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LeBron James says 'my family is safe' after man caught on grounds of his Los Angeles home

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 19:43:01 -0500

Police handcuffed a man outside LeBron James' Los Angeles home Friday night, and by the time officers finished asking questions, they slapped him with a felony stalking charge.

Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department were dispatched to the private residence in posh Brentwood following a 9-1-1 dispatch regarding a suspected burglary. Upon arrival at the premises, responding units caught a man roaming the grounds.

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Investigators established that the individual never breached the interior structure and carried no weapons. Officers secured and handcuffed the man.

Once officers sorted through the story on site, they bypassed a standard burglary rap and booked him on charges of felony stalking instead.

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Luckily, nobody was home when it went down.

James was out on the road with the 76ers, handling business against his old squad in Cleveland on Friday night before flying straight to Chicago for a Sunday tilt with the Bulls. He addressed the situation following Philadelphia's 127-122 win over Chicago at United Center.

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"My family is safe and that's the most important. We're still looking into everything." None of the off-court noise seemed to bother James once the ball was tipped. He went out and hung 22 points on Chicago.

Under the California Penal Code, a felony stalking charge carries strict criminal consequences. If convicted, the suspect could face up to three years in state prison, a $10,000 fine, formal probation and a court-ordered restraining order.

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The Los Angeles Police Department has not released the suspect's name, and the case remains under active review.

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Knicks guard walks back comment about Taylor Swift being fake fan after Swifties, including his wife, attack

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 19:29:15 -0500

Knicks guard Tyler Kolek knew the Swifties weren't going to appreciate him calling Taylor Swift the "fakest" celebrity fan that sits courtside. It wouldn’t matter if she actually was, that group will defend the singer no matter what.

He probably didn’t know his own franchise was going to throw him under the bus. They did, almost immediately after his comments started to circulate.

A spokesperson said in a statement to OutKick, "Taylor Swift has been a Knicks fan for many years, has a long history with Madison Square Garden, and we are incredibly appreciative of her support of the organization."

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Now if anyone was going to have his back, it would be his girlfriend Lexi Sousa, right? While I'm sure she didn’t kick him out of the house over it, she didn’t exactly have his back either.

She reminded Kolek that he was one of the guys in attendance during the Era's Tour, who, it doesn’t sound like needed to be dragged there by his girlfriend. The heat from the Swifties, including his girlfriend, had him walk back the comment.

"It’s just a question that was asked for me, that maybe I answered in the wrong way. Take that on the chin. I love her music. We were just playing it five minutes ago, and I’m singing every word to every song. Nothing against her at all," he said after the Knicks win over the Cavs this weekend, according to the NY Post.

"People have been going back and sending me all this stuff about her coming to the games, and she was actually wearing a [No.] 13 jersey [of] Joakim Noah back in the day with Carmelo [Anthony]. That’s on me. I wasn’t up to date on my Taylor Swift Knicks fandom. So that’s on me."

As someone with no dog in this fight, other than some minor skirmishes with Swifties, it's bizarre that the team that won the NBA Championship last season is getting caught up in such a made-up controversy.

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The fact that the Knicks wanted no part of the Swifties too is another piece of this that is hard for me to wrap my mind around. All I'm going to say is Tyler Kolek better bone up on his Kylie Jenner Knicks fandom.

She's easily my favorite Knicks fan. She might not have a group of insane fans who go to war with anyone who criticizes her, but I will take offense if there are any claims that Kylie isn't a real fan.

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She's done more for the Knicks than a lot of other fans, including Taylor Swift. Unlike Kolek, I'll stand by that.

You won't find my apologizing, because if you do, you'll end up doing things like Taylor Swift karaoke in the locker room.

Charlamagne tha God calls out Dave Chappelle's Kirk comments, wouldn't wish them 'on my worst enemy'

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 19:19:24 -0500

Radio host Charlamagne tha God criticized comedian Dave Chappelle's joke about the assassination of Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder Charlie Kirk on Monday.

Despite rules barring cell phones from the Madison Square Garden show, a video circulating on social media on Friday showed Chappelle appearing to make the remarks during his "Karmageddon" tour stop in New York City.

"I feel f----- up saying this. It’s scary being a public speaker. And I mean, look, ever since that guy, Charlie Kirk, got murdered, and I shouldn’t say this publicly, but, I feel better," Chappelle said.

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After playing the audio of his comments on his radio show "The Breakfast Club," Charlamagne immediately responded that he didn't "find the humor" in the comment.

"I don't find the humor in people getting clapped, okay?" Charlamagne said. "Any of us can be shot, and I don't want anybody getting shot because somebody disagrees with their opinion. So yeah, you have the freedom to, you know, joke and talk about whatever you want to joke and talk about, but personally I don't want to deal with the energy of that. Like I don't wish stuff like that on my worst enemy."

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Some of his co-hosts noted that the clip of Chappelle's comments was released without any additional context. Charlamagne agreed but remarked that it seemed like it was an "observation" made by Chappelle.

"It just sounded like he made an observation — at least from what that clip just played, that it was just like he felt better after Charlie Kirk got shot and killed," Charlamagne said.

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Fox News Digital reached out to Charlamagne's and Chappelle's representatives for comment.

In his comments, Chappelle described not only feeling "better" after Kirk's death but also experiencing unexpected high spirits after the news.

"I just be driving around like, ‘Why am I in such a good mood? Oh!'" Chappelle remarked.

Chappelle received backlash across social media for what some commentators called a "sick" joke. In response to the viral video, TPUSA pointed Fox News Digital to Erika Kirk's statement on X, in which she wrote that treating the destruction of human life as a punchline is "disgusting."

"A culture that laughs at assassination is one of profound moral decay. It threatens the very foundation of our country and the principles that hold our democracy together. You do not have to agree with someone’s politics to recognize the value of their life. This should not be so hard," she wrote.

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In an interview with Fox News Digital, TPUSA spokesperson Andrew Kolvet made similar comments, acknowledging people's freedom of speech but encouraging a level of decorum.

"We're not asking people to, you know, be evangelical Christians here. We're asking don't celebrate, condone or glorify political violence. Don't be happy when someone's assassinated. It's a very, very low bar. But if we don't keep it, then everything else falls apart," Kolvet said.

Bruce Springsteen fan club founders say political fights, El-Sayed endorsement led to shutdown: report

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 18:54:47 -0500

A Bruce Springsteen fan club couldn't escape the badlands and shuttered over political commentary.

Founded more than a decade ago, the "Spring-Nuts" Facebook group dedicated to The Boss noticed its 18,000 members were no longer focused on his music as they battled against "hateful" online discourse due to Springsteen's public stances and recent endorsement of Michigan's senator-elect, Abdul El-Sayed.

"As the world grew increasingly divisive, hostile, those tensions inevitably spilled into our little corner of the E Street world," founders Julie and Howie Chaz said in a statement posted on Sunday, Nov. 8, according to Asbury Park Press.

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"What should have been respectful differences of opinion too often deteriorated into personal attacks, bullying, insults, and some genuinely vile and hateful rhetoric."

Springsteen embarked on the "Land of Hope and Dreams" tour earlier this year with the E Street Band and legendary guitarist Tom Morello.

The 20-date tour across North America was slated in response to President Donald Trump and the "No Kings" protests.

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"We are living through dark, disturbing and dangerous times, but do not despair – the cavalry is coming," Springsteen said while announcing the tour on social media in February.

"We will be rocking your town in celebration and in defense of America – American democracy, American freedom, our American Constitution and our sacred American dream – all of which are under attack by our wannabe king and his rogue government in Washington, D.C."

He added, "Everyone, regardless of where you stand or what you believe in, is welcome – so come on out and join the United Free Republic of E Street Nation for an American spring of rock 'n' rebellion! I’ll see you there!"

"Spring-Nuts" founder Howie Chaz admitted that as Springsteen became "more outspoken about his politics," the group administrators were tasked with a "difficult balancing act" of respecting "his absolute right" while maintaining an ethical online community.

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"How could we be a Bruce Springsteen fan community trying to protect that harmony and camaraderie and ignore messages and statements coming directly from the very artist who brought us all together," Howie said.

Springsteen's November endorsement of El-Sayed as "a fighter for our American Constitution" was the final straw for admins.

"Mr. Sayed campaigned with Hasan Piker who openly made horrific statements that America deserved 9/11," Howie said.

"After a Michigan synagogue was attacked back in March, obviously an act of terrorism, Sayed rationalized it by saying 'Hurt people hurt people' standing right next to the antisemitic streamer Hasan Piker who made the despicable 9/11 statement."

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His endorsement was "deeply disappointing to us, given our concerns as proud Jews," Julie and Howie said.

"We certainly don't believe Bruce intended for his message to make fans feel unwelcome. But very unfortunately, some of his fans appointed themselves the gatekeepers of who was and wasn't worthy of belonging in the E Street community."

While the group's annual Seaside Serenade and Spring-Nuts podcasts will continue under a different name, the group will rebrand with a focus on music in general, Howie told the Asbury Park Press.

"One thing we want to make absolutely clear is that Julie and I can NEVER thank Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band enough for the decades of music, memories, inspiration, and absolute JOY they have brought into our lives," Howie said on Facebook.

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"Bruce has been, and always will be, an enormous part of our personal story and journey. His music has been the soundtrack to so many of the most meaningful moments of our lives, and through Spring-Nuts, it opened doors, created opportunities, and introduced us to extraordinary people and experiences we could never have imagined."

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Springsteen's representatives did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

Man killed in fiery Kentucky jet crash told daughter of trouble in midair

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 18:50:27 -0500

A 70-year-old Wisconsin man was killed in a fiery crash Sunday, Nov. 8, when his military-style jet plunged into a field in Mayfield, Kentucky, shortly after takeoff.

The accident turned a cross-country flight alongside his daughter into a sudden tragedy.

The pilot, identified as James Alan Michaels of Dousman, Wisconsin, and his 35-year-old daughter, Tonie Michaels, were flying separate L-39 Albatros jets.

"The father and daughter were flying back to Wisconsin from Mississippi," the Graves County Sheriff's Office told Fox News Digital.

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The pair had been at an air show and stopped at an airport in Mayfield to get fuel, the sheriff's office said.

After takeoff, "they were gaining altitude and the deceased ... said he was having issues," the sheriff's office said. "He was going to turn and go back to the airport."

Soon after, "he radioed ... that he was not going to be able to land," the sheriff's office said.

"We think he tried to land in an open field," the sheriff's office said.

However, at around 2:08 p.m., the plane went down just off Spence Chapel Road near Interstate 69 and Ky. 131. "It hit a ditch in that field," the sheriff's office said.

"The ditch seems to be the cause of the main impact," the sheriff's office said. "The plane caught fire and actually rolled."

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The pilot was the only person on the plane. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The daughter soon arrived at the scene, the sheriff's office said.

"She turned around and landed back at the airport. [Then] she started making phone calls."

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told Fox News Digital that Sunday's crash occurred around 2:25 p.m. local time, though local authorities recorded the crash time slightly earlier, at 2:08 p.m.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said its investigators will lead the probe into the crash.

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An investigator was expected to arrive at the scene Monday evening to document the site and examine the aircraft before it's recovered to a secure facility for further evaluation, the NTSB said.

The NTSB said its investigations involve three primary areas: the pilot, the aircraft, and the operating environment.

As part of the process, investigators will gather flight track data, air traffic control communications, aircraft maintenance records, witness statements and weather conditions, the agency said.

It said investigators will also review the pilot’s license, ratings, recency of flight experience and 72-hour background check to determine if any issues could have affected his ability to safely operate the flight.

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During the on-scene phase of the investigative process, the NTSB does not determine or speculate about the cause of the accident, the agency said.

A probable cause of the crash along with any contributing factors will be detailed in the final report, which is expected in 12 to 24 months, the NTSB said.

Sixteen years prior to this accident, the same father and daughter duo survived a small-plane crash in a remote area of Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, WBAY News Report said at the time.

On July 8, 2010, James Michaels was piloting a single-engine aircraft with his daughter as his passenger when they encountered a severe downdraft.

The pair crash-landed in heavy timber in Forest Canyon while flying toward Aspen, the National Park Service Summary Report via NTSB Docket previously said.

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Both walked away from the 2010 crash with minor cuts and scratches.

They used branches and the plane's sheared-off wreckage to build a shelter as they were stranded overnight during evening storms, The Denver Post reported at the time.

Trump renews call for Pete Rose pardon, saying MLB's all-time hits leader was 'mistreated'

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 18:44:15 -0500

President Donald Trump is back saying he would pardon Major League Baseball’s all-time hits leader, the late Pete Rose, but not just for his gambling scandal that has him out of the National Baseball Hall of Fame to begin with.

He would’ve pardoned him in his capacity for federal tax charges he pleaded guilty to in April 1990.

Trump was alongside UFC CEO Dana White, whom the 47th president said he was "only kidding" about making his new press secretary on Truth Social over the weekend. Nonetheless, White flew to Washington D.C. to meet with Trump and field questions from reporters.

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He was asked about Pete Rose first, with the reporter referencing Trump’s consideration to pardon the baseball great in the past.

"I don’t advise the president on anything ever, but yeah, I think it’s fair. I think it’s fair to pardon Pete Rose. Yes," White responded.

Then, Trump jumped in.

"By the way, why does he need a pardon? He was not really convicted of a criminal – " Trump said before he was cut off by the reporter to provide clarity.

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"It was tax charges, sir," the reporter said.

"Oh, he did? I’d give Pete Rose a pardon," Trump responded. "I think Pete Rose was very mistreated. He had 4,200-and-some-odd hits, way ahead of anyone else. A record that can’t ever be broken. And he was caught gambling, and now it’s legal. But he was gambling on his own team, Dana. He wasn’t gambling against [his team] – that’s different.

"He was gambling. He shouldn’t have done it, but he went through 40 years of hell and they should be giving him a pardon. They should be getting him into the [National] Baseball Hall of Fame a long time ago. I spoke to the commissioner about it. He agreed to do it, and then he waited though, and Pete Rose died. So, it didn’t help him too much, but I would give Pete Rose a pardon. I would do that."

In March 2025, Trump took to Truth Social to say he would be "signing a complete pardon" of Rose, who had died the previous year before ever seeing himself in the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Writers, though, had never been given the option to vote in the man with the most hits in MLB history (4,256) with the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) and Hall of Fame following suit with the league’s lifetime ban of Rose in 1989 for gambling.

But commissioner Rob Manfred lifted that ban of Rose and several other players posthumously from the ineligible list in May 2025, allowing the possibility for those players to be voted in. That has yet to happen.

Speaking with reporters back in May, Trump suggested Rose’s absence from the Hall was a "disservice."

"I think Pete Rose should have been in the Baseball Hall of Fame a long time ago," Trump said. "I think baseball did a great disservice by not respecting his achievements on the field."

Manfred admitted at an owners meeting in 2025 that Trump’s support for Rose was one of the many factors that went into the decision to lift him from the ineligible list.

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"The president was one of a number of voices that was supportive of the idea that this was the right decision," Manfred said in May 2025. "Obviously, I have respect for the office, and the advice that he gave I paid attention to, but I had a lot of other people that were weighing in on the topic as well."

Major League Baseball itself does not control who gets into the Hall of Fame; the baseball writers vote initially, while other committees to get players in further down the road are made by the Hall itself, not the league.

Rose died last September at the age of 83 from hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

Nicknamed "Charlie Hustle" for his relentless drive when on the diamond, Rose was league MVP in 1973, a 17-time All-Star, three-time batting title winner, Rookie of the Year and World Series MVP.

Despite his 4,256 career hits, he became a polarizing figure when the news of his gambling on baseball rocked the sports world.

Rose tried to apply for reinstatement to Major League Baseball on several occasions but was always denied. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred denied one in 2015, saying that Rose did not take responsibility for his actions and didn’t understand the damage he had caused while betting on the game.

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Rose applied for reinstatement in 2020 and 2022, especially with legalized sports betting happening across the country. However, Manfred denied both requests, pointing to the Veteran’s Committee for any Hall of Fame discussions regarding Rose. Manfred also shot down any speculation about Rose’s reinstatement in 2023, as the league had partnerships with sportsbooks.

Though he isn't in the Baseball Hall of Fame, the Reds inducted Rose into their own hall of fame in 2016, retiring his No. 14. He made several appearances in MLB ballparks in recent years before his death.

In April 1990, Rose pleaded guilty to two felony counts of filing false federal income returns, covering tax years in 1985 and 1987. He admitted to underreporting more than $300,000 in earnings from personal appearances, autograph sessions, memorabilia sales and horseracing/gambling winnings.

Fox News’ Ryan Morik contributed to this report.

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Jaguars are all in on winning the Super Bowl after completing three trades in one day to make a title push

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 18:36:11 -0500

The Jacksonville Jaguars believe they can win the Super Bowl this season and on Monday they made, count 'em, three trades to upgrade their defense at a significant cost of draft picks just ahead of the NFL trade deadline.

The Jaguars acquired defensive tackle Jordan Davis from the Philadelphia Eagles to anchor the interior of their defensive line in exchange for a 2027 first-round draft pick and a 2029 second-round draft pick.

Davis, 26, was the Eagles' 2022 first-round pick.

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And, yes, that move is meant to help the Jaguars run defense, but it was part of a bigger strategy because the Jaguars spent Monday adding three defensive players, including Davis.

Jacksonville earlier on Monday acquired former Pro Bowl safety Jessie Bates from the Atlanta Falcons in exchange for a second and fifth-round draft pick.

And the team also added defensive tackle Davon Godchaux from the New Orleans Saints in exchange for a sixth-round pick.

The Jaguars have a 6-2 record, have won five of their last six games, and are getting great play from quarterback Trevor Lawrence, who is tied for fourth in TD passes with 18 and has a 111.7 quarterback rating that is fifth-best in the NFL.

The Jaguars boast the NFL's fourth-leading scoring offense but obviously decided a championship push needed to upgrade a defense that is also outstanding as the second-best scoring unit in the league but could use help against excellent running teams such as the Buffalo Bills in the playoffs.

The other side of the Jaguars and their win-now approach?

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That would be the Philadelphia Eagles.

They've traded away A.J. Brown, moved on Cam Jurgens and now have shipped Davis to Jacksonville.

The Eagles have the worst record in the NFC and are clearly looking to the future. That future includes two first-round picks in 2027, two first-round picks in 2028 and two second-round picks in 2029.

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The Eagles got older, veterans such as Lane Johnson retired, and the quarterback situation with Jalen Hurts and his blood clot situation is uncertain.

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So, the Eagles are looking to the future.

The Jaguars are looking to the Super Bowl.

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Shedeur Sanders has become the Angel Reese of the NFL, thanks to his insufferable supporters

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 18:30:42 -0500

From Skip Bayless accusing NFL teams of racism after the 2025 NFL Draft to ESPN personalities invoking Colin Kaepernick, the Shedeur Sanders discourse looks awfully familiar to anyone who has followed Angel Reese's career in the WNBA. Criticism, of any sort, is seen as a microaggression.

The Shedeur Sanders experiment and discourse has become toxic. Legitimate football criticism is apparently a microaggression, NFL general managers are supposedly conspiring against a young quarterback, and anyone who questions the former Colorado star's abilities as a quarterback in the NFL risks being branded more than a hater. They're labeled discriminatory.

If Sanders does not get the recognition, playing time or praise fans believe he deserves, those fans scream racism.

That should sound very familiar to the way fans and WNBA media have treated the Angel Reese discourse.

In my opinion, Sanders has become the Angel Reese of the NFL, not necessarily because of anything the athletes themselves have done on the court or field, or in the media, but because of the exhausting victimhood narratives pushed by some of their most devoted supporters.

The similarities are uncanny.

Criticize Sanders' decision-making, pocket presence, pre-draft interviews or news conferences? You're racist.

Question Reese's offensive efficiency, shot selection or how she compares to Caitlin Clark? Prepare for accusations of racial bias.

And heaven forbid you suggest another quarterback deserves an opportunity over Sanders or that Clark is simply a better, more exciting basketball player.

For certain corners of sports social media, everything must be viewed through a racial lens. Black versus white. Oppressor versus oppressed. Victim versus villain. They're obsessed with race.

It's exhausting, and some prominent sports media personalities have helped pour gasoline on the fire.

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Skip Bayless, Stephen A. Smith, & Ryan Clark Turn Sanders' Draft Slide Into a Racial Controversy

Remember when Sanders inexplicably fell to the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft?

The Cleveland Browns eventually selected him with the 144th overall pick, despite considerable pre-draft hype that once placed him in the conversation as a first-round election.

Rather than consider that NFL franchises might have legitimate concerns about Sanders' talent, personality, football IQ, work ethic, maturity, or overall fit, some of the biggest names in sports media immediately began suggesting something more sinister.

ESPN's Stephen A. Smith was among the loudest.

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As Sanders continued falling down draft boards, Smith suggested the situation resembled the NFL's controversial treatment of former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

Smith declared, "This feels like (Colin) Kaepernick-level collusion."

He also accused NFL owners of appearing to collude against Sanders and suggested teams were motivated by their dislike of his father, Deion Sanders.

Think about that.

Thirty-two NFL franchises making their own personnel decisions somehow became evidence of a coordinated effort to keep Sanders down, in part because of his race, allegedly.

And Smith wasn't alone.

Skip Bayless initially described Sanders' draft slide as the most disgusting development in NFL Draft history. Then, following Sanders' impressive preseason debut against the Carolina Panthers in August 2025, Bayless took things considerably further.

"Tonight, Shedeur Sanders made the entire National Football League look like a whole bunch of petty fools and, in some cases, racist fools."

Bayless also accused teams of being motivated by their dislike of Deion Sanders, arguing that Shedeur had embarrassed the organizations that passed on him.

There was just one glaring problem: Bayless didn't provide evidence establishing that any NFL team passed on Sanders because of his race.

Apparently, one strong preseason performance was enough to expose an alleged league-wide racial conspiracy.

Former ESPN analyst Ryan Clark also brought race into the conversation before the draft, suggesting that Sanders faced additional scrutiny because he was a confident Black quarterback, something many Sanders fans have echoed online throughout the last two seasons.

Clark argued that Sanders' appearance, bravado, and skin color contributed to the criticism surrounding him.

They willfully chose to ignore the legitimate football-related explanations for his slide and pushed the black victim narrative.

CBS Sports NFL insider Jonathan Jones reported concerns about how Sanders handled the pre-draft process, while other reporting highlighted questions surrounding his interviews, preparation, and ability to transition to the professional game.

Former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason even reported that some teams had removed Sanders from their draft boards entirely.

Could NFL teams have misjudged Sanders? Sure.

Could they have overreacted to his personality or the attention surrounding his famous father? Plausible.

But being evaluated incorrectly isn't automatically discrimination. Sometimes teams simply don't believe a player is worth the investment, especially in the early rounds.

That's how the NFL Draft works.

The Angel Reese Playbook: When Basketball Criticism Becomes a Racial Controversy

If you've followed the WNBA since Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese entered the league, you've already watched a similar spectacle unfold.

Clark and Reese have been linked since their memorable college basketball battles, but some supporters have transformed their rivalry into something far more divisive than basketball.

For certain Reese defenders, criticism of her offensive game, including mentioning her uncanny ability to rebound her own misses, humorously trademarking "MeBounds," is treated not merely as an opinion about basketball skill, but as a potential indictment of the critic's racial attitudes.

Meanwhile, praise for Clark can become entangled in arguments about racial privilege and the treatment of Black women in professional sports.

ESPN's Monica McNutt helped illustrate just how quickly the conversation can shift.

Following Clark's flagrant foul against Reese in May 2025, McNutt discussed allegations of racist fan behavior and questioned how differently the incident would have been received had Reese committed the foul.

McNutt argued that the two athletes were being placed into opposing roles, with one portrayed as a victim and the other as someone needing protection.

Her comments were part of a broader discussion about racial double standards, but they also demonstrated how quickly a basketball play can become a referendum on race.

The race card is pulled in almost every controversial play and action Reese has been involved in.

The controversy became even more revealing when the WNBA investigated allegations of hateful fan comments and "monkey noises" directed toward Reese during that same Fever vs Sky game.

The league ultimately announced that its investigation could not substantiate the specific allegations.

Even WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert found herself under fire in September 2024 when she discussed the commercial appeal of the Clark-Reese rivalry without initially delivering the condemnation of racist fan behavior that several players and the players' union wanted.

The backlash was substantial, with prominent players including DiJonai Carrington criticizing her response. Engelbert subsequently clarified that racism and hatred had no place in the league.

More often than not, situations involving Angel Reese have become a racial grievance. It's nauseating.

Dillon Gabriel Versus Shedeur Sanders: Another Manufactured Racial Controversy

And now we have the Dillon Gabriel vs Shedeur Sanders situation.

Sanders and Gabriel entered the Cleveland Browns' quarterback room under dramatically different circumstances. Gabriel was selected in the third round of the 2025 NFL Draft, while Sanders had to wait until the fifth.

For some Sanders supporters, that draft order itself became another reason to question whether the NFL was treating their favorite quarterback fairly based on race.

The rivalry has also provided endless ammunition for social media arguments about which quarterback deserves opportunities and whether Cleveland has handled Sanders appropriately.

Instead of allowing Gabriel and Sanders to compete as quarterbacks based on meritocracy, some fans seemed determined to make their competition about something bigger.

Every compliment directed toward Gabriel becomes a potential slight against Sanders. Every criticism of Sanders becomes an opportunity to question the motivations of coaches, executives, or media members.

It's the same exhausting dynamic surrounding Clark and Reese.

Rather than simply acknowledging that two athletes have different strengths, weaknesses, and accomplishments, some supporters insist on turning the conversation into a moral crusade.

Athletes Don't Need to Be Victims to Be Worth Supporting

Here's what makes this entire controversy so ridiculous: Shedeur Sanders and Angel Reese don't need these narratives to justify their places in professional sports.

Sanders was a productive college quarterback who earned an opportunity in the NFL. Reese became a national champion at LSU and established herself as a formidable rebounder, and many times this season, an effective scorer in the WNBA.

Their accomplishments are legitimate, but so are criticisms of their games.

Sanders can be a talented quarterback who still has weaknesses that NFL coaches and GMs must evaluate. Reese can be an outstanding rebounder whose offensive efficiency deserves scrutiny. Neither observation is inherently racist. Neither athlete needs supporters inventing ulterior motives every time someone offers an unfavorable assessment.

The irony is that the constant racial framing can ultimately undermine the very athletes their fans claim to defend.

Instead of discussing Sanders' development as a quarterback, we're debating whether NFL executives are racists. Instead of discussing Reese's rebounding, scoring, or defensive impact, we're debating whether someone praising Clark is participating in racial favoritism. It's a disservice to both athletes.

And when media personalities with enormous platforms amplify accusations without presenting sufficient evidence, they make the discourse even worse. Sports fans should be able to criticize players without being subjected to a trial over their character. They should be able to support Gabriel, or in this season's case, Deshaun Watson, without hating Sanders, or celebrate Clark without harboring animosity toward Reese.

Actual racism deserves condemnation. Actual discrimination deserves investigation. But disagreement is not discrimination, criticism is not persecution, and losing a competition is not proof of a conspiracy.

Unfortunately, that's a message some of the loudest Sanders and Reese supporters desperately need to hear.

Because the more they insist that every setback is evidence of racial injustice, the more they turn two accomplished athletes into perpetual victims in a culture war neither needs to win.

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A Response to Sanders Supporters

When I see Sanders fans in my replies say things like, "ANY black athlete that has confidence and swagger makes white nationalist males uncomfortable I’m starting to see," I immediately roll my eyes. These fans can't understand that Shedeur may come across to many people as immature, self-absorbed at times, and lacking self-awareness when he seemingly disrespects the Saints defense when he's about to make his first start of the season.

Disagree all you want, but his actions, including his arrogance he's displayed at times, along with his play are why so many teams passed on him in the NFL Draft.

Let this sink in. Out of 42 eligible quarterback last season, Shedeur Sanders ranked 41st in Passer Rating. He threw more interceptions than touchdowns. He had the fifth-worst QBR since QBR became a stat in 2006, making it the worst for any Browns QB with at least six starts in the history of the franchise.

My criticism is not racism. I could lay out why I believe Watson is the best option as starter for the Cleveland Browns, but we'll save that for another article. All in all, my thoughts are based on what I see on the field and my opinion of what I hear from him off of it, which seems to be echoed by NFL front office and some media members.

The stats don't lie. You supporter do.

NYU professor, podcaster says he 'took a giant dump' in his Tesla before selling it due to anger at Elon Musk

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 18:18:17 -0500

NYU professor and host of the "Pivot" podcast Scott Galloway claimed before a live audience on Sunday that he defecated in his own Tesla vehicle before selling it, describing the act as personal payback after tech billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk repeatedly targeted him online.

"As a true story. I had a Tesla. Great car. He started sh---posting me on Twitter, so I sold it," Galloway told co-host Kara Swisher during a live taping at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. "Not before taking a giant dump in the passenger seat. True story. Not good for resale value."

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The admission came during a discussion about the midterm results, Musk's political power and reports that Tesla plans to wind down Cybertruck production in Texas in mid-2027. Despite Democrats dominating the elections, Swisher and Galloway lamented how much political influence and power Musk continues to have.

Musk, once a darling of liberal commentators for popularizing electric vehicles, has faced mounting scrutiny from the left since purchasing Twitter, now X, becoming an outspoken conservative supporter and emerging as a political megadonor.

"We have become out of control in terms of one man — a private citizen's ability to control the government and make decisions that only elected officials should be allowed to make," Galloway said.

Swisher agreed, calling Musk "a cartoon villain."

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"No individual should have — and he is not elected. He is unaccountable, and he should work on his — not the cyber truck obviously, because that was a sh---- product," Swisher said. "But he should work on those kind of things and not have this — it would be a really good thing for him and for the rest of us for him to go away for a while, get off Twitter and stop talking."

On election day, Galloway had laid out an alternate history scenario on his "Prof G Podcast" to draw a comparison between Musk's actions and a hypothetical World War II scenario involving aviator Charles Lindbergh. Galloway was referring to reports that SpaceX restricted Starlink satellite internet speeds in Ukraine last month, reportedly disrupting Ukrainian military operations during the country's war with Russia. He made the case that Musk should be treated like traitors who had collaborated with a foreign enemy.

"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. I think Elon Musk is a traitor to the West," he said.

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed in 1953 after being convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage for the Soviet Union in a case involving U.S. atomic secrets.

Musk explained the Starlink controversy by saying Ukraine was using it in violation of the service's restrictions, saying, "Using Starlink, a civilian commercial service, for offensive drone strikes to kill people has never been allowed, nor should it be."

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South Carolina dad left sleeping 6-year-old in line for Pokémon cards at Target: police

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 18:08:41 -0500

A South Carolina man was arrested after allegedly leaving his 6-year-old daughter asleep outside a Target store overnight so she could hold his place in line for a new Pokémon trading card release, police said.

Charleston Police Department officers arrested 35-year-old John-Michael Dooley on Nov. 6 after responding to a Target location around 2:30 a.m. on reports of an unattended child.

Upon arrival, officers learned the young girl had originally been waiting in line with her father alongside a crowd of customers gathered overnight for the release of a new Pokémon trading card set.

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Sometime after 1 a.m., Dooley gave his daughter a pillow and blanket, leaving her asleep in line before walking away, according to police.

"After approximately an hour passed without his return, concerned customers contacted police," the department said in a news release.

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Witnesses identified Dooley when he returned to the store, and officers took him into custody. During questioning by investigators, Dooley admitted to leaving his daughter to hold his spot in line while he went home.

Authorities did not clarify whether Dooley planned to purchase the cards for himself or his daughter. The release coincided with the rollout of the latest Pokémon trading card expansion set: Mega Evolution—Delta Reign.

The massive Japanese media franchise, centered on fictional creatures, remains exceptionally popular among both children and adult collectors. While standard booster packs retail for around $5, rare cards can command thousands on the secondary market.

Police confirmed the child was unharmed. She was placed into the custody of the South Carolina Department of Social Services.

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Dooley was charged with unlawful conduct toward a child and subsequently released from the Al Cannon Detention Center, according to online jail records.

MICHAEL RUIZ: Tyler Robinson judge gives long-awaited trial date ruling in assassination of Charlie Kirk

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 10:40:43 -0500

PROVO, Utah — The judge overseeing the case against accused assassin Tyler Robinson set a trial date on Monday for June 21, 2028, after prosecutors and defense attorneys sought dramatically different start times for the trial of the man accused of gunning down Charlie Kirk last year.

Robinson, 22, is accused of assassinating the 31-year-old Kirk on Sept. 10, 2025, during a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University in Orem by shooting him with a .30-06 hunting rifle from a rooftop on the other side of the campus courtyard.

Judge Tony Graf Jr. said Monday he reserved 105 days for the trial.

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"Today's decision to delay the trial of the man accused of murdering our beloved Charlie until at least June 2028, is deeply disappointing," Kirk's family said in a statement. "While nothing will restore the time we have lost with Charlie, every additional day without justice prolongs our family's pain and forces us to wait even longer for accountability."

As the designated victim's representative under Utah law, widow Erika Kirk has a right to see a speedy resolution to the case. That does not outweigh Robinson's right to a fair trial, however.

Responding to Erika Kirk's request for a trial by October 2027, Graf said that timeline would leave Robinson's defense too little time to prepare and pointed to other scheduling hurdles such as the holidays and previously scheduled trial obligations in other cases for attorneys on both sides.

Graf said the June 2028 trial date leaves room for hearings after defense attorney Richard Novak's expected January federal trial in San Jose, California, gives both sides seven weeks after juror questionnaires are due May 3, 2028, and sets a firm date for lining up witnesses and experts.

As Graf was discussing the victim representative's right to object to future attempts to delay the trial, Novak showed Robinson something written on a yellow notepad.

The judge said a report from both the prosecution and defense is due by Dec. 14, requiring each party to "file an initial conflict and progress report addressing their ability to meet this order's deadlines."

Jeffrey Neiman, lawyer for the Kirk family, said during the hearing that the June 2028 trial "does not feel very speedy to the Kirk family."

"The Kirk family strongly asks the court that the schedule will not move unless something truly significant requires it to be moved. The family has waited long enough already. They should not have to wait any longer for this. And with that, we will let the process play out," Neiman said.

Utah County prosecutors asked in court documents and oral arguments for Jan. 31, 2028, as their preferred trial date but said they could be ready in October 2027. Robinson's defense team has proposed late 2029 as a "soft target" trial date.

Staci Visser, one of Robinson's defense lawyers, said at a hearing in October that the state's timeline is "not practical" due to large amounts of discovery.

"Discovery review is foundational," she said. "It impacts everything else."

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The court was also attempting to work with both sides to avoid setting a date that conflicts with previously scheduled trials they have in other cases.

One directly conflicted with the prosecution's desired start date, a federal racketeering case Novak has scheduled for Jan. 10, 2028.

"The reality is rushing to trial does not lead to closure. It does not lead to finality. It leads to mistakes," he said at a hearing on Oct. 23.

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Both sides agreed that setting a trial earlier, which would be interrupted for a break during the holidays, could put potential jurors and witnesses in a bind.

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The case's pace has even attracted criticism from President Donald Trump, who wrote on the Truth Social platform that the judge was doing "a terrible job" moving things along.

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"This case should be tried within a month, not three years — and it should be over with," Trump wrote. "The judge is desecrating the memory of the Great Charlie Kirk, while taking forever to ask questions that people already know the answer to. The whole Country is mocking him and our 'Legal' System. JUSTICE FOR CHARLIE!"

Robinson's lawyers used the president's post to argue that news cameras should be kicked out of the courtroom. Graf denied the request, as he has done several times previously.

"He's very slow — he's very deliberate on making decisions," Donna Rotunno, a criminal defense attorney and Fox News contributor, told "Fox & Friends" Monday. "I do hope he sets a trial date. The only reason he wouldn't is if he says there are too many motions that are still outstanding and we need to get through those first."

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"Justice delayed this long stops being justice for the Kirk family," Neiman, an attorney for Kirk's widow, Erika, told the court at the Oct. 23 hearing.

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Robinson did not enter a plea until last month, nearly a year after being charged.

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Dana White takes questions at podium during White House briefing with Trump

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 17:24:33 -0500

UFC CEO Dana White joined President Donald Trump at a White House press briefing on Monday, where Trump clarified that his recent suggestion to appoint the fight executive as his press secretary was merely a joke.

Trump made a surprise appearance at the briefing to address reports that he had reached out to White for the role following a difficult news cycle.

"We were having a very bad press day, and I said: 'I don't know why I thought of his name. ' He's been my friend for a long time. I said: 'You know, I think I'm going to get Dana White to be my new press secretary,'" Trump told reporters. "I said it to a group of the press and that was it. I was sort of kidding, and then they wrote the story as though I wasn't kidding."

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White then took the podium to address reporters and shut down any rumors of entering government service.

"I have zero political aspirations," White said. "I was at a fight for Zuffa Boxing in London when he called me and told me that he had done this, and the last 24 hours of my life have been insane."

When asked by a reporter to break down a hypothetical UFC cage match between Trump and former President Joe Biden, White praised Trump’s toughness while dismissing the match up.

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"He's the toughest, most resilient human being that I've ever met in my entire life," White said of Trump. "Many times during the last eight or 10 years, I have told him: 'Why? Why do you keep doing this? ' But as tough and as resilient as I thought he was, after he got shot, he proved he is a one-of-one unique human being."

Regarding the hypothetical fight, White added: "It would be very bad. Yeah, I think it would be very bad... I can't believe you actually have questions for me."

White added that he never explicitly told Trump "no" regarding the position.

Before stepping away, the UFC chief was also asked what advice he would give Trump regarding a potential posthumous pardon for Pete Rose, the legendary baseball player who died in 2024.

Rose was banned from MLB Hall of Fame eligibility due to betting on baseball games, including those involving his own team, the Cincinnati Reds. In 2025, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred removed Rose and 16 other deceased people from the permanently ineligible list.

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Trump reiterated during the briefing that he favors pardoning the hit king.

Jeffries vows Democrats won’t ‘give a dime’ to Trump’s deportation efforts

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 17:09:59 -0500

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries on Monday laid out an aggressive agenda for House Democrats as the party prepares to take control of the chamber following sweeping midterm election victories, declaring that Democrats will "not give a dime" toward funding the Trump administration's deportation efforts.

The House minority leader made the remarks during a press conference, one week before Democrats are set to vote on whether Jeffries should remain in his leadership position.

"The American people clearly and decisively rejected MAGA extremism on Tuesday and voted for dramatic change," Jeffries said.

"House Democrats have taken the position that we're not going to give a dime to the administration's violent mass deportation machine," he added.

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Jeffries also criticized the use of taxpayer dollars to support what he called "un-American" policies under President Donald Trump.

"Taxpayer dollars should be used to make life more affordable for the American people, not brutalize or kill American citizens, and violently target law-abiding immigrant communities and families, which is what has happened over the last two years," Jeffries said.

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He added that he hopes to secure one additional signature on a discharge petition that would bypass House leadership and force a floor vote on the American Dream and Promise Act, which would provide permanent legal status and a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers and recipients of Temporary Protected Status (TPS).

"Hopefully some of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle will be willing to do that work, perhaps beginning with one additional signature that we need to force a vote on the Dream and Promise Act from a Republican," he said.

Among other priorities, Jeffries said Democrats want to pass legislation banning members of the House and Senate from trading stocks, an effort aimed at restoring public trust in government.

He also voiced support for an impeachment resolution against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over his handling of the war in Iran and alleged constitutional violations.

"I'm a hard yes, as I've made clear, on the impeachment resolution. Pete Hegseth has abused his power, undermined America's national security, and he's the architect of the reckless and costly failed war of choice in Iran, which has skyrocketed gas prices on everyday Americans, made the country less safe," Jeffries said.

"Iran is stronger now than they were before," he argued.

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As the Democratic caucus leadership vote approaches next Wednesday, reporters asked Jeffries whether he was concerned about progressive members who have criticized him for not taking a more aggressive approach during his tenure as leader.

Jeffries said he plans to speak with every member of the caucus in an effort to retain his position.

"I'm going to work hard to talk to every single member about what we've been able to do together over the last two years, and what the opportunities are for us to do together in the next two years," he said.

Colorado mom who said daughter was secretly transitioned helps lead effort to ban boys in girls' sports

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 17:01:13 -0500

A Colorado mother who said her daughter was secretly socially transitioned at school helped lead a grassroots campaign that delivered major midterm victories, including measures restricting boys from playing in girls' spots in the traditionally Democratic state.

Erin Lee, executive director and co-founder of Protect Kids Colorado, told Fox News Digital that the campaign's success was deeply personal, coming more than five years after an experience involving her daughter transformed her from a self-described left-leaning Democrat into a prominent parental rights advocate.

"I co-founded Protect Kids Colorado because, five-and-a-half years ago, my 12-year-old daughter was secretly transitioned in her sixth-grade classroom," Lee said.

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In 2023, Lee, her husband and another couple, who at the time had sixth-grade daughters attending Wellington Middle-High School (WMS), sued educators at the Poudre School District with the assistance of America First Policy Institute and Illumine Legal, according to a copy of the lawsuit.

Her group championed three ballot initiatives: Proposition 133, which increases penalties for child sex trafficking to life in prison without parole; Proposition 134, which would generally require students to compete on school sports teams corresponding to their biological sex; and Proposition 135, which would prohibit certain gender-transition surgeries for minors.

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Proposition 133 passed with approximately 62% support, while the other two measures, proposition 134, received roughly 52% and proposition 135 also received 52%.

In the same election, Coloradans re-elected Democratic Sen. John Hickenlooper in a landslide with 60 percent of the vote.

Lee said that the results demonstrate opposition to certain transgender policies that extend beyond traditional partisan lines.

"Colorado broke ranks where they voted for Democrats," Lee said. "They also voted yes on these commonsense child protection measures."

"I think that really speaks volumes to the fact that gender ideology is not a winning issue," she added.

Lee said the campaign relied on more than 3,300 petition circulators, over 1,900 notaries and support from more than 1,000 churches. She claimed opponents spent more than $5 million, outspending her organization by more than 20 to 1.

"This really was a movement of the people," Lee said.

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She also described the personal toll of her family's experience, alleging that school officials turned against her and her husband after they questioned their daughter's change in gender identity.

"We walked through a living nightmare," Lee said.

"Prior to 2021, I was your typical left-leaning Democrat voting, politically disengaged, virtue-signaling mom," Lee said.

"And then it happened to us personally, and we were attacked by the school district when my daughter came home and declared she was suddenly a boy. We spoke up to the school and they vilified us. They sent in a well child check to check on our kids and assumed we weren't fit parents because we didn't instantly affirm. We were bullied with the suicide myth, ‘Would you rather have a living son or a dead daughter? You have to medicalize your child,’ and we're one of a few success stories," she said.

Lee said her daughter one day moved on from the gender confusion, and asked her mom to become an advocate for others who might find themselves in a similar place.

"It took almost a year to get her through this mentality," Lee said. "It included suicidal ideation and estrangement from people in our lives who didn't agree with us, not affirming her. She asked us to speak up to help other kids, and that's what launched me into sharing our story and it going viral, and really becoming this person that people could come to with their own stories of what they were going through, and I just learned how pervasive gender ideology is."

Her daughter’s request, according to Lee, helped launch the advocacy work that ultimately grew into Protect Kids Colorado's statewide campaign.

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Lee said she sees the election results as evidence of a broader cultural shift.

"Gender ideology is a house of cards," she said, arguing that the Colorado vote could inspire similar efforts elsewhere.

"The voters have spoken," Lee said. "We've come a long way culturally for this to have passed."

A spokesperson for Poudre School District told Fox News Digital in a statement that, "Poudre School District does not comment on individual students, consistent with federal student privacy law."

The spokesperson added that "the claims in Lee v. Poudre School District R-1 were dismissed by the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. That dismissal was affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in April 2025. The plaintiffs subsequently petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for review, and the Court denied that petition in October 2025. At no stage of this litigation was the district found liable."

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Fox News Digital reached out to LGBTQ advocacy organization One Colorado for comment, as well as Families Not Politics, an organization opposing the measures.

REBECCA GRANT: Jensen Huang owes America an apology, and Nvidia owes investors answers

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 16:56:52 -0500

The espionage "honeytrap" is the oldest spy trick in the book. How embarrassing that the brilliant Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, apparently fell for this Hollywood movie cliché.

Huang has been a front-line warrior in America’s race to stay ahead of China in AI. How the heck did he slip up? Huang has admitted to having an affair with an unrelated Chinese business executive, Alice Huang. Huang has apologized to his family and employees. Nvidia is investigating.

According to the Financial Times, Alice Huang boasted to investors about her ability to secure Nvidia chips, likely on the black market, for use in non-American data center projects in Southeast Asia. Huang’s former company, Megaspeed, is being investigated for allegedly smuggling Nvidia "chips" called GPUs.

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"You deserve better from me," Huang said to Nvidia employees and shareholders in a press release on Sunday. No kidding.

Frankly, Huang owes America an apology. Here’s why.

A Chinese assault on Nvidia is scary for Americans because Nvidia holds as much as an 80% market share of the world’s most advanced data center AI chips. Nvidia is the "go-to choice for all the biggest AI software developers," as explained by Yahoo Finance.

The carelessness is unfathomable. Can you imagine if the CEO of a top U.S. defense company was caught in a close relationship with a suspected Chinese operative? One has to wonder: Does Huang not realize that Nvidia has made him a major national security player and, therefore, a target for espionage?

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The U.S. intelligence community certainly had its eyes on Nvidia’s CEO. As reported by The New York Times, it turns out U.S. intelligence agencies suspected Alice Huang was a Chinese recruit. The Times also reported that Secretary of State Marco Rubio alerted other officials months ago to the possible shenanigans.

Jensen Huang has been a star. He embodies the American dream at hyperscale. He married his college sweetheart, his daughter, son and son-in-law all work in the family business, and he’s become a titan on the level of Henry Ford. Remember when Huang flew on Air Force One with President Trump to Beijing back in May? We were all so proud of him.

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Winning the race with China – whether in the Pacific, in space or in AI – is the top challenge for America, as laid out by all the recent national security strategies from both the Biden administration and Trump’s White House.

Aside from the nuclear triad, the AI race may be the single most important contest shaping the world today. AI is as important as the submarine fleet and space superiority.

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To win the AI competition, the U.S. must conquer global market share. Nvidia chips won’t do it alone. The overall goal is for U.S. products to dominate the AI tech stack – chips, software, models, experts and, yes, data centers. That is why Amazon Web Services, for example, has a global network in 39 regions and why you see Google investing $15 billion in Malaysia, alongside $17 billion in Wyoming.

Maintaining the lead requires a robust base of global operations and sales that generate the revenue to fuel innovation. This is why Chinese companies were trying to get advanced chips. This is also why, ironically, the U.S. Department of Commerce may now permit case-by-case sales of slower H200 chips to certain Chinese companies. American tech can’t lock itself down inside the USA and give China free rein to build out data centers around the globe to undercut prices for AI services and capture global markets.

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Let’s just hope that if any gifts were exchanged, the object of Huang’s affection got diamonds, not information on the Blackwell chip architecture. Whatever happened, it looks like conduct unbecoming of an industry leader.

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This whole sorry tale proves once again that Xi Jinping and his minions will stop at nothing to slash America’s lead in AI.

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Should star Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith sit out the rest of the season after Buckeyes loss?

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 16:49:56 -0500

The 2026 college football season seemed to set up perfectly for the Ohio State Buckeyes.

They finished the 2025 regular season undefeated, only losing 13-10 to Indiana in the Big Ten Championship Game. While their College Football Playoff run ended with a disappointing 24-10 loss to the Miami Hurricanes, the Buckeyes entered the season as potentially the best team in the country.

Julian Sayin returned for his second season as a starting quarterback. They returned a ton of talent on offense, including Bo Jackson and an experienced offensive line. While they'd have to replace talented defensive players like Caleb Downs, they brought back arguably the best player in college football, Jeremiah Smith.

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But this season has been a good reminder of how nothing is guaranteed in sports. On the road against the Texas Longhorns, OSU entered the fourth quarter with a 23-3 lead. Through a series of miraculous, and frankly absurd outcomes, they lost 24-23.

They recovered quickly, blowing out a solid Illinois team, and easily handling a very good Iowa Hawkeyes team on the road. On October 17 though, their season changed in the blink of an eye.

In the process of handing Indiana their first loss in 23 games, Sayin suffered an arm injury while being tackled to the ground. While head coach Ryan Day was initially noncommittal, over the bye week news broke that Sayin would miss the rest of the season. And in the world of superconferences, timing is everything.

The Buckeyes' first test with Luke Fahey as a starting quarterback was on the road against a very good USC Trojans team. They lost, 30-18, in a game that wasn't really that close. Fahey wasn't awful, wasn't outstanding, but the OSU defense wasn't effective against Jayden Maiava, and a litany of penalties doomed the Buckeyes.

Their next game? Against the Oregon Ducks, another team with high-end talent struggling to live up to expectations. In Columbus, the Buckeyes jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter...then gave up 38 straight points in a 41-28 loss.

On October 17 after beating Indiana, the Buckeyes were No. 2 in the country and looked headed for an easy berth in the Big Ten Championship Game and likely first-round bye in the College Football Playoff. By November 7, their season had gone off the rails, murmurs of discontent with Day had started to circle around the fanbase, and OSU's playoff aspirations are on life support. If not already dead.

Perhaps the bigger question? What happens now with Jeremiah Smith. One analyst, former NFL running back Damien Harris, thinks Smith is done at OSU. Particularly after how he reacted during the loss to the Ducks.

"We just watched Jeremiah Smith play his last snap at Ohio State. He's done," he said while speaking on CBS Sports. "He's going to pack it up. He's not playing anymore this season. The season is gone. We saw this isn't a college football playoff team. They were already on the outside looking in. The season's over.

"He's already etched his name in history. He's got the touchdown record. He's got the reception record. He's got a national championship. He's not going to get a Heisman this year. What's there to play for?"

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Smith hadn't been involved in the game much late into the third quarter, then was seen showing frustration on the field after catching a pass for little gain.

One local radio show host, Jeremy Birmingham from 97.1 The Fan, went after him for his behavior, calling him a "petulant child."

"You cannot be the best player in the country and a captain and all of the things that Jeremiah Smith is and go stomping down the field like a petulant child," he said.

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Which is partially why Harris was adamant that Smith will choose to sit out the remainder of the year.

"I don't think that he plays again the rest of the season for Ohio State. And that's not a knock on Ohio State. It's not a knock on Ryan Day. It's not a knock on this team. It's not a knock on Luke Fahey. It's just there are bigger things out there for Jeremiah Smith than what the rest of the season has to offer," he said.

So will he actually sit out?

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Well, Smith this week reposted a defense of his behavior and track record in Columbus, implying there's still competitiveness and desire to play there. There's been no announcement of his intentions or public remarks to that extent. Technically, the Buckeyes are still alive in the race for the Big Ten Championship Game and a win in Indianapolis would guarantee them a spot in the playoff.

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The next two weeks provide an opportunity to recover, with games against Northwestern and Nebraska, before the "The Game" against a very disappointing Michigan Wolverines team. Point being, there's still plenty to play for, even if the season hasn't gone according to plan. Smith may also still have a shot at the Heisman Trophy, and while there is injury risk, NFL teams might not look highly on a player choosing to sit out with regular season games remaining.

Though in modern college football? You just never know.

Judge issues order protecting Daughters of American Revolution chapter that only allows biological women

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 16:49:17 -0500

A judge has issued a temporary restraining order stopping the leadership of The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) from disbanding a local Texas chapter that only allows biological women to join, according to a legal advocacy organization.

The Martha Laird chapter had fought to bar transgender women – biological men who identify as women – from joining its ranks. The national leadership of DAR voted in early October to disband this chapter, citing violations of its national bylaws.

The Heritage Foundation's Legal Action Center, which represented the Texas chapter in suing the national organization, celebrated the court's decision.

"The court's order is an important victory for the Martha Laird Chapter and the women who stood up for the principle that a women’s organization should be for women," Lea Patterson, senior litigation counsel with Heritage, wrote. "National DAR leadership tried to silence these women by disbanding their 84-year-old chapter. We are grateful the court has stepped in to protect the chapter while this fight continues."

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She continued, "DAR headquarters tried to punish its members for speaking out, shut down legitimate debate, and strip a chapter of its assets without a fair process. These women followed DAR’s own procedures to advocate for change. They deserve to be heard, not punished for standing up for their convictions."

The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution confirmed to Fox News Digital that the organization had voted to disband the local Texas chapter but denied it was due to its views on membership and said it was acting in compliance with its national bylaws.

"The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) stands by the October 10, 2026, decision of its National Board of Management, which was made under the authority established in the National Bylaws," the organization told Fox News Digital. "The decision was based on the Martha Laird Chapter’s use of the DAR name and its official chapter leadership, communications, and governance processes to promote the objectives of a separate advocacy organization. It was not based on the personal views or advocacy of individual members."

"The court’s temporary restraining order does not determine the validity of the National Board’s decision. NSDAR is complying with the order and remains confident that the National Board acted within its authority under the National Bylaws and that its decision will withstand judicial review," the statement read.

The group did not respond to an additional request for comment about the separate advocacy organization claim.

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Political strategist and former senior Senate advisor Mary Marslender said the judge's ruling was proper.

"It shouldn’t take a court order to state the obvious: the Daughters of the American Revolution should be for women, not men. Changing a label doesn’t change biological reality. My daughters shouldn’t have to grow up in a world where their sex is treated as a choice and their spaces as negotiable," she told Fox News Digital. "Organizations created by and for women should not be pressured to ignore basic facts. The Texas chapter defended common sense, and I applaud the judge’s decision to halt this misguided effort to undermine a historic women’s group."

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Trump tells DHS chief to work with Democrats on immigration reform, but no amnesty

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 16:45:25 -0500

President Donald Trump has encouraged Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to work with Democrats who have reached out about immigration reform, but the administration has not discussed changing its enforcement policies and remains opposed to amnesty, Mullin reportedly said Monday.

Mullin told reporters on the sidelines of a counter-drone conference in Maryland that "a lot of Democrats" have contacted him about working together on immigration legislation in the new Congress.

"I’ve let the president know that those calls are coming in, and the president has said, ‘Let’s start working with them and then let’s meet at some point,’" Mullin said.

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However, Mullin emphasized that he and Trump have not discussed changing the administration’s immigration enforcement policies.

"But has there been a conversation about changing the policy?" Mullin said of his discussions with Trump. "No, we haven’t had that conversation."

"We’re never going to allow amnesty to happen," Mullin added.

Mullin also suggested Congress could consider a pathway to permanent legal status for recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which provides temporary protection from deportation and work authorization to eligible immigrants brought to the country illegally as children.

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"If we want to have an immigration reform to where we can look at DACA and figure out a way that these individuals can become maybe legal permanent citizens or something like this, that’ll be up to Congress," Mullin said.

Mullin’s comments come after Trump signaled openness to working with Democrats on immigration following the 2026 midterm elections , even as the president named Stephen Miller , the architect of his administration’s hardline immigration policies, as his new White House chief of staff, replacing Susie Wiles.

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Mullin’s willingness to consider a legislative pathway for DACA recipients marks a shift in tone from the department’s messaging earlier this year. In a March post on X, DHS stressed that DACA "does not confer any form of legal status in this country" and warned that recipients could be arrested and deported, including for criminal conduct.

The post also included video of Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., questioning then-DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. Durbin asked whether Noem was aware that DACA immigrants must undergo criminal background checks. Noem responded that the agency follows the law in its detention and deportation decisions.

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DHS said in the post that ICE arrested 264 DACA recipients nationwide between Jan. 20 and Sept. 28, 2025, and that more than 92% had been charged with or convicted of a crime in the United States. Mullin’s comments Monday marked his first public suggestion that DACA recipients could gain permanent legal status through congressional action.

DHS did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment by publication time.

Shopping With Friends: 4 toys that make learning feel like play

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 16:25:51 -0500

Welcome to a special edition of the FOX News Deals Newsletter

Yesterday, Shopping With Friends host Limor Suss stopped by FOX & Friends Weekend to share the toys that make learning fun, including a kid-safe power tool for cutting cardboard, an AI-powered sticker creation station and a squishy trading mat. Shop the picks below and get a jump on holiday gifts.

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Trump's redistricting gamble faces reckoning as GOP holdouts claim vindication

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 16:22:26 -0500

Under intense pressure from the White House and conservative activists, Indiana Republicans resisted an effort to redraw the state's congressional map to favor the GOP ahead of the midterms. Now, with Republicans reeling from major election losses, a state lawmaker who helped block the plan believes the opposition may have spared Indiana's GOP delegation a political wipeout.

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance pushed Republican-led states to redraw congressional maps mid-decade, but the strategy failed to deliver several anticipated pickups as Democrats flipped seats previously considered safely Republican.

Indiana Senate President Pro Tempore Rod Bray, R-Martinsville, who helped lead opposition to the proposed redraw, told Fox News Digital that the plan could have devastated the state's Republican congressional delegation.

"[H]ad we made a change to redistricting, we'd've ended up with something like 8-1 or 7-2 [favoring Democrats] — I really do believe that," Bray said.

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Vance personally pressed Indiana Republicans to redraw their congressional districts, visiting Indianapolis twice and meeting privately with lawmakers, including Bray. Trump also advocated for a redraw and singled out Bray while warning Republican holdouts that they could face MAGA-backed primary challengers. Fox News Digital contacted the White House and the vice president's office for comment but did not receive a response before publication.

North Carolina offered a prominent example of the risks Republican mapmakers faced as Democrats won districts the GOP had expected to hold.

Former North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Kings Mountain, helped engineer the state's Republican-friendly redistricting strategy, only to lose his own congressional seat to Democratic political newcomer LaKesha Womack. Moore did not respond to a request for comment.

National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Richard Hudson, R-N.C., who led House Republicans' campaign arm, also lost his Fort Bragg-area seat to former West Virginia state Sen. Richard Ojeda. Democratic Rep. Don Davis, meanwhile, survived despite the addition of Republican-leaning areas such as Emerald Isle and Down East to his district.

Western Carolina University political scientist Chris Cooper warned before the election that North Carolina Republicans risked spreading their voters too thin.

"They can't spread too much thinner, or else they'll be at risk of what folks call a dummymander, where you end up hurting yourself," Cooper told Axios in April.

In Florida, Democratic Reps. Jared Moskowitz and Lois Frankel, whose district includes Mar-a-Lago, survived despite redistricting efforts intended to improve Republican prospects. Democrat Pia Dandiya also won a redrawn district near Lake Okeechobee considered a "Trump +10" seat.

In Texas, Democratic Reps. Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez also survived in districts along the U.S.-Mexico border that Republicans had sought to make more favorable to their candidates.

Those results suggest that Republican redistricting failed to produce several anticipated pickups. Whether the strategy actually cost the party seats, however, remains a separate question from whether a broader Democratic wave overwhelmed districts that had become more Republican on paper.

"Given how the newly proposed maps would have added even more Democratic voters in seemingly safe Republican districts, it is possible the redistricting, had it gone through, would backfire and actually would have given Democrats more seats," University of Indianapolis political scientist Laura Merrifield Wilson told Fox News Digital.

Wilson noted that Democrats flipped only one of Indiana's nine congressional districts.

"As it was, they did flip (Rep. Victoria Spartz') IN-5 from red to blue and that was a district that was considered 'solid Republican' at the beginning of this election cycle," Wilson said.

"Adding more Democratic voters to those Republican districts could have actually tipped the scales in favor of the Democratic candidates."

Bray explained why he believed the rejected map would have put more Republican seats at risk.

"If you take the Democrat strongholds in the state of Indiana that are Marion County and obviously Northwest Indiana, and then you spread those out amongst all the congressional districts among the state, by definition you're going to weaken these other congressional districts," Bray said.

He added that redrawing district boundaries would also force Republican incumbents to campaign in unfamiliar territory, potentially weakening their existing fundraising and constituent networks.

Resisting the White House came with political consequences for Indiana Republicans. Wilson noted that most Republican state senators who opposed the redraw and subsequently faced primary challenges lost their races, with Sens. Greg Goode, R-Terre Haute, and Spencer Deery, R-West Lafayette, among the exceptions.

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"The redistricting debacle proved to be a waste of time, energy, and money," she told Fox News Digital.

Bray said he believed resisting the redraw was worthwhile.

"There was an immense amount of political capital spent on both sides of this darn thing," Bray said. "It was not a good idea to start, at least from my perspective."

"Indiana didn't want it," he added. "I think the results would have been far worse had we done it. So it was worthwhile. Yes."

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The election leaves Republicans confronting two possible explanations: Their aggressive redistricting may have spread GOP voters too thin, exposing previously safe seats, or the Democratic wave may simply have been too powerful for even Republican-friendly maps to withstand. For Indiana Republicans who resisted Trump's demands, the results offer a measure of vindication, though the consequences of adopting the rejected map remain uncertain.

"You can get far too cute with redistricting if you want to, and some folks think that they have the means or the science to just draw maps and come up with a result that they can guarantee," Bray said. "That is not the case."

"We continue to hold elections for a reason. Because sometimes the results are not exactly what we expect."

Wendy's bets on thicker bacon, creamier Frosty in bid to reverse sales slump

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 16:20:47 -0500

Thicker, crispier bacon and a richer, creamier Frosty are among the menu upgrades Wendy's is testing as the Ohio-based fast-food chain launches a multiyear turnaround strategy following seven consecutive quarters of declining sales.

Wendy's U.S. same-restaurant sales fell 5.7% in the third quarter of 2026, which ended Sept. 27, compared with the same period in 2025.

International same-restaurant sales fell 2.2% year over year, according to the company's financial report.

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In an effort to "return Wendy's to sustainable growth," the chain is rolling out the "Dave's Way" plan, built around five strategic pillars: menu, marketing, operations, digital experience and "restaurants as the engine for growth," Bob Wright, Wendy's president and CEO, said in a video accompanying the announcement.

In the Nov. 5 announcement, Wright called Wendy's the "quality leader" in quick-service restaurants that is "always worth what you pay."

As part of the "Dave's Way" plan, the company is revamping its menu, working to improve quality and value for customers.

The chain has started testing improvements to core menu items, incorporating thicker, crispier bacon, upgraded salads, a richer, creamier Frosty and whole-leaf lettuce on sandwiches, the company confirmed to Fox News Digital.

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Another key aspect of the plan is removing "lower volume items that add complexity" in Wendy's kitchens, Wright said.

Franchisees will also be allowed to stop serving breakfast if they feel it does not support the restaurant's economics, according to the quarterly earnings call.

A new menu board design is also being implemented in an effort to highlight signature offerings.

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Since its founding in 1969 by Dave Thomas, Wendy's has become a key player in the quick-service restaurant space, now operating more than 7,000 restaurants worldwide.

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With an emphasis on fresh beef and quality ingredients, Wendy's is home to classic menu items like the Frosty and the Baconator.

The new strategy comes after Wendy's rejected a $1.4 billion buyout offer from Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund Management, FOX Business reported.

"We have moved quickly to align the Wendy's system to support the strategy, organize our leadership and teams around our priorities and put resources behind execution," Wright said in the announcement.

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There are early signs of progress, and the "direction reinforces our conviction in the actions we are taking," he added.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders accuses 'The View' host of twisting her words in immigration exchange

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 16:16:16 -0500

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders accused "The View" co-host Ana Navarro of twisting her words as she praised President Donald Trump for securing the border during Monday's show.

Navarro noted that the president said during an interview with "60 Minutes" on Sunday that he might have been "too tough" on immigration, and asked Sanders, "I'm wondering if you agree with him, and if he actually believes that? How do you reconcile elevating Stephen Miller, the architect of some of the most draconian immigration policies that we saw in Trump 1 when you were there, and now in Trump 2, including family separations and the Muslim travel ban? How do those two things go together? Make it make sense, because it makes no sense to me."

Sanders, who served as Trump's second press secretary during his first term, said, "I think the first thing is the president was exactly right to secure our border and to put an intense focus on violent, criminal illegals. I think that was the right place. I think it needed to happen–"

"I have to stop you there because the majority of the people that are being detained and deported do not have violent criminal convictions," Navarro interjected.

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Sanders argued that wasn't what she said.

"You're not going to twist my words around. What I said was the president was right to focus on those people. I think we have to have a secure border, and I think he did that. At the same time, I think he is right to be reflective and say there were certain people we shouldn't have cracked down on," Sanders added.

During an interview with "60 Minutes" on Sunday, Trump told CBS' Ross Douthat that his immigration policy may have been "too tough."

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

However, Trump acknowledged that many illegal immigrants living in the country were "good" people, a point he suggested had contributed to criticism of his immigration policies.

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

The White House did not immediately return Fox News Digital's request for comment.

Sanders recounted the death of an Arkansas pediatric nurse who she said was killed by an illegal immigrant in a drunk-driving crash.

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"There was a woman, Jennifer Ann Morton. She's a pediatric nurse in my state. She should be alive today if it had not been for an illegal immigrant that killed her on her way to work because they were driving drunk," she said. "That shouldn't have happened. That person was deported during Trump 1, came back under the Biden administration, and now she is no longer living in my state taking care of some of the most vulnerable children in our state."

Co-host Sunny Hostin pushed back, "What about the 97% of those that [Trump] deported that did nothing criminal?"

A Migration Policy Institute fact sheet from October said that 20% of the Trump administration's deportations in the first 18 months of his second term involved individuals with a criminal conviction.

Sanders said that the president was right to reflect on some of his policies and called for comprehensive immigration reform.

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Fox News contributor Joe Concha told Fox News Digital in a statement about Navarro's remarks, "The bottom line is that Navarro hosted a fundraiser for Joe Biden during his reelection campaign. She approved of his handling of the border. And for her to blame Trump for trying to clean up the Biden administration’s mess is 31 flavors of unintentional comedy."

ASRA NOMANI: El-Sayed glides into role as rock star of the hard left's red-green alliance

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 16:11:21 -0500

CHANTILLY, Va. — Three days after Abdul El-Sayed won a historic election as America's first Muslim senator, a driver navigating a black luxury GMC Yukon Denali SUV pulled into a parking space beside a side security entrance of an upscale Marriott conference center here in this suburb of Washington, D.C., at 7:39 p.m. on Friday.

A man jumped out of the front passenger seat and opened the rear door, from which El-Sayed emerged for an appearance at the Arab America Foundation's "CONNECT Empowerment Summit," hosted by the 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose leaders had supported his election.

As the man extended an arm to shield El-Sayed, the senator-elect dipped out of the SUV, slipping on a jacket as he climbed the steps toward the entrance. The Democratic Party's newly minted rock star had arrived, in more ways than one.

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The ensuing 45 minutes offered a window into some of the activists, organizations, political rhetoric and cultural forces surrounding the El-Sayed's dramatic rise, buoyed by an increasingly powerful coalition that includes many disaffected Democrats, but also outright Islamists and communists in an unlikely alliance.

Inside, Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CodePink, a far-left nonprofit, paced in the hallway in a fuchsia tunic over leggings and white boots.

CodePink is a pro-communist, pro-China nonprofit funded by Neville Roy Singham, an American-born, Shanghai-based tycoon whose financing of left-wing nonprofits has drawn congressional and prosecutorial scrutiny. CodePink's other co-founder, Jodie Evans, is married to Singham.

Nearby, Benjamin's husband and fellow CodePink activist, Tighe Barry, wore a traditional Chinese jacket under a khaki Mao-style cap emblazoned with a five-point star associated with communist iconography. He carried a backpack patterned with a keffiyeh pattern and watermelons, symbols adopted by pro-Palestinian activists.

Benjamin and Barry weren't political outliers in El-Sayed's orbit.

His political rise has been supported by prominent anti-Israel activists including Linda Sarsour and left-wing streamer Hasan Piker, who has called Hamas "1,000 times better" than Israel, a remark he later described as intentionally provocative.

Friday night provided a firsthand view of another part of that coalition.

They were among activists and representatives of organizations from different ideological traditions that have converged around El-Sayed — part of what Fox News Digital has examined as a "red-green" network linking elements of the socialist and communist hard-left with Muslim and Arab advocacy organizations.

The gathering itself didn't fit neatly into a fundamentalist religious mold, amid questions about Islamism, or political Islam, and the Muslim Brotherhood that have followed El-Sayed. He has denied being a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, although his family reportedly has ties to the organization and he himself has written favorably about the organization's leaders.

Women danced and sang with bare shoulders and flowing hair, underscoring the secular and openly cultural character of much of the celebration. A table for Jinba Village and School outside Hebron in the West Bank displayed a flyer reading, "End Settler Outposts: Make Palestinian Villages Safe. Email Congress."

Another table offered keffiyehs with designs replacing the traditional fishbone pattern with the outlines of Palestinian territory.

Along the far corner of the ballroom, a collection of gifts for a fundraiser included a handcrafted wooden "silhouette of Palestine, painted in the iconic colors of the Palestinian flag" by artist Hasan Munem.

Opening bid: $100.

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Benjamin eventually took a seat beside Hazami Barmada, a prominent Syrian American anti-Israel activist who has deployed political theater and demonstrations across Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C., storming the offices of Palantir Technologies, Lockheed-Martin and PETA, the animal rights advocates, and confronting Biden and Trump administration officials to cut ties with Israel.

Barmada wore a keffiyeh over her hair like a turban.

Benjamin, Barry and Barmada declined to answer questions from Fox News Digital.

Their presence put figures from different wings of the political coalition around El-Sayed in the same room: activists from the socialist, pro-communist Left alongside Arab, Muslim and pro-Palestinian activists and organizations that supported his candidacy.

Fox News Digital has tracked the intersection of those movements as a "red-green" network — the "red" referring to socialist and communist organizations and "green" to Muslim and Arab political organizations. The groups don't share a single ideology or formal organizational structure but have converged around causes including opposition to Israel and U.S. foreign policy.

Friday night, those relationships weren't nodes on an organizational chart.

They were in the room.

Co-founders Warren David and Dr. Amal David started the Arab America Foundation as an educational and cultural organization dedicated to promoting Arab heritage and connecting and empowering Arab Americans nationwide.

Now they were waiting to greet the country's first Muslim senator.

The foundation describes itself as nonpartisan, but political participation features prominently in its programming.

The next morning, the summit's "Leading from the Front," included Abbas Alawieh and Layla Elabed, co-chairs of the Uncommitted National Movement, which organized Democratic voters in 2024 to cast "uncommitted" ballots in protest of the Biden administration's policies toward Israel and the war in Gaza. El-Sayed supported the Uncommitted effort.

Also on the roster was Anas Shallal, CEO of the Washington, D.C., restaurant and bookstore, Bus Boys and Poets, which has hosted events involving left-wing organizations, including groups in the Singham network such as CodePink, on issues ranging from Israel and the Trump administration and Israel to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The summit also included Arab American Institute founder James Zogby among dozens of artists, musicians and business, government and community leaders.

But Friday night, El-Sayed was the celebrity guest.

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Benjamin, Barry and Barmada rushed into one hallway before being directed back toward another as organizers and supporters tried to determine where El-Sayed would enter.

Supporters eventually gathered near a doorway beside displays depicting Israel and the Palestinian territories as a single state of Palestine.

At 7:51 p.m., El-Sayed finally appeared through a side door, beaming.

The ballroom erupted in zaghrouta, high-pitched celebratory ululations traditionally heard at Arab weddings.

In his khaki Mao-style cap, Barry filmed the arriving senator-elect on his phone, as El-Sayed passed Benjamin and Barmada, then then swung his camera toward Benjamin, who pumped her hands near her shoulders in celebration.

Supporters cheered as El-Sayed made his way onto the stage.

Before the senator-elect even began his remarks, another office entered the conversation: the presidency.

Emcee Ameera David, a journalist and daughter of the co-founders, told the audience that her seven-year-old Egyptian American son had awakened Wednesday morning after El-Sayed's victory and asked her, "Mom, can he run for president?"

"Yeah!" someone shouted as the room exploded in cheers and applause.

"To which I happily replied, 'Yes he can,'" David continued. "And you can, too."

El-Sayed smiled.

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The presidential talk came just hours after El-Sayed had registered Habibi PAC with the Federal Election Commission, according to records, defining it as a leadership PAC separate from his principal campaign committee.

The committee gives the incoming senator a vehicle to raise money and make contributions to other candidates and political committees. The timing put the new committee into the backdrop of a celebration where some supporters were already discussing El-Sayed's political future beyond the Senate.

The PAC's name borrowed the Arabic term of endearment that El-Sayed had propelled into national political conversation during his election-night victory speech.

With a wry smile, El-Sayed addressed Vice President JD Vance as "JD, habibi," noting that Vance would be called upon to swear him into the Senate in January.

In just three days, "Habibi" had gone from an election-night line to the name of a federal political committee.

Then came a more explicit description of the political "movement" surrounding El-Sayed from the chairman of the organization hosting him.

At 7:53 p.m., Arab America Foundation Chair Issam Andoni, a local tech entrepreneur whom the emcee had introduced as a "long time supporter of El-Sayed, stepped forward with a scarf over his shoulders designed with the keffiyeh fishbone pattern and the word "PALESTINE."

Andoni denounced Trump and Republicans and lauded El-Sayed's success over what he called the "Democrat Zionist."

"But Habibi Abdul," he said, to laughter and applause, "you destroyed them all."

El-Sayed smiled quietly.

"You destroyed AIPAC twice," Andoni continued, referring to the primary and the general election.

"He showed them a steel backbone," he told the audience. "That steel backbone they never saw before. And that steel backbone is what created a movement behind him."

Andoni predicted, "And I'm sure that movement, it's going to grow and grow and grow. And it's going to connect with other movements."

"And with the sumud," the Arabic word for "steadfastness," "of our people in Gaza, West Bank and Lebanon, I'm sure we'll see a free Palestine from the river to the sea."

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"Palestine will be free," a woman shouted.

Al-Sayed listened quietly, his hands clasped in front of him.

As the crowd erupted in applause and cheers, Andoni continued, "A free Palestine, free Palestine from the river to the sea. Free from occupation. Free from Zionists. And free from corruption. And free from apartheid."

The phrase "from the river to the sea" is fiercely contested. Supporters describe it as a call for Palestinian "freedom," while critics, including many Jewish organizations, interpret it as an anti-Semitic call for the elimination of Israel as a Jewish state from the Jordan River and Mediterranean Sea.

The implications became less theoretical when Fox News Digital later asked people at the gathering what Palestinian freedom meant to them.

Abdullah Abualrub, Virginia state organizer for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, was manning the organization's table at the summit.

Speaking explicitly in his personal capacity, Abualrub told Fox News Digital he supported a Palestinian right of return.

"I believe that all Palestinians should have a right to return to their country," he said, describing his own family as part of the Palestinian diaspora.

Asked about Palestinians returning to territory within modern-day Israel and receiving equal political rights, Abualrub said the "dream is that everyone lives in peace" and that Jewish people "who are following the law" should be "free to live wherever they want."

Experts told Fox News Digital that, under the rubric of a core set of principles, called "thawabet," adopted by the Palestinian national movement decades ago, a broader political program includes a one-state solution "free from Zionists," and the right of return to modern-day Israel for Palestinians displaced during the creation of the state of Israel and their descendants.

El-Sayed's spokeswoman didn't respond to a request for comment on his position on a one-state solution with a "right of return" for Palestinians to Israel.

A short embrace followed Andoni's introduction, and then El-Sayed stepped to the microphone.

"My name is Abdul-Rehman Mohammed El-Sayed," he said to applause and laughter. "And I'm honored to be the next United States senator from the great state of Michigan," the "capital of Arab America."

He walked through stories that have become part of his public narrative: how his name contains sounds Americans struggle to pronounce, how his grandmother once told him each of his cousins possessed some quality superior to his and how he shortened Abdul-Rahman to Abdul at a time when singer Paula Abdul and basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar made the name familiar to Americans.

Six minutes later, at 7:59 p.m., a woman, Rima Ayyash, rose from the front row and let out the high-pitched celebratory ululations called zaghrouta.

El-Sayed paused as the room reacted.

"I don't know how one follows that up," he said.

El-Sayed then moved from identity and domestic policy into foreign policy and Israel.

As he spoke about creating a society supportive of all, some of his backers began corralling a Fox News Digital reporter, blocking footage and repeatedly demanding that the credentialed reporter move away from the stage, where the other media was freely gathered.

One of them, Omar Kurdi, a featured speaker at the summit, had just whispered in the ear of Barmada, the anti-Israel activist wearing the kefiyyeh turban.

Kurdi, a singer and rehabilitation nonprofit executive from Cincinnati, Kurdi published a song, "I am Palestinian," last October, accompanied by a music video incorporating anti-Israel protest footage and repeatedly using the refrain, "From the river to the sea, liberation is all I see."

Andoni arrived and questioned why Fox News Digital was reporting on a "cultural" event that wasn't "political."

Finally, the foundation's co-founders intervened and told them to stop harassing the Fox News Digital reporter.

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At the microphone, El-Sayed invoked "self-determination" and developed an argument about America's role in the international system created after World War II.

"The beauty of this country is our ideals," El-Sayed said.

"We led the effort in this country to build a rules-based international order," he continued. "We built the United Nations and the World Health Organization and the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court so that we could uphold the ideals of democracy. We did that. And then we proceeded to be the chief violator of exactly those same ideals. To call our country to those ideals became an open question, how could you?"

El-Sayed's attack on the "rules-based international order" echoed language used late last year by Singham, whose financial network has supported CodePink and other left-wing organizations.

Singham argued that the existing order was built on a false narrative of World War II and called for a "new world order" based on multilateralism advanced by Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Communist Party of China.

"The international rules-based order was created by another lie," Singham said.

"If we want to therefore have a new world order that is based on the multilateralism that President Xi and CPC and China have proposed, we have to undo the ideological damage that has been done by the narrative of World War II," Singham had said.

El-Sayed turned specifically to Palestinians.

"I don't know why we cannot call for equal rights to peace, dignity, and self-determination," he said. "I don't know why can't we call for the idea that a Palestinian child should be able to grow up in the land of their forefathers without having to worry about a bomb paid for by our tax dollars dropping on them."

"We don't want our tax dollars spent abroad to do genocide, apartheid, and war," El-Sayed said, repeating a talking point of protesters from the red-green alliance, like Benjamin, Barry and Barbada. "We believe in equal rights to peace, dignity and self-determination."

Andoni made his own priorities explicit in an interview with Fox News Digital after the speech.

Asked what he wanted El-Sayed to tackle first in the Senate, the foundation chairman didn't hesitate.

"Cutting aid to Israel," Andoni said. "Military aid especially."

"That is from our perspective as a community probably number one," he said.

Andoni acknowledged that El-Sayed himself had emphasized issues including "Medicare for all."

"If it's up to me," Andoni said, cutting military aid to Israel "is what I will advise him."

No mention was made of the fact that Prtesident Trump last week announced an end to the $4 billion in aid the U.S. currently provides to Israel.

Andoni also embraced the presidential speculation.

"I would love for that," he told Fox News Digital, before questioning whether America was ready for an El-Sayed presidency.

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The CAIR presence offered another window into the political infrastructure around El-Sayed.

Abualrub's table was filled with pocket-sized trifold guides explaining what to do if "Law Enforcement Approaches You."

The first tip: "You have the right to remain silent."

CAIR itself is a 501(c)(3) and does not endorse political candidates, a distinction Abualrub emphasized to Fox News Digital. But CAIR's separate political advocacy arm, CAIR Action, endorsed El-Sayed, while its affiliated Unity and Justice Fund super PAC independently spent more than $445,000 supporting his Senate candidacy, according to federal campaign-finance records.

A Fox News Digital review separately found more than $100,000 in contributions to El-Sayed from current or former CAIR employees or leaders.

Asked what aligned CAIR with El-Sayed's message, Abualrub said the organization wanted "more aid for the Palestinians."

Speaking personally, he added that he wanted "an end to the genocide and our tax dollars going to funding the genocide."

But not everyone at the summit viewed El-Sayed primarily through foreign policy.

Will Langhorne, a Washington resident and former professional race car driver, said there was "a lot of excitement" around El-Sayed but called presidential speculation premature.

Langhorne said El-Sayed's message was about "inclusiveness and his care for Michigan and Michiganders" and issues such as health care and affordability.

"A lot of people want to point to foreign policy issues," Langhorne said, "but that's not really what was important to him and his message in connecting with the state of Michigan."

Mohammed Al-Bidawi, an Egyptian American attendee, saw something different in the presidential speculation: representation.

"It's interesting to see someone, his name is Abd al-Rahman, and people ask him to run for president in United States," Al-Bidawi told Fox News Digital.

Even if El-Sayed never succeeded in such a campaign, he said, a Muslim and Arab American running for president would demonstrate that "we are equal."

Another attendee, Hisham, who said he was from Palestine, urged patience.

"I think he should focus on being a senator for now," he said. "Let him prove himself as a senator. And then he can go for a bigger" office.

The political rhetoric was repeatedly interspersed with cultural celebration.

In the front row, a few seat away from Benjamin and Barmada, popular Jordanian singer Hussam Allabad stood up with a wide smile and interrupted El-Sayed, recording himself in a selfie video as he led the crowd in a traditional Jordanian ahāzīj, rhythmic Arab folk chants built around call-and-response singing and synchronized clapping, a tradition commonly performed at weddings and other celebrations.

El-Sayed eventually brought his remarks back to the significance of his election and the conflict with Israel.

"Michigan proved that Arab America is America, too," he said.

"We want an America where we stand with democracy against genocide," El-Sayed continued. "We want an America where we uphold international law."

"We want an America where our tax dollars are spent to invest in our fellow Americans rather than to buy bombs and tanks for other people's countries."

The Arab America Foundation then honored El-Sayed with its first "Pathbreaker Award."

Then, about 40 minutes after his SUV first pulled up to the Marriott, the night's themes converged in one final exchange.

At 8:20 p.m., as foundation board members took their final photographs with him, a supporter handed El-Sayed a baseball cap.

El-Sayed studied the words across its front and smiled widely.

"JD HABIBI."

The phrase from his election-night victory speech had become political merchandise.

With the "JD HABIBI" cap on, El-Sayed walked off the stage and back through the side door, passing through a security chute created by volunteers to hold back the crowd.

Outside at the security entrance, Fox News Digital asked asked El-Sayed why he had created Habibi PAC and whether he was seeking higher office.

This time, he paused.

El-Sayed stared toward the camera and pointed to the "JD HABIBI" hat.

And that's, when asked if he's seeking higher office as president, he responded, "Nope, I want to serve my state as U.S. senator."

Then he ducked into the waiting GMC Yukon Denali SUV.

His security detail paused long enough for him to complete the thought before shutting the door.

At 8:24 p.m., 45 minutes after arriving, the Yukon pulled away with El-Sayed inside.

Back in the ballroom, CodePink's Benjamin danced to a live performance by Franco-Algerian singer Nadir Benmansour, weaving between dancers with her arms overhead.

Former Al Jazeera bureau chief Abderrahim Foukara posted a video of Benjamin dancing.

His headline captured the dual character of the evening: "Of protest and celebration."

The political activism continued after the celebration ended.

Saturday night, the anti-Israel activist Barmada caused a disturbance with other activists at a Washington Capitals ice hockey game, unfurling an Israeli flag smeared with red paint resembling blood and the words: "ISRAEL KILLS." She later posted a celebratory video of their antics.

"Get out of here!" hockey fans yelled.

And Sunday evening, Benjamin posted a carefully curated video on Instagram, headlined "A NEW DAWN IN CONGRESS" and featuring highlights from Friday night, including Barry's footage of her hands raised in triumph as El-Sayed took the stage.

"There is hope," she exclaimed, over the live music from the summit's ballroom.

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Driver plows into North Carolina cycling group, killing 1 and injuring many others

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 16:05:27 -0500

A driver plowed into a crowd of bicyclists in Wake County, North Carolina, early Sunday morning, killing one cyclist and injuring a number of others.

The North Carolina State Highway Patrol (NCSHP) told Fox News Digital that troopers responded to the crash in Apex at about 9:39 a.m. Sunday.

A black Infiniti driven by the suspect was traveling west along Optimist Farm Road when it "crossed the center line and struck a group of cyclists who were traveling east," an NCSHP official said.

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"The passenger vehicle then continued traveling away from the scene before running off the left side of the roadway and colliding with a ditch approximately one-half mile away from the initial crash scene," the official added.

The driver struck a number of cyclists in a group of about 30 riders, according to the Holly Springs Fire Department, as reported by several outlets.

Some were treated at the scene, while others were taken to local hospitals.

An NCSHP official told Fox News Digital that the cyclists "suffered injuries ranging from minor to serious, several of whom were transported to local hospitals for treatment."

Approximately a dozen cyclists were injured in the incident, the same official said Monday.

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The driver, identified as Donald Robert Morris-Jones, 76, was charged with multiple offenses, including seven counts of felony serious injury by vehicle and eight counts of felony hit-and-run, officials said.

He also faces charges of felony death by vehicle, driving while impaired, reckless driving and driving left of center.

"Impairment is suspected to be a factor in the crash," an official told Fox News Digital.

Morris-Jones was transported to the Wake County Detention Center, where he was being held on a $1 million secured bond.

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The cyclist killed in the crash was identified as Patrick Allen Turner, 63, of Cary, North Carolina.

The tragedy has also shaken North Carolina's cycling community.

In a Facebook post, Cycle North Carolina, a statewide organization that hosts recreational cycling events, said Turner's death "makes this tragedy hit especially close to home."

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"Our hearts are with Patrick’s family and friends, as well as everyone else involved and impacted by this tragedy. We cannot begin to imagine the pain and shock they are experiencing," the organization wrote.

"Please take care of one another [and] look out for your fellow cyclists."

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Shaun King, board chair of Bike Durham, told ABC11 he first learned of the crash through concerned messages from friends and family.

"We feel very vulnerable in this moment because this harm that our CCC community members are feeling right now could have happened to any of us," he told the outlet.

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King added, "By riding in the style that we do, which is two in line, it means that we are more compact, so that a vehicle passes us under a short duration when they're in the other line."

SCOTUS allows Trump admin to temporarily resume border construction in Texas' Big Bend

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 16:01:08 -0500

The U. S. Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for the Trump administration to resume border wall construction in West Texas, granting an emergency request from the federal government to lift a lower court's hold on the project.

The justices' ruling stays a preliminary injunction issued last month by a federal district judge in El Paso, who had temporarily halted border wall construction in the region designated by U. S. Customs and Border Protection as the Big Bend Sector while litigation proceeds.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson indicated she would have denied the stay request but did not file a written dissent.

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The lawsuit against the project was brought by a coalition of environmental groups and local residents, who claim the Department of Homeland Security violated constitutional provisions by proceeding without congressional authorization and bypassing environmental regulations.

Spanning more than 500 miles, the Big Bend Sector covers roughly a quarter of the U. S.–Mexico border, though it accounted for just 1. 3% of all border apprehensions in 2025, Reuters reported.

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Administration officials have argued the wall is vital to stopping cartel operations active south of the border and curbing the smuggling of large quantities of illicit drugs into the U.S.

Most of the proposed construction in the Big Bend Sector will take place on privately owned land, according to administration officials.

Big Bend National Park is slated for a 17-mile barrier, though officials noted it will not feature the 30-foot steel pedestrian fencing planned in other areas along the southern border.

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President Donald Trump has long touted border wall expansion as a signature initiative of his strategy to seal the southern border and crack down on illegal immigration.