and the time spent in the tunnels’ thick, low-oxygen air. He said that often by the time they encounter a cartel smuggler, "you’re already exhausted, and now, you have to potentially fight with someone underground."

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"You can’t call for backup; you can’t call for help. It’s just you and your team versus everybody else," he said.

Team members said that the number of migrants being smuggled through the tunnels has dropped dramatically under Trump. Whereas there would regularly be groups of 40 to 60 people moving through the tunnels, agents now typically encounter two or three at a time.

Still, the smugglers have not stopped entirely. Reports indicate that cartels have significantly increased their fees for would-be illegal immigrants to take the tunnel routes, with migrants paying $20,000 to $30,000 per person to be guided through the underground routes.

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CBP also said that smugglers are increasingly using social media to recruit and train guides to navigate the hazardous passageways. The conditions underground are perilous, with poor air quality and intense heat, and El Paso daytime summer temperatures often exceed 100 degrees.

To prepare for this mission, the elite CBP team undergoes specialized training to operate underground, monitor oxygen levels and navigate the tunnels.

Fox News got this exclusive look as the Department of Homeland Security announced this week that June marked 14 consecutive months of zero releases at the border, continuing what it touted as an "unprecedented trend of historically low border crossings."

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Daily apprehensions at the border are down 94 percent from what they were during the Biden administration, according to DHS.

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Meanwhile, CBP has broken staffing records this spring, the agency announced, reaching 21,471 agents — the most in the agency’s 102-year history.

Fox News Digital's Leo Briceno contributed to this report.

NFL suspends Arizona Cardinals executive for violating gambling policy, leaking draft info

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:28:12 -0400

An Arizona Cardinals personnel executive has been suspended indefinitely for violating the league's gambling policy.

On Friday, it was announced that Ryan Gold, the Cardinals' director of college scouting, had been suspended.

According to the Associated Press, the league said that after an investigation, it was determined that he had given out confidential, non-public inside information about Cardinals draft picks in the 2026 NFL Draft before they were made, though they did not mention who he gave this information to.

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Furthermore, the league found that Gold also made parlay bets on NFL and college games.

In a statement, the NFL reiterated its gambling policy and stated that the integrity of NFL games was not impacted by their findings.

"The Gambling Policy, which is annually reviewed with all NFL personnel, strictly prohibits anyone in the NFL from participating in or facilitating any form of sports gambling, and from providing third parties non-public information," the statement reads. "Although there is no reason to believe the integrity of any NFL game was affected, the League takes any violation of the Gambling Policy with the utmost seriousness."

The Cardinals organization also released a statement and confirmed that only one employee was implicated in the investigation.

"The NFL’s policies and expectations for all employees are clear, comprehensive, and consistently communicated. We fully support the league’s decision in this matter, which involves a single employee. Our focus remains on preparing for the start of training camp next week and the 2026 season."

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According to the team's website, Gold has been with the team for 13 seasons. Before being promoted to director of college scouting in June 2025, he spent three seasons as assistant director of college scouting and four as college scouting coordinator.

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As director of college scouting, the team described Gold's role as overseeing "the day-to-day operation and organization of the Cardinals' college scouting department."

It also noted that he is responsible for "the evaluations of draft-eligible prospects, managing the college scouting staff and coordinating pre-draft events."

Paul Pelosi charged with misdemeanor hit-and-run in Napa Valley

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:03:58 -0400

Paul Pelosi, the husband of former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was formally charged with a misdemeanor hit-and-run Friday following an incident earlier this month, according to authorities.

The Napa County District Attorney's Office announced the filing Friday, charging Pelosi, 86, with misdemeanor hit-and-run and an infraction for unsafe turning movement stemming from a July 3 incident.

According to the criminal complaint, Pelosi allegedly damaged a parked Tesla before leaving the scene without attempting to identify the vehicle's owner or leave the information required under California law.

Deputies later located Pelosi roughly a half-mile away, where he allegedly told officers he had intended to return to the scene.

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Prosecutors contend those actions formed the basis for both the misdemeanor charge and the accompanying traffic infraction.

The district attorney's office said it does not typically issue news releases announcing misdemeanor hit-and-run cases involving only property damage, but made an exception because of the "significant public and media interest" surrounding Pelosi.

Pelosi was allegedly behind the wheel of a burgundy Maserati convertible when the July 3 collision occurred, according to the criminal complaint. A venture capitalist, he has long maintained a residence in Napa County.

The complaint does not mention whether anyone else was in the vehicle at the time of the alleged incident.

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The case marks the second high-profile traffic-related legal matter involving Pelosi in recent years.

In 2022, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor DUI after a separate Napa County crash and was sentenced to probation, ordered to pay restitution and fines, complete a DUI education program and install an ignition interlock device.

The New York Times also reported that Pelosi was behind the wheel during a fatal crash in 1957 in nearby San Mateo County, which claimed the life of his 19-year-old brother, though a jury cleared him of any wrongdoing.

The Times also noted that Pelosi has had driving infractions in recent years in four Bay Area counties, including San Francisco, Marin, San Mateo and Napa. Infractions reportedly include driving the wrong way down a one-way street, speeding, using a cellphone without a hands-free device, and failing to stop at a red light.

Authorities have scheduled Pelosi's first court appearance for Aug. 14 in Napa County Superior Court.

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The Napa County District Attorney's Office included a copy of the criminal complaint with its announcement of the charges.

This is a developing story; check back later for updates.

Fox News Digital's Brittany Miller and Elaine Mallon contributed to this reporting.

Poor air quality due to wildfires forces logisitcal changes at several MLB games, including postponement

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:00:37 -0400

Wildfires in Canada have had an adverse affect in the Midwest and Northeast, thus affecting some sporting contests.

On Thursday, a Major League Soccer game was postponed, while an MLB game in Philadelphia had to be moved up an hour due to concerns.

With the unofficial second half of the Major League Baseball season underway on Friday, five games were slated to be played in affected areas, with several making some logistical changes.

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Here are the updates from the games.

Los Angeles Dodgers @ New York Yankees, 7:05 p.m. ET

The Yankees postponed a game in 2023 due to poor air quality, although at that time, it was more than double the 150-ish range it has been this week.

The quality in New York improved throughout the day, and the game is slated to be played.

Chicago White Sox @ Toronto Blue Jays, 7:15 p.m. ET

Of course, the Blue Jays play in the country where the wildfires have originated, prompting concern. The city had hazardous levels on Thursday night but reached "low health risk" by Friday afternoon. However, nearby cities in Ontario still had high health risk levels in the afternoon.

Thankfully, the Blue Jays play under a retractable roof at Rogers Centre, and the team announced shortly after 1 p.m. ET that the roof would be closed due to the air quality.

The Blue Jays say that if a game begins with the roof closed, "it may still be opened before the end of the sixth inning if the Umpire Crew Chief and MLB officials agree the weather has turned in a way that will ensure fan comfort and enjoyment." Typically, the roof can change its status only once per game.

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Miami Marlins @ Milwaukee Brewers, 7:40 p.m. ET

At 1:10 p.m. ET, the air quality in Milwaukee was "very unhealthy" at an index of 287, but it was lowered to 133 in the 5 p.m. hour. The Brewers said that the game would be played as normally scheduled (American Family Field has a retractable roof), but fans were given the option to exchange their tickets for another game this season if they preferred.

Milwaukee has similar regulations for its roof as the Blue Jays, in that it should "be closed only in the event of impending rain or other adverse weather conditions," and the roof can only open if "in the opinion of the home club, the climatic environment has reached a level where fan comfort and enjoyment will be best served by opening the roof to the natural atmospheric conditions."

Pittsburgh Pirates @ Cleveland Guardians, 7:10 p.m. ET

At 3:00 p.m. ET, the Guardians posted their lineup to social media. But less than two hours later, they announced the game was postponed to Saturday as part of a day-night doubleheader. If fans are unable to attend the makeup, they can exchange their tickets for a future game.

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As of 5:00 p.m. ET, the air quality in Cleveland was at a 209, labeled "very unhealthy." Nearby Akron reached "hazardous" levels near 500 late Thursday.

Minnesota Twins @ Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m. ET

The air quality index was a "very unhealthy" 241 in the Windy City in the afternoon but lowered to 138 later on. This is a rare Friday night game at Wrigley, but as of 5:10 p.m. ET, the game will be played.

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Strategist James Carville says one key trend shows Republicans will not show up for the midterms

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:00:36 -0400

Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville argued on Thursday that there seems to be a trend of less and less outspoken support for President Donald Trump, to the point where those left must be "world-class" buffoons.

As Carville and his co-host Al Hunt read through listener questions on their "Politics War Room" podcast, one homeowner from rural Texas commented, "One thing noticeable is the Trump flags and signs are few and far between. Don't get me wrong, I don't think these people are going to turn blue, but could this indicate lower turnout and less enthusiasm in the midterms?’"

"I really agree with Kay," Carville replied. "I think anecdotal evidence, when it piles up, you just can't discard it. And I have a little bit of the same experience she does."

Carville elaborated that he is currently in south Mississippi, and on trips to Walmart a year ago, people would recognize him and say, "‘Hey man, I love my guy Trump. Why don't you get behind him?’ Or something like that. Not overly threatening or rude."

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"I never hear that anymore! I never see that!" Carville claimed. "And you used to see, like, Trump merch stands on Highway 90, or you would see them go ride around downtown in pickup trucks and Trump flags and everything. I haven't seen that since the year turned."

"I think what you're seeing is indicative of something. Look, are these people going to miraculously turn into Democrats overnight? No," he said, mirroring the listener’s comment. "But are they going to really run up the margin in rural Texas as they've done previously? No, I don't think so. That's why I'm pretty encouraged by it."

He asserted again that such anecdotes carry weight when they become a trend, saying, "And I do think visibility does matter. And if you observe it over a length of time, and it continues in one direction, I think it's saying something. And I think our friend in Texas is picking up on something smart."

Earlier in the podcast, Carville blasted people in Trump’s inner circle as "buffoons," but said the thing that truly makes him upset is that while he can understand why people voted for him in 2024, he cannot understand those still supporting him in 2026.

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"My rage is this, is the people that are still for Trump. Okay, half the country voted for him on Election Day 2024. I hear all kinds of justifications," he said. "I mean, I certainly disagreed with it, but I think there are actually some well-meaning, smart people that actually voted for Trump in November 2024."

"If you're still for Trump, you are a world-class buffoon," he said. "Everything that he told you he cared about and was going to do, he's done none of it. He didn’t focus on the American people or focus on anything. The only thing this man is focused on is making money."

"It's the outrage of this century that he's there and 36% of the American public approves of the job he's doing," he suggested.

"It's not beyond me how you ended up voting for Trump in 2024. I profoundly disagree with it. But people make decisions that I disagree with all the time," he concluded. "If you're still for him, you yourself are outrage, you've got to reexamine your life, because there's something wrong with it."

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"James Carville is a stone-cold loser who suffers from a severe and incurable disease known as Trump Derangement Syndrome, and it has rotted his peanut-sized brain," White House spokesman Davis Ingle told Fox News Digital when reached for comment.

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Trump pushes Lindsey Graham's sister to run for US Senate after she gets appointment to finish out term

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:48:19 -0400

President Donald Trump is throwing his political weight behind the sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, urging his sister, the newly appointed South Carolina Sen. Darline Graham Nordone, to run in next month’s special Republican primary and vowing to give her his "Complete and Total Endorsement."

The endorsement, which came in a Truth Social post Friday just days after South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster appointed Graham Nordone to temporarily fill the seat left vacant by her brother’s sudden death last week.

Graham Nordone will serve until the new Congress convenes in January, while Republicans who want the full term are set to compete in an Aug. 11 special primary.

"She is a spectacular person, and a true American Patriot. Lindsey was one of the greatest people and Senators I have ever known, and his sister shares his deep love of our Country, and the State of South Carolina," Trump said in his Truth post. "I asked Darline, for the Good of our Nation, to run for the U.S. Senate in the Special Republican Primary on Tuesday, August 11, 2026. I hope Darline does this, in that there would be nobody better to honor the legacy of her beloved brother, Lindsey."

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Trump added that Graham Nordone "comes from an absolutely incredible family," arguing she "has been a WINNER all of her life and, should she accept, has my Complete and Total Endorsement."

The newly minted U.S. Senator represents a series of firsts for the Senate and for her home state as the first female senator from the Palmetto State and the first sister ever appointed to the upper chamber.

Privately, Graham Nordone has reportedly expressed interest in running for a full term.

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Three people familiar with the deliberations told The Associated Press that Graham Nordone has started having conversations about a potential campaign.

She was appointed to fulfill the remainder of her brother’s term on Monday by McMaster, and was sworn in on Tuesday.

The filing period for a special primary runs from July 21 to July 28, and the primary is scheduled for Aug. 11.

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Several other noteworthy politicians — including Reps. Russell Fry, Nancy Mace and Ralph Norman, as well as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette — have been eyeing a run, the AP also reported.

Conservatives flip script on Newsom after he demanded 25th Amendment for Trump: 'Propped up a vegetable'

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:45:05 -0400

California Gov. Gavin Newsom ignited an online firestorm on Thursday evening when, in response to President Donald Trump’s election integrity speech, he suggested that it was time to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove the president for displaying what he described as cognitive impairment.

"The only thing missing in Donald Trump’s speech was tin foil. This was a legitimate 25th Amendment moment — the rambling of a mad king," Newsom said.

Newsom’s call to use the 25th Amendment plays into preexisting calls from Democrats to examine Trump’s cognitive performance, but also sparked controversy online about how Democrats could seriously question Trump’s mental state when they dismissed similar concerns about now-former President Joe Biden.

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The 25th Amendment, ratified in 1967, allows the Cabinet to deem the president unfit for duty or allows Congress to establish an independent body to make that call.

To some critics, that case was much stronger under the last administration.

"You literally propped up a vegetable and lied to the American people about his cognitive decline for four years and never mentioned the 25th amendment once," the official Republican National Committee X account wrote in response, referring to Republican doubts that Biden had the mental acuity to run the country at age 82.

"Given Newsom's defense to this day of President Biden, calling him one of the greatest presidents ever, there's a saying around sitting this one out that applies here..." Fox News contributor Joe Concha wrote on X.

"Gavin Newsome wants to remove [Trump] from office for disclosing California could have tens of thousands of aliens illegally registered to vote and that China attacked 220 million voters," Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said.

Trump addressed the country on Thursday evening, informing the public that his administration had discovered a series of weaknesses in election integrity.

In particular, Trump said newly declassified documents would reveal foreign data theft carried out by China, that members of the U.S. government had known about election vulnerabilities for years, that Americans had been misled about those weaknesses and new evidence of "election fraud."

Fox News Digital could not independently verify the content of the documents that were released by the White House.

Like many Democrats, Newsom cast doubt on the motives behind Trump’s speech, which came just four months ahead of the November midterms.

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"He wants to rig the election in 2026. He knows he is going to lose. That’s what that whole thing was about," Newsom said.

Other Democrats on Thursday rushed to Newsom’s support.

"Boom. Gov. Gavin Newsom calls for the 25th Amendment to be invoked after Trump’s unhinged speech tonight. He’s right! Trump is mentally deranged and unfit to be president," Harry Sisson, a Democratic influencer, wrote in a post to X.

Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz., also echoed those calls.

"He lies with every breath he takes. How can anyone deny the urgency of the 25th Amendment at this point?"

This isn’t the first time Ansari has called to implement the 25th Amendment. Earlier this year, she joined other Democrats like Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., to call for Congress to remove Trump and establish an independent group to review the cognitive state of any president. The group would have included past presidents, physicians and other experts.

"Trump is clearly experiencing severe cognitive decline and leaders from every political affiliation have recognized this. He’s become a national security threat to the United States," Ansari said in April.

Newsom’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on if he would support the bill supported by Ansari.

Other conservatives raised concerns about how invoking the 25th Amendment might upend the country, taking it into uncharted territory.

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"Does anyone else think it’s weird that as he talks about Trump rigging an election, he simultaneously asks for the president’s cabinet to remove a duly elected president?" Joe Patterson, a California assemblyman, said in a post on social media.

"Yeah, Gavin … that would pose no risk to our democracy at all. Get real!"

Bryson DeChambeau flips out on rules officials before being assessed two-stroke penalty at Open Championship

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:40:02 -0400

Bryson DeChambeau went into the Royal Birkdale clubhouse in a tie for second place at the Open Championship, hardly in a position to complain.

However, rules officials then approached him about a potential transgression earlier on the fifth hole, and the two-time U.S. Open winner was not having it.

DeChambeau was with several officials and his caddie, having an animated conversation in the rough on the fifth hole, right near the area where DeChambeau took his second shot.

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After finding his ball in hip-high fescue, DeChambeau appeared to be walking through the weeds, stomping on the rough behind him and causing it to lie flat for his swing out of the rough. The conversation, apparently, was about whether DeChambeau improved his lie for the shot.

During the conversation, DeChambeau loudly pleaded his case, mimicking his pre-shot routine and waving his hands. In the clubhouse, DeChambeau reportedly argued that the trampled fescue was not directly in line with his swing.

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However, the officials weren't buying it, and DeChambeau was given a two-stroke penalty. He then promptly went to the range, perhaps to work off some frustration.

His agent told reporters at the range, though, that he was actually considering not teeing off on Saturday.

DeChambeau initially shot a four-under 66 on Friday, but after it became a 70, he was in a tie for fifth at 5 under.

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The solo leader is Lucas Herbert, whose 62 on Friday tied the lowest score ever recorded in a major round.

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DHS chief Markwayne Mullin blasts ABC, NBC over ‘shameful’ decision to skip Trump election speech

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:30:39 -0400

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin blasted ABC and NBC on Friday for declining to air President Donald Trump's election-security address on their broadcast networks Thursday night, accusing the outlets of withholding information from Americans as the midterms approach.

"How shameful is that?" he said.

"ABC and NBC not carrying that," he continued. "Why? What are they trying to cover up? Why wouldn’t they want to inform the American people? Why are they calling themselves a news outlet if they’re not actually trying to put the news out there?"

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CBS aired part of Trump's remarks before cutting away, while Fox News carried the entire speech live. ABC and NBC did not show the address on their broadcast networks but offered it through streaming platforms. CNN did not air the speech live, while MS NOW aired part of it before also cutting away.

The secretary argued that the networks had previously amplified assurances about the 2020 election while rejecting Trump's presentation of newly declassified intelligence.

"Two major networks didn't want to cover it? I think the question really should say why. Because they sure covered the other part of it when they were saying that it was the most secure election ever," Mullin said. "What facts did they have? Because they didn’t have facts. They were taking someone’s word for it. President Trump gave facts. Today we’re giving facts."

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Trump announced the release of previously classified intelligence that the White House documented vulnerabilities in voting infrastructure and foreign efforts to obtain American voter data. He also pressed Congress to pass the SAVE America Act, which would impose federal voter identification and proof-of-citizenship requirements.

The president also directly criticized ABC and NBC over their decisions not to broadcast the speech on television.

"They don't like the topic because they know how corrupt our system is, and they don't want to reveal it," Trump said. "They and others in the media are part of a plot. They want to continue this fraud for whatever reason. They want to keep it going. They want to protect the radical left. They can't have a great country — and that's true — you can't have a great country without free and fair elections."

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Trump argued that the networks should face regulatory consequences for not carrying his remarks.

"Fraud like this should mean a revocation of their licenses," he said. "They use our public multibillion-dollar-in-value airways for absolutely no money."

The Federal Communications Commission licenses individual broadcast stations, not national networks.

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SMU head coach Rhett Lashlee pours gasoline on fire, disparages Sun Belt's claim to CFP berth

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:27:28 -0400

If you thought day three of ACC Media Days would go off without any fireworks, boy, were you wrong!

SMU Mustangs head coach Rhett Lashlee hit the podium in Charlotte on Friday morning and discussed the upcoming season for the 2024 ACC Champions.

Among some of the topics of conversation were the Mustangs' bevy of offensive and defensive coordinators as well as the parity within the conference and how that pertains to the College Football Playoff picture.

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Speaking of the CFP, Lashlee decided to give props to the Duke Blue Devils for winning the ACC in 2025, and in doing so, he may have made an enemy or two in Harrisonburg, Virginia, in the process.

There's a lot to unpack here, so let's start with Lashlee's claims that an ACC champion should have made the College Football Playoff.

As far as the rules moving forward, Lashlee and the rest of the ACC won't have to worry, since each Power 4 conference champion will be guaranteed a berth in the CFP.

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That's good news, particularly for the Mustangs, who look to be projected to finish near the top of the league in 2026.

Now, let's unpack the more incendiary statements made by Lashlee.

"A team from the Sun Belt" almost certainly means James Madison University, who made the CFP as a result of last year's qualifying rules.

In 2025, the five highest ranked conference champions received automatic bids to the Playoff, and since the Blue Devils were 8-5 following conference championship week and unranked in the final CFP standings, the JMU Dukes got the nod (along with fellow Group of 6 brethren Tulane).

I like the idea of awarding power conference winners for their hard work, and I think this year's format is more conducive to a competitive field, but that 2025 Duke squad lost to a G6 opponent in Tulane as well as UConn, an Independent, so if there was ever a year the ACC champs weren't deserving of a trip to the Playoff, it was last year.

Lashlee took plenty of heat for this in the comments section, as droves of JMU fans flooded On3 reporter Brett McMurphy's post with taunts and jeers.

It's safe to say Lashlee won't be receiving any warm welcomes in Rockingham County anytime soon.

You might even be able to make the argument that Notre Dame deserved a spot in the CFP before Duke or James Madison, but that's a different story for a different time.

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Regardless, an SMU vs. JMU first round Playoff matchup would be absolute cinema, so here's hoping the two meet up at the end of the season.

And if that James Madison head coaching gig ever opens up in the near future, don't expect Lashlee's name to be on any short lists to don the purple and gold.

Teen brawl inside In-N-Out sends customers running during monsoon storm, video shows

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:20:19 -0400

A violent brawl inside an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in Arizona sent terrified customers running as a group of teenagers exchanged punches in the dining room.

The fight erupted at about 7 p.m. local time Monday at the beloved fast-food chain's Tempe location.

The Tempe Police Department told Fox News Digital that officers responded to the scene, but the people involved had already fled on foot and in vehicles.

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Video captured inside the restaurant shows a group of teens throwing punches and tackling each other to the floor as customers scrambled to get out of the way.

The person who recorded the video noted that customers were "camping out" inside the restaurant at the time due to an active monsoon storm, affiliate FOX 10 Phoenix reported.

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Investigators spoke with witnesses and staff, and a follow-up investigation is now underway.

The cause of the brawl has not been disclosed, and Fox News Digital has reached out to the California-based chain for comment.

The altercation closely mirrors a May brawl that happened inside a Chipotle restaurant in Washington, D.C.

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In that incident, teens dressed head-to-toe in black — some wearing hoods and masks — were seen throwing punches and hurling chairs as innocent bystanders sought safety.

RFK Jr hails first US hospital to promise healthier meals: 'We have a template'

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:08:17 -0400

A Florida hospital is the first in the nation to sign the "Make Hospital Food Healthier" pledge, committing to serve more nutritious, minimally processed meals to patients.

Tampa General Hospital CEO John Couris signed the pledge Thursday during a news conference attended by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins and celebrity chef Geoffrey Zakarian.

The 1,000-bed medical facility partnered with Zakarian last year to overhaul its menu based on the "food is medicine" concept.

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The revamped menu features items that are high in nutrition and "can help prevent, manage and treat illness," the hospital said in a 2025 news release announcing the partnership.

"If you go to your friend's house and you say, 'This tastes like hospital food,' that's not a compliment," Kennedy said during the news conference.

Kennedy said hospitals are places where people go to get healthy, "and we were giving them stuff that is going to aggravate and amplify their chronic illness."

"We doubled down on the quality of the food," Couris said of working with Zakarian on a limited number of menu items. "And we've seen somewhere around a 5% to 7% increase in our [food purchasing expenses]. That's something that we can absorb."

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Following the menu changes, hospital officials reported a 53% increase in perceived food quality and more patients finishing their meals, Fox 13 Tampa Bay reported.

During the visit, Kennedy and Rollins tried a menu of soup, mezze salad and steak prepared by the hospital's culinary team, Fox 13 Tampa Bay reported.

HHS and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services launched the "Make Hospital Food Healthier" pledge earlier this month as part of a broader effort to encourage hospitals to serve healthier meals with fewer processed ingredients and added sugars.

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In announcing the initiative, Kennedy said patients recovering from serious medical conditions "deserve better than ultra-processed and deep-fried junk foods."

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services sent a notice to hospitals in March saying they would be required to follow the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans to continue receiving Medicaid and Medicare payments.

Kennedy pointed to Tampa General Hospital, which sources about 25% of its food from local farmers, as a model for other hospitals.

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"We have a template here at Tampa General," Kennedy said. "We can say if they did it, you can do it."

Trump blames Canada for wildfire smoke, says pollution costs should be added to tariffs

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:06:45 -0400

President Donald Trump on Friday blamed Canada for smoke from ongoing wildfires that has drifted into the United States, accusing the country of "willful negligence" in forest management and suggesting the economic costs of the pollution should be added to tariffs on Canadian imports.

"We are holding Canada responsible for the fact that they are not properly maintaining their Forests, and Brush therein, and the United States is being unnecessarily invaded by filthy, polluted, and unhealthy air, the quality of which is dangerous, and totally unacceptable!" Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.

Trump said he planned to call Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney later Friday to discuss the issue.

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"I will call the Prime Minister during the day to find out what they are going to do about it," Trump wrote.

The president argued Canada had refused to engage in "basic Forest Management and Debris Removal," despite knowing such practices could help reduce the risk of devastating wildfires.

"Canada has refused to engage in basic Forest Management and Debris Removal, knowing that such refusal will lead to exactly this result," Trump wrote. "This is Willful Negligence, and becoming a yearly occurrence, costing the United States Billions of Dollars, which cost of this pollution must of necessity be added to the TARIFFS Canada is currently paying."

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Trump did not say how such costs would be incorporated into existing tariffs or whether he intended to pursue formal trade action tied to the wildfire smoke.

The comments come as smoke from nearly 850 active wildfires across Canada — including more than 180 in Ontario — has drifted into the United States, prompting air quality alerts in more than 20 states from the Upper Midwest to the Northeast, according to NASA.

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Health officials have warned that wildfire smoke can pose health risks, particularly for people with underlying heart or lung conditions, and have advised residents in affected areas to monitor local air quality and limit outdoor activity when conditions worsen.

Fox News Digital has reached out to the Canadian Prime Minister's Office and Natural Resources Canada for comment.

Maine Dems rally behind Platner's far-left platform in scramble to court his followers: 'Beyond furious'

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:06:26 -0400

Democrats competing to replace disgraced Maine Senate nominee Graham Platner embraced key parts of his progressive platform during Thursday’s debate, including abolishing ICE, Medicare for all, economic populism and criticism of Israel.

The debate showed that Platner’s withdrawal following a rape allegation he denies has not produced a corresponding break from the agenda that powered him to a landslide primary victory. Democrats now have eight days to select a replacement to challenge Republican Sen. Susan Collins.

All the candidates vying to replace the now-disgraced Platner called for eliminating ICE during the debate, which was held three days after the fatal shooting of a 25-year-old father in Biddeford, Maine.

"Nobody deserves to get shot and killed in the streets when their three-year-old daughter is still in her pajamas," said Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, who unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.

Nirav Shah, who was the runner-up in last month’s gubernatorial caucus, said: "I am beyond furious about the murder that happened in our streets."

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The Department of Homeland Security said the driver attempted to flee and that an officer fired while fearing for public safety. The shooting is being investigated by Maine’s attorney general, the FBI and the DHS inspector general. The man who was killed was not the target of the enforcement action, according to information provided to Maine lawmakers.

Shah, who directed the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention from 2019 to 2023 and later served as principal deputy director of the federal CDC, pointed to what he called "the president’s goons" and emphasized, "I don’t think this agency can be reformed. The rot has gone to the core and that’s why we must abolish it."

Troy Jackson, a former Maine Senate president who also ran unsuccessfully for the gubernatorial nomination, said, "I support law enforcement, but ICE is not law enforcement. It's a rogue agency."

Jordan Wood, a former congressional staffer for then-Rep. Katie Porter of California, unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic nomination this year in Maine's 2nd Congressional District, a crucial swing seat, also called for abolishing ICE. "We need a new law enforcement agency that has the trust of the people," he said.

Dan Kleban, a co-founder of the Maine Beer Company who briefly ran for the Democratic Senate nomination before dropping out, said: "ICE needs to be abolished. It is rotten to the core, and it's irredeemable."

David Costello, who ran unsuccessfully for the Senate in 2024 and this year, claimed ICE was a "political instrument" of the Trump administration and joined the chorus, saying "it should absolutely be abolished."

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The shooting in Biddeford, which is located about 15 miles southwest of Portland, was the second fatal ICE shooting in a week, following a traffic stop incident in Houston, Texas.

Four of the Democratic Senate candidates huddled with protesters in Biddeford hours after the incident, and Shah held a news conference the following day outside a Collins field office located just a few blocks from the scene of the shooting.

"How many more people must die at the hands of Donald Trump’s masked marauders before we finally agree that now is the time to abolish ICE? Now, rather than abolishing it, what Susan Collins has decided to do in recent years is increase the budget," Shah argued.

Platner's economic populism and critique of the "oligarchy" was also a common theme on the debate stage, as was criticizing Israel and the foreign aid that the country receives.

The candidates were asked point-blank during the debate what ideas from Platner they intend to campaign on.

"I think that's pretty clear. I mean, what Graham talked about is something that I've been fighting for since I got into politics, healthcare, Medicare for all," Jackson responded. "I mean, people in this country deserve to have healthcare. We deserve to have people in government that are not giving tax cuts to the ultra wealthy in this country on the backs of health care. This is something I believe strongly in."

Shah said there are "a lot of areas where Graham's policies and mine overlap" and pointed to ICE as the main area of agreement.

Wood pointed to "human rights work" and the need for "Palestinian statehood."

Bellows responded by saying, "The single idea from Graham Platner that spoke most deeply to me is that he's right, the democracy that we thought we had has been deeply corrupted by those in power in Washington, the billionaires and the massive corporations."

Platner, a populist Democrat who was backed last September by progressive champion Sen. Bernie Sanders, won the early June Democratic primary in a landslide. A combat veteran and oyster farmer whose campaign caught fire, Platner steamrolled the Democratic establishment. But even as he crushed the competition to capture the nomination, Platner had already been forced on defense in the wake of a slew of scandals.

Platner dropped out earlier this month, amid calls from top Democrats in Maine and across the country to immediately exit the race following an explosive report containing an allegation of rape from a woman he previously dated. Platner denied the claim.

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Facing a July 27 deadline to certify Platner’s replacement, the Maine Democratic Party will hold a July 25 nominating convention in Bangor, where 601 delegates will select the nominee.

Thirteen candidates filed with the state party by Wednesday to seek the nomination, although one quickly dropped out. The candidates still need to collect the signatures of registered Maine Democrats by July 25 to qualify.

Democratic socialist actress Cynthia Nixon handed powerful role in helping choose New York top judges

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:00:54 -0400

Progressive activist and actress Cynthia Nixon has been added to the committee that helps select New York's top judges, according to a report from the New York Post Thursday.

Nixon, an outspoken democratic socialist who mounted an unsuccessful bid for governor in 2018, was appointed to a four-year term on the Commission on Judicial Nomination. The panel reviews candidates for the state Court of Appeals, and the governor can only appoint nominees approved by the commission.

Some Republican lawmakers criticized the appointment by Chief Judge Rowan Wilson, arguing that putting a celebrity activist without a law degree on the panel sends a political message. Her term expires April 30, 2030.

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State Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Anthony Palumbo criticized the pick, telling The New York Post he’s "disappointed, but not surprised that we have a radical progressive actress without a law degree selecting judges in the state of New York."

According to her biography on the New York State website, "Cynthia Nixon is a native New Yorker who began acting professionally at the age of 12 and has worked as an actor and director for nearly 50 years."

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It notes her political activism centers on abortion access, public school funding, LGBTQ equality and breast cancer awareness, adding that her 2018 gubernatorial run focused on "economic, racial, and gender equality."

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Nixon is best known for playing lawyer Miranda Hobbes in HBO's "Sex and the City," but has also appeared in shows like HBO's "The Gilded Age." Most commission members are practicing lawyers or government officials, although a law degree is not required.

The website notes the commission plays an "important role" in state government.

"Its purpose is to see that the judges who sit on New York’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, are chosen from candidates who reflect the diversity of New York’s citizenry and are among the State’s most highly qualified and accomplished judges, practicing lawyers and legal scholars," it reads.

It also notes that the "Commission’s mandate is a powerful one: the Constitution requires that the Governor choose Judges of the Court of Appeals only from the nominees of the Commission."

Legal analyst Jonathan Turley was disgusted, writing on X, "The New York legal system continues to make a parody of itself. Cynthia Nixon, who played a lawyer on HBO’s Sex and the City, has been appointed by New York Chief Judge Rowan Wilson to screen and recommend candidates to serve on the state of New York’s highest court."

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Nixon lost the 2018 Democratic gubernatorial primary in a landslide to incumbent Andrew Cuomo. During that campaign, she leaned into the democratic socialist label, telling Politico that "if being a democratic socialist means that you believe health care, housing, education and the things we need to thrive should be a basic right, not a privilege, then count me in."

Last year, she publicly backed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani after his Democratic mayoral primary victory, writing on Instagram, "I love this young man so so much! He is a miracle of nature and I would follow him to the ends of the earth (and I almost have!)"

Fox News Digital reached out to Nixon's representatives but did not immediately hear back.