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JOHN MIZE: Democrat victory just means the fight for life has added importance

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 05:00:55 -0500

Tuesday, Nov. 3, Americans cast their votes and turned congressional majorities against the pro-life cause.

It may be easy to despair, especially following two years of strong, pro-life leadership that accomplished a historic year of defunding many abortion providers from federal Medicaid dollars, but the pro-life movement has fought through hostile waters before — and won.

Here’s how we navigate the next two years.

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Defending legacy pro-life provisions must be a first priority. We have known for months that the Hyde Amendment, protecting taxpayers from being forced to directly fund abortions, has been in the crosshairs for the next pro-abortion Congress.

But conscience protections for healthcare entities that choose not to provide abortions under the Weldon Amendment may also be on the line.

This pro-abortion majority wants to make Americans complicit in their extremism.

Both the Hyde and Weldon amendments have survived pro-abortion majorities before, including the 117th Congress. In 2021, the House Appropriations Committee advanced a Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education spending bill that omitted both Hyde and Weldon rider language.

Even though both chambers were led by pro-abortion majorities, pro-life organizations were able to rally, telling Congress that these protections are not up for negotiation.

This is the same message we must carry over the next two years.

Congress must also be reminded that preserving these riders is in its own best interest, attaining bipartisan public support.

According to the 2026 Knights of Columbus/Marist polling, 54% of Americans opposed taxpayer funding of abortion and 63% support conscience protections for healthcare providers.

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Pro-abortion members of Congress are also likely to urge the passage of the Women’s Health Protection Act. This bill is intended to codify the state of abortion extremism under Roe v. Wade, preventing any state or locality from restricting abortion before viability.

If this became law, it would also erase necessary safeguards for women like mandatory ultrasounds to confirm pregnancy or rule out ectopic pregnancies, eliminate waiting periods and allow unrestricted mail-order abortion.

What pro-life groups have more accurately called the "Women’s Health Endangerment Act" has been fended off since it was first introduced in 2013. Under the 117th Congress, this bill passed the House of Representatives but did not reach the 60-vote threshold needed to overcome cloture in the Senate.

However, this new Congress is signaling less political restraint and may eliminate the filibuster to evade the necessary checks-and-balances of cloture. Pro-life groups must be unified in opposing this extreme tactic.

It is essential to remember that Congress is only one cog in the political machine, and we can still fight for life within the Trump administration and among the many states.

The pro-life movement has overcome many cycles of pro-abortion control since Roe and yet still was able to achieve the historic victory in Dobbs not too long after the 117th Congress.

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Administrative agency action is still on the table. The Food and Drug Administration’s review of the abortion pill is still pending, and its latest update to the courts suggest final results will be available to the public by March 2027.

Restoring in-person dispensing requirements as a minimum repair to mifepristone’s Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy is still on the table. It’s even more essential now that the agency’s review is airtight and able to withstand partisan scrutiny.

The Trump administration still has the authority to finally rescind the Biden-era Office of Legal Counsel’s politicized Comstock opinion and fully enforcing the law through the Department of Justice.

Stopping the mail-order abortion scheme harming women across the country will be essential to combatting the losses of this week.

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Still, we must not waver from our collective efforts in all 50 states. Losses in Texas showed us that we cannot become complacent in protecting life where we believe it to be the most secure.

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American politics is a cultural battle and, as Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia stated, "[t]he permissibility of abortion, and the limitations upon it, are to be resolved like most important questions in our democracy: by citizens trying to persuade one another and then voting."

PAUL TELLER: Foreign investors are milking US taxpayers. Congress should stop them

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 05:00:48 -0500

America has become too litigious. Even the slightest wrong seems to yield a lawsuit these days, lining the pockets of trial attorneys who profit from pitting Americans against Americans. But did you know that a new brand of lawsuit has emerged in recent years that has foreigners fueling the litigation and then taking the winnings at a lower — or even zero — tax rate?

That’s not fair and needs to stop.

Here’s how it works. A foreign sovereign wealth fund or other investment fund overseas eyes a potential or existing lawsuit in the United States and speculates that it could earn a significant financial return by contracting with one party, often the plaintiff’s side, to underwrite the large and growing costs of the lawsuit. When the plaintiff receives a financial reward from the court, the winnings tend to be taxed as ordinary income (i.e., at a higher rate).

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But when the foreign underwriter that financed that same lawsuit collects its share of the winnings (decided in advance as a condition of funding the lawsuit), that money can be treated as a capital gain and therefore taxed at a lower rate than the plaintiff herself pays. And since foreign investors generally owe no U.S. tax on capital gains from American sources, the tax rate for the foreigner is often zero, even as the American plaintiff pays the ordinary income tax rate.

Again — not fair and needs to stop.

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Recently, in a Capitol Hill hearing, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sharply criticized this scheme of foreigners fueling American lawsuits and running away with a greater share of the winnings. Bessent is exactly right: Foreign financing of American lawsuits is indeed "a malignancy" on our judicial system, as he called it, that is draining money out of the U.S. economy, driving up prices across the board for American consumers and further encouraging litigiousness in American society.

As the secretary noted, these foreign financiers are asserting preferential tax treatment, avoiding U.S. taxes entirely and getting away with it. The result: American taxpayers are in fact subsidizing a practice that is driving up costs for American businesses and fostering higher prices for all Americans at the grocery store and at the pump.

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Unbelievable!

What’s particularly offensive about this practice is that the impetus behind the capital gains tax rate being lower than the ordinary income tax rate on the same amount of money is the wholeheartedly American desire to reward risk-taking investment aimed at production and growth. But the foreign hedge funds and other international wealth funds that underwrite American lawsuits at the lower or zero tax rate are not investing in economic growth. Quite the opposite. They are seeking to profit from the restraint of growth, from lawsuits that siphon resources from the profit margins and bottom lines of American producers.

REPUBLICANS AREN’T STOPPING: GOP TO UNLEASH ANOTHER ‘BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL’ WITH A NEW TARGET

Outrageous!

Congress should close this unAmerican, abusive loophole this year and put the billions of dollars in increased revenue toward pro-growth tax relief in America. In typical Beltway fashion, some politicos will assert that there’s not enough time to make this fix this year. That’s inaccurate. Right now, Congress is scheduled to be in session for at least five more weeks this calendar year, and there is room in the calendar to schedule additional days and (God forbid!) late nights in session. Yes, this might mean coming back to the office after scurrying around town to lavish holiday parties, but so be it. This issue is worth it.

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Many in Congress, including House Republican leaders, have said that this year they want to pass another "reconciliation" bill (a special type of legislation not subject to the Senate filibuster, regarding revenues going in and out of the Treasury). That would be the ideal legislative vehicle in which to fix this foreign loophole and direct the resulting revenues back to the American taxpayer.

But if Congress can't get its act together soon, the White House should work with Bessent to see what actions the executive branch may legally take on its own to address this boon for foreign financiers.

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Either way, this would be an easy win for American consumers and businesses, while defunding left-wing trial attorneys who continue to enrich themselves on the backs of excessive lawsuits.

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Let's get this done.

EXCLUSIVE: Trump's FAA touts new AI-powered tool helping thousands of passengers avoid flight delays

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 05:00:38 -0500

EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration's new AI-supported air traffic management tool has already helped reroute nearly 180 flights carrying approximately 24,000 passengers to avoid congestion, cutting flight times by more than 10 minutes on average, according to new Department of Transportation (DOT) data shared exclusively with Fox News Digital.

The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Strategic Management of Airspace, Routes and Trajectories system, known as SMART, has been operational for nearly six weeks, helping air traffic controllers identify more fuel-efficient routes and anticipate potential disruptions.

According to DOT, the technology has also saved nearly 80 gallons of fuel per flight on average, offering an early glimpse of how the Trump administration hopes to reduce flight delays and cancellations.

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"Under President Trump, we are making historic progress to revitalize air traffic control and improve the passenger experience for millions of Americans," Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital.

Duffy also said the technology would deliver broader benefits as the program expands.

"SMART will slash frustrating delays, reduce stress on air traffic controllers, and lower travel prices."

One example came in October when a flight carrying 147 passengers from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Orlando International Airport avoided expected congestion after SMART recommended an alternative route.

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The flight had been scheduled to depart during a period when congestion was expected along its original path. SMART identified a route farther west, which air traffic controllers accepted, shortening the journey by 11 nautical miles and saving six minutes of flight time, according to DOT.

The technology combines 200 data streams, including weather patterns, flight paths, traffic flow and controller staffing metrics, into a centralized platform.

Its AI-supported engine helps aviation specialists anticipate where congestion could develop and recommend more efficient routes before congestion builds.

The technology is also designed to improve how the FAA manages severe weather, a source of disruptions for U.S. air travelers.

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According to a DOT fact sheet, the agency's existing approach involves blocking off large rectangular sections of airspace affected by storms, even though weather systems are often irregularly shaped and safe corridors may remain available.

SMART is intended to provide a clearer picture of changing weather conditions, allowing aviation specialists to identify routes around storms and determine when restricted airspace can safely reopen.

Despite its AI-supported capabilities, SMART does not independently direct aircraft or replace human air traffic controllers.

A team of aviation specialists analyzes and validates SMART's data before sending scheduling recommendations to the FAA's Air Traffic Control System Command Center. Those recommendations are then forwarded to local air traffic control facilities, where officials decide whether to accept them.

The initiative comes as the nation's busiest airports handle millions of flights annually.

According to DOT, approximately 6.5 million flights operate each year at the nation's 30 busiest airports. About 300,000 receive reroutes before departure, while 3.6 million experience airborne reroutes, vectoring or holding.

The FAA initially limited SMART's rollout to the National Capital Region in September before beginning validation efforts with air route traffic control centers in Miami, Jacksonville and Atlanta in October.

The agency plans to continue testing the system as it works toward expanding SMART to all 22 air traffic control centers nationwide.

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While the early results involve a relatively small share of domestic U.S. flights, DOT says the technology is intended to help airlines operate more predictable schedules and ease pressure on air traffic controllers.

For travelers, the Trump administration's goal is fewer delays for passengers, shorter flights and less time lost to flight congestion.

Congress returns to brutal lame-duck stretch with shutdown deadline, leadership races: 'Closet is full of s—'

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 05:00:25 -0500

Lawmakers are back on Capitol Hill this week for the first time since the midterm elections, and Republicans have a slew of responsibilities in front of them before Democrats take over the reins of power in January.

"The lame duck is like that closet in your house where everybody's throwing a bunch of s--- into it," Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, told Fox News Digital. "And the closet is full of s--- now, and now we got to figure out how to get it all out of there."

Current federal funding levels run out on Dec. 11, and without another deal in place, Congress risks plunging the government into another shutdown. Some Democrats signaled to POLITICO that they could use President Donald Trump’s war in Iran as leverage in spending talks — which could very well lead to a fiscal cliff that could paralyze federal agencies.

But one House Republican, granted anonymity to speak candidly, told Fox News Digital they expect another short-term extension of current funding levels, called a continuing resolution (CR), through February or March of next year. The current CR was passed to cover the end of the last fiscal year ending Sept. 30 through next month.

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"No one wants a shutdown, I would think," that House Republican said. "Not even Dems."

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Other legislative priorities Congress will have to reckon with in the next few weeks include the farm bill, which is passed every five years and sets food and agriculture policy for the country. Republicans are also aiming to pass a bill to revitalize the country’s transportation infrastructure and a bipartisan tax package before the end of the year.

Then there is also the looming debt ceiling deadline coming in January, which Trump will likely call on Republicans to deal with before Congress changes hands.

GOP lawmakers shared varying levels of optimism when asked about how productive they would be.

"It can be. It should be," Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., said. "But my faith in some of my Senate colleagues is not real high, because I feel like they have a personal vendetta towards the president, and it's more about that than it is about passing legislation. We should do our business in Congress."

Rep. Nathaniel Moran, R-Texas, said, "I think it's gonna be difficult to get a whole lot done. But we have done a lot of work leading up to the lame-duck session to prepare for passing a number of important bills, many of which are bipartisan."

But first, both House and Senate Republicans will need to face their losses in person — and consider how to rebuild.

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"It’s going to feel like a funeral," Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., told Fox News Digital. "It’s depressing even for those of us who won, because we lost so many good, quality members."

The first order of business this week will be choosing their new leaders for the next Congress.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is running for the minority leader role unopposed for now.

And House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., is vying for the minority leader role against House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio.

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But Moran and Stutzman both said Republicans would unify quickly after that drama is resolved.

"It should be immediate," Stutzman said. "If we're not paying attention to the American people, and we're focusing on leadership positions and personality fights, we're gonna continue to lose."

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Moran said, "We understand now more than ever how important it is for us to come back together, coalesce and to regroup for the next election, and to prepare for the defense of democracy."

On Democrats’ side, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., is expected to glide into the speaker role after leading his party to a commanding victory.

Democrats’ leadership elections will take place the week after Republicans’ do.

And on the productivity front, Stutzman also called on the Senate to pass the election security-focused SAVE America Act, which Republicans are attempting to accomplish via the budget reconciliation process to sidestep the need for Democrat support. The House passed a blueprint for the bill in July.

Senate Budget Committee Chair Ron Johnson, R-Wis., has been working on the structure of that package for some time, but wasn’t so sure that if Republicans lost, it would be something the GOP had the political will to finish.

"It might turn to some people's attitudes in terms of support for it," Johnson said.

Then there’s permitting reform, which was on thin ice heading into Election Night until the White House and Senate Democrats struck a deal for a variety of wind projects to move forward. Whether Democrats support that now, and give Trump and the GOP a win on their way out, remains to be seen.

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"First thing we need to do is make a motion to add a 13th month to the calendar, because we've got so much stacked up to do that's really important for the country," Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., told Fox News Digital.

RILEY GAINES: Voters sent two midterm messages, and Democrats will only hear one

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 04:50:33 -0500

I’ll admit it. Tuesday night was disappointing.

I expected Republicans to lose more seats than they flipped. History suggested as much. But I certainly didn’t expect the results to be quite that bad.

Still, buried beneath the headlines celebrating Democratic victories was a rather inconvenient development for the political left. Americans may have voted to elect Democrats, but that doesn’t mean they’ve suddenly developed an appetite for the progressive social agenda again.

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In fact, on one of the most contentious cultural issues of the last several years, voters delivered a remarkably consistent message.

Keep men out of women’s sports.

In Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska and Washington, voters backed measures protecting female athletic competition on the basis of biological sex.

And these weren’t just Republican strongholds. Colorado and Washington are reliably blue states whose political leadership has spent years embracing progressive gender policies.

Yet the same electorate willing to put Democrats in positions of power also voted to reject a central pillar of the modern progressive agenda.

I don’t know how much clearer voters can make themselves.

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For years, elected Democrats and their allies in the mainstream media have insisted that protecting women’s sports is an extreme position and that anyone who dares advocate for it is a hate-filled bigot. And believe me, that’s one of the nicer things I’ve been called.

We’ve been told that acknowledging biological differences between men and women is transphobic. That girls who object to sharing locker rooms or competing against male athletes are the problem. That sports should prioritize inclusion and kindness, even when doing so comes at the expense of fairness and safety.

I’ve personally experienced what happens when you challenge that orthodoxy. I’ve also watched countless female athletes lose opportunities, endure public ridicule and face enormous pressure to remain silent simply for asking for something as basic as a fair shot.

I’ve watched politicians, university administrators and athletic organizations bend themselves into knots trying to explain why women should be expected to sacrifice their own opportunities in the name of inclusion.

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Voters made their position clear in 2024, when the Republican agenda prevailed nationally. Apparently, even after voting for Democrats in 2026, they still aren’t buying what the progressive left is selling on this issue.

Consider Colorado.

Opponents of the girls’ sports initiative reportedly raised roughly $4 million, with substantial backing from unions and progressive organizations, including Planned Parenthood. Proponents raised approximately $200,000, largely through grassroots efforts.

They prevailed despite being outspent nearly 20 to 1.

That’s a staggering disparity, and an even more telling result. At what point does the political left accept that this is a losing issue and give it a rest?

Women’s sports protections are not some fringe position held exclusively by Republicans. The issue cuts across party lines, and the people who have spent years insisting otherwise have a serious problem on their hands.

The cultural shift is evident well beyond the ballot box.

Look at the response WNBA player Sophie Cunningham has received.

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After publicly expressing support for protecting women’s sports, Cunningham didn’t issue a groveling apology. She wasn’t shunned into professional exile. Quite the opposite.

Her public profile exploded. Her social media following and engagement skyrocketed. Her merchandise became some of the most sought-after in the league, and her Adidas shoes reportedly sold out almost immediately.

On Halloween, I saw countless young girls wearing her jersey and dressing up as Sophie Cunningham.

The notion that expressing a common-sense view about women’s sports is automatically a career-ending offense looks increasingly ridiculous.

For years, corporations, celebrities and athletes were conditioned to believe that stepping outside progressive orthodoxy would destroy their reputations.

That threat doesn’t carry quite the same weight anymore.

And I think that’s worth celebrating, particularly after an election that otherwise gave conservatives plenty of reasons to believe a serious reckoning is overdue.

But there’s another part of Tuesday’s results that Republicans would be foolish to ignore.

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Affordability is a real problem. And I believe that was the bigger message voters sent on Tuesday by voting for Democrats.

Americans are tired of working harder just to afford less. They’re tired of watching their grocery bills climb, calculating how much they can spend at the gas pump and wondering whether homeownership will ever be a realistic possibility.

Young people, in particular, are confronting an economy that often feels stacked against them. And when they express their frustration, they’re too often dismissed as lazy or entitled.

Sometimes that criticism is warranted. Most of the time, it isn’t.

I believe Americans have remarkably short memories about just how bad inflation became under the Biden administration. But telling a struggling family that things used to be worse isn’t going to make their next grocery bill any easier to pay.

People vote based on the lives they’re living, not just the economic statistics politicians would prefer they remember.

And when people feel financially desperate, promises of sweeping government intervention can sound awfully attractive.

That’s part of what makes socialism so dangerous. The promise of essentially free everything is appealing, particularly to generations that have never been adequately taught its historical consequences. Of course, nothing is actually free. The bill always comes due, whether through higher taxes, mounting debt or diminished economic opportunity.

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But dismissing every voter concerned about affordability as ignorant or entitled would be a serious mistake.

I understand why people are frustrated. Republicans should, too.

But I don’t think the voters’ message of "affordability" in voting for Democrats is what Democrats will hear.

Elected Democrats will be tempted to interpret their victories as permission to expand DEI mandates, advance gender-transition policies for minors, allow boys access to the girls’ locker room, raise taxes, advocate for more lax immigration policies and continue placing ideological priorities ahead of the concerns of ordinary families.

Those are two very different mandates.

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Winning an election doesn’t mean voters have endorsed every plank of your platform. And it certainly doesn’t mean they’ve abandoned their common sense.

Tuesday’s ballot initiatives should serve as a warning against making that assumption.

They should also give Republican lawmakers in politically competitive states some much-needed confidence.

Take Pennsylvania, where legislation protecting women’s sports has faced significant political resistance.

For too long, some Republicans have treated this issue as politically radioactive, apparently convinced that defending female athletes is too controversial to be worth the fight.

Well, voters in Colorado and Washington just offered a pretty compelling rebuttal.

If these protections can earn majority support in states that routinely elect Democrats, what exactly are Republicans in purple states so afraid of?

Of course, winning at the ballot box doesn’t mean the fight is over.

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Colorado’s newly elected Democratic governor, Phil Weiser, has already suggested that the state’s transgender-related ballot measures may need legislative adjustments.

And we’ve seen elsewhere, including Maine, how officials such as Secretary of State Shanna Bellows have resisted efforts to restrict male participation in girls’ sports.

I fully expect more legal challenges, political maneuvering and attempts to weaken these protections.

But those efforts only reinforce the larger point. When the public is given a direct say, the progressive establishment doesn’t always like the answer.

For a party that prides itself on defending democracy, it might consider respecting the democratic process even when the outcome is inconvenient.

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As for the next two years, Democrats will have an opportunity to show Americans what their governing priorities actually are.

And if recent history is any indication, I suspect they’ll provide plenty of reminders of why voters rejected their national agenda in 2024. For some reason, this is the hill they continually choose to die on.

Republicans, meanwhile, have work to do. They need to take affordability seriously, offer credible solutions and stop assuming that winning the cultural argument automatically translates into winning elections. It doesn’t.

Voters can agree with you on cultural issues and still vote against you when they feel their financial concerns aren’t being addressed. Tuesday’s midterm election results proved that these realities can coexist, and Republicans would be wise to recognize it.

Still, I refuse to confuse one disappointing election night with a wholesale cultural reversal.

I’ve spent years speaking with parents, students and female athletes across the country. I’ve seen firsthand how much the conversation has changed.

People who once whispered their concerns are increasingly willing to say them publicly. They’re less intimidated by the accusations, less willing to accept obvious contradictions and less interested in being lectured by institutions that have spent years squandering their trust.

That’s not something that disappears because one party has a good election night.

Political power changes hands. Cultural convictions are often much harder to reverse.

Democrats won important elections Tuesday. Republicans should take those losses seriously, learn from them and make the necessary adjustments.

But the voters also made something unmistakably clear once again. They haven’t suddenly decided that women and girls are undeserving of their own athletic categories, free from mediocre men.

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And if the progressive left believes Tuesday was a mandate to resurrect every unpopular cultural crusade Americans have spent years rejecting, they’re in for a rude awakening.

Democrats may have won the election. They haven’t won the culture.

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Gunman who killed 6 in Poland's Krakow square dies in hospital after police shootout

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 04:05:26 -0500

The gunman who killed six people and wounded 15 others in a shooting at a crowded square in Poland died Monday after being shot by police during the attack, authorities said.

The 24-year-old suspect had been hospitalized in critical condition since Saturday's shooting in Krakow and underwent several operations before his death.

Polish prosecutors have opened an investigation into the killings and attempted killings, including attacks on police officers, as a possible terrorist offense.

Authorities said the gunman held far-right views, though investigators have not publicly established a motive for the attack.

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Police also discovered the bodies of the suspect's mother, father and sister at the family's home in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, roughly 93 miles northeast of Krakow, per reporting from The Associated Press. The three are believed to have died from gunshot wounds, though authorities have not confirmed the circumstances of their deaths.

The suspect, who was wearing military-style clothing and a bulletproof vest, drove into Krakow's historic Main Square on Saturday before opening fire, according to authorities.

Four women and two men were killed, including a British man and an Austrian woman. Five foreign nationals were among the wounded.

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Two police officers injured while stopping the gunman remained hospitalized as of Sunday, though both were reportedly conscious.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Border Dem poised to wield ICE purse strings rejects socialist ‘defund’ push

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 04:00:24 -0500

A longtime Democratic House member representing a southern border district said Immigration and Customs Enforcement is not going anywhere as "Abolish ICE" became a rallying cry for more than a dozen progressive Democrats elected or reelected in the midterms.

While the elections brought a new class of Democratic Socialists of America members to Congress, Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, told Fox News Digital that they make up just "one part of the spectrum" and that there are many "blue dogs" like himself who value strong border and immigration policies.

"I don't believe in defunding ICE and I think the majority of the Democrats do not believe defunding ICE, but there are serious rail guards we need put on ICE," Cuellar said.

Cuellar also warned Democrats against returning to the Biden administration’s border policies.

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"We just can't open up the border and just say anybody that wants to claim asylum can come to the borders. That policy under Biden administration — I hope that every Democrat running for national office doesn't do that anymore," Cuellar said.

Cuellar, who is currently the ranking member of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, is poised to become chairman, giving him significant influence over how funding for ICE is allocated.

The congressman's district includes Laredo, where Border Patrol has a major presence. Cuellar has repeatedly broken with his party on immigration enforcement, including voting with Republicans in January to approve a DHS funding bill that included billions for ICE, though he later opposed a $70 billion Republican-backed enforcement package over concerns about oversight.

Cuellar has criticized ICE for pursuing immigrants without criminal records, even though federal law allows the agency to arrest people for civil immigration violations. He has also called for greater oversight of the agency.

"Anybody that thinks that what ICE is doing, going after nuns, going after pastors, going after dreamers, they think that's normal? I don't think Cuellar said, attributing the blue wave in Texas to Trump's immigration enforcement tactics.

The Abolish ICE movement became a flashpoint for the Trump administration amid sweeping immigration enforcement operations in major cities including Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Chicago and New Orleans. The operations have resulted in more than 1.3 million arrests and 1.2 million illegal immigrants being deported or leaving the country, according to the White House.

Democrats and immigrant rights activists have criticized ICE's tactics, which include targeting courthouses, churches and job sites, as well as conditions in detention centers. The agency has also faced fierce backlash over the fatal shootings of two American citizens by ICE agents in Minnesota just weeks apart in January 2026.

In the months that followed, Democratic governors in New York, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland and Minnesota signed laws restricting local and state cooperation with federal immigration officials.

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Meanwhile, ICE’s partnerships with Texas authorities have expanded through 287(g) agreements that allow local officers to assist with immigration enforcement, jail screening and administrative warrants. Texas law now requires most county sheriffs to seek these agreements.

Cuellar said local law enforcement should have a limited role:

"I think the local sheriff should report somebody that’s there illegally. I think that’s it. But anything beyond that, I think we need to have a discussion," Cuellar told Fox News Digital.

Like Cuellar, Texas Democratic Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa has been highly critical of ICE's tactics. At a rally in January, she criticized Gov. Greg Abbott for directing state agencies to make Texas land and facilities available for federal immigration detention.

During her time in the state House, Hinojosa voted against a 2017 bill requiring local law enforcement to cooperate with federal agencies.

But Hinojosa has never called for Texas to follow New York and other blue states' lead in ending all cooperation with ICE.

"She is from the border from Brownsville," Cuellar said. "I haven't heard her say that she supports the defunding ICE. I don't think she has said that. Does she probably believe in transparency and rail guards for ICE? Again, I don't want to speak for her, but I think she does."

Hinojosa has also sharply criticized Abbott’s Operation Lone Star, calling the operation a political "grandstand."

Operation Lone Star launched in March 2021 amid a sharp rise in border encounters that began in 2020 and accelerated after President Joe Biden took office. The operation deployed Texas DPS officers, National Guard troops and local law enforcement to combat illegal crossings, human smuggling and drug trafficking before expanding to include state arrests and prosecutions for illegal entry, construction of border barriers and migrant transportation.

In a recent CBS interview, former Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz said the Biden administration sent mixed messages to migrants and accused some officials of "embracing the chaos and crisis" at the southern border.

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Cuellar agreed with Ortiz's assessment that the Biden administration didn't do its job securing the border.

"The Biden Administration had it wrong," Cuellar said.

Cuellar also criticized Abbott's deployment of Operation Lone Star, pointing to a January 2024 standoff in Eagle Pass, where Texas authorities seized control of Shelby Park and restricted Border Patrol’s access.

"You still got to work with border patrol, regardless if it's a Democrat or Republican at the White House itself," Cuellar said. "So I can understand why there was that criticism, but still the Governor should have done a better job working with us at the federal level. And I hope that this new governor — and I think she will — work with us."

Cuellar said there needs to be balance and nuance in how immigration policy is carried out and that he wants to work with Trump and Republicans over the next two years.

"There are Democrats who are willing to work with the administration, with President Trump, but it takes two to have a deal," Cuellar said.

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a statement to Fox News Digital that deportations will continue.

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"Our mission is simple and non-negotiable: secure the border, protect American lives, and control everything and everyone coming into this country. We are focused on getting the job done and enthusiastically partner with any official dedicated to achieving that goal," CBP Assistant Commissioner Hilton Beckham said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

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The stoning of Stephen Miller, now running the Trump White House

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 03:00:39 -0500

When Donald Trump made the stunning announcement that Stephen Miller is his new chief of staff–preempting the New York Times by a few minutes–I literally said:

"Watch for a barrage of negative Miller stories in the next couple of days."

I was wrong.

It was the next couple of hours.

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MS NOW anchor Katy Tur said: "Donald Trump’s whole immigration agenda is Stephen Miller, and for Stephen Miller, it has always been absolutist: do whatever is necessary, as much as we can possibly do, be as cruel as possible as a warning sign for anybody who might want to come over."

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"Stephen Miller, one of his most notorious staffers, will instead be taking over as chief of staff," CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins said from the White House driveway, adding: "He was one of two staffers, including Kristi Noem, who came out after Alex Pretti was killed in Minneapolis and called him a domestic terrorist."

That New York Times story: "Miller, a deeply ideological Trump loyalist, has been the architect of some of the most polarizing domestic policies in Mr. Trump’s second term."

The conservative Federalist cited a past Miller comment on mass deportations: "At every turn illegal aliens have always been treated better than Americans."

And then there are the Democrats. Rep. Robert Garcia, the expected incoming House Oversight chairman, said: "Stephen Miller is the architect of the unconstitutional ICE raids that have terrorized our communities and kidnapped and killed American citizens and immigrant families… Stephen Miller should lawyer up."

Oh, and incoming Speaker Hakeem Jeffries called him "a dangerous xenophobe."

Of course, it’s a huge story, and should be covered as such. It’s about his record, and, putting aside the adjectives, it’s fair game. My purpose here is not to either defend or criticize Miller, who has been one of Trump’s most powerful aides since the first term.

Miller is, without question, one of the hardest of hardliners.

I cannot remember this kind of all-out artillery attack, seconds after a top White House appointment was announced. I don’t think anything else comes close.

And the sheer velocity and global reach of this negativity is being fueled in the digital battleground of social media.

That evening was just the first line of shock troops, who struck as soon as Trump announced that Miller would replace Susie Wiles, who has battled breast cancer, as his top aide. By the next morning, the cavalry had arrived.

The Wall Street Journal called Miller an "advocate of the no-holds-barred style of governing that delighted the president’s most die-hard MAGA supporters—and was repudiated by much of the rest of the country on Election Day."

Axios, describing Miller’s view of nearly unlimited presidential powers, said of Trump: "He's prepping for war, and sees Miller as a brass-knuckle general and tactical expert impervious to criticism or traditional restraints."

The New York Post, headlining the old beer ad "It’s Miller Time," said that choosing the "pugnacious" official "removes almost all hope that the nation’s partisan warfare will ease after the elections." The president is "going to bring his pit bull along."

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The Times, in its pair of stories, played some of the 41-year-old Miller’s greatest hits.

"Those include separation of migrant families at the border; the 2017 Muslim travel ban, directing the government to stifle critics of Mr. Trump; the ending of nearly all U.S. refugee programs; the widespread pressure campaign against American universities; extrajudicial boat strikes that have killed hundreds; and purges of officials deemed insufficiently loyal to Mr. Trump."

Miller also unleashed the military, "pitting masked, heavily armed immigration agents against residents of cities like Minneapolis and Chicago." Fact-check: True.

Maureen Dowd, not to be outdone, denounced the "gaudy, corrupt, vice-ridden, heartless rule, we have been living in Trumpsville. The demonic Trump conjured an American hell."

Miller hasn’t exactly stayed silent. He said Trump is "the most transformative political leader" in our history and has "single-handedly saved America from those who would destroy it."

A day after the election, Miller led a call about pushing forward with mass deportations and, the Times reports, did not even mention the Democratic avalanche that was partially a protest against such policies.

The president says he loves watching the combative Miller on TV–a key credential for any Trump staffer.

Miller is certain to back Trump’s assaults on the mainstream media, ranging from denunciations and lawsuits to whether the press corps should be evicted from the White House.

Shortly before the election, Miller said on Elon Musk’s X that the Democrats have nominated candidates "who are all extremist, freaks and America-hating lunatics." Miller urged voters to "send a message to the corrupt media, corrupt Democrats and corrupt left-wing politicians who want to steal your future."

It’s not hard to see why Miller has a target on his back.

But imagine that Miller, who also urged his boss to wind down the Iran war, never joined the administration. Wouldn’t Trump still have pursued all these tough policies, starting with mass deportation? Clearly, it’s the commander-in-chief who decides.

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Other top aides and Cabinet secretaries have certainly been raked over the coals.

The media weren’t kind to Karl Rove, dubbed "Bush’s brain," the strategist who was investigated in a CIA leak case but never charged.

Some were accused of being too close to the industries they regulated. Ronald Reagan’s Interior secretary James Watt ripped the environmental movement as a clash between "liberals and Americans," and the Sierra Club collected more than 1 million signatures seeking his ouster.

But none of them were pummeled with the fierce intensity that has enveloped Miller.

As for the coming investigations, Todd Blanche announced that "the chief of staff already has a lawyer. The attorney general of the United States and the Justice Department." With those words, the AG confirmed again that his department serves as the personal law firm of Trump and his acolytes.

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Look, Stephen Miller is a brawler, the opposition party is spoiling for a fight, and that should provide the press and public with plenty of pounding in the political ring. But while Miller is now the most important staffer of Donald Trump’s last two years in office, remember, he is still a staffer.

Bears survive Buccaneers in chaotic primetime finish after Caleb Williams throws four interceptions

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 00:33:14 -0500

It was a win for the Bears, but turning the ball over five times is a brutal pill to swallow.

In an MVP-or-bust season for Caleb Williams, Sunday night delivered pure whiplash against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers — called by emergency replacement Noah Eagle after Mike Tirico was sidelined by an undisclosed health issue.

Conventional wisdom says coughing up five turnovers gets you beat every single time, but Chicago found a way to grind out a 27-24 victory. Williams' first career four-interception game nearly doomed Chicago. But even in a messy performance, Caleb proved he can survive three quarters of disastrous football and still win.

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After the Bears built an early 14-0 lead, the offense stalled, opening the door for Tampa Bay to pull even.

Just when a flat-footed Chicago squad looked completely stalled out late in the third quarter, cornerback Jaylon Johnson made Baker Mayfield pay for his recklessness, baiting the quarterback into a crushing 67-yard pick-six that kept momentum swinging like a pendulum.

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Yet when everything threatened to collapse after a late Tampa Bay surge, Williams rallied.

With 2:51 left and the game knotted at 24, he put together an eight-play, 49-yard drive — highlighted by a 38-yard strike to Colston Loveland — to set up Cairo Santos for the walk-off 38-yard field goal.

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Afterward, Williams was entirely unmoved by the turnover-heavy night.

"I'm going to throw until I can't throw anymore," Williams said on the postgame podium. He wrapped up his night with 279 yards, two touchdown passes and four picks.

For Tampa Bay, Mayfield choked away the defense's impressive outing. Sacked four times with zero touchdowns, his 243-yard meltdown proved Tampa Bay's QB1 experiment is running on fumes. With an upcoming bye week, the 7-2 Bears get two full weeks to let this five-turnover scare fade into the rearview mirror.

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Jonathan Taylor delivers what sounds like a goodbye to Indianapolis after Colts' fifth straight loss

Sun, 08 Nov 2026 23:10:55 -0500

Jonathan Taylor is done watching the Colts shoot themselves in the foot. Sunday's 27-23 loss to Dallas dropped Indy to an ugly 2-7, cementing their fifth straight defeat.

As the lone Pro Bowl weapon on a broken offense, the franchise running back has outgrown the dysfunction. And he can read the situation clearly.

With Tuesday's trade deadline looming and this Colts team firmly in fire-sale territory, Taylor didn't bother feeding reporters the company line at the podium, delivering what sounded an awful lot like a parting goodbye to Indy.

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"I think you play every game like it's your last, but at the end of the day this has been a spot where I grew up," Taylor said.

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"I think I mentioned this to you guys, like you go to college, you're a young man, but you really grew up, you started a family and you really embraced this city, the people, and you're just like ... this place helped shape me into the man I am today. If it is [my last game], I'm very grateful for the city of Indianapolis."

Taylor continued, "I just hope that they appreciate and know that I appreciate them and it was a pleasure to put on display not only my hard work but the team's hard work each and every single week, each and every single year. Just know it was a pleasure."

Before Sunday's kickoff, Fox NFL Insider Jay Glazer reported that the team hottest on Taylor's trail, the New York Giants, pulled their trade proposal. New York had put a second- and fifth-round pick package on the table with extra compensation, but backed off after the Colts held out for a first-rounder. That steep asking price remains the sticking point, but other contenders like Denver and Cincinnati are lingering — both clubs could use a premier bell-cow back to supercharge a postseason run.

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The three-time Pro Bowler already took home the NFL rushing crown in 2021 with over 1,800 yards and 18 touchdowns, and he delivered another monster campaign in 2025 with nearly 1,600 yards on the ground.

The Colts already fired GM Chris Ballard and shipped off locker room leaders Quenton Nelson and DeForest Buckner for future draft capital. Taylor remains under contract through 2028, giving Indy leverage.

Unless the front office lowers its demands before Tuesday's 4 p.m. (ET) cutoff, Taylor will stay trapped in Indianapolis, carrying an offense that cannot stop beating itself.

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Bernie Sanders warns Democrats not to spend all their time investigating Trump

Sun, 08 Nov 2026 22:56:11 -0500

Sen. Bernie Sanders said Democrats should hold President Donald Trump accountable after taking control of the House and Senate in January, but warned the party not to spend too much time on probing the president and his allies.

During an appearance on NBC News' "Meet the Press," the senator said it is still important to investigate Trump administration officials for alleged corruption and illegal activity, but stressed that the priority should be tackling affordability and supporting working-class families.

Asked by host Kristen Welker if he believes that spending two years investigating Trump and his officials could jeopardize the mandate to lower prices and make life more affordable, Sanders replied, "Yes, I do."

"Do we want to hold the Trump administration accountable for their corruption, for their illegal, unconstitutional actions? Absolutely," Sanders said.

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However, Sanders said that Democrats "cannot spend all of our time investigating Trump."

"At the end of the day, when you’ve got the highest rate of childhood poverty in America, of any major country, when 20% of our seniors are trying to survive on $15,000 a year, when people are scared to death that Elon Musk and the other billionaires are pushing AI down our throats with cataclysmic impacts on the economy, our privacy rights, on our health, and — and imposing an existential threat to humanity, we cannot spend all of our time investigating Trump," he said.

"We’ve got to stand up for working-class families, make a real difference in their lives," Sanders continued.

Democrats campaigned on affordability ahead of the midterms, blaming the Trump administration for the soaring costs of gas, groceries, housing and healthcare. Candidates linked the rise in costs, in part, to the U.S. military's war on Iran and Trump's tariffs on countries around the world.

The Iran war, which Trump, Vice President JD Vance and other allies partially attributed to Republicans' midterm losses, led to surging fuel prices. Gas prices are nearly $1 per gallon higher than they were a year ago, according to AAA, which reported that the national average was $4.02 per gallon as of Sunday.

But after securing the majority in both chambers of Congress following last week's elections, several Democrats promised to use the power of the subpoena and investigate current and former Trump officials once they are sworn in.

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Incoming House Oversight Committee leader Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., on Sunday warned that Democrats could investigate Trump's pardons as well as allies of the president, including tech executive Elon Musk and newly appointed White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.

Garcia also said last week that Oversight Democrats are "ready to take on the crooks, the con men, and the Trump crime family."

"Lawyer up," he added.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., who is expected to be the next House Speaker, also said last week that Democrats are "going to bring accountability to those who have visited unprecedented corruption on this country."

"Because if you have people in high office who are so focused on enriching themselves, their family members, their friends or their donors, then they’re not focused on making life better for the American people. But House Democrats will put the American people first," he continued.

Sanders said on Sunday that the election was not just about voters wanting to stop the Trump administration’s policies.

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"What I think this election was about, is the American people not only expressing disgust with Trump and his policies, but are demanding real change, no more tinkering around the edges," said Sanders. "And what the American people are saying: 'Look, we are working long hours. We’re worried about our kids. We can’t afford healthcare. We can’t afford housing. Meanwhile, the wealthiest people in America have never, ever had it so good.' And right now is the moment where the Democrats have got to stand up to big money, create an economy and a government that works for all of us," Sanders said.

The Vermont senator also accused Trump of being "mentally unbalanced" and "erratic," but acknowledged that the president is "a good politician" and "not stupid" who Democrats may be able to work with on economic and healthcare issues.

"Trump is many things. I personally believe he is mentally unbalanced, erratic, but he’s not stupid, and he is a good politician. And I think, when Trump looks out in the world and he sees millions of people working for starvation wages, he might not be unsympathetic to raising the minimum wage to a living wage. He would love, I think, to take credit for doing what every other major country does, guaranteeing healthcare to all people. Do I think we can work with Trump? Maybe. I’m, by no means, guaranteeing it. But it is certainly worth the effort," he said.

Two Washington deputies killed trying to rescue possible hostages after woman shot

Sun, 08 Nov 2026 22:27:55 -0500

Two Washington state sheriff’s deputies were fatally shot as they moved in to rescue possible hostages after a woman called for help following a domestic violence shooting, according to authorities.

Spokane County Sheriff’s Deputies Mason Acheson and Parker Perry came under fire from inside the home near Spangle, south of Spokane, as they tried to get in on Nov. 3, the sheriff’s office said.

The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office and Spokane Valley Police Department said they were devastated by the shooting and pledged to support the deputies’ families.

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"They bravely moved toward danger to protect others they did not know," the agencies said in a statement. "They are true examples of selfless service and dedication."

Deputies first responded around 2:25 p.m. after a woman reported she had been shot.

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The sheriff’s office said they learned the suspect had an active felony warrant and might have access to more weapons. With other victims possibly still inside, they called in SWAT. The woman was taken to the hospital with injuries that appeared to be non-life-threatening.

Perry, a K-9 deputy, answered the call with his dog, Brego. He joined the team approaching the house around 3:15 p.m. and forced his way in, the sheriff’s office said.

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When gunfire struck Perry and Acheson, their teammates fired back, pulled them to cover and began treating their wounds. Authorities called for medical helicopters and closed stretches of Interstate 90 and U.S. Highway 195 to help get the deputies to the hospital, the Washington State Patrol said.

Acheson died after being taken to the hospital. Perry remained on life support while arrangements were made for him to donate his organs. The sheriff’s office said he would "continue to serve others with the gift of life." Both men left behind wives and two children. Perry and his wife were expecting their third.

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Back at the house, Spokane police took over the scene after SWAT teams from Spokane and Kootenai County were called in. A drone sent inside found the suspect dead, the State Patrol said.

The Spokane County medical examiner determined that Ryan Larsen, 37, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, The Spokesman-Review reported. The medical examiner also identified two other people killed as Suzanne Larsen, 72, and Rebecca Larsen, 45. A family obituary identified them as Larsen’s mother and sister, according to the newspaper.

"It was a very tragic day in Spokane County," Sheriff John Nowels told reporters, according to the outlet. "A lot of families have been affected."

Acheson and Perry served in the same Washington Army National Guard infantry battalion, the sheriff's office shared. Acheson enlisted in 2011, rose to sergeant and served in Poland from 2021 to 2022, earning three Army Commendation Medals during his military service. He spent eight years as a Washington State Patrol trooper and firearms instructor before joining the sheriff’s office in 2022. As a SWAT sniper, he watched over teammates as they went into dangerous scenes.

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"In the face of danger, he stepped forward to preserve life," the sheriff’s office said of Acheson.

Perry joined the sheriff’s office in 2020 and spent three years on its SWAT team before becoming a K-9 deputy in 2025. He joined the Guard in 2017, rose to captain as a military intelligence officer and earned two Army Commendation Medals. When the call came in near Spangle, he responded "on his own, without prompting," the sheriff’s office said.

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FBI Director Kash Patel honored each deputy in a separate post on X, listing Nov. 4 as Acheson’s end of watch and Nov. 7 as Perry’s.

Patel noted that both men were military veterans and pledged the bureau’s support to their families, friends and colleagues. "They will have our full support," he wrote in both posts.

The FBI also issued separate tributes to Acheson and Perry.

Rep. Michael Baumgartner, R-Wash., said he knew Acheson and his wife from a CrossFit gym and that she was his children’s first piano teacher. "Just wonderful people," he wrote in one tribute.

In another post, Baumgartner asked people to keep both families in their prayers and said the deputies "both died protecting our community."

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson ordered flags at state facilities lowered to half-staff Monday, Nov. 9, in the deputies’ honor.

The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office said the Sheriff Community Oriented Policing Effort is accepting donations to help cover the deputies’ funeral expenses, with any remaining funds going to their families. The sheriff’s office said it was "grateful and honored by the outpouring of heartfelt condolences and prayers."

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"The families have requested privacy as they suffer this enormous loss," the sheriff’s office said.

Giants star wideout blasts analyst for questioning sideline behavior during win against Eagles

Sun, 08 Nov 2026 22:21:01 -0500

Win or lose, Malik Naberswill always make sure he gets the last word.

The New York Giants snapped a 13-game skid in Philly on Sunday, grinding through a 19-11 clunker featuring backup versus backup-backup quarterbacks. But as New York closed in on a rare division road win, Nabers — the Giants' star wideout — spent parts of the game pacing away from the huddle, shaking his head in plain view of the cameras.

Fox analyst Greg Olsen spotted Nabers' bad body language on the sideline and called it out during the live broadcast.

"It's not good," he said, "there's a fine line between being demanding and chasing greatness and then being a bad teammate … like if your teammate scores a touchdown for the lead and you're still worried about your touches."

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After the win, Nabers went straight to Instagram postgame.

He said, in part: "[Olsen] calling me a bad teammate when every team I've been on, there's NOBODY I've played with has said dat bout me is crazy! Y'all be trying to create a narrative on me soo bad it's actually crazy!! If you [don't] like the way I play the game, keep the camera off me!! SIMPLE!"

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In reality, Nabers had a dud and couldn't hide it. Against a shaky Eagles secondary, he finished with five catches for 43 yards and dropped a walk-in fourth-quarter touchdown from J.J. McCarthy.

Olsen didn't sugarcoat anything, and he didn't have to. Nabers has All-Pro ability, but the diva act and injury baggage are getting impossible to ignore.

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Back in November 2024, Nabers openly slammed the offense after seeing zero targets until the game was out of reach. In Week 1 last season, he was back in Brian Daboll's ear on the sideline complaining about touches. Three weeks later, his sophomore year was over with a torn ACL and meniscus against the Chargers.

A dominant October buys goodwill, and 509 receiving yards through a quarterback carousel is legitimately impressive. But getting rattled by a television broadcast only proves the critique right.

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Trump says he doesn’t disagree with Vance that Iran war fueled GOP losses

Sun, 08 Nov 2026 22:13:14 -0500

President Donald Trump on Sunday said he does not disagree with Vice President JD Vance's assessment that the Republicans' sweeping midterm losses were caused by the Iran war, rising costs and U.S. relations with Israel.

"I don’t disagree with it," Trump said during a CBS 60 Minutes interview.

Asked whether he knew Vance was planning to share his take in a post on X, Trump said the vice president was fully transparent with him beforehand.

"He asked me what do I think," Trump said.

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"I said, ‘You write what you want. By the way, what are you going to write?’"

Trump added that the one thing he wished Vance would have done differently was share whether the vice president would have made the decision to strike Iran again, given his role in the administration's decision-making process.

"The only thing I wish he would've said there, if he felt it," Trump said.

"My answer is an emphatic yes, because you can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon," Trump said.

He said the administration's decision to engage in war with Iran was far more important than the political consequences of losing the midterm elections, arguing that while the decision may be unpopular, the alternative would have been allowing Tehran to obtain a nuclear weapon.

"I think, historically, this will be a very good decision. Is it a good decision for today and tomorrow? Maybe not," he said.

"I have to go with what's right for our country. If they had a nuclear weapon during my term, I would be excoriated far worse than what's happened."

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On Wednesday, Vance delivered a blunt assessment of Republicans' midterm losses, which allowed Democrats to regain control of both chambers of Congress in a major blow to the Trump administration. Democrats flipped at least seven Senate seats and more than two dozen House districts.

"The real reason we lost is obvious to almost everyone," Vance wrote on X. "The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night."

Like Trump, Vance argued that the political consequences of the war were a "worthwhile cost to pay."

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"If you'd like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so," Vance said. "Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that's at least honest. But everyone knows why we lost."

Trump admits immigration enforcement may have been too 'tough' in first interview since midterms

Sun, 08 Nov 2026 21:34:49 -0500

President Donald Trump admitted that he may have been too "tough" in his immigration enforcement in his first sit-down interview since the midterm elections last week.

Trump spoke to CBS News correspondent Ross Douthat about several topics largely related to the Democratic Party's overwhelming wins in last week's midterm elections, which included victories in Republican strongholds like Texas.

During their conversation, Douthat asked whether Trump's strict immigration and deportation enforcement likely contributed to Republican losses.

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"I think it both helped and hurt," Trump answered. "I think I got an A-plus for closing up the border…I get very high marks for getting the bad ones out."

In the extended interview posted online, Trump added, "We had 25 million people come in through Biden over a four-year period, and many of those people were — as you know, they were from prisons, they were drug dealers, they were from mental institutions."

However, Trump conceded that many illegal immigrants within the country were "good" people, which likely led to his policies facing backlash.

"But I get hurt because we also took people that had good jobs, that — that created one violation, or breaking of the law, and that was that they came into the country illegally. Now, there is a large part of the country that think that they should be put out. And there's a large part of the country that think that they should be allowed to stay if they're good people working in a landscaping company, or working in a hotel, or doing something, right? And in some cases, paying taxes. And there's a large group of people who think that they should be allowed to stay."

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"So you think your deportation policy — went too far?" Douthat asked.

"I think it was — too tough…I think it might be too tough, yeah," Trump responded, adding, "And I think ultimately that hurt me."

The president also suggested an immigration deal with the incoming Democratic Congress could be "doable" outside the more extreme groups who either prefer every illegal immigrant to be deported or prefer not to deport any illegal immigrant.

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Trump also suggested many Democrats are willing to work with him to enforce the border, acknowledging incoming Texas Sen.-elect James Talarico as an example.

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In a Fox News voter poll of more than 100,000 registered voters nationwide from Oct. 19 to Nov. 3, 2026, immigration was the only issue that Republicans led Democrats on.

Dallas public defender’s chief investigator charged with wife’s murder after bloody apartment discovery

Sun, 08 Nov 2026 20:19:50 -0500

A Texas investigator who spent years working on capital murder cases is now accused of killing his wife of roughly 35 years, less than two weeks after filing for divorce.

Jimmy Spurger Jr., 54, the chief investigator for the Dallas County Public Defender’s Office, faces a first-degree felony murder charge after his wife, Maria Spurger, was found stabbed to death inside their downtown Dallas apartment Friday night.

Emergency crews found Maria on a couch with a knife in her neck and her husband sitting on a bed in another room, covered in blood, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by Fox 4 Dallas.

Spurger filed for divorce Oct. 26, less than two weeks before the killing, according to Dallas County court records. The case was still open, with a Nov. 3 entry indicating Maria had not been served with the divorce papers.

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Dallas County Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins said Sunday that he had ordered Spurger suspended and his access revoked.

"Upon notice of this tragic murder yesterday, I instructed Administration to place the employee on suspension and remove his access," Jenkins wrote on X.

Firefighters received a welfare check call around 10:40 p.m. Friday and went to the couple’s apartment on North Akard Street, according to the affidavit.

No one answered their repeated knocks. When firefighters forced the door open, they found furniture blocking the entrance.

They moved it aside and found Maria unresponsive on the couch. Spurger was sitting on a bed in the bedroom, but he did not answer when firefighters asked whether he was OK.

The crews backed out and called police.

Officers arrived around 11:13 p.m. and found Spurger covered in blood, with a small knife beside him. Several empty pill bottles covered in blood were in the kitchen, according to the affidavit. No one else was found inside.

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Maria was pronounced dead at the apartment. Spurger was taken to Methodist Central Hospital, and investigators said they could not interview him because he may have taken multiple pills.

He was booked into the Dallas County Jail Saturday on a murder charge and is being held without bond, according to jail records.

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Before his arrest, Spurger oversaw investigators who helped public defenders prepare criminal cases, according to the Dallas County Public Defender’s Office website. His biography says he served as chief investigator for 11 months.

He spent more than 13 years with the office, primarily in its Capital Murder Division, where his work included examining evidence and interviewing witnesses.

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Before joining the public defender’s office, Spurger spent more than 20 years in law enforcement, specializing in homicide investigations and crimes against people, according to the website. During his final decade in law enforcement, he supervised child abuse and family violence investigations for the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office.

Police have not released a motive and said the killing remains under investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective C. Johnson at 214-671-3584 or chanesia.johnson@dallaspolice.gov.

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Fox News Digital reached out to the Dallas Police Department for comment, but did not immediately receive a response.

Tensions flare as demonstrators target Jewish restaurants, drawing massive counterprotest

Sun, 08 Nov 2026 20:13:35 -0500

Tensions flared in a Philadelphia neighborhood Sunday after a bike ride organized to boycott several Jewish-owned restaurants sparked overwhelming backlash from the city's Jewish and pro-Israel communities.

The "boycott ride" targeted at least six restaurants in Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square, labeling them "Zionist establishments" and calling for them to leave, according to pro-Palestinian group Philly Bike On Your Left, which organized the event.

As riders cycled through the streets waving Palestinian flags, hundreds of Jewish and pro-Israel community members turned out to oppose the demonstration, with heated exchanges unfolding across several city blocks. Dozens of diners also lined up outside the targeted restaurants in a show of solidarity with the Jewish-owned businesses.

The boycott also drew sharp criticism for taking place on the eve of the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the 1938 Nazi pogrom against Jews in Germany and Austria marked by widespread anti-Jewish violence, including attacks on homes, synagogues and businesses.

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The Philadelphia police told Fox News that at least three people were arrested in connection with the protest, including a woman accused of assault, a man accused of disorderly conduct and a 17-year-old male accused of assaulting police.

Meanwhile, a female counterprotester reported being assaulted by an unknown individual.

Two officers also sustained minor injuries during the arrest of one individual, according to the outlet. Neither required medical treatment.

No property damage was reported, and conditions returned to normal by late afternoon, police said.

Police said about 500 people participated in total, including roughly 300 pro-Palestinian demonstrators, 200 of whom were on bicycles, and 200 pro-Israeli counterprotesters.

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Videos circulating on social media showed demonstrators and counterprotesters shouting at one another.

In one video, a restaurant displayed a Palestinian flag alongside a sign reading "No public restroom" on its entrance door.

A man confronted the restaurant on camera, accusing it of sending a message that the Jewish community was not welcome.

The protest, organized in late October, targeted six businesses whose owners organizers accused of being "Zionist business owners."

"We see them for the disgusting humans they are," the group said.

"There are business owners in our community who have raised funds for the Israeli military, hosted Israeli soldiers, were praised by Benjamin Netanyahu, or expressed support for Israel," the group added.

The demonstration prompted the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia to call for a counter-demonstration in early November.

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"This is antisemitism. It is Jew-Hatred, plain and simple," the organization said.

"The ride falls on the eve of the anniversary of Kristallnacht, November 9-10, 1938, when Nazi-organized mobs destroyed thousands of Jewish businesses, homes and synagogues in Germany and Austria, while thousands of Jews were beaten, assaulted and sent to concentration camps. The public targeting of Jewish businesses should alarm every person of conscience. We cannot allow such hatred to become normalized in Philadelphia."

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The organizers, however, pushed back against the criticism, claiming their ride had been "grossly misrepresented" and describing themselves as a nonviolent social cycling group.

Donna Mills on why she never married despite decades-long romance: 'I was always so independent'

Sun, 08 Nov 2026 20:06:38 -0500

"Knots Landing" star Donna Mills is revealing the reason that she has never walked down the aisle despite her 25-year romance with actor Larry Gilman.

During a recent appearance on the "Still Here Hollywood Podcast with Steve Kmetko," the 85-year-old actress, who has been in a relationship with Gilman, 76, since 2001, opened up about why she has chosen to avoid marriage.

"I was always so independent," she told Kmetko. "I’m still very independent."

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"I just didn’t ever want to be subject to whatever you have to do when you get married," Mills continued. "I also didn’t want to say I was going to love somebody forever."

"I don’t know if I would do that or not," she admitted with a laugh.

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Mills shared the topic of marriage had also come up between herself and her daughter Chloe, who recently tied the knot herself.

"It’s funny because my daughter asked me that. My daughter just got married," Mills said. "And she just had a baby."

After Kmetko told her that she didn't "look like a grandmother," Mills pointed to a necklace she was wearing that was inscribed with the word "Grandma," which she said was a gift from Chloe.

"She gave me this, and I wear it all the time," Mills said.

Mills explained that she and Chloe have had many conversations about what name her grandson would call her.

"And I said, "'Oh, I know. Glamma,'" Mills told Kmetko with a laugh. "But she didn't like that."

The Daytime Emmy Award winner Chloe adopted as a newborn in 1994 when she was 54. Seven years later, Mills began dating Gilman, whom she has described as an "incredibly kind, funny, wonderful man."

"I love him," she told The Daily Beast in 2022. "I’m lucky to have found him. I found him late, but I found him. Everybody loves him. He’s great."

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Prior to meeting Gilman, Mills and advertising executive Richard Holland, who was previously married to singer Chaka Khan, had an on-and-off relationship for around 20 years starting in 1979.

When asked why she has never married, Mills said, "I don’t remember anyone ever getting down on one knee."

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The "Nope" star also cited her independent streak and explained why she and Gilman never felt the need to marry after meeting later in life.

"I am so freaking independent. I just am. I’m very independent and by the time Larry and I met we were both pretty established," she said. "To combine everything at that point is really difficult. So we just combined our lives but not our finances and stuff like that. It’s much cleaner, much better."

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Mills shared that maintaining her independence had always given her a sense of security, even while sharing her life with a partner.

"I’ve always felt a woman being independent was important," she said. "It made me feel safer, I guess, to know that I can take care of myself. I want someone to be in my life to love and be with, to be a companion and to go places and all that, but if I have to I can take care of myself."

"And really, I had enough marriages as Abby!" she added, referring to the character she played on "Knots Landing."

Mills became a television sensation playing the glamorous and ruthless Abby Cunningham on "Knots Landing" from 1980 to 1989.

Abby tied the knot four times over the course of the hit primetime soap, though one union was annulled almost immediately after the wedding.

Mills and Gilman share a home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Brentwood, where they have a vineyard. In 2015, Mills told Closer Weekly that the vineyard was a gift from her longtime partner.

"Larry planted a vineyard for me last year," Donna shared. "He’s really such a good guy."

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The couple went on to launch Mandeville Vineyards, a small-scale wine brand produced from grapes grown on their vineyard in Brentwood's Mandeville Canyon.

Mills, who surprised her fans when she announced that she had launched an OnlyFans account in July, previously discussed how she had received some unusual requests from subscribers, including one involving her vineyard.

In August, Mills appeared on "Creators Inc. Podcast," which is hosted by Andy Bachman, the CEO of the talent agency Creators, Inc., which manages her OnlyFans account.

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During her appearance, Bachman noted that some "foot kink people" had asked to see the actress "stomping on grapes" with her bare feet in her vineyard.

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"I’m gonna do it," Mills said. "I tried to shoot it myself. But you can’t shoot something while you’re stomping, it just doesn’t work."

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"I'm going to uh… I'm going to do that very soon… and do it right so that you know people can… really enjoy it," she continued. "I think it's really funny and fun and uh it's the kind of thing that I want to be able to share with the fans."

Ann-Margret seen in wheelchair outside Los Angeles hotel months after breaking elbow in fall

Sun, 08 Nov 2026 20:00:43 -0500

Hollywood icon, Ann-Margret, was recently photographed outside a Los Angeles hotel in a wheelchair.

The 85-year-old actress was spotted arriving to a hotel for an event, where her staff met her outside and helped her get out of her car.

She was seen smiling as she was being wheeled into the event by her staff, in an all-black outfit, which she paired with a green blazer, glasses and a necklace.

Her appearance at the event occurred only a few months after the actress shared she suffered a fall in her home in April, which led to a broken elbow.

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"I fell the other day and so now my right elbow is broken," Ann-Margret told Parade magazine at the time. "That’s OK. … I have fallen so many times. I don’t intend to, but I do! What can I say?"

Although she was forced to cancel a fan event at the time during which she would be signing autographs, she assured the outlet that she was on the mend, telling them, "Yes I am. I sure am!"

Dubbed "The Female Elvis," Ann-Margret had her breakout performance in the 1963 movie musical, "Bye Bye Birdie," which established her as a leading lady early in her career. She then starred alongside Elvis Presley in the 1964 movie, "Viva Las Vegas."

Her transition to dramatic films came in the 70s, with the actress receiving her first of two Academy Award nominations in 1972 for her role in "Carnal Knowledge."

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Throughout her career, the sex-symbol received five Golden Globe Awards, one Emmy Award, two Academy Award nomination and two Grammy Award nominations.

When speaking with Fox News Digital in June, Ann-Margret shared her love for motorcycles, revealing she rode one for the first as a child in Sweden with her uncle, saying after that "I had to have one of my own." After all these years on a bike, the actress said she has never been scared.

"Isn’t that something?" she said. "I never have been. I love the speed. I try not to go too fast, although I do love the speed. I’m joyful when I get on that bike. I don’t get scared. That’s the problem!"

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She previously spoke to People magazine in February 2024 about her love for motorcycles, noting, "I love speed. Not the drug."

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The performer also spoke to the outlet about her decades-long career in Hollywood, saying she had zero plans to slow down. Ann-Margret described how she took dance lessons early on in life to prove to her parents she was born to entertain.

"I remember wanting to be in show business all my life," Ann-Margret told the outlet. "And I remember one day I said to mother and daddy, ‘I want to talk to you. It’s a very, very important thing for me and I want to get into show business.’"

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Bojangles opens Las Vegas Strip restaurant with feature never before offered by chain

Sun, 08 Nov 2026 19:48:22 -0500

Charlotte, North Carolina-based fast-food chain Bojangles opened a new restaurant complete with a full-service bar on the Las Vegas Strip on Oct. 7, marking the company's first foray into alcohol sales.

LV Petroleum, the chain's Las Vegas franchisee, has about 20 Bojangles locations in the works for the Las Vegas market, Nation's Restaurant News reported.

Aside from the bar, the restaurant is outfitted with a stage for live music, a covered patio and TVs throughout, which "give the restaurant a distinctly Vegas vibe," the company's news release stated.

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"We are ecstatic about adding another Bojangles to the Vegas Strip and bringing our unique Southern charm to this location," Jeanette Davis, senior vice president of LV Petroleum, said in a statement.

The company also operates franchises of brands such as Jimmy John's, Arby's, Starbucks and Dunkin'.

Founded in Charlotte in 1977, Bojangles' menu centers on Southern classics like fried chicken, biscuits and sweet tea, among others.

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At the Vegas restaurant, guests can order from the chain's regular menu, which features items including dirty rice, baked macaroni and cheese, chicken tenders and milkshakes.

Breakfast is sold every day until 2 p.m., with options like breakfast sandwiches, biscuits and gravy and hash browns.

Over the years, Bojangles has grown to include 890 restaurants in 24 states, according to the company.

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A primarily Southeastern chain, the company has extended its reach in recent years to states like Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas and New York.

In 2025, Bojangles opened 43 new restaurants nationwide, according to QSR Magazine.

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The expansion into Las Vegas marks a big move in the chain's growth plan, the news release noted.

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"Our recent expansions into markets have been met with tremendous enthusiasm, and we are confident that the community will embrace our delicious offerings with the same excitement," Davis said.

Will College Football Playoff committee drop LSU Tigers out of playoff picture after blowout loss?

Sun, 08 Nov 2026 19:35:27 -0500

The release of the first College Football Playoff poll recently was treated with shock, disdain, and outright anger from many fans across the sport. Unless they root for the SEC.

SEC teams were shockingly, and consistently overrepresented and overranked, to the point that prominent rival coaches openly speculated about a connection between ESPN, the SEC, and the committee's willingness to abandon any pretense of objectivity.

Defending national champion Curt Cignetti, as one example, was blunt about his perception of the committee's bias.

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"SEC gets a lot of love from ESPN and all their writers that they don't technically pay but march to their drum," he said. "That's why you see all these SEC teams up there, and some good two-loss teams from the Big Ten not quite as high. But like I said, it's all going to be played out on the field."

"Come on. These people, and there’s a whole bunch of them, they march out of the tent, and they’re given instructions on what to say," he added. "And they follow the company line. Right, and I don’t need to go any further."

There's little doubt that the SEC's marketing efforts have been extremely effective at ensuring voters ignore results and focus on perception instead. And the biggest winner might have been the conference's most effective marketer: LSU Tigers head coach Lane Kiffin.

Kiffin has been loudly decrying the conference's move to nine games, correctly realizing that the extra losses , which put the SEC on equal footing with the Big Ten and Big 12, will be tough to overcome when evaluating resumes. To combat this, he's spent most of the past year campaigning for the benefit of the committee. Saying, incorrectly, that the SEC is Just Different and deserves to be treated like special snowflakes relative to other conferences.

"The conferences are so different," he said recently. "They are. They’re different stadiums, they’re different environments, they’re different middle to bottom of them. So you’re not playing equal schedules, they’re not even close. If you took an SEC team and gave them another one of those conference’s schedules, they’d average two more wins. Well, that’s a big deal. So, I say all that to say you had to go to more teams, because the system’s broke in how they pick them."

Pretty much all of that is wrong. But his propaganda efforts, based on the first week's poll, clearly worked. Losses in the SEC simply don't matter as much as they should, a trend that was obvious in 2025 when the Alabama Crimson Tide were blown out by Georgia in the conference championship game and didn't drop a single spot. The committee decided ahead of time that they should be in, so they determined that the SEC Championship Game could only help the winner, and not hurt the loser.

Will that same preferential treatment be given to the loser of a, say, Utah-BYU Big 12 Championship Game? Of course not. Because of the stadiums or something. Returning to Kiffin's diatribe though, one stat that he curiously never brings up is the SEC's recent performance when the games actually matter. And unfortunately for him and them, it's not very good.

In 2025-2026, the SEC went 1-8 in bowl games. They were 0-3 in the College Football Playoff against non-SEC P4 opponents. Texas A&M went 7-1 in the SEC and was a tiebreaker away from reaching the conference championship game, then scored all of three points against a lowly Miami Hurricanes team at home. In their awe-inspiring temple of an SEC stadium.

Houston beat LSU in their bowl game. Virginia beat Missouri. Illinois beat Tennessee. Iowa beat Vanderbilt. Then Alabama, the team gifted a spot in the playoff thanks to their conference patch, was obliterated by Indiana 38-3 in the Rose Bowl. So two of the top three teams in the SEC, Texas A&M and Alabama, lost their non-SEC playoff games by a combined score of 48-6. Six points combined.

"They're not even close." "They'd average two more wins." And people actually believe this stuff.

Since the expanded playoff format started, SEC teams are 2-5 against other P4 conference teams. They're 5-7 overall, while the Big Ten is 8-5. "They're not even close."

There's another part of Kiffin's ridiculous posturing that he never brings up: travel. This isn't the SEC's fault, of course, but the conference's geographic alignment gives them a tremendous advantage over the Big Ten or ACC. LSU is in the Central Time Zone. Of their 12 games, just two were or are scheduled for any other time zone, Kentucky and Tennessee. They already lost to the Wildcats.

USC, by contrast, plays four games in other time zones, including three in the Eastern Time Zone. USC, despite being based in Los Angeles, plays more times in the Eastern Time Zone than LSU does. UCLA has six games in time zones other than its home Pacific time zone. That's a massive advantage for the Tigers and for most SEC teams. Their travel schedules simply don't match up to the grueling gauntlet of the Big Ten. Just imagine how many more losses Kiffin and his marketing group would have if they had to travel like their peers. But stadiums or something.

This isn't the first time the SEC boosters have done their fake superiority performance. And yet they learn nothing from it.

December 2024 - Lane Kiffin: "The SEC is just different, it's totally different. You might as well be in different leagues, not different conferences, different leagues."

June 2025 - Vanderbilt QB Diego Pavia: "You want to play with the best — you don’t want to play with the Big Ten. … You ignore those calls."

July 2025 - Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko: "It’s a gauntlet going into the SEC season."

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October 2025 - Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer: "This is our third game in a row in the conference against a ranked opponent. That’s life in the SEC."

October 2025 - Paul Finebaum: "I’d like to see Indiana go through the gauntlet that Alabama has gone through…"

November 2025 - Lane Kiffin: "Texas A&M being [No.] 3 — what more do you want them to do to be [No.] 1?"

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December 2025 - SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey: "I actually think we deserve seven in," he said referring to the number of SEC teams that should be in the playoff. "I think the seven teams that are in the top-14, half of the top 14 teams are from the SEC. That's an indication that this league is different, the expectations are different, the competition is different, and the rewards should respect each of those elements."

December 2025 - Vanderbilt head coach Clark Lea: "This should be about the 12 best teams in the country and a 10-2 team in the SEC … look, obviously we love our league. It just means more here and all that kind of stuff, but there’s a level of respect that needs to be held for the gauntlet we’ve been through and how we’ve met the match and done the things we need to do," Lea told OutKick. "I mean, it is just absurd the idea that we’re going to open the door to teams that play in conferences that aren’t the SEC that have the same record we have. I mean, it’s crazy."

December 2025 - Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian: "If you really look at the body of work, and you look at the Southeastern Conference of what we have to go through every week, you look at the non-conference schedule we played, to go to Ohio State in Week 1 and lose by seven when we outgained them by nearly 200 yards—we got a really good football team. It would be a disservice to our sport if this team is not a playoff team when we went and scheduled that non-conference game."

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December 2025 - Alabama QB Ty Simpson: "In general, we think that... actually we know we have the best offense in the country."

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This is why it's so galling that the committee listened to Kiffin and Sankey and Sark and the relentless propaganda: it's just wrong. It's been proven wrong. It is not accurate.

Kiffin's Tigers were blown out by Alabama on Saturday night, to the point where their awe-inspiring stadium was mostly empty halfway through the fourth quarter. Will the committee keep them without shouting distance of the top-12? Or will they do what they would to another team and conference, and drop the Tigers to the bottom of the top 25 or out of it entirely?

This is why Kiffin made these comments, because he hoped that the standards will be lower for him than they are for other schools. Lose three times? It's because of stadiums or some nonsense. Lose four times? It's because of Nick Saban in 2015. There can never be consequences for the SEC, because they're just special.

Kiffin's right, the system they use to select teams is broken. We'll just have to see how broken, in his favor, it actually is.

Joe Biden says cancer slowed him down, limiting memoir promotion tour

Sun, 08 Nov 2026 19:29:19 -0500

Former President Joe Biden said on Sunday ahead of the release of his presidential memoir that he would need to limit the promotional events due to his cancer battle slowing him down at times.

The memoir, titled "Promise Me, America," is set to be released on Nov. 17. The book reflects on Biden's four years in the White House, covering the COVID-19 pandemic, the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, domestic legislation, global diplomacy and his decision to run for re-election before later stepping aside in 2024. The memoir also details the personal deliberations behind his decision to end his 2024 re-election bid.

"My presidential memoir, PROMISE ME, AMERICA, is coming out on November 17th. I hope you'll read it. It covers my years as President. The challenges we faced, the decisions I made, and why I made them. It's about who we are as a nation. What we stand for. And America's role in the world. More than anything, it's about my faith in the American people and the great American experiment in self-governance and democracy," Biden said on X.

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The former president was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that had spread to his bones in May 2025, which he said has not stopped him but has sometimes slowed him down.

"While writing the book, I was diagnosed with cancer, a disease known all too well to millions of Americans and their families. My doctors continue to be encouraged by how I've responded to treatment. And the prayers and kind words and well wishes from so many of you have meant more to me and Jill and our family than you can ever know," Biden said.

"Some days are better than others. It hasn't stopped me. But sometimes it slows me down. What that means is, unfortunately, I won’t be able to do as many conversations about my book as I’d hoped. However, I’m hopeful the words on the page speak for themselves," he continued.

Biden recalled his father telling him, "When you get knocked down, get up."

"It's a good lesson for me. And for America," Biden said.

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"We are blessed. America is the most unique nation on earth. Unlike other countries, we're built on an idea. An idea bigger than any ocean. More powerful than any army. Stronger than any tyrant or dictator. That idea? All of us are created equal," he added.

Bear Grylls addresses Russell Brand's baptism, calls victims 'heroes of the day' after verdict

Sun, 08 Nov 2026 19:16:15 -0500

Bear Grylls is speaking out on Russell Brand's rape conviction two years after he baptized the comedian.

On Friday, British adventurer and television presenter Bear Grylls, best known for survival shows such as "Man vs. Wild," took to X to say that it was "right that justice has now been served."

"Brand’s faith seemed genuine to me at the time when I was a guest at his private baptism. I have attended a few now. Even visiting in prisons with people who have committed terrible crimes. It’s part of our calling as men and women of faith, to love and serve anyone."

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It is the sick that need healing. Judgement is for the courts and God… I wouldn’t want to ever discourage someone’s coming to faith," Grylls's statement began.

He continued, "It is right that justice has now been served. I can’t imagine how hard this time has been for the victims, the heroes of the day."

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In May 2024, Brand took to X and shared a video following the first week after the baptism. "I want to thank Bear Grylls and my mate Joe, the two men that stood either side of me and flanked me for the baptism itself," Brand said in the video at the time.

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Grylls, a devout Christian, also shared a statement with the Daily Mail after the baptism, calling his involvement a "privilege."

"Faith and spiritual moments in our lives are really personal, but it is a privilege to stand beside anyone when they express a humble need for forgiveness and strength from above. Friendships when we go through tough times are worth so much," Grylls told the outlet at the time.

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Brand was convicted of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault following a four-week trial at Southwark Crown Court in London. The offenses involved four women and took place between 2004 and 2009, as Brand’s career and public profile were growing.

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The jury found Brand guilty of raping a 21-year-old fan in 2009 and sexually assaulting three other women in separate incidents. He was cleared of two additional rape charges and one count of attempted indecent assault.

Brand, 51, has maintained his innocence. He was refused bail after the verdict and remains in custody ahead of sentencing, which is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 9. Police are also investigating two further rape allegations against him.

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Trump says he was ‘only kidding’ about making Dana White press secretary

Sun, 08 Nov 2026 19:06:40 -0500

President Donald Trump said Sunday he was joking when he announced on social media that he had offered UFC boss Dana White the White House press secretary job and lined up a roster of fighters to serve as his assistants.

"I will tell you, I was only kidding," Trump said when asked what prompted the pitch and whether he was serious.

Trump pointed to the fighters he had named as White’s would-be assistants, saying the lineup should have given the joke away. "And you see a lot of rough faces there," he said.

He also joked that some of the fighters came from "parts unknown."

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Trump said he thought White liked the idea and called him "a very capable guy." As for how the UFC boss might handle the job, Trump said, "You wouldn’t mess around with him so much."

"But Dana is actually coming tomorrow," Trump said. He explained that the visit was for other reasons, saying he believed White already planned to be in Washington and would stop by to see him.

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Trump said some people took to the idea after he floated it. "And then people said, you know, that’s actually a pretty good idea," he said.

The clarification came a day after Trump wrote on Truth Social that he had offered White the job. His post named UFC stars including Khabib Nurmagomedov, Islam Makhachev, Justin Gaethje, Daniel Cormier and Amanda Nunes as prospective assistants.

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"Dana, please take the job!" Trump wrote.

White shared Trump’s post on his Instagram Story, along with a photo of himself behind the White House podium. He captioned the photo, "On to the next chapter."

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The exchange came weeks after Katie Zacharia’s departure as press secretary. Zacharia had been tapped to succeed Karoline Leavitt, who left in August. Asked Oct. 23 about finding a replacement, Trump told reporters, "We’re in no rush."

Trump and White have known each other for decades, dating back to the UFC’s early years, when Trump hosted fights at his Atlantic City property. White introduced Trump at the 2024 Republican National Convention and joined him on the White House South Lawn in June for UFC Freedom 250.

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White previously told Sports Business Journal in November 2024 that he had "no personal political aspirations" when asked about a possible role in Trump’s incoming administration.

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Outkick's Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.

Fantasy football managers fume as Ladd McConkey's pregame injury goes unreported until after kickoff

Sun, 08 Nov 2026 18:51:17 -0500

Fantasy football managers who started Ladd McConkey on Sunday got an injury update they probably would have appreciated a little earlier. Preferably, while they could still do something about it.

The Los Angeles Chargers wide receiver was suddenly listed as questionable with a back injury after Sunday's game against the Houston Texans had started. Then came the particularly frustrating news: According to multiple reports, McConkey experienced back spasms during pregame warmups.

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Pregame. As in, before the game.

The Chargers' announcement was posted at 4:17 p.m. ET, roughly 12 minutes after the game started.

McConkey wasn't on the team's Friday injury report, and he wasn't among the players declared inactive Sunday. Managers who checked those updates had no warning there that a back problem might interfere with his afternoon.

By the time the questionable designation arrived, managers whose lineups had locked could only wait for another update and hope for the best.

Judging by the reaction on social media, they weren't particularly interested in being patient.

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One social media user argued that managers counting on McConkey had every reason to be upset that his "back spasms weren’t communicated to the public before kickoff."

Another called for an investigation into the Chargers' handling of the injury information. Others were simply fed up with having McConkey in their lineups.

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One frustrated fantasy manager complained that McConkey "has ruined my fantasy week 60% of the time this year."

Those were among the responses we can actually print on this website.

To be fair, if you were counting on McConkey to win your fantasy matchup, your team is probably already in trouble (mine included). The Chargers' offense has been a complete dumpster fire, and McConkey hasn't been lighting up the scoreboard.

Los Angeles entered Sunday 0-7 and without an offensive touchdown in its past nine quarters. McConkey had just 17 catches for 286 yards and one touchdown in six appearances, having already missed a game due to injury.

His four catches for 86 yards against the Rams the previous week had at least given managers some reason to feel better about putting him back in their lineups. However, 54 of those yards came on a fluky deflected Hail Mary at the end of the first half.

Even a questionable designation before the game would have given managers with another available receiver a choice. McConkey did not have a target in the first half against the Texans.

It's fair to ask when the Chargers first knew McConkey's back might keep him out and why that information didn't reach the public sooner. The timing of the announcement deserves an explanation, regardless of how much McConkey ultimately plays.

NFL injury reporting matters when billions of dollars are on the line

The American Gaming Association put its forecast for legal NFL betting at $29.5 billion this season, counting wagers at regulated U.S. commercial sportsbooks.

People placing those bets, trading through prediction markets and paying to enter fantasy contests are all making decisions with real money. Timely, accurate injury information is a basic requirement, and the NFL needs to make sure its teams provide it while people can still act on it.

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Finding out after kickoff that a player was hurt before the game is infuriating. For a league with billions of dollars riding on its games, it's also unacceptable.