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Ring of Honor's Deonna Purrazzo talks possibility of Steve Maclin joining All Elite Wrestling

Sat, 14 Nov 2026 08:42:02 -0500

Steve Maclin is one of the top free agents on the market when it comes to pro wrestling.

He parted ways with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) at the top of his game and immediately made his presence known when he stepped up to the plate and put on an incredible match with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) star Adam Copeland at Maple Leaf Pro’s Northern Rising earlier this year.

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It makes any pro wrestling fan wonder where Maclin’s next home is going to be. Deonna Purrazzo, Maclin’s wife and Ring of Honor women’s pure champion, told OutKick Dropkick she could see Maclin in AEW if he wanted to be there.

"I definitely think there's a place for him here," she said in an interview earlier this week. "I'm Steve's biggest fan, obviously, right? We're talking today. It's our fourth wedding anniversary today, and so, obviously I wouldn't have married him if I didn't believe in him and I wasn't his biggest fan, but I think that he has to go where he's happy, right? And he has to go where he thinks he can contribute the best, and I do believe that there would be a spot for him on AEW. I do believe there's a spot, maybe versus Bandido for the Ring of Honor World Championship.

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"Steve is such a phenomenal wrestler, and I think there's so much of Steve that also while we're talking, it's the 251st Marine Corps birthday, and there's a piece of Steve that carries that and what it means to be a Marine with him everywhere he goes, especially in the ring. He's not just trying to engage the fans and engage the audience at home, but he's also trying to live fully for the brothers who didn't get to make it home. I think that intensity that he brings translates so much to where the best wrestle, which is AEW."

Copeland defeated Maclin at Northern Rising, even as Purrazzo came out to assist her husband.

But Maclin left little doubt that he can hang with one of the best wrestlers of this generation. For now, he’s tearing it up on the independent scene.

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Maclin was at JTown Smackdown – the event hosted by Purrazzo to raise awareness about funding issues plaguing school districts in New Jersey.

Jayden Maiava and Josh Hoover face off as USC visits defending national champion Indiana

Sat, 14 Nov 2026 08:31:11 -0500

There has been some news about College Football recently about the idea that they are expanding to 24 teams in the College Football Playoffs. That won’t happen this year, but it will next season. If that were the case, it is likely that both of these teams would be part of that. There are a lot of people complaining because it likely will take away Conference Tournaments. Personally, I like the expansion. Before we get there, let’s take a look at today’s game between USC and Indiana.

USC is 7-2 for the season, and they are 20th in the nation coming into this afternoon’s game. The Trojans' losses came against Oregon and Wisconsin this season. The Oregon loss is probably the most frustrating because they were at home, and the Ducks haven’t been consistently good this season. The loss on the road against Wisconsin was a bit confusing as well. The Trojans should’ve been plenty good to beat the Badgers, but they couldn’t get anything going on the ground to open things up. Their leading rusher in the game had 28 yards on the ground.

You can’t really blame the running game completely; I think we all know the Trojans will only go as far as quarterback Jayden Maiava will take them. He has completed about 67% of passes this year and thrown for 20 touchdowns. He only has five interceptions this season, so he has put together a good year. He had two interceptions against Wisconsin, which clearly didn’t help the USC cause. He also somehow had -57 rushing yards in the Wisconsin game.

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Indiana is the defending National Champion, but the team that won last year is significantly different from this season’s team. Fernando Mendoza is obviously gone, and the team was going to have to adjust to him leaving for the NFL. They don’t have a bad quarterback – Josh Hoover – under center, it just is that he isn’t quite as elite as Mendoza. Hoover has fewer than 2,000 yards this season, but he does have 19 touchdown passes. Perhaps the best part is that he is taking care of the ball, throwing just two interceptions this season.

The Hoosiers haven’t looked very good lately, either. Perhaps they are playing better competition than before, but they’ve had four consecutive close games. They won by just three against Nebraska. Then they lost by four to Ohio State, though they probably could’ve won that game if they could’ve stayed in bounds. Then they had to go into overtime to beat Michigan. The following week, they again needed overtime in order to beat Minnesota. Four straight weeks of close games, but the team went 3-1.

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This could be a great game between the two teams, and I find it very hard to trust Indiana right now. Both teams are coming off of bye weeks, so they have had plenty of time to prepare for this game. I think Indiana has the better defense, and I do think they likely took this time to get their team refocused. I’m going to take the Hoosiers here, but I’m going to play them at just -7 instead of them at -7.5.

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College football legend Brian Bosworth says he supports the controversial 24-team expanded playoff

Sat, 14 Nov 2026 08:23:05 -0500

College football legend Brian Bosworth is a fan of the controversially expanded playoff format.

The 24-team format will begin in the 2027–28 season and run for five seasons, but fans don’t like it because it dilutes the impact of the regular season. However, Bosworth likes the new format because it gives more programs opportunities to compete on bigger stages.

"It just gets bigger and better, and it deserves to be bigger and better because there's so many college programs that deserve the opportunity to show who they are," Bosworth told OutKick in a recent interview.

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The Oklahoma football legend talked about the incredible parity in college football and how top teams lose nearly every weekend . Bosworth also said the expanded playoff gives more fans a reason to stay invested later into the season.

"To expand to include colleges that otherwise would be forgotten. They're on the edge and you say, ‘Oh, maybe next year, maybe next year.’ It gives the fans some more hope. It gives them a dream. It gives them a destination and it keeps their passion alive," Bosworth said.

When asked whether 24 teams realistically have a chance to win the national championship each season, Bosworth said not to discount the longshots.

"There could be 10 or 12 really good teams, but there could be another 10 teams behind them that are just hungry and want an opportunity. So, yeah, it extends the season and it gives more teams an opportunity, but there's something to be said about the long shot or the hungry dog," Bosworth said.

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Mississippi State quarterback Kamario Taylor is returning to the Bulldogs next season on a $7.5 million deal that could reach $9 million with incentives, according to multiple reports. Bosworth has said the exorbitant amounts of money involved in some of these contracts are a "head-scratcher."

"The money has gotten to a point where it's just a head scratcher. I'm a firm believer of putting some fences around it and controlling the fact that not every school is going to have the deep pockets in which to go deep into," Bosworth said.

"I think the fairness of it should be across the board that every team has the same pool so that they can manage the team across the board. Everybody's doing the same thing on the same page and you don't have somebody that's funneling money into it and then you can have these crazy contracts the way they're going about it now."

Bosworth noted that Taylor is an amazing player, but football isn’t a one-man show. If the team doesn’t invest in the players around him, it will struggle to play well.

"But it's not a one-man show (because) great quarterbacks can fail based upon their offensive scheme, the play calling, the injuries on the offensive line. If you've got a defense that's super porous, you know. It really does take a team to be an elite team to get into the conversation to be a championship in the conference and then maybe get to the playoffs," Bosworth said.

Bosworth knows what it takes to have a winning team, as he won the 1985 national championship and three Big Eight titles. He won the Butkus Award as the nation’s top linebacker in both 1985 and 1986. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2015.

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Bringing Fansville to Life

In addition to being a star linebacker during his playing days, Bosworth has also brought the iconic "Sheriff Boz" to life in Dr Pepper commercials. In Norman, Oklahoma, Dr Pepper is bringing Fansville to life with the Dr Pepper Water Tower Park.

More than a landmark, the park gives fans a new gathering place to connect, celebrate gameday traditions and experience a piece of Fansville . Bosworth, who knows the passion of Oklahoma fans well, said bringing Fansville to life is a dream come true.

"It's really a dream come true," Bosworth, who spoke on behalf of Dr Pepper said. "College football is perpetual. It's been with us, it's here now and it will always be with us. And to be part of that is really an honor. And to have Fansville come here and then put up their iconic water tower in a spot, it's just cherry. You couldn't ask for anything better."

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Ben Shapiro warns Democrats have 'strong incentive' to crater the economy and blame Trump

Sat, 14 Nov 2026 08:16:29 -0500

Democrats could be gearing up to undermine the economy and leave President Donald Trump to shoulder the blame, Daily Wire co-founder Ben Shapiro warned this week, raising concerns about the party's agenda following its 2026 midterm victories.

"I think that the Democrats right now have a strong incentive to basically crater the American economy over the course of the next two years and blame President Trump for it," Shapiro told Sean Hannity on the "Hang Out with Sean Hannity" podcast.

Shapiro predicted that Democrats would introduce "affordability bills" that "aren't actually about affordability" and seek to "destroy" the artificial intelligence (AI) industry, as part of what he characterized as a broader effort to undermine Trump's presidency.

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"[The AI industry] is responsible for the vast majority of economic growth in the country right now," Shapiro said.

The warning comes after Democrats' midterm victories, which Shapiro suggested could embolden the party to pursue a more aggressive legislative agenda.

"And they'll do it in the name of populism," he said.

During Thursday's podcast episode, Shapiro also discussed his evolving views on Trump, the rise of antisemitism, the personal security threats he says have affected his family and his outlook on the 2028 presidential race.

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"The only hope that Republicans have is that Democrats will do what Democrats typically do, which is misread the moment, see this as a mandate for radical change..." Shapiro said, discussing Republicans' prospects following the midterm elections.

"You and I have been in this game for a long time, and we've seen a lot of these cycles," he told Hannity.

"And whenever I hear Republicans go, 'Oh, we'll never win again,' I'm old enough to remember when Barack Obama won re-election and then four years later, Donald Trump was taking his seat in the Oval Office," he added.

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Viewers can watch or listen to Sean Hannity's full conversation with Ben Shapiro on the "Hang Out with Sean Hannity" podcast, available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and iHeartRadio.

WWE champion wants no part of the John Cena Classic

Sat, 14 Nov 2026 08:07:12 -0500

John Cena’s namesake pro wrestling showcase will feature some of the best WWE has to offer and give the fans a voice in who takes home a championship belt next month.

Ethan Page, who won the Intercontinental Championship earlier this month over Chad Gable, said he wants no part in it – at least for right now.

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"I think it's silly for you to think that I, as the smartest wrestler in the WWE, would put me in a position that even if I defeat my opponent, I could not win because of the voting fans, who boo me out of every single building that I walk into, and now I'm gonna put the power of my success, on a device where no one has to look me in the eye and tell me that they don't appreciate what I offer," Page told OutKick Dropkick in a recent interview.

"They get to hide in a bathroom stall, or even worse, surround themselves with like-minded idiots. They will all decide that I am not worthy of their vote and then, at the end of this event, some pathetic crybaby who went on a political tour on social media for seven weeks straight, gets voted into victory and my talents are completely ignored. Never mind my talents, my more than likely victory, over some poor schmuck from NXT, will go unrewarded."

WWE fans will get the power to vote for the winner of the John Cena Classic via Club WWE. The winner will get to take home the John Cena Classic Championship.

And, yes, the wrestlers in the competition don’t necessarily have to win their match to win the title.

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Page did clarify, saying he’s happy those in the competition could get an accolade they could be proud of and if he was invited, maybe he would reconsider.

"Now let me answer politically correct. I'm happy that people will get the opportunity to have something in their career they can be proud of," he added. "The only issue is I already do. I am the intercontinental champion, and I am not going to rush to get in line for a free watch and a jacket with another man's name on it, so I can enter a tournament that I will be voted to lose, no matter what.

"Now if I get invited, we'll talk about it then and I will reassess my decisions, but at this very moment, that is my clear-cut stance on the John Cena Classic, and I wish everybody luck. And I hope they manipulate the fan base enough to vote for them, so that they can win and be happy."

The John Cena Classic will take place at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Disney World on Dec. 14. It will be a part of a special double episode of "Monday Night Raw" – the first of which is taking place in Australia following Wrestlepalooza: Perth.

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Cena expanded his field over the course of this week. Cody Rhodes and Zilla Fatu were the first invites. He went to NXT on Tuesday and gave Kelani Jordan, Romeo Moreno and Noam Dar their invitations. On "Friday Night SmackDown," he invited Charlotte Flair, Jacy Jayne, Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid to the competition.

MICHAEL RUIZ: Montauk bikini designer's $50M yacht death lawsuit frozen as owner asks judge for exoneration

Sat, 14 Nov 2026 07:00:53 -0500

The family of an Irish bikini designer found dead aboard a luxe yacht at a high-end New York marina is treading water after a federal judge put their state-level wrongful death lawsuit on hold while the boat's owner seeks exoneration or liability limited to less than 1% of their $50 million demand under maritime law.

Martha Nolan-O'Slatarra was a 33-year-old Irish expat and New York fashion designer – whom police found dead on a 54-foot Sea Ray named "Ripple" at the Montauk Yacht Club in August 2025.

The 61-year-old yacht owner Christopher Durnan, a multimillionaire insurance mogul and investor in the woman's summerwear business, has now turned to federal maritime law in a bid to avoid liability altogether — or cap his potential exposure at $476,942, which his attorneys said is the vessel's appraised value.

"This is a typical delay tactic that is rarely successful and will not be here," said Michael Bowe, a New York attorney representing Nolan-O'Slatarra's family. "Mr. Durnan will soon have to answer to the complaint we are prepared to file and then to sit for his deposition."

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James Mercante, an attorney for Durnan who specializes in maritime law, declined to comment.

Filings like Durnan's are common, according to David Cattie, an attorney based in the U.S. Virgin Islands and another expert on federal maritime law. He said vessel owners have "vastly more protection" at sea than on land, if the facts of the case meet federal criteria.

"But if they are claiming, and can prove, direct involvement or knowledge by the owner, those protections evaporate," he told Fox News Digital.

"In short, he is asking the Court to invoke admiralty’s jurisdiction to stop the state court claims," he said. "He is also asking the Court for exoneration, [the] owner has no liability at all, or limitation, which caps liability and exposure to the value of the vessel post incident."

The federal court battle will focus in part on what's known as "privity," he said — whether the circumstances that allegedly caused or contributed to Nolan-O'Slatarra's death involved something Durnan personally knew about or was responsible for.

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"If the owner was involved in or knew of the defect that caused the harm, he cannot limit his liability to the value of the vessel," he said.

Even though the boat was docked in the marina at the time, it was still legally in what's considered a "navigable waterway," Cattie added.

"If the harm transpired on the vessel, it would be subject to Admiralty jurisdiction," Cattie told Fox News Digital. "If it happened on the dock and the deceased was moved to the vessel, it would probably not."

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Durnan has denied wrongdoing and has not been charged with a crime, and his attorneys have denied any fault or neglect on his part.

According to his federal court filing, Nolan-O'Slatarra was a guest aboard the Ripple on Aug. 4, 2025. Around midnight on Aug. 5, she was unconscious and unresponsive, and Durnan attempted to render aid, according to the filing. Durnan's lawyers wrote that he sought help from people aboard other vessels at the marina. One of them called 911 and another performed CPR on Nolan-O'Slatarra.

"If any fault caused or contributed to the claims for loss, damage and/or fatality, which is denied, such fault, neglect, or want of care was occasioned and occurred without the Petitioner’s privity or knowledge," Durnan's lawyers wrote. "The Petitioner acted reasonably under the circumstances."

Although the wrongful death lawsuit was filed in August, Durnan had not been served with it until Oct. 1, according to court filings. He had not authorized his attorney to accept service on his behalf and could not be found at his waterfront home on New York's Long Island, another one in nearby Garden City, where they saw a Lamborghini registered to his name, or a third in Windham, New York, about 150 miles from New York City, according to Bowe, who represents the designer's estate.

Nolan-O'Slatarra's family faced a 120-day deadline to serve the lawsuit.

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A process server eventually found Durnan at a fourth property — his waterfront vacation home in Lantana, Florida, where they found a Rolls Royce parked outside, according to court records. After a days-long stakeout involving multiple process servers and private investigators, Durnan was finally served, allegedly telling one that he "was surprised it took you so long."

The next day, Durnan turned to a federal judge with his petition to avoid or limit potential liability, court records show.

"When we have trouble serving someone, it's a red flag that something fishy is going on," said Randolph Rice, a Maryland-based attorney and legal analyst. "Ultimately, this maritime maneuver may give the defense a legal lifeline, but it's far from clear whether the argument will float with the federal court."

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Durnan is invoking the same federal maritime law used by the owner of the cargo ship that struck Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge in 2024 in an effort to limit its liability for the disaster, Rice said.

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On Oct. 27, U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein approved Durnan's request to put up the appraised value of the boat as substitute collateral and ordered that related litigation "hereby are restrained, stayed and enjoined until the hearing and determination of this action."

He also gave Nolan-O'Slatarra's family a chance to dispute Durnan's request. The judge set a Jan. 25, 2027, deadline for potential claimants to enter the federal case and challenge Durnan's bid.

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Town of East Hampton police arrived at the Montauk Yacht Club around midnight on Aug. 5, 2025, in response to a report of an unconscious woman aboard Durnan's boat. It was Nolan-O'Slatarra, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

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According to Suffolk County police, forensic pathologists found no signs of violence, but her final cause of death was pending additional investigation.

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However, in a wrongful death lawsuit filed earlier this year, her family alleged Durnan assaulted Nolan-O'Slatarra or otherwise engaged in grossly negligent, reckless and wanton conduct that caused her injuries and death.

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"The EMTs, when they arrived, found blood in her mouth. On her chest, on her head, and they believe behind her, behind her head," Bowe told Fox News Digital in August.

Ford privacy promise raises questions about your car data

Sat, 14 Nov 2026 08:00:55 -0500

Your car probably knows more about you than you realize. It can track where you drive, how fast you go and whether something under the hood needs attention. Depending on the vehicle, that information may also travel back to the manufacturer. And chances are, you haven't spent much time thinking about who gets to see it.

Now, Ford wants to put those privacy concerns in the spotlight. On Nov. 2, the automaker announced a new Ford privacy promise designed to give drivers more transparency and control over their personal information. The company also says it won't sell data about how customers drive to insurance companies or data brokers.

That sounds encouraging. But there's a catch worth understanding. Turning off certain data-sharing settings could also mean losing some of the connected features you've come to rely on. So how much privacy can you get without giving up the technology you paid for?

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What is Ford's new privacy promise?

Ford says its new privacy initiative will make it easier for drivers to understand what information their vehicles collect and how the company uses it. The automaker has also launched a dedicated data and privacy website where owners can learn about their options. The announcement centers on several commitments. Ford says it designs its products with privacy in mind and wants customers to have clearer information about their choices. It also promises to respect the privacy settings drivers select. Perhaps the biggest commitment involves what happens to driving information. Ford specifically says it does not sell data about how customers drive to insurance companies or data brokers.

However, that promise does not mean Ford stops collecting connected vehicle data altogether. The company still uses information from equipped vehicles to operate services and improve its technology. Ford's chief privacy officer, Kristin Jones, explained to TechCrunch that the company wants to build greater trust by helping customers understand its data practices. The effort comes as Ford prepares to introduce more connected vehicles, including models built on its upcoming universal electric vehicle platform. Importantly, many of Ford's privacy controls already existed. The new initiative focuses on making those controls easier to understand and find.

What information can your Ford collect?

Modern Ford vehicles can generate a surprising amount of information. Exactly what gets collected depends on your model, its connected features and the privacy settings you select.

For example, Ford says equipped connected vehicles may share information about:

Vehicle location: Precise location information that can support navigation and roadside assistance.
Driving behavior: Information about speed, braking and how the vehicle is operated.
Vehicle health: Diagnostic information, including tire pressure, fuel levels and possible mechanical problems.
Vehicle identification: Details such as your vehicle identification number (VIN) and software information.

There are practical benefits to some of this sharing. Vehicle diagnostics can help identify maintenance problems earlier. Location information can support roadside assistance or help you find your parked car. Ford also says it may use connected vehicle data to improve future technologies. With your consent, certain information can support personalization and relevant offers. Still, your driving habits can reveal personal details about your daily routine. That's why understanding which settings are enabled deserves your attention.

Why Ford's privacy promise comes at a critical time

Ford's announcement follows increased scrutiny of how automakers handle customer information. On Oct. 29, a coalition of 36 attorneys general announced a $220 million settlement with General Motors over allegations involving drivers' personal information. The states alleged that GM collected and sold driving behavior and location data to third parties, including data brokers that supplied information to insurance companies.

According to the state attorneys general, some insurers used that information when calculating insurance rates. The settlement requires GM to obtain affirmative, express consent before collecting or disclosing covered driving and location data. GM previously discontinued its Smart Driver program. The case shows why vehicle privacy has become such a sensitive issue. Drivers may agree to connected features without fully understanding how much information those systems collect.

We've explored similar concerns in our CyberGuy article, Is it worth saving money to let a car insurance company track your every move? Insurance monitoring programs can offer savings, but drivers should understand what information they are agreeing to share. Against that backdrop, Ford's public commitment could help set expectations for how automakers handle sensitive driving information.

The privacy tradeoff that could affect your Ford's features

Ford says customers can turn off connected vehicle data sharing. However, doing so may affect some of the features that make newer vehicles convenient. Depending on your Ford model, equipment and which settings you disable, you could lose access to:

Remote start: Starting your vehicle through the Ford app.
Connected navigation: Receiving real-time traffic information and other online navigation services.
Vehicle location: Checking where your car is parked through the app.
BlueCruise: Using Ford's available hands-free highway driving assistance system.
Software updates: Receiving certain vehicle updates over the air.
Connected roadside assistance: Accessing services that depend on a vehicle data connection or location sharing.

The exact impact depends on which settings you disable and the technology installed in your vehicle. Turning off all vehicle connectivity can affect more features than changing individual data-sharing preferences. Some features can continue working even when connected vehicle data sharing is disabled. Ford says features such as Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility can continue working without sharing connected vehicle data with Ford. Local Bluetooth connections and regular radio playback can also remain available.

Of course, availability depends on your vehicle's equipment and software. Before turning anything off, check which services your particular Ford needs. Disabling one optional sharing preference does not automatically disable every connected feature. And remember, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto use smartphone technology. Your phone and its apps may have their own data collection settings that you'll want to review separately.

How to change your Ford's privacy settings

Ford gives owners several ways to review their data-sharing preferences. You can manage vehicle connectivity through the car's touchscreen. The Ford app and your online Ford account provide additional controls for certain uses of your information.

Check privacy settings inside your Ford

Start with the vehicle parked safely. Ford recommends that owners of vehicles built in 2018 or later review their connected vehicle settings.

On your vehicle's center touchscreen, open Settings.
Look for Vehicle Connectivity or the available Privacy and Data Sharing settings.
Review the available options for Vehicle Data, Driving Data and Vehicle Location.
Turn off any optional sharing you do not want enabled.
Read any warning that appears before confirming a change.

Menu names and available controls vary by Ford model and infotainment system. If you want to stop sharing connected vehicle data with Ford, the company says to find Vehicle Connectivity in your vehicle's settings and turn it off. However, this broader change can limit connected services and other features. Ford provides additional guidance through its official privacy settings page.

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Change privacy preferences in the Ford app

You can also adjust certain information-sharing preferences through the Ford app on your smartphone.

Open the Ford app.
Tap the account icon on the home screen.
Scroll to Settings and select Legal and privacy.
Tap Privacy and data sharing.
Select Set Preferences under Manage Data with Ford or Manage Data with Third Parties.
Under Manage Data with Ford, review the available Personalization and Marketing settings for vehicle and driving data.
Adjust the preferences you want to change.

Ford also provides controls related to Google Maps in the app and certain preferred dealer notifications. Keep in mind that the app's personalization and marketing controls are separate from the vehicle's main connectivity controls. Changing one does not necessarily change the other. If you own more than one Ford, review each vehicle's settings separately.

Review what Ford already knows about you

You may also want to find out what personal information Ford already holds. The company provides options to request access to personal data and seek corrections or deletion, subject to applicable privacy laws and exceptions. You can find those options through Ford's privacy notice.

If you're selling or trading in your Ford, perform a factory reset to remove stored personal information from the vehicle. Ford says this can erase saved addresses, connected accounts and programmed garage door opener codes. You should also make sure the vehicle is disconnected from your Ford account. Depending on its connectivity equipment, you may need to remove the vehicle's VIN from your account as well. Simply deleting the Ford app will not stop vehicle data sharing. However, that reset will not erase data the company already received. Any request to delete that information must be handled separately.

Does Ford's promise mean your data stays completely private?

There's an important point worth keeping in mind. Ford's commitment about selling driving behavior data to brokers and insurers is specific. It does not prohibit every form of data collection or disclosure. Ford's privacy notice describes circumstances in which information may be shared with service providers or other parties. It also addresses disclosures made in response to valid legal requests. Meanwhile, Ford offers personalization and marketing settings that deserve a separate review. And even though Ford says it doesn't sell driving behavior data to insurance companies, that doesn't mean an insurer can't collect information about how you drive through a separate smartphone app or a voluntary insurance monitoring program.

There are also exceptions to Ford's privacy controls. The company says it may collect vehicle location data in certain circumstances even when location sharing is turned off. These can include legal requirements, emergencies and protection of property. Vehicles equipped with the Ford Security Package may also share location information when a Theft Alert is triggered.

So even with Ford's new promise, I would still encourage drivers to examine their individual settings. A company can make a meaningful privacy commitment while continuing to collect information needed for its services. And if you're shopping for a new vehicle, consider privacy before making the purchase.

What this means to you

If you own a newer Ford, this announcement gives you a good reason to check your privacy settings. You may discover that your vehicle shares more information than you expected. You might also find settings you can disable without affecting the features you enjoy. However, you should understand the tradeoff before switching off all connectivity. Losing remote access or other useful services could be inconvenient, especially if you rely on them regularly.

The same advice applies if you drive another brand. Take a few minutes to find your manufacturer's privacy settings and learn what information your vehicle shares. You can explore the broader privacy concerns in our article, What your car knows about you and could be telling the world. Ultimately, knowing what your car collects gives you a better chance of controlling your personal information.

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Kurt's key takeaways

I like seeing Ford make a public commitment about protecting driving data. Especially after what we've learned about how vehicle information can end up in the hands of insurance companies. But here's what I keep coming back to. When you spend tens of thousands of dollars on a vehicle, how much of your personal information should you have to share to enjoy the features you already paid for? I understand why Ford needs certain data to make connected technology work. Real-time traffic updates can be useful. So can getting an alert before a mechanical problem leaves you stranded. But I also think automakers need to make privacy choices much easier to understand. Drivers shouldn't have to dig through complicated menus to figure out what's happening with their information. Ford's promise is encouraging, and I hope other manufacturers pay attention. The real test will be how well these commitments hold up as vehicles become even more connected.

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GOP midterm bloodbath exposes cracks in Vance's 2028 White House ambitions

Sat, 14 Nov 2026 08:00:38 -0500

Vice President JD Vance has long been viewed as President Donald Trump's heir apparent, but a string of developments following Republicans' bruising midterm losses is raising new questions about his potential path to the White House in 2028.

Vance is facing criticism from some Republicans over his explanation for the party's election defeats, particularly his decision to blame the Iran war. Meanwhile, other prominent Republicans are beginning to draw support for potential 2028 bids, complicating the political picture for the vice president.

The political debate follows a devastating election for Republicans, who lost their majorities in both chambers of Congress beginning next year, with at least 30 GOP House members losing their races. The losses have prompted competing explanations from within the party over what went wrong and what Republicans should do differently.

Some of Vance's allies have reportedly urged him to consider sitting out the 2028 race following the midterm losses, The Wall Street Journal reported Nov. 7. However, others close to the vice president still expect him to run, The Washington Post reported Friday, underscoring the uncertainty surrounding his political future.

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A Vance ally pushed back on suggestions that the midterm losses have diminished his 2028 prospects, saying the vice president will decide whether to run on his own timeline.

The ally also argued that Vance would be better served by winning a competitive Republican primary than being handed the nomination, expressing confidence in his ability to prevail if he runs.

In a Nov. 4 post on X, Vance identified several concerns among voters who abandoned Republicans, including inflation, America First priorities and the U.S. relationship with Israel, but singled out the Iran war as the main reason for the party's defeats.

"The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night," Vance wrote, adding that Republicans needed to acknowledge the political cost of the conflict as they consider where to go next.

The post drew sharp criticism from Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., who told Fox' LiveNOW in a Nov. 8 interview that he would not support Vance in a potential 2028 presidential primary.

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"I definitively will not be supporting the vice president in that nominating contest," Fine said, comparing Vance's remarks to rhetoric from "1932 Germany."

Fine, who is Jewish, accused Vance of blaming Jewish people for the Republican losses, pointing to his criticism of the war and the pollster's finding that some voters wanted a change in America's relationship with Israel.

Vance did not explicitly blame Jewish people in his post, and his office previously declined to respond to Fine's characterization.

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Some Republicans are already expressing support for possible alternatives to Vance. Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., told Fox News Digital after the midterms that he was "all in" for Secretary of State Marco Rubio, describing him as a potential unifying figure for Republicans following their election losses.

Rubio is among several prominent Republicans whose names have surfaced as possible 2028 presidential contenders, along with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.

Former Vice President Mike Pence also disputed Vance's explanation for Republicans' midterm losses, arguing in an exclusive Fox News Digital interview Thursday that voters had grown frustrated not because Trump launched the Iran war, but because his administration failed to finish it.

"There's no question that the war in Iran became a frustration for millions of Americans, but it wasn't because President Trump started the war or took on Iran. It's because we stopped short and didn't finish it," Pence said. "As Americans saw the politics of appeasement that the administration embraced, one negotiation after another, I think people became ... frustrated with the lack of progress, frustrated with the price of fuel at the pump."

Trump, meanwhile, has publicly defended Vance's assessment of the midterms, rejecting suggestions that the remarks damaged their relationship.

"No, not at all," Trump told reporters Sunday when asked whether Vance's comments had strained their relationship, according to The Hill.

But the president also stood by his decision to launch the war, arguing that he would make the same choice again despite the political fallout.

Donald Trump Jr. also backed Vance's assessment, writing "Every word of this is [100 emojis]" in response to his Nov. 4 post on X.

On Thursday, Trump directed Vance to focus his attention on alleged corruption and crime in Democratic-led cities and states rather than pursuing negotiations with Iran, declaring that the United States no longer needed a deal with Tehran.

Vance had played a central role in diplomatic efforts involving Iran, including negotiations over a short-lived truce earlier this year.

"The Blue States, such as Minnesota, California, Illinois, and many more, are all poorly run, corrupt disasters," Trump wrote in the post. "Billions of Dollars is being stolen each and every month. Our Budget could be quickly BALANCED with the correction of this large scale criminal activity. CORRUPTION is in the Democrat Leadership’s blood!"

"We don’t need a deal with Iran. Those days have long since passed. We’ve got their money, Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, and we’ve got their Strait!" the president continued.

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Trump has previously signaled support for Vance as his potential successor, telling donors during an Oval Office meeting over the summer that Republicans needed to elect the vice president in 2028, Fox News Digital reported at the time.

But Trump has stopped short of publicly endorsing Vance, and the president has continued to leave open the possibility of other Republicans entering the race.

When asked on Nov. 4 whether he had talked about a prospective 2028 White House run with Vance, Trump replied that the two discuss "a lot of things," Axios reported. Trump added: "Maybe he [Vance] won't run. I don't know who's going to run."

Still, Vance told Mark Halperin in an October interview that he believes Trump would back him if he jumps into the presidential race, ABC 7 reported.

"I really have not made up my mind about what to do in 2028. I just haven't focused on it. We, you, and I have talked about that. Look, I think if I run, the president will endorse me," Vance said during the interview.

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Stroke survivors get FDA-approved daily pill shown to cut repeat risk by 26%

Sat, 14 Nov 2026 08:00:31 -0500

The FDA has approved Sunharbo (asundexian) to reduce the risks of a recurring stroke in some adults.

The medication is taken as one 50-mg pill each day, along with standard blood-clot-preventing medicine, such as aspirin.

It is designed to lower the risk of another stroke in adults who recently had a stroke caused by a blood clot (not a heart-related clot) or a mini-stroke (transient ischemic attack, or TIA), which is a temporary interruption of blood flow to the brain, according to the FDA release.

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Sunharbo is the first medication of its kind to block a specific protein in the blood (factor XIa) that helps blood clots form.

"This blocks a very specific protein that’s part of the cascade of blood clotting," Dr. Richard Kovacs, a cardiologist at Indiana University School of Medicine and chief medical officer of the American College of Cardiology, told Fox News Digital.

Approval followed a phase 3 randomized trial involving 12,327 patients across 37 countries, all of whom had a recent non-cardioembolic ischemic stroke or high-risk TIA.

Among those who took 50 mg of asundexian orally once daily plus antiplatelet therapy for a period of 14.2 months, there was a 26% relative reduction in ischemic stroke compared to groups who took a placebo along with antiplatelet therapy.

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Although there was not a significant overall increase in major bleeding, the risk of that side effect was higher in certain subgroups. However, gastrointestinal bleeding was more common with asundexian, and major bleeding was increased among patients older than 75 during the first 90 days.

Patients who took asundexian also had a lower risk of stroke, heart attack or death compared with those who received a placebo.

About 6.6% of patients taking asundexian experienced a stroke, compared with 8.8% in the placebo group.

"So it doesn’t completely eliminate the risk of a second stroke," Kovacs said.

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The risk of death from heart-related causes, heart attack or stroke was also lower among patients taking asundexian (9.2% versus 11.1%).

Similarly, 10.5% of patients taking the medication experienced death from any cause, compared with 12.3% of those receiving a placebo.

The findings were published in The New England Journal of Medicine on Nov. 9.

The trial, which was funded by Bayer, the manufacturer of asundexian, had several limitations.

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Because patients were treated for an average of about 14 months, long-term safety and effectiveness of the medication are unclear.

The study also excluded patients with certain heart conditions and those with more severe strokes.

"Importantly, this drug is not for patients who have had strokes due to atrial fibrillation or due to a valve problem in their heart," Kovacs said.

Longer-term studies are needed to identify safety and effectiveness among older patients, underrepresented populations and patients with greater stroke severity, the researchers noted.

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Kovacs emphasized that patients should discuss the medication with their care team soon after a stroke.

"In the clinical trial that approved this drug, this drug was given very soon after the stroke – within 72 hours," he said. "So it’s important to have that conversation about whether this is a drug for the patient early on, often in the hospital."

Medication is only one part of preventing another stroke, the cardiologist emphasized.

"The cause of the stroke in many of these patients was atherosclerosis," he said, describing the condition as "plaque buildup that can cause circulation problems and the lack of blood flow to the brain."

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"So it’s important for any stroke patient to do all the other things that you can do in addition to this medicine to prevent a second stroke – like stopping smoking, keeping your cholesterol low, eating healthy, and most importantly, getting exercise."

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More than 795,000 people in the U.S. have a stroke each year, including about 185,000 who have had one before, according to the CDC.

About one in four stroke survivors experiences another within five years.

THAD ROTHROCK: Bible reminds us to keep serving God even after we retire

Sat, 14 Nov 2026 08:00:09 -0500

Culture may see retirement as a time to step back, but Scripture never suggests that our calling retires with us.

In fact, the psalmist prayed, "Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come." (Psalm 71:18 NIV)

Even in his old age, the psalmist petitioned God for more time on earth to continue living out the calling set before him and to declare the truths of God to the generations who will follow.

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Contrary to what culture says, one’s role in the community becomes most urgent in his later years. Paul told Titus the same thing and instructed older believers to teach what is good and train those younger than them. Neither the psalmist nor the Apostle Paul considered age as a legitimate reason to pull back; rather, both considered it the qualification for stepping further in.

It can be easy to treat retirement from a career as retirement from the church as well, as though stepping down from a job also means stepping away from service. The transition is gentle. A person might move from active participation in ministry to being on its prayer list, from teaching a class to sitting in the back row.

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While the shift away from a lifetime of active service in the community is well-intentioned, treating retirement as a phasing out opposes what Scripture prescribes for older churchgoers, which is to draw even closer to the younger generations.

When elder believers draw from deep reservoirs of life experience and Spirit-led sanctification to counsel younger or more immature believers, they’re faithful to the charge by the Apostle Paul to see to it that all can be presented mature in Christ (Colossians 1:28-29). In fact, the church has benefited from and treasured this kind of discipleship for centuries.

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The practical case follows directly from the theological one. A congregation losing its younger members to another church or to religious disaffiliation may not be because of a lack of programming. It may be that folks leave because of a lack of engaged older mentors.

The generation now entering retirement has spent decades leading households, raising children, weathering seasons of doubt and staying in the church through it all. They don’t lack wisdom. They just lack the opportunity to extend it to the rest of the congregation.

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Barna Group found that 77% of adults 55 and older have a close relationship with someone younger, but only 19% of Christians say their church provides opportunities for people from different generations to connect. Yet, young adults say the top social reason they come to church is to build deeper relationships with other Christians.

So, what would it look like for aged wisdom to be championed within a community?

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Senior living communities like ours offer a glimpse of what this can look like lived out. Residents lead the choirs at their life plan communities rather than simply attending them. They volunteer in chaplaincy work alongside our caregivers, sitting with residents who are further along in illness or grief than they are. They chair resident associations and continue serving in leadership roles at their home churches. None of this is unusual for them. It is simply what continues when nobody has told them their season of contribution is over.

Congregations bear fruit when they deliberately recognize this opportunity, rather than assume it will happen on its own. Mentorship can be built into structure, rather than left to whoever happens to volunteer. A church that wants its retirees mentoring its twentysomethings will bear new fruit when it asks for it directly, pairs people intentionally and treats that pairing as real ministry work rather than a nice idea.

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This can look as simple as an established deacon walking a new one through a hard pastoral visit, or a retired teacher counseling a young couple through their first year of marriage. The alternative — leaving it informal — can easily become the same thing as not asking at all.

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Scripture never frames old age as a countdown to irrelevance. It frames it as the season with the most to declare and the least time left to declare it in, which makes this time of life more urgent, not less. The picture of retirement that most congregations envision, a quiet transition into rest and gratitude, was never the biblical picture. Even in the psalmist's telling, old age comes with an assignment, not a discharge from one.

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Our retired churchgoers don’t just have time on their hands, but — what’s even more beneficial to their congregations — plenty left to give, and no shortage of people who need their wisdom and experience. The question now becomes: Will the church call on its older members to step into this crucial role?

Media can’t muster any outrage or coverage of violent comments from the left

Sat, 14 Nov 2026 08:00:03 -0500

In spite of all the thrills traveling up the legs of the broadcast news veterans over the "blue tsunami" of the midterms, not everyone on the left is celebrating the victories with class and civility. But when leftists engage in the nastiest speech, they know that their liberal friends will carefully edit that out.

The elitist networks will pretend that kindness, compassion and decency are hallmarks of their progressive movement. That’s why the nastiest speech must be hidden. None of the broadcast networks touched any of this.

The conservative media exploded in outrage over podcaster Jennifer Welch and her sidekick Angie "Pumps" Sullivan when they laughed uproariously over a joke about the Charlie Kirk assassination. Welch and Sullivan starred in a Bravo reality series called "Sweet Home Oklahoma." Their podcast is called "I’ve Had It," and conservatives have definitely had it with their ugly speech. But their YouTube channel has over 1.8 million subscribers.

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On Nov. 5, they were reading comments from their fans in an episode titled "Drinking MAGA Tears." Welch announced: "Dead Moroz says, ‘we’re digging up Charlie Kirk and doing it again.’" They bowed their heads in laughter for 10 seconds. Sullivan felt it necessary to add, "Other than he was shot by somebody that was super-MAGA," and Welch echoed, "He was shot by a MAGA person." Late night host Jimmy Kimmel’s lie keeps getting repeated.

Collin Rugg’s clip of this bilge on X has more than 7 million views and more than 19,000 likes.

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Welch is a popular figure, not only on her podcast, but on other liberal podcasts, where hosts think her nastiness is a balm. On Instagram, former CNN anchor Don Lemon touted her appearance on his show with the question: "In need of a political detox?" In Lemon’s head, it’s a purging of toxins to be toxic.

Two days after the Welch giggles, comedian Dave Chappelle seconded that nasty emotion on the stage of his "Karmageddon" tour stop at Madison Square Garden: "It’s scary being a public speaker. Ever since that guy Charlie Kirk got murdered, and I shouldn’t say this publicly but … I feel better." There were laughs and scattered applause. "I know I shouldn’t say that, but it’s just a feeling," he added. "I just be driving around, like, ‘Why am I in such a good mood … oh!"

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Then Chappelle concluded with the vision of Kirk in hell: "I’m sure Charlie Kirk is looking up at us right now, laughing so hard he can’t breathe." Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe delivered a nearly identical punchline about George Floyd in May at a roast for Kevin Hart.

Back in April, National Public Radio celebrated Chappelle in a long "Newsmakers" interview for YouTube – in large part because he donated a cool $5 million to the NPR station in Dayton, Ohio. Chappelle boasted about comedians: "We're like a nation's kidney. We help everyone metabolize not just facts but feelings around facts or ideas." Is that what the dead Charlie Kirk jokes do? Purify the body politic?

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Charlie’s widow Erika Kirk responded bluntly on X: "To see leftist podcasters, comedians, and commentators laugh about political assassination as though it’s entertainment and the destruction of a human life is a punchline, is beyond disgusting. … A culture that laughs at assassination is one of profound moral decay."

But most people didn’t see the leftists laugh. The same broadcast networks that routinely treat the president’s Truth Social posts as overwrought and uncivil couldn’t locate these clips. It's not "newsworthy" when the left is vicious.

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So, there’s assassination commentary, and then there’s execution commentary. Scott Galloway, a prominent multi-millionaire New York University professor and podcaster, acidly expressed that Elon Musk should be executed as a "traitor to the West." Why? Because his company Space X restricted Starlink satellite internet speeds in Ukraine last month. Musk said using Starlink "for offensive drone strikes to kill people has never been allowed."

Galloway argued this led to Ukrainian civilian deaths and proclaimed on his "Prof G" podcast: "And my question is, or my thesis is, we took the Rosenbergs and put them up against a wall and executed them for being traitors. And I realize this is an incendiary statement, but I’ll make it, and I believe it."

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On a recent episode of the "Pivot" podcast with co-host Kara Swisher, Galloway repeated it: "We lined up the Rosenbergs against a wall. This is a traitor to the West, and he should be held to the same standards as every other traitor in the West."

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Shortly after this, Galloway claimed that he hated Musk so much that he sold his Tesla, but not before defecating in the passenger seat. These unhinged haters are the people that media elites would like you to consider the enlightened voices of a brighter future.

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Natalee Holloway's confessed killer caught trying to extort $250K from grieving mother in FBI sting video

Sat, 14 Nov 2026 08:00:02 -0500

Joran van der Sloot spent years tormenting Natalee Holloway's family with a tangled web of lies. But behind closed doors, the convicted killer was playing an even more sinister game.

Now, previously unseen video from an FBI sting reveals just how far he was willing to go to exploit a grieving mother's desperate search for answers. The Netflix true crime docuseries "Taken: Natalee Holloway," co-directed by Dani Sloane and Matthew Galkin, features video of the 2010 sting operation showing the Dutch national attempting to extort money from Holloway's family.

"His brazenness stood out to me, the fact that he's sitting across from lawyer John Q. Kelly, and he's going 'Can I have a soda? It's so hot outside, I had to wait for a cab,'" Sloane told Fox News Digital. "He's having a casual conversation while he's extorting the mother of his victim for money, for information that only he knows. It's astonishing. You really don't often get to look at a perpetrator like that. He feels really cavalier and he's just casual about the whole thing."

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"It’s pretty haunting to see," Sloane added.

Holloway, 18, disappeared on May 30, 2005, while she was on a graduation trip in Aruba with her high school classmates. She was last seen leaving a bar with van der Sloot, a student at an international school on the Caribbean island where he grew up.

Van der Sloot, long suspected in connection with her disappearance, was never charged with her murder. A judge declared Holloway dead in 2012, but her body was never found.

Nearly five years after Holloway's disappearance, van der Sloot emailed Kelly, an attorney for Holloway's mother, Beth Holloway, the film revealed. For $250,000, he offered to provide information about Holloway's death and the whereabouts of her remains.

Kelly and van der Sloot agreed to meet at a hotel in Aruba in May 2010, where Kelly would hand over a $25,000 deposit in exchange for the information, starting with $10,000 in cash. By then, according to the documentary, van der Sloot had changed his story about what happened to the Alabama teen roughly 40 times.

"Joran went on TV countless times and continued to tell slightly different fabricated stories," Sloane said.

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"I think it's probably an even higher number than that. We did our own approximations and it's a pretty staggering number of different stories he told, even just small details he changed within the storytelling about what happened that night. It's astonishing. I've been doing this for a really long time, but I personally have never seen anything like this where it's very clear who did this."

"He is so masterful at evading law enforcement and evading consequences by just outright lying," Sloane added.

According to the film, Beth agreed to give van der Sloot $25,000 because she believed it was her chance to finally learn what happened to her daughter from the man she had long suspected of killing her. She was on standby at an Alabama bank, ready to wire the remaining $15,000 as soon as van der Sloot signed their agreement.

Beth subsequently wired the remaining $15,000 to van der Sloot's bank account, bringing the initial payment to $25,000.

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Before the meeting, Kelly had contacted the FBI, which worked with police in Aruba to secretly record the exchange in hopes of building a criminal case against van der Sloot.

The previously unreleased video of the exchange shows Kelly handing over $10,000.

"To be completely honest, for me, the biggest deal is the 225 afterwards," van der Sloot tells Kelly in the recording. "Did you put in the contract that that would be paid within a month?"

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Kelly said yes and van der Sloot signed the agreement.

In the docuseries, Kelly explained that van der Sloot was never going to receive the remaining $225,000.

"If he disclosed Natalee's whereabouts then he was going to be arrested for it," Kelly explained. "And if he didn't disclose what happened to Natalee, he was going to get arrested anyway for extortion or fraud."

Van der Sloot then took Kelly to a nearby house, claiming Holloway's body had been buried in the foundation while the home was under construction.

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"It's honestly a horrific thing to watch," Sloane said. "Just to see how that conversation played out is really stunning."

Investigators determined the information was false. But before U.S. authorities could file charges against van der Sloot, he left Aruba for Peru.

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Van der Sloot's trail of lies was about to take an even deadlier turn. On May 30, 2010, exactly five years after Holloway's disappearance, van der Sloot murdered 21-year-old Stephany Flores Ramírez in his hotel room in Lima, Peru.

According to the film, van der Sloot told investigators he attacked Flores Ramírez after she discovered information about Holloway's disappearance on his laptop. He beat and strangled her.

In July 2014, van der Sloot married Leidy Figueroa, a Peruvian woman. They later had a daughter.

In the film, retired FBI special agent Alexandra Montilla recalled an encounter in which the "charismatic" van der Sloot told her about a pet rabbit he shared with his daughter. According to Montilla's account, the rabbit scratched his daughter while she was petting it. Montilla said van der Sloot told her that he grabbed the animal and "ripped his head off."

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"I've dealt with a lot of criminals and, as a female, I thought this is probably one of the most dangerous ones," Montilla said.

Sloane said Montilla still vividly remembers the encounter.

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"It really lives in her memory," Sloane said. "It's something that stands out to her out of all the offenders and perpetrators she has spent time with. It counts a lot when a seasoned member of the FBI is horrified by something."

In June 2023, van der Sloot was temporarily transferred from Peru to the United States to face federal extortion and wire fraud charges stemming from his 2010 scheme targeting Beth. On Oct. 18, 2023, he pleaded guilty to both charges in federal court in Alabama and was sentenced to 20 years in prison, to be served concurrently with his Peruvian prison sentence.

If van der Sloot is released from prison in Peru before completing his U.S. sentence, he would serve the remaining time in the United States.

As part of his plea agreement, van der Sloot also confessed to killing Holloway in 2005. The convicted killer said he struck her in the head with a cinder block after she rejected his sexual advances, then disposed of her body in the ocean. This time, Beth said she believed he was telling the truth.

"This case was difficult to solve," Sloane said. "There were no forensics to speak of. Natalee’s remains were never found and have never been found to this day. All of this hinged on dealing with Joran. It was incredibly difficult for anyone that was interrogating him to pin him down. He was good at spinning a story. This was someone who told years of stories, one more outlandish than the next about what happened to Natalee."

Beth spent nearly two decades seeking answers about her daughter's disappearance and now advocates for other families of missing people. Sloane said that while Beth finally has answers about Holloway's death, she continues to live with the loss of her daughter every day.

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"I think Natalee would be proud of all of us," Beth says in the film. "I think Joran tangled with the wrong girl."

Play Sunday or forfeit: Oklahoma AD rips SEC commissioner over controversial Ole Miss FAA scheduling decision

Sat, 14 Nov 2026 07:53:02 -0500

BATON ROUGE, La. - The FAA ground stop ended Friday night. The drama in the SEC was just getting started, over scheduling.

After a nationwide air travel shutdown left college football teams scrambling to reach their destinations, a bitter dispute erupted over the Oklahoma–Ole Miss game in Norman.

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From Washington to Tennessee, multiple schools were set to take off on Friday afternoon for their Saturday games, which involved teams getting on their respective charter flights, only to be told they'd have to deplane due to the FAA groundstop.

This included the Texas Longhorns, who were scheduled to play LSU on Saturday night here in Baton Rouge.

Once the ground stop lifted, some teams managed to get back in the air. Kickoff times shifted where necessary, and schools worked to salvage their Saturday schedules.

But Ole Miss remained grounded in Oxford. And Oklahoma wanted answers.

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Within the SEC, a battle was brewing between Ole Miss and Oklahoma regarding their scheduled kickoff on Saturday afternoon in Norman.

After being forced to deplane Friday, Ole Miss players and staff returned to the football facility to await word on when they could leave for Norman.

When the FAA lifted the ground stop, the Rebels prepared to head back to the airport. But another problem emerged: Their charter operator could no longer accommodate a Friday night departure.

According to sources, flight crew duty limits were part of the issue, leaving Ole Miss without a crew available to complete the trip that night.

Early Saturday morning, the SEC released a statement regarding the situation, which it says also was due to the Rebels not being able to depart Oxford until late Saturday afternoon.

"The Ole Miss football team was unable to depart Oxford Friday night due to the FAA ground stoppage," the SEC said in a statement. "After the stoppage was lifted, a late-night departure could not be accommodated by the charter company with which Ole Miss was contracted and the team’s departure has been delayed until Saturday afternoon."

That explanation did little to ease the anger in Norman.

Sooners blast Greg Sankey over Sunday game or forfeit ultimatum

Oklahoma officials wanted the game played Saturday, even if that meant moving kickoff into the evening.

During multiple calls with the SEC and Ole Miss on Friday night, the Sooners made their objections clear. According to Oklahoma athletic director Roger Denny, it was commissioner Greg Sankey who ultimately made it clear that the decision was final.

Denny released a very pointed statement early Saturday morning, pointing out that Sankey told them that it was either play on Sunday or forfeit the game against Ole Miss.

"We were told that Ole Miss explored every avenue to travel to Norman and play on Saturday as planned. But, unlike every other team traveling for competition tomorrow, they were unable to find a solution," Oklahoma AD Roger Denny noted. "After multiple conversations with the league office, Commissioner Sankey informed us of his decision to move our game to Sunday, over our strong objection. After continued discussions, he further informed us that our failure to play on Sunday at the directed time would result in a forfeit.

"Rescheduling the game has a significant impact, particularly on our fans. Those who have made travel arrangements, accommodations, and personal plans around a Saturday game now face unnecessary disruption and hardship. Their time, commitment and investment deserve greater consideration than they were afforded in the conference's decision tonight."

Fans left scrambling as Oklahoma–Ole Miss showdown gets extra juice

Texas, Tennessee and others across college football were among the teams able to reach their destinations Friday night, so Ole Miss will face plenty of questions from frustrated Oklahoma fans about why the Rebels couldn't do the same.

That comparison alone doesn't establish that Ole Miss had another workable option. To be fair, different charter arrangements and crew availability can produce different outcomes.

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But, when an athletic director says that his team was forced to go along with the conference's decision against their will, it's not hard to understand why the Oklahoma football program would feel more than agitated.

"I understand that difficult decisions sometimes must be made under extraordinary circumstances," Sooners AD Roger Denny continued. "But those decisions must also consider the impact on everyone involved. Put simply, this decision isn't fair to our athletes, our institution, or to Sooner Nation.

"But we've been given no other choice. We are obligated to play the game when directed, but we remain steadfast in our belief that the wrong outcome was reached this evening."

I think it's fair to say that Ole Miss and Oklahoma will not be sharing Christmas cards this year, and Saturday's game will have some extra juice to it.

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As for the rest of this bizarre weekend, I headed down to my Baton Rouge hotel lobby for a bottle of water around 12:30 a.m., only to run into Texas coach Steve Sarkisian and quarterback Arch Manning.

An elevator ride with Longhorns defensive coordinator Will Muschamp helped put a bow on a Friday that college football won't soon forget.

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Texas had made it to Baton Rouge, Tennessee made it to College Station, and other college football teams will leave on Saturday morning and play on the same day, while Ole Miss will still be waiting to leave Oxford.

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Assuming this weekend has run out of surprises.

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One industry surged DC lobbying 337% under Trump — here’s what’s driving the push

Sat, 14 Nov 2026 07:30:39 -0500

FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump has made tariffs a centerpiece of his trade agenda, and businesses are spending more on D.C. bureaucrats to help navigate those rules.

Rachel Greszler, who authored a new report from Advancing American Freedom (AAF), said companies are paying lobbyists to seek exemptions from tariffs instead of using that money to grow their businesses, hire workers or raise wages.

A new report from former Vice President Mike Pence's group found that lobbying disclosures mention tariffs rising 239% in the third quarter of 2026 compared with the same period in 2024. The total spending reported on those filings jumped 337%, though it may include lobbying on issues beyond tariffs.

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"Affordability is top of mind for many Americans," Greszler told Fox News Digital, arguing that changing tariffs are raising costs, threatening jobs and squeezing paychecks.

Businesses are responding by stepping up their lobbying efforts. Fourteen organizations spent more than $1 million on lobbying in the third quarter, up from two in the same quarter of 2024. Another 105 spent more than $100,000, compared with 26 two years earlier.

Tariffs may also be affecting prices consumers pay.

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Federal Reserve Bank of New York researchers estimated they added 2.9 percentage points to prices across the consumer goods they studied, including imported and U.S.-made products.

Greszler warned that small businesses unable to afford lobbyists to seek tariff exclusions could be forced to scale back or close.

Trump has defended tariffs as a central part of his trade agenda, arguing they will strengthen U.S. manufacturing and bring jobs and investment back to the country. The White House has also said foreign exporters will ultimately bear the cost.

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A separate analysis from Advancing American Freedom estimated tariffs resulted in about 75,000 fewer manufacturing jobs in their first year and up to 1 million fewer jobs nationwide than would have been expected under pre-tariff trends.

The group said manufacturing was among the hardest-hit sectors, despite being a central target of the administration’s effort to bring factory work back.

The group also said U.S. trade with Canada fell by $50 billion, or 6.5%, before the latest round of Section 338 tariffs took effect. During that period, imports from other countries rose instead of U.S. manufacturing expanding.

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As the administration continues to reshape trade policy, businesses will have to decide whether to keep spending on lobbyists and tariff planning or delay investments, hiring and expansion until the rules become clearer.

Inside Arab nation's battle against radicalism as top official warns of threat brewing on Europe's streets

Sat, 14 Nov 2026 07:00:53 -0500

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — A senior Emirati official is warning that demonstrations in Europe have crossed a line from political expression into a national security threat, arguing that extremism must be confronted before it turns violent.

"You can go demonstrate, talk, give a speech, but what [we] saw in the street in 11 cities in Europe is not freedom of speech. It is a threat to national security," Dr. Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, chairman of the Defense, Interior and Foreign Affairs Committee of the UAE's Federal National Council, told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview.

The remarks come against a wider European debate over radicalization. On Nov. 3, Europol reported that authorities from 16 countries had referred more than 9,000 links to extremist and terrorist material appearing across 47 social media and gaming platforms. The operation targeted online role-playing content promoting jihadist, far-right, far-left and anarchist violence, including material that could draw minors toward extremist networks.

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What makes the UAE's response distinctive, officials and experts argue, is its belief that the struggle against extremism begins long before police make an arrest — in classrooms, families and the way people of different backgrounds learn to live together.

"The root is extremism, not violent extremism. … In our school system, we promote coexistence. We promote the values that bring us together, regardless of our religion, our nationality, our ethnic [background], our color. … We have to learn how to live with our differences and to accept everyone as they are," Al Nuaimi said.

Preventing extremism before violence

At Hedayah, the Abu Dhabi-based International Center of Excellence for Countering Extremism and Violent Extremism, Fox News Digital spoke with Maqsoud Kruse, chairman of the center's International Steering Board and the UAE foreign minister's envoy for countering extremism and terrorism.

Kruse, an organizational psychologist who helped establish Hedayah in 2012, described radicalization as a process that can begin with ideas, develop through emotional responses and, in some cases, lead to violent behavior. Understanding that progression, he argued, creates opportunities to intervene long before violence occurs.

"When we talk about countering extremism and terrorism, we understand and realize that no one country, no one institution, no one individual can deal with this on their own," Kruse told Fox News Digital. "We need that international collaboration, that networking, that bridging, where everyone is part of the solution."

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Within the UAE, he explained, the emphasis is on an integrated approach that brings together psychology, sociology, education and economics rather than treating extremism solely as a security problem.

"That integrated approach means we need to shift from a problem-focused approach to a solution based approach where we create patterns of hope," he said.

The distinction is central to the UAE's tolerance strategy: rather than waiting until extremist beliefs turn into violence, Kruse argues that societies must invest in education, community engagement and other preventive measures that address the underlying drivers of radicalization.

He also challenged the assumption that poverty alone drives extremism. Wealthy, educated individuals can embrace extremist ideologies, while millions of people living in hardship never do. Kruse pointed to the experiences of former extremists who abandoned radical movements, arguing that their stories demonstrate the possibilities for rehabilitation and reintegration.

The institution he leads works with governments, researchers and civil society on prevention programs. Kruse's argument is not that education replaces counterterrorism operations, but that security alone cannot address the ideas and human vulnerabilities that recruiters exploit, and a holistic approach is needed.

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Messages of coexistence at the Grand Mosque

That philosophy becomes visible in a very different setting across Abu Dhabi: the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque.

During a visit to the sprawling white-marble landmark, Fox News Digital passed displays on the approach to the prayer halls emphasizing tolerance, mutual respect and the legacy of the UAE's founding president, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. The messages are difficult to separate from the architecture: bright courtyards, floral inlays and rows of colonnades that draw visitors toward one of the country's most recognizable religious sites.

The mosque, with its 82 domes and architectural influences from across the Islamic world, functions as a place of worship and a destination for visitors interested in the country's religious and cultural traditions.

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The vision behind the displays predates the UAE's opening to Israel. Sheikh Zayed helped establish the federation in 1971, and the leadership has long presented tolerance as a central part of national identity. The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Centre points to religious accommodation and the importance of welcoming people from different cultures as elements of his legacy.

The policy became more formal over time. In 2015, the UAE adopted legislation against discrimination and religious hatred. In 2016, it appointed a minister of state for tolerance and launched a national tolerance program. The government updated its legal framework in 2023 to address discrimination, hatred and extremism.

Today, the UAE government says the country is home to more than 200 nationalities, a scale of diversity that creates an everyday test of how different cultures and faiths share public space.

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From interfaith dialogue to the Abraham Accords

The UAE has also tried to extend that vision beyond its borders. In February 2019, Pope Francis and Ahmed Al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, signed the Document on Human Fraternity in Abu Dhabi, calling for dialogue and peaceful coexistence.

Four years later, the country inaugurated the Abrahamic Family House on Saadiyat Island. Its mosque, church and synagogue occupy separate but equally prominent buildings linked by common spaces intended for learning and conversation.

During Fox News Digital's visit to the UAE, the Abrahamic Family House was temporarily closed. Emirati officials told Fox News Digital that the closure followed an Iranian attempt to target the interfaith complex during the war.

In Dubai, Mohammed Baharoon, director general of the B'huth research center, argued that the Emirates' commitment to tolerance cannot simply be credited to oil wealth.

"So it is will, not wealth. It's vision, views, and respect to people," Baharoon told Fox News Digital, describing what he sees as a deliberate policy decision to attract people from different countries and give them a stake in the UAE's development.

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For Baharoon, the Abraham Accords, brokered during President Donald Trump's first term in 2020, reflected the same thinking on a regional scale. The agreement normalized relations between the UAE and Israel, but he said its ambition went beyond opening embassies.

"The Abrahamic Accords are not just normalization," he explained, in his view, the aim was to challenge a pattern in which the Israeli-Palestinian dispute had increasingly been framed as a confrontation between entire religions and peoples. Diplomatic recognition, he argued, matters only if it creates opportunities for relationships that survive disagreements between governments.

Al Nuaimi similarly described the accords as an investment in people rather than a bet on any particular Israeli leadership.

"We believe in people-to-people diplomacy. We believe that we have to work on the people, build bridges with the people. … Regardless of the government that will be in charge in Israel, … the only solution is to start working on a permanent solution for both sides, where the Israelis and the Palestinians will accept to live as neighbors, will respect each other, [and] will care about the future of each other."

He argued that maintaining trust with Israel has also helped the UAE provide humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in Gaza.

"Through that trust, we were able to go and help the Palestinians in Gaza. … We have three hospitals, eight bakeries, and we did the infrastructure for the water, and many facilities. … It's because of this relationship with the Israelis."

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The limits — and the test — of tolerance

There is a tension in the Emirati model. Cultural and religious coexistence does not mean the same freedom to challenge the government. Freedom House's 2026 assessment describes a political system in which parties are banned and freedom of expression and assembly are sharply restricted. Its civil liberties record complicates any suggestion that the UAE's system can be transplanted wholesale into European democracies.

Still, during reporting in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, the emphasis on coexistence appeared in settings as varied as the Grand Mosque's visitor displays, discussions with counter-extremism specialists and the country's effort to sustain ties with Israel while supporting Palestinians.

On Saadiyat Island, the temporarily closed Abrahamic Family House offers a stark image of the challenge. Three places of worship were built to stand beside one another, yet the wider regional conflict has disrupted the setting in which they were intended to bring people together.

For Kruse, the answer begins with preventing radicalization at its earliest stages. For Baharoon, it requires political will rather than wealth alone. And for Al Nuaimi, whose warning to Europe opened the debate, it means teaching coexistence at home while seeking a diplomatic future in the region.

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Whether those ambitions can outlast the pressures of war — or travel beyond the UAE — remains the question.

Texas takes on LSU with College Football Playoff hopes on the line in must-win matchup tonight

Sat, 14 Nov 2026 07:00:21 -0500

College Football is very close to the finish line of the regular season. There are just a few weeks remaining, and then the Conference Championship games. The season has flown by, and it has been a wild one. It seems like every single week we have a new team at the top of the charts for the Top 25 ranking. Even if the #1 seed doesn’t get rearranged, it doesn’t seem like anyone is truly locked into their spot. Two teams that are still figuring it out are taking each other on tonight as Texas takes on LSU.

Texas is 7-2 for the season and has been one of the more annoying teams in football this season. This is a team that really can’t be given extra excuses. The Longhorns don’t really have any glaring weaknesses on paper, but for some reason the team just can’t get it together. Maybe it is nerves, maybe it is a tough schedule; I really don’t know what the issue is. Either way, this team has the potential to win the National Championship, but I also wouldn’t be shocked if the Longhorns missed the College Football Playoffs altogether.

Arch Manning came into the year with buzz that he would be the top pick for the NFL Draft this summer. Manning has been average at best this season. His numbers aren’t terrible. He has completed about 66% of his passes this season for just more than 2,000 yards. He has 18 touchdowns and seven interceptions, but there are more passes that feel like they should’ve been picked off. In the Longhorns' four games against ranked opponents, Manning is 83-for-124 for 905 yards with five touchdown passes and five interceptions.

I’m not really sure what to make of LSU this year. The Tigers are 6-3 for the season, their first under Lane Kiffin. Kiffin came into a solid roster, but I think the Tigers will need to have his recruiting take root before we fully assess this move. Unfortunately, that means we have to wait and see how the team performs over the next few years to judge his impact on the team. The Tigers still have an outside shot at making the Playoffs, but if they lose today, that hope is completely gone.

The team is led by Sam Leavitt under center. He has put together a decent year, but it feels like if you traded him and Arch Manning, neither team would be that much better or worse. Leavitt is completing 71% of passes for roughly 2,500 yards. He has also thrown 17 touchdowns and nine interceptions this year. Most of his success has come when targeting Jackson Harris, who has 800 receiving yards and seven touchdowns.

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This should be one of the best games on the schedule. The loser is likely out of the College Football Playoffs. I don’t know how you can justify putting Texas in after losing to Florida and Oklahoma. I know their wins have been good, but that victory over Ohio State actually looks worse than before. LSU has lost to Ole Miss, Kentucky, and Alabama. Both teams have had plenty of challenges, and LSU is a tough place to play, but I think the line has gotten out of hand. Texas is now a +3.5 dog, and that just feels like it is too high. I really don’t think the Longhorns will lose this game, but I’ve bet, and lost, too much on them this season. I think this game goes over the total of 46.5. It opened at 54.5 and has dropped significantly, but now I think it has adjusted too much. Give me the over.

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GOP newcomer who toppled Cory Mills sets sights on fraud, inflation as he heads to Capitol Hill

Sat, 14 Nov 2026 07:00:08 -0500

EXCLUSIVE: Florida Republican congressman-elect Ryan Elijah told Fox News Digital that he is heading to Washington with an "appetite" to crack down on fraud, protect consumers and tackle inflation, while calling for bipartisan cooperation in the incoming Congress.

Elijah, a former Central Florida sports broadcaster, made his remarks amid heightened scrutiny of fraud involving taxpayer-funded federal programs across the country.

"I'm going to lean into consumer protection — that's something I fought for my whole life — and lean into fraud," Elijah told Fox News Digital. "There is so much more Washington could do against fraud. I hope there is a bipartisan appetite on both sides to not only protect consumers but also target some of this fraud that is wasting so much of our tax dollars."

The incoming Republican, who beat embattled Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., in the Republican primary in August, expressed optimism that lawmakers from both parties could find common ground on addressing fraud and rising costs, arguing that voters sent a clear message during Tuesday's midterm elections.

Elijah said voters "made it loud and clear to both parties" that they "want change, they want inflation to come down, and they want life to become a little easier. So I think both parties need to look at that."

Elijah also emphasized that members of Congress represent "100% of the people in their district, not just 50%," arguing that bipartisan solutions are necessary to restore public trust and accountability in Washington.

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Beyond fighting fraud, Elijah pledged to restore a spirit of public service to Congress, criticizing lawmakers who use their positions to enrich themselves.

"What you do see is the people that enhance themselves, and people don't want to see that. None of that should be taking place," Elijah said while discussing congressional insider trading.

"Members of Congress should not sit on a committee and be able to trade stocks, and that is something that I would support if it moves forward in the next Congress," he continued. "We all have to be on the same playing field, the person back home and the person on Capitol Hill."

Elijah outlined his preferred committee assignments, telling Fox News Digital that he would like to serve on the House Energy and Commerce Committee or the House Financial Services Committee, where he could focus on consumer protection and financial oversight.

He also expressed interest in serving on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, describing it as "a great way to bring projects back to my district."

Elijah said his district has "so much growth ahead of us," arguing that a seat on the committee could help address its infrastructure needs.

The incoming lawmaker addressed the challenges facing Republicans after losing control of Congress in the midterm elections, urging his party to remain united.

Elijah said Republicans must "hold the line" on the "progress we've made so far" while working to advance their priorities in a divided Washington.

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Elijah is expected to be sworn into the 120th Congress in January.

The 2028 presidential race is already full of surprises, prediction markets say

Sat, 14 Nov 2026 06:50:21 -0500

The 2028 presidential election seems far away. Or is it already here?

The midterm ballots are barely counted, and a long list of would-be candidates is already elbowing for a lane in a campaign that, by Election Day, will feel like it started during the Truman administration.

Outside the Super Bowl, few things are as popular on prediction markets as a presidential race. Two years before anyone casts a ballot, Kalshi's 2028 markets have already drawn nearly half a billion dollars in trading.

While prediction markets have an excellent long-term record of accuracy, this far from an election, you can't expect surgical precision.

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What the markets can show us is who's trading like a blue chip, who's stuck in the middle, and whose campaign feels like a penny stock that needs a miracle rally to be competitive. So let's look ahead with a way-too-early presidential market report, starting at the top.

The blue chips

What if I told you the Democratic front-runner for 2028 is a man a third of Democrats have never heard of? That's what a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found when it comes to Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff, and plenty of other Americans are drawing a blank too.

Still, a Democrat who wins Georgia by 18 points, in a state President Trump carried in 2024, doesn’t stay anonymous for long. Kalshi gives him a 26% chance of winning the Democratic nomination, the best in the field. Not bad for a guy much of his own party couldn't pick out of a lineup.

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On the Republican side, Vice President J.D. Vance leads the pack, with a 33% chance of winning the nomination but only a 12% chance of winning the presidency. That gap fits what election analyst Nate Silver calls the VP curse. Vice presidents whose bosses are underwater in the polls tend to win their party’s nomination, then lose in November. Then again, Vance has been underestimated before, and he seems to be at his best in high-leverage situations.

Both men have also hinted they might not run at all. Coming from politicians, that promise has roughly the credibility of a vow of celibacy from Jensen Huang.

The mid-caps

California Gov. Gavin Newsom looked like a blue chip a year ago. His chance of winning the Democratic nomination has since cratered from 37% to about 12%. He leaves office in January, which frees him up for a full-time campaign and gives even more airtime to a man who has never been accused of camera shyness. Whether voters want that is another question.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sits around 13% to win the Democratic nomination. The bigger question is which race she's running in. Traders actually think she's more likely to run for the Senate than for president. Either way, somebody is going to claim the democratic socialist lane. If it's not her, maybe Bernie Sanders takes a third crack at it. He'll only be 87.

Like Ocasio-Cortez, Secretary of State Marco Rubio faces a which-job question. He's at 18% to win the Republican nomination, and the market sees him as just as likely to be the running mate as the nominee.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who ran in 2024 and also leaves office in January, has been the biggest riser in the Republican market since the midterms. He was under 5% to win the nomination before the votes were counted and is now at 17%, nipping at Rubio's heels.

The penny stocks

Then come the penny stocks. On the Democratic side, that's a crowd in the single digits for the nomination: Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro. Former Vice President Kamala Harris lands here too, a somewhat embarrassing showing for the woman at the top of the ticket two years ago.

If you're shopping the bargain bin, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore at 2.2% and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at 0.7% might be in your wheelhouse.

(In dead last, at 0.0%: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.)

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On the Republican side, the penny stocks include Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and former Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley could be value plays. And somewhere in that mix is President Donald Trump, who I wouldn't put past publicly flirting with a constitutionally prohibited third run just to annoy the media.

The long-term outlook

Many of these names won’t make it to the first primary. Today’s penny stock could be next summer’s blue chip. That’s the fun of watching these markets this early: prices will move with every speech, stumble and suspiciously timed book tour between now and then.

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Check back in a year. A few of these stocks will have soared, and plenty will have been quietly delisted.

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Restaurant chain may rethink controversial 20% service charge in some venues after customer pushback

Sat, 14 Nov 2026 06:00:44 -0500

Ford's Garage may be reconsidering a controversial policy that automatically adds a 20% service charge to customers' checks at select Florida restaurants, with the chain's president acknowledging that some diners are unhappy with the mandatory fee.

In an interview with Fox News Digital, Billy Downs said the policy, which is being tested by one franchisee at five Florida locations, remains under review.

"I think that we need to listen to the consumer on those things, to be honest with you," Downs said. "So, we are, and we may be encouraging a change to that program."

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Marc Brown, president of franchisee 23 Restaurant Services, told Fox News Digital the program has been largely successful, resulting in higher wages for employees without alienating most customers.

"Our servers in the locations that run our service charge program are making significantly higher average hourly pay than our servers and bartenders in locations that do not have it," Brown said.

The policy is part of a team service model introduced by 23 Restaurant Services, which operates Ford's Garage restaurants throughout Florida.

Rather than relying on traditional tipping, the model automatically adds a 20% service charge to each check to support a commission-based compensation structure.

Servers and bartenders earn commissions based on sales, while the model is also designed to provide more equitable compensation for kitchen and support staff, according to the franchisee's website.

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Additional tips are optional.

Downs said the experiment was intended to explore whether a different compensation model could help control costs while rewarding employees for their service.

"It certainly was a test to see if this can help keep the cost down to the consumer, as well as reward the server," he said.

The Ford's Garage location in Plantation near Fort Lauderdale is among the restaurants that have implemented the policy "in lieu of a traditional gratuity," according to its website. That location also adds a separate 1% entertainment fee assessed by the shopping center.

"This fee is passed directly to the retail center, is not a gratuity and is not retained by Ford's Garage or distributed to employees," the website states.

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Brown said the service charge is disclosed to customers multiple times verbally and in writing before they order, giving them the choice of whether to dine there.

"So, to us, it's no different than just charging a higher price on the menu," he said.

Most guests aren't bothered by the fee, Brown said, "because they like the Ford's Garage experience."

But Downs acknowledged the policy has produced some controversy.

"There's been some big wins, and there's been consumers that just do not want to pay a service charge," he said.

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The experiment comes as restaurant operators grapple with rising labor costs and changes to tipped minimum wages.

"But the biggest pushback is people don't want to have a mandated service charge, and I get it," Downs said. "You know, I'm not sure I want it either in certain times."

Brown, however, said the criticism appears to come from a relatively small percentage of diners, noting that most participating restaurants have experienced year-over-year growth after operating under the model for multiple years.

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He also rejected the notion that an automatic service charge diminishes a server or bartender's incentive to provide quality hospitality, saying employees are expected to "provide great service to every guest regardless of what they expect to get in terms of additional tip."

Founded in Fort Myers in 2012, Ford's Garage has grown to 36 restaurants across nine states. Downs said the chain has prioritized affordability, with an average customer check of about $26 and weekday value meals starting at $10.99.

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Downs, who previously spoke to Fox News Digital about the chain's emphasis on old-fashioned hospitality, said providing consistently good service can help address customer concerns.

"If you give great service all the time, that can help to eliminate problems," Downs said.

As for whether the service-charge policy could change, Brown said discussions are ongoing.

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"We have not made any decisions, but we talk about it regularly," he said.

Prince William, Kate Middleton get unexpected help enforcing strict rule for George at elite school: experts

Sat, 14 Nov 2026 06:00:37 -0500

Prince William and Kate Middleton are reportedly giving Eton College's smartphone ban the royal thumbs-up — especially for their eldest son, Prince George.

The 13-year-old began his studies at the prestigious boarding school in September, where first-year Etonians are banned from using smartphones, according to The Telegraph. Instead, Year 9 students like George are issued basic "brick phones" with no internet access, limiting communication with their parents to calls and texts outside school hours.

Eton College said the decision to ban smartphones for first-year students is intended "to balance the benefits and challenges that technology brings to schools." Eton reportedly tightened restrictions on first-year students' school-issued iPads in September 2026, following parental concerns about gaming and internet browsing.

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Fox News Digital reached out to Eton College and Kensington Palace for comment.

In 2025, William told actor Eugene Levy on the Apple TV+ series "The Reluctant Traveler" that "none of our children have any phones, which we’re very strict about."

That same year, William told Brazilian TV host Luciano Huck during the 2025 Earthshot Prize events in Brazil that it had been "really hard" to protect his children from the harms of social media.

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"Our children don't have phones," he explained at the time. "I think when George moves on to secondary school, then maybe he might have a phone that has no internet access. And to be honest, it's getting to a point where it's become a little bit of a, like, tense issue."

"But I think he understands why," William continued. "We communicate why we don't think it's right. And again, I think it's the internet access I have a problem with. I think children can access too much stuff they don't need to see online, and so having a phone and text message, the old sort of 'brick phone' as they call them, I think that's fine."

"It has been rumored that William and Kate were having battles with George over having a smartphone with internet access," royal broadcaster Ian Pelham Turner told Fox News Digital. "Usage could get him into trouble but also allow him access to views on the royal family, good and bad, which may worry him."

"It is now becoming more common practice for schools to ban smartphone usage during school days, and parents want age-appropriate locks on internet technology," Turner added.

British broadcaster Helena Chard told Fox News Digital that Eton's smartphone policy is "music to Prince William and Princess Catherine's ears."

"Prince William and Princess Catherine restrict smart devices to protect their children from internet safety risks," she explained. "A healthy rule of accessing only 'brick phones' at Eton only enables essential communication and calls and texts at home. The couple take great comfort in knowing that Prince George will not be wasting his time gaming, 'doom-scrolling,' or accessing inappropriate online content."

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"Prince George has never owned a smartphone," Chard continued. "He will be more than happy with a brick phone. As Princess Catherine has shared, smartphones can create an emotional disconnection. Prince George has years of smartphone access ahead of him and certainly will not go without!"

Eton College, a world-renowned all-boys boarding school, was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI. It serves students between the ages of 13 and 18. About 1,350 students attend Eton, where they live in 25 boarding houses, each housing approximately 55 pupils, according to the school's website. People magazine reported that tuition was about $80,000 for the 2025-26 academic year.

William and his younger brother, Prince Harry, attended Eton, making them both "Old Etonians." Princess Diana's father, John Spencer, and brother, Charles Spencer, also attended the school, as did Queen Elizabeth II's cousins, the Duke of Kent, the Duke of Gloucester and Prince Michael of Kent.

Hugo Vickers, author of "Behind Closed Doors" and a fellow "Old Etonian," told Fox News Digital that Eton College's use of "brick phones" is "sensible." Vickers has written several books about the British royal family.

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"In my day, most of our communication was by writing a letter home," he said with a smile.

"And there was about, if I remember rightly, about four telephone boxes planted at different places around the school. On a Sunday morning, if you wanted to ring your parents, you had to get there, and then you'd have to queue up while other people were in there. It sounds very archaic now. And sometimes you never got into the telephone box because it's time to go to chapel or something."

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"So I think the whole thing about communicating with parents is a whole new concept," Vickers continued. "Basic communication with parents is a good thing, but of course, to get the full advantage of the school, it's probably better not to be linking to things all over the world via internet."

Melanie Sanderson, managing editor of The Good Schools Guide, told People magazine that Eton College's phone decision "was very much welcomed by parents."

"And the boys are so busy, they don't have time to be sat on their beds scrolling TikTok," she said.

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George was recently on Eton's "Long Leave," a 16-day break that ended Nov. 8. The royal family lives at Forest Lodge in Windsor. When George returns to Eton, the school's restrictions on first-year students' smartphones could offer some additional privacy, although older students and parents may still have access to the devices.

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"I do know that when George and his siblings, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis … if one of them was going to play a match at a neighboring school, the headmaster would send out a message saying … 'Please, no photographs, no posting,'" Vickers said.

"And the parents would respect that because they're all well brought up. … We never saw any pictures of them at other schools. Nothing was ever leaked because people respect William and Catherine very much."

Inside the House GOP strategy to capitalize on Democrats' warring factions in the new Congress

Sat, 14 Nov 2026 06:00:13 -0500

EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans are heading into the next Congress ready to brawl.

Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., who is set to go from the No. 3 most powerful House Republican to No. 2 next year, told Fox News Digital that the GOP will hold the new Democrat majority "accountable" for their far-left faction's ideas over the next two years, even if they cannot control what bills get a vote.

Emmer, who has served as House majority whip for the past four years, was elected Tuesday to serve as minority whip alongside incoming House Minority Leader Jim Jordan, R-Ohio. The Speaker of the House position turns over to Democrats, and will likely be won by current minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.

And despite Jeffries poised to take control of what legislation gets to the House floor, Emmer signaled House Republicans would find ways to push their agenda as well.

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"What's their answer to dealing with costs and wages? We're going to investigate Trump," Emmer said in reference to Democrats. "That's not going to solve the problems that they created. So that's going to be the job of the whip, is to make sure that we have a coordinated process — committee hearings, floor votes — to expose and define exactly who these people really are."

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Emmer, in his first print interview since winning the House minority whip job, would not go into detail about how Republicans would utilize floor votes, however.

"There's a toolbox with a bunch of different tools, and you're going to have to build that strategy as you go from week to week," he said.

The Minnesota Republican also signaled there would be little appetite for bipartisanship over the next two years, a sentiment he suggested would come from the other side of the aisle.

"Well look, they're not going to work with us, that's pretty clear, and I don't even know if they're going to be able to work with each other," Emmer said.

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He repeated a short time later, "I see nowhere where they're going to work with Republicans. And Republicans who think they are should think again, because they will tell you nice things, and then they will just go do what they do."

Meanwhile other House Republicans are already coming up with ideas on how to put Democrats on the spot on the House floor in the new Congress.

"We'll file amendments," said Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla. "And I think that'll be where having good debaters and communicators would be important."

Holding amendment votes is commonplace before large pieces of legislation like the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which Congress has enacted annually for decades to update and reauthorize critical national security policies.

Rep. Nick LaLota, R-N.Y., suggested an emphasis on a parliamentary procedure called the "motion to recommit," which allows the minority party to get a vote on altering or even killing a bill in its tracks.

"I expect we'll use that smartly," LaLota said. "But as well, a Speaker Hakeem Jeffries will be wise to work these problems backwards, to know that anything he puts on the floor that he wants to become law or budget needs President Trump's signature and probably 60 votes in the Senate."

Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., said "there's been a lot of conversation about going on offense."

"We want to make sure that they know when they come to the floor, they're gonna dread it, I hope," Harris said.

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But there's another mechanism for forcing a House vote that's been used more and more often in recent years — often by their fellow Republicans.

Privileged resolutions allow lawmakers on either side to get a vote on a given bill within two days of its introduction. It generally begins with a procedural vote on whether to "table" the bill or refer it to committee in order to stop it, before a vote on the measure itself.

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., most recently invoked it to force the House to consider impeaching Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. But that was defeated when the rest of the House GOP banded together to refer the bill to committee.

The GOP lawmakers who spoke with Fox News Digital, however, signaled little appetite for using it.

"I think either party would be wise to build consensus around things that help actually deliver for the American people," LaLota said. "The privileged resolutions have been abused in my time here, and there's a better way to do business."

And Emmer said his main goal for the next two years would be winning back the House majority in 2028 — which he insisted was a realistic goal.

He said at least 38 seats flipped by Democrats would be "ready to return to Republican hands," and could see some old faces return.

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Asked whether he wanted to see some of those losing GOP incumbents run for their seats again, Emmer said, "I absolutely hope so, I've talked to several already."

Trump keeps signaling an end to Iran war, but expert warns a crucial piece of his strategy is missing

Sat, 14 Nov 2026 06:00:05 -0500

President Donald Trump declared Thursday that the United States no longer needs a deal with Iran, abruptly shifting his diplomatic message just three days after expressing optimism about negotiations and directing Vice President JD Vance to focus on domestic issues instead.

"We don’t need a deal with Iran. Those days have long since passed," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "We’ve got their money, Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, and we’ve got their Strait!"

Trump's latest declaration came just one day after he proclaimed victory over Iran during a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, while acknowledging that the conflict had not yet formally ended.

"We won," Trump said Wednesday. "It’s just a question of when we end it. I want to make sure we have a total victory, not a 93 percent victory."

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The president also thanked veterans "working to ensure the world’s number one sponsor of state terrorism, the Islamic Republic of Iran, will never have a nuclear weapon."

An administration official defended Trump's strategy, arguing that the United States has substantial leverage over Iran through its naval blockade and continued military pressure, even as questions remain about how the conflict will end.

"The United States is in a very strong position with control of the Strait of Hormuz and the Iranian economy collapsing. The President has been clear that the greatest naval blockade in history, Operation Economic Outcast, and the new Operation Iron Gate will continue with full effect," a U.S. official told Fox News Digital.

"President Trump holds all the cards, will do what is best for the United States, and will make sure that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon," the official added.

Trump's latest words follow months of predictions that an agreement could be reached soon, including comments earlier this week that Tehran "would love to make a deal."

Trump's declaration raises questions about the future of U.S.-Iran negotiations, including whether diplomatic efforts will continue through other administration officials as Washington maintains its military and economic pressure on Tehran.

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Trump has suggested on at least a dozen occasions since February that Iran wanted to negotiate or that an agreement could be reached soon, according to a preliminary review of his public remarks.

Ludovic Hood, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, said the administration's combination of economic coercion, military force and regional partnerships is sensible, but warned that a crucial diplomatic component remains underdeveloped.

"What’s lacking is disciplined diplomacy to complement the economic squeeze and possible airstrikes," Hood told Fox News Digital. "Our Gulf partners are singing from different hymn sheets and we need to draw European partners in more meaningfully."

Trump's optimistic assessments began before U.S. military operations against Iran commenced. On Feb. 13, he suggested Tehran could avoid an attack by accepting Washington's terms. After military operations began, he increasingly emphasized Iran's weakened capabilities and the prospect of ending the conflict.

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On March 20, Trump said the United States was "getting very close" to achieving its military objectives.

The administration agreed to a ceasefire in April and continued pursuing a diplomatic settlement, but subsequent military actions and disagreements over Iran's nuclear program and regional shipping have left the broader conflict unresolved.

Trump continued expressing confidence that Iran wanted an agreement, including in May, when he suggested Tehran was eager to negotiate because of the damage inflicted on its military.

During an unscheduled appearance in the White House briefing room Monday, Trump said, "Iran, militarily, is effectively over," while warning that U.S. forces remained "locked and loaded" should circumstances change.

Hood said Trump's seemingly contradictory messages could be part of a deliberate negotiating strategy.

"The administration is pursuing a sensible hybrid strategy of economic coercion, selective use of force, and reliance on capable regional allies," Hood said.

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"Trump’s messaging seems designed to both signal his preference for a diplomatic solution while preserving the option of force," he added.

Hood defended the president's willingness to maintain military pressure.

"Bluster, bluffing and brinkmanship are inherent in the public dimension of negotiations like this; Trump does it, Rubio does it, and senior figures in Tehran do it," he said.

"Strategic patience is essential in this standoff, which has essentially been 40 years in the making."

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But Hood also suggested that securing meaningful nuclear concessions or a more cooperative government in Tehran would require coordination with regional partners.

Sexual predator deported to Mexico hauled back to US for assault and murder of American mom

Sat, 14 Nov 2026 06:00:02 -0500

A serial rapist from Mexico who murdered an American woman more than two decades ago and terrorized other women in the United States has finally been brought to justice.

Miguel Angel Urbano-Vazquez, who was previously deported to Mexico before being extradited back to the U.S., was found guilty earlier this month of aggravated first-degree murder in the March 2002 rape and strangulation of 39-year-old Sharon Van Gilder in Washington state. Her body was discovered along a rural road in Pierce County, Washington.

Van Gilder's cousin, Brenda Doty, told Fox News Digital the fact that her killer was finally convicted nearly 25 years later is an overwhelming relief.

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"I'd wake up in the middle of the night thinking about it," Doty said. "She didn't deserve that."

Van Gilder, a mother of two, was very close with her family.

"We just had so much fun together, riding ponies and horses and playing in the barn," Doty said.

Doty remembers her cousin not just as a wonderful friend, but as a hero who decades ago saved her own daughter from drowning in a lake during a family outing.

"[Sharon] jumped into the water, swam over there, dove underneath and pulled her up. She saved my daughter's life," Doty said. "

"My daughter was 8 years old, and she's 40 now," she said.

Van Gilder was last seen leaving a bar in Tacoma with the killer and another man in March 2002, the Pierce County Sheriff's Office said.

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Hours later, her naked and badly beaten body was discovered on the side of a road in Spanaway, southeast of Tacoma. Investigators determined she had been strangled.

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Prosecutors said Van Gilder was the first victim in a series of violent sexual assaults that unfolded between March and October 2002.

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Urbano-Vazquez was deported to Mexico sometime after Van Gilder's killing, the FBI Seattle said.

Knowing his history, Doty suspects the trail of violence is even longer.

"I'm sure [from the time] when he was in Mexico, there are more [victims]," she said.

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She went on to say, "He's such a violent, violent person."

The Pierce County Prosecutor's Office said, "In 2012, DNA tests linked the 2002 rape and murder of Sharon Van Gilder to three other nearby rapes. Suspect Miguel Urbano-Vazquez was captured abroad in 2023 and extradited in 2025, when a DNA sample could be taken and compared to the 2002 samples."

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A jury found Urbano-Vazquez guilty on Nov. 3. He will be sentenced on Dec. 11.

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In addition to murder, he was convicted of rape charges stemming from attacks on three other women in the Tacoma area during the same year, bringing an end to a decades-long effort to hold him accountable for the crimes.

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Doty praised the immense courage of those three survivors who took the stand against the killer.

"The gals that testified, they were so brave to come. Now this is 24 years ago, their stories were heartbreaking and they came in and put themselves in front of juries," Doty said.

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She went on to say, "when each one left the courtroom, my cousin and I went out and hugged them and told them that we loved them. It wasn't their fault. We thanked them because their testimonies were key in getting the guilty plea."

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In Washington, the punishment for a charge of aggravated murder is life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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For Doty, the verdict is a victory not just for her family, but a beacon of hope for others waiting for answers.

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"So many people had been part of this and it was a win, and it feels good to have a win," Doty said.

"If there anybody out there with a cold case, don't give up," she said.

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NYC woman allegedly struck by LGBTQ+ activist after questioning trans youth treatments: 'Never have answers'

Sat, 14 Nov 2026 05:56:50 -0500

A woman says she was assaulted by a prominent LGBTQ+ activist at a recent New York City protest as she was questioning his push for transgender medical procedures for children, according to video of the incident provided by the alleged victim.

Christiane Torello was a counter-protester at the rally outside Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan on Nov. 5 when she was allegedly elbowed in the chest by Jay Walker, the president of Gays Against Guns who also served as a 2026 NYC Pride Grand Marshal.

Walker was part of a group rallying against the hospital's decision in September to end transgender treatments for minors to resolve a Department of Justice investigation into youth gender transition procedures.

"The hospital is no longer providing any type of gender-affirming care for minors, including surgeries, puberty blockers and hormones," Torello told Fox News Digital. "There’s always a group of individuals who go to these protests to show their discomfort and displeasure with the hospital stopping these procedures because they want the children to transition. I usually go there in opposition to them. I support the hospital’s decision to stop providing that care. I always go by myself and ask questions."

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In the video she captured of the incident, Torello questioned Walker why he wanted to "have penises in the locker room" as he was yelling and walking away from her on a sidewalk. Walker then stopped, wound his elbow up and allegedly struck her in the chest before repeatedly shouting at her to "get away from me."

She said demonstrators often attempt to obstruct her path and shove their signs in her face, but that this incident was more violent than most of the rallies she has been to.

"I'm usually followed around the protest by two or three people. They block me and put signs in my face, which is fine because they’re allowed to do that. But this time, it became particularly violent," Torello said.

"When I asked the organizer of the protest, Jay Walker, what size dongs he’d like in the girls’ locker room, he didn’t have an answer. They never have answers to those questions. They don’t like to talk about it," she continued.

Torello said Walker was shouting slurs at her as he was walking away from the protest and she followed him to question him more about what he was saying.

She then accused Walker of hitting her in the chest with his elbow, adding that she thinks he intended to strike her in the face but had "pretty bad aim."

"As we were walking, he stopped in front of me, wound up his elbow and blasted me in the chest," she said. "He’s about 6'5" and I’m 5'5", so I’m pretty sure he intended to hit me in the face but had pretty bad aim and hit me in the chest."

After the alleged assault, Torello continued following Walker down the street.

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The video shows both Torello and Walker yelling and cursing at one another as they were walking.

Walker was heard calling her "psychotic," "scumbag," a "garbage person" and a "stalker," while she accused him of being a "woman abuser." At one point, he was allegedly seen lunging at Torello, to which she dared him to "do it again" and said she would post the video on social media.

"I'm so glad I got it on camera," she shouted at Walker.

Torello told Fox News Digital that she reported the incident to the New York City Police Department, but she is not confident any charges will be filed.

"I want to press charges because I feel like New York doesn’t do anything when it comes to a lot of violence," she said. "But this is a different type of violence. I have a First Amendment right to be there and peacefully protest. I wasn’t hitting anybody. Do I ask questions that may be annoying or triggering? Sure. But that’s the extent of what I do. That doesn’t warrant me getting hit, elbowed or punched."

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"This is actually the second time a man has put his hands on me at a protest," she continued. "The first happened about a month and a half ago. There were two NYPD detectives in front of that other protest who watched me get hit, and they didn’t even talk to me. I asked them if they could direct me somewhere, and they wouldn’t say one word to me. I had to figure it out on my own. I filed a report, and nothing happened to that man either."

It is unclear if police plan to make any arrests in connection with the alleged assault.

The NYPD and Walker's group, Gays Against Guns NY, did not respond to Fox News Digital's multiple requests for comment.

"I just really hope this brings some awareness and puts pressure on the NYPD to do something, because they don’t do anything at all," Torello said.