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

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

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

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

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

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

PAUL PELOSI, 86, FACES A HIT-AND-RUN CHARGE AFTER STRIKING A PARKED CAR IN NAPA COUNTY: SHERIFF'S OFFICE

The complaint alleges Pelosi made an unsafe turning movement before colliding with the parked vehicle, resulting in property damage.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Here are the updates from the games.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Other Democrats on Thursday rushed to Newsom’s support.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

DeChambeau initially shot a four-under 68 on Friday, but after it became a 70, he was in a tie for fifth at 5 under.

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

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

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

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

"How shameful is that?" he said.

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

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

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

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

TRUMP RELEASES DECLASSIFIED ELECTION INTELLIGENCE, SAYS IT REVEALS 'SHOCKING VULNERABILITIES'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Spain and Argentina will play for first-ever World Cup rings, which fans will even be able to buy

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:56:34 -0400

This Sunday, Spain and Argentina will hit the New York New Jersey Stadium turf — natural grass, in a nice change of pace — to battle it out for the FIFA World Cup Trophy; there will be something else on the line this time.

And even better, fans can pony up some bread of their own to get one too.

On Friday, FIFA announced that for the first time, it will be giving the World Cup winners Super Bowl-style rings.

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According to the Daily Mail, one side of the ring will feature the World Cup Trophy, while the other side will be customized for the winning team.

The coach and team captain will receive temporary rings immediately after the match, while their official rings will be customized to their sizes and delivered later along with a certificate of authenticity.

But if you're not one of the thirty players or coaches lucky to win the World Cup — and I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that you're not — you can still get a little digit candy for yourself.

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They'll actually be making 2,026 of these rings (no prizes for guessing why they arrived at that number), with 1,996 being sold to fans.

What a souvenir. I mean, a cowboy hat and a Buc-ee's t-shirt is a pretty great souvenir combo, but imagine a genuine World Cup ring and Buc-ee's t-shirt.

Why, I'd go so far as to say you'd be the talk of all of Argentina or Spain, depending on the outcome of Sunday's match.

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Although sometimes I wonder how cool it really is. I mean, if you know where to look, you can find genuine Super Bowl rings. It's just not as cool when you didn't win the ring yourself.

But I know these will sell out in a hurry, and they won't come cheap. With only 1,996 up for grabs and two soccer-mad nations playing to win it all, they'll be gone before you can say, "In America we call it soccer."

WATCH: Felony suspect's ocean getaway unravels after 90-minute standoff with lifeguards

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:31:09 -0400

A man wanted on a felony warrant tried to out swim the law Thursday, spending about 90 minutes in the Pacific Ocean before lifeguards surrounded him and ended the bizarre escape attempt.

According to KTLA, the unusual standoff began around 7:21 a.m. after officers with the Los Angeles Police Department's (LAPD) West LA Division attempted to contact the suspect near Pacific Coast Highway and Sunset Boulevard.

The man allegedly fled on foot before running past a lifeguard tower and into the water at Will Rogers State Beach.

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Video captured by SkyFOX shows the suspect, who appeared to struggle against three LA County lifeguards as they worked to restrain him before guiding him toward a waiting LA County Sheriff's Department boat.

The video shows the man continuing to resist as he was brought alongside the vessel, where officers and lifeguards ultimately pulled him aboard and took him into custody.

KTLA reported the suspect remained hundreds of yards offshore as lifeguards on rescue boards stayed nearby, monitoring his condition and attempting to talk with him while a sheriff's department boat and a county lifeguard rescue boat positioned themselves offshore.

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According to the outlet, the suspect at one point swam toward shore near Temescal Canyon before abruptly turning back into deeper water, prompting lifeguards to move in and end the standoff.

FOX 11 reported the suspect swam about a mile during the nearly 90-minute ordeal and appeared to be nude from the waist down.

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It was not immediately clear what prompted officers to initially contact the suspect or what felony warrant he was wanted on.

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His identity, condition and any additional charges were not immediately released.

Fox News Digital has reached out to the LAPD for additional information.

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is one of the most subversive adaptations in Hollywood history

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:26:35 -0400

The Odyssey is obviously a cultural lightning rod. There’s heated debate on all sides when it comes to questionable casting decisions, modernized dialogue, whether Hollywood’s biggest star, Christopher Nolan (yes, you heard that right), simply used Emily Wilson’s liberal, feminist translation of Homer’s epic as inspiration or directly pulled from it, and more heavily debated topics surrounding the film over the last few months.

Nolan called those criticisms "irrelevant" because the film hadn’t come out yet. But, now that the film is available to the general public, Nolan can’t use the same argument and I can present a well-informed review of his adaptation.

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To start, I’m a Nolan fan. Have been for many years. When he comes out with a movie, I’m in the queue for tickets as soon as they’re available. I’ve watched The Prestige, Inception, and The Dark Knight trilogy an ungodly amount of times. He’s earned the respect and admiration of millions of movie goers around the world. I obviously went into this film with gripes and major question marks, but I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt that other directors would not have.

Unfortunately, that good will I graciously gave was stomped on, chewed up, and spit out like Odysseus’s soldiers in the Cyclope’s cave, in the first few minutes of the film.

A Rough Start

Travis Scott, another questionable casting decision based on his race and profession as a rapper, is the first face and voice you hear. He portrays the bard, a poet-singer in the halls of Odysseus’s castle in Ithaca, entertaining the suitors vying for a chance to marry the queen Penelope (Anne Hathaway), believing her husband Odysseus was dead. At this point, it’s been almost 20 years since Odysseus set sail for the battle of Troy, and almost a decade since the war ended and his sea voyage set sail for home. Scott’s poetic song feels out of place, more like a lackluster cosplay than an authentic portrayal of a classic character. This was the first of many subversive actions Nolan took in his adaptation. I’ll discuss later.

The very next scene included one of the two most controversial castings, Elliot Page (formerly known as Ellen Page). Page, a 5ft nothing, maybe 100 pound female, playing a male Greek warrior, is shown in a frantic scene where she portrays Sinon, a character that is neither in Homer’s Odyssey or The Iliad, running on the beach of Troy (quite awkwardly I may add) toward the wooden horse, which is almost half sunk in the sand. She is quickly disposed of by Trojan soldiers, but finds the ability to relay the message that the horse is a gift before her death. Obviously, the Trojans gladly accept thinking the war is over.

It’s impossible to watch a woman larping as a male Greek warrior, who is inserted into the story for what I believe to be nothing other than political messaging. Honestly, how can I be expected to take this story as a serious, faithful adaptation of an epic tale thousands of years old, when these are the first two impressions provided? Still, I tried giving Nolan whatever good will I could muster. This film is three hours long, I can’t give up a few minutes in.

I could give you a lengthy (like this movie), chronological breakdown of the plot, but I want to focus on topical critiques from this point and give Nolan his due for some of the things I enjoyed.

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Subversion of the Source Material

One of the biggest issues in Hollywood, especially over the last decade, is subversion of the source material. Writers, directors, and studios have taken liberties with beloved intellectual properties, franchises, and books. They poke holes in the foundational and originally intended messaging, they bastardize characters with race-swaps, and more overtly political messaging meant to deconstruct a classic tale(s) for the sake of diversity, equity, inclusion, political correctness, female empowerment, and more modern nonsense.

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I’m here to tell you that The Odyssey is far from a faithful adaptation. It is objectively a subversive, disjointed, inauthentic disappointment, that fails to honor one of western civilization’s greatest stories.

Character Deconstruction

Odysseus (Matt Damon), King of Ithaca, the main protagonist in The Odyssey, is no longer a cunning, wise, level-headed, kingly hero in this film, as we see in the books. In Nolan’s adaptation, he makes a lot of idiotic, knee-jerk decisions that seem out of character for such a skilled military tactician and the man that conjured up the genius idea of the Trojan Horse. Worst of all, Odysseus is not respected by his men. He comes across as more of a supervisor than a supreme leader.

One of the most subversive decisions with this character was the scene with the Cyclops.

Not only does Nolan refuse to show Odysseus using his intellect to help his group escape peril through his interactions with the beast like in the book, unfortunately cutting out the infamous "nobody" dialogue, Odysseus idiotically shoots an arrow at the Cyclops out of spite and arrogance, once the group had narrowly escaped the cave following the monster horrifically eating some of his men, after the Cyclops did not honor "Zeus’ Law" by showing xenia (Greek word for hospitality), a sacred custom where a traveler(s) could reasonably expect food, shelter, and gifts from a host like in the books,

This decision leads to angering the cyclops into blindly (literally) charging after Odysseus and his men all the way down the mountain to the beach, where they boarded their ships as quickly as possible. Multiple men die because of Odysseus’s selfish action and it leads to distrust from the crew. That’s not Odysseus from the source material.

This is just one of the many, ill-advised, reckless, witless decisions Odysseus makes throughout the film. Yes, in the books he is not infallible, and his pride can get in the way, but this adaptation seems similar to how Emily Wilson diminishes Odysseus’s heroism in her translation. He comes across as a deeply flawed leader, instead of a larger than life hero. Nolan might think that makes Odysseus more grounded and relatable, but I think it makes him almost a different character entirely.

Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, and supreme general of the Greek forces, is portrayed as a villain who is willing to sacrifice his child for "favorable winds" on his voyage to Troy. Nolan pulled from Greek tragedies written centuries later, rather than Homer’s source material for this reimagined character portrayal.

Are you seeing a pattern here?

Clytemnestra, Agamemnon’s wife is no longer the the treacherous, villainous one, due to her affair with Aegisthus, a man from a rival branch of the royal family that plots to murder Agamemnon and take the throne, as he returns home from the Trojan War. She’s instead a victim. A grieving mother who enacts revenge for her husband killing their daughter. This creative decision by Nolan means we no longer see the powerful juxtaposition between the faithfulness of Penelope (Odysseus’ wife) and the power-hungry, conniving nature of Clytemnestra, like we read in the books.

In the books, Agamemnon tells Odysseus in Hades that he should not be too trusting with his wife Penelope as he was with Clytemnestra. While Nolan does a tremendous job portraying the Underworld (Hades), the omission of this warning and plotline misses the depth Penelope deserves. It would have helped set Penelope apart even more and emphasize why Odysseus can’t just walk through the doors of his castle and expect a heart-warming welcome home. It’s another reason why he needs to present himself as a beggar.

The Greek god Athena (Zendaya) is a confusing character in this film. Her unexplainable absences leads to a lack of hope, wisdom, and encouragement Odysseus desperately needs in peril. She is supposed to be an essential character, who Odysseus and Telemecus (Odysseus’ son played by Tom Holland) lean on. She seems to come and go, without explanation, and though she offers some encouragement and advice throughout the film, she is mostly an empathetic listening ear as Odysseus struggles to find his way home, instead of an overt guiding light.

There are many instances of what I believe to be character assassination, to some extent. The new stories being told in this film mostly feel like a cheap imitation, or complete betrayal of the source material that made so many of these characters worth investing in.

Plenty of characters are altered for the big screen, such as Aragorn in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but their message and motivation remains intact and their portrayal honors the source material. I couldn’t say the same for this adaption.

Inauthentic

The diversity and inclusion castings took away from the viewing experience. I don’t believe they were the driving factor of my disappointment with this film, but they sure didn’t add to the experience.

Odysseus’s right hand man for example, Eurylochus (Himesh Patel) is Indian. Every time he interacted with Odysseus or had some prominent time on screen, I felt I was in a story that simply portrayed aspects of Ancient Greece, but didn’t care enough to make the audience believe we were truly in it.

There are black Greek soldiers in Odysseus's crew. Some suitors are black. Diversity is overflowing in Nolan's film.

The dialogue completely takes you out of the mindset and experience that it’s claiming to portray as well. This is supposed to be an ancient Greek epic, but the inclusion of racial diversity, and especially American English accents, along with modernized dialogue, make this film sound, and feel like fan fiction. This is supposed to be a period piece, adapting one of most beloved, foundational stories of all time. It’s been around for millennia. They may dress like ancient Greeks (that’s up for debate too) and the setting may be ancient Greece, but the accents and dialogue don’t transport you to Ancient Greece. They take you out of it.

Also, "F*** off!" is exclaimed (I’m not kidding) by another race-swapped character, Polybus (Corey Hawkins), as Odysseus returns home disguised as a beggar at a banquet for his son, asking the suitors to give him food. Again, it just feels so out of place and unnecessary.

The dialogue comes across as an afterthought compared to other elements of the film that get more care and attention.

Pacing is Frantic

The first two hours of the film felt disjointed. It gives you little to no chance to breathe, to soak in some character development. It’s a rollercoaster ride from one perilous situation to the next, splicing flashbacks to provide context, and stories from Ithaca’s tumultuous situation with the suitors partying in the palace night after night. It’s one thing after another. Cut scene to cut scene. Odysseus and his men get in some sort of trouble and then they run to the boats. Sail, land, experience danger and then run to the ships.

Black Helen of Troy & Elliot Page

One of the most widely discussed castings in the history of Hollywood is Lupita Nyong'o, who plays Helen of Troy. She is an African actress, with Kenyan parents. It’s another distracting, political choice by Nolan. Most movie goers know about Helen of Troy. They are aware she is one of the most beautiful women in the history of literature. They know she’s not black. It’s another subversive act for the sake of diversity and inclusion.

Her husband, Menelaus, calls her "the face that launched a thousand ships," as they sit down for a feast with Telemacus. The line comes across as a slap in the face to tradition and the source material. We hear what you’re saying, but we don’t believe what you’re saying. Helen’s face is shown to be disfigured as well, due to supposedly an attack in the Trojan War. I don’t know if I’m supposed to feel sympathy for her, or imagine that if half her face wasn’t messed up that I would agree with what Melelaus is proclaiming. It falls flat, regardless.

Elliot Page’s Sinon may only get a few minutes of screen time, but the inclusion of this diversity hire, and character who plays no role or existence in Homer’s original work, is unfortunately, an essential character in Nolan’s The Odyssey. The character is adapted in this film as a boy, the brother of Antinous (Robert Pattinson), who grows up to be the most prominent and treacherous suitor, thrown into the war due to an unlucky fate by being chosen in the lottery in Ithaca to fight in the Trojan War. Sinon grows up as a young man off at war that is coerced by Odysseus to sacrifice themself at the hand of the Trojans, while convincing them into accepting the wooden horse as a gift.

Sinon also takes the place of the ghost of Achilles in Hades, a diversion from the books. Instead of a profound interaction where Achilles, "I would rather be a paid servant in a poor man's house and be above ground than king of kings among the dead," clearly agonizing over the bleakness of death. Instead of Odysseus talking to Achilles, one of the most feared and famous warriors in all of literature, about the glory of Achilles’ son’s exploits in the Trojan War bringing him joy in the midst of death, this film paints Odysseus as a leader that callously sacrificed Sinon so the Trojans would take the gift. Again, it’s a deconstruction of Odysseus, who does not seem to cherish the lives of his men and others like he does in the books. Sinon is treated as a means to an end and a motivation behind killing Antinous, to avenge him.

Sinon is not just an inconsequential character in this film. Sinon is a main character.

What I Liked

The practical effects were stunning. The cyclops was other-worldly and terrifying.

The trees shifting on the island of giants gave the scene a feeling that you were trying to dodge the swords and escape the trees with the soldiers.

The sound editing when the crew and Odysseus travel by the sirens, with only the crew putting wax in their ears was a nice touch.

Hades was the most well done, in my opinion. It provided a sense of uneasiness, dark magic, and a ticking time bomb. I say that because the moment the dead start to rise, it gives you the feeling that time is short and they aren’t meant to be there long.

Circe the witch (Samantha Morton) turning the crew into pigs was gross and impressive at the same time. It felt so violating.

Rating

When it’s all said and done, I think this was a swing and a miss. For every moment I liked, there were three or four things I didn’t. For a movie with a star studded cast, I saw too much of the actors, and less of the characters. For a story seeped in mythology, it lacked religious and magical depth by omitting Hermes, and making it too grounded at the expense of the ethereal.

I found most fight scenes uninspiring that paled in comparison to other epic stories told on the silver screen. Matt Damon wasn't convincing as a bowman, sorry.

And my goodness, the sound mixing at times was rough. I had trouble hearing some dialogue because it was being drummed out by one of the worst scores I've heard. There was never a moment I felt the score carried the film like I've heard in Inception, Interstellar, Oppenheimer, and others.

I really don’t expect an adaptation to be completely faithful to the source material, and can accept some creative changes, but I expected a greater effort to faithfulness to the source material. If you don't want to be faithful to the period you're portraying, don't set the film in Ancient Greece.

Unfortunately, I don’t feel the need to see this movie again. Maybe I will and lighten up on a few of these critiques, but overall, I think this was one of Nolan’s weakest films.

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey: 6/10

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Covert DNA sample from Colorado man's trash revives 44-year-old Texas murder case: report

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:25:30 -0400

A 79-year-old Colorado man has been indicted in the 1981 strangulation death of a Texas flight attendant after investigators compared DNA recovered from his trash with blood found on the victim’s clothing.

Larry Dean Brown was arrested June 8 in Colorado and indicted June 29 by a Tarrant County grand jury on a murder charge. He was later extradited to North Texas and booked into the Tarrant County Jail.

Brown is accused of killing Beverly "Casey" Bruneau, a 35-year-old Braniff Airlines flight attendant who was found dead in her Grapevine apartment on Feb. 13, 1981.

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According to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Bruneau’s boyfriend found her on the living room floor at about 3 p.m. after she failed to answer his telephone calls.

An electrical cord was wrapped around her neck, and blood was visible on her face and nightgown, the newspaper reported. The apartment contained evidence that Bruneau had struggled with her attacker, according to the affidavit.

The Tarrant County medical examiner determined that Bruneau had been strangled during the midmorning.

Brown came to investigators’ attention on the day of the killing when detectives went to speak with his wife, who was Bruneau’s best friend and former roommate. Both women worked as Braniff flight attendants and jointly owned a house in Dallas, according to the outlet.

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Brown’s wife was working an international flight when detectives arrived so Brown instead spoke with the investigators.

One detective described Brown as evasive and noted that he repeatedly gave similar answers. Detectives also documented a fresh injury beneath Brown’s right thumbnail, where the top layer of skin appeared to have been torn away.

Brown later told investigators that he had injured his thumb while working. The detective did not believe the explanation was consistent with the wound, according to the affidavit.

Investigators also examined financial disputes involving the Dallas house owned by Bruneau and Brown’s wife.

The property had been badly damaged by fires in November 1980. Investigators believed at least one of the fires was arson.

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Brown, who had been laid off from his job as a Braniff pilot and flight engineer, held a partial interest in a construction company, the newspaper reported. After the fires, he allegedly obtained repair estimates through that company that exceeded the insurance carrier’s appraisals.

Brown allegedly attempted to pressure Bruneau to sign fraudulent insurance documents with inflated repair costs, according to the outlet.

The case remained unresolved for decades.

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In 2010, investigators submitted Bruneau’s bloodstained nightgown and other preserved evidence to a University of North Texas laboratory for additional testing. The examination produced the DNA profile of an unidentified man, according to the affidavit. The profile was entered into the national Combined DNA Index System, known as CODIS, but did not produce a match.

A Grapevine detective began reviewing the investigation again in 2025.

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In 2026, Grapevine police asked the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado to help collect what the affidavit called a "covert DNA sample" from Brown.

Investigators retrieved two discarded soda bottles from trash placed outside Brown’s home and sent swabs from the bottles to the University of North Texas laboratory, the Star-Telegram reported.

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On May 28, investigators received results indicating that the DNA profile recovered from one bottle could not exclude Brown as the contributor of male blood found on Bruneau’s nightgown, according to the affidavit.

Grapevine police said in a statement that additional forensic testing, including confirmatory DNA analysis, remained pending.

Trump DHS threatens federal funding cutoff for states that refuse voter-roll security push

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:16:57 -0400

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Friday that states refusing to comply with the Trump administration’s election-security requirements could lose federal funding, while warning that election officials who disregard information provided by DHS could face fines, penalties or even prison time.

"If the election officials, once we gave them the information they need to secure their elections and they chose not to, then those individuals can also be held accountable by fines, by penalties, and even depending on how far it goes, prison time," said Mullin.

Mullin held a press conference following President Donald Trump’s address to the nation Thursday evening on "free and fair" elections. Mullin did not identify what law election officials would violate or what charges could be brought if they declined to act on information provided by DHS.

Trump announced the declassification of intelligence that he alleged reveals "shocking vulnerabilities" related to "hacking, exploitation and foreign interference."

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Twenty-three states are participating in DHS’ expanded SAVE program, which allows election officials to compare voter records against federal immigration data. Mullin separately said CISA would release an updated election-infrastructure plan within 30 days. Several Republican-led states, including Mississippi, North Dakota and West Virginia, are not currently participating in the partnership.

"Every state that's not participating with us should be asked the hard question why not? What are you afraid of? If they're not willing to do it ... it should raise serious questions. It's not that hard. This isn't a partisan issue," said Mullin.

DHS has announced election-security conditions for recipients of FEMA’s Homeland Security Grant Program. Mullin also said he was working with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on security requirements.

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Mullin said DHS identified 250,000 voter-registration records in California, New Jersey, Nevada and Pennsylvania that the department believes belong to noncitizens.

Mullin urged all states to join DHS' election security program so officials can compare voter rolls against federal immigration and other databases to identify potentially ineligible registrations.

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"States must do their part to secure our election system, and we stand by to help," said Mullin.

During the press conference, Mullin urged Congress to pass the SAVE America Act,, which includes provisions requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and photo identification at the polls.

"I think the Save Act should be passed tomorrow. I think it should have already been passed," said Mullin.

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune has cast doubt on the bill’s path forward, saying Republicans do not have the 60 votes needed to overcome a Democratic filibuster.

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

FOX Weather correspondent Bob Van Dillen weighs in on effect of Canadian wildfires on World Cup final

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:14:00 -0400

Anyone living in the northeastern portion of the United States has no doubt witnessed the borderline apocalyptic scene unfolding in the sky.

The smoke from the wildfires that are currently ravaging Canada has made its way south of the border to many American cities, affecting the air quality and causing health problems for citizens in the process.

The question on everyone's mind, though, is whether or not the FIFA World Cup final will even be played in the shadow of the Canadian wildfire smoke.

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With the championship game taking place in East Rutherford, New Jersey, it would mean the players and fans would be in the direct path of the smoke.

FOX Weather anchor Bob Van Dillen broke down what effect the smoke would potentially have on the game as well as how we got here.

"We had all these fires bust out in Canada on Monday afternoon and that smoke instantly got lifted into the atmosphere," Van Dillen explained. "Winds were out of the northwest and it dragged it right through the Great Lakes, and now it's setting up shop across the Mid Atlantic, New York City... and it has been a nuisance if not hazardous for the last few days."

Speaking of the hazards that the smoke represents, Van Dillen broke it down in terms of Air Quality Index, or AQI.

As he explains, 0-100 represents normal, healthy conditions, while anything above 101 is potentially hazardous and gets more dangerous as the number increases.

"Once you get to about 150 with that AQI, everybody starts to feel it and you have to start taking this thing a little bit slow when you get outside," Van Dillen said. "Yesterday, for instance, East Rutherford on Thursday, topped out at 245... That's when you're not supposed to be out."

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That's a staggering number, though not even close to the ceiling when you consider places like Detroit experienced their worst AQI numbers since weather services started tracking air quality back in 2000.

The Motor City peaked with an AQI of over 600 on Thursday.

Van Dillen put things into context when he explained what the conditions would look like for the players on the field being subjected to the smoke.

"If they had played it yesterday, it would be the equivalent of playing that game back and forth, 90 minutes, smoking two cigarettes."

While Van Dillen's assessment is spot on, he may have even been underselling things with regard to the length of the game.

In the past 20 years, four of the last five World Cup finals have gone to extra time or penalties, meaning this Sunday's final has a good chance of being 30 minutes longer than usual.

When it comes to the game that is supposed to be played in northern New Jersey on Sunday, Van Dillen gave an optimistic outlook.

"If the game was going to be played on Thursday... I would say probably don't play it," Van Dillen said. "But, on Saturday, we've got a cold front eventually that's going to swing through, and by the evening hours of Saturday, that's going to push the biggest plume of smoke offshore."

Van Dillen explained that Sunday may look a little hazy, but nothing compared to what New Yorkers and New Jerseyans have been experiencing this week.

"I think we've got a nice little window for your Sunday afternoon," Van Dillen opined. "I think it's going to be okay, the AQI is forecasted to be 75, so that is still in a good range."

Fox News and Outkick reached out to FIFA to inquire if they had contingency plans in place should the conditions dictate a postponement, but no response has been given.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino and the White House have been in talks about Sunday’s World Cup final in New Jersey as the tri-state area continues to deal with poor air quality caused by wildfires raging in Canada, sources confirmed to Fox News Digital on Friday.

The discussions were characterized as informal as they continue to monitor the wildfire situation. The sources added that there were no contingency plans in place to make any changes to the game because of the weather.

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It's also worth noting that the Spanish national team has been practicing in northern New Jersey this week leading up to the game, while the Argentine side stayed in Atlanta.

Whether that is advantageous for either team remains to be seen, but hopefully neither the players nor the fans have to find out.

Madison Square Garden sues media outlet over allegations of secret database tracking celebrity 'risk scores'

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:00:34 -0400

Madison Square Garden Entertainment has filed a defamation lawsuit against WIRED magazine over a recent report alleging the venue keeps a secret watchlist of celebrities.

The 40-page lawsuit accuses WIRED of using stolen data to invent a false narrative that MSG maintains an internal blacklist targeting LGBTQ celebrities.

The article, titled "Madison Square Garden Kept a List of Gay Celebrities," claims MSG used internal databases to track characteristics of VIP guests and celebrities, including their race, sexual orientation, and gender identity, while assigning "risk scores" to famous fans.

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"WIRED combed the dark web, obtained data stolen from MSG by an extortionist hacking group, and cherry-picked fragments of that data to manufacture a false narrative portraying MSG as targeting the LGBTQIA community for discriminatory purposes," MSG wrote in the lawsuit, obtained by USA TODAY Sports.

MSG accused WIRED and its reporters of intentionally ignoring dozens of normal information fields on the list, such as addresses, phone numbers and dietary restrictions. According to the lawsuit, these mundane fields prove the data was simply part of a standard system used for "relationship management purposes, not discrimination."

WIRED said in a statement on X that it stood by its reporting and vowed to fight the case. "Earlier today, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. We stand by this reporting, and plan to vigorously defend it against this baseless and ridiculous lawsuit."

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"We look forward to continuing our coverage of MSG, and on billionaire James Dolan's use of technology across his entertainment empire. It's one part of our wider mission and the critical job of journalists, now more than ever: holding power to account," they added.

According to the article, MSG’s database contains nearly 40,000 names, with roughly 400 assigned "risk scores" ranging from low risk to "DO NOT HOST." WIRED claimed the scores track social media criticism rather than physical safety threats, allegedly flagging celebrities who speak out against the venue to block them from getting free tickets.

According to WIRED, comedian Adam Pally was labeled "not to be hosted," while hip-hop stars Lil Jon and DaBaby were allegedly categorized as "high risk." Country star Morgan Wallen was also marked as "medium risk." The report also highlighted that close to 100 names were labeled as "LGBTQIA," including pop culture figures Ricky Martin and Phoebe Bridgers.

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The data was initially exposed after the international cybercriminal collective ShinyHunters breached MSG’s systems and dumped 45 gigabytes of files online after Dolan refused to pay an extortion ransom.

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WIRED reported that a member of the hacking group claimed they partially targeted MSG because of Dolan’s past controversial surveillance practices. At his venues, which also include the Las Vegas Sphere and Radio City Music Hall, the faces of everyone who enters are scanned.

Dolan has previously drawn intense scrutiny for using facial recognition technology to enforce a list of people who are not allowed to enter the venues, including lawyers associated with active lawsuits against his company, according to reporting by the New York Times.

Alabama mom charged with murder after toddler bound, left to suffocate for 12 hours: cops

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:57:18 -0400

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An Alabama mother has been charged with murder after her 2-year-old daughter was bound hand and foot and left face-down on a bed for more than 12 hours until she suffocated, police said. A second suspect in the case fatally shot himself two days later.

Sierra Shay Hadaway, 22, was charged with murder after her 2-year-old girl, Madilynn Hadaway, was found dead in Lanett, Alabama, on June 12 after being found face-down on a bed for more than 12 hours with her arms, legs and ankles being bound, according to the Chambers County Sheriff's Office. A second suspect, Christian Myles Sturkie, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on June 14.

Officials believe Madilynn Hadaway died of asphyxiation, but didn't release additional information. Sturkie's relationship to the girl remains unclear.

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Although the toddler died June 12, it wasn't until this week that the sheriff's office concluded its investigation, resulting in the arrest of her mother, Sierra Hadaway, authorities announced Thursday.

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Sierra Hadaway's Facebook profile, under the name Sierra Hill, includes a memorial to her daughter, reading "Madilynn Grace 09/22/2023-06/12/2026," along with the phrase "But GOD."

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An obituary for Madilynn Grace Hadaway described her as a "precious angel."

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"Though her time with us was far too brief, Madilynn filled our lives with immeasurable love, laughter, and happiness. Her bright smile, curious spirit, and joyful heart brought life to everyone who knew her," the obituary said. "She had a special way of bringing joy to those around her, and her sweet presence made every day brighter. She taught those around her the purest meaning of love."

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"Madilynn enjoyed playing with dolls, getting dirty in the yard, and living wild and free beside her "besties," the obituary read.

Sierra Hadaway is being held at the Chambers County Detention Facility with no bond.

Someone needs to step in and defend Cody Rhodes' awful, terrible placekicking performance

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:52:23 -0400

Fanatics Fest is happening this weekend in New York City, bringing together the biggest names in sports, entertainment, and sports-entertainment under one roof.

What Comic-Con is to nerds, Fanatics Fest is to sports nerds.

But amid all the fun, WWE superstar Cody Rhodes has to be a little red-faced after video of him attempting to kick a field goal has gone viral.

And no, it wasn't because he was splitting the uprights from 50 yards.

Alright, that was not stellar, but not everyone is cut out for place-kicking.

I also get the sense that he had no idea he'd be trying to boot pigskins until he walked by the booth and got peer-pressured into it.

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So, I think everyone goofing on the American Nightmare needs to take a good hard look in the mirror, because I guarantee most of us couldn't have done any better.

For reasons I can't understand, placekicking seems to be the thing in sports that most people think they could jump out on the field and do.

Send a 99 mph fastball into the opposite field bleachers? Probably not.

Stop an Alexander Ovechkin one-timer from the right circle? Hell no.

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Kick a field goal from 25 yards out? Not only do they think they can do it, but a lot of people are also like, "Bro, I'll do it from 45."

But you won't. It's really hard to do, as evidenced by a pretty solid athlete in Cody Rhodes looking like he just learned what football was that morning.

Unless you did a little kicking in high school, I think we'd all be leaving that Fanatics Fest fan activation saying, "Thank god I'm not a top-of-the-roster pro wrestler, so I can go about my day with no one caring that I made an ass of myself... Hey, I think that's a Shake Shack booth over there. Nice!"

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If you've never tried it, you'd be praying to look as good as Cody Rhodes did. Most of us would look more like Charlie Brown getting hosed by Lucy for the thousandth time.

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So, just remember next time someone's attempt at a Ray Finkle impression goes sideways that you might want to sit it out.

Especially if the person in question has the Cross Rhodes in their repertoire.

'America's Most Wanted' fugitive captured on sailboat off NJ coast after 20 years on the run

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:52:03 -0400

Ronald L. Fischer, a former Rhode Island anesthesiologist who spent more than two decades on the run after fleeing during his child sexual assault trial, was captured aboard a sailboat off the coast of New Jersey after an online sleuth's tip helped investigators track him down, according to the FBI.

Fischer, one of Rhode Island's longest-wanted fugitives, had been on the run since fleeing the state during his 2005 sexual assault trial. He never returned to court, and a jury later convicted him of first-degree sexual assault in his absence, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. Authorities searched for him for more than 20 years.

Investigators tracked Fischer to New York, where they found he was operating a 56-foot sailboat named The Silver Lining, which authorities said was registered under the alias "Richard Graydon."

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Deputy U.S. marshals, FBI agents and U.S. Coast Guard personnel intercepted the vessel off the coast of New Jersey before taking Fischer into custody without incident, according to the FBI Boston Division.

FBI Boston Special Agent in Charge Ted E. Docks said the breakthrough came after investigators received "a tip from an online sleuth," which led them to the sailboat registered under Fischer's alias, Robert Graydon.

"Ronald Fischer thought he had escaped justice but thanks to a tip from an online sleuth, the FBI was able to develop new intelligence which led investigators to the boat belonging to Fischer under his alias Robert Graydon," Docks said. "That's when the FBI and the RI Violent Fugitive Task Force coordinated a multi-state law enforcement operation that resulted in Fischer's capture. This is truly a testament to our strong law enforcement partnerships that allow for the seamless sharing of intelligence in real-time to take violent criminals off our streets."

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Fischer was transported aboard a U.S. Coast Guard vessel to Coast Guard Station Staten Island, where he was turned over to deputy U.S. marshals and local law enforcement officials.

"This arrest demonstrates that time does not erase accountability," U.S. Marshal Wing Chau for the District of Rhode Island said in a statement.

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"For more than twenty years, Ronald Fischer believed he had successfully escaped justice," Chau continued. "The men and women of the Rhode Island Violent Fugitive Task Force, together with our partners, remained committed to ensuring that day would eventually come."

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Rhode Island State Police said Fischer's arrest brought an end to one of the state's longest-running fugitive investigations, crediting generations of investigators who continued pursuing the case over the past two decades.

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"We are proud of the persistent, coordinated work that brought him to justice and the numerous Troopers, both currently serving and retired, who pursued this case for the last two decades," Rhode Island State Police said in a statement. "They never stopped seeking justice for his victim and we are thankful for their dedication."

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The arrest capped an intensive multi-state investigation led by the Rhode Island Violent Fugitive Task Force with assistance from the FBI, Rhode Island State Police and numerous federal, state and local agencies.

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Authorities credited FBI special agents and intelligence analysts with helping locate Fischer after more than two decades on the run.

The U.S. Marshals Service said Fischer had been living under the alias "Richard Graydon" before coordinating with federal, state and local partners to arrest him.

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Fox News Digital has reached out to the U.S. Marshals Service, FBI, Rhode Island State Police and the U.S. Coast Guard for additional details about Fischer's life as a fugitive, the investigation that led to his capture and whether photos or video of the arrest will be released.

Fox News Campus Radicals Newsletter: Intro to biology, dancing on graves and AI backlash

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:38:58 -0400

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Pelosi staffer pumps the brakes when pressed on husband's hit-and-run: 'That's enough'

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:38:00 -0400

House Speaker Emeritus Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., declined to answer repeated questions Friday about her husband's hit-and-run case before a staffer abruptly stepped-un to put an end to the exchange.

"Ok, that's enough. That's enough!" the staffer raised her voice after Fox News Digital asked the lawmaker about the latest drama with her husband, Paul Pelosi.

The brief exchange came nearly two weeks after California authorities recommended that Paul face a misdemeanor hit-and-run charge stemming from a July 3 crash in Yountville, California.

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Napa County Sheriff's Office investigators said the 86-year-old was driving a convertible when it collided with a legally parked Tesla, which was unoccupied. The impact caused substantial damage to both vehicles, and witnesses told deputies the car briefly stopped before leaving the area. However, Paul did not call the police.

He was later located about a quarter-mile from the crash site. Authorities said his vehicle had substantial front-end damage consistent with the collision.

Paul reportedly told deputies he knew he had struck something but said he did not know exactly what he had hit.

After completing its investigation, the sheriff's office recommended that the Napa County District Attorney's Office charge him with misdemeanor hit-and-run for allegedly leaving the scene of a property-damage collision. Pelosi was not arrested. Prosecutors will make the final determination on whether to file criminal charges.

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Authorities emphasized that alcohol was not believed to have played a role in the incident. A preliminary alcohol screening test found no alcohol in Paul's system, and no injuries were reported.

The sheriff's office also referred him to the California Department of Motor Vehicles for a driving capability evaluation, describing the referral as standard procedure for elderly drivers involved in similar crashes.

The crash is the latest traffic-related incident involving Pelosi's husband.

In 2022, Paul pleaded guilty to misdemeanor driving under the influence after a Napa County crash that injured the other driver. He was sentenced to three years of probation, ordered to pay more than $6,000 in restitution and fines, complete a three-month DUI education program and install an ignition interlock device in his vehicle for one year.

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Later that year, he made headlines again after being seriously injured when an intruder broke into the San Francisco home he and struck him multiple times with a hammer. The attacker, David DePape, was later convicted in both federal and state court on charges stemming from the assault.

Fox News Digital reached out to Pelosi's office for comment but did not hear back by time of publication. The congresswoman and former House Speaker is set to retire at the end of the current Congress in January after nearly four decades in office.

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