https://meenews.co/post/6a5acdd0a12eaf174af8a9bc Photos: Hundreds protest Ciscomani outside office in Tucson te 2026-07-18T00:50:24.315Z Photos: Hundreds protest Ciscomani outside office in Tucson Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5ac91da12eaf174af8a89f Mourning One Tragedy at Sea, a Family Is Devastated by Another te 2026-07-18T00:30:21.254Z Mourning One Tragedy at Sea, a Family Is Devastated by Another The Boisas went out on the San Francisco Bay to spread the ashes of one of their own. Then a wave toppled their boat. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5ac713a12eaf174af8a857 GOP legislative leaders, Mayes to defend Arizona deportation law in court te 2026-07-18T00:21:39.011Z GOP legislative leaders, Mayes to defend Arizona deportation law in court Protesters opposing legislation that would require local police departments to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement carry signs in front of the Arizona Senate building on Feb. 17, 2025. Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | Arizona Mirror Republican legislative leaders and Attorney General Kris Mayes are on the same side in a lawsuit challenging the state’s power to enforce immigration law, playing defense for a 2024 law that would give state judges the authority to issue deportation orders and local police officers the power to arrest migrants.  Last week, the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project, which offers pro bono legal defense for many, including people facing deportation proceedings, filed a lawsuit against the state over Proposition 314. The ballot measure includes a provision that makes it a state crime, punishable with fines and prison time, for a person to cross Arizona’s southern border anywhere but at an official port of entry.  GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE Anticipating legal challenges, Republican lawmakers who wrote the ballot measure froze the enactment of that provision until 60 days after a similar law in Texas took effect. The Texas law was recently revived by a federal appeals court on May 15, allowing the Arizona version to be enforced as soon as July 14, according to attorneys for the immigrant rights legal group. A hearing on whether the law should be blocked while litigation continues has been set for July 24. It’s unclear whether it’s possible for immigrants to be arrested under the law in the interim. Richie Taylor, a spokesman for Mayes, declined to comment on whether the provision is currently enforceable.  Attorneys for the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project argue that the Arizona law should be thrown out because it violates the Supremacy Clause in the U.S. Constitution, which holds federal laws above state laws. Mayes, Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen and House Speaker Stephen Montenegro are preparing to argue that the law is constitutional and should be preserved.  Petersen and Montenegro, who helped write and voted for Prop. 314 when it was moving through the legislature, successfully won permission to intervene in the case. The pair has defended multiple laws in court in recent years, a task ordinarily reserved for the state attorney general. The reason for that is ideological; Mayes, a Democrat, frequently refuses to go to bat for laws she disagrees with, particularly anti-abortion laws.  In a motion requesting the court’s permission to join the case, Attorney Brunn W. Roysden III wrote that Petersen and Montenegro are skeptical of Mayes’ ability to adequately defend Prop. 314.  “Even if Attorney General Mayes agrees to defend the law, she has…previously expressed her opposition,” Roysden wrote.  While the ballot measure was being debated in the state legislature, Mayes released a statement denouncing it as a “political distraction” and warning that it would be both a burden for local law enforcement and a vehicle for discriminatory policing.  “Further straining law enforcement resources while implementing a measure that could very well lead to racial profiling is not the answer to creating safer communities, not to mention the havoc and harm it would do to our economy, as we saw fourteen years ago with the passage of SB 1070,” she said.  Also known as Arizona’s “show me your papers” law, SB1070 was gutted by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2012, with the justices ruling that only the federal government has the power to enforce immigration law. Much like Prop. 314, SB1070 allowed unauthorized immigrants to be charged with state crimes because of their presence in the state. One provision, that was among those nullified by the U.S. Supreme Court, allowed unauthorized immigrants to be charged with a misdemeanor for working or looking for work in the state.   Despite her vocal opposition, Taylor said that Mayes is “fully prepared” to defend the legality of the law, which won 61% of the vote in 2024. Taylor dismissed the criticisms from Petersen and Montenegro, saying that Mayes’ previous stance on Prop. 314 won’t be a problem in court. “Warren Petersen and Steve Montenegro may not understand the difference between having a policy disagreement and defending the state when it is sued, but that is the job of the Attorney General, and it’s one Attorney General Mayes is prepared to do,” Taylor said, in a written statement.  YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5ac6ffa12eaf174af8a837 Beyoncé and Jay-Z's East Hampton home gate damaged after man crashes through te 2026-07-18T00:21:19.039Z Beyoncé and Jay-Z's East Hampton home gate damaged after man crashes through A man crashed into Beyoncé and Jay-Z's wooden gate outside their East Hampton home on Wednesday afternoon, according to police. According to the police report obtained by Fox News Digital, the man was identified as Keith Jonathan Webster, 63, and he resides in the Bronx. Webster was charged with a felony criminal mischief in the second degree, and a misdemeanor for criminal trespass in the third degree. Per the police report, Beyoncé and Jay-Z's front gate suffered "significant front end damage." A witness saw Webster driving at "a high rate of speed up the driveway" and did not stop until he broke the gate down and was on the celebrity couple's driveway. ‘TODAY’ SHOW SECURITY GUARD FIRED AFTER INTRUDER ENTERS UNAUTHORIZED AREA, TARGETS CRAIG MELVIN: REPORT Webster's vehicle was impounded and kept as evidence. The report stated that he was transported to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital after revealing an injury while he was being processed. After Webster went to the hospital, he was released back into police custody. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS According to the East Hampton Press, Webster had his arraignment on Thursday. Justice Steven Tekulsky issued a stay-away order of protection, banning the 63-year-old from attempting to contact Beyoncé or Jay-Z. The outlet stated that Webster appeared "disorientated" during the arraignment and was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital’s mental health facility to be evaluated.  CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER Detective Sergeant Jennifer Dunn said that Webster's motive is still under investigation and she shared that he does not have a criminal record, per the East Hampton Press. It is unclear whether Beyoncé and Jay-Z were home at the time of the incident. Fox News Digital has reached out to the couple for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5ac6eba12eaf174af8a82e New York Times raises eyebrows by referring to AIPAC as 'hard-right' pro-Israel group te 2026-07-18T00:20:59.586Z New York Times raises eyebrows by referring to AIPAC as 'hard-right' pro-Israel group The New York Times is raising eyebrows among critics over how it characterized the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the U.S.-based group that has become a target of anti-Israel advocates. On Wednesday, the House of Representatives voted on a bill brought by outgoing anti-Israel Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., to cut military and humanitarian aid funding to Israel, which ultimately failed to pass but still earned majority support among Democratic lawmakers, resulting 103-98. Massie was the sole Republican vote. In the Times' report on the vote, it highlighted how Democrats have increasingly vowed not to accept donations from AIPAC, which historically gave to both Democrats and Republicans who are supportive of Israel and its alliance with the U.S. Among those who have committed not to accept AIPAC money is Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass. "Mr. Moulton, who is running for Senate, has also said he would no longer accept donations from AIPAC, the hard-right pro-Israel lobbying group that has recently become a toxic brand among Democrats," the Times wrote. HOUSE DEMOCRATS FRACTURE BADLY OVER MASSIE AMENDMENT TO CUT $3.3B IN U.S. AID TO ISRAEL Founded in 1954, AIPAC says its mission is to "encourage and persuade the U.S. government to enact specific policies that create a strong, enduring and mutually beneficial relationship with our ally Israel," and that it helps "elect Democrats and Republicans who support the alliance." Prominent Democrats once joined Republicans in speaking at AIPAC's annual Policy Conference, which hasn't been held since the COVID pandemic. Among the top Democrats who spoke at its last conference in March 2020 were Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. and then former Vice President Joe Biden via a video message. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., spoke at the conference the year prior while serving as House speaker — she notably voted in favor of defunding money to Israel this week while Jeffries voted against the bill. FORMER ISRAELI PM ACCUSES NY TIMES OF MISREPRESENTING HIS COMMENTS IN VIRAL PRISONER DOG RAPE STORY Critics on social media were puzzled by the Times' description of the pro-Israel group. "@anniekarni , a veteran NYT reporter, published a piece tn which she calls AIPAC a 'hard-right lobbying group.' What possible defense can you have of this formulation about an organization whose staff is probably 70 percent Democratic, Annie? Is it fun joining the jackals?" Commentary Magazine editor John Podhoretz called out the Times reporter on Friday. "I wish AIPAC was hard right. Or even kind of right," New York Post columnist Karol Markowicz reacted. FETTERMAN REVEALS WHAT IT WOULD TAKE FOR HIM TO LEAVE DEMOCRATIC PARTY "AIPAC is a bunch of left-center squishes. It's only 'hard right' if you think Israel defending itself is 'extreme,'" California Post opinion editor Joel Pollak wrote. "Shows how detached from reality a lot of media coverage of Israel has become. Most pro-Israel Jews are Democrats!" Jewish Insider editor-in-chief Josh Kraushaar exclaimed. Neither The New York Times nor AIPAC responded to Fox News Digital's requests for comment. In the post-Oct. 7 political climate, support for Israel has dropped dramatically among Democrats while maintaining a much larger swath among Republicans. AIPAC itself has widely been scapegoated by anti-Israel advocates, many of whom falsely push the narrative that the Jewish state is buying influence through AIPAC despite the fact that AIPAC is an American organization run by pro-Israel U.S. citizens. Standing against Israel has become a litmus test for the progressive base of the Democratic Party for political hopefuls and is widely expected to be a major issue during the 2028 presidential election. Fox News' Brian Flood contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5ac6c4a12eaf174af8a811 AIPAC Closes Donor Portal to Democrats Who Voted to End Aid to Israel te 2026-07-18T00:20:20.681Z AIPAC Closes Donor Portal to Democrats Who Voted to End Aid to Israel The pro-Israel lobbying group appeared to be punishing Democrats it had previously endorsed for re-election after they voted in favor of an amendment that would have cut off U.S. aid to Israel. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5ac481a12eaf174af8a706 Former Bills, Steelers cornerback Levi Wallace retires at 31 te 2026-07-18T00:10:41.160Z Former Bills, Steelers cornerback Levi Wallace retires at 31 Cornerback Levi Wallace has retired from the NFL at age 31. Wallace was with the Jacksonville Jaguars last season, but spent the year on injured reserve and never appeared in a game. His final game action came with the Denver Broncos in 2024. He announced his retirement on Instagram, captioning the post, "Walk-on. Undrafted. 8 years. Retired." CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "Not bad." Wallace was undrafted out of Alabama, but being an underdog was familiar to him. He played for Nick Saban at Alabama, joining the team as a walk-on in 2014. For the first two years of his collegiate career, he played on the scout team and eventually saw the field, earning a scholarship for the 2016 season. In 2017, he became a key starter for the Crimson Tide defense during the National Championship-winning season. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! In 2017, he recorded 48 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, two sacks, three interceptions and led the SEC with 15 pass breakups. He returned one of his interceptions for a touchdown. Coming out of Alabama, Wallace went undrafted and signed with the Buffalo Bills as a free agent. He eventually earned a spot in the starting lineup during his rookie year, starting seven games. Once Wallace seized a spot in the secondary, he didn’t let go, as he started every game he appeared in for the Bills over his four-year stint with them. With the Bills, Wallace recorded 219 tackles and six interceptions. Wallace signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers following his Bills tenure, and started 18 of 31 games over two seasons. While he didn’t start as much, he still remained a ball hawk, snaring six interceptions over those two years for Pittsburgh. In Wallace’s final season with Denver, he started two of 13 games and recorded 28 tackles. In 96 career games, Wallace recorded 333 tackles, 56 pass deflections and 12 interceptions. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5ac216a12eaf174af8a67b South Carolina Man Who Fired Rifle to Scare a Black Neighbor Gets 9 Years te 2026-07-18T00:00:22.977Z South Carolina Man Who Fired Rifle to Scare a Black Neighbor Gets 9 Years The man, Jonathan Andrew Felkel, fired a rifle and shouted a racial slur at the victim, whom he targeted because of his race, law enforcement officials said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5abfe4a12eaf174af8a565 High court says public comment on Arizona elections manual is not required te 2026-07-17T23:51:00.020Z High court says public comment on Arizona elections manual is not required Photo by Getty Images The Arizona Secretary of State is not required to allow public comment on new versions of the state’s elections rulebook, the state’s highest court wrote in a Friday opinion that explained an order the court issued nine months prior.  In the October order, the Arizona Supreme Court said that the state’s Election Procedures Manual, which tells local elections officials how to implement state law, doesn’t have to follow the standard rule-making process laid out in the Arizona Administrative Procedures Act.  That order overturned a previous ruling from the Arizona Court of Appeals in a lawsuit brought by the Republican National Committee. Alongside the state and Yavapai County branches of the party, the RNC alleged that the 2023 EPM was “designed to undermine election integrity in Arizona.”  GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE Every two years, the secretary of state, an office held by Democrat Adrian Fontes since 2023,  is tasked with putting together a new EPM, which outlines procedures and rules by which county elections officials should conduct elections in the state. The manual carries the force of law, and must get approval from the governor and attorney general — offices also held by Democrats since 2023 — before it’s published.  In its 2024 lawsuit, the RNC argued that Fontes violated the Administrative Procedures Act when he drafted the 2023 EPM because he only allowed 15 days of public comment on it instead of the 30. The RNC asked the court to rule that the 2023 EPM was unlawful, and to block Fontes from using it.  The trial court sided with Fontes, saying the APA didn’t apply to the elections rulebook, but the appeals court overturned that ruling.  In response to the Court of Appeals decision, Fontes allowed 30 days of public comment on changes to the 2025 version of the EPM, although he maintained that it wasn’t legally necessary for him to do so.  The 2023 manual, as well as the 2025 version, have both been heavily criticized by Republicans, who take issue with multiple guidelines and rules that Fontes added. Fontes deleted some portions of the 2023 EPM from the new version in response to other court cases that challenged or blocked those provisions.  Just last week, a federal judge blocked a provision in the 2025 EPM that prohibits people at polling places from “wearing clothing, uniforms or official-looking apparel intended to deter, intimidate, or harass voters.” The judge left in place other parts of the newest elections rulebook challenged in a lawsuit by the Pima County Republican Party.  Both the trial court’s decision and the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that the EPM is exempted from APA rulemaking procedures because the legislature laid out a separate process specific to the creation of elections rulebook.  “Mandating EPM compliance with APA rulemaking requirements risks undermining the purpose and effect of the Legislature’s time-sensitive regulation of elections,” Justice William Montgomery wrote in the high court’s Friday opinion.  That process requires new drafts of the EPM to be submitted to the governor and secretary of state in October of odd-numbered years, and for them to sign off on it to be published by the end of that year. State law requires the secretary of state to develop the manual in consultation with the county officials who administer elections.  The unanimous opinion made clear that Fontes was not required to provide a 30-day public comment period, or any at all.  “Although the Secretary has invited public comment on draft EPMs in recent years, that practice is not statutorily required,” Montgomery wrote. “The Legislature, thus, prescribed consultation with a defined group of officials, reflecting a process tailored to election administration rather than the broadly participatory framework the APA imposes.” The justices noted that members of the public could still share their opinions on the elections rulebook with their county election officials, who could relay those to the secretary of state.  The high court also pointed out that even though the Arizona Legislature has amended laws concerning both the EPM and the APA several times over the years — sometimes during the same legislative session — none of the amendments to one of them mentioned or indicated any connection to the other.  “The Legislature has treated the APA and EPM, throughout their respective statutory existence, as separate schemes sailing on their own charted course to their own respective destinations,” Montgomery wrote.  YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5abfbca12eaf174af8a52a ‘Suck on a salt lick’: Fontes fires back after Trump election speech, DHS pressure on states te 2026-07-17T23:50:20.072Z ‘Suck on a salt lick’: Fontes fires back after Trump election speech, DHS pressure on states Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5abda1a12eaf174af8a4d8 If China targeted our elections, why reward it with 600,000 student visas? te 2026-07-17T23:41:21.743Z If China targeted our elections, why reward it with 600,000 student visas? The president of the United States, appearing visibly angry in a prime-time address to the nation on Thursday night, told the American people that China has been aggressively meddling in our elections. The claims were eye-popping, and the debate about how to better secure American voting procedures and maintain a free and fair press will continue. But there’s another burning question Americans should be asking: What is the United States of America going to do about China now? One of the most obvious and immediate actions would be to revoke the president's decision to welcome huge numbers of Chinese students to American universities. Universities are fertile ground for groundbreaking research and technology and present enormous espionage opportunities. On Thursday, the day of the president’s address, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it would be tightening restrictions on foreign student visas. But after the president’s speech, there’s no question there should be major reductions in Chinese student visas — and fast. CHINA DISMISSES TRUMP ELECTION INTERFERENCE ACCUSATIONS AS 'ENTIRELY FABRICATED,' THREATENS COUNTERMEASURES Trump said China stole millions of files on American voters with the goal of influencing the 2020 presidential election. The stolen election data included names, addresses, phone numbers, political party preferences and other sensitive personal details necessary for voter registration. Trump also claimed China sought to influence business leaders to abandon their support for Trump’s presidential bid and to identify American journalists who had reported negatively on his presidency. China then allegedly offered the journalists large sums of money to increase their negative reporting in hopes of undermining Trump’s reelection campaign. It will take weeks and months to flesh out the president’s claims, but the White House made public the heavily redacted intelligence documents that allegedly support them. It is imperative that our electoral system be safe and secure, as must the private information of American citizens. DOUG SCHOEN: TRUMP PUT 2026 ELECTION OFFICIALS ON NOTICE. NOW HE NEEDS A CLEAR AGENDA Voters should also be confident that they can vote safely, that each vote will be counted fairly and that the outcome of the election accurately represents the views of American citizens. No business leader or journalist should be bribed to support or work against any American candidate in the service of America’s enemies. At the same time, the United States should take every reasonable measure to thwart obvious Chinese intelligence collection operations and explain that those measures are a direct response to China’s exploitation and abuse of America's open society. In August 2025, President Trump announced that the United States would accept up to 600,000 Chinese students. In response to opposition from many of the president's supporters, the White House clarified that this was a continuation of U.S. policy. Trump defended his position and said it would be "insulting" to China to deny Beijing access to these visas and would harm relations between the two nations amid important talks about trade. Trump's defense of Chinese visas was a reversal of the position Secretary of State Marco Rubio had articulated just months earlier. Rubio said in May 2025 that he would revoke Chinese visas held by people with connections to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), especially those "studying in critical fields." In his confirmation hearing before the Senate, Rubio said China is the nation's top geopolitical adversary. He also said, "Much of what we have to do to combat China is here at home." Indeed, China cares deeply about those U.S. student visas. Xi Jinping is the only CCP leader since Mao Zedong to stay in power beyond two five-year terms. He is currently in his third five-year term, with no end in sight, and is carrying out his plan to replace the United States as the world’s most powerful and influential nation. Xi’s goals would not preserve anything resembling the status quo for Americans. China expert Matt Pottinger, a former senior official in the first Trump administration, has explained that Xi’s aims are to "disintegrate the West and usher in an antidemocratic order." Essential to China’s effort to outpace America is collecting massive amounts of data on Americans to steer their thoughts and opinions, divide and confuse them, and advance Chinese technology in space, advanced AI, aerospace and quantum computing. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION It’s a simple and deadly formula: divide Americans and strip them of their sensitive national security research and technology while maintaining control and unity among the Chinese population and advancing China’s key industries to outpace the United States. The Department of Homeland Security’s Thursday press release said, "Since 1978, foreign students have been admitted into the U.S. for an unspecified period, enabling thousands to become ‘forever students’ by perpetually enrolling in courses to avoid departure." That’s an obvious problem, but it’s only one aspect of the issue. There are hundreds of thousands of Chinese nationals enrolled in American universities, many focusing their efforts on STEM-related research. And while Americans may want to generously invite foreign nationals to study at U.S. universities, especially in hopes of encouraging students to become more pro-America, candidates for American visas from China must go through a government and CCP vetting process — and each candidate must pass. Even if a Chinese student has no desire to harm the United States, he or she is necessarily tied to and responsive to China and the CCP. Trump’s Thursday speech must be an inflection point, not only to galvanize bipartisan American support for securing fair elections, but also to protect our nation from Chinese espionage and impose a high cost on China for exploiting our open society. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM REBECCAH HEINRICHS Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5abd8ea12eaf174af8a4cf Time enough at last: What's next after the House passes bill to do away with Daylight Saving Time? te 2026-07-17T23:41:02.301Z Time enough at last: What's next after the House passes bill to do away with Daylight Saving Time? There are 86,410 seconds in a day.  1,440 minutes.  The most daylight in Washington, D.C. emerges in June, stretching 14 hours and 57 minutes.  The shortest is near the winter solstice, clocking in at a scant nine hours and 29 minutes. Congress can’t change any of that. But it can alter how we perceive it. Lawmakers routinely fork over to public tax cuts, economic stimulus and the elimination of a cumbersome law or policy.  Awarding something to the voters is part of the Congressional DNA. So even though time is finite, lawmakers are again trying to give people something: more daylight. The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the Sunshine Protection Act this week, 308-117.  HOUSE PASSES SUNSHINE PROTECTION ACT TO MAKE DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME PERMANENT No. Our sun wasn’t in jeopardy of going supernova — although it is about halfway through its 10 billion year lifespan. Lawmakers weren’t safeguarding it. But they wanted you to think they were. The Sunshine Protection Act permanently shifts the U.S. onto Daylight Saving Time. That’s a congressionally contrived temporal statute. In other words, with adoption of the bill, we will never shift back to Standard Time again.  No more "springing forward" or "falling back." We’re on Daylight Saving Time now. And we are here to stay if this becomes law. "Polling shows that two-thirds of Americans want to unlock the clock. My bill is simply a solution to make Daylight Saving Time permanent," said Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.), one of the chief sponsors of the legislation. "Allowing an extra hour of sunlight in the evening gives families more time for outside sports activities and school." An extra hour of sunlight? Really? In other words, it’s really the same amount of light – or lack thereof – at 7 p.m. under Daylight Saving Time that we could experience at 6 p.m. under Standard Time. But Congress is in the giving business. "Why are we forcing families, businesses, and communities to adjust their schedules every spring and fall? The twice-yearly clock change is a relic of the past that no longer reflects the way Americans live," said Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.) Perhaps it’s an idea whose time has come. The biannual time change is maddening. My mother taught second grade at the same elementary school I attended in rural Ohio.  One year, the school custodian got to work early on the Monday morning after the fall time change. He began to reset the clocks in each classroom. He maneuvered from south to north through the building, updating the clocks in the kindergarten. Then onto the first grade. Second grade after that. Third grade. Finally, fourth grade. But as you traversed the school, each clock ran two to three minutes behind the one the custodian set previously. We theorized that he looked at his watch, say around 7:10 a.m. – and proceeded to set each clock to 7:10 – regardless of the actual time. By the time you got to fourth grade, the clocks were nearly 20 minutes behind schedule. As they say, timing is everything. Only an episode involving my mother and grandmother tops the school’s time warp. My mother once called my grandmother to remind her the time change would kick in at 2 a.m. on Sunday. My grandmother was incredulous. "You mean I have to sit up until two o’clock in the morning to change it?" she asked. Establishing a year-around time isn’t something worth losing sleep over. Most just hate the exercise. HOUSE PASSES DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME REFORM AS TRUMP SIGNALS SUPPORT FOR ENDING CLOCK CHANGE "People in Tennessee wanted it gone. It's ridiculous. In the fall it starts getting dark around 5:00. Kind of depresses me. Really kind of a doggy downer. So I'm kind of digging the fact that we're going to fix it," said Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) Only one member spoke out in opposition when the House debated the time-change bill: Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.)  Her grievances focused on why Congress was even considering the legislation when it wasn’t trained on bread-and-butter subjects which could be key in the midterms. "We aren't voting on bills right now that would reduce the sky-high costs of food, fuel, health care, or addressing the President's war in Iran. Instead, we're considering a bill that was deadly and dangerous in the past, in the ‘70s," said Dean. Dean is referring to an experiment in 1974. Congress voted in late 1973 to park the nation on Daylight Saving Time for two solid years. This would help combat the OPEC oil embargo and fuel shortages. It was a disaster. Kids in Washington, DC headed for school around 8:30 a.m. It’s unclear whether the custodian properly adjusted the clocks. But it was "jet black" in DC, according to one news account from the time. Some kids set off for school with flashlights illuminating their paths. You might not give politics the time of day. But the time of day infuriated Americans in the mid-1970s. Seventy-nine percent of those surveyed embraced the year-round time switch in December 1973.  But that number plunged to 42 percent by August 1974. Future Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-Kan.) offered a measure to torpedo the Daylight Saving Time project. It passed. And by fall, everyone was falling back. A House panel examining the issue declared that changing the clocks "must be balanced against a majority of the public’s distaste for the observance of Daylight Saving Time." In 2022, the Senate unexpectedly approved a year-round Daylight Saving Time bill. But it languished as the House hit the snooze button. Now the House approved an updated version of the legislation. President Trump called switching the clocks "ridiculous." Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) even discussed the issue with him this week. "He seems to be very enthusiastic about it. I would put it that way. And I think we're going to move the bill pretty quickly," said Kennedy. "Some of my colleagues are opposed to it. They're entitled with their opinion. But I think we'll have a vote soon." If the Senate passes the bill, some people will say it’s about time. But others, like Madeleine Dean, remember the 1970s. George Santayana declared that "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." But if you’re running an hour ahead of Daylight Saving Time, perhaps you should switch your clock back and fix it to Standard Time. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5abd7aa12eaf174af8a4c6 Trump, Infantino declare World Cup a success before Argentina-Spain final: 'America has won' te 2026-07-17T23:40:42.836Z Trump, Infantino declare World Cup a success before Argentina-Spain final: 'America has won' Roughly 48 hours before a World Cup winner is crowned, President Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino raved about the success of this year's tournament. The United States was awarded the opportunity to host this year's tournament, and 11 of the 16 venues hosted matches, including all of the quarterfinals, semifinals and the upcoming final. "I promised you we would make a great World Cup. And, by all means, this World Cup has exceeded all expectations," Infantino said, adding that 7 million fans have attended games thus far, and "billions" have watched on television. WATCH THE WORLD CUP FINAL ON FOX ONE "The American dream came to reality. We united the world, we united the world in America. When I told you we will do a great World Cup, you told me America will welcome the world. And you did welcome the world," Infantino added. "Everyone that came here enjoyed it, everyone that stayed home enjoyed it as well. By watching the incredible images of these beautiful host cities, of the fans from all over the world coming together and enjoying in peace, Mr. President, in happiness and in joy. Because, I don't know if you know, but the official definition of FIFA is, FIFA is the official happiness provider to humanity [for] 120 years. We are providing joy and happiness — unless the team loses, of course. And all these, of course, would not have been possible. And I say this, because it is the truth. You don't need people to compliment you, Mr. President, but this World Cup would not have been such an incredible success without you... "This has not just been and is not just the greatest World Cup of all time. It is the greatest human, social and cultural event that mankind has ever witnessed and seen. And we are all part of it. And for this, I thank you very much, Mr. President." FIFA, WHITE HOUSE MONITORING IMPACT OF CANADA WILDFIRES AHEAD OF WORLD CUP FINAL: SOURCES Trump also called the event "the most successful sporting event maybe in the history of the world." "It's been a true honor for Americans to share our magnificent country with the world. And today, America, it's stronger and wealthier and hotter than ever before, and you're a big part of it..." Trump said. "I think beyond a sporting event, it's been, this has been not just a sporting event. This has been far beyond a sporting event. This has been something very, very special." Trump and Infantino will be at Sunday's final at MetLife Stadium and will hand the trophy to the winning team, which will be either Spain or Argentina. Argentina are looking to become the first back-to-back winners since Brazil in 1958 and 1962. This is Spain's second final, having won in 2010 in South Africa. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5ab8c8a12eaf174af8a3ec Democrats turn on congressional hopeful after 'hiding' LGBTQ+ views from Muslim voters te 2026-07-17T23:20:40.527Z Democrats turn on congressional hopeful after 'hiding' LGBTQ+ views from Muslim voters A Washington state Democrat hoping to unseat a longtime member of Congress is facing a revolt from within her own party, after reportedly saying she left LGBTQ+ rights off her campaign website because she feared alienating Muslim voters. Seattle Red first reported that Democrat organizations were reconsidering their endorsements of Melissa Chaudhry, a progressive Democrat challenging longtime Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., in Washington's 9th Congressional District, after comments she made during an endorsement interview with The Stranger. When asked why her website did not mention LGBTQ+ issues, Chaudhry replied, "because a lot of Muslims do not feel that way, unfortunately," according to The Stranger. The comments quickly sparked backlash from Democrat LGBTQ+ activists, with the Washington State Stonewall Democrats urging organizations to reconsider and rescind their endorsements of Chaudhry. DEMOCRATS CAUGHT ON CAMERA COACHING CANDIDATE ON HOW TO BE 'AUTHENTIC' IN 2026 MESSAGING "Her comments are disqualifying because they reveal a deliberate choice to hide her positions on LGBTQ+ rights while actively seeking Democratic endorsements," Washington State Stonewall Democrats chair Andrew Ashiofu told Fox News Digital. "Anyone running as a Democrat should be bold enough to stand with our community. When a candidate chooses concealment instead of clarity, it raises serious concerns about honesty, integrity, and alignment with core Democratic values," he added. Ashiofu said the organization is urging groups to revisit their endorsements because "transparency and trust are foundational to the Democratic endorsement process." "When a candidate admits to hiding key civil-rights positions or tailoring their message to avoid acknowledging LGBTQ+ people, that undermines the integrity of every organization that endorsed her in good faith," he said. "Democratic groups deserve full honesty from candidates, and we believe her comments warrant a reevaluation of any support she has received." TEXAS CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE CLAIMS SHE NEVER CALLED FOR 'INTERNMENT CAMPS' AFTER PARTY LEADERS CONDEMN HER The Washington State Stonewall Democrats specifically called on organizations that have endorsed Chaudhry, including the 11th, 33rd, 37th and 43rd District Democrats, to reconsider their support. Ashiofu also told Fox News Digital that neither Chaudhry nor her campaign has contacted the organization since the controversy became public. "Our position is straightforward: LGBTQ+ rights are not optional within the Democratic Party. They are foundational," he said. "Candidates seeking Democratic support must be willing to champion our community openly, consistently, and without hesitation," Ashiofu continued. "When a candidate admits to hiding their stance or misleading voters and endorsing bodies, that is a breach of trust. Democratic organizations should hold candidates to the highest standards of transparency and integrity because our community deserves nothing less." DEM CIVIL WAR HITS PRIMARY DEBATE STAGE IN FIERY BATTLEGROUND SHOWDOWN: 'WHAT ARE YOU HIDING?' The controversy expanded beyond LGBTQ+ issues after The Stranger also reported that Chaudhry said she intended to run as a Democrat before switching to the Green Party if elected to Congress. The outlet also reported that she asked the information not be made public during the endorsement process. That revelation prompted additional concern among local Democrat leaders. According to The Stranger, members of the 33rd District Democrats have discussed changing their bylaws because current rules do not allow an endorsement to be rescinded once it has been awarded. Conservative radio host and Seattle commentator Jason Rantz, who first reported the controversy for Seattle Red, said the dispute underscores competing priorities within the Democratic coalition. "Democrats built their coalition on the promise that every marginalized identity group wins simultaneously, and Melissa Chaudhry just proved the pandering doesn't always work," Rantz told Fox News Digital. "When intersectionality forces progressives to rank Muslim voters against LGBTQ activists, somebody gets thrown overboard. Now the same party that preaches inclusion is rewriting its own bylaws to purge one of its own, because in the so-called oppression Olympics, there's always a loser on the podium." Chaudhry pushed back on the criticism in a post on X, insisting she has supported LGBTQ+ rights throughout her life. "For the record: I've supported full equality for LGBTQ+ people my entire life — not since this campaign started. My entire life," she wrote. Chaudhry said her only sibling is LGBTQIA+, that she helped found her high school's Gay Straight Alliance "back when we had to keep the meeting location secret for our own safety," and that one of her closest friends is "a disabled lesbian woman raising her family against immense stigma." "This is not a talking point for me. It is the fabric of my life," she wrote. Chaudhry also accused the media of misrepresenting her remarks, writing, "The media that ignored three years of rape and death threats against a federal candidate is now running with a lie. I'm setting the record straight — in my own voice." She also has said the atmosphere during the endorsement interview contributed to her remarks, describing the meeting as hostile, according to The Stranger. Smith, who has represented Washington's 9th Congressional District since 1997, faces multiple challengers in the Democratic primary, including Chaudhry. Chaudhry's campaign did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5ab69aa12eaf174af8a383 ESPN writer who blamed racism for his arrest says racism is not to blame for Caitlin Clark hate te 2026-07-17T23:11:22.275Z ESPN writer who blamed racism for his arrest says racism is not to blame for Caitlin Clark hate ESPN writer Howard Bryant wants you to believe the hostility toward Caitlin Clark in the WNBA has nothing to do with race and everything to do with her sticking her tongue out on the court. Bryant presented his argument during an appearance on "The Right Time With Bomani Jones" podcast. "I argue that this is not a racial question," Bryant responded to a question about whether players are targeting Clark. "I think people don't like her. … It's almost like a bit of hocus-pocus, right? She's a popular player but not a particularly likable player because of her on-court behavior, right? Like, how are you gonna go out there and make a whole bunch of threes and stick your tongue out and get up in people's faces and then cry about every trip down court? HATERS WHO FRAMED CAITLIN CLARK'S SUCCESS AS RACIAL NOW DISMISS RACE WHEN SHE'S TARGETED ON THE COURT He continued: "You're either in it, or you're not in it, right? I mean, can you have it both ways? Can you look and scream at the ref, 'That's a foul,' every time you have the ball? Right? And then when you make a shot, (you're) mean-mugging in somebody's face and not handle it. Are you tough or are you not tough? Which one is it?" There you have it. According to Bryant, players are driving their fists into Clark's throat and poking her in the eyes because she complains to the officials. Bryant's defense of the players targeting Clark is obviously not valid. As OutKick explained earlier this week, the media has ingrained in many players the idea that Clark's popularity is primarily the product of her being a straight White woman in a league that is roughly 70% Black or LGBTQ+. There are many, many examples of this. Naturally, that narrative has led many of the league's self-styled victims to resent her. But there's more to it. The league's race bullies have shown they will embrace certain White players — such as Cameron Brink and Paige Bueckers — because they have used their platforms to speak the language of the racial and sexual activism expected of them. Just last week, Bueckers called for more WNBA teams to hire Black women as head coaches. Clark doesn't do that. She mostly sticks to basketball, creating the perception among critics that her silence somehow enables her supposedly racist fans, a point WNBA player DiJonai Carrington tried to make last season. "Silence is privilege," Carrington said about Clark's focus on basketball rather than the purported social issues surrounding the league. It's all transparent, though contradictory to the preferred narrative. Then again, we can't expect honest analysis from someone like Howard Bryant. Two years ago, he published a column on ESPN.com on the Fourth of July titled "Baseball, Barbecue and Losing Freedom This Fourth of July." In it, he urged Americans not to celebrate their freedoms because of Jan. 6. Per Bryant: "YOU WATCH TV, even though you swore to not pay attention to the Jan. 6 congressional hearings. It was not a decision made from the perch of elegant privilege, of too rich to care, but from a full dissidence -- a weariness of the gaslighting and false equivalencies, the whataboutisms, the goalposts moving that have defined the past several years. The spectacle of all-white juries acquitting proud, admittedly guilty white killers of Black people largely predated your birth, and thus for the past 18 months you've held on to a truth: The events of Jan. 6, where Americans stormed the most symbolically important legislative building in the free world -- and a sitting president reportedly enraged he was not taken to the Capitol to join them -- are the most unforgivable betrayals of the American ideal in your lifetime." SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM IS THE OPPOSITE OF MOST WNBA PLAYERS. AND THAT'S WHY SHE IS A MEGASTAR Why a column like that ever appeared on a sports website remains an open question. Speaking of self-described victims of racism, Bryant has portrayed himself as one for nearly a decade. In 2011, he was arrested on charges of allegedly assaulting his wife in front of their 6-year-old son. According to MassLive, Bryant was also charged with assaulting a police officer after officers arrived and allegedly observed him choking his wife in public. Afterward, his defense blamed — you guessed it — racism. "If Howard Bryant was Caucasian and was on the streets having exactly the same conversation with his wife — nobody would have even noticed," his lawyer, Buz Eisenberg, told the Boston Herald. "Race still plays a part in our society and we intend to contest these allegations completely," Eisenberg added. "The 6-year-old had to witness his father being thrown on a hood of a car and being abused." State Police spokesman David Procopio rejected that explanation, saying the arrest had nothing to do with race. "Howard Bryant was arrested, first and foremost, because evidence indicates he physically assaulted a woman," Procopio said. "He had additional charges filed against him because he was combative with arresting officers." Put simply, being arrested after allegedly assaulting your spouse and then fighting with police is not evidence of racism. But that's who Howard Bryant is. Bomani Jones wouldn't have him on his podcast if he were any different. So it's no surprise to see Bryant rush to defend the Black women who are so clearly targeting Caitlin Clark by claiming Clark deserves the vitriol because she sticks her tongue out and complains about calls. By the way, that sounds a bit like a player by the name of Michael Jordan. Jordan routinely taunted opponents by, well, sticking out his tongue, trash-talking relentlessly, screaming at officials, and celebrating in defenders' faces. Howard Bryant has written extensively about Jordan over the years. Curiously, Bryant never argued that Jordan deserved to be punched in the throat because of it. Why is that? Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5ab686a12eaf174af8a37a 'The View' co-host lauds Hunter Biden as 'riveting' after podcast sit-down, calls him 'biggest troll' te 2026-07-17T23:11:02.822Z 'The View' co-host lauds Hunter Biden as 'riveting' after podcast sit-down, calls him 'biggest troll' "The View" co-host Ana Navarro praised Hunter Biden as "riveting" and "the biggest troll" Thursday on the ABC show's "Behind the Table" podcast while previewing their 90-minute interview and arguing that scrutiny of his Burisma income paled beside the Trump family's earnings during President Donald Trump's second term. "The monetization of the presidency, the fact that Hunter got dragged through the coals and brought into a congressional hearing by Republicans for the money that he was making in Burisma, which is not even chump change in comparison to the billions of dollars that the Trump family has made off the presidency," Navarro said. Navarro called the comparison one of several "double standards" discussed during an interview for her "Bleep! with Ana Navarro" podcast. "I wanted him on because I’ve been seeing his social media and he has become the biggest troll, but he does it also with humor," Navarro said. EYEBROW-RAISING CLAIM FROM ‘HUNTER BIDEN’ X ACCOUNT DRAWS GOP MOCKERY Navarro cited Biden's response to a user who blamed him for cocaine discovered at the White House in July 2023. "And he’s like, ‘No, I would have never forgotten my coke,’" Navarro said. The Secret Service closed its investigation without identifying a suspect, though the FBI reopened the case in 2025. Fox News Digital reached out to the FBI and the White House for comment, but did not immediately receive a response. Navarro described the lengthy conversation as compelling from start to finish. HUNTER BIDEN RESURFACES IN LA, REACTS TO QUESTIONS ABOUT BIDEN TAPES, UFO FILES "Hunter Biden is riveting, riveting. We talked for over an hour and a half," Navarro said. "Here’s the problem: The interview was scheduled at the same exact time as the Argentina versus England [World Cup] game." Burisma paid Biden and business associate Devon Archer $1 million each annually after they joined its board in 2014, according to the House Oversight Committee. He joined when his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, helped lead U.S. policy toward Ukraine during the Obama administration. Hunter Biden sat for a closed-door House deposition in February 2024 during the Republican-led impeachment inquiry into his father. The full House never voted on articles of impeachment. Navarro also defended Hunter Biden's art sales and maintained that the transactions received scrutiny. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE "And while his father was president, he didn’t make any money. He made money off his paintings… every painting he sold had to go through vetting, and he had been painting his entire life," Navarro said. The White House rejected Navarro’s comparison, arguing Trump’s children built successful businesses independently while dismissing Hunter Biden’s credibility. "President Trump’s children are extremely successful business leaders in their own right running multi-billion-dollar corporations. Hunter Biden smoked crack, banged hookers, and sold ugly paintings for hundreds of thousands of dollars. No one cares what he has to say," White House communications director Steven Cheung told Fox News Digital. Biden's former gallerist, Georges Bergès, testified that a buyer-anonymity agreement did not take effect until September 2021 and that Biden knew about 70% of his buyers, Fox News Digital reported. Ten buyers paid $1.5 million for his artwork, of which Biden received $900,000, according to the Washington Post. Reuters estimated in June that Trump and his sons had added at least $2.3 billion to the family fortune through their main cryptocurrency ventures since he returned to the White House. Trump said this month that he did not manage his personal finances. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5ab65ca12eaf174af8a345 Applications close in 48 hours — here’s everything Australian founders need to know about Stripe x Startup Battlefield te 2026-07-17T23:10:20.328Z Applications close in 48 hours — here’s everything Australian founders need to know about Stripe x Startup Battlefield The window is almost shut. On August 19, eight startups will take the stage at Stripe Tour Sydney in front of investors, global press, and the Australian tech community. One startup walks away with automatic entry into TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco — no application, no further competition, a g Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5ab466a12eaf174af8a2f1 Trump rehashes claims of election vulnerabilities, foreign interference, and fraud in primetime speech te 2026-07-17T23:01:58.586Z Trump rehashes claims of election vulnerabilities, foreign interference, and fraud in primetime speech Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5ab453a12eaf174af8a2e8 Hobbs raised $2.6M in Q2, more than the GOP field, fueling her early ad blitz in reelection bid te 2026-07-17T23:01:39.127Z Hobbs raised $2.6M in Q2, more than the GOP field, fueling her early ad blitz in reelection bid Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5ab43fa12eaf174af8a2df Federal judge blocks Arizona prison agency’s push to hire less-qualified doctors for inmate care te 2026-07-17T23:01:19.671Z Federal judge blocks Arizona prison agency’s push to hire less-qualified doctors for inmate care Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5ab42ca12eaf174af8a2d6 ICE agents have shot 22 people during Trump’s second term. Most were during traffic stops. te 2026-07-17T23:01:00.217Z ICE agents have shot 22 people during Trump’s second term. Most were during traffic stops. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5ab418a12eaf174af8a2cd Conover racks up preliminary win in coalition lawsuit over Trump's changes to Obamacare te 2026-07-17T23:00:40.760Z Conover racks up preliminary win in coalition lawsuit over Trump's changes to Obamacare Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5ab404a12eaf174af8a2b2 Vertu wants executives to pay $6,880 for an AI agent — here’s how it actually performs te 2026-07-17T23:00:20.298Z Vertu wants executives to pay $6,880 for an AI agent — here’s how it actually performs From AI workflows to battery life and security, here's what it's really like to live with Vertu's luxury foldable every day. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5aaf7ca12eaf174af8a208 NFL suspends Arizona Cardinals executive for violating gambling policy, leaking draft info te 2026-07-17T22:41:00.478Z NFL suspends Arizona Cardinals executive for violating gambling policy, leaking draft info An Arizona Cardinals personnel executive has been suspended indefinitely for violating the league's gambling policy. On Friday, it was announced that Ryan Gold, the Cardinals' director of college scouting, had been suspended. According to the Associated Press, the league said that after an investigation, it was determined that he had given out confidential, non-public inside information about Cardinals draft picks in the 2026 NFL Draft before they were made, though they did not mention who he gave this information to. EX-FORDHAM BASKETBALL PLAYERS PERMANENTLY BANNED BY NCAA OVER ALLEGED GAME MANIPULATION BETTING SCHEME Furthermore, the league found that Gold also made parlay bets on NFL and college games. In a statement, the NFL reiterated its gambling policy and stated that the integrity of NFL games was not impacted by their findings. "The Gambling Policy, which is annually reviewed with all NFL personnel, strictly prohibits anyone in the NFL from participating in or facilitating any form of sports gambling, and from providing third parties non-public information," the statement reads. "Although there is no reason to believe the integrity of any NFL game was affected, the League takes any violation of the Gambling Policy with the utmost seriousness." The Cardinals organization also released a statement and confirmed that only one employee was implicated in the investigation. "The NFL’s policies and expectations for all employees are clear, comprehensive, and consistently communicated. We fully support the league’s decision in this matter, which involves a single employee. Our focus remains on preparing for the start of training camp next week and the 2026 season." ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! According to the team's website, Gold has been with the team for 13 seasons. Before being promoted to director of college scouting in June 2025, he spent three seasons as assistant director of college scouting and four as college scouting coordinator. As director of college scouting, the team described Gold's role as overseeing "the day-to-day operation and organization of the Cardinals' college scouting department." It also noted that he is responsible for "the evaluations of draft-eligible prospects, managing the college scouting staff and coordinating pre-draft events." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5aaf69a12eaf174af8a1ff WATCH: Inside look at the dangerous cartel human smuggling tunnels still being used at border te 2026-07-17T22:40:41.028Z WATCH: Inside look at the dangerous cartel human smuggling tunnels still being used at border Despite President Donald Trump’s tight clamp on the border, cartels are continuing to attempt to smuggle humans and narcotics by going underground using a vast network of storm drain tunnels in El Paso. U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) elite Confined Space Entry Team gave Fox News an exclusive look inside the narrow tunnels, which stretch for miles across the region. There are 32 entry points into the tunnels from the Rio Grande and hundreds of exit points throughout the city. The team said this makes patrolling the tunnels a game of "whack-a-mole" because smugglers can pop out of storm drains at any point. According to CBP, it is much more difficult for Border Patrol agents to detect and intercept smugglers using these secret routes. Nevertheless, they use technology to detect movement underground, monitor entry points and strategically position teams to intercept groups. The greatest challenge, a team member told Fox News, is the heat and the time spent in the tunnels’ thick, low-oxygen air. He said that often by the time they encounter a cartel smuggler, "you’re already exhausted, and now, you have to potentially fight with someone underground." EXCLUSIVE: GUATEMALAN NATIONALS PLEAD GUILTY TO HORRIFIC HUMAN SMUGGLING CRASH THAT KILLED 56, INJURED 100+ "You can’t call for backup; you can’t call for help. It’s just you and your team versus everybody else," he said. Team members said that the number of migrants being smuggled through the tunnels has dropped dramatically under Trump. Whereas there would regularly be groups of 40 to 60 people moving through the tunnels, agents now typically encounter two or three at a time. Still, the smugglers have not stopped entirely. Reports indicate that cartels have significantly increased their fees for would-be illegal immigrants to take the tunnel routes, with migrants paying $20,000 to $30,000 per person to be guided through the underground routes. MEXICAN NATIONAL SENTENCED IN BORDER CHILD SMUGGLING CASE INVOLVING THC-LACED CANDY CBP also said that smugglers are increasingly using social media to recruit and train guides to navigate the hazardous passageways. The conditions underground are perilous, with poor air quality and intense heat, and El Paso daytime summer temperatures often exceed 100 degrees. To prepare for this mission, the elite CBP team undergoes specialized training to operate underground, monitor oxygen levels and navigate the tunnels. Fox News got this exclusive look as the Department of Homeland Security announced this week that June marked 14 consecutive months of zero releases at the border, continuing what it touted as an "unprecedented trend of historically low border crossings." TRUMP REVERSES DHS POLICY, ORDERS ICE TO RESUME VEHICLE STOPS AFTER ONE-DAY PAUSE Daily apprehensions at the border are down 94 percent from what they were during the Biden administration, according to DHS. Meanwhile, CBP has broken staffing records this spring, the agency announced, reaching 21,471 agents — the most in the agency’s 102-year history. Fox News Digital's Leo Briceno contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5aaae0a12eaf174af8a115 Paul Pelosi charged with misdemeanor hit-and-run in Napa Valley te 2026-07-17T22:21:20.322Z Paul Pelosi charged with misdemeanor hit-and-run in Napa Valley Paul Pelosi, the husband of former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was formally charged with a misdemeanor hit-and-run Friday following an incident earlier this month, according to authorities. The Napa County District Attorney's Office announced the filing Friday, charging Pelosi, 86, with misdemeanor hit-and-run and an infraction for unsafe turning movement stemming from a July 3 incident. According to the criminal complaint, Pelosi allegedly damaged a parked Tesla before leaving the scene without attempting to identify the vehicle's owner or leave the information required under California law.  Deputies later located Pelosi roughly a half-mile away, where he allegedly told officers he had intended to return to the scene. PAUL PELOSI, 86, FACES A HIT-AND-RUN CHARGE AFTER STRIKING A PARKED CAR IN NAPA COUNTY: SHERIFF'S OFFICE The complaint alleges Pelosi made an unsafe turning movement before colliding with the parked vehicle, resulting in property damage.  Prosecutors contend those actions formed the basis for both the misdemeanor charge and the accompanying traffic infraction. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP The Napa County District Attorney's Office included a copy of the criminal complaint with its announcement of the charges. This is a developing story; check back later for updates. Fox News Digital's Brittany Miller contributed to this reporting. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5aaab9a12eaf174af8a0fa Paul Pelosi Charged With Hit-and-Run in Napa Valley Crash te 2026-07-17T22:20:41.410Z Paul Pelosi Charged With Hit-and-Run in Napa Valley Crash Mr. Pelosi, the 86-year-old husband of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, crashed into a parked Tesla near his home among the vineyards this month. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5aaaa5a12eaf174af8a0d7 Databricks hits $188B valuation, extending its run as AI’s favorite second act te 2026-07-17T22:20:21.448Z Databricks hits $188B valuation, extending its run as AI’s favorite second act Databricks has remade its image into an AI company and has published research on the cost savings of open weight AI models for coding. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5aa93ba12eaf174af8a0bb Voucher initiative backers challenge ballot explanation as biased te 2026-07-17T22:14:19.489Z Voucher initiative backers challenge ballot explanation as biased PHOENIX -- Backers of an initiative to reform the state's universal voucher program want a judge to rule that Republican lawmakers are illegally trying to give voters a biased view of what their measure would do. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5aa927a12eaf174af8a0b2 Feds downlist razorback sucker, one of Colorado River's native fish te 2026-07-17T22:13:59.521Z Feds downlist razorback sucker, one of Colorado River's native fish The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has downlisted the razorback sucker from endangered to threatened, citing growth in fish populations that the agency says has reduced the risk to the species. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5aa913a12eaf174af8a0a9 Man found dead in intake pond at water plant near Parker. Who he is, how he got there is a mystery te 2026-07-17T22:13:39.554Z Man found dead in intake pond at water plant near Parker. Who he is, how he got there is a mystery An unidentified man was found dead early Wednesday inside a water-pumping plant in the desert near the California-Arizona border, authorities said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5aa8ffa12eaf174af8a0a0 Judge allows transgender sports, bathroom measure to remain on ballot te 2026-07-17T22:13:19.586Z Judge allows transgender sports, bathroom measure to remain on ballot PHOENIX -- A judge says there's nothing wrong with asking voters to approve a measure aimed at transgender athletes that, if approved, also would keep anyone in a school -- sports participant or not -- from using a bathroom or… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5aa8eba12eaf174af8a097 Don’t feed the wildlife: Mountain lions spotted in Havasu Landing te 2026-07-17T22:12:59.619Z Don’t feed the wildlife: Mountain lions spotted in Havasu Landing One year ago, trail cameras set by the Chemehuevi Environmental Protection Department captured footage of one mountain lion and several cubs on tribal land. Now Chemehuevi officials say those cubs may be full grown, with recent sightings reported in the… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5aa8d7a12eaf174af8a08e Save those pennies, because the House just voted to stop minting them te 2026-07-17T22:12:39.656Z Save those pennies, because the House just voted to stop minting them WASHINGTON – The House voted Tuesday to end production of the penny, after years of debate over a coin that costs far more to make than it’s worth. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5aa8c3a12eaf174af8a085 Sanitized: When official school board minutes don't match the tape te 2026-07-17T22:12:19.683Z Sanitized: When official school board minutes don't match the tape During a public meeting last September, officials at the small Naco Elementary School District on the Arizona-Mexico border spent nearly 10 minutes discussing in the open some major financial problems. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5aa8afa12eaf174af8a07c County may seek control of Laughlin-Bullhead airport te 2026-07-17T22:11:59.713Z County may seek control of Laughlin-Bullhead airport Mohave County supervisors will consider taking control of Laughlin-Bullhead International Airport on Monday, a dramatic escalation in the county's long-running dispute with the nonprofit authority that operates the facility. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5aa887a12eaf174af8a049 Strategist James Carville says one key trend shows Republicans will not show up for the midterms te 2026-07-17T22:11:19.264Z Strategist James Carville says one key trend shows Republicans will not show up for the midterms Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville argued on Thursday that there seems to be a trend of less and less outspoken support for President Donald Trump, to the point where those left must be "world-class" buffoons. As Carville and his co-host Al Hunt read through listener questions on their "Politics War Room" podcast, one homeowner from rural Texas commented, "One thing noticeable is the Trump flags and signs are few and far between. Don't get me wrong, I don't think these people are going to turn blue, but could this indicate lower turnout and less enthusiasm in the midterms?’" "I really agree with Kay," Carville replied. "I think anecdotal evidence, when it piles up, you just can't discard it. And I have a little bit of the same experience she does." Carville elaborated that he is currently in south Mississippi, and on trips to Walmart a year ago, people would recognize him and say, "‘Hey man, I love my guy Trump. Why don't you get behind him?’ Or something like that. Not overly threatening or rude." JAMES CARVILLE SUGGESTS THE SPECIFIC HOLIDAY BY WHICH PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL RESIGN "I never hear that anymore! I never see that!" Carville claimed. "And you used to see, like, Trump merch stands on Highway 90, or you would see them go ride around downtown in pickup trucks and Trump flags and everything. I haven't seen that since the year turned." "I think what you're seeing is indicative of something. Look, are these people going to miraculously turn into Democrats overnight? No," he said, mirroring the listener’s comment. "But are they going to really run up the margin in rural Texas as they've done previously? No, I don't think so. That's why I'm pretty encouraged by it." He asserted again that such anecdotes carry weight when they become a trend, saying, "And I do think visibility does matter. And if you observe it over a length of time, and it continues in one direction, I think it's saying something. And I think our friend in Texas is picking up on something smart." Earlier in the podcast, Carville blasted people in Trump’s inner circle as "buffoons," but said the thing that truly makes him upset is that while he can understand why people voted for him in 2024, he cannot understand those still supporting him in 2026. JAMES CARVILLE DOUBLES DOWN ON VIRAL PREDICTION THAT TRUMP 'WILL RESIGN NEXT SPRING' "My rage is this, is the people that are still for Trump. Okay, half the country voted for him on Election Day 2024. I hear all kinds of justifications," he said. "I mean, I certainly disagreed with it, but I think there are actually some well-meaning, smart people that actually voted for Trump in November 2024." "If you're still for Trump, you are a world-class buffoon," he said. "Everything that he told you he cared about and was going to do, he's done none of it. He didn’t focus on the American people or focus on anything. The only thing this man is focused on is making money." "It's the outrage of this century that he's there and 36% of the American public approves of the job he's doing," he suggested. "It's not beyond me how you ended up voting for Trump in 2024. I profoundly disagree with it. But people make decisions that I disagree with all the time," he concluded. "If you're still for him, you yourself are outrage, you've got to reexamine your life, because there's something wrong with it." CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE "James Carville is a stone-cold loser who suffers from a severe and incurable disease known as Trump Derangement Syndrome, and it has rotted his peanut-sized brain," White House spokesman Davis Ingle told Fox News Digital when reached for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5aa873a12eaf174af8a040 Poor air quality due to wildfires forces logisitcal changes at several MLB games, including postponement te 2026-07-17T22:10:59.809Z Poor air quality due to wildfires forces logisitcal changes at several MLB games, including postponement Wildfires in Canada have had an adverse affect in the Midwest and Northeast, thus affecting some sporting contests. On Thursday, a Major League Soccer game was postponed, while an MLB game in Philadelphia had to be moved up an hour due to concerns. With the unofficial second half of the Major League Baseball season underway on Friday, five games were slated to be played in affected areas, with several making some logistical changes. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Here are the updates from the games. The Yankees postponed a game in 2023 due to poor air quality, although at that time, it was more than double the 150-ish range it has been this week. The quality in New York improved throughout the day, and the game is slated to be played. Of course, the Blue Jays play in the country where the wildfires have originated, prompting concern. The city had hazardous levels on Thursday night but reached "low health risk" by Friday afternoon. However, nearby cities in Ontario still had high health risk levels in the afternoon. Thankfully, the Blue Jays play under a retractable roof at Rogers Centre, and the team announced shortly after 1 p.m. ET that the roof would be closed due to the air quality. The Blue Jays say that if a game begins with the roof closed, "it may still be opened before the end of the sixth inning if the Umpire Crew Chief and MLB officials agree the weather has turned in a way that will ensure fan comfort and enjoyment." Typically, the roof can change its status only once per game. FIFA, WHITE HOUSE MONITORING IMPACT OF CANADA WILDFIRES AHEAD OF WORLD CUP FINAL: SOURCES At 1:10 p.m. ET, the air quality in Milwaukee was "very unhealthy" at an index of 287, but it was lowered to 133 in the 5 p.m. hour. The Brewers said that the game would be played as normally scheduled (American Family Field has a retractable roof), but fans were given the option to exchange their tickets for another game this season if they preferred. Milwaukee has similar regulations for its roof as the Blue Jays, in that it should "be closed only in the event of impending rain or other adverse weather conditions," and the roof can only open if "in the opinion of the home club, the climatic environment has reached a level where fan comfort and enjoyment will be best served by opening the roof to the natural atmospheric conditions." At 3:00 p.m. ET, the Guardians posted their lineup to social media. But less than two hours later, they announced the game was postponed to Saturday as part of a day-night doubleheader. If fans are unable to attend the makeup, they can exchange their tickets for a future game. As of 5:00 p.m. ET, the air quality in Cleveland was at a 209, labeled "very unhealthy." Nearby Akron reached "hazardous" levels near 500 late Thursday. The air quality index was a "very unhealthy" 241 in the Windy City in the afternoon but lowered to 138 later on. This is a rare Friday night game at Wrigley, but as of 5:10 p.m. ET, the game will be played. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5aa84ca12eaf174af8a026 Billionaires Prepare $87 Million Ad Campaign to Block California Wealth Tax te 2026-07-17T22:10:20.903Z Billionaires Prepare $87 Million Ad Campaign to Block California Wealth Tax A coalition backed by the Google co-founder Sergey Brin and wealthy tech investors is trying to neutralize a proposed one-time tax on the state’s richest residents. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5aa631a12eaf174af89b73 Conservatives flip script on Newsom after he demanded 25th Amendment for Trump: 'Propped up a vegetable' te 2026-07-17T22:01:21.248Z Conservatives flip script on Newsom after he demanded 25th Amendment for Trump: 'Propped up a vegetable' California Gov. Gavin Newsom ignited an online firestorm on Thursday evening when, in response to President Donald Trump’s election integrity speech, he suggested that it was time to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove the president for displaying what he described as cognitive impairment. "The only thing missing in Donald Trump’s speech was tin foil. This was a legitimate 25th Amendment moment — the rambling of a mad king," Newsom said. Newsom’s call to use the 25th Amendment plays into preexisting calls from Democrats to examine Trump’s cognitive performance, but also sparked controversy online about how Democrats could seriously question Trump’s mental state when they dismissed similar concerns about now-former President Joe Biden. HOUSE DEMS UNVEIL BILL TO EXAMINE REMOVING TRUMP USING 25TH AMENDMENT The 25th Amendment, ratified in 1967, allows the Cabinet to deem the president unfit for duty or allows Congress to establish an independent body to make that call. To some critics, that case was much stronger under the last administration. "You literally propped up a vegetable and lied to the American people about his cognitive decline for four years and never mentioned the 25th amendment once," the official Republican National Committee X account wrote in response, referring to Republican doubts that Biden had the mental acuity to run the country at age 82. "Given Newsom's defense to this day of President Biden, calling him one of the greatest presidents ever, there's a saying around sitting this one out that applies here..." Fox News contributor Joe Concha wrote on X. "Gavin Newsome wants to remove [Trump] from office for disclosing California could have tens of thousands of aliens illegally registered to vote and that China attacked 220 million voters," Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said. Trump addressed the country on Thursday evening, informing the public that his administration had discovered a series of weaknesses in election integrity. In particular, Trump said newly declassified documents would reveal foreign data theft carried out by China, that members of the U.S. government had known about election vulnerabilities for years, that Americans had been misled about those weaknesses and new evidence of "election fraud." Fox News Digital could not independently verify the content of the documents that were released by the White House. Like many Democrats, Newsom cast doubt on the motives behind Trump’s speech, which came just four months ahead of the November midterms. 'SHADOW GOVERNMENT': TRUMP CLAIMS INTEL COMMUNITY BRAGGED ABOUT HIDING CHINESE MEDDLING "He wants to rig the election in 2026. He knows he is going to lose. That’s what that whole thing was about," Newsom said. Other Democrats on Thursday rushed to Newsom’s support. "Boom. Gov. Gavin Newsom calls for the 25th Amendment to be invoked after Trump’s unhinged speech tonight. He’s right! Trump is mentally deranged and unfit to be president," Harry Sisson, a Democratic influencer, wrote in a post to X. Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz., also echoed those calls. "He lies with every breath he takes. How can anyone deny the urgency of the 25th Amendment at this point?" This isn’t the first time Ansari has called to implement the 25th Amendment. Earlier this year, she joined other Democrats like Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., to call for Congress to remove Trump and establish an independent group to review the cognitive state of any president. The group would have included past presidents, physicians and other experts. "Trump is clearly experiencing severe cognitive decline and leaders from every political affiliation have recognized this. He’s become a national security threat to the United States," Ansari said in April. Newsom’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on if he would support the bill supported by Ansari. Other conservatives raised concerns about how invoking the 25th Amendment might upend the country, taking it into uncharted territory. DONALD TRUMP'S AGE IS NOT RECEIVING THE SAME 'SCRUTINY' AS BIDEN'S DID, ATLANTIC WRITER COMPLAINS "Does anyone else think it’s weird that as he talks about Trump rigging an election, he simultaneously asks for the president’s cabinet to remove a duly elected president?" Joe Patterson, a California assemblyman, said in a post on social media. "Yeah, Gavin … that would pose no risk to our democracy at all. Get real!" Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5aa61da12eaf174af89b6a Trump pushes Lindsey Graham's sister to run for US Senate after she gets appointment to finish out term te 2026-07-17T22:01:01.296Z Trump pushes Lindsey Graham's sister to run for US Senate after she gets appointment to finish out term President Donald Trump is throwing his political weight behind the sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, urging his sister, the newly appointed South Carolina Sen. Darline Graham Nordone, to run in next month’s special Republican primary and vowing to give her his "Complete and Total Endorsement." The endorsement, which came in a Truth Social post Friday just days after South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster appointed Graham Nordone to temporarily fill the seat left vacant by her brother’s sudden death last week. Graham Nordone will serve until the new Congress convenes in January, while Republicans who want the full term are set to compete in an Aug. 11 special primary. "She is a spectacular person, and a true American Patriot. Lindsey was one of the greatest people and Senators I have ever known, and his sister shares his deep love of our Country, and the State of South Carolina," Trump said in his Truth post. "I asked Darline, for the Good of our Nation, to run for the U.S. Senate in the Special Republican Primary on Tuesday, August 11, 2026. I hope Darline does this, in that there would be nobody better to honor the legacy of her beloved brother, Lindsey." DARLINE GRAHAM CONSIDERING RUNNING FOR FULL A SENATE TERM AS MEMORIAL SERVICES SET FOR LINDSEY GRAHAM: REPORT Trump added that Graham Nordone "comes from an absolutely incredible family," arguing she "has been a WINNER all of her life and, should she accept, has my Complete and Total Endorsement." The newly minted U.S. Senator represents a series of firsts for the Senate and for her home state as the first female senator from the Palmetto State and the first sister ever appointed to the upper chamber. Privately, Graham Nordone has reportedly expressed interest in running for a full term. GRAHAM'S DEATH IGNITES GOP SCRAMBLE FOR SENATE SEAT AS TRUMP HINTS HE ALREADY HAS A FAVORITE Three people familiar with the deliberations told The Associated Press that Graham Nordone has started having conversations about a potential campaign. She was appointed to fulfill the remainder of her brother’s term on Monday by McMaster, and was sworn in on Tuesday. The filing period for a special primary runs from July 21 to July 28, and the primary is scheduled for Aug. 11.  Several other noteworthy politicians — including Reps. Russell Fry, Nancy Mace and Ralph Norman, as well as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette — have been eyeing a run, the AP also reported. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5aa5f5a12eaf174af89b51 Trump Endorses Graham for Senate, Scrambling South Carolina Primary te 2026-07-17T22:00:21.881Z Trump Endorses Graham for Senate, Scrambling South Carolina Primary Senator Darline Graham had been seen as a caretaker for her brother’s seat after his sudden death. Now she has the president’s nod in what was shaping up to be a crowded fight to succeed Lindsey Graham. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5aa3c3a12eaf174af89afa DHS chief Markwayne Mullin blasts ABC, NBC over ‘shameful’ decision to skip Trump election speech te 2026-07-17T21:50:59.461Z DHS chief Markwayne Mullin blasts ABC, NBC over ‘shameful’ decision to skip Trump election speech Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin blasted ABC and NBC on Friday for declining to air President Donald Trump's election-security address on their broadcast networks Thursday night, accusing the outlets of withholding information from Americans as the midterms approach. "How shameful is that?" he said. "ABC and NBC not carrying that," he continued. "Why? What are they trying to cover up? Why wouldn’t they want to inform the American people? Why are they calling themselves a news outlet if they’re not actually trying to put the news out there?" ABC, NBC, CNN AVOID AIRING TRUMP'S PRIMETIME ELECTION SECURITY ADDRESS LIVE CBS aired part of Trump's remarks before cutting away, while Fox News carried the entire speech live. ABC and NBC did not show the address on their broadcast networks but offered it through streaming platforms. CNN did not air the speech live, while MS NOW aired part of it before also cutting away. The secretary argued that the networks had previously amplified assurances about the 2020 election while rejecting Trump's presentation of newly declassified intelligence. "Two major networks didn't want to cover it? I think the question really should say why. Because they sure covered the other part of it when they were saying that it was the most secure election ever," Mullin said. "What facts did they have? Because they didn’t have facts. They were taking someone’s word for it. President Trump gave facts. Today we’re giving facts." TRUMP RELEASES DECLASSIFIED ELECTION INTELLIGENCE, SAYS IT REVEALS 'SHOCKING VULNERABILITIES' Trump announced the release of previously classified intelligence that the White House documented vulnerabilities in voting infrastructure and foreign efforts to obtain American voter data. He also pressed Congress to pass the SAVE America Act, which would impose federal voter identification and proof-of-citizenship requirements. The president also directly criticized ABC and NBC over their decisions not to broadcast the speech on television. "They don't like the topic because they know how corrupt our system is, and they don't want to reveal it," Trump said. "They and others in the media are part of a plot. They want to continue this fraud for whatever reason. They want to keep it going. They want to protect the radical left. They can't have a great country — and that's true — you can't have a great country without free and fair elections." TRUMP ELECTION INTEGRITY PUSH EXPOSES MASSIVE AMOUNT OF DEAD PEOPLE ON NORTH CAROLINA VOTER ROLLS Trump argued that the networks should face regulatory consequences for not carrying his remarks. "Fraud like this should mean a revocation of their licenses," he said. "They use our public multibillion-dollar-in-value airways for absolutely no money." The Federal Communications Commission licenses individual broadcast stations, not national networks. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5aa3b0a12eaf174af89af1 Bryson DeChambeau flips out on rules officials before being assessed two-stroke penalty at Open Championship te 2026-07-17T21:50:40.011Z Bryson DeChambeau flips out on rules officials before being assessed two-stroke penalty at Open Championship Bryson DeChambeau went into the Royal Birkdale clubhouse in a tie for second place at the Open Championship, hardly in a position to complain. However, rules officials then approached him about a potential transgression earlier on the fifth hole, and the two-time U.S. Open winner was not having it. DeChambeau was with several officials and his caddie, having an animated conversation in the rough on the fifth hole, right near the area where DeChambeau took his second shot. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM After finding his ball in hip-high fescue, DeChambeau appeared to be walking through the weeds, stomping on the rough behind him and causing it to lie flat for his swing out of the rough. The conversation, apparently, was about whether DeChambeau improved his lie for the shot. During the conversation, DeChambeau loudly pleaded his case, mimicking his pre-shot routine and waving his hands. In the clubhouse, DeChambeau reportedly argued that the trampled fescue was not directly in line with his swing. BRITISH OPEN TV BLUNDER LEAVES GOLF FANS FUMING, HOOTERS GIANNA HITS THE BEACH & SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM VS BIG TECH However, the officials weren't buying it, and DeChambeau was given a two-stroke penalty. He then promptly went to the range, perhaps to work off some frustration. DeChambeau initially shot a four-under 68 on Friday, but after it became a 70, he was in a tie for fifth at 5 under. The solo leader is Lucas Herbert, whose 62 on Friday tied the lowest score ever recorded in a major round. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5aa16da12eaf174af89a92 SMU head coach Rhett Lashlee pours gasoline on fire, disparages Sun Belt's claim to CFP berth te 2026-07-17T21:41:01.321Z SMU head coach Rhett Lashlee pours gasoline on fire, disparages Sun Belt's claim to CFP berth If you thought day three of ACC Media Days would go off without any fireworks, boy, were you wrong! SMU Mustangs head coach Rhett Lashlee hit the podium in Charlotte on Friday morning and discussed the upcoming season for the 2024 ACC Champions. Among some of the topics of conversation were the Mustangs' bevy of offensive and defensive coordinators as well as the parity within the conference and how that pertains to the College Football Playoff picture. MIKE ELKO GIVES HIS BRUTALLY HONEST OPINION ABOUT EXPANDING THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF Speaking of the CFP, Lashlee decided to give props to the Duke Blue Devils for winning the ACC in 2025, and in doing so, he may have made an enemy or two in Harrisonburg, Virginia, in the process. There's a lot to unpack here, so let's start with Lashlee's claims that an ACC champion should have made the College Football Playoff. As far as the rules moving forward, Lashlee and the rest of the ACC won't have to worry, since each Power 4 conference champion will be guaranteed a berth in the CFP. INSIDE THE FIGHT: NIL ARMS RACE FUELING NEW PUSH FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF EXPANSION That's good news, particularly for the Mustangs, who look to be projected to finish near the top of the league in 2026. Now, let's unpack the more incendiary statements made by Lashlee. "A team from the Sun Belt" almost certainly means James Madison University, who made the CFP as a result of last year's qualifying rules. In 2025, the five highest ranked conference champions received automatic bids to the Playoff, and since the Blue Devils were 8-5 following conference championship week and unranked in the final CFP standings, the JMU Dukes got the nod (along with fellow Group of 6 brethren Tulane). I like the idea of awarding power conference winners for their hard work, and I think this year's format is more conducive to a competitive field, but that 2025 Duke squad lost to a G6 opponent in Tulane as well as UConn, an Independent, so if there was ever a year the ACC champs weren't deserving of a trip to the Playoff, it was last year. Lashlee took plenty of heat for this in the comments section, as droves of JMU fans flooded On3 reporter Brett McMurphy's post with taunts and jeers. It's safe to say Lashlee won't be receiving any warm welcomes in Rockingham County anytime soon. You might even be able to make the argument that Notre Dame deserved a spot in the CFP before Duke or James Madison, but that's a different story for a different time. Regardless, an SMU vs. JMU first round Playoff matchup would be absolute cinema, so here's hoping the two meet up at the end of the season. And if that James Madison head coaching gig ever opens up in the near future, don't expect Lashlee's name to be on any short lists to don the purple and gold. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5aa146a12eaf174af89a7a Who Really Has the 2026 Midterms Cash Edge? te 2026-07-17T21:40:22.410Z Who Really Has the 2026 Midterms Cash Edge? The fund-raising race is tighter than it seems. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a9f2ba12eaf174af89a3d Ben Henderson: Surveying the chessboard of Arizona’s budget te 2026-07-17T21:31:23.975Z Ben Henderson: Surveying the chessboard of Arizona’s budget For Ben Henderson, the state budget process is like a game of chess — that is, if you replace the board with a pile of spreadsheets and the pieces with lawmakers, state agency directors and the governor.  As the director of Gov. Katie Hobbs’ Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting, Henderson is tasked with allocating funding to the governor’s policy priorities and agency initiatives while navigating budget negotiations with the Republican-controlled Legislature.  He sat down with the Arizona Capitol Times to talk about his long career in public service and his approach to budgeting in an era of divided government.  Questions and answers have been lightly edited for style and clarity. Can you tell me about your career trajectory so far? I got my bachelor’s degree in 2009, and it was a literature degree, in the middle of the Great Recession. I could not get a job for the life of me, so I did a whole bunch of internships, mostly unpaid. I was really interested in why a whole bunch of spreadsheets all around the world suddenly changed slightly, and everyone’s lives got worse. Why does the economy work this way? I got really interested in economics and public administration. I did the City of Phoenix, the League of Arizona Cities and Towns, and the Arizona School Boards Association. And the bug bit me. I applied to work at (the Joint Legislative Budget Committee). The rest is kind of history. I got a call from (former Gov. Doug Ducey’s) administration after I did the Flinn Brown Fellowship, and they said, “Hey, do you want to be a project manager on a newly forming operations team?” At the time, we were a leader; Arizona was one of the first states in the country to have an operations team in the Governor’s Office. It was all about how you get stuff done when people don’t agree, when you run into bureaucratic obstacles.  You’ve worn a lot of hats since you joined the Hobbs administration. What has that been like? They’re all different. And they’re all challenging in their unique ways. Sometimes I view the operations job as like the fast-moving disasters, and the budget job as like the slow-moving disasters. The governor is in charge of 35,000 people. Every time the freeway shuts down, every time there is an emergency, every time there’s a fire, she is leading the charge. She relies on a lot of really smart people who don’t sleep to make sure that that work gets done. But it was nice to transfer from a job that you used to get phone calls at 2 a.m. about terrible, horrible things happening. Now the phone calls I get are during the daytime, but the challenge is to figure out solutions that just require different kinds of work. Getting everyone to agree on how to spend $18 billion in divided government in 2026 is not an easy task, but the governor is phenomenal, and I think she leads the state in a great way, and it helped (us) come to a budget that had the most consensus of any budget in 20 years.  How have your previous roles prepared you to step into this position? I’m learning new stuff all the time. It’s one of the cool things about state government. I’m learning new acronyms all the time, I’m learning new nooks and crannies of state government where there are dedicated staff working all the time. You only learn that small stuff by being an analyst. So being at JLBC, learning from Richard (Stavneak), who is an incredible leader and a mentor of mine, taught me a lot about how the budget works, but it’s like learning the tools. So you get the hammer and you get the saw and you get the measuring tape and now what do we want to build? The cool part about this job is now we get to build things, like investing in childcare and K-12. This was a particularly challenging budget year; how did you prepare? If you rewind to last year, everyone was fighting tooth and nail to get (the 2025) budget done. We were running up against the deadline. We were trying to get everyone to agree that shutting down the state is not good for anybody. It’s not good for our public employees. It’s not good for the people of Arizona. It’s not good for leadership. So on June 28 we finally get the deal done, and on July 4, they pass the “One Big Beautiful Bill” that changes everything. It changes how we think about our safety net. It changes how we think about our revenues. It changes how we think about resiliency and energy grants. I mean, it literally changes just about everything you can imagine in terms of federal funding. So like three days after we finished our marathon of getting the fiscal (year) 26 budget done, I said, “Hey, guess what? Everything just changed, and we got to start understanding what this means.” So my team started doing some pretty in-depth analysis about what this could mean. The “One Big Beautiful Bill” actually didn’t provide much direction. We had to make a bunch of guesses about whether or not we were going to get border reimbursement funds, whether or not we were going to get investments from the federal government in the way that they said the “One Big Beautiful Bill” would help our state. It did help in a couple places, but it also made it very hard and very difficult to do our work and very hard to keep Arizonans healthy and fed and safe. What is most fascinating about this role and what is most challenging? I’ve never found another job where I could have more impact. It really does feel like you’re playing this giant year-long chess game, and if you play it just right at the end of it, you get to invest tens of millions of dollars in homelessness prevention. The parts that are challenging are oftentimes these rules that we set for ourselves that just don’t change. So we budget this way because that’s how we budgeted in 1975, and we’ll never change because this is the right way to do things. Sometimes we had the right answer in 1975, and we don’t have to rethink it. But not very often anymore. The world around us has changed and changed radically. So you look at like the aggregate expenditure limit, which is this cap on K-12 spending that never took into account computers in our K-12 funding because it was the 1980s. So how do you have the conversation that it’s time to rethink our rules? It is hard, especially when the people you’re talking to wrote the rules. What do you wish more people knew about your role or the Governor’s Office? The system is working as it was designed. I don’t know if it’s working in the way that we want it to today, but it’s not like it was brought here by accident, by happenstance. Every piece was intentionally designed by somebody. Now, everyone has their own perspective, and so we don’t design those things in a way that’s truly interoperable and works together. There aren’t, like, mustache-twisting villains in the corner; it’s not like someone is out there to tank the whole system. As much as a lot of people on both sides think that’s what’s going on. Everyone is coming at it from a very strong position and is trying to accomplish different things. Someone might be trying to invest more in public safety, and someone else might be trying to invest more in K-12. If there’s only $1, when you’re trying to decide where that $1 goes, does it go to K-12? Does it go to public safety? How do you decide? How do you split it? That’s the vitriol and the animosity and all the political stuff that everyone gets. We are a bunch of people trying to do good, trying to make people’s lives better in a bunch of different ways with different opinions, and the best thing that humanity has come up with so far is this thing called democracy. So we’re just making it work. How does one get to know the state budget as well as you know it? I just want everyone to understand this because it doesn’t need to be as complicated as we make it, and there’s a whole industry of people who want it to stay obscure because it’s how they control and manage the message. If economists are the only ones who know the right answer, then we can’t contribute, and that’s not how democracy is. It’s not how the state budget should be done. If you can only access this one spreadsheet in this one format in this one way, then the budget’s not that transparent. We need to do a lot of work as a state to make our documents more accessible and easily readable. We just updated the OSPB’s website to try to do some of that, and we’re working really hard to try to tell the story better. But a lot of it is just memorizing it from many, many years of doing this over and over again.  The post Ben Henderson: Surveying the chessboard of Arizona’s budget first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a9f18a12eaf174af89a15 Teen brawl inside In-N-Out sends customers running during monsoon storm, video shows te 2026-07-17T21:31:04.005Z Teen brawl inside In-N-Out sends customers running during monsoon storm, video shows A violent brawl inside an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in Arizona sent terrified customers running as a group of teenagers exchanged punches in the dining room. The fight erupted at about 7 p.m. local time Monday at the beloved fast-food chain's Tempe location. The Tempe Police Department told Fox News Digital that officers responded to the scene, but the people involved had already fled on foot and in vehicles. CITIES BRACE FOR HOLIDAY WEEKEND TEEN TAKEOVERS PUTTING BYSTANDERS AT DEADLY RISK, FORMER PROSECUTOR WARNS Video captured inside the restaurant shows a group of teens throwing punches and tackling each other to the floor as customers scrambled to get out of the way. The person who recorded the video noted that customers were "camping out" inside the restaurant at the time due to an active monsoon storm, affiliate FOX 10 Phoenix reported. INSIDE THE TEEN TAKEOVERS THREATENING TO EXPLODE THIS SUMMER AS CITIES REMAIN ON EDGE: 'VERY WORRIED' Investigators spoke with witnesses and staff, and a follow-up investigation is now underway. The cause of the brawl has not been disclosed, and Fox News Digital has reached out to the California-based chain for comment. The altercation closely mirrors a May brawl that happened inside a Chipotle restaurant in Washington, D.C. In that incident, teens dressed head-to-toe in black — some wearing hoods and masks — were seen throwing punches and hurling chairs as innocent bystanders sought safety. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a9eeea12eaf174af899ed The Zoom hack that says, ‘Don’t record me’ te 2026-07-17T21:30:22.540Z The Zoom hack that says, ‘Don’t record me’ If every meeting, watercooler conversation, and date gets transcribed and summarized, who's actually reading any of it? Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a9ce2a12eaf174af899b2 Maine Dems rally behind Platner's far-left platform in scramble to court his followers: 'Beyond furious' te 2026-07-17T21:21:38.366Z Maine Dems rally behind Platner's far-left platform in scramble to court his followers: 'Beyond furious' Democrats competing to replace disgraced Maine Senate nominee Graham Platner embraced key parts of his progressive platform during Thursday’s debate, including abolishing ICE, Medicare for all, economic populism and criticism of Israel. The debate showed that Platner’s withdrawal following a rape allegation he denies has not produced a corresponding break from the agenda that powered him to a landslide primary victory. Democrats now have eight days to select a replacement to challenge Republican Sen. Susan Collins. All the candidates vying to replace the now-disgraced Platner called for eliminating ICE during the debate, which was held three days after the fatal shooting of a 25-year-old father in Biddeford, Maine. "Nobody deserves to get shot and killed in the streets when their three-year-old daughter is still in her pajamas," said Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, who unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Nirav Shah, who was the runner-up in last month’s gubernatorial caucus, said: "I am beyond furious about the murder that happened in our streets." TRANSGENDER MAINE SENATE CANDIDATE SPARKS ONLINE FRENZY OVER RESPONSE TO DEBATE QUESTION: 'CAN'T BE SERIOUS' The Department of Homeland Security said the driver attempted to flee and that an officer fired while fearing for public safety. The shooting is being investigated by Maine’s attorney general, the FBI and the DHS inspector general. The man who was killed was not the target of the enforcement action, according to information provided to Maine lawmakers. Shah, who directed the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention from 2019 to 2023 and later served as principal deputy director of the federal CDC, pointed to what he called "the president’s goons" and emphasized, "I don’t think this agency can be reformed. The rot has gone to the core and that’s why we must abolish it." Troy Jackson, a former Maine Senate president who also ran unsuccessfully for the gubernatorial nomination, said, "I support law enforcement, but ICE is not law enforcement. It's a rogue agency." Jordan Wood, a former congressional staffer for then-Rep. Katie Porter of California, unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic nomination this year in Maine's 2nd Congressional District, a crucial swing seat, also called for abolishing ICE. "We need a new law enforcement agency that has the trust of the people," he said. Dan Kleban, a co-founder of the Maine Beer Company who briefly ran for the Democratic Senate nomination before dropping out, said: "ICE needs to be abolished. It is rotten to the core, and it's irredeemable." David Costello, who ran unsuccessfully for the Senate in 2024 and this year, claimed ICE was a "political instrument" of the Trump administration and joined the chorus, saying "it should absolutely be abolished." HARRIS CALLS FOR ICE PROBE AFTER MAINE SHOOTING AMID RENEWED 'BORDER CZAR' CRITICISM The shooting in Biddeford, which is located about 15 miles southwest of Portland, was the second fatal ICE shooting in a week, following a traffic stop incident in Houston, Texas. Four of the Democratic Senate candidates huddled with protesters in Biddeford hours after the incident, and Shah held a news conference the following day outside a Collins field office located just a few blocks from the scene of the shooting. "How many more people must die at the hands of Donald Trump’s masked marauders before we finally agree that now is the time to abolish ICE? Now, rather than abolishing it, what Susan Collins has decided to do in recent years is increase the budget," Shah argued. Platner's economic populism and critique of the "oligarchy" was also a common theme on the debate stage, as was criticizing Israel and the foreign aid that the country receives. The candidates were asked point-blank during the debate what ideas from Platner they intend to campaign on. "I think that's pretty clear. I mean, what Graham talked about is something that I've been fighting for since I got into politics, healthcare, Medicare for all," Jackson responded. "I mean, people in this country deserve to have healthcare. We deserve to have people in government that are not giving tax cuts to the ultra wealthy in this country on the backs of health care. This is something I believe strongly in." Shah said there are "a lot of areas where Graham's policies and mine overlap" and pointed to ICE as the main area of agreement. Wood pointed to "human rights work" and the need for "Palestinian statehood." Bellows responded by saying, "The single idea from Graham Platner that spoke most deeply to me is that he's right, the democracy that we thought we had has been deeply corrupted by those in power in Washington, the billionaires and the massive corporations." Platner, a populist Democrat who was backed last September by progressive champion Sen. Bernie Sanders, won the early June Democratic primary in a landslide. A combat veteran and oyster farmer whose campaign caught fire, Platner steamrolled the Democratic establishment. But even as he crushed the competition to capture the nomination, Platner had already been forced on defense in the wake of a slew of scandals. Platner dropped out earlier this month, amid calls from top Democrats in Maine and across the country to immediately exit the race following an explosive report containing an allegation of rape from a woman he previously dated. Platner denied the claim. Facing a July 27 deadline to certify Platner’s replacement, the Maine Democratic Party will hold a July 25 nominating convention in Bangor, where 601 delegates will select the nominee. Thirteen candidates filed with the state party by Wednesday to seek the nomination, although one quickly dropped out. The candidates still need to collect the signatures of registered Maine Democrats by July 25 to qualify. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a9ccea12eaf174af899a9 Trump blames Canada for wildfire smoke, says pollution costs should be added to tariffs te 2026-07-17T21:21:18.914Z Trump blames Canada for wildfire smoke, says pollution costs should be added to tariffs President Donald Trump on Friday blamed Canada for smoke from ongoing wildfires that has drifted into the United States, accusing the country of "willful negligence" in forest management and suggesting the economic costs of the pollution should be added to tariffs on Canadian imports. "We are holding Canada responsible for the fact that they are not properly maintaining their Forests, and Brush therein, and the United States is being unnecessarily invaded by filthy, polluted, and unhealthy air, the quality of which is dangerous, and totally unacceptable!" Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. Trump said he planned to call Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney later Friday to discuss the issue. TRUMP SHOULD EXPAND HIS BORDER CRACKDOWN. TIMING IS PERFECT TO REIN IN CANADA AND MEXICO "I will call the Prime Minister during the day to find out what they are going to do about it," Trump wrote. The president argued Canada had refused to engage in "basic Forest Management and Debris Removal," despite knowing such practices could help reduce the risk of devastating wildfires. "Canada has refused to engage in basic Forest Management and Debris Removal, knowing that such refusal will lead to exactly this result," Trump wrote. "This is Willful Negligence, and becoming a yearly occurrence, costing the United States Billions of Dollars, which cost of this pollution must of necessity be added to the TARIFFS Canada is currently paying." CALIFORNIA SUES TRUMP EPA OVER MOVE TO SUBJECT STATE VEHICLE EMISSIONS WAIVERS TO CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW Trump did not say how such costs would be incorporated into existing tariffs or whether he intended to pursue formal trade action tied to the wildfire smoke. The comments come as smoke from nearly 850 active wildfires across Canada — including more than 180 in Ontario — has drifted into the United States, prompting air quality alerts in more than 20 states from the Upper Midwest to the Northeast, according to NASA. Health officials have warned that wildfire smoke can pose health risks, particularly for people with underlying heart or lung conditions, and have advised residents in affected areas to monitor local air quality and limit outdoor activity when conditions worsen. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Canadian Prime Minister's Office and Natural Resources Canada for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a9cbba12eaf174af899a0 RFK Jr hails first US hospital to promise healthier meals: 'We have a template' te 2026-07-17T21:20:59.454Z RFK Jr hails first US hospital to promise healthier meals: 'We have a template' A Florida hospital is the first in the nation to sign the "Make Hospital Food Healthier" pledge, committing to serve more nutritious, minimally processed meals to patients. Tampa General Hospital CEO John Couris signed the pledge Thursday during a news conference attended by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins and celebrity chef Geoffrey Zakarian. The 1,000-bed medical facility partnered with Zakarian last year to overhaul its menu based on the "food is medicine" concept. CELEBRITY CHEF SAYS IF YOU CAN DRIVE TO MCDONALD'S, YOU CAN COOK HEALTHY MEALS AT HOME The revamped menu features items that are high in nutrition and "can help prevent, manage and treat illness," the hospital said in a 2025 news release announcing the partnership. "If you go to your friend's house and you say, 'This tastes like hospital food,' that's not a compliment," Kennedy said during the news conference. Kennedy said hospitals are places where people go to get healthy, "and we were giving them stuff that is going to aggravate and amplify their chronic illness." "We doubled down on the quality of the food," Couris said of working with Zakarian on a limited number of menu items. "And we've seen somewhere around a 5% to 7% increase in our [food purchasing expenses]. That's something that we can absorb." CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS Following the menu changes, hospital officials reported a 53% increase in perceived food quality and more patients finishing their meals, Fox 13 Tampa Bay reported. During the visit, Kennedy and Rollins tried a menu of soup, mezze salad and steak prepared by the hospital's culinary team, Fox 13 Tampa Bay reported. HHS and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services launched the "Make Hospital Food Healthier" pledge earlier this month as part of a broader effort to encourage hospitals to serve healthier meals with fewer processed ingredients and added sugars. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER In announcing the initiative, Kennedy said patients recovering from serious medical conditions "deserve better than ultra-processed and deep-fried junk foods." TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services sent a notice to hospitals in March saying they would be required to follow the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans to continue receiving Medicaid and Medicare payments. Kennedy pointed to Tampa General Hospital, which sources about 25% of its food from local farmers, as a model for other hospitals. "We have a template here at Tampa General," Kennedy said. "We can say if they did it, you can do it." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a9c94a12eaf174af89989 Trump Pursues a Deeper Bond With China’s Leader, Despite Hostile Speech te 2026-07-17T21:20:20.548Z Trump Pursues a Deeper Bond With China’s Leader, Despite Hostile Speech Chinese officials appear to think that President Trump’s accusations that China interfered in the 2020 U.S. elections were driven by domestic politics, not foreign policy. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a9ab6a12eaf174af89967 As California becomes lacrosse powerhouse, Arizona hopes to be next te 2026-07-17T21:12:22.964Z As California becomes lacrosse powerhouse, Arizona hopes to be next IRVINE, Calif. – Every field at Great Park in Irvine, California, was filled. Dozens of games unfolded as whistles echoed across the sports complex. Players carrying netted sticks hurried from one field to another while parents searched for shade underneath their pop-up tents. Lacrosse, long viewed as an East Coast sport, has quietly and quickly established itself across the western United States.  Colorado and California lead the way with deeply entrenched high school programs and the highest concentration of NCAA and club talent in the region. Utah has experienced some of the fastest growth in the country over the last several years, driven largely by the Utah High School Activities Association officially sanctioning the sport.  The Pacific Northwest states of Oregon and Washington have strong, dedicated high school leagues that have traditionally operated as club-varsity hybrids outside the main state athletic associations. In Arizona, participation is heavily concentrated in the major Phoenix metro area, but organizers hope the sport can take another step via strong grassroots efforts, potential sanctioning by the Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) and the return of the sport to the Olympics in 2028 in Los Angeles. Arizona Lacrosse League commissioner Bryan Petillo believes that the issue isn’t convincing kids to play lacrosse. It’s making sure they know it exists. “One of our biggest challenges is introducing the sport to communities where there currently aren’t any programs,” Petillo said. “If you’re a student in Buckeye, Queen Creek or another rapidly growing area without a lacrosse program, it’s difficult to even discover the sport.” California leading the charge The Pacific Lacrosse Festival, held June 20-21, was organized by Buku Events, a lacrosse event company dedicated to growing the sport.  “We’ve seen the growth of lacrosse on the West Coast firsthand, especially in Southern California,” said Austen Lison, sales and field operations manager for Buku. “When I first started, the company hosted around 10 events. Now we’re up to about 17 events throughout Northern and Southern California, along with an event in Las Vegas.” In the 2024-25 school year, 20,016 high school students participated in lacrosse according to the California Interscholastic Federation. By comparison, 15,259 students participated during the 2014-15 school year.  Parents who have watched the game evolve say the difference is hard to miss. “I grew up on the East Coast, and obviously it’s more popular over there,” said Chris Pretto, whose kid plays for the Huntsmen Lacrosse club program in Irvine. “But out here it’s really grown a lot. The skill level has improved, the kids are getting better and the sport is getting more recognition here in California.” For coaches, the growth has been just as dramatic. “I feel like over the last five years, the sport has really boomed,” said Leann Rosales, a girls coach with Harlem Lacrosse at Compton High School. “Growing up, I didn’t even know what lacrosse was until I got to high school, which is when I started playing.” Now children are beginning to play at a younger age. “I’m seeing kids start as young as third grade and continue playing year-round,” Rosales said. “We’ve seen so much talent come through our programs.” The scene in Irvine shows just how far the sport has come in California. Arizona is still trying to reach that point. Arizona’s ambitions The Arizona Lacrosse League has overseen high school competition since 2000, while operating independently through a partnership with USA Lacrosse.  Petillo, originally from Long Island, New York, played lacrosse at Tufts University outside of Boston before moving to Arizona in 2019.  “Coming from New York, where lacrosse is such a major sport, I saw what I thought was tremendous potential for growth here in Arizona,” Petillo said. That growth hasn’t come as quickly as he initially thought. “Unfortunately, I think the sport’s growth has stalled a little over the last several years out here,” Petillo said. “There is still a lot of enthusiasm in communities where lacrosse has traditionally been established and where schools have strong support systems around their programs. “However, overall we haven’t seen the growth in terms of new teams and player participation that I would like to see.” Last season, the Arizona Lacrosse League featured 28 varsity and junior varsity teams, with more than 550 players participating, but the sport still is not sanctioned by the AIA.  Petillo believes that supporters need to rebuild the connection between youth and high school programs. “If your youth leagues aren’t thriving, your high school programs won’t thrive either,” Petillo said. “At some point, I think those two levels became disconnected.” There are other independent lacrosse leagues in Arizona such as the Ahwatukee Lightning, Arizona Girls Lacrosse Association and Youth Lacrosse of Arizona, but the most recent statistics show that in 2023, about 1,000 high school students were registered with USA Lacrosse in Arizona.  When it comes to collegiate lacrosse, Arizona has just one NCAA Division I program: Arizona State’s women’s lacrosse team.  ASU, the University of Arizona, Grand Canyon University and Northern Arizona University all field men’s and women’s club lacrosse teams. Relatability Supporters say the appeal of lacrosse comes from it having similar elements to other sports. “I think lacrosse takes the best parts of several different sports and combines them into one,” Petillo said. “You mix elements of football, basketball, soccer and hockey together, and I think you end up with a really exciting game.” Huntsman coach Nick Henry sees the same appeal. “It’s easy for families to find a commonality between the sports that they already play,” Henry said. The climate out west also helps. Blake Wozniak, a California native, left home to play lacrosse at Southern New Hampshire University. He believes the weather may create an advantage for West Coast teams over those on the East Coast. “With the sunshine, you’ll always be able to play,” Wozniak said. “You can keep the stick in your hand and continue to work and get better over time. “Soon we’ll be miles ahead of them.” Sanctioning Seth Polansky, the AIA Director of Sports Information, said that the sport was close to being sanctioned more than a decade ago. “About 11 years ago, one of the executive board members planned to bring forward an action item to have lacrosse added under the AIA umbrella,” Polansky said. The proposal never reached a vote however, as the board member passed away the week of the meeting. “As a result, what was supposed to be an action item became a discussion item, and eventually the entire issue was tabled and never came back before the board again,” Polansky said. Despite this, interest remains. “Has there been discussion about lacrosse? Yes,” Polansky said. “Has the AIA been approached about adding lacrosse since that effort 11 years ago? Also yes.” Still, getting a sport sanctioned is a lengthy process. “We don’t just decide to add a sport,” Polansky said, “It has to go through the proper channels, which is either an athletic director at a member school proposes it through their conference rep on the board or a board member decides to do it on their own. “Basically it has to come about when a majority of schools are on board with it all together.” Looking ahead Petillo believes that lacrosse in Arizona is poised for a period of growth, especially with the return of the sport to the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles after a 120-year absence. “Our partners at USA Lacrosse have a lot of plans to take advantage of the Olympics and the exposure it will bring,” Petillo said. “Any time people get to watch something that’s exciting and compelling on that big of a stage, they’re naturally going to ask, ‘How can I do that?’” The issue will be making sure interested kids have somewhere to play. “That’s where we come in,” Petillo said. “We need to make sure those kids have opportunities to play on a team in their neighborhood and with their friends.” In the short term, Petillo said organizers will focus on creating a more competitive environment while helping new programs develop. “We’re continuing to evaluate our conference structure to make sure competition is as balanced as possible,” Petillo said. “We also want newer programs to have opportunities to grow without immediately facing the strongest teams and getting blown out.”  Long term, Petillo said his goal is simple. “We want to introduce lacrosse to new communities and continue growing in areas that don’t currently have many opportunities,” Petillo said. “Right now, we have three teams in Tucson. I’d love to see even more teams develop there so we can create a stronger regional schedule instead of requiring schools to travel long distances. “I’d also like to see lacrosse expand into other parts of Arizona where there currently aren’t any programs. If we accomplish this, I think that the sport will continue to grow throughout the state.” The post As California becomes lacrosse powerhouse, Arizona hopes to be next appeared first on Cronkite News. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a9a63a12eaf174af89934 Spain and Argentina will play for first-ever World Cup rings, which fans will even be able to buy te 2026-07-17T21:10:59.506Z Spain and Argentina will play for first-ever World Cup rings, which fans will even be able to buy This Sunday, Spain and Argentina will hit the New York New Jersey Stadium turf — natural grass, in a nice change of pace — to battle it out for the FIFA World Cup Trophy; there will be something else on the line this time. And even better, fans can pony up some bread of their own to get one too. On Friday, FIFA announced that for the first time, it will be giving the World Cup winners Super Bowl-style rings. FOX WORLD CUP ANNOUNCER SAYS TRUMP'S APPEARANCE AT FINAL IS 'FUN, UNIQUE THING' DESPITE POTENTIAL BACKLASH According to the Daily Mail, one side of the ring will feature the World Cup Trophy, while the other side will be customized for the winning team. The coach and team captain will receive temporary rings immediately after the match, while their official rings will be customized to their sizes and delivered later along with a certificate of authenticity. But if you're not one of the thirty players or coaches lucky to win the World Cup — and I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that you're not — you can still get a little digit candy for yourself. WATCH THE WORLD CUP FINAL ON FOX ONE They'll actually be making 2,026 of these rings (no prizes for guessing why they arrived at that number), with 1,996 being sold to fans. What a souvenir. I mean, a cowboy hat and a Buc-ee's t-shirt is a pretty great souvenir combo, but imagine a genuine World Cup ring and Buc-ee's t-shirt. Why, I'd go so far as to say you'd be the talk of all of Argentina or Spain, depending on the outcome of Sunday's match. OUTKICK SPORTS CARTOON OF THE DAY: ESPYS TAKE A TUMBLE Although sometimes I wonder how cool it really is. I mean, if you know where to look, you can find genuine Super Bowl rings. It's just not as cool when you didn't win the ring yourself. But I know these will sell out in a hurry, and they won't come cheap. With only 1,996 up for grabs and two soccer-mad nations playing to win it all, they'll be gone before you can say, "In America we call it soccer." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a9a50a12eaf174af8992b Democratic socialist actress Cynthia Nixon handed powerful role in helping choose New York top judges te 2026-07-17T21:10:40.057Z Democratic socialist actress Cynthia Nixon handed powerful role in helping choose New York top judges Progressive activist and actress Cynthia Nixon has been added to the committee that helps select New York's top judges, according to a report from the New York Post Thursday. Nixon, an outspoken democratic socialist who mounted an unsuccessful bid for governor in 2018, was appointed to a four-year term on the Commission on Judicial Nomination. The panel reviews candidates for the state Court of Appeals, and the governor can only appoint nominees approved by the commission. Some Republican lawmakers criticized the appointment by Chief Judge Rowan Wilson, arguing that putting a celebrity activist without a law degree on the panel sends a political message. Her term expires April 30, 2030. SOCIALISM’S RISE INSIDE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NOW THREATENS THE AMERICAN DREAM State Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Anthony Palumbo criticized the pick, telling The New York Post he’s "disappointed, but not surprised that we have a radical progressive actress without a law degree selecting judges in the state of New York." According to her biography on the New York State website, "Cynthia Nixon is a native New Yorker who began acting professionally at the age of 12 and has worked as an actor and director for nearly 50 years." 'THE VIEW' CO-HOSTS FEUD AFTER BILLY BOB THORNTON CALLS OUT CELEBRITY POLITICAL LECTURES It notes her political activism centers on abortion access, public school funding, LGBTQ equality and breast cancer awareness, adding that her 2018 gubernatorial run focused on "economic, racial, and gender equality." BILL MAHER CALLS MAMDANI-BACKED SOCIALIST ‘PATIENT ZERO’ OF THE ‘WOKE MIND VIRUS’ Nixon is best known for playing lawyer Miranda Hobbes in HBO's "Sex and the City," but has also appeared in shows like HBO's "The Gilded Age." Most commission members are practicing lawyers or government officials, although a law degree is not required. The website notes the commission plays an "important role" in state government.  "Its purpose is to see that the judges who sit on New York’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, are chosen from candidates who reflect the diversity of New York’s citizenry and are among the State’s most highly qualified and accomplished judges, practicing lawyers and legal scholars," it reads. It also notes that the "Commission’s mandate is a powerful one: the Constitution requires that the Governor choose Judges of the Court of Appeals only from the nominees of the Commission." Legal analyst Jonathan Turley was disgusted, writing on X, "The New York legal system continues to make a parody of itself. Cynthia Nixon, who played a lawyer on HBO’s Sex and the City, has been appointed by New York Chief Judge Rowan Wilson to screen and recommend candidates to serve on the state of New York’s highest court." CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE Nixon lost the 2018 Democratic gubernatorial primary in a landslide to incumbent Andrew Cuomo. During that campaign, she leaned into the democratic socialist label, telling Politico that "if being a democratic socialist means that you believe health care, housing, education and the things we need to thrive should be a basic right, not a privilege, then count me in." Last year, she publicly backed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani after his Democratic mayoral primary victory, writing on Instagram, "I love this young man so so much! He is a miracle of nature and I would follow him to the ends of the earth (and I almost have!)" Fox News Digital reached out to Nixon's representatives but did not immediately hear back. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a97f9a12eaf174af898c3 Trump’s Election Claims and SAVE Act Push Find Muted Response From G.O.P. Lawmakers te 2026-07-17T21:00:41.924Z Trump’s Election Claims and SAVE Act Push Find Muted Response From G.O.P. Lawmakers Most G.O.P. lawmakers had little to say about the president’s claims of election vulnerabilities, and he did not appear to move the needle on the voting restriction bill he championed. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a97e6a12eaf174af898ba Sara Rodriguez, Lieutenant Governor, Quits Wisconsin Governor’s Race te 2026-07-17T21:00:22.081Z Sara Rodriguez, Lieutenant Governor, Quits Wisconsin Governor’s Race Some Democrats feared the decision by Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez, the establishment candidate, could improve the primary prospects for Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist, in a purple state. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a95a0a12eaf174af89874 DHS chief threatens to prosecute election officials as Trump escalates fight over state voter rolls te 2026-07-17T20:50:40.840Z DHS chief threatens to prosecute election officials as Trump escalates fight over state voter rolls President Donald Trump shakes hands with newly sworn in Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin during a ceremony in the Oval Office on March 24, 2026. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin threatened on Friday to prosecute election officials in states that don’t “participate in securing the elections” ahead of the November midterms.  Election officials who do not comply with administration directives to enhance security of voting machines and to share voter data with the federal government through the powerful Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements computer program would be subject to fines and even prison time, he said. “If the states that choose not to participate with the SAVE program and they choose not to participate in securing the elections, we will make sure that we make those states a priority to look at who voted in their states, and hold the election officials accountable,” Mullin said during a press conference.  The Trump administration will make it mandatory for states to undergo security enhancements of their voter machines and withhold grants or reimbursements to any states that do not, he said. The mandate was necessary, he said, because foreign adversaries produce parts that are vital pieces in U.S. voting machines, and can “change voter registration and your vote.” “The machines have to be secured and your voter registration list needs to be scrubbed,” he said, summarizing the department’s message to state officials. “Our machines are vulnerable. There are steps that can be made right now that can secure those.” Earlier Friday, Mullin sent a letter to the secretaries of state of four states the department reviewed — Nevada, California, New Jersey and Pennsylvania — to warn them of the “tens of thousands of non-citizens who are illegally on the states’ voter rolls.” Leaders from those states immediately pushed back against Mullin and President Donald Trump’s claims.  It is unclear what authority Mullin would use to investigate state election administration. The U.S. Constitution empowers states to run elections. But it is clear the Trump administration considers election security a top priority in the leadup to the midterms. Mullin’s remarks followed President Donald Trump’s address to the nation Thursday evening in which he declared that the U.S. election systems are vulnerable to foreign cyberattacks and nations such as China and Iran have sought to influence the outcome of past elections, including in 2018 and 2020.  Noncitizen voting Trump has long focused on voting by noncitizens, which is rare.  Mullin on Friday said the Homeland Security Department reviewed voter rolls in a handful of states and discovered more than 250,000 noncitizens who were registered to vote.  The federal government will make it a priority to “look at who voted in their states” and hold their election officials accountable, Mullin said.  The federal government will go through the records “one by one,” he said at the press conference, and pursue maximum charges for anyone found to have voted illegally, which includes up to five years in prison and $250,000 in fines.  SAVE in court The SAVE program allows local jurisdictions to determine someone’s immigration status for purposes such as applying for government jobs, benefits and driver’s licenses.  The administration wants states to use the powerful computer system to check the citizenship of people on voter rolls and is battling in court to restore that use of the program after a federal court ruled in June the expansion was unlawful. Mullin blamed the program’s pause on “activist judges” who don’t want secure elections.  The SAVE program is distinct from, but shares its acronym with, the SAVE America Act, a bill that proposes to restrict voter access by adding requirements to register and cast ballots, including photo IDs. The bill is stalled in the U.S. Senate and does not include funding for election security infrastructure.  Democratic officials cry foul In Mullin’s letter to Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar, which was shared with States Newsroom, Mullin shared “concerning results” of a preliminary review of Nevada’s voter registration data showing there were as many as 15,903 noncitizens registered to vote.  “I hope that you share in the commitment to ensure that only U.S. citizens participate in our federal elections,” Mullin wrote. “Allowing just one non-citizen to vote cancels the vote of one U.S. citizen.”  Mullin said his team would help support the state to “take steps to protect Nevada voters and ensure that ineligible voters will not impact upcoming federal elections.” Aguilar, a Democrat, told States Newsroom in a statement Friday that the department’s estimate is “wildly speculative at best.” The department “hasn’t shared anything that backs it up,” he added. Aguilar said there are multiple safeguards in place to prevent noncitizens or any other ineligible voters from casting a ballot, and that Nevada runs “some of the safest, most secure and accessible elections in the country.” “The Administration lacks a fundamental understanding of how elections work,” Aguilar wrote. “They just want to cause chaos and doubt ahead of the midterms.”  In a statement Friday afternoon, Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt, a Republican, said all evidence shows that noncitizen voting is “extremely rare across the country, including in Pennsylvania.”  Every resident must take multiple steps to verify their identity before they cast a ballot or register to vote, he said.  “While the Department has made clear that we cannot share Pennsylvanians’ private, personal information, we will review any information provided by DHS so that we can evaluate the validity of these claims,” Schmidt said.  California under fire California has repeatedly come under fire from Trump regarding its elections. In his speech Thursday evening, he cast doubt on the integrity of the state’s recent Los Angeles mayoral and gubernatorial races.  Secretary of State Shirley Weber described the claims as fallacious and unsubstantiated.  “Non-citizen voting remains exceedingly rare,” she said. “In California, election officials work every day to maintain accurate voter rolls and ensure that only eligible voters are registered.” She said her team will carefully review Mullin’s letter to assess the methodology for its claims, and “welcome legitimate best practices that comply with state and federal law while protecting Californians’ personal information.”  “However, the information provided during the President’s remarks and on the White House website, do not inspire any level of confidence in the methodology used or the conclusions reached,” she added. “If the President is truly committed to election integrity, he must stop undermining confidence in our democracy, making it harder for eligible Americans to vote, and attempting to seize authority that the Constitution clearly reserves for the states.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a9347a12eaf174af897f9 WATCH: Felony suspect's ocean getaway unravels after 90-minute standoff with lifeguards te 2026-07-17T20:40:39.947Z WATCH: Felony suspect's ocean getaway unravels after 90-minute standoff with lifeguards A man wanted on a felony warrant tried to out swim the law Thursday, spending about 90 minutes in the Pacific Ocean before lifeguards surrounded him and ended the bizarre escape attempt. According to KTLA, the unusual standoff began around 7:21 a.m. after officers with the Los Angeles Police Department's (LAPD) West LA Division attempted to contact the suspect near Pacific Coast Highway and Sunset Boulevard. The man allegedly fled on foot before running past a lifeguard tower and into the water at Will Rogers State Beach. DEPUTY US MARSHAL FATALLY SHOT WHILE SERVING ARREST WARRANT IN LOUISIANA Video captured by SkyFOX shows the suspect, who appeared to struggle against three LA County lifeguards as they worked to restrain him before guiding him toward a waiting LA County Sheriff's Department boat. The video shows the man continuing to resist as he was brought alongside the vessel, where officers and lifeguards ultimately pulled him aboard and took him into custody. KTLA reported the suspect remained hundreds of yards offshore as lifeguards on rescue boards stayed nearby, monitoring his condition and attempting to talk with him while a sheriff's department boat and a county lifeguard rescue boat positioned themselves offshore. NAKED MAN TRIES TO KIDNAP 7-YEAR-OLD TOURIST FROM MOTHER AT PORTLAND PARK, BYSTANDERS INTERVENE According to the outlet, the suspect at one point swam toward shore near Temescal Canyon before abruptly turning back into deeper water, prompting lifeguards to move in and end the standoff. FOX 11 reported the suspect swam about a mile during the nearly 90-minute ordeal and appeared to be nude from the waist down. CALIFORNIA DEPUTIES USE MAGNET-EQUIPPED DRONE TO DISARM KNIFE-WIELDING SEX OFFENDER HIDDEN IN GARAGE It was not immediately clear what prompted officers to initially contact the suspect or what felony warrant he was wanted on. His identity, condition and any additional charges were not immediately released. Fox News Digital has reached out to the LAPD for additional information. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a9116a12eaf174af8978f Trump DHS threatens federal funding cutoff for states that refuse voter-roll security push te 2026-07-17T20:31:18.592Z Trump DHS threatens federal funding cutoff for states that refuse voter-roll security push Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Friday that states refusing to comply with the Trump administration’s election-security requirements could lose federal funding, while warning that election officials who disregard information provided by DHS could face fines, penalties or even prison time. "If the election officials, once we gave them the information they need to secure their elections and they chose not to, then those individuals can also be held accountable by fines, by penalties, and even depending on how far it goes, prison time," said Mullin. Mullin held a press conference following President Donald Trump’s address to the nation Thursday evening on "free and fair" elections. Mullin did not identify what law election officials would violate or what charges could be brought if they declined to act on information provided by DHS. Trump announced the declassification of intelligence that he alleged reveals "shocking vulnerabilities" related to "hacking, exploitation and foreign interference." 'SHADOW GOVERNMENT': TRUMP CLAIMS INTEL COMMUNITY BRAGGED ABOUT HIDING CHINESE MEDDLING Twenty-three states are participating in DHS’ expanded SAVE program, which allows election officials to compare voter records against federal immigration data. Mullin separately said CISA would release an updated election-infrastructure plan within 30 days. Several Republican-led states, including Mississippi, North Dakota and West Virginia, are not currently participating in the partnership. "Every state that's not participating with us should be asked the hard question why not? What are you afraid of? If they're not willing to do it ... it should raise serious questions. It's not that hard. This isn't a partisan issue," said Mullin. DHS has announced election-security conditions for recipients of FEMA’s Homeland Security Grant Program. Mullin also said he was working with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on security requirements. DHS PLANS COSTLY CRACKDOWN ON STATES THAT DON’T COOPERATE ON ELECTION SECURITY Mullin said DHS identified 250,000 voter-registration records in California, New Jersey, Nevada and Pennsylvania that the department believes belong to noncitizens. Mullin urged all states to join DHS' election security program so officials can compare voter rolls against federal immigration and other databases to identify potentially ineligible registrations. WATCH: ELISSA SLOTKIN SAYS SAVE AMERICA ACT WOULD MAKE IT 'HARD FOR ANY DEMOCRAT' TO WIN AN ELECTION "States must do their part to secure our election system, and we stand by to help," said Mullin. During the press conference, Mullin urged Congress to pass the SAVE America Act,, which includes provisions requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and photo identification at the polls. "I think the Save Act should be passed tomorrow. I think it should have already been passed," said Mullin. Senate Majority Leader John Thune has cast doubt on the bill’s path forward, saying Republicans do not have the 60 votes needed to overcome a Democratic filibuster. Fox News Digital reached out to the White House and DHS for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a9103a12eaf174af89786 Covert DNA sample from Colorado man's trash revives 44-year-old Texas murder case: report te 2026-07-17T20:30:59.134Z Covert DNA sample from Colorado man's trash revives 44-year-old Texas murder case: report A 79-year-old Colorado man has been indicted in the 1981 strangulation death of a Texas flight attendant after investigators compared DNA recovered from his trash with blood found on the victim’s clothing. Larry Dean Brown was arrested June 8 in Colorado and indicted June 29 by a Tarrant County grand jury on a murder charge. He was later extradited to North Texas and booked into the Tarrant County Jail. Brown is accused of killing Beverly "Casey" Bruneau, a 35-year-old Braniff Airlines flight attendant who was found dead in her Grapevine apartment on Feb. 13, 1981. WOMAN FOUND IN SHALLOW GRAVE ID’D AFTER 44 YEARS AS MILLIONAIRE TIED TO ESTATE MURDER PLOT According to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Bruneau’s boyfriend found her on the living room floor at about 3 p.m. after she failed to answer his telephone calls. An electrical cord was wrapped around her neck, and blood was visible on her face and nightgown, the newspaper reported. The apartment contained evidence that Bruneau had struggled with her attacker, according to the affidavit. The Tarrant County medical examiner determined that Bruneau had been strangled during the midmorning. Brown came to investigators’ attention on the day of the killing when detectives went to speak with his wife, who was Bruneau’s best friend and former roommate. Both women worked as Braniff flight attendants and jointly owned a house in Dallas, according to the outlet. TEENS SUSPECTED OF MURDERING CONGRESSIONAL INTERN LINKED BY DNA ON SHELL CASINGS, PROSECUTORS SAY Brown’s wife was working an international flight when detectives arrived so Brown instead spoke with the investigators. One detective described Brown as evasive and noted that he repeatedly gave similar answers. Detectives also documented a fresh injury beneath Brown’s right thumbnail, where the top layer of skin appeared to have been torn away. Brown later told investigators that he had injured his thumb while working. The detective did not believe the explanation was consistent with the wound, according to the affidavit. Investigators also examined financial disputes involving the Dallas house owned by Bruneau and Brown’s wife. The property had been badly damaged by fires in November 1980. Investigators believed at least one of the fires was arson. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X Brown, who had been laid off from his job as a Braniff pilot and flight engineer, held a partial interest in a construction company, the newspaper reported. After the fires, he allegedly obtained repair estimates through that company that exceeded the insurance carrier’s appraisals. Brown allegedly attempted to pressure Bruneau to sign fraudulent insurance documents with inflated repair costs, according to the outlet. The case remained unresolved for decades. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE In 2010, investigators submitted Bruneau’s bloodstained nightgown and other preserved evidence to a University of North Texas laboratory for additional testing. The examination produced the DNA profile of an unidentified man, according to the affidavit. The profile was entered into the national Combined DNA Index System, known as CODIS, but did not produce a match. A Grapevine detective began reviewing the investigation again in 2025. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST In 2026, Grapevine police asked the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado to help collect what the affidavit called a "covert DNA sample" from Brown. Investigators retrieved two discarded soda bottles from trash placed outside Brown’s home and sent swabs from the bottles to the University of North Texas laboratory, the Star-Telegram reported. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL On May 28, investigators received results indicating that the DNA profile recovered from one bottle could not exclude Brown as the contributor of male blood found on Bruneau’s nightgown, according to the affidavit. Grapevine police said in a statement that additional forensic testing, including confirmatory DNA analysis, remained pending. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a90efa12eaf174af89774 Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is one of the most subversive adaptations in Hollywood history te 2026-07-17T20:30:39.686Z Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is one of the most subversive adaptations in Hollywood history The Odyssey is obviously a cultural lightning rod. There’s heated debate on all sides when it comes to questionable casting decisions, modernized dialogue, whether Hollywood’s biggest star, Christopher Nolan (yes, you heard that right), simply used Emily Wilson’s liberal, feminist translation of Homer’s epic as inspiration or directly pulled from it, and more heavily debated topics surrounding the film over the last few months. Nolan called those criticisms "irrelevant" because the film hadn’t come out yet. But, now that the film is available to the general public, Nolan can’t use the same argument and I can present a well-informed review of his adaptation. CHRISTOPHER NOLAN CONFIRMS BIZARRE 'THE ODYSSEY' CASTING CHOICES INCLUDING RAPPER TRAVIS SCOTT To start, I’m a Nolan fan. Have been for many years. When he comes out with a movie, I’m in the queue for tickets as soon as they’re available. I’ve watched The Prestige, Inception, and The Dark Knight trilogy an ungodly amount of times. He’s earned the respect and admiration of millions of movie goers around the world. I obviously went into this film with gripes and major question marks, but I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt that other directors would not have. Unfortunately, that good will I graciously gave was stomped on, chewed up, and spit out like Odysseus’s soldiers in the Cyclope’s cave, in the first few minutes of the film. Travis Scott, another questionable casting decision based on his race and profession as a rapper, is the first face and voice you hear. He portrays the bard, a poet-singer in the halls of Odysseus’s castle in Ithaca, entertaining the suitors vying for a chance to marry the queen Penelope (Anne Hathaway), believing her husband Odysseus was dead. At this point, it’s been almost 20 years since Odysseus set sail for the battle of Troy, and almost a decade since the war ended and his sea voyage set sail for home. Scott’s poetic song feels out of place, more like a lackluster cosplay than an authentic portrayal of a classic character. This was the first of many subversive actions Nolan took in his adaptation. I’ll discuss later. The very next scene included one of the two most controversial castings, Elliot Page (formerly known as Ellen Page). Page, a 5ft nothing, maybe 100 pound female, playing a male Greek warrior, is shown in a frantic scene where she portrays Sinon, a character that is neither in Homer’s Odyssey or The Iliad, running on the beach of Troy (quite awkwardly I may add) toward the wooden horse, which is almost half sunk in the sand. She is quickly disposed of by Trojan soldiers, but finds the ability to relay the message that the horse is a gift before her death. Obviously, the Trojans gladly accept thinking the war is over. It’s impossible to watch a woman larping as a male Greek warrior, who is inserted into the story for what I believe to be nothing other than political messaging. Honestly, how can I be expected to take this story as a serious, faithful adaptation of an epic tale thousands of years old, when these are the first two impressions provided? Still, I tried giving Nolan whatever good will I could muster. This film is three hours long, I can’t give up a few minutes in. I could give you a lengthy (like this movie), chronological breakdown of the plot, but I want to focus on topical critiques from this point and give Nolan his due for some of the things I enjoyed. ‘ODYSSEY' STARS ZENDAYA, ANNE HATHAWAY AND MATT DAMON TURN HEADS AS DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER NOLAN FACES BACKLASH One of the biggest issues in Hollywood, especially over the last decade, is subversion of the source material. Writers, directors, and studios have taken liberties with beloved intellectual properties, franchises, and books. They poke holes in the foundational and originally intended messaging, they bastardize characters with race-swaps, and more overtly political messaging meant to deconstruct a classic tale(s) for the sake of diversity, equity, inclusion, political correctness, female empowerment, and more modern nonsense. DISNEY'S BIG MISTAKE WITH "STAR WARS" WAS TURNING LUKE SKYWALKER INTO MARK HAMILL: MISERABLE, PATHETIC AND SAD I’m here to tell you that The Odyssey is far from a faithful adaptation. It is objectively a subversive, disjointed, inauthentic disappointment, that fails to honor one of western civilization’s greatest stories. Odysseus (Matt Damon), King of Ithaca, the main protagonist in The Odyssey, is no longer a cunning, wise, level-headed, kingly hero in this film, as we see in the books. In Nolan’s adaptation, he makes a lot of idiotic, knee-jerk decisions that seem out of character for such a skilled military tactician and the man that conjured up the genius idea of the Trojan Horse. Worst of all, Odysseus is not respected by his men. He comes across as more of a supervisor than a supreme leader. One of the most subversive decisions with this character was the scene with the Cyclops. Not only does Nolan refuse to show Odysseus using his intellect to help his group escape peril through his interactions with the beast like in the book, unfortunately cutting out the infamous "nobody" dialogue, Odysseus idiotically shoots an arrow at the Cyclops out of spite and arrogance, once the group had narrowly escaped the cave following the monster horrifically eating some of his men, after the Cyclops did not honor "Zeus’ Law" by showing xenia (Greek word for hospitality), a sacred custom where a traveler(s) could reasonably expect food, shelter, and gifts from a host like in the books, This decision leads to angering the cyclops into blindly (literally) charging after Odysseus and his men all the way down the mountain to the beach, where they boarded their ships as quickly as possible. Multiple men die because of Odysseus’s selfish action and it leads to distrust from the crew. That’s not Odysseus from the source material. This is just one of the many, ill-advised, reckless, witless decisions Odysseus makes throughout the film. Yes, in the books he is not infallible, and his pride can get in the way, but this adaptation seems similar to how Emily Wilson diminishes Odysseus’s heroism in her translation. He comes across as a deeply flawed leader, instead of a larger than life hero. Nolan might think that makes Odysseus more grounded and relatable, but I think it makes him almost a different character entirely. Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, and supreme general of the Greek forces, is portrayed as a villain who is willing to sacrifice his child for "favorable winds" on his voyage to Troy. Nolan pulled from Greek tragedies written centuries later, rather than Homer’s source material for this reimagined character portrayal. Are you seeing a pattern here? Clytemnestra, Agamemnon’s wife is no longer the the treacherous, villainous one, due to her affair with Aegisthus, a man from a rival branch of the royal family that plots to murder Agamemnon and take the throne, as he returns home from the Trojan War. She’s instead a victim. A grieving mother who enacts revenge for her husband killing their daughter. This creative decision by Nolan means we no longer see the powerful juxtaposition between the faithfulness of Penelope (Odysseus’ wife) and the power-hungry, conniving nature of Clytemnestra, like we read in the books. In the books, Agamemnon tells Odysseus in Hades that he should not be too trusting with his wife Penelope as he was with Clytemnestra. While Nolan does a tremendous job portraying the Underworld (Hades), the omission of this warning and plotline misses the depth Penelope deserves. It would have helped set Penelope apart even more and emphasize why Odysseus can’t just walk through the doors of his castle and expect a heart-warming welcome home. It’s another reason why he needs to present himself as a beggar. The Greek god Athena (Zendaya) is a confusing character in this film. Her unexplainable absences leads to a lack of hope, wisdom, and encouragement Odysseus desperately needs in peril. She is supposed to be an essential character, who Odysseus and Telemecus (Odysseus’ son played by Tom Holland) lean on. She seems to come and go, without explanation, and though she offers some encouragement and advice throughout the film, she is mostly an empathetic listening ear as Odysseus struggles to find his way home, instead of an overt guiding light. There are many instances of what I believe to be character assassination, to some extent. The new stories being told in this film mostly feel like a cheap imitation, or complete betrayal of the source material that made so many of these characters worth investing in. Plenty of characters are altered for the big screen, such as Aragorn in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but their message and motivation remains intact and their portrayal honors the source material. I couldn’t say the same for this adaption. The diversity and inclusion castings took away from the viewing experience. I don’t believe they were the driving factor of my disappointment with this film, but they sure didn’t add to the experience. Odysseus’s right hand man for example, Eurylochus (Himesh Patel) is Indian. Every time he interacted with Odysseus or had some prominent time on screen, I felt I was in a story that simply portrayed aspects of Ancient Greece, but didn’t care enough to make the audience believe we were truly in it. There are black Greek soldiers in Odysseus's crew. Some suitors are black. Diversity is overflowing in Nolan's film. The dialogue completely takes you out of the mindset and experience that it’s claiming to portray as well. This is supposed to be an ancient Greek epic, but the inclusion of racial diversity, and especially American English accents, along with modernized dialogue, make this film sound, and feel like fan fiction. This is supposed to be a period piece, adapting one of most beloved, foundational stories of all time. It’s been around for millennia. They may dress like ancient Greeks (that’s up for debate too) and the setting may be ancient Greece, but the accents and dialogue don’t transport you to Ancient Greece. They take you out of it. Also, "F*** off!" is exclaimed (I’m not kidding) by another race-swapped character, Polybus (Corey Hawkins), as Odysseus returns home disguised as a beggar at a banquet for his son, asking the suitors to give him food. Again, it just feels so out of place and unnecessary. The dialogue comes across as an afterthought compared to other elements of the film that get more care and attention. The first two hours of the film felt disjointed. It gives you little to no chance to breathe, to soak in some character development. It’s a rollercoaster ride from one perilous situation to the next, splicing flashbacks to provide context, and stories from Ithaca’s tumultuous situation with the suitors partying in the palace night after night. It’s one thing after another. Cut scene to cut scene. Odysseus and his men get in some sort of trouble and then they run to the boats. Sail, land, experience danger and then run to the ships. One of the most widely discussed castings in the history of Hollywood is Lupita Nyong'o, who plays Helen of Troy. She is an African actress, with Kenyan parents. It’s another distracting, political choice by Nolan. Most movie goers know about Helen of Troy. They are aware she is one of the most beautiful women in the history of literature. They know she’s not black. It’s another subversive act for the sake of diversity and inclusion. Her husband, Menelaus, calls her "the face that launched a thousand ships," as they sit down for a feast with Telemacus. The line comes across as a slap in the face to tradition and the source material. We hear what you’re saying, but we don’t believe what you’re saying. Helen’s face is shown to be disfigured as well, due to supposedly an attack in the Trojan War. I don’t know if I’m supposed to feel sympathy for her, or imagine that if half her face wasn’t messed up that I would agree with what Melelaus is proclaiming. It falls flat, regardless. Elliot Page’s Sinon may only get a few minutes of screen time, but the inclusion of this diversity hire, and character who plays no role or existence in Homer’s original work, is unfortunately, an essential character in Nolan’s The Odyssey. The character is adapted in this film as a boy, the brother of Antinous (Robert Pattinson), who grows up to be the most prominent and treacherous suitor, thrown into the war due to an unlucky fate by being chosen in the lottery in Ithaca to fight in the Trojan War. Sinon grows up as a young man off at war that is coerced by Odysseus to sacrifice themself at the hand of the Trojans, while convincing them into accepting the wooden horse as a gift. Sinon also takes the place of the ghost of Achilles in Hades, a diversion from the books. Instead of a profound interaction where Achilles, "I would rather be a paid servant in a poor man's house and be above ground than king of kings among the dead," clearly agonizing over the bleakness of death. Instead of Odysseus talking to Achilles, one of the most feared and famous warriors in all of literature, about the glory of Achilles’ son’s exploits in the Trojan War bringing him joy in the midst of death, this film paints Odysseus as a leader that callously sacrificed Sinon so the Trojans would take the gift. Again, it’s a deconstruction of Odysseus, who does not seem to cherish the lives of his men and others like he does in the books. Sinon is treated as a means to an end and a motivation behind killing Antinous, to avenge him. Sinon is not just an inconsequential character in this film. Sinon is a main character. The practical effects were stunning. The cyclops was other-worldly and terrifying. The trees shifting on the island of giants gave the scene a feeling that you were trying to dodge the swords and escape the trees with the soldiers. The sound editing when the crew and Odysseus travel by the sirens, with only the crew putting wax in their ears was a nice touch. Hades was the most well done, in my opinion. It provided a sense of uneasiness, dark magic, and a ticking time bomb. I say that because the moment the dead start to rise, it gives you the feeling that time is short and they aren’t meant to be there long. Circe the witch (Samantha Morton) turning the crew into pigs was gross and impressive at the same time. It felt so violating. When it’s all said and done, I think this was a swing and a miss. For every moment I liked, there were three or four things I didn’t. For a movie with a star studded cast, I saw too much of the actors, and less of the characters. For a story seeped in mythology, it lacked religious and magical depth by omitting Hermes, and making it too grounded at the expense of the ethereal. I found most fight scenes uninspiring that paled in comparison to other epic stories told on the silver screen. Matt Damon wasn't convincing as a bowman, sorry. And my goodness, the sound mixing at times was rough. I had trouble hearing some dialogue because it was being drummed out by one of the worst scores I've heard. There was never a moment I felt the score carried the film like I've heard in Inception, Interstellar, Oppenheimer, and others. I really don’t expect an adaptation to be completely faithful to the source material, and can accept some creative changes, but I expected a greater effort to faithfulness to the source material. If you don't want to be faithful to the period you're portraying, don't set the film in Ancient Greece. Unfortunately, I don’t feel the need to see this movie again. Maybe I will and lighten up on a few of these critiques, but overall, I think this was one of Nolan’s weakest films. Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey: 6/10 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a8ec2a12eaf174af89725 ‘Suck on a salt lick’: Fontes fires back after Trump election speech, DHS pressure on states te 2026-07-17T20:21:22.723Z ‘Suck on a salt lick’: Fontes fires back after Trump election speech, DHS pressure on states Attorney General Kris Mayes and Adrian Fontes on the floor of the Arizona House of Representatives in January 2025. (Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0) Arizona’s top election official and top prosecutor both had strong words for President Donald Trump and his administration after a prime-time speech on Thursday that was filled with false claims of widespread voter fraud.  Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes bristled at the prospect of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security penalizing states that don’t cooperate with the Trump administration’s efforts to impose national security measures on local elections, all in the name of stopping election fraud.  Although Trump has focused extensively on the topic for much of the past decade, it is extraordinarily rare in Arizona and across Arizona, and there is no evidence to back up the outlandish claims from the president and his supporters that millions of ballots are illegally cast in every election. “Markwayne Mullin can go suck on a salt lick,” Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes told the Arizona Mirror Friday morning, referring to comments made earlier in the day by the Department of Homeland Security secretary.  GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE Fontes has been pushing back against attempts by Trump’s Department of Justice and others who have sought the state’s voter roll data in attempts to prove conspiracy theories around the 2020, 2022 and 2024 elections.  Arizona has long been at the center of election conspiracy theories after former President Joe Biden won the state in 2020. Multiple audits, court cases and partisan reviews of that election have found no evidence of widespread voter fraud, tampering or any other malfeasance.  Attorney General Kris Mayes pointed to just that in a statement released after the speech.  “Our own courts, our own election officials, and even the Republican Attorney General before me all confirmed the truth: Arizona’s 2020 election was free, fair and accurate,” Mayes said. “If the conspiracies raised (on Thursday) were a precursor for any federal intervention in Arizona’s elections, please know that I will do everything as your Attorney General to fight that. Arizona’s elections are safe, secure and successful. The President should stop lying about our elections and Republicans running for office must denounce his dangerous rhetoric.”  As part of his speech Thursday night, Trump announced the release of records that often contradicted the claims he made in the prime-time address. Intelligence assessments that were declassified and released Thursday night also note that attempts at widespread election manipulation were likely impossible.  “What Donald Trump did last night was validate everything we’ve done for the past several years,” Fontes said, adding that Arizona’s elections have been proven to be secure despite the boisterous claims from Trump and leading Republicans in the Grand Canyon State.  Arizona has been front and center of the actions by the Trump administration in regards to their election efforts with Trump’s DOJ requesting documentation from a flawed partisan “audit” led by the Republican controlled Arizona Senate, as well as sending former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to the state to push unfounded allegations.  The federal government has generally helped states during elections, with DHS and other federal agencies often offering support. However, that relationship is now strained, according to Fontes.  “Markwayne Mullin doesn’t know what he’s doing, and neither does the DOJ given they’re 0-for-15,” Fontes said, referencing the courts rejecting the Trump administration’s repeated court losses in its attempts to gather voter rolls from every state, ostensibly to build a national voter database. “I would rather have a partner than an adversary in the federal government.”   Both Fontes and voting rights advocates said that Trump’s speech revealed nothing new, and they reiterated that none of the cases brought making similar allegations have passed judicial muster, in Arizona and elsewhere.  “A strong leader wins and moves on. Donald Trump is still so fixated on 2020 that he’s disclosing classified documents (or portions of them) to try to manipulate the public into believing his tired claims,” Alex Gulotta, the state director for All Voting is Local Action, told the Mirror. “Now, nearly six years later, Trump is recycling the same lies, in the hopes that this time, he will somehow ‘expose’ what courts, election officials, and even his own supporters have already put to rest.” Fontes reiterated that and also pointed to Trump’s victory in 2024, which came along with Republicans taking wider margins in the Arizona House and Senate. He also said that the administration’s actions show “disrespect to election officials.”  In the years since the 2020 presidential election, during which Republicans sowed doubt in election systems by spreading evidence-free “fraud” claims, Arizona counties have had more turnover in local election administration than any other western state. In fact, all 15 of Arizona’s counties have experienced turnover in at least one chief election position.  YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a8eada12eaf174af89704 FOX Weather correspondent Bob Van Dillen weighs in on effect of Canadian wildfires on World Cup final te 2026-07-17T20:21:01.740Z FOX Weather correspondent Bob Van Dillen weighs in on effect of Canadian wildfires on World Cup final Anyone living in the northeastern portion of the United States has no doubt witnessed the borderline apocalyptic scene unfolding in the sky. The smoke from the wildfires that are currently ravaging Canada has made its way south of the border to many American cities, affecting the air quality and causing health problems for citizens in the process. The question on everyone's mind, though, is whether or not the FIFA World Cup final will even be played in the shadow of the Canadian wildfire smoke. IF AIR QUALITY IS POOR, ARGENTINA COULD BE HURT BY SPAIN'S STYLE IN WORLD CUP FINAL, FOX ANALYST SAYS With the championship game taking place in East Rutherford, New Jersey, it would mean the players and fans would be in the direct path of the smoke. FOX Weather anchor Bob Van Dillen broke down what effect the smoke would potentially have on the game as well as how we got here. "We had all these fires bust out in Canada on Monday afternoon and that smoke instantly got lifted into the atmosphere," Van Dillen explained. "Winds were out of the northwest and it dragged it right through the Great Lakes, and now it's setting up shop across the Mid Atlantic, New York City... and it has been a nuisance if not hazardous for the last few days." Speaking of the hazards that the smoke represents, Van Dillen broke it down in terms of Air Quality Index, or AQI. As he explains, 0-100 represents normal, healthy conditions, while anything above 101 is potentially hazardous and gets more dangerous as the number increases. "Once you get to about 150 with that AQI, everybody starts to feel it and you have to start taking this thing a little bit slow when you get outside," Van Dillen said. "Yesterday, for instance, East Rutherford on Thursday, topped out at 245... That's when you're not supposed to be out." AIR QUALITY CONCERNS FROM CANADIAN WILDFIRES FORCE RESCHEDULING OF TWO PROFESSIONAL SPORTS GAMES That's a staggering number, though not even close to the ceiling when you consider places like Detroit experienced their worst AQI numbers since weather services started tracking air quality back in 2000. The Motor City peaked with an AQI of over 600 on Thursday. Van Dillen put things into context when he explained what the conditions would look like for the players on the field being subjected to the smoke. "If they had played it yesterday, it would be the equivalent of playing that game back and forth, 90 minutes, smoking two cigarettes." While Van Dillen's assessment is spot on, he may have even been underselling things with regard to the length of the game. In the past 20 years, four of the last five World Cup finals have gone to extra time or penalties, meaning this Sunday's final has a good chance of being 30 minutes longer than usual. When it comes to the game that is supposed to be played in northern New Jersey on Sunday, Van Dillen gave an optimistic outlook. "If the game was going to be played on Thursday... I would say probably don't play it," Van Dillen said. "But, on Saturday, we've got a cold front eventually that's going to swing through, and by the evening hours of Saturday, that's going to push the biggest plume of smoke offshore." Van Dillen explained that Sunday may look a little hazy, but nothing compared to what New Yorkers and New Jerseyans have been experiencing this week. "I think we've got a nice little window for your Sunday afternoon," Van Dillen opined. "I think it's going to be okay, the AQI is forecasted to be 75, so that is still in a good range." Fox News and Outkick reached out to FIFA to inquire if they had contingency plans in place should the conditions dictate a postponement, but no response has been given. FIFA President Gianni Infantino and the White House have been in talks about Sunday’s World Cup final in New Jersey as the tri-state area continues to deal with poor air quality caused by wildfires raging in Canada, sources confirmed to Fox News Digital on Friday. The discussions were characterized as informal as they continue to monitor the wildfire situation. The sources added that there were no contingency plans in place to make any changes to the game because of the weather. It's also worth noting that the Spanish national team has been practicing in northern New Jersey this week leading up to the game, while the Argentine side stayed in Atlanta. Whether that is advantageous for either team remains to be seen, but hopefully neither the players nor the fans have to find out. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a8e86a12eaf174af896df Agility Robotics plants its flag in Tesla’s backyard te 2026-07-17T20:20:22.306Z Agility Robotics plants its flag in Tesla’s backyard Agility is opening a new training center for its Digit robots in Fremont, California. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a8c69a12eaf174af89663 Alabama mom charged with murder after toddler bound, left to suffocate for 12 hours: cops te 2026-07-17T20:11:21.414Z Alabama mom charged with murder after toddler bound, left to suffocate for 12 hours: cops This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). An Alabama mother has been charged with murder after her 2-year-old daughter was bound hand and foot and left face-down on a bed for more than 12 hours until she suffocated, police said. A second suspect in the case fatally shot himself two days later. Sierra Shay Hadaway, 22, was charged with murder after her 2-year-old girl, Madilynn Hadaway, was found dead in Lanett, Alabama, on June 12 after being found face-down on a bed for more than 12 hours with her arms, legs and ankles being bound, according to the Chambers County Sheriff's Office. A second suspect, Christian Myles Sturkie, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on June 14. Officials believe Madilynn Hadaway died of asphyxiation, but didn't release additional information. Sturkie's relationship to the girl remains unclear. JUDGE SENTENCES NEVADA MOM FOR DROWNING YOUNG SON, DAUGHTER: 'I WILL REMEMBER YOUR CASE FOREVER' Although the toddler died June 12, it wasn't until this week that the sheriff's office concluded its investigation, resulting in the arrest of her mother, Sierra Hadaway, authorities announced Thursday. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST Sierra Hadaway's Facebook profile, under the name Sierra Hill, includes a memorial to her daughter, reading "Madilynn Grace 09/22/2023-06/12/2026," along with the phrase "But GOD." FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X An obituary for Madilynn Grace Hadaway described her as a "precious angel." SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS "Though her time with us was far too brief, Madilynn filled our lives with immeasurable love, laughter, and happiness. Her bright smile, curious spirit, and joyful heart brought life to everyone who knew her," the obituary said. "She had a special way of bringing joy to those around her, and her sweet presence made every day brighter. She taught those around her the purest meaning of love." "Madilynn enjoyed playing with dolls, getting dirty in the yard, and living wild and free beside her "besties," the obituary read. Sierra Hadaway is being held at the Chambers County Detention Facility with no bond. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a8c55a12eaf174af8965a Madison Square Garden sues media outlet over allegations of secret database tracking celebrity 'risk scores' te 2026-07-17T20:11:01.983Z Madison Square Garden sues media outlet over allegations of secret database tracking celebrity 'risk scores' Madison Square Garden Entertainment has filed a defamation lawsuit against WIRED magazine over a recent report alleging the venue keeps a secret watchlist of celebrities. The 40-page lawsuit accuses WIRED of using stolen data to invent a false narrative that MSG maintains an internal blacklist targeting LGBTQ celebrities. The article, titled "Madison Square Garden Kept a List of Gay Celebrities," claims MSG used internal databases to track characteristics of VIP guests and celebrities, including their race, sexual orientation, and gender identity, while assigning "risk scores" to famous fans. MIAMI COPS SUE OVER MATT DAMON, BEN AFFLECK ‘TRUE EVENTS’ FILM, CLAIM IT FALSELY PAINTS THEM AS CORRUPT "WIRED combed the dark web, obtained data stolen from MSG by an extortionist hacking group, and cherry-picked fragments of that data to manufacture a false narrative portraying MSG as targeting the LGBTQIA community for discriminatory purposes," MSG wrote in the lawsuit, obtained by USA TODAY Sports. MSG accused WIRED and its reporters of intentionally ignoring dozens of normal information fields on the list, such as addresses, phone numbers and dietary restrictions. According to the lawsuit, these mundane fields prove the data was simply part of a standard system used for "relationship management purposes, not discrimination." WIRED said in a statement on X that it stood by its reporting and vowed to fight the case. "Earlier today, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. We stand by this reporting, and plan to vigorously defend it against this baseless and ridiculous lawsuit." NEW YORK TIMES BLASTS ‘ABUSIVE’ TRUMP SUBPOENAS TARGETING REPORTERS’ SOURCES "We look forward to continuing our coverage of MSG, and on billionaire James Dolan's use of technology across his entertainment empire. It's one part of our wider mission and the critical job of journalists, now more than ever: holding power to account," they added. According to the article, MSG’s database contains nearly 40,000 names, with roughly 400 assigned "risk scores" ranging from low risk to "DO NOT HOST." WIRED claimed the scores track social media criticism rather than physical safety threats, allegedly flagging celebrities who speak out against the venue to block them from getting free tickets. According to WIRED, comedian Adam Pally was labeled "not to be hosted," while hip-hop stars Lil Jon and DaBaby were allegedly categorized as "high risk." Country star Morgan Wallen was also marked as "medium risk." The report also highlighted that close to 100 names were labeled as "LGBTQIA," including pop culture figures Ricky Martin and Phoebe Bridgers. NYC CANCELS KNICKS NBA FINALS WATCH PARTY OVER TRUMP VISIT AS MSG FIRES BACK The data was initially exposed after the international cybercriminal collective ShinyHunters breached MSG’s systems and dumped 45 gigabytes of files online after Dolan refused to pay an extortion ransom. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE WIRED reported that a member of the hacking group claimed they partially targeted MSG because of Dolan’s past controversial surveillance practices. At his venues, which also include the Las Vegas Sphere and Radio City Music Hall, the faces of everyone who enters are scanned. Dolan has previously drawn intense scrutiny for using facial recognition technology to enforce a list of people who are not allowed to enter the venues, including lawyers associated with active lawsuits against his company, according to reporting by the New York Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a8c2ea12eaf174af89636 AI-driven memory crunch jolts India’s smartphone market te 2026-07-17T20:10:22.540Z AI-driven memory crunch jolts India’s smartphone market India's smartphone slowdown highlights how the AI boom is reshaping consumer electronics, from pricing and demand to corporate strategy. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a8a0fa12eaf174af895f6 'America's Most Wanted' fugitive captured on sailboat off NJ coast after 20 years on the run te 2026-07-17T20:01:19.488Z 'America's Most Wanted' fugitive captured on sailboat off NJ coast after 20 years on the run A former anesthesiologist who appeared on "America's Most Wanted" was captured aboard a sailboat off the coast of New Jersey after spending more than two decades on the run. Ronald L. Fischer, one of Rhode Island's longest-wanted fugitives, had been on the run since fleeing the state during his 2005 sexual assault trial. He never returned to court, and a jury later convicted him of first-degree sexual assault in his absence, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. Authorities searched for him for more than 20 years. Investigators tracked Fischer to New York, where they found he was operating a 56-foot sailboat named The Silver Lining , which authorities said was registered under the alias "Richard Graydon." DEPUTY US MARSHAL FATALLY SHOT WHILE SERVING ARREST WARRANT IN LOUISIANA Deputy U.S. marshals, FBI agents and U.S. Coast Guard personnel intercepted the vessel off the coast of New Jersey before taking Fischer into custody without incident, according to the FBI Boston field office. The FBI Boston field office described the arrest as the culmination of "a multi-state law enforcement operation" involving the Rhode Island Violent Fugitive Task Force and FBI agents. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE Fischer was transported aboard a U.S. Coast Guard vessel to Coast Guard Station Staten Island, where he was turned over to deputy U.S. marshals and local law enforcement officials. "This arrest demonstrates that time does not erase accountability," U.S. Marshal Wing Chau for the District of Rhode Island said in a statement. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X "For more than twenty years, Ronald Fischer believed he had successfully escaped justice," Chau continued. "The men and women of the Rhode Island Violent Fugitive Task Force, together with our partners, remained committed to ensuring that day would eventually come." SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS Rhode Island State Police said Fischer's arrest brought an end to one of the state's longest-running fugitive investigations, crediting generations of investigators who continued pursuing the case over the past two decades. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST "We are proud of the persistent, coordinated work that brought him to justice and the numerous Troopers, both currently serving and retired, who pursued this case for the last two decades," Rhode Island State Police said in a statement. "They never stopped seeking justice for his victim and we are thankful for their dedication." GOT A TIP? The arrest capped an intensive multi-state investigation led by the Rhode Island Violent Fugitive Task Force with assistance from the FBI, Rhode Island State Police and numerous federal, state and local agencies. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL Authorities credited FBI special agents and intelligence analysts with helping locate Fischer after more than two decades on the run. The U.S. Marshals Service said Fischer had been living under the alias "Richard Graydon" before coordinating with federal, state and local partners to arrest him. Fox News Digital has reached out to the U.S. Marshals Service, FBI, Rhode Island State Police and the U.S. Coast Guard for additional details about Fischer's life as a fugitive, the investigation that led to his capture and whether photos or video of the arrest will be released. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a89fca12eaf174af895ed Someone needs to step in and defend Cody Rhodes' awful, terrible placekicking performance te 2026-07-17T20:01:00.035Z Someone needs to step in and defend Cody Rhodes' awful, terrible placekicking performance Fanatics Fest is happening this weekend in New York City, bringing together the biggest names in sports, entertainment, and sports-entertainment under one roof. What Comic-Con is to nerds, Fanatics Fest is to sports nerds. But amid all the fun, WWE superstar Cody Rhodes has to be a little red-faced after video of him attempting to kick a field goal has gone viral. And no, it wasn't because he was splitting the uprights from 50 yards. Alright, that was not stellar, but not everyone is cut out for place-kicking. I also get the sense that he had no idea he'd be trying to boot pigskins until he walked by the booth and got peer-pressured into it. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE So, I think everyone goofing on the American Nightmare needs to take a good hard look in the mirror, because I guarantee most of us couldn't have done any better. For reasons I can't understand, placekicking seems to be the thing in sports that most people think they could jump out on the field and do. Send a 99 mph fastball into the opposite field bleachers? Probably not. Stop an Alexander Ovechkin one-timer from the right circle? Hell no. OUTKICK SPORTS CARTOON OF THE DAY: ESPYS TAKE A TUMBLE Kick a field goal from 25 yards out? Not only do they think they can do it, but a lot of people are also like, "Bro, I'll do it from 45." But you won't. It's really hard to do, as evidenced by a pretty solid athlete in Cody Rhodes looking like he just learned what football was that morning. Unless you did a little kicking in high school, I think we'd all be leaving that Fanatics Fest fan activation saying, "Thank god I'm not a top-of-the-roster pro wrestler, so I can go about my day with no one caring that I made an ass of myself... Hey, I think that's a Shake Shack booth over there. Nice!" CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS If you've never tried it, you'd be praying to look as good as Cody Rhodes did. Most of us would look more like Charlie Brown getting hosed by Lucy for the thousandth time. So, just remember next time someone's attempt at a Ray Finkle impression goes sideways that you might want to sit it out. Especially if the person in question has the Cross Rhodes in their repertoire. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a89d4a12eaf174af895d9 Trump’s Homeland Security Chief Threatens Election Officials With Prison Time te 2026-07-17T20:00:20.634Z Trump’s Homeland Security Chief Threatens Election Officials With Prison Time Markwayne Mullin reiterated the president’s false claims about voting security while escalating the administration’s legally questionable attempts to control state elections. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a87baa12eaf174af89156 Pelosi staffer pumps the brakes when pressed on husband's hit-and-run: 'That's enough' te 2026-07-17T19:51:22.291Z Pelosi staffer pumps the brakes when pressed on husband's hit-and-run: 'That's enough' House Speaker Emeritus Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., declined to answer repeated questions Friday about her husband's hit-and-run case before a staffer abruptly stepped-un to put an end to the exchange. "Ok, that's enough. That's enough!" the staffer raised her voice after Fox News Digital asked the lawmaker about the latest drama with her husband, Paul Pelosi. The brief exchange came nearly two weeks after California authorities recommended that Paul face a misdemeanor hit-and-run charge stemming from a July 3 crash in Yountville, California. FORMER US ATTORNEY CHARGED WITH FELONY HIT-AND-RUN AFTER HOUSTON CRASH, POLICE SAY Napa County Sheriff's Office investigators said the 86-year-old was driving a convertible when it collided with a legally parked Tesla, which was unoccupied. The impact caused substantial damage to both vehicles, and witnesses told deputies the car briefly stopped before leaving the area. However, Paul did not call the police. He was later located about a quarter-mile from the crash site. Authorities said his vehicle had substantial front-end damage consistent with the collision. Paul reportedly told deputies he knew he had struck something but said he did not know exactly what he had hit. After completing its investigation, the sheriff's office recommended that the Napa County District Attorney's Office charge him with misdemeanor hit-and-run for allegedly leaving the scene of a property-damage collision. Pelosi was not arrested. Prosecutors will make the final determination on whether to file criminal charges. BODYCAM SHOWS NANTUCKET OFFICIAL SLURRING, SWAYING DURING DUI STOP AFTER CRASHING INTO SIGN: POLICE Authorities emphasized that alcohol was not believed to have played a role in the incident. A preliminary alcohol screening test found no alcohol in Paul's system, and no injuries were reported. The sheriff's office also referred him to the California Department of Motor Vehicles for a driving capability evaluation, describing the referral as standard procedure for elderly drivers involved in similar crashes. The crash is the latest traffic-related incident involving Pelosi's husband. In 2022, Paul pleaded guilty to misdemeanor driving under the influence after a Napa County crash that injured the other driver. He was sentenced to three years of probation, ordered to pay more than $6,000 in restitution and fines, complete a three-month DUI education program and install an ignition interlock device in his vehicle for one year. Later that year, he made headlines again after being seriously injured when an intruder broke into the San Francisco home he and struck him multiple times with a hammer. The attacker, David DePape, was later convicted in both federal and state court on charges stemming from the assault. Fox News Digital reached out to Pelosi's office for comment but did not hear back by time of publication. The congresswoman and former House Speaker is set to retire at the end of the current Congress in January after nearly four decades in office. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a87a6a12eaf174af89144 Fox News Campus Radicals Newsletter: Intro to biology, dancing on graves and AI backlash te 2026-07-17T19:51:02.369Z Fox News Campus Radicals Newsletter: Intro to biology, dancing on graves and AI backlash HEATED MOMENT: Med school deans come up empty in tense hearing when asked point blank if men can have babies: 'Ridiculous' CULTURE OF DEATH: New York college professor celebrates Lindsey Graham's death in social media post, later apologizes UNDER FIRE: Key Trump agency puts top universities in crosshairs over alleged race-based dorm programs STOCK DROPPED: Confidence in higher education slips after brief recovery, Gallup poll finds TECH TROUBLE: AI backlash reaches major university with bold ban on laptops and phones for law students NOT SATISFIED: Ivy League professor rips university for lackluster response to alleged mass AI cheating Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a877ea12eaf174af89120 Apple and Google ordered to purge ‘nudify’ apps from App Stores te 2026-07-17T19:50:22.905Z Apple and Google ordered to purge ‘nudify’ apps from App Stores In letters sent to Apple and Google, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu said that both companies have long been aware that they are hosting apps in violation of state law. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a854ba12eaf174af88caa British Open TV blunder leaves golf fans fuming, Hooters Gianna hits the beach & Sophie Cunningham vs Big Tech te 2026-07-17T19:40:59.726Z British Open TV blunder leaves golf fans fuming, Hooters Gianna hits the beach & Sophie Cunningham vs Big Tech 'Nightcaps' is a daily column that catches you up on the biggest sports, news and culture stories you may have missed while pretending to do work at your desk. It runs Monday–Friday on OutKick.com. We made it. We're here. Another Friday. We're cruising right along, folks. Somehow, we've arrived at the THIRD weekend of July! Did you know a majority of NFL rookies have to report to training camp starting next Tuesday? Better yet, did you know that rookies for the Seattle Seahawks reported TODAY? That's right. We have actual players in actual facilities right now. Sure, most of the vets don't report until a week from today at the earliest, but still ... you can almost smell it in the air. It's coming. Hang tight just a bit longer. On that note, welcome to a Friday Nightcaps — the one where Sam Burns shoots at 62 at The Open but nobody knew it was happening because NBC and USA Network decided to ignore the entire thing. Wild. What else? I've got Sophie Cunningham rattling the internet with a simple question, a compilation of the worst umpiring from the first half of the MLB season, plenty of reader mail from yesterday's ESPYs disaster, and Hooters Gianna checks in one final time to end the week. Whew. What a MENU! Lock it in for a few more minutes, folks, and then let's attack this weekend like patriots. Grab you some peach ice cream for National Peach Ice Cream Day, and settle in for a Friday 'Cap! Oddly enough, I had peach ice cream earlier this week for the first time in forever. Solid ice cream flavor, especially this time of year when it's 400 degrees down here in Florida. No smoke from the woke Canadians, though! Clear as day down here in the Sunshine State! Mount Rushmore of Ice Cream Flavors to start class? Sure, why not? I'll be honest, I'm not sure that last one even exists anymore, but I used to have it all the time as a fat kid growing up, and I have fond memories. Delicious. Lordy, that's a weird looking list. I'm not even sold on it but, frankly, it's a Friday and I have a yard to mow, so let's get on with it and start class. First up? Lucas Herbert shot a 62 this morning over in Royal Birkdale, tying a major record. He missed a makeable putt on 18 in heartbreaking fashion, which you'll see in just a second. At the same time, Sam Burns also shot a 62, which you will also see in a second. The difference? Viewers barely even knew Burns was playing: Wild stuff. I had it on in the background all morning, because that's just how working-class folks have to watch this tournament every single year. I have Zoom meetings to pretend to be on, and newsletters to put together every morning. I love the British Open, but the timing is so dumb. Anyway, I knew Lucas Herbert was on 59 watch because NBC/USA Network shoved it down our throats. Rightfully so, by the way. It's not often that happens. But imagine my surprise when they finally showed Sam Burns on 18 and he was ALSO on 59 watch! Amazing. How does that happen? Yes, I know Burns started the day at 3-over, so I understand not giving him much play early on. But his back-nine was unreal. You could sense it coming for an hour, and we barely saw him at all? What a choice by the production team! OK, let's keep the line moving ... Yesterday, we focused on our great USA hockey teams losing out to the New York Knicks for the ESPYs' "Best Team" award earlier this week. And folks, you guys had some thoughts. A quick sampling: Did we hit all the notes, or what? "Fragile whites" is a great name. Credit to that guy. He brought the heat ... and gave me an easy fantasy football name in a couple months. Well done, everyone. That's what I like to see on a random week in July. Some folks mail it in this time of year. Not me. Not us. This is where we GRIND. OK, couple quickies on the way out. First up? Where do we stand on this take from Sophie Cunningham? "So how do we save our farm land and stop all these dumb data centers?" That simple post, and question, sent the internet into an absolute tailspin yesterday afternoon. Libs were mad at Sophie. Conservatives were mad at her. The farmers loved her. Most of the MAHA crowd stood behind her. Now, I have no idea what the answer is. Frankly, I have no idea what any of these data centers mean. I think they're a little like Apple's version of "the cloud." Nobody knows what iCloud really is, or what it does, or how it works. We just know that it exists. "Oh, it's saved in my iCloud." What does that mean? Nobody knows. That's what these data centers are. Nobody knows what they do. Are they stealing all of our water? Are they killing the farms? Are they like the 5G towers all over the country and frying our brains? Nobody knows. And, of course, nobody can agree. Next? You know what we all CAN agree on? We have seen some horrific umpiring this season in Major League Baseball: Lordy. ABS be damned! For those who thought it would eliminate all the bad officiating, think again! Rest easy, folks — bad calls in baseball are alive and well. Oddly enough, three of the worst umpires in the league all took a buyout earlier this month and will retire at the end of the year. Surely just coincidental! OK, that's it for today — and this week. Good work, everyone. Loved the fire this week. Few more slow weeks, and then we're off to the races. Have a big weekend. Here's NASCAR wife Gianna Blaney continuing to enjoy a Turks And Caicos beach vacation to take everyone home: Are the data centers going to kill us? Email me at Zach.Dean@OutKick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a8524a12eaf174af88c96 Trump’s Homeland Security Chief Threatens Election Officials With Prison Time te 2026-07-17T19:40:20.821Z Trump’s Homeland Security Chief Threatens Election Officials With Prison Time Markwayne Mullin reiterated the president’s false claims about voting security while escalating the administration’s legally questionable attempts to control state elections. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a82e2a12eaf174af88c04 Nuclear startup Valar Atomics in talks to raise new funding at $6B valuation te 2026-07-17T19:30:42.368Z Nuclear startup Valar Atomics in talks to raise new funding at $6B valuation The potential deal highlights a growing trend of complex, multi-stage funding rounds that mask true entry prices. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a82cea12eaf174af88bf9 Tucson mutual aid groups adapt to dangerous summer heat te 2026-07-17T19:30:22.407Z Tucson mutual aid groups adapt to dangerous summer heat As Tucson's summer heat climbs to dangerous levels, grassroots mutual aid groups are reshaping how they operate, from shifting distribution times to avoid peak afternoon sun to expanding hydration networks, in an effort to fill gaps left by the city's institutional response. Volunteer-run organization Amphi Liberation Mutual Aid has pushed its weekly outdoor distribution schedule back to 7 p.m. to protect volunteers and participants from heat exposure, while other groups work to expand the city's network of hydration stations. Amphi Liberation Mutual Aid, also known as ALMA, operates primarily in the Amphi neighborhood and surrounding areas, providing free food, hygiene kits, first aid, clothing and other essential services to unhoused and low-income residents. ALMA organizer Xavier Martinez said the neighborhood's physical environment compounds the dangers of the summer months. "Tucson struggles a lot with providing shade and heat relief," Martinez said. "There aren't enough tree shades and structures throughout Tucson." The lack of cooling infrastructure is exacerbated by urban design choices, including vast stretches of asphalt, and the prevalence of vacant lots and expansive parking leaves pedestrians with little physical refuge from the elements, Martinez said. Additionally, unhoused people who seek shade on private or commercial property are frequently displaced by business owners or local law enforcement. This forced mobility inflicts a severe physical toll on individuals already managing chronic illnesses, according to Martinez. "It's one thing to deal with the sweltering heat when you have a lot of wounds, but then when you're trying to find some sort of shade within the city and then to be moved, that leaves a lot of unhoused folks to not feel safe anywhere," Martinez said. "One thing our medical volunteers frequently treat are severe sunburns and aggravated conditions caused by the heat like diabetes and cardiovascular issues." Your membership pays emerging journalists to cover Southern Arizona the way it deserves. Volunteers decorate water coolers ahead of the summer heat season. Mutual aid groups rely on donated and repurposed supplies to keep their hydration stations running. Courtesy of Community Care Tucson. Traditional municipal responses to homelessness often center on enforcement, but local organizers argue that this approach actively undermines safety. Tate Williams, an organizer with Community Care Tucson, said the city's "Safe City" initiative is a prime example. "The Safe City initiative overwhelmingly is a program of mass arrests on unhoused people," Williams said. "When government officials use the word safety, I think they often do so as an excuse to cause public harm to people who are most vulnerable." Not everyone in city leadership shares that assessment. "Since the beginning of the Safe City initiative, I've been very clear that incarceration is not the goal, that treatment is, and connecting people to the treatments and resources that they need," Mayor Regina Romero said during an April city council meeting. "That's what I saw firsthand." Mutual aid groups define safety as the meeting of basic human needs. Extreme heat directly impacts the nervous system, increasing anxiety and hostility. Volunteers with Community Care say offering immediate relief, like a seat in the shade, cold water, a cooling towel and basic care can dissolve potential conflicts. "Safety is created when people have what they need," Williams said. "When our community is taking care of each other, you create a safer environment." Volunteers set up a cooling station with fans and water coolers at a mutual aid distribution site, part of the effort to help unhoused and low-income residents cope with extreme heat. Courtesy of Community Care Tucson. While many people who rely on ALMA and Community Care's services remain unsheltered, a growing number of housed community members are also showing up at distributions. To avoid high electric bills, some seek daytime relief in public libraries before visiting a mutual aid site for food and supplies. "Because they have to make do with these utility bills, they may not have enough to cover groceries," Martinez said. "The fact that they can get a meal through us relieves a lot more anxiety on their end." ALMA has scaled up its seasonal offerings to meet the heightened demand, now distributing five-gallon jugs of water, sports drinks, electrolyte packets, sunscreen and protective clothing. Faced with volunteer burnout and high operational demands, Tucson's mutual aid networks rely heavily on cross-organizational solidarity and public donations. The groups operate as a decentralized, nonhierarchical ecosystem, with volunteers from different collectives collaborating. ALMA frequently partners with local networks like the Desert Goth Club on fundraising and material drives, one of which recently secured more than 100 hats for distribution. However, organizers say institutional pushback remains an issue. Municipal efforts to restrict grassroots care, or to implement hostile architecture such as placing fields of large boulders under highway overpasses to prevent people from resting in the shade, force mutual aid networks to constantly adapt. "Summers are getting hotter and this isn't going to get any easier," Williams said. "We need to have these human networks of care in place so that when bad things happen down the line, we're ready." Follow Amphi Liberation Mutual Aid and Community Care Tucson on Instagram at @alma520az or @communitycaretucson. Isabel Vidrio is a University of Arizona alum and freelance journalist in Tucson. Contact her at  vidrioi@arizona.edu. Tucson Spotlight is a community-based newsroom that provides paid opportunities for students and rising journalists in Southern Arizona. Please consider supporting our work with a tax-deductible donation. Donate to Tucson Spotlight Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a7e46a12eaf174af881df FIFA, White House monitoring impact of Canada wildfires ahead of World Cup final: sources te 2026-07-17T19:11:02.038Z FIFA, White House monitoring impact of Canada wildfires ahead of World Cup final: sources FIFA President Gianni Infantino and the White House have been in talks about Sunday’s World Cup final in New Jersey as the tri-state area continues to deal with poor air quality caused by wildfires raging in Canada, sources confirmed to Fox News Digital on Friday. The discussions were characterized as informal as they continue to monitor the wildfire situation. The sources added that there were no contingency plans in place to make any changes to the game because of the weather.  CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Sky Sports first reported that a potential meeting between Infantino and White House officials would focus on the potential dangers posed. President Donald Trump is slated to attend the game in new Jersey on Sunday afternoon.  The air quality has already affected some professional games — an MLS game in Chicago on Thursday was postponed, while an MLB game in Philadelphia was moved up an hour. IF AIR QUALITY IS POOR, ARGENTINA COULD BE HURT BY SPAIN'S STYLE IN WORLD CUP FINAL, FOX ANALYST SAYS The Toronto Blue Jays announced earlier Friday that the retractable roof at Rogers Centre will be closed because of air quality concerns. Spain and Argentina will kick off at 3 p.m. at MetLife Stadium — Argentina is aiming to become the first back-to-back winner since Brazil in 1958 and 1962. In 2023, the New York Yankees postponed a game, but the air quality index was nearly double the 150-200 range the area has been hit with this week. Fox News' Pat Ward contributed to this report. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a7e32a12eaf174af881d6 Disney World guest with heart condition dies of cardiac emergency after iconic ride te 2026-07-17T19:10:42.549Z Disney World guest with heart condition dies of cardiac emergency after iconic ride Florida officials recently revealed that a Disney World guest died after experiencing a cardiac emergency on a fan-favorite ride. The visitor, a 54-year-old man, suffered a heart-related emergency on the "It's a Small World" ride in the Fantasyland section of Disney World's Magic Kingdom on April 2, according to the state's latest quarterly report on theme park injuries and illnesses. The man was taken to a hospital where he later died, FOX 35 Orlando reported. DISNEY WORLD GUESTS SHAKEN AS RARE EARTHQUAKE NEAR CUBA JOLTS FLORIDA The guest, who has not been identified, had a pre-existing condition, the report said. The iconic ride opened at Magic Kingdom in 1971 and has enjoyed "immense popularity" since, according to Disney World's website. Fox News Digital reached out to Walt Disney World Resort for comment. The park describes the ride as a "whimsical boat ride past a jubilant chorus of children from around the globe." SIX FLAGS GUESTS STRANDED 245 FEET IN AIR AFTER POWER OUTAGE FORCES COASTER EVACUATION "Cruise along the Seven Seaways Waterway on a gentle 10-minute journey through all 7 continents," the site says. The recent report listed five other medical incidents at Disney World this spring. It said a 75-year-old woman hit her head while leaving Space Mountain in May, while another woman hit her head on the Snow Stormers water slide in April. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER In addition, a 44-year-old man suffered back pain while riding Tiana's Bayou Adventure in May, FOX 35 reported. After riding "Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind" the same month, a 74-year-old man with a pre-existing condition reportedly experienced nausea and vomiting, the report added. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS Fatal incidents at U.S. theme parks are rare, though deaths from ride accidents and medical emergencies have been reported in the past. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a7c18a12eaf174af881ae Sanitized: When official school board minutes do not match the tape te 2026-07-17T19:01:44.378Z Sanitized: When official school board minutes do not match the tape The post Sanitized: When official school board minutes do not match the tape appeared first on Cronkite News. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a7993a12eaf174af88119 Jennifer Siebel Newsom dodges question on husband Gavin's presidential aspirations te 2026-07-17T18:50:59.523Z Jennifer Siebel Newsom dodges question on husband Gavin's presidential aspirations Gov. Gavin Newsom's wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, also known as the First Partner of California, dodged a question on Friday about whether her husband was aspiring to run for president during an MS NOW interview. MS NOW host Stephanie Ruhle asked the question after Newsom argued that she and her husband were being targeted by the Trump administration's DOJ and called it a "fishing expedition." She said the GOP and right-leaning media believed the California governor was going to run for president and wanted to silence him. Ruhle asked, "Is he aspiring for the presidency?" TOP DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ARE HOPING TO RIDE THEIR RECORDS TO THE WHITE HOUSE. CAN THEY? "I believe right now we are focused on California. We built a foundation. I’ve been focused on women and children and communities. I’m really proud of the work we’re doing to close the women’s wealth gap, the women’s wage gap to get women on public company boards," she said. California's first lady speculated that she and the governor were a threat to the GOP because they champion diversity. "We’re trying to set California up for success. We are the fourth-largest economy under my husband’s leadership. California GDP has surged 40% higher than Germany and China’s, faster than U.S. GDP growth. It’s really exciting to be in California. Diversity is our secret sauce. It’s what my husband and I stand for and represent and champion. And so I guess in that regard, we’re a threat to the GOP," she said. GAVIN NEWSOM CLAIMS TRUMP ORDERED DOJ PROBE TARGETING HIM AND HIS WIFE Newsom told Ruhle they were focused on California and saving democracy. "Right now we’re focused on California, and we’re focused on saving our democracy because clearly we have an unhinged leader who is coming at his political enemies and trying to intimidate us all, sow fear, distrust and chaos," she said. She continued, "The world is looking at us going, what is going on in America right now or in the United States of America right now? And they’re extremely concerned and it’s destabilizing. And so we have an opportunity to right the ship, again, not just in California, but across the country and save our democracy." WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEWSOM-LINKED CHARITIES REPORTEDLY CAUGHT IN DOJ’S SIGHTS Gov. Newsom has said he would give a 2028 presidential run serious consideration after the 2026 midterms. The governor took aim at President Donald Trump in June that the Department of Justice was investigating him and his wife at his direction. "After calling for my arrest last year, Donald Trump directed his Department of Justice to investigate me," he said in a video statement in June. "And just in the last week, I’ve learned his campaign has reached my own home: to get me, he’s coming after my wife, Jen." The governor also claimed the investigation is intended to undermine any potential White House bid he may pursue in the future. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE "Donald Trump isn’t just coming after me because of my mean Tweets. He’s coming after me because I am considering running for President," he said. "Because he hates that I’ve consistently called him out – over and over again – for his lies and deceit. Donald Trump is simply the most corrupt President in American history." Newsom's wife, Jennifer, is a documentary filmmaker who runs The Representation Project, a nonprofit organization that seeks to advance feminism through media production. The charity has attracted "pay-for-play" allegations, with critics claiming that corporations with business interests in California donate to the organization to gain influence over Newsom. Fox News' Bonny Chu and Robert Schmad contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a7980a12eaf174af88110 Fanatics Fest crowd goes crazy after LeBron James utters phrase often linked to team trying to sign him te 2026-07-17T18:50:40.071Z Fanatics Fest crowd goes crazy after LeBron James utters phrase often linked to team trying to sign him LeBron James did not announce his next team at Fanatics Fest on Thursday, but he sure stirred the pot. The NBA's all-time leading scorer is a free agent and has said he will play in an unprecedented 24th NBA season, but it remains to be seen where he will go. Common teams in the speculated fray have been the Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Philadelphia 76ers. But during a live taping of his "Mind the Game" podcast with Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton at the event, James uttered a three-word phrase that has often been linked to the latter squad. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "I want to join a franchise that kind of shares the same model myself of practicing championship habits every day, but trusting the process more than anything," James said. "You trust the process of actually-" James was then cut off by the fans oohing and aahing, as "trust the process" has been the Sixers' de facto motto for over a decade. "Hold on, hold on, hold on," Tyrese Haliburton butted in. James, though, was adamant that it was not an Easter egg. LEBRON JAMES NEXT TEAM ODDS: CAVS FAVORED; WARRIORS MAKING A PUSH "I've been saying to 'trust the process' since I was drafted in 2003, even before [Joel] Embiid was born," James clapped back. James told the fans that he "won't hold you guys up much longer." "It's a big decision for not only myself, but for my family as well. It's not just about the team," James insisted, adding a joke that his own son, Bronny, is now a former teammate. "There's so many other factors that I'm factoring in right now on what best fits me as a player, what best fits me as a person, and what best fits my happiness, and also my family as well." James, 41, averaged 20.9 points, 7.2 assists and 6.1 rebounds last season, helping the Lakers win a playoff series while Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves were nursing injuries. OutKick's Alejandro Avila contributed to this report. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a777ea12eaf174af880e2 Por qué Phoenix decidió no ser sede de partidos del Mundial de la FIFA 2026 te 2026-07-17T18:42:06.082Z Por qué Phoenix decidió no ser sede de partidos del Mundial de la FIFA 2026 This story was translated from English to Spanish using ChatGPT. A Cronkite News editor reviewed the translation. Find the original story here. See any errors? Please let us know. Contact cronkitenews@asu.edu Este reportaje fue traducido del inglés al español usando ChatGPT. Un editor de Cronkite News revisó la traducción. Encuentra el reportaje original aquí. ¿Ves algún error? Por favor, déjanoslo saber. Contacta a cronkitenews@asu.edu PHOENIX — Mientras los aficionados llenan los estadios de Estados Unidos, Canadá y México durante la Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2026, Phoenix observa el torneo desde la banda. En su momento, el Valle estuvo entre las ciudades candidatas para hospedar partidos, pero se retiró del proceso de selección después de que los líderes locales concluyeran que las exigencias financieras de la FIFA superaban los beneficios económicos proyectados. “Representantes de los municipios locales, de la comunidad turística y de la Autoridad de Deportes y Turismo de Arizona (AZSTA, por sus siglas en inglés) dedicaron mucho tiempo a evaluar una posible candidatura para la Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2026, lo que incluyó asistir a una conferencia para posibles ciudades sede y completar numerosas etapas del proceso oficial de candidatura”, dijo Tom Sadler, presidente y director ejecutivo de la AZSTA, en un comunicado de prensa. “En pocas palabras, el modelo de organización y el posible compromiso financiero no funcionaban para esta comunidad. El costo estimado de hospedar este evento podría haber sido mucho mayor que el de un Super Bowl, pero con un menor retorno para la industria turística del estado. Como comunidad, nunca dudamos de que podíamos cumplir con toda la logística, pero debemos actuar con responsabilidad fiscal al aspirar a organizar grandes eventos deportivos. Con lo que sabemos hoy, estamos convencidos de que los líderes del Valle tomaron la decisión correcta en 2017”. El consultor de negocios deportivos Rob Yowell, quien ha trabajado durante más de tres décadas en la industria del deporte y asesoró a Phoenix en la organización de grandes eventos deportivos, dijo que la decisión se tomó después de una revisión exhaustiva de los requisitos de organización establecidos por la FIFA. “Cuando se abrió el proceso de candidaturas, la FIFA entregó a todos una lista de exigencias y dejó claro qué gastos tendrían que asumir las ciudades sede, mientras que la FIFA conservaría una gran parte de los ingresos”, explicó Yowell. Según Yowell, las ciudades anfitrionas habrían tenido que asumir los costos de mejoras en la infraestructura, la seguridad, el alojamiento para los funcionarios de la FIFA y la creación de un “estadio limpio”, un requisito que obliga a retirar o cubrir la publicidad y los patrocinios que entren en conflicto con los socios comerciales de la FIFA. Las autoridades de Phoenix evaluaron la candidatura de la misma manera en que analizan otros grandes eventos deportivos que la ciudad ha organizado, como el Super Bowl, el Final Four del torneo masculino de la NCAA y la final nacional del College Football Playoff, comparando los costos proyectados con el impacto económico esperado. “Al final, el compromiso financiero no compensaba los ingresos que se esperaban obtener”, dijo Yowell. “En pocas palabras, iba a costar más organizar el evento de lo que íbamos a ganar”. Yowell señaló que muchas personas creen incorrectamente que Phoenix perdió la candidatura. En realidad, explicó, la ciudad decidió retirarse voluntariamente del proceso después de evaluar las exigencias financieras de la FIFA. “Fuimos seleccionados”, afirmó Yowell. “Simplemente decidimos no continuar con el proceso”. Aunque albergar la Copa del Mundo podría haber generado una importante proyección internacional y atraído turismo durante el caluroso verano de Arizona, Phoenix ha mantenido su estrategia de atraer eventos que se alineen con los objetivos de desarrollo a largo plazo de la región. “Nuestro trabajo no es perseguir todos los eventos”, dijo Jay Parry, presidente y director ejecutivo de la Arizona Sports & Events Alliance. “Nuestro objetivo es atraer eventos que generen un valor duradero para Arizona”. Parry señaló que el Valle se ha consolidado como uno de los principales destinos para grandes eventos deportivos al hospedar múltiples ediciones del Super Bowl, el Final Four del torneo masculino de la NCAA, la final nacional del College Football Playoff y, más recientemente, el Final Four del torneo femenino de la NCAA de 2026. En lugar de medir el éxito por conseguir un solo evento, Parry explicó que Arizona ha centrado sus esfuerzos en construir una economía deportiva activa durante todo el año, que beneficie al turismo, a los negocios locales y a los residentes. Yowell afirmó que esa estrategia refleja la realidad del proceso de selección de sedes de la FIFA. Mientras mercados más grandes como Los Ángeles, Dallas y Nueva York pueden absorber con mayor facilidad las exigencias financieras del organismo rector del fútbol mundial, Phoenix determinó que el retorno de la inversión no justificaba el costo. Aun sin albergar partidos de la Copa del Mundo, tanto Yowell como Parry aseguraron que Phoenix mantiene una posición sólida para aspirar a futuros eventos deportivos de primer nivel que se ajusten a los objetivos económicos de largo plazo de la región. The post Por qué Phoenix decidió no ser sede de partidos del Mundial de la FIFA 2026 appeared first on Cronkite News. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a776aa12eaf174af880d9 El Mundial añade un sabor internacional al crisol de culturas de Estados Unidos te 2026-07-17T18:41:46.633Z El Mundial añade un sabor internacional al crisol de culturas de Estados Unidos This story was translated from English to Spanish using ChatGPT. A Cronkite News editor reviewed the translation. Find the original story here. See any errors? Please let us know. Contact cronkitenews@asu.edu Este reportaje fue traducido del inglés al español usando ChatGPT. Un editor de Cronkite News revisó la traducción. Encuentra el reportaje original aquí. ¿Ves algún error? Por favor, déjanoslo saber. Contacta a cronkitenews@asu.edu LOS ÁNGELES – David Gallardo viajó desde España para vivir la Copa del Mundo en persona. Gallardo, originario de Fuenlabrada, un municipio ubicado en las afueras de Madrid, comenzo un recorrido por Estados Unidos siguiendo a la selección española. Asistió a los dos primeros partidos de España en Atlanta antes de cruzar al otro extremo del país para presenciar el primer encuentro de la fase de eliminación directa en Los Ángeles. Fue allí donde descubrió que, al cumplir uno de sus mayores sueños, los detalles más pequeños terminaban siendo los más memorables. “Ayer fui a los alrededores del (SoFi Stadium), donde estaba jugando Estados Unidos, y cuando me iba había un señor vendiendo hot dogs cerca de donde yo estaba hablando con otras personas”, contó Gallardo. “Conectamos, empezamos a platicar y terminó regalándome un hot dog. Es una historia sencilla, pero fue un gesto muy bonito”. En lugar de asistir al último partido de España en la fase de grupos, decidió visitar la Fan Zone de Union Station para vivir una experiencia diferente. “El ambiente futbolero con gente de todas partes del mundo y, sobre todo, la forma en que me han tratado por ser español… siento que aquí nos quieren mucho”, dijo. “Eso cambia mucho la manera de vivir el fútbol y lo único que puedo hacer es estar agradecido porque, sinceramente, me siento como en casa”. David Gallardo ondea con orgullo su bandera personalizada de la Copa del Mundo en apoyo a su país, España, en la Fan Zone de Union Station, en Los Ángeles, el viernes 26 de junio. (Foto de Paloma Rachel/Cronkite News) La Fan Zone y esta Copa del Mundo han ilustrado a la perfección la idea de Estados Unidos como una mezcla de distintas comunidades. “Siempre hablamos de Estados Unidos como un crisol de culturas, pero es diferente cuando personas que viven en otros países coinciden aquí al mismo tiempo y comparten tanta conexión, alegría y felicidad”, dijo Phreezy Naufaldy, residente de Los Ángeles. “También fui a Qatar para el Mundial pasado, así que pude experimentar de primera mano lo que significa ver al mundo entero reunido en un mismo lugar, especialmente por mi deporte favorito. Creo que el hecho de que reúna a personas de todas partes es algo realmente hermoso”. La Fan Zone se instaló en Union Station, en Los Ángeles, del 25 al 28 de junio, coincidiendo con el último fin de semana de la fase de grupos y el inicio de la fase de eliminación directa. Aunque algunos resultados significaron la eliminación de varias selecciones, el sentimiento que predominó fue la alegría. “No existen diferencias”, dijo Mónica Reynolds, nacida en Ecuador y residente de Nevada. “No importa de dónde vengas ni cómo te veas; todos compartimos el mismo amor por el fútbol. Tampoco importa a qué selección apoyes porque, incluso si perdemos, seguimos siendo felices”. Monica Reynolds y su esposo, Craig, apoyan a sus respectivas selecciones, Estados Unidos y Ecuador, entre la multitud durante la transmisión de Men In Blazers Matchday Live! en la Fan Zone de Union Station, en Los Ángeles, el jueves 25 de junio. (Foto de Matthew Badger/Cronkite News) La Copa del Mundo une a las personas a través del espíritu del fútbol. “Puedes caminar por la calle y, solo por llevar una camiseta de España, la gente te saluda y te anima”, dijo Gallardo. “Conoces a personas de países muy distintos y, si llegas a comenzar una amistad con ellas, te abrirán las puertas de sus casas”. Los aficionados internacionales ciertamente se han sentido como en casa. La FIFA informó que más de 4.6 millones de aficionados de 210 países y territorios asistieron a los partidos de la fase de grupos, donde se consumieron 300,000 hot dogs en los estadios. Los seguidores también compraron más de 2.8 millones de cervezas, en comparación con poco menos de un millón de botellas de agua. Los aficionados están pintando de nuevos colores las ciudades de Estados Unidos. “Los escoceses estuvieron en Boston de fiesta, fueron a un partido de los Red Sox y se la pasaron cantando durante todo el juego. En Nueva York, los noruegos se apoderaron de Times Square haciendo el ‘Viking Row'”, contó Naufaldy. “Eran las 11 de la noche de un miércoles y en Los Ángeles había camisetas verdes de México por todas partes. Ha sido increíble sentir esa mezcla entre distintas culturas”. El crisol de culturas se ha enriquecido aún más gracias a que la Copa del Mundo amplió el torneo de 32 a 48 selecciones. Algunos aficionados al fútbol criticaron la expansión. El presidente de la UEFA, Aleksander Čeferin, declaró al sitio web esloveno Žurnal24 que el nuevo formato provocaría “partidos completamente carentes de interés”. Para los aficionados que representan a los países más pequeños del torneo, esa percepción no podría estar más alejada de la realidad. “Esta Copa del Mundo realmente puso a Cabo Verde en el mapa, y eso significa muchísimo para mí”, dijo Eliza Singleton, cuya familia es originaria de Cabo Verde. “Me siento inmensamente orgullosa del equipo por luchar en cada partido y demostrar que todos los pronósticos estaban equivocados”. Cabo Verde hizo historia en esta Copa del Mundo al convertirse en el país con menor población en clasificarse a la fase de eliminación directa. La nación insular tiene alrededor de 530,000 habitantes, una cifra que la situaría como la tercera ciudad más poblada de Arizona, detrás de Tucson (aproximadamente 550,000 habitantes) y por delante de Mesa (alrededor de 510,000). Gracias a sus atajadas decisivas y a sus porterías imbatidas, el guardameta caboverdiano Vozinha alcanzó el estatus de superestrella, al pasar de 50,000 a más de 28 millones de seguidores en Instagram durante el torneo. “Ver cómo personas de todo el mundo nos han apoyado y alentado constantemente es un honor enorme. Es increíble formar parte de la historia del equipo revelación de esta Copa del Mundo”, dijo Singleton. “Me enorgullece ser una de las caboverdianas que estamos aquí, demostrando que tenemos presencia en la Costa Oeste y en todo el mundo”. Los aficionados aseguran que ese ambiente de alegría colectiva cobra aún más valor, especialmente en tiempos de adversidad. “Hoy en día parece que todo está tan dividido y aquí, en cambio, todos estamos unidos. Eso es realmente increíble”, dijo Ian McLendon, residente de Los Ángeles y estudiante de la Universidad de California en Berkeley. “Hay algo muy especial en poder asistir a un evento como esta Fan Zone y vivirlo como una experiencia comunitaria, donde sientes que todo el mundo se reúne”. Mientras distintos países enfrentan conflictos internacionales, incluido el que mantienen actualmente Estados Unidos e Irán, la Copa del Mundo logra unir a las personas, aseguran los aficionados. “La recepción hacia la selección no fue muy buena por los problemas que todos conocen, pero como aficionado, no; todo ha estado muy bien”, dijo el iraní Babak Agah, quien asistió a un par de partidos de la fase de grupos antes de visitar la Fan Zone. “Me parece muy interesante encontrar incluso a muchos estadounidenses apoyando a Irán. Eso sí me sorprendió”. Los aficionados consideran que el torneo representa una distracción muy necesaria frente a los acontecimientos que vive el mundo. “Es muy bonito poder apoyar a mi selección, sobre todo con todo lo que está pasando en este momento”, dijo Mahdis Jenabi, nacida en Irán y residente del condado de Orange, California. “Yo simplemente me concentro en el deporte”. Aunque el recorrido de Estados Unidos ya terminó sobre la cancha, el país seguirá desempeñando un papel central en el torneo como sede exclusiva de los cuartos de final, las semifinales y la final. “Es increíble ver cómo el país realmente ha recibido con los brazos abiertos a todas estas selecciones de todas partes del mundo”, dijo Barbra McLendon, madre de Ian. “La gente está muy emocionada por los partidos y por celebrar este deporte, y es muy divertido formar parte de todo esto”. Aficionados como Gallardo, que han sentido el cálido recibimiento de Estados Unidos, esperan que sus selecciones sigan generando esas mismas emociones. “El año pasado estuve en el MetLife Stadium de Nueva York para la final del Mundial de Clubes”, dijo Gallardo. “Te lo digo de verdad: ese estadio me debe una final. No pudo ser con el Real Madrid, así que voy a volver para celebrar una con mi España”. The post El Mundial añade un sabor internacional al crisol de culturas de Estados Unidos appeared first on Cronkite News. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a74e4a12eaf174af870bf Democratic strategist James Carville says the late Lindsey Graham's career was 'defined by duplicity' te 2026-07-17T18:31:00.363Z Democratic strategist James Carville says the late Lindsey Graham's career was 'defined by duplicity' Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville said Wednesday that while he takes no joy in the late Senator Lindsay Graham’s death, he will remember his career as one of "duplicity." "Let's give him all the credit in the world. He was one of the [Bill Clinton] impeachment managers. Remember the great moral titan Henry Hyde and that whole crowd. And yeah, he was a little bit more than just for impeachment. He was the most aggressive," Carville said. "I knew him. He could be personable, but I don't think the man has had a... sorry, I don't want anybody to get sick or die, that's not it," Carville said. "But I think his political career is mostly defined by duplicity. Just my own view." Graham, 71, died Saturday night from an an aortic dissection due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. The news stunned Washington, as Graham was one of the body's most active members and was even scheduled to appear on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday morning. MEDIA GHOULS, COMMENTATORS ACROSS POLITICAL AISLE MOCK LINDSEY GRAHAM’S DEATH WITH ‘GOOD RIDDANCE’ POSTS The reaction to Graham’s death, as one of the most vocal and visible Republican senators, has sparked headlines as people share hot takes about his career. "He was a character," co-host Al Hunt said. "Somewhat controversial, different stages of his life. I first met him right after he won the House seat in 1994, and I felt he was different than most southern Republicans back then, 30-some years ago. Young, kind of funny." Hunt recalled that Graham was a close ally of John McCain in terms of policy, and managed to be witty and funny to the point he himself chose him for the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Committee when told to find somebody "smart and fun." "Then as McCain was dying, he turned to a new leader, a new guru because he always wanted to be a player, and that was Donald Trump," Hunt recalled. And I think his influence was exaggerated, but he was a very constructive force on Ukraine and a very, very bad influence on the war in Iran and actually on his policy towards Israel." TRUMP'S FIERCEST GOP CRITIC BECAME HIS MOST INFLUENTIAL VOICE ON WAR AND PEACE He concluded, "I just think Lindsey Graham was a force in American politics for 30-some years and, like most people, if you get too close to Trump, you get soiled." Carville offered a harsher assessment, but nonetheless acknowledged how personable he could be. Graham served in the House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003 and was a key figure in the impeachment trial of Carville's old boss, former President Bill Clinton.  Graham was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2002 and re-elected three more times; he was seeking a fifth term in 2026 when he died. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a74bda12eaf174af870a3 Man Sought in Minnesota Fraud Case Returned From Somalia te 2026-07-17T18:30:21.457Z Man Sought in Minnesota Fraud Case Returned From Somalia Abdikerm Eidleh, whom the authorities sought for nearly four years, faces charges in the state’s sprawling social services fraud case, which has drawn the Trump administration’s attention. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a72a2a12eaf174af86478 ICE agents have shot 22 people during Trump’s second term. Most were during traffic stops. te 2026-07-17T18:21:22.436Z ICE agents have shot 22 people during Trump’s second term. Most were during traffic stops. People gather near the scene of 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti on Jan. 24, 2026, the third shooting in as many weeks. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer) WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on July 13 killed 25-year-old Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, a Colombian national with legal work authorization, in Maine, making him the 22nd person shot at by federal immigration officers during President Donald Trump’s second term.  Nearly all of those 22 incidents – 19 – involved Department of Homeland Security officers shooting upon people in their vehicles during traffic stops, a crucial nexus, according to a States Newsroom review of news reports and documents. The encounters spanned the nation, from Colorado to Texas to Oregon to New Jersey. Since Trump’s inauguration in January 2025, where he promised to carry out an aggressive immigration crackdown, federal immigration officers have killed six people, three of them U.S. citizens. Four deaths came during traffic stops. Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero’s wife, Karolina Rojas Alvarez, spoke at a press conference in Maine on July 16, 2026. Her husband was killed by federal immigration agents days earlier. She was joined by a translator, left, Guerrero’s sister, right, and attorney Benjamin Gideon. (Photo by Eesha Pendharkar/Maine Morning Star) Following Guerrero’s death, the second immigrant to be killed by ICE officers during a traffic stop in a week, DHS put a pause on traffic stop enforcement. But Trump quickly ordered the department to abandon those plans. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday that officers will conduct vehicle-related enforcement stops “in order to continue their deportation campaign.” The agency has plenty of funding at hand. Congressional Republicans last year used a legislative maneuver to allocate roughly $175 billion to DHS for immigration enforcement, detainment and deportations, without needing Democratic support. GOP lawmakers did the same move this year to fund $75 billion for ICE and Border Patrol until September of 2029. After the ICE shooting in Biddeford, the entire Maine congressional delegation called for an independent investigation, with Republican Sen. Susan Collins urging an end to vehicle enforcement. A Thursday report from the American Civil Liberties Union found patterns of misconduct by immigration agents during Trump’s second term, identifying 432 incidents where agents either used or threatened to use force against immigrants and bystanders. The report reviewed more than 1,200 incidents across eight states — Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland and New Mexico.  Of the traffic-related enforcement, the ACLU found in 76 instances, people and passengers were pulled from their cars; windows were smashed 47 times; officers 14 times rammed vehicles into people’s cars; and they hit people with cars six times.  What happened afterward In the moments after those 22 shootings, DHS has quickly accused those who were fired upon of using their vehicles as weapons against immigration officers.  But independent video has often contradicted that narrative.  In at least five cases DHS brought, charges were dismissed after the department accused U.S. citizens and immigrants shot by federal agents as being the aggressors.  In August 2025, Francisco Longoria, a Mexican national, was driving his vehicle in San Bernardino, California, when federal immigration agents in unmarked cars tried to pull him over. He fled and the agents fired upon him. The Department of Justice charged him with attempting to harm agents, but prosecutors couldn’t defend the DHS actions and charges were dismissed. Longoria was not injured. Marimar Martinez, who was shot five times by immigration enforcement agents in Chicago, testifies during a public forum on the violent use of force by Department of Homeland Security agents, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Feb. 3, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images) Marimar Martinez was labeled a domestic terrorist by DHS and indicted after she was shot in her car five times by Border Patrol agents in October 2025, during the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration deportation campaign in Chicago. DOJ dropped its charges against Martinez, a U.S. citizen, after the Trump administration accused her of using her car as a weapon. When the president initially directed immigration agents to the nation’s capitol, Phillip M. Brown, a U.S. citizen, was pulled over by law enforcement, including an immigration officer who shot into his vehicle. During the October 2025 shooting, Brown was not injured, but charged with fleeing from law enforcement. The U.S. Attorney’s Office declined to prosecute the case. During the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation drive in Minneapolis in January, that left two U.S. citizens dead, a Venezuelan immigrant, Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis was shot by a federal agent while in his home. DHS accused Cesar Sosa-Celis of striking an immigration officer with a broom handle, but Cesar Sosa-Celis denied it and surveillance video contracted the federal government’s claim. The immigration agent who shot Cesar Sosa-Celis was prosecuted by local Minnesota officials and arrested in May for falsely reporting a crime and for assault. In Houston, on July 7, ICE officers killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, saying he tried to run over agents as has been the case in other incidents. Salgado Araujo was driving several other people to work that morning when immigration officers approached his van. He was not considered a person of interest, DHS has stated. The FBI has sought a search warrant to seize plastic bags with “crystal-like substances,” to test for methamphetamine, according to the Texas Tribune. One of the lawyers representing Salgado Araujo’s brother, who was in the van during the shooting, said it was granulated salt. A grim beginning to the year The most people shot by federal immigration agents was in January.  Three of the five people shot by ICE and Border Patrol officers were in Minnesota, with two of them fatalities.  The two deaths were in Minneapolis, where the Trump administration conducted an aggressive deportation campaign that targeted the city, which has a high Somali refugee population.  A growing memorial stood on Jan. 28, 2026 where Alex Pretti, 37, was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents days before at Nicollet Avenue and 26th Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer) That month, federal immigration agents shot and killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti, both U.S. citizens, and shot and wounded Cesar Sosa-Celis.  Good was killed while in her vehicle, which then DHS Secretary Kristi Noem labeled her as a domestic terrorist. DHS accused Good of using her SUV as a weapon, but independent video did not uphold that allegation. A week later, federal immigration officers shot and killed intensive care unit nurse Pretti, who was recording agents on his phone and helping a woman who was pushed down by them. Noem again labeled him a domestic terrorist and said he was attacking agents, but multiple videos taken from different angles do not show that. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a728da12eaf174af86457 Rubio's call to combat global funders of far-left terrorism could put Singham in crosshairs te 2026-07-17T18:21:01.452Z Rubio's call to combat global funders of far-left terrorism could put Singham in crosshairs Secretary Marco Rubio’s call for global cooperation to combat far-left political terrorism could implicate Neville Roy Singham, a Marxist nonprofit financier who is currently facing a federal grand jury probe in New York. Singham, a 72-year-old American who sold his tech company for $785 million in 2017 and now lives in Shanghai, is known to fund pro-Chinese Communist Party groups that operate in the U.S. He has funneled $278 million into the broad network of nonprofits since 2017, according to a Fox News Digital investigation. These groups regularly organize and participate in anti-ICE, anti-Israel and pro-Iran demonstrations. At a State Department summit held in Washington, D.C., Thursday, Rubio urged more than 60 countries to treat far-left global terrorism as a counterterrorism priority. DOJ LAUNCHES GRAND JURY PROBE INTO MARXIST MOGUL NEVILLE ROY SINGHAM'S FUNDING OF LEFTIST GROUPS "For far too long, however, our counterterrorism doctrine has had a blind spot – a blind spot when it comes to extremist violence from the political left, Rubio said. "Even today, the very idea that far-left terrorism could be a serious threat is treated as a right-wing fever dream, or worse, as a dangerous fascist conspiracy." Rubio noted that networks are coordinating across multiple countries, providing training instructions and using encrypted communication to facilitate unrest. He said that international cooperation is critical to disrupting the financing of dangerous organizations, and that some are working with hostile foreign states. Rubio did not mention Singham by name and State Department officials did not respond to a request for comment. Singham’s web of nonprofits are known to promote communist and Marxist ideals on social media platforms and on the ground at demonstrations across the country. Code Pink, which was co-founded by Singham’s wife, Jodie Evans, regularly protests in the U.S. Capitol, confronting lawmakers and openly admits that "China is Not Our Enemy." RUBIO PUTS ENTIRE WORLD ON NOTICE AGAINST RISE OF 'POISONOUS' FAR-LEFT TERROR 'MASKED AS EQUALITY' Rubio mentioned the dangerous influence Marxist beliefs can have when tied to acts of terrorism. He said the left often seems to excuse violence carried out by its own extremists. "A bomb planted by a neo-Nazi group was a nefarious and murderous act of evil," Rubio said. "But a bomb planted by a Marxist revolutionary – well, that’s just merely a tragic excess of idealism. Perhaps its means were misplaced or overzealous, but its ends were virtuous and just. That’s the implication of how they treat it." Congress has also taken note of Singham’s activities. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., launched an investigation into the Singham nonprofit network last year, and members in the upper chamber are also sounding the alarm on Singham’s ties to China. "Chinese-funded, anti-American billionaires like Neville Roy Singham are instigating far-left chaos across our country," Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., told Fox News Digital. "This needs to stop, and Secretary Rubio is rightly taking action to confront this transnational scourge head-on." INTEL EXPERT SAYS SINGHAM NETWORK IS MORE THAN A NONPROFIT SCANDAL—IT'S A SECURITY THREAT Last month, Fox News Digital reported that the Department of Justice has launched a grand jury investigation into alleged financial crimes. Singham hasn’t responded to repeated requests for comment from Fox News Digital. According to sources familiar with the matter, the grand jury in Manhattan has issued subpoenas as part of a probe launched by U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton for the Southern District of New York, one of the country's most powerful districts for federal prosecutions. Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche authorized the investigation as the Trump administration seeks to crack down on fraud, money laundering and other financial crimes in the multibillion-dollar nonprofit industry. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met privately with Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO David Solomon in New York earlier this year, where, according to sources familiar with the discussion, he warned that the firm could come under scrutiny over its alleged role in the movement of funds tied to Singham. During the meeting, Bessent encouraged Solomon to fully cooperate with the Justice Department's investigation, telling him that Goldman Sachs' handling of the Singham-linked funds could become part of the federal probe should they choose not to cooperate. A source with knowledge of the conversation told Fox News Digital that the exchange was cordial, and that Solomon indicated Goldman Sachs would aid investigators. "All distributions from Mr. Singham's donor-advised fund were made to legal nonprofits, as determined by the IRS," a Treasury spokesperson said. "There have been no distributions from the account since August 2023, and it was closed in early 2024." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a7266a12eaf174af86445 Mullin Promises to Maintain Surge in Immigration Arrests Even After Shootings te 2026-07-17T18:20:22.535Z Mullin Promises to Maintain Surge in Immigration Arrests Even After Shootings The homeland security secretary made clear that he would seek to deliver on President Trump’s push for mass deportations. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a7049a12eaf174af863eb Reds' moneyline pick offers value against Rockies despite Brady Singer's road ERA te 2026-07-17T18:11:21.672Z Reds' moneyline pick offers value against Rockies despite Brady Singer's road ERA Baseball can be very humbling at times, not just for sports bettors but also for the teams. Each team tends to win about a third of its games, lose a third, and then make the difference in its season with the remaining third. I come back to that idea a lot as I put together bets, because some are very streaky, others are consistent, and some are wild, where you can't tell which third they are lumping into at the time. I'm hoping not to get humbled and find the right spot for this game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Colorado Rockies. The Reds may be in one of their worst moments of the season. They are 43-52 for the year, and that has to be frustrating considering they started the year strong and have had some really nice stretches. They were 20-11 going into May; since then, they've gone 23-41. That's obviously a really tough portion of the year, but perhaps that's the stretch where they are losing the majority of the games. They were better at the All-Star break last season and made the postseason, but perhaps they can make a run this year. This is not a team that should be losing two of every three games for the remainder of the year. Looking to get them back on track to start the second half of the year is Brady Singer. For the year, Singer is 3-9 with a 4.72 ERA and a 1.47 WHIP. Those aren't overly strong numbers, and he has struggled to a 6.75 road ERA, but Singer is a fairly reliable starter. He is also pitching the best baseball of his season with just 12 earned runs allowed over his past 38.2 innings in June and July. He hasn't faced the Rockies this season, but collectively, the team is 11-for-49 against him. REDS ANNOUNCERS FUME AT 'MIDDLE SCHOOL MISTAKE' VS DIVISION RIVAL CUBS AS HORRID LOSING STREAK CONTINUES The Rockies are not a team that I talk about a lot. They are a club that hasn't been relevant in years, and I think we are unlikely to see them be relevant any time soon. They don't have a ton of young talent, and they don't have a chance of signing big-name free agent pitchers. They are 20 games under .500, but I suppose ownership can be happy they didn't spend a boatload of money on their team to end up in the same spot like the New York Mets have. Stray bullets for the Mets aside, this is not a very good team, but as they've been in other seasons, they have been about .500 at home. Looking to get them closer to that mark is their starter Gabriel Hughes. We haven't seen much of Hughes, but he has done fairly well in his outings. He doesn't have a win or loss on his record, but owns a 3.00 ERA and a 1.00 WHIP. He did make one appearance at Coors Field this season, and went three innings, allowing two hits, one walk, and striking out one hitter while allowing no runs. He has never faced the Reds before. I think we are getting a bit of value here on the Reds. I'm not really sure what to expect out of Hughes, which does make this a tougher game to predict. I normally avoid the younger guys, but I think the Reds are undervalued right now. Singer hasn't looked great when you look at his full season, but recently, he does look solid. PADRES VS ROYALS PITCHING MATCHUP FAVORS THE UNDER 10.5 AS THE SECOND-HALF OF THE MLB SEASON STARTS I'm going to back the Reds on the moneyline in tonight's game. The Rockies are better at home, but this is more me trying to back the Reds lineup, Singer on the mound lately, and fade a guy who hasn't had a ton of experience. Give me Cincinnati at -105 for tonight's game. For more sports betting information and plays, follow David on X/Twitter: @futureprez2024 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a7022a12eaf174af863d3 Trailer park firm sued by Kris Mayes is the biggest donor to a PAC backing Warren Petersen te 2026-07-17T18:10:42.757Z Trailer park firm sued by Kris Mayes is the biggest donor to a PAC backing Warren Petersen Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a700ea12eaf174af863ba I replaced my space heater and ceiling fan with one Dyson appliance te 2026-07-17T18:10:22.797Z I replaced my space heater and ceiling fan with one Dyson appliance Designed for year-round comfort, the Dyson Hot+Cool HF1 combines quiet operation and simple controls with Dyson's signature bladeless design. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a6df2a12eaf174af8637b DOUG SCHOEN: Trump put 2026 election officials on notice. Now he needs a clear agenda te 2026-07-17T18:01:22.119Z DOUG SCHOEN: Trump put 2026 election officials on notice. Now he needs a clear agenda Perhaps the most important point that President Donald Trump made in his White House address on Thursday night was that we need to be vigilant about foreign involvement and intrusion in our election process. While the president specifically singled out Russia, China, Iran and North Korea, I would argue that our concern must be global. Yes, of course, the president’s allegations about the People’s Republic of China not only need to be taken seriously; they need to be followed up on — by law enforcement and both chambers of Congress. Indeed, the issue is not only whether foreign actors were able to rig the outcome of an election, but also whether malign actors, wherever they come from, attempted to intrude upon or influence a process that must remain sacrosanct. What the president’s speech did not accomplish — nor, I believe, was that its main goal — was to influence the outcome of the midterm elections through a sustained policy argument. He did speak at the beginning of his address about economic growth, lower inflation and a stock market that has hit record highs. But there was no sustained argument about affordability, nor did he present any clear evidence that the war in Iran would be over soon. 'SHADOW GOVERNMENT': TRUMP CLAIMS INTEL COMMUNITY BRAGGED ABOUT HIDING CHINESE MEDDLING What he did do was put election officials around the country on notice that the 2026 midterms would face close scrutiny and that he would personally hold them accountable. The challenge for the president now is to develop a narrative for the midterms that underscores Republican successes domestically and internationally and argues that the Democratic Party, particularly its socialist wing, is unable to meaningfully improve American life. DEMOCRATS’ MIDTERM PUSH CLOUDED BY INFIGHTING OVER PARTY KEEPING 2024 AUTOPSY UNDER WRAPS One other point is worth noting: We are experiencing a profound crisis of confidence in our system of government. Voters in both parties have less confidence in our leaders and in our ability to meaningfully address the problems facing society. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION I very much hope the president and congressional leaders will address, on a bipartisan basis, affordability, our challenges overseas and, most importantly, our responsibility as a nation to serve as a beacon of freedom and liberty in the world. At this point in our politics, Republicans have yet to offer a compelling agenda. But as a Democratic strategist, I would make a profound mistake if I failed to acknowledge that my party remains divided, polarized and without an affirmative agenda of its own.  Hopefully, the next five months will bring competing agendas from both parties, as well as greater bipartisanship in Congress. But I wouldn’t bet on it. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM DOUG SCHOEN Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a6ddea12eaf174af86372 Truth Social plan to sell early access to Trump posts ‘makes me want to puke,’ CNBC reporter fumes te 2026-07-17T18:01:02.254Z Truth Social plan to sell early access to Trump posts ‘makes me want to puke,’ CNBC reporter fumes CNBC senior economics reporter Steve Liesman blasted Trump Media & Technology Group's new Truth API on Friday, arguing that selling financial firms faster access to potentially market-moving Truth Social posts from President Donald Trump undermined the government's efforts to distribute sensitive economic information fairly. "For me, this announcement by the president makes me want to puke, literally puke," Liesman told MS NOW anchor Stephanie Ruhle. In a statement to Fox News Digital, a Truth Social spokesperson dismissed Liesman's criticism. "It’s ill-informed at best," the spokesperson said. "Financial firms routinely pay for these types of feeds from social media platforms, including X and Reddit." WHITE HOUSE CONDEMNS STAFFER ACCUSED OF BETTING ON TRUMP SPEECH AS A 'DISGRACE' "It’s milliseconds sooner. The reason for that is because we’re closing the latency gap for financial services firms that put a premium on immediate access." Liesman said the plan was among the most troubling developments he had encountered because federal agencies work to release major economic reports to the public simultaneously. "It is one of the most upsetting things I have ever heard," Liesman said. Ruhle questioned whether the proposed service could create opportunities for investors to profit from information unavailable to people who did not pay for the data feed. WHITE HOUSE CONDEMNS STAFFER ACCUSED OF BETTING ON TRUMP SPEECH AS A 'DISGRACE' "Is this insider trading or is it just another grift?" Ruhle asked. Dan Nathan, co-founder of RiskReversal and a CNBC "Fast Money" contributor, said the time advantage would matter more to professional traders than long-term investors because algorithmic and high-frequency trading systems react to information almost instantly. "So milliseconds make a lot. They mean a whole heck of a lot, right?" Nathan said. "So I don’t think this really matters much for investors as far as their ability to transact in the market. It’s very important for traders." Ruhle countered that the controversy extended beyond its immediate effect on investors because Trump's family could financially benefit from selling faster access to posts issued by the president. WHITE HOUSE CONDEMNS STAFFER ACCUSED OF BETTING ON TRUMP SPEECH AS A 'DISGRACE' CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE "The fact that our White House, our president is engaging in this and making a buck off of it." Ruhle said. "We’re barely hearing from the biggest names on Wall Street." Trump Media announced Thursday that Truth API would begin serving institutional customers Aug. 1. The company said it had already signed customers and was continuing to onboard additional partners. Pricing was not disclosed. "Markets already move on Truth Social posts," interim CEO Kevin McGurn said. "As adoption grows, we expect Truth API to become a meaningful, ongoing source of revenue for the company, creating lasting value for shareholders." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a6dcaa12eaf174af86369 Darline Graham considering running for full a Senate term as memorial services set for Lindsey Graham: report te 2026-07-17T18:00:42.702Z Darline Graham considering running for full a Senate term as memorial services set for Lindsey Graham: report Darline Graham has privately expressed interest in running for a full Senate term, a report said, as memorial services have been announced for her late brother Lindsey Graham. Three people familiar with the deliberations told The Associated Press that Darline Graham has started having conversations about a potential campaign. She was appointed to fulfill the remainder of her brother’s term on Monday by South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and was sworn in on Tuesday. The filing period for a special primary runs from July 21 to July 28, and the primary is scheduled for Aug. 11. Several other noteworthy politicians — including Reps. Russell Fry, Nancy Mace and Ralph Norman, as well as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette — have been eyeing a run, the AP also reported. LINDSEY GRAHAM'S SISTER CARRIES ON LATE SENATOR'S WORK, BECOMING SOUTH CAROLINA'S FIRST FEMALE SENATOR Meanwhile, the late Graham’s communications director said Friday that the late senator's "life and legacy" will be celebrated on Tuesday, July 28, in Washington, D.C., and on Wednesday, July 29, in Columbia and Pickens County, South Carolina. Darline Graham is the first female senator from the Palmetto State and the first sister ever appointed to the upper chamber. LINDSEY GRAHAM'S FINAL ACT REVERBERATES IN SENATE AS SISTER IS URGED TO 'KEEP PEDALING' "Lindsey has always been there for me, and now I will be there for him," Darline Graham said during her appointment ceremony this week. "My brother was the most amazing person, outstanding leader and just a genuinely good man." She is expected to act as a caretaker for the seat, finishing off the remainder of Lindsey Graham’s term through January. Lindsey Graham died Saturday at age 71. A statement released by Graham's office on Sunday cited preliminary findings from the District of Columbia's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, identifying the cause of death as an aortic dissection due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Fox News Digital’s Melissa Rudy, Alex Miller and The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a6bc4a12eaf174af8631a Museum receives major gift te 2026-07-17T17:52:04.620Z Museum receives major gift Tony Abeyta’s “Celebration from the Underworld” (1998-1999; oil on canvas) is one of more than 100 gifted works by Indigenous artists that will be included in “The Way We Came: A Century of Indigenous Art” at Phoenix Art Museum in August (photo by Davin Lavikka). In June, Phoenix Art Museum announced the addition of 185 works by Indigenous artists to its collection. The gift from The William P. Healey Collection of Native American Art marks the single largest gift of Native art to the Museum in its more than 65-year history and strengthens the Museum’s Art of the Americas Collection by providing a major infusion of modern and contemporary works by 99 artists representing 44 tribal nations. The museum says that the acquisition furthers its efforts to expand its Art of the Americas holdings and better represent the complex and layered histories of the Americas in its galleries. Drawing from this significant gift, the museum will premiere “The Way We Came: A Century of Indigenous Art” (The William P. Healey Collection at Phoenix Art Museum), an examination of modernity in Native American art and the numerous ways Indigenous artists from the 20th century through today have sustained, adapted and reimagined cultural knowledge. PhxArt’s Art of the Americas Collection spans the 16th century to the present, with strengths in historical art of the American West, pre-modern American art and Viceregal Latin American Art. The addition of the Healey Collection will bring paintings, drawings, photographs and sculptures that explore a wide range of cultural traditions and stories and demonstrate myriad forms of artistic expression. Curated by Tony Abeyta (Navajo) and JoAnna Reyes, the museum’s adjunct curator of art of the Americas, and featuring more than 100 of the gifted works, “The Way We Came” will be on view from Aug. 26 through July 11, 2027. Learn more at www.phxart.org. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a6b87a12eaf174af862ee Texas dentist accused of fatal mistakes after 4-year-old dies during dental procedure te 2026-07-17T17:51:03.692Z Texas dentist accused of fatal mistakes after 4-year-old dies during dental procedure A Texas dentist has been arrested after investigators found a 4-year-old girl died from a toxic dose of an opioid following what was supposed to be a routine dental procedure, with officials alleging the child's distress went unrecognized until it was too late. Dr. Chrishelle Hemphill, 48, was arrested Wednesday and is charged with recklessly causing serious bodily injury to a child, a second-degree felony, after investigators claimed her actions during an April 1 dental procedure resulted in the death of Aithana Rodríguez-Arriaga, 4. Police said months of interviews with witnesses, medical experts and state dental investigators led to her recent arrest. STEPDAD ACCUSED OF SEX ASSAULT AS COPS WIDEN PROBE INTO GIRL’S LETHAL BENADRYL INGREDIENT DOSE Jail records reviewed by Fox News Digital show Hemphill was booked into jail Wednesday afternoon before being released on a $10,000 surety bond. According to the Fort Worth Police Department, firefighters responded to Cuddle Kids Dental after staff reported the 4-year-old had become unresponsive following the procedure. She was taken to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead. 🚨 Know something we should investigate? 📩 stepheny.price@fox.com 📸 IG: @fndstephprice 🎥 X: @StephenyPrice Your tip could lead to our next story. "The Crimes Against Children Unit (CACU) began an investigation into this case," police said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital. "Upon their findings, it was determined by the investigators that an offense had occurred and that the doctor that was performing the procedure on the victim was responsible." According to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital, Aithana's mother told investigators she felt rushed into signing paperwork before the procedure and watched as Hemphill handed her daughter a cup containing liquid medication, encouraging her to drink it before she was taken into the treatment room.  Aithana's mother said she was not allowed to remain with her daughter during the procedure. About an hour later, she was brought back into the room and found her daughter unresponsive while Hemphill attempted to wake her with a popsicle, according to investigators. Emergency crews were then called. The tragic case has since prompted police to encourage parents to advocate for their children during medical procedures. "The last thing you would expect as a parent," Fort Worth Police Department spokesperson Brad Perez told affiliate FOX 4 Dallas. DAYCARE OPERATOR ARRESTED AFTER 3-YEAR-OLD WAS LEFT UNCONSCIOUS IN POOL FOR 20 MINUTES, DIED "The one thing I would suggest is, if you feel like you want to be there when your child is having a procedure, insist on that," Perez told the outlet. "I believe this mother wanted to check on the child but was unable to do so as the procedure occurred. Perhaps the mother could have seen signs that the doctor did not at the time." The Tarrant County Medical Examiner later ruled Aithana's death an accident caused by meperidine toxicity, according to records obtained by Fox News Digital. The arrest affidavit alleges the 4-year-old had 793 ng/mL of meperidine in her system — a level investigators say medical experts believed would have been toxic even for an adult. As detectives dug deeper into the case, they consulted with the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners, reviewed the board's investigation and sought opinions from outside medical specialists. According to the affidavit, Aithana received chloral hydrate, hydroxyzine and meperidine in addition to nitrous oxide gas. While each medication individually fell within recommended limits, investigators allege Hemphill failed to account for the powerful combined effect of the drugs. Police also allege Hemphill failed to recognize signs that Aithana was slipping into respiratory distress and administered flumazenil, which reverses benzodiazepines, instead of naloxone (Narcan), the medication used to counter opioid overdoses.  The affidavit notes no benzodiazepines were found in the girl's system. MATTHEW PERRY'S ASSISTANT SENTENCED TO PRISON AS FAMILY REVEALS HEARTBREAKING BETRAYAL Investigators also cited findings from a board-certified anesthesiologist, who concluded Aithana was not properly monitored during the critical recovery period after sedation and that the emergency response failed to address opioid-induced respiratory depression. Perez told FOX 4 that Hemphill had no prior disciplinary actions and that her dental license remained active with the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners at the time of her arrest. The investigation uncovered additional concerns inside the dental office. According to court documents, investigators found syringes containing leftover medication that staff allegedly intended to save for future patients, as well as confusion over where Narcan was kept during the emergency. "Throughout this investigation I have learned from Hemphill's own statements, her staff's statements and from medical professionals, that there was evident neglect on Hemphill's part that led to Aithana's death," a detective wrote in the arrest affidavit. For Aithana's family, the arrest comes more than three months after they lost what a GoFundMe describes as a "beautiful 4-year-old girl, filled with life and kindness" whose presence "always lit up a room." "She was sweet, loving, and touched the lives of all who knew her," the fundraiser says. It adds that donations will help cover funeral expenses, support her grieving parents and bring Aithana home to Mexico for burial.  She is survived by her parents, an older sister and a younger sister. The Tarrant County District Attorney's Office confirmed to Fox News Digital that Fort Worth police submitted the case Wednesday and that prosecutors are currently reviewing it. Fox News Digital has reached out to Hemphill's attorney and the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a6b5ca12eaf174af862c7 How Apple’s big lawsuit could disrupt OpenAI’s IPO plans te 2026-07-17T17:50:20.690Z How Apple’s big lawsuit could disrupt OpenAI’s IPO plans Apple filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI last Friday, and it’s not messing around. The complaint alleges a pattern of misconduct reaching all the way up to OpenAI’s chief hardware officer and claims more than 400 former Apple employees now work at the company. OpenAI’s response so far has Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a6991a12eaf174af86295 DAVID BLACKMON: Socialist Candidates Want To Resurrect Green New Deal Corpse te 2026-07-17T17:42:41.589Z DAVID BLACKMON: Socialist Candidates Want To Resurrect Green New Deal Corpse By David Blackmon | Every time you think the energy policies pushed by the Democratic Party can’t possibly get any crazier, they go and fool you again. Politico’s E&E News published an article Friday with a  headline that should scare the bejeebers out of anyone who hopes for sanity in energy policy: “Progressives look to recharge the Green New Deal for the AI era.” The piece quotes Melat Kiros, the socialist who unseated longtime incumbent Democratic Colorado Rep. Diana DeGette in the party’s recent Colorado primary as saying, “The Green New Deal, frankly, is a floor now, not a ceiling, for what we need to actually be looking at doing.” This, of course, parrots the classic mantra of every generation of new socialists, who, when presented with the reality that socialism fails disastrously everywhere it is tried, invariably claim that it just hasn’t been done the right way, and they know better. But they never really do know better. Let’s be clear: what any version of the Green New Deal introduced by Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and Democratic Massachusetts Sen Ed Markey in 2019 would kill the AI era. Why? Because it is a classically socialist program by its very nature. It is a program which would seize the means of production through the central government, invoke a gigantic array of top-down command-and-control regulatory structures and utterly destroy the spirit of human initiative and innovation that leads to human flourishing and prosperity. All the various socialist candidates quoted in the E&E piece are supported by The Sunrise Movement, a far-left activist NGO funded mainly by leftwing billionaire interests like the Rockefeller Foundation, the Tides Foundation and the Soros-affiliated Open Society Policy Center. What a surprise – it’s like a who’s who of far leftwing astroturf protest funders who have been behind every U.S. protest movement since Occupy Wall Street. The Green New Deal as proposed by AOC and Markey seven years ago involved ending discretionary air travel; heavily restricting all other travel; heavily restricting personal driving; de facto banning oil, natural gas, and coal; building a vast network of high-speed rail lines which would cost trillions of dollars and take a century or more to develop (assuming the economy didn’t enter a major depression in the meantime); and destroying power grid reliability by forcing mass adoption of wind and solar. To this new generation of Sunrise-supported socialists, that array of destructive and frankly impossible options is now the “floor” for what really needs to be done. You just can’t make this stuff up. “The Democrat Party – the socialists, the Marxists – have nominated some of the most radical candidates to ever run for office, and they’re running for Congress. The insurgent left is on the rise,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said after New York voters nominated three socialist candidates. The speaker isn’t wrong; in fact, he’s a master of understatement. The insurgent left is not just on the rise, it is being funded by the same leftwing billionaire interests who funded the destruction of America’s coal industry, the anti-fracking movement and the effort to kill the shale revolution that has generated hundreds of billions of dollars in economic growth and made the United States the world’s dominant energy powerhouse. Any revitalization of the Green New Deal would be intentionally designed to destroy all of that and much more. Any effort to apply a renewed Green New Deal to the AI industry would be designed to destroy it, too. Because socialism at its base is never about building anything, but about destroying things, with human flourishing being its main target. Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation. David Blackmon is a contributor to The Daily Caller News Foundation, an energy writer, and consultant based in Texas. He spent 40 years in the oil and gas business, where he specialized in public policy and communications. The post DAVID BLACKMON: Socialist Candidates Want To Resurrect Green New Deal Corpse first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a6953a12eaf174af86282 LUCHA trains volunteers to be poll observers amid security concerns te 2026-07-17T17:41:39.120Z LUCHA trains volunteers to be poll observers amid security concerns Key Points: The politically progressive organization, LUCHA, is training hundreds of volunteers to be poll observers during Arizona’s primary and general elections Designated poll monitors can include political parties, congressional monitors and federal election monitors from the Department of Justice LUCHA told its volunteers to remain nonpartisan and stay outside of the 75 ft. boundary line Arizona’s voting sites will have plenty of eyes on them this election season, including poll monitors from political parties, the U.S. Department of Justice, congressional monitors and perhaps more.  The progressive group, Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA), will be among them, with plans to add hundreds of volunteers trained to monitor voter intimidation and other issues outside polling places. Their effort follows a Department of Justice announcement that it will send federal election monitors to Arizona, adding another layer of oversight to an election that will also include party-appointed monitors and county election officials.  LUCHA leaders said they are also worried about other federal agents, such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents or National Guard troops, being sent to the polls.  There have also been increasing concerns about poll worker safety, particularly since the 2020 presidential election. According to a 2026 Brennan Center for Justice survey of local election officials, nearly one in four officials said they are concerned about being assaulted at home or at work. A total of 32% of officials said they had been threatened, harassed or abused.  Event leaders talk to media before the main event starts. From left, Alejandra Gomez, Gina Mendez, Karime Rodriguez and area resident Rohith Chandrashaker. The Brennan Center noted that a number of states have enhanced security leading up to the midterms. That includes active-shooter training for workers in Arizona. Unlike poll workers, who are hired and trained by counties to administer elections, volunteer poll observers are unpaid and have no authority over polling places. Instead, they watch for potential issues and report concerns through established channels. LUCHA held a poll observer training session on July 11 in Phoenix and planned another in Tucson before the primary election. Organizers hope to train 500 volunteers by the November general election, and they’re well on their way, with 253 people attending the Phoenix event.  Organizers simulated a hypothetical situation in English and Spanish in which President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of the National Guard to polling locations in Phoenix and Tucson during early voting.  People discussed strategies they could use to defuse tense situations and respond to confusion. The scenario featured two “breaking news” segments, during which the situation intensified amid social media reports. The Trump administration has said it is only acting to make sure voting goes smoothly this year. U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, Harmeet Dhillon, said in a video on X that federal election monitors will be going to “places where there have been problems with the integrity of elections.” “For example, poll workers made mistakes giving people access or didn’t let people come in or they used the wrong poll book or they didn’t have the correct ballots for that jurisdiction so people were denied the right to vote or language access issues that are mandated by federal law,” she said. ‘Feel prepared’ Karime Rodriguez, services manager with the Arizona Center for Empowerment who led the LUCHA training, instructed volunteers to be nonpartisan, stay outside the 75–foot boundary line, and provide only factual information to ensure eligible voters can vote.  They are not allowed to influence voters or wear partisan clothing. Volunteers are also trained to look for common issues such as proper opening and closing times, broken voting equipment, accessibility issues and language assistance, Rodriguez said.  “The purpose of today is to feel prepared … knowing that preparedness helps us avoid panic,” she said. Rodriguez added that she is not an elections expert. “Our three main objectives are to observe, report and activate.” Area resident Rohith Chandrashaker joined the effort after he said he witnessed Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in downtown Mesa. He said he is the son of immigrants, and his parents are from India.  “I understand that our path forward comes from uniting to protect our right to vote,” he said. “Making sure that all of us are able to cast our ballot without fear and intimidation means that ordinary people like myself must be trained to be constitutional observers and improve our skills as election protectors.” LUCHA organizers said they are worried that immigration enforcement activity could discourage some eligible voters from casting ballots. The group maintains a map that it says tracks verified ICE sightings across Arizona and told volunteers to report activity near polling locations if they encounter it. “They want immigrant families wondering if showing up near a voting center could put them or someone they love at risk. They want chaos because chaos suppresses turnout,” LUCHA Executive Director Alejandra Gomez said. “When we say there are looming threats to election subversion, we are not being dramatic. We are reading the signals.” A memorial was set up for people killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. No shortage of volunteers Poll observers and Department of Justice election monitors are not new, former Maricopa County Supervisor Bill Gates said, recalling a federal presence in Navajo County in 2002.  Some have worried that the recent uptick in threats against poll workers might deter people from working at polling stations. But, despite those concerns, Gates and a Maricopa County Elections official said people still want to participate in the election process.  Jennifer Liewer, deputy elections director for communications in Maricopa County, said recruiting poll workers has not become more difficult, but the job itself has. The county has been focused on providing resources poll workers need to adequately manage voting locations, she said.  “They’re your neighbors. They’re your friends. Some of them are retirees. Some people will take off work to go and work a voting location,” she said.  Generally speaking, people have a First Amendment right to gather near polling stations, so long as they are outside of the 75-foot exclusion line. “This shouldn’t be a problem as long as people respect one another, respect the requests that might be made by the property that might be hosting this,” Gates said. “As long as people are being well-behaved and people are communicating in a civil manner, this doesn’t concern me.” Maricopa County has been in the spotlight more often, Gates said. But he added that the county has physical security measures in place to ensure poll workers feel safe and appreciated. The Elections Department swells to about 4,000 extra people during election seasons, well over its off-season size of 60-70 people, and some temporary election workers also find their way into full-time employment with the county, she added. They even increase recruiting staff to 12-15 people to hire the extra people.  Liewer said they work closely with law enforcement during elections. Uniformed officers are not allowed inside the 75-foot boundary line unless there’s an emergency, and poll workers are trained on those situations and who’s allowed inside the boundary line, she said.  “People in the community, the candidates who will be at voting locations, any of the community organizations who are going to be providing people to give information to voters, it’s all part of the bigger system, and we shouldn’t fear it,” she said. “As long as we all just follow those state laws and the rules that are set forth, and we are able to remain respectful of each other. That’s how the system is meant to work.” The post LUCHA trains volunteers to be poll observers amid security concerns first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a693fa12eaf174af8625e WATCH: Minnesota fraud scandal takes absurd new twist as veteran blows whistle te 2026-07-17T17:41:19.151Z WATCH: Minnesota fraud scandal takes absurd new twist as veteran blows whistle EXCLUSIVE: Navy veteran and GOP Senate candidate Adam Schwarze is blowing the whistle on new voter fraud evidence uncovered in the state of Minnesota.  What tipped him off? The state says that he voted in person at the polls in the 2012 presidential election. The only problem is that Schwarze says that "it was physically impossible for that to occur." Schwarze said that at the time he was nearly 2,000 miles away in the California mountains attending BUD/S, the Navy’s elite training course for SEALs. In fact, Schwarze recalled "I got my a-- beat" specifically for not voting. "All the instructors, the morning after the election, we woke up, Obama won the election, and they said, ‘Who didn't do their absentee voting?’ And of course it was like a gotcha, none of the SEAL candidates had gone to do their absentee voting. We were all in SEAL training, right? So, they beat the snot out of us for three hours." TRUMP ELECTION INTEGRITY PUSH EXPOSES MASSIVE AMOUNT OF DEAD PEOPLE ON NORTH CAROLINA VOTER ROLLS Despite this, Minnesota state records reviewed by Fox News Digital indicate Schwarze voted in 2012. The records, however, do not say who he supposedly cast a ballot for. This has led Schwarze to raise serious voter fraud questions in the already-scandal-ridden state and ask if it happened to him, how many others have "voted" without knowing it. Minnesota does not require ID to vote, something that Schwarze believes would have made it easy to vote under his name in 2012. He was completely oblivious to this fraud against him until he launched his Senate campaign. After a reporter fact-checked him for saying he had only ever voted for President Donald Trump, he was shocked to find that records on the Minnesota Department of State's website indeed indicate he voted in person in 2012. Further, records indicate an unknown person registered him to vote the day of the 2009 Minneapolis mayoral election, which was the city’s first election using ranked choice voting. His voter registration became active the day after the 2009 Minneapolis mayoral election. In response to Fox News Digital's request for clarification on Schwarze's voting record, a spokesperson for the office of Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon simply said that "Minnesota’s election system is governed by extensive state and federal laws to ensure it is honest, secure, and accurate." "Minnesotans fundamentally trust our election system, which is why we are consistently number one in voter turnout," the spokesperson said, adding that "In 2026, Minnesota ranked #1 by Election Data and Science Lab at the MIT on the Election Performance Index is a non-partisan, biennial survey and analysis comparing election administration policy and performance across the country." The spokesperson encouraged "anyone who wants to learn more about the election security measures in Minnesota" to visit the state's election security webpage.  The website also asserts that "Minnesota elections are the envy of the nation," and states, "We are proud of our strong voter turnout, laws that ensure access to the ballot, robust security measures, and the transparency that's an essential part of maintaining trust in the system." Meanwhile, Schwarze believes that this shows that "just like the fraud goes back decades, so does the voter integrity issues." Schwarze commissioned as a Navy officer in May 2012. He was sent to Naval Amphibious Base Coronado for training the next month. Fox News Digital reviewed a copy of Schwarze’s BUD/S orders, which show his report date for the roughly six-month course as June 12, putting his graduation from the course in December. VANCE REFERS TIM WALZ, MINNESOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL TO DOJ FOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OVER STATE'S ALLEGED FRAUD Come November, when the presidential election took place, Schwarze said: "I was on a mountain in Mount Laguna, California." "It was physically impossible for that [vote] to occur," he said. This comes after Minnesota has been rocked by a widespread Medicaid fraud scandal that was uncovered earlier this year and potentially amounted to billions of stolen tax dollars. Minnesota’s top leaders, including Democratic Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, who is also running for the U.S. Senate, have been criticized nationwide for having allowed the fraud to spiral out of control during their watch. To Schwarze, the tax and election fraud go hand in hand. "The fraud of your tax dollars is not happening in a vacuum. It's connected to other forms of fraud, like election integrity," he said. "Just like the fraud is an iceberg, the tax fraud, once we start rolling that iceberg over, we don't know how big it gets until we fully investigate it." "We just don't know how deep this goes," he continued. EXPOSED DOCS REVEAL WHY TIM WALZ BOARD AWARDED REPEAT CHILD RAPIST PARDON: ‘NO FUTURE’ Since he discovered his mysterious vote, Schwarze said that his requests to state officials for more information have yet to be fulfilled. He said he does not even know who he is marked as having voted for. "This clearly shows that we have an election integrity issue in our state," he said. "So, let’s solve the problem. Let's open up the voting log: [Minnesota Secretary of State] Steve Simon, Tim Walz, Peggy Flanagan, Keith Ellison. Let's have same-day voting in person with paper … with an ID; the American citizens want that as well. That's my plea." "I've fought my entire life for the United States of America. I fought for democracy all over the world," he continued. "And one of the pillars and foundational principles of democracy is free, fair and transparent elections, and we don't have any of those things right now in the United States of America." Fox News Digital reached out to Walz, Flanagan, Simon and Ellison for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a692ba12eaf174af86255 White House dishes out new election security jab over Olive Garden's pasta pass ID policy te 2026-07-17T17:40:59.695Z White House dishes out new election security jab over Olive Garden's pasta pass ID policy After a popular Italian restaurant chain dished out an online response to a curious diner about its new unlimited pasta pass, politically-minded social media users, including those at the top of the food chain, are taking a stand. Olive Garden took to X on Wednesday to promote its new deal, which offers customers the chance purchase a "Never Ending Pasta Pass" for $100 plus tax, giving the first 10,000 people to purchase their pass 13 weeks of unlimited pasta. A user posed a question to the iconic American restaurant chain, asking whether they could purchase the unlimited pasta pass and share it with their family. WATCH: ELISSA SLOTKIN SAYS SAVE AMERICA ACT WOULD MAKE IT 'HARD FOR ANY DEMOCRAT' TO WIN AN ELECTION "No. The Never-Ending Pasta Pass is only for use by the Passholder whose name is printed on the Pass," Olive Garden replied. "Passes are personalized and non-transferable." "Passholders must present a valid photo I.D. along with the Pass at the time of ordering," the chain instructed from its X account. Immediately, the political right seized the the opportunity to prove a point — that Olive Garden appears more strict about its unlimited pasta promotion than Democrat-run states are about voting. The timely post comes as Trump continues to push for what would be a signature legislative victory — the SAVE Act — which, if passed, would require photo identification to vote. It has faced fierce pushback from the left-wing, who have argued against requiring proof of identity to cast a ballot in elections. "Olive Garden takes their Pasta Pass security more seriously than Democrats take election security," White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson told Fox News Digital. "It’s sad but true." "The SAVE America Act is a commonsense police, supported by the vast majority of Americans, that will secure our elections for generations to come. The only people opposed seem to be Democrats in Congress… I wonder why?" she added. WATCH: MCCARTHY SAYS TRUMP WILL USE 'EVERYTHING HE CAN' TO FORCE SENATE ACTION ON SAVE AMERICA ACT The social media post quickly caused an online feeding frenzy. "PUT OLIVE GARDEN IN CHARGE OF OUR ELECTIONS!!!" one popular X account quipped. "I hope you understand that this is extremely discriminatory towards minorities and married women," one user said, parroting talking points that the political left has used in opposition of the SAVE Act. MEMPHIS PIZZA JOINT SPARKS BACKLASH AFTER OWNER REFUSES TO SERVE NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS Another user also mockingly used the common parlance of the political left in response to Olive Garden's strict policy. "I’m sorry, but this sounds incredibly racist to me, a requirement ID and some sort of proof of being a passholder will negatively affect marginalized communities ability to access Olive Garden," wrote the sarcastic user. "Do better Olive Garden." "Are you saying that if photo ID is not presented, it could lead to cheating the system?" another social media user asked. "Good grief, Olive Garden is more secure than our elections," said yet another. Since Republicans in the House of Representatives passed the SAVE Act in February, the bill has faced major obstruction by Democrats in the Senate, as the conservative lawmakers don't have the 60 votes required to overcome a filibuster. Earlier this week, SAVE Act language was attached to a State Department appropriations bill in a creative attempt to pass the law. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a6918a12eaf174af8624c Wildfire smoke is invading more than 20 states — doctors reveal who should worry most te 2026-07-17T17:40:40.247Z Wildfire smoke is invading more than 20 states — doctors reveal who should worry most Canadian wildfire smoke is drifting across parts of the U.S., prompting doctors to warn that even healthy people may face risks from prolonged exposure to polluted air. More than 180 wildfires are burning in Ontario alone, while nearly 850 are active across Canada, sending smoke into the Midwest and Northeast, according to NASA. More than 20 states have been affected, prompting widespread air quality alerts from the Upper Midwest to the East Coast. DOCTORS WARN YOUR 'STOMACH BUG' MAY ACTUALLY BE A PARASITE THAT'S HARDER TO DETECT The greatest concern comes from fine particulate matter (PM2.5), which is about 30 times smaller than the width of a human hair. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), these microscopic particles can penetrate deep into the lungs and even enter the bloodstream. "The main concern is fine particle pollution, known as PM2.5," Dr. Fernando Safdie, director of endoluminal and airway surgery and a lung cancer specialist in Miami Beach, Florida, told Fox News Digital. "These particles are small enough to get deep into the lungs, and the smallest can pass into the bloodstream." "Smoke also carries irritant gases," he added. "That combination is what triggers symptoms." IS LETTUCE STILL SAFE TO EAT AMID TACO BELL ILLNESS PROBE? DOCTORS ANSWER The EPA considers an Air Quality Index (AQI) above 100 unhealthy for sensitive groups, while levels above 150 are unhealthy for everyone. The most common effect of wildfire smoke is irritation to the respiratory system. "Most people notice burning or watery eyes, scratchy throat, runny nose or coughing," said Safdie. "It can progress to chest tightness, shortness of breath, wheezing, headaches, fatigue and a faster heartbeat." For anyone with asthma, COPD or chronic bronchitis, smoke can set off a flare or make existing symptoms noticeably worse, the doctor cautioned. Wildfire smoke can also strain the cardiovascular system, according to the American Heart Association. It has been linked to increased emergency room visits for ischemic heart disease, irregular heart rhythm, heart failure, pulmonary embolism and stroke. THINK YOUR CORTISOL IS TOO HIGH? EXPERT REVEALS THE TRUTH BEHIND VIRAL WELLNESS CRAZE Short-term exposure to wildfire-related fine particulate matter can also worsen heart failure and contribute to premature death, the EPA notes. Studies have linked long-term exposure to an increased risk of premature death, chronic heart and lung disease, lung cancer, cognitive decline and dementia, as well as pregnancy complications such as preterm birth and low birth weight, according to the EPA and recent research. Children are at the highest risk because their lungs are still developing and they breathe more air for their body size, according to Safdie. Older adults, pregnant women, and and anyone with a heart or lung condition, such as asthma, COPD or heart disease, are also especially vulnerable. Other high-risk groups include those with compromised immune systems and chronic kidney failure, the doctor said. "Outdoor workers are exposed simply because of where they spend the day," Safdie added. The doctor emphasized that outdoor air quality dangers may not always be visible. "When you don't see the fires, you could still be exposed to the smoke and breathing that highly polluted air," he told Fox News Digital. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ The CDC and EPA shared the following protective measures to prevent smoke-related health risks. Monitor air quality. Check air quality at AirNow.gov before spending time outdoors. Sensitive groups should limit outdoor activity when AQI exceeds 100, and everyone should reduce exposure at levels of 150 and higher. Stay indoors when smoke levels are high. Keep windows and doors closed. If using air conditioning or central HVAC, set the system to recirculate to reduce the amount of smoky outdoor air entering the home. Clean indoor air. Run a portable air purifier with a HEPA filter or use a highest-efficiency filter. Experts also recommend avoiding activities that worsen indoor air pollution, such as burning candles, smoking, frying food or vacuuming while smoke levels remain elevated. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER Wear an N95 respirator if necessary. If you must spend time outside when smoke levels are high, a well-fitting N95 respirator can filter out most harmful fine particles. Reduce strenuous outdoor activity. Heavy exercise causes people to breathe faster and deeper, increasing the amount of fine particulate matter that reaches the lungs. Consider moving workouts indoors until air quality improves, experts advise. "Don’t tough it out if breathing is genuinely hard," Safdie advised. "Get medical care if you have shortness of breath that doesn’t ease with rest, a cough that won’t settle, wheezing, chest tightness, dizziness or heart palpitations." Those who have asthma or COPD should follow their doctor-provided action plan. "Don’t wait if your rescue inhaler isn’t doing the job," Safdie said. "Call 911 for severe difficulty breathing, chest pain or confusion. When in doubt, get checked." CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES Although short-term exposure is unlikely to cause long-term damage, "very intense" exposure can generate chronic issues, he said. "For example, firefighters who are in the eye of the problem should definitely be very well-protected with the appropriate equipment, because the concentration of the smoke and the PM25 particles will be extremely high and could cause chronic problems," Safdie said. "But for the general population, it is unlikely that they will have such an exposure. I think that it would be more of an acute problem." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a6713a12eaf174af8620a NAU ROUNDUP: Pennington named to Walter Payton Award Preseason Watch List te 2026-07-17T17:32:03.206Z NAU ROUNDUP: Pennington named to Walter Payton Award Preseason Watch List A look at news and results from NAU. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a66eaa12eaf174af861e3 Battleground Democrat said traditionally White outdoor spaces 'will no longer be White' te 2026-07-17T17:31:22.756Z Battleground Democrat said traditionally White outdoor spaces 'will no longer be White' A vulnerable Democrat seeking re-election in a battleground district repeatedly complained that outdoor recreation has long been dominated by White males and called for "equitable access" to those spaces, according to unearthed podcast appearances reviewed by Fox News Digital. Rep. Gabe Vasquez, D-N.M., who previously referred to New Mexico as "stolen land," praised national conservation organizations during a June 2020 appearance on the "Mountain & Prairie" podcast for adopting what he described as more "equitable" policies aimed at expanding access to the outdoors for people of color. "People of color are getting outdoors," Vasquez said in remarks first reported by The Daily Wire. "There’s amazing organizations out there that are just promoting diversity amongst the outdoors and big national organizations that are slowly and finally starting to get it and actually promote policies that create more equitable access and opportunities." "Spaces that have been traditionally White will no longer be White," Vasquez continued. "Secret spots will no longer be secret. And hunters and anglers and hikers and everybody in between will look different. And so, not only should you be OK with that, not only should you tolerate that, but you should embrace that." IOWA DEM ADMITS BEING ‘UNCOMFORTABLE’ WITH WHITENESS AS SHE SEEKS TO FLIP COMPETITIVE HOUSE SEAT "It's up to us to be the change that we want to see," he said. Later in the interview, the New Mexico Democrat criticized conservation groups that he said lacked diversity. "Today, I think every single executive director of the New Mexico Wildlife Federation up until today has been a White male," he said. "There’s no cultural connection, there’s no authentic desire to communicate or connect with Hispanic communities." Vasquez in 2017 co-founded Nuestra Tierra Conservation Project, a left-leaning organization devoted to making the outdoors more "equitable" and advancing environmental justice. He first won election to the House in 2022. The remarks come as Republicans have pointed to Vasquez’s comments on race and previous criticism of law enforcement to cast him as out of step with his majority-Hispanic district, which President Donald Trump carried by two points in 2024. Earlier this year, Vasquez voted against a GOP-authored resolution honoring law enforcement during National Police Week. The measure notably contained language criticizing the Defund the Police movement and sanctuary city policies. "This DEI-fueled racism is the exact woke nonsense New Mexico's Second District rejected in 2024 when it elected President Donald Trump, and it will cost Vasquez at the ballot box in November as voters choose common sense over crazy," Republican National Committee spokesman Zach Kraft said in a statement to Fox News Digital. Fox News Digital reached out to the Vasquez campaign for comment. In a 2020 interview, Vasquez argued that racism was ingrained into "just about every part of life," Fox News Digital previously reported. In the same interview, Vasquez, who was then serving as a Las Cruces city councilmember, voiced openness to licensed psychologists taking over some of the police’s responsibilities. He also sharply criticized "White rich men" in a June 2020 tweet shortly after the death of George Floyd. "Black lives matter. Until we deconstruct and rebuild the systems of oppression that keep Black people in perpetual harm, justice will not be served," he wrote.  "That includes law enforcement, the economy, and the disgusting wealth inequality that keeps white rich men in power." Vasquez also appeared to back rioting during the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 in a since-deleted tweet, CNN’s KFile first reported. UNEARTHED CLIP EXPOSES MORE ANTI-POLICE RHETORIC AS EL-SAYED GETS GRILLED FOR DELETING SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS His focus on race also extended into conversations about outdoor recreation. In a June 2022 interview with "The Trail Ahead" podcast, Vasquez described Nuestra Tierra as "being led by people of color with an all-people-of-color board." He told an anecdote where he claimed to have experienced racism and claimed White people received special treatment in conservation on the podcast. "I have missed out on a whole lot of opportunities just because I've asked for compensation, and it shouldn't have to be that way," he said. "Because if I was a White consultant working with a major brand or a major nonprofit, and they were seeking a solution they would pay me for my services. They would pay me for my advice." "But it's not the same the other way around," he added. "People just expect people of color … what you have to say and what your thoughts are not of monetary value." Vasquez will face Republican Greg Cunningham, a Marine veteran and retired police officer, in November's general election. Cunningham is part of the National Republican Congressional Committee's flagship MAGA Majority program, which backs top recruits seeking to flip Democratic-held seats. The nonpartisan Cook Political Report shifted the race in Vasquez’s favor from "Toss Up" to "Lean Democrat" in January, citing Trump’s declining poll numbers and Democrats’ election wins in 2025. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a66d7a12eaf174af861da Oscar-winner Brenda Fricker, 'pigeon lady' from 'Home Alone 2,' dead at 81 te 2026-07-17T17:31:03.302Z Oscar-winner Brenda Fricker, 'pigeon lady' from 'Home Alone 2,' dead at 81 Oscar-winning Irish actress Brenda Fricker, whose decades-long career included an Academy Award-winning performance in "My Left Foot" and a memorable role in "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York," has died. She was 81. Fricker died Thursday night in Dublin following a period of declining health, her agent, Phil Belfield, confirmed in a statement.  "We will never see her like again and the world is lesser for the lack of her," Belfield said. "I was honored to know, love and work with her… she will always have a place in my heart and in the heart of so many film and TV fans the world over." 'ALF' STAR ANNE SCHEDEEN, WHO PLAYED BELOVED SITCOM MOM KATE TANNER, DEAD AT 77 The actress made history at the 1990 Academy Awards when she became the first Irish woman to win an Oscar, taking home the best supporting actress trophy for her performance as Bridget Fagan Brown in "My Left Foot." The film starred Daniel Day-Lewis as Christy Brown, an Irish writer and painter born with cerebral palsy who could control only his left foot. Day-Lewis also won the Academy Award for best actor. Although Fricker earned widespread acclaim for her work, she remains instantly recognizable to millions of fans for portraying the gentle "Pigeon Lady" in 1992's "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York." Her character, a lonely woman living among the pigeons in New York City's Central Park, forms an unexpected bond with Kevin McCallister, played by Macaulay Culkin, in one of the film's most emotional storylines. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Fricker's film and television credits included more than 90 projects between 1964 and 2024. She was part of the original cast of the BBC medical drama "Casualty" and later appeared opposite Cate Blanchett in "Veronica Guerin," the biographical drama about a slain Irish investigative journalist. Born in Dublin in 1945, Fricker began acting on stage before transitioning to television in the 1960s with roles in Ireland's first soap opera. Her breakthrough eventually led to an international career that included acclaimed performances in both independent dramas and Hollywood productions. American audiences also remember Fricker from the 1994 baseball fantasy "Angels in the Outfield," where she starred alongside Danny Glover and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER Earlier this year, Dublin recognized Fricker's contributions to Irish arts by awarding her the Freedom of the City, the capital's highest civic honor. In her 2025 autobiography, "She Died Young: A Life in Fragments," Fricker reflected on both the triumphs and hardships that shaped her life. The memoir detailed her childhood in Dublin alongside her sister, Grania, while also revealing her experiences with sexual violence and mental health struggles that led to multiple institutionalizations. The book became a bestseller on the Irish Sunday Times list. Ireland's deputy prime minister, Simon Harris, led tributes following news of Fricker's death, remembering the actress as one of the country's defining cultural figures. "She truly was among the greatest exports this country has ever produced and an ambassador for Irish talent on the world stage," Harris said. "Quite simply, we will never see the like of her ever again." The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a66c3a12eaf174af861d1 Olive Garden becomes unlikely face of voter ID fight after restaurant's policy goes viral te 2026-07-17T17:30:43.852Z Olive Garden becomes unlikely face of voter ID fight after restaurant's policy goes viral Olive Garden's Never-Ending Pasta Pass sparked an unlikely political firestorm after conservatives applauded the restaurant's photo ID requirement, arguing the policy is stricter than voting laws in some Democrat-led states. "Olive Garden requires ID to use their never ending pasta pass but most Democrat run states don’t require your ID to vote. So in America, our pasta deals are literally more secure than our elections. Maddening and hilarious at the same time," one conservative commentator, Robby Starbuck, wrote on X. Olive Garden's Never-Ending Pasta Pass gives customers unlimited meals, but the restaurant requires passholders to present a valid photo ID matching the name printed on the pass when ordering. Conservatives swiftly shared the restaurant's X post announcing the policy, praising it and drawing comparisons to the broader debate over voter ID requirements. "The Never-Ending Pasta Pass is only for use by the Passholder whose name is printed on the Pass. Passes are personalized and non-transferable. Passholders must present a valid photo I.D. along with the Pass at the time of ordering," the restaurant posted to X on Thursday. GOP CIVIL WAR ERUPTS OVER TRUMP'S LATEST AGENDA PUSH AS KEY REPUBLICANS THREATEN TO SINK MEGABILL Fourteen states and Washington, D.C., do not require most voters to present identification when voting in person. The SAVE Act includes President Donald Trump's long-sought voter ID and citizenship verification guardrails — which Republicans say is key to ensuring elections are safe and secure. "We really live in a nation where Olive Garden's Never-Ending Pasta Pass is more secure than our elections! Make it make sense. Pass the SAVE America Act," Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita wrote on X. "Olive Garden takes pasta pass security more seriously than Democrats take election security," wrote White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson on X. "American elections should not be less secure than Olive Garden’s endless pasta. Pass the SAVE America Act," wrote Utah Sen. Mike Lee on X. WATCH: HAWLEY FUMES AFTER 4 GOP SENATORS HELP SINK TRUMP-BACKED VOTER ID LAW "Only in America do you need a photo ID for bottomless pasta at Olive Garden, but not to vote," said conservative influencer Isabel Brown. "If you have to show ID to eat pasta at Olive Garden, you should have to show ID to vote," posted the official RNC Election Integrity account. "Olive Garden’s never-ending pasta pass is more secure than our federal elections. Make sense to anyone? Pass the SAVE America Act," wrote Arizona Rep. Eli Crane. REPUBLICAN SAYS TRUMP'S TOP ELECTION PRIORITY 'DEAD' IN SENATE AS GOP FRACTURES AHEAD OF MIDTERMS President Donald Trump addressed the nation Thursday evening on "free and fair" elections urging Congress to pass the SAVE Act. "I ask you to pick up your phone tomorrow, call your representatives and the House and Senate, and demand that they pass the Save America Act without delay. Together, we will restore faith and confidence in our country, and we will be bigger, better, and stronger than ever before," said Trump. Trump has tried to attach the stalled election legislation to defense spending, holding housing legislation hostage and playing Senate primary politics. Republicans are running against the clock to pass the stalled elections bill before the party’s midterm window narrows. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a646aa12eaf174af8617e Trump's 60-day Iran deal reaches halfway mark as ceasefire collapses into escalating war te 2026-07-17T17:20:42.892Z Trump's 60-day Iran deal reaches halfway mark as ceasefire collapses into escalating war Thirty days after the U.S. and Iran entered a two-month negotiating period intended to produce a final peace agreement between the two countries, they appear closer to a widening war than to a diplomatic breakthrough. Friday marks the halfway point of the 60-day window established under the June 17 memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran, which called for negotiations for Iran’s nuclear and missile programs, sanctions and freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz. Friday marks the halfway point of the 60-day window established under the June 17 memorandum of understanding deal between the U.S. and Iran, which called for negotiations over Iran’s nuclear and missile programs, sanctions and freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz. But the first half of that period has been marked by repeated Iranian attacks on commercial vessels, hundreds of U.S. strikes on Iranian military targets and retaliatory missile and drone attacks across the region, and President Donald Trump declaring the ceasefire "over." VANCE REVEALS TRUMP LESSON GUIDING IRAN DEAL STRATEGY AS TEHRAN FACES 60-DAY DEADLINE The Trump administration also has withdrawn one of the most significant concessions it offered Iran under the agreement — a temporary waiver allowing Iran to sell oil — and restored a naval blockade that had been lifted after the memorandum was signed. With only 30 days remaining, the administration is increasingly relying on military and economic pressure in an effort to bring Iran back to substantive negotiations before the window closes. Failure would leave the two sides without a clear diplomatic path to address Iran’s nuclear and missile programs or restore safe passage through one of the world’s most important shipping lanes. Trump nevertheless said Thursday that Iran had made a fresh overture to the U.S. "We received a call just as I was coming here, and they want to meet," Trump said during a Fox News interview Thursday. "They don’t like what we’re doing, and they do want to settle," he added in remarks later that day. "We’ll find out whether or not we settle with them, or we just finish it off." The Iranian mission to the United Nations could not immediately be reached for comment on the status of negotiations. The White House referred to press secretary Karoline Leavitt's comments in a news briefing Thursday: "Iran  very much continues to talk to the United States of America and expressed that they want to make a deal with us because they are suffering devastating blows. On behalf of our United States military. The reason and this is important for the American people to understand the reason for the recent strikes over the course of the last several days is because  Iran  violated the memorandum of understanding that we struck with them." The agreement initially provided Iran with an immediate economic incentive to remain in the process. On June 22, the Treasury Department issued a general license authorizing the production, delivery and sale of Iranian crude oil, petrochemicals and petroleum products through Aug. 21. TRUMP'S $300B IRAN INVESTMENT FUND MAY BE 'CLOSE TO IMPOSSIBLE' DUE TO IRGC SANCTIONS LAW, EXPERT WARNS But the administration revoked that authorization less than three weeks later after Iran attacked three commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz. A U.S. official said at the time that the agreement was "entirely performance-based" and warned that Iran would receive benefits only if it demonstrated "good behavior." "Iran’s actions in the strait were wholly unacceptable to the United States and will be met with consequences," the official said. "Our negotiators continue to work in good faith toward a final deal." TRUMP THREATENS TO EXPAND STRIKES ON IRAN, SAYS POWER PLANTS ARE NEXT TO GO: 'HIT THEM HARD' Iran accused Washington of violating the memorandum, arguing that Tehran was complying with its obligations by managing passage through the strait. Iranian officials blamed shipping companies for using routes that had not been coordinated with Tehran. Gregg Roman, executive director of the Middle East Forum, argued that Washington and Tehran entered the negotiating period with fundamentally different objectives. "The U.S. saw it as an opportunity to get a long-term agreement," Roman told Fox News Digital. "The Iranians saw it as an opportunity to rearm." Roman said the renewed fighting suggests the administration now views military pressure as a prerequisite for diplomacy. "You have to hit them hard before you get an agreement," he said. Former Trump Defense Secretary Mark Esper, however, questioned whether an expanded bombing campaign would force Iran to change course. "I’m not confident that if we picked up the bombing the way we did months ago and sustained it for a period of time, that that would have a big change," Esper told the Financial Times. Esper instead argued for "comprehensive" economic pressure backed by international support, though he acknowledged that approach would require time and impose costs on American consumers. "How do you pressure them?" Esper said. "One option is you resort to full military onslaught. The other one is you strangle them economically." Esper said the strategy would require "time, patience (and) discipline" and could mean higher gasoline prices in the short term. The sanctions reversal coincided with a dramatic expansion of U.S. military operations against Iran. The fighting resumed within days of the agreement and accelerated sharply in early July after Iran attacked commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. CENTCOM said U.S. forces subsequently struck more than 300 Iranian targets over three nights, including air defenses, missile and drone sites, coastal radars and naval capabilities. The campaign has since expanded deeper into Iran. The sixth consecutive night of U.S. strikes marked a new phase in the campaign, with roads, bridges and military bases around Bandar Abbas among the targets, Fox News has learned. The strikes were aimed at cutting Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces off from resupply routes and further isolating them around the strategic port city, which is central to Iran’s ability to exert control over the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. also reinstated its blockade of Iranian ports and disabled the Curaçao-flagged tanker Belma after CENTCOM said it ignored warnings while sailing toward Iran’s primary oil-export terminal. Iran has responded with missile and drone attacks against countries hosting U.S. forces across the Gulf. On Friday, an Iranian strike damaged a major power and desalination plant in Kuwait, while Qatar, Bahrain and other regional states reported additional incoming attacks. "All the infrastructure in the region will be crushed under the steel blows of the powerful armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran" if the United States carries out those attacks, Iranian military spokesman Col. Ebrahim Zolfaghari said in remarks carried by Fars news agency. "Under no circumstances and in no way will we allow America, as a foreign and extraregional country, to interfere in the Strait of Hormuz," he added, calling the waterway Iran’s "invincible red line." Despite the escalating threats, Trump has continued to argue that a diplomatic resolution remains possible. "They don’t like what we’re doing, and they do want to settle," Trump said Wednesday. "We’ll find out whether or not we settle with them, or we just finish it off." One potential sign that communication remains open came Wednesday, when Iran allowed U.S.-Iranian citizen Dena Karari to leave the country after preventing her departure since December 2024. Trump thanked Iran for what he described as a "gesture of goodwill." Salvaging the agreement would now require the two sides to move beyond preliminary contacts, halt the widening cycle of retaliation and return to negotiations over the nuclear, missile and sanctions issues at the heart of the memorandum. The next 30 days will determine whether the renewed military pressure creates leverage for that diplomacy — or ensures the negotiating window closes with the United States and Iran again at war. Fox News' Jen Griffin contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a6210a12eaf174af8612a DSA member says she has no problem supporting ‘secret Nazis’ under one condition te 2026-07-17T17:10:40.313Z DSA member says she has no problem supporting ‘secret Nazis’ under one condition Far-left podcaster Emma Vigeland raised eyebrows this month with her reaction to Maine oysterman Graham Platner’s political collapse. Vigeland, a former Young Turks correspondent who now co-hosts The Majority Report With Sam Seder podcast, said on a separate Vox podcast that she doesn’t care if a progressive or socialist candidate has "Nazi" skeletons in their closet. "I am wary of over-focusing on an individual's personal character over their platform. You know, I've said this before. I don't really care if say like Bernie Sanders or AOC go home and they're a secret Nazi, but they go out and they vote for the right things. Like we're talking about politicians…" the Democratic Socialists of America member said during the podcast, which published earlier in July.  "You don’t care?" Vox host Astead Herndon cut in as Vigeland trailed off. PLATNER’S THREE-DAY VETTING JOB COMES BACK TO HAUNT DEMS AS RAPE ALLEGATION ROCKS SENATE BID Vigeland added that that was an "extreme example" but that candidates and politicians are a representation of a party’s platform such as "taxing billionaires [and] bringing material differences to people’s lives." "And that’s what I value more than anybody’s individual conduct because … how many horrible people are in Washington right now who are centrist or center-right." DEMOCRATS WANT US TO FOCUS ON GRAHAM PLATNER’S POLICIES. HE FAILS MAINE THERE, TOO Herndon later said some voters do view moral character of a candidate as a qualification for office, while Vigeland replied that people taking a "victory lap" over Platner’s fall also supported former President Bill Clinton and ex-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo – both of whom were previously accused of sexual misconduct, which they denied. Reaction on X was fierce, as one user posted an image of Vigeland in a Schutzstaffel uniform, writing "In the 1940s, Emma Vigeland would have volunteered to the SS." SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER Another critic called socialism and communism a "dark road these people are going down," noting the party platform includes extremist proposals like abolishing the U.S. Senate and branches of federal law enforcement. SOCIALISM’S RISE INSIDE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NOW THREATENS THE AMERICAN DREAM "It is sold to the people with false claims and utilizing those base instincts that are powerful but difficult to manage in a civil society." Vigeland’s comments come after years of socialist and far-left groups and individuals repeatedly derogatorily branding conservatives and Trump supporters "fascists" – a political movement invented by then-Italian "Duce" Benito Mussolini; a close ally of German Chancellor Adolf Hitler during World War II. Fox News Digital reached out to Vigeland via her Majority Report program and to Platner's campaign for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a5fdfa12eaf174af860d6 FOX World Cup announcer says Trump's appearance at final is 'fun, unique thing' despite potential backlash te 2026-07-17T17:01:19.360Z FOX World Cup announcer says Trump's appearance at final is 'fun, unique thing' despite potential backlash President Donald Trump will be at MetLife Stadium for Sunday's World Cup Final, in all likelihood joined by FIFA president Gianni Infantino. It is hardly the first time a head of state has attended the World Cup, but with today's political landscape, this one may just be the most polarizing. Trump has attended numerous sporting events over the years, including some of the most prestigious events since becoming president a second time. Each time, the president is of course shown on the big screen and broadcast, and depending on the location has gotten different receptions. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM This time around, FOX broadcaster John Strong is prepared to report on Trump's attendance and knows that it will be both heavily praised and scrutinized. "Certainly when it comes to President Trump, there are no neutral opinions. But that means there are a lot of people in the audience who are super excited to see him at the game, and there are going to be a lot of people in the audience who maybe are less thrilled to have him on their TV screen," Strong told reporters in a Zoom call Friday. "As ever, it’s my job to play it down the middle and acknowledge the fact that the United States president being engaged with the sport, being at the game, that’s a fun, unique thing... Whatever I say, the tone of my voice will be scrutinized. It will be what it is. That’s the nature of it. "But at the end of the day, I don’t think it needs to overshadow the wonderful sport, the wonderful event that this is, even as I say, at the same time, half of America is going to be thrilled to see him there, be so excited that he’s a part of it. And we’ll obviously see what happens with the trophy ceremony and all that as well." Infantino first said last month on "Fox & Friends" that Trump would attend the contest, but it is now official after Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed Trump's attendance, calling it "a fitting conclusion to a tournament that showcased America's ability to host the world on the grandest stage." Infantino said he and Trump will deliver the FIFA World Cup trophy to the winning team's captain on the field. "We will be together with the president enjoying the final and handing the trophy to the winner, of course, together," Infantino said. IF AIR QUALITY IS POOR, ARGENTINA COULD BE HURT BY SPAIN'S STYLE IN WORLD CUP FINAL, FOX ANALYST SAYS Trump and Infantino did the same last year for the FIFA Club World Cup final, also at the New Jersey stadium, when Chelsea defeated Paris Saint-Germain, 3-0. The appearance came one year after an assassination attempt on President Trump in Pennsylvania. The president participated in the trophy presentation and handed out awards to the players and referees after Chelsea won the match. Trump remained on stage for the celebration, causing some confusion. Trump got involved in one of the World Cup's biggest controversies, calling Infantino and requesting a review of Folarin Balogun's red card. Balogun was suspended for Team USA's Round of 16 match, but he was later ruled eligible for the game. Trump has yet to attend a World Cup match, but Secretary of State Marco Rubio was spotted at the U.S. Men's National Team's opener against Paraguay, a 4-1 win on June 12. The president was awarded the first FIFA Peace Prize at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., during the World Cup final draw in December. Trump recently attended Game 3 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden, while the White House played host to UFC Freedom 250 last month. An IndyCar race will take place in Washington, D.C. next month. Fox News' Ryan Gaydos, Paulina Dedaj and The Associated Press contributed to this report. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a5fcba12eaf174af860cd AEW star Kenny Omega blasts social media user over Charlie Kirk comment te 2026-07-17T17:00:59.904Z AEW star Kenny Omega blasts social media user over Charlie Kirk comment All Elite Wrestling (AEW) star Kenny Omega blasted a social media user over a remark made about Will Ospreay and Charlie Kirk. The X user made a critique about Ospreay’s mic skills on Thursday, writing, "Will Ospreay is as bad on the mic as charlie kirk, but can't sell the neck as well as he did." COMPLETE PRO WRESTLING COVERAGE ON FOX NEWS DIGITAL Omega, who is friends with Ospreay inside and outside the ring, slammed the poster. "What the f--- is wrong with you? It isn’t hard to try having some class," he wrote in response. "A dear friend battles back from a career threatening injury, is no doubt still fighting pain today, and is somehow mocked and compared to a dude that was murdered. I get that a joke is a joke but these things should really be kept separate in my opinion." CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM When one X user came to the defense of the commenter, Omega responded once more. "Please extend my apologies, genuinely. Perhaps I’ve become too sensitive after my own brush with death. I also know of Will’s efforts behind the scenes more than most so it was sad to see such a harsh comparison," the current AEW champion added. Kirk, a conservative commentator and the founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed during an event on the campus of Utah Valley University in September. Tyler Robinson was arrested in Kirk’s murder. Robinson’s trial is currently ongoing. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a5fb8a12eaf174af860c4 Florida wildlife officials confirm 13-foot gator killed Orlando woman with 'death roll' on river te 2026-07-17T17:00:40.454Z Florida wildlife officials confirm 13-foot gator killed Orlando woman with 'death roll' on river DNA from a Florida woman has been positively linked to the genetic material of a monstrous 13-foot alligator captured after a fatal river attack last month, wildlife officials confirmed. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation (FWC), laboratory testing confirmed DNA from Brittany Clark, 31, matched a 13-foot alligator captured after the deadly attack on the Econlockhatchee River on June 28. Clark, of Orlando, was swimming near the Barr Street Trailhead in the Little Big Econ State Forest when the assault happened. She was taken to a hospital as a trauma alert but died from her injuries on the way, officials said. 'DWTS' WINNER ROBERT IRWIN WAS 'DEATH ROLLED' BY A 14-FOOT CROCODILE HE NAMED AFTER JIMMY FALLON According to a preliminary report from the Orange County Medical Examiner's Office obtained by Fox News affiliate WOFL-TV, Clark was swimming in shoulder-deep water with her boyfriend, Chance Allison, and another friend when the alligator grabbed her arm and began what investigators described as a "death roll." "[Allison] grabbed the alligator trying to get it to release [Clark] … when it took them both underwater releasing [Clark] for a moment and then grabbing her other arm," the report said. Once the alligator let go, Allison brought Clark to shore and called 911, the report said. Brief body camera video captured a Seminole County deputy responding to the attack. MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER, RELEASED AFTER ALLEGEDLY FORCING TODDLER INTO CROCODILE ENCLOSURE AT ZOO An alligator's "death roll" is when the reptile latches on to potential prey and violently spins in the water to subdue or dismember it, according to the National Institute of Health. After the attack, FWC trappers captured and killed two huge alligators — 12.5-foot and 13-foot gators — and sent their DNA to a lab to determine if either animal was the one that killed Clark. FOLLOW US ON X DNA TECHNOLOGY LEADS TO ARREST IN 1988 KILLING OF ORLANDO WOMAN AFTER NEARLY FOUR DECADES According to the FWC, bite marks found on Clark's arm were consistent with the front row teeth of the 13-foot alligator found at the river. "The FWC’s investigation into this incident remains active," the agency said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE U.S. NEWS The FWC said serious injuries caused by alligators are uncommon in Florida, although alligators can be found in lakes, rivers, ponds and other freshwater bodies across all 67 counties. Officials said they are not speculating about what prompted the attack but noted that alligators can become more territorial during their mating season, which typically runs from April through June. GET BREAKING NEWS ALERTS A few safety recommendations for individuals coming into contact with an alligator, according to the FWC: "Keep a safe distance" and "keep pets on a leash and away from the water’s edge." "Pets often resemble alligators’ natural prey," officials warned. "Swim only in designated swimming areas during daylight hours and without your pet. Alligators are most active between dusk and dawn." GOT A TIP? Also, "never feed an alligator; it’s illegal and dangerous." "When fed, alligators can lose their natural wariness and instead learn to associate people with the availability of food," the FWC added. "This can lead to an alligator becoming a nuisance and needing to be removed from the wild." People with concerns about an alligator should call FWC’s toll-free Nuisance Alligator Hotline at  866-FWC-GATOR.   SEND US A TIP Fox News Digital's Eric Mack contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a5d4ca12eaf174af8605d Trump Faces the Limits of U.S. Firepower and the Lessons of Past Wars te 2026-07-17T16:50:20.357Z Trump Faces the Limits of U.S. Firepower and the Lessons of Past Wars Like his predecessors, President Trump has struggled to turn battlefield successes into long-term victories. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a5b56a12eaf174af85ff8 Fox News AI Newsletter: IBM's AI warning sends 'shockwave' te 2026-07-17T16:41:58.589Z Fox News AI Newsletter: IBM's AI warning sends 'shockwave' Welcome to Fox News’ Artificial Intelligence newsletter with the latest AI technology advancements. IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER: - IBM sends 'shockwave' through tech industry with AI warning - Dimon urges calm over fear about AI's impact on jobs: 'Stop being breathless over it' - AI is changing modern dating, but experts warn it's making people 'relationally stupid' MARKET JOLT: Shares of IBM were down more than 23% when the market opened on Tuesday, raising fresh questions about whether companies are seeing enough near-term returns from artificial intelligence spending. COOL DOWN: JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on Wednesday said there is still a lot of uncertainty over how AI will impact the workforce and people shouldn't be "breathless" in their concerns as new technologies have historically created new jobs. PLUG PULLED: New York's decision to pause the construction of large artificial intelligence data centers is drawing criticism from some lawmakers and energy officials, who argue the move could weaken the United States' ability to compete in the global AI race while encouraging investment to move elsewhere. RARE PRAISE: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., praised the late Sen. Lindsey Graham for backing legislation that would allow victims of nonconsensual AI-generated deepfake pornography to file civil lawsuits. 'RELATIONALLY STUPID': Artificial intelligence has seeped into almost every aspect of modern life, helping users plan vacations, create workout routines and tackle countless everyday tasks. Some have resorted to using it for their love lives by asking chatbots to help them write witty responses to messages, craft dating app profiles and work out relationship issues. However, relationship experts fear that the increased use of AI in dating could lead to disastrous results. DIGITAL AXE: A group of 26 Meta employees sued the tech giant over accusations that it used AI-powered software to choose people for mass layoffs, disproportionately targeting workers with disabilities or those who took medical, parental or family leave. LOCAL LIFT: Meta is expanding its massive data center project in Richland Parish, Louisiana, to 5 gigawatts of compute capacity, making it one of the largest data centers in history, the company announced Monday. ACCOUNT CONTROL: There are few emails that make your stomach drop faster than one about "new privacy settings." That usually means a company has moved another data switch, renamed a control or tucked a new choice inside an account menu you rarely visit. Google is now rolling out one of those changes for Search services. The setting is called Search Services History. It controls whether Google saves your activity from Search services when you are signed into your Google Account. SCREEN FREE: A major university is taking aim at tech in a sweeping ban against electronic devices in an effort to "ensure students actually learn to think critically, strategically and independently without relying on AI," according to administrators. Subscribe now to get the Fox News Artificial Intelligence Newsletter in your inbox. Facebook Instagram YouTube Twitter LinkedIn Fox News First Fox News Opinion Fox News Lifestyle Fox News Health Fox Business Fox Weather Fox Sports Tubi Fox News Go Fox Nation Stay up to date on the latest AI technology advancements and learn about the challenges and opportunities AI presents now and for the future with Fox News here. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a5b43a12eaf174af85fef New bank scam laws could stop suspicious payments te 2026-07-17T16:41:39.135Z New bank scam laws could stop suspicious payments Your phone rings, and the caller says your bank account is under attack. To protect your savings, you must move the money right now. The caller sounds calm. The instructions feel official. However, the "safe account" belongs to a scammer. That pressure can turn years of savings into an irreversible transfer. Georgia now gives some banks and credit unions another chance to interrupt the payment before the money leaves. House Bill 945 took effect July 1, 2026. The law lets financial institutions pause certain transactions when they reasonably suspect financial exploitation. It protects adults age 65 or older. It also covers adults with qualifying physical or mental incapacities, Alzheimer's disease or dementia. The idea sounds simple. Yet the details matter because your bank's power may depend on your state, your account and the institution's own policy. YOUR FAMILY COULD BE ONE PHONE CALL FROM A BANK SCAM Free live CyberGuy class: Sick of Spam? Join us July 22. Join us Wednesday, July 22, at 1 PM ET for a free CyberGuy Live class that will help you cut down on robocalls, spam texts, junk email and other unwanted messages. Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson will walk you step by step through simple ways to filter spam, clean up your inbox and recognize the messages that could put your personal information at risk. No technical experience is needed. You’ll also receive our spam-stopping checklist, and every registrant will get a link to the class recording afterward. Reserve your free spot today at CyberGuyLive.com. Under Georgia's law, a financial institution may place a hold on a transaction linked to suspected exploitation. The law can cover an eligible adult's account or an account where that adult is a beneficiary. It can also reach an account belonging to someone suspected of carrying out the exploitation. That last provision gives the law extra reach. In practice, it could help when suspicious money arrives in another customer's account. The institution may have room to stop the payment from moving farther when the facts support concern. However, the law gives banks discretion. It says a financial institution may place the hold, but it does not require one. Therefore, a worried teller or fraud analyst still has to notice the warning signs and act. The law also focuses on the suspicious transaction. It does not automatically shut down every payment or withdrawal connected to the account. A Georgia hold initially expires after 15 business days. The bank may add up to 15 more business days if its review still supports the exploitation concern. A court may shorten or extend that period. The bank must notify authorized account parties and any trusted contact within three business days. It can skip someone it reasonably suspects of taking part in the exploitation. The institution must also begin reviewing the facts behind its decision. Before using this power, the institution must train the employees involved. It also needs written procedures for reviewing suspected exploitation. The law gives institutions liability protection when they act in good faith and use reasonable care. Georgia's law also allows an eligible adult to name a trusted contact for an account. That person could be a relative, friend or another adult the account owner trusts. The bank may contact that person when it suspects exploitation. It may also ask for help confirming contact information, health status or the identity of someone holding power of attorney. In some cases, the institution may share only that it suspects exploitation. A trusted contact does not automatically gain access to your balance. The role also does not grant authority to move your money or make decisions for you. Federal regulators describe the contact as a backup person whom the institution can alert when something looks wrong. Georgia is part of a much larger shift. As of today, at least 33 states have enacted laws that let banks, credit unions or other covered financial institutions delay certain transactions when they suspect financial exploitation. The FTC's most recent nationwide chart identified 24 states with these laws. However, the agency warned that its chart was only a snapshot and advised readers to check current state statutes. However, the agency warned that its chart was only a snapshot and advised readers to check current state statutes. Since that report, nine additional states have enacted protections. The states are: The laws do not give every bank the same power. Some let an institution pause a payment on its own. Others require a report to law enforcement or adult protective services. The protected age can also vary, while several states include younger adults with qualifying disabilities. Hold periods differ even more. A delay may last only a few business days in one state. Elsewhere, an investigation or court order can keep the payment on hold much longer. HOW FLORIDA RETIREE LOST $200K IN FAKE PAYPAL REFUND SCAM Here is what the newer state laws do. Colorado Colorado's HB 26-1110 created the Adults' Security and Safeguards from Exploitation in Transactions Act, known as the ASSET Act. It lets a bank or credit union delay a disbursement when it reasonably believes a vulnerable adult faces financial exploitation. The institution must notify law enforcement or adult protective services. A decision generally must be made within 90 days. That period can reach 180 days when an agency investigation remains underway. The law takes effect August 12, 2026. Georgia Georgia's HB 945 lets a financial institution place a hold on a suspicious transaction involving an eligible adult. The law also reaches accounts where the adult is a beneficiary. In some cases, it can cover an account belonging to the suspected perpetrator. The initial hold lasts up to 15 business days. A bank may extend it for another 15 business days when its review continues to support the concern. The law also includes trusted contacts, employee training and written notice requirements. Idaho Idaho enacted HB 182, known as the Report and Hold law, in 2025. It covers a broad range of financial businesses, including banks, credit unions, lenders, money transmitters and investment firms. Covered professionals may temporarily pause suspicious transactions and report suspected exploitation. The law also gives them liability protection when they act in good faith. Maine Maine's 2025 law covers adults age 65 or older and people protected by the state's Adult Protective Services Act. A bank or credit union may delay a disbursement when it reasonably believes the payment could result in exploitation. The institution must notify the Maine attorney general within two business days. The hold generally ends within 15 business days unless a court extends it. Customers may also be able to designate a trusted contact. Maryland Maryland's Vulnerable Adult Banking Protection Act covers residents age 65 or older and vulnerable adults who cannot provide for their daily needs. A financial institution may delay or deny a suspicious disbursement. An initial delay can last 15 business days. The institution or an investigating agency can extend it for up to 25 business days from the original request date. The law takes effect October 1, 2026. North Carolina North Carolina's SB 595 gives financial institutions broad authority to delay or refuse transactions involving suspected exploitation of older or disabled adults. The law covers withdrawals, transfers and some requested account changes. An initial delay can last up to 30 business days. The institution may extend it for another 30 business days if it continues to believe exploitation is occurring. Banks may also alert a trusted contact. Oklahoma Oklahoma's SB 2067 requires financial institution employees to report suspicious activity internally and notify an appropriate agency. Banks and credit unions may place a temporary hold on a reported account. They can also contact someone previously designated by the account holder. The law takes effect November 1, 2026. South Dakota South Dakota's HB 1238 lets a financial institution delay or refuse certain transactions when it reasonably believes exploitation may have occurred or is being attempted. The law protects senior and vulnerable adults. It also covers a consenting adult who asks the institution to take protective action. Vermont Vermont's Act 106 lets covered financial institutions delay a transaction when they reasonably believe a customer faces financial exploitation. The initial delay can last 15 business days. The institution may add another 15 days when it believes the exploitation may continue. Vermont approved the law on May 20, 2026. The federal Senior Safe Act encourages financial professionals to report suspected exploitation. It also offers liability protection to covered institutions and trained employees who make qualifying reports. However, the law does not create one nationwide transaction-hold rule for checking and savings accounts. Investment accounts follow a different framework. FINRA Rule 2165 lets a brokerage firm temporarily hold certain disbursements or securities transactions when it reasonably believes an eligible adult faces financial exploitation. The rule generally covers adults age 65 or older along with some younger adults who have qualifying impairments. As a result, a brokerage firm may have national regulatory authority to pause a suspicious request. A bank handling your checking account may depend more heavily on the law in your state. Most state laws give a bank permission to act rather than requiring it to block every suspicious payment. The institution still needs to recognize the warning signs and have enough information to reasonably suspect exploitation. Your protection may depend on your age, the account involved and where you live. Your bank's internal policies and employee training also play a role. Even in a state with a transaction-hold law, a payment may go through before anyone realizes a scam is underway. CyberGuy has reported on grandparent scams that use urgent calls, stolen details and AI-cloned voices. We have also covered crypto kiosk scamswhere frightened victims followed a caller's instructions while the money moved beyond easy recovery. Georgia also used HB 945 to add safeguards for virtual currency kiosks, another payment method scammers use to move money quickly. In both cases, the scammer wants to keep you isolated. They may warn you not to call your family or bank. They might claim that an employee is part of the investigation. A transaction hold attacks that pressure tactic. It adds time, which gives someone a chance to ask a basic question: Does this story make sense? Of course, no law will catch every scam. A payment can move through a different state, another financial service or a crypto wallet. Also, a bank may miss the warning signs or choose not to place a hold. THE GIFT THAT PROTECTS YOUR DAD FROM SCAMMERS An ABA Foundation survey commissioned from 158 banks offers an early view. Half of the responding banks in states with hold laws said they had used the authority to delay, refuse or hold transactions. Nearly 90% of respondents in states without such laws supported adopting them. The survey reflects the banking industry's experience rather than a nationwide independent study. Even so, it shows that banks see value in having time to investigate. That time can also create a difficult balance. Banks need enough authority to stop a devastating payment. Yet they must avoid blocking legitimate transactions based on age alone. Georgia tries to address that concern with a reasonable-cause standard. It also requires notice, employee training and an internal review. Whether the law succeeds will depend on how institutions use those tools. You should not assume your bank can reverse a scam payment. You also cannot count on it pausing every suspicious transaction. The safest approach is to put protections in place before an urgent call, text or email catches you off guard. Call your bank's fraud department and ask whether you can add a trusted contact to your account. Then ask what the bank does when an employee suspects financial exploitation. You should also find out whether your state allows the bank to delay a suspicious transaction. The answer may differ between your checking account and your brokerage account. Enable notifications for withdrawals, transfers and card purchases. Choose the lowest available dollar threshold so you hear about unusual activity quickly. Also review your bank's daily transfer and wire limits. Lower limits can make it harder for a scammer to move a large amount of money in one transaction. Choose someone who will answer quickly and question an unusual request. Make sure that person knows your bank may call if something appears wrong. A trusted contact does not automatically gain access to your money. The role gives your bank another way to reach someone you trust during a possible emergency. Choose a private word or phrase that family members can use to verify a real emergency. If someone calls claiming a loved one needs money, ask for the code word. Then hang up and contact your relative through a phone number you already have. Never call a number provided by the person demanding payment. A bank, government agency or law enforcement officer will not tell you to protect your savings by transferring them to another account. Scammers often use the phrase "safe account" to make a fraudulent transfer sound official. Do not send money through a wire transfer, cryptocurrency kiosk or payment app while someone is pressuring you to act immediately. End the conversation and call your bank using the number on the back of your card or its official website. Strong antivirus software can help detect malicious links, fake websites and downloads that scammers use to steal financial information. Keep the software updated on your phone and computer. Security software cannot stop every phone scam. However, it can block some of the digital tools criminals use before they reach your bank account. Get my picks for the best 2026 antivirus protection winners for your Windows, Mac, Android and iOS devices at CyberGuy.com. Scammers may pull your age, relatives' names, phone number and address from data broker and people-search websites. They can use those details to make a fake emergency sound convincing. A data removal service can help reduce how much personal information appears on these sites. It cannot remove every record from the internet, but it can make it harder for criminals to build a detailed profile around you or your family. Check out my top picks for data removal services and get a free scan to find out if your personal information is already out on the web by visiting CyberGuy.com. Call your bank's fraud department as soon as you suspect a scam. Ask the institution to stop, recall or flag the transaction. Change your online banking password from a trusted device and review recent account activity. If you shared login details, ask the bank whether it should lock online access or issue new account numbers. Next, report the incident to local law enforcement and the appropriate fraud agency. For suspected elder financial abuse, you can also contact Adult Protective Services in your state. Georgia's new law gives financial institutions explicit authority to pause certain transactions when they suspect financial exploitation. However, the hold remains optional, and the protection applies only in qualifying situations. The issue reaches far beyond Georgia. At least 33 states have enacted some form of transaction-hold authority for banks or credit unions, although several newer laws have later effective dates. The protections still vary, so your state and financial institution can shape what happens during the most urgent minutes of a scam. Add a trusted contact where available. Talk with your family about how to verify an emergency and learn how your bank handles suspicious payments. A five-minute conversation today could create the pause that saves someone's life savings later. Should a bank have the power to delay your payment when it believes a scammer is directing you, even if you insist the transfer is legitimate? Let us know by writing to us at CyberGuy.com. Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Report Copyright 2026 CyberGuy.com. All rights reserved. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a5b2fa12eaf174af85fe6 Morgan Wallen and Ella Langley hold the top two album spots in America for first half of 2026 te 2026-07-17T16:41:19.678Z Morgan Wallen and Ella Langley hold the top two album spots in America for first half of 2026 Morgan Wallen and Ella Langley continue to torch the competition. The two country music stars, who tour together, are almost certainly the two most recognizable faces in the genre at this point. I'm not sure what argument could be made for anyone else, but I'm sure some will try. What's undeniable is the run they've been on. COUNTRY SUPERSTAR ELLA LANGLEY PULLS OFF INCREDIBLE CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENT ON THE MUSIC CHARTS Langley dominates the awards and Wallen sells out stadiums wherever he tours. Now, they're also dominating album sales. Billboard reported this week that Wallen's "I’m the Problem" and Langley's "Dandelion" are the top two albums in America for the first half of 2026, according to Luminate data. "I'm the Problem" is number one with 2.035 million album units and Langley's "Dandelion" is number two with 1.638 million units. Luminate defines an album unit as "one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 2,500 ad-supported on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album, or 1,000 paid/subscription on-demand official and audio streams generated by songs from an album," according to the same report. Bad Bunny, who did the Super Bowl halftime show this year, is third with "DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS" at 1.543 million units. Seems like my argument Morgan Wallen should actually do the halftime show has some serious merits to it. COUNTRY MUSIC SENSATIONS TEAM UP FOR NEW SONG, SET INTERNET ON FIRE: WATCH The success of Langley and Wallen shouldn't surprise anyone. They're both mega-stars who make the most popular music in country music. Seeing them at the top of the album rankings is great news for country music fans. It goes to show that country music continues to experience a revival and is absolutely booming. Now, fans wait to see what the two cook up next. I have no doubt it will be epic. Let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a5b1ca12eaf174af85fd4 Dean Cain says Hollywood's woke era is ending: 'We'll look back and say that was stupid' te 2026-07-17T16:41:00.227Z Dean Cain says Hollywood's woke era is ending: 'We'll look back and say that was stupid' Over 30 years later, Dean Cain still believes that Superman's values epitomize the American experience. As the star of the hit ABC series "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman," Cain brought the superhero to life for millions of Americans. But he almost ended up in Hollywood by accident. He originally planned to play professional football and was signed by the Buffalo Bills in 1988, but a devastating knee injury ended his NFL career before the regular season. Over the past decade, Cain has emerged as an outspoken conservative, and has not shied away from criticizing Hollywood and going against the grain in the entertainment business. DEAN CAIN DEFENDS JOINING ICE AFTER LEFTISTS 'SHRIEKED' TO DEFUND POLICE "We're the most giving, most compassionate nation in the history of mankind. And so, for me, it is truth, justice and the American Way, and I believe in the American Way. We're not perfect, we are always striving for a more perfect union, but I love this country," Cain told Fox News Digital. "There's no place like the United States of America. And so I'm 100% in on keeping this republic, as Benjamin Franklin said, ‘a republic if you can keep it.’ And we've had some ups and downs as of late. I'm very happy with the current administration, and I think we're headed in the right direction." Cain argues that Hollywood is on the ropes and its woke chickens have come home to roost. "Well, Hollywood's kind of died … I mean, when I first started … there were three networks back then. My dad was a film director, so I knew everything about the business being around him. He said, ‘You can be an actor in television or you can be an actor in film’ … you had to pick one. That's changed.  "Then there was a time where you had to be a television actor to become a film actor. George Clooney. Johnny Depp. And then it was make a sex tape and you get a shot to make a movie. That was the Kardashian thing." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "But it's changed in that it has become very woke in that sense. It's hurt the box office. Hollywood's dying. I left Hollywood three years ago. Nobody lives in California anymore. Everybody leaves. The last movie I shot in California, I wrote, produced, and directed, and I shot it in California.  "I just shot a movie in Alabama, I just got back from a movie in Texas. You know, it's everywhere else. Hollywood's behind the curve. And the ability to make these smaller independent films has been wonderful." He continued, "And all these different platforms to put things on, it's always changing, it's always evolving. Right now, I like the direction it's in, because I think we're coming out of the woke epic, if you will. And we'll look back at this time and go, that was stupid. I hope we do." Cain argues that it is Superman's small-town American values that make him a meaningful character. "At the time, he was supposed to be the best part of America. He was hope. He was raised by a small-town couple with small-town American values, and that's why he was the most moral guy on the planet.  "There's other versions of Superman where he was raised in Soviet Russia, and became this horrible, awful thing. And there's other versions that have him as sort of a Jesus figure. I like the idea of him being raised with small-town American values because I happen to think they're the best." Cain put his money where his mouth is when it comes to Hollywood, recently relocating to the Silver State. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER "So the reason I left California was politics. It was the horrible regulations, the onerous taxes, it was insane. California … I could see it going off a cliff. Nevada, my parents had moved here two and a half years before I did, and they were loving it. They were having a great time, they weren't paying state income taxes, prices for everything were so much lower. I was like, man, this seems great." He explained, "It's the entertainment capital of the world, there's sports, there are concerts, there is everything in the world here. I love it. And there's a film industry here as well." Now that Cain has found a new home, his career may be pulling him in an entirely different direction. "I got a chance to meet with Governor Lombardo. I think he's done a fantastic job here. I have been asked to run for Senate here. I've been asked for governor here. If I think I can make Nevada better, perhaps I'll do it, but I don't want to be a politician, which is the exact thing that would make me or somebody like [Nevada third Congressional district nominee] Marty O'Donnell run for politics.  "We were supposed to be citizen politicians, not career politicians, and so if I thought I could come in, do some good for this state of Nevada and for this country, I would do it and get out." He added, "If I feel like I can help people, I think that should be the metric for why people get into politics. Unfortunately, I think they get into politics for power, for money, and for prestige. I don't need any of those things." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a5af4a12eaf174af85fa7 Erika Barnes has seen college sports. Now she wants to fix it. te 2026-07-17T16:40:20.806Z Erika Barnes has seen college sports. Now she wants to fix it. 💡 This story was first published in The Undercovered, a Substack newsletter by former Arizona Daily Star reporter PJ Brown covering untold stories in women's college, professional and Olympic sports. Erika Barnes has seen the landscape of college sports from nearly all sides. She was a student-athlete at the University of Arizona, who played first base as Wildcats softball won the 2001 national championship. She worked her way up as an administrator at her alma mater, becoming the executive senior associate director of athletics. She was also the senior woman administrator at Arizona and served as interim athletic director. Along the way, she did marketing and fund raising, served on numerous Pac-12 task forces and was a member of the NCAA Softball Selection Committee. And now, she is the founder of a consulting firm, EB7 Advisory Group, helping universities navigate the new landscape of college sports. Barnes' perspective is one of a kind. Few people have seen college sports from as many vantage points: as a player on a national championship team, and as the leader of an entire athletic department. That range is what positions her to understand the complexities of college sports: where the system has been, where it stands now, and what it will take to fix what has gone sideways. When everything started seemed to turn upside down and get “too chaotic” as Barnes put it, she decided she wanted to be part of a solution. “I believe passionately in college athletic space,” Barnes said. “I love that sports still bring people together. It’s such a fabric of our country, and so if I can make an impact now in a broader way, it’s made me happy. But I do miss being on campus with student-athletes though, seeing them every day.” To understand why she felt the need to step in, it helps to understand how she got here. All of the major and seemingly minor changes are linked. In the simplest explanation: it’s the freedom of movement and money. The transfer portal now allows athletes to move freely between schools every year without sitting out a season, effectively creating free agency in college sports. Athletes transfer for many reasons, but the biggest is money. Under the 2025 House settlement, schools can now pay athletes directly, up to $20.5 million annually, a cap that will continue to rise in the years ahead. Erika Barnes poses with the University of Arizona softball team on Alumni Day in 2025. Courtesy of Erika Barnes. On top of that, Congress has gotten involved this summer, working on a bill called the Protect College Sports Act, the latest attempt to bring order to a system that's been changing faster than anyone can keep up with. Barnes said there are two things everyone seems to agree on: agent regulation and preemption of name, image and likeness (NIL) laws. While that won't fix everything, it's a step in the right direction. The piece related to NIL is basically having a consistent federal law. When NIL went into place, the NCAA wasn’t prepared with guidelines and states passed their own laws, which has caused issues. “I think what will help women’s sports and Olympic sports, beyond just the revenue sports, too, is having the agent regulation piece,” Barnes said. “You’re hearing stories that agents are charging up to 20-25% of a contact, where in pro sports it’s 3 to 5%. Having more transparency, I think can help slow down the transfer portal a little bit because they’re being less encouraged to go get a new contract every year. I think this is part of the problem. You think a student happy is happy and content where they are, and then they might be getting outside pressure. If we can at least limit that piece, this is going to slow the train down right now, because at some point some market is going to have to correct itself.” Barnes looks back at the 2015 Deregulation as a pivotal point in college sports. This one doesn’t get talked about much, but it actually was the tip of the iceberg. This lifted restrictions for the then-Power 5 conferences and gave athletes unlimited meals, guaranteed four-year scholarships, moving away from year to year, and allowed schools to provide stipends to cover the gap between scholarships and the actual cost of living. When Barnes was in college, if her team played a doubleheader, they would get one granola bar in between games. Now, it’s unlimited snacks from recovery shakes to fruit roll ups and everything in between that is on the sideline of practice and in the locker room at all times. Without new revenue sources, this placed more financial pressure on athletic departments. Everything else that has happened since has just added to this. Next, was conference realignment with Texas and Oklahoma moving from the Big 12 to the SEC, plus USC and UCLA going from the Pac-12 to the Big Ten. It started the migration of eight other teams leaving the Pac-12. This turned into losses in revenues for some leagues, as well as schools who took a smaller share to join their new conferences. Those are all big hits, adding in the transfer portal and now paying athletes, in a seemingly short amount of time. “I do think we are at a point where we need to look at the way we do business,” Barnes said. Erika Barnes’ children, Tillie and Blake, point to a billboard that supporters put up in Tucson after she left her job at her alma mater, University of Arizona. Courtesy of Erika Barnes And that is looking at everything including finding ways to be more efficient. She is a proponent of customizing models for each school by utilizing their own resources. It would be a hybrid model, “taking advantage of technology and AI, and again, the social media platforms for the student athletes, and the TV exposure, and those things.” “I think we need to think beyond just the traditional way that we’ve done it for a century, because we’re part of an institution,” Barnes said. “It doesn’t mean we have to do drastic measures, but are there some business solutions that we can rely on, or each school can rely on their alumni experience, or their school’s strengths of research and technology? Every school is going to have their own kind of space. Can we take advantage of that in commercializing some of the athletic department? Barnes said the key is approaching college athletics more like a business, since generating additional revenue through creative solutions is what will ultimately sustain women's and Olympic sports. The Bonus Last month, as stipulations were added to and removed from the Protect College Sports Act, one proposal under consideration would have required athletic departments spending $80 million or more to freeze roster spots at 2024-25 levels. Barnes was concerned with this addition as she said that schools are exploring ways to add opportunities and increase scholarships in women’s sports, but it all comes back to funding. “If we put some baseline, like numbers to it right now, I’m afraid that that will stifle that look to expand in good faith,” Barnes said. “I think you just hear the headlines about, ‘Oh, they’re going to cut these sports,’ but really, they’re looking at opportunities for Olympic sports while we’re trying to figure out the funding model. " Barnes is deeply familiar with adding an Olympic women’s sport. She was part of the team that added women’s Triathlon at Arizona in 2023. The squad has gone on to win back-to-back national championships in its second and third years in existence. "Flag football is a great example. It’s going to explode. It’s going to be in the (Los Angeles) 2028 Olympics," Barnes said. "It’s really good for girls; lower injuries rates, and when you’re looking at Title IX and you want to look at being equitable, quality equipment, facilities, trainers (and) coaches, you’ll get that because you’ll have a shared space with football.” PJ Brown is the founder of The Undercovered, a Substack newsletter covering untold stories in women's college, professional and Olympic sports. Find more of her work at theundercovered.substack.com. Tucson Spotlight is a community-based newsroom that provides paid opportunities for students and rising journalists in Southern Arizona. Please consider supporting our work with a tax-deductible donation. Donate to Tucson Spotlight Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a58d7a12eaf174af85f74 Democrat scrambles to meet Angel Mom after she blasts lawmakers to their faces for ignoring families’ pleas te 2026-07-17T16:31:19.503Z Democrat scrambles to meet Angel Mom after she blasts lawmakers to their faces for ignoring families’ pleas Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., offered to promptly meet with an Angel Mom after she said during the second day of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing that she and other Angel Parents have been "completely ignored" in their push for immigration reform. "Miss Bos, anxious to meet with you," Durbin said. "I hope we can do it soon, maybe right after this." Jennifer Bos, whose daughter’s body was found in a bleach-filled container in a case in which an illegal immigrant was charged with concealing her death, appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of Blanche’s nomination, underscoring the Trump administration’s focus on violent crime and immigration enforcement. Bos is among the Angel Families — relatives of people killed or harmed in crimes involving illegal immigrants — who have pushed lawmakers for stricter immigration enforcement. EXCLUSIVE: DHS HONORS ANGEL FAMILIES DURING NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS WEEK, CALLS CRIMES 'COMPLETELY PREVENTABLE' Durbin's offer to meet with Bos, one of his constituents, came as Bos revealed during an exchange with Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., that it was very difficult for Angel Moms to meet with their lawmakers. "This is the first time I've ever spoken with him," Bos said. "I haven't spoken with them. He spoke to me." "Well, I hope—and I'm sure that—I hope I heard the ranking member yesterday talked about the need for the attorney general to meet with victims, which I support," Britt said in response. "And I certainly am hopeful that he will, and others, will meet with you." Bos went on to say that several pieces of legislation introduced last session have been ignored by Democratic officials. "And there hasn't been any way to really get in and talk to anybody, especially those who are opposed to those legislations for whatever reason," said Bos. At the end of the hearing, Durbin addressed Bos for a second time, offering to meet with her immediately after the hearing ended. "I didn't know it was a hardship for you to make this journey here, testify, from Illinois," Durbin continued in his remarks to Bos, offering to meet her. "And I don't want you to have to wait to see me. I want to meet with you now, and we can talk as soon as this meeting adjourns, if it's okay with you, if it fits in your schedule." TODD BLANCHE 'HONORED AND HUMBLED' BY TRUMP'S AG NOMINATION AFTER EXPLOSIVE WEEK OF FEDERAL ARRESTS Bos told senators during the second day of Blanche's confirmation hearing about the "unbearable agony" her family endured after her daughter, Megan Bos, was found partially decomposed inside of a garbage can in April 2025, following a 51-day search. The Lake County Coroner's Office ruled Bos' cause of death "undetermined," saying the autopsy could not determine how she died or whether her death was a homicide or drug-related. TODD BLANCHE EARNS ATTORNEY GENERAL BID ENDORSEMENT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT ALLIANCE AHEAD OF CONFIRMATION Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez, an illegal immigrant from Mexico charged in the case, was initially released from local custody after an Illinois judge determined the state charges against him — including two counts of concealment of a death, abuse of a corpse and obstruction of justice — did not qualify for pretrial detention under state law. ICE then arrested Mendoza-Gonzalez in Chicago in July 2025, after federal authorities said he was in the country illegally. Bos praised Blanche for stepping in after local officials failed to secure justice. "I'm asking the committee not to wait until another mother is sitting where I am," Bos said during her opening remarks. "Confirm Todd Blanche. He is a leader who will uphold the law, honor victims, confront dangerous criminal organizations, and fight to give other American families the safety and lasting protection that came too late for mine." Mendoza-Gonzalez remains in federal immigration custody after being arrested by ICE in July 2025. He was arrested on charges related to his immigration status. He also faces state charges stemming from Bos' death. Fox News Digital reached out to Durbin’s office for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a58c4a12eaf174af85f6b Tony Dokoupil clashes with Mark Warner after the senator ripped CBS for airing Trump speech ‘as news’ te 2026-07-17T16:31:00.051Z Tony Dokoupil clashes with Mark Warner after the senator ripped CBS for airing Trump speech ‘as news’ CBS News anchor Tony Dokoupil clashed with Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., during a live special report Thursday night after President Donald Trump's White House address, as Warner accused the network of presenting disputed election claims without enough pushback. "I was embarrassed that the President of the United States went before our whole country, and networks like yours carried this as news, as opposed to a rehash of falsehoods," Warner said. "And it is incumbent upon you and any responsible journalist to push back on these falsehoods." Dokoupil attempted to interject, but Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, continued and appeared to refer to the November midterms. ABC, NBC, CNN AVOID AIRING TRUMP'S PRIMETIME ELECTION SECURITY ADDRESS LIVE "He’s going to lose a free and fair election," Warner said. After Warner finished, Dokoupil pushed back, arguing CBS had brought the Virginia Democrat on specifically to scrutinize the president's assertions and had provided fact-checking and analysis throughout its coverage. "You are calling for context and analysis and pushback," Dokoupil said. "You are on the show right now giving it, and acting as though it’s not happening." 'SHADOW GOVERNMENT': TRUMP CLAIMS INTEL COMMUNITY BRAGGED ABOUT HIDING CHINESE MEDDLING Trump opened his roughly 25-minute address by touting the economy, border security and prescription drug prices before turning to elections. He announced the release of the previously classified intelligence that he argued exposed weaknesses in election infrastructure. "Tonight, I’m announcing the immediate declassification and release of critical intelligence revealing shocking vulnerabilities in our election infrastructure," Trump said. The White House posted materials on China's acquisition of American voter data, electronic voting systems, a Michigan voter-registration investigation and non-citizens on state voter rolls. Trump alleged China acquired 220 million U.S. voter files beginning during the 2020 election cycle. TRUMP RELEASES DECLASSIFIED ELECTION INTELLIGENCE, SAYS IT REVEALS 'SHOCKING VULNERABILITIES' "First, they show that over a period of years, starting during the 2020 election cycle, the People’s Republic of China carried out what is believed to be the largest compromise of election data in history," he said. CBS later published a fact check characterizing the claim as misleading, noting much voter information is public and citing a 2020 CISA-FBI bulletin that said acquiring voter-registration data did not affect voting or election results. The network also challenged Trump’s allegations about voting machines, non-citizens and mail ballots. Trump used the disclosures to urge Congress to pass the SAVE America Act, which he said would require photo identification and proof of citizenship for federal elections and sharply restrict mail voting. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE "Most importantly, addressing this crisis of election security demands that Congress must pass the Save America Act," Trump said. Fox News Digital reported the measure passed the House in February but stalled in the Senate in March when a 53-47 vote fell short of the 60 votes required to advance it. Warner closed by again challenging journalists to reject claims he described as disconnected from the truth. "If we don’t step up and you guys as journalists and people across the political aisle stand up and say, our election integrity is too important to mess around with, then shame on all of us," he said. Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment, but did not immediately receive a response. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a589da12eaf174af85f51 Deadly Texas Floods Ebb, but Danger Remains: ‘You Could Hear the Water’ te 2026-07-17T16:30:21.141Z Deadly Texas Floods Ebb, but Danger Remains: ‘You Could Hear the Water’ At least two people died as waters rose rapidly across the Texas Hill Country, the same area of the state that saw catastrophic flooding last year. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a5658a12eaf174af85ed7 Parents want safer phones for kids. These companies are answering the call. te 2026-07-17T16:20:40.527Z Parents want safer phones for kids. These companies are answering the call. As parents look for alternatives to unrestricted smartphones, a growing number of companies are building phones designed specifically for kids, from feature-limited mobile devices to minimalist home phones. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a5644a12eaf174af85ece FBI arrests man accused of using Steam games to drain victims’ crypto wallets te 2026-07-17T16:20:20.568Z FBI arrests man accused of using Steam games to drain victims’ crypto wallets Prosecutors accused 21-year-old student Zyaire Wilkins of publishing on Steam several fake video games that contained malware, infecting thousands of victims, and stealing crypto from some of them. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a5414a12eaf174af85e8f Convicted gun felon awaiting sentencing earned spot at Rikers World Cup watch party with Mamdani te 2026-07-17T16:11:00.541Z Convicted gun felon awaiting sentencing earned spot at Rikers World Cup watch party with Mamdani A Rikers Island inmate convicted by a jury on felony gun charges was among those rewarded with a FIFA World Cup watch party attended by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, court records reviewed by Fox News Digital show. Thomas McCoy, 52, of Brooklyn, was among the inmates interviewed during Wednesday's England-Argentina semifinal watch party, telling The Associated Press he had been incarcerated for 21 months and that it was the first time in a long while he had enjoyed "real food." Queens County court records reviewed by Fox News Digital show McCoy was found guilty in May of two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a loaded firearm, as well as misdemeanor counts of criminal use of drug paraphernalia and criminal possession of a controlled substance. MAMDANI SPARKS FIERCE BACKLASH FOR WORLD CUP STUNT 'PALLING AROUND' WITH RIKERS ISLAND CONVICTS He was remanded without bail following the verdict and is scheduled to be sentenced July 22. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST The World Cup watch party was one of roughly 90 held at Rikers during the tournament. According to the mayor's office, about 4,500 of the jail's roughly 6,600 inmates participated as a reward for good behavior. More than 100 inmates attended Wednesday's England-Argentina semifinal viewing, where Mamdani greeted inmates and spoke with attendees. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X Video showed Mamdani greeting inmates and speaking with attendees during the watch party. SEND US A TIP? During the visit, the mayor said those incarcerated remain "New Yorkers" and emphasized the importance of recognizing their humanity. Another inmate interviewed by The Associated Press, Ralph Veal, is awaiting trial in Manhattan after pleading not guilty to multiple felony counts of third-degree grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE In a news release recapping the city's World Cup initiatives, the Mayor's Office highlighted the Rikers watch parties alongside free fan festivals, discounted tickets, neighborhood watch parties and other tournament programming for New Yorkers. "These are New Yorkers, and they will be New Yorkers when they get out of Rikers," the mayor said. Correction Commissioner Stanley Richards defended the programming, saying, "Programs like this equal safety in our jail." SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS Earlier this year, Mamdani appointed former Rikers inmate Stanley Richards as correction commissioner after pledging to overhaul the city's troubled jail system. The appointment came as Rikers remained under federal oversight after a judge appointed an independent remediation manager to oversee reforms amid years of violence, staffing shortages and findings that city officials had failed to correct unconstitutional conditions inside the jail. Fox News Digital has submitted public records requests seeking the identities of inmates selected for the World Cup watch parties, the criteria used to determine eligibility and whether inmates charged with or convicted of violent felonies participated. Fox News Digital also asked the Mayor's Office whether Mamdani was briefed on the criminal histories of the inmates who attended before his visit. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a53eca12eaf174af85e64 Candidatos al concejo de Marana opinan sobre centros de datos y detención te 2026-07-17T16:10:20.616Z Candidatos al concejo de Marana opinan sobre centros de datos y detención Leer en inglés Siete candidatos aspiran a ocupar cuatro escaños en el Concejo Municipal de Marana, mientras que dos compiten por el mandato de dos años de la alcaldía, en unas primarias donde los candidatos que obtienen la mayoría son elegidos directamente. El alcalde Jon Post fue designado para el cargo tras el fallecimiento, en noviembre de 2024, del veterano alcalde Ed Honea, y ahora busca su primer mandato completo. Su oponente es Greg Johnsen, residente de mucho tiempo en la localidad. Los concejales en funciones Herb Kai, John Officer y Teri Murphy buscan la reelección y se enfrentan a los nuevos aspirantes Susan Ritz, Jackie McGuire y Julie Prince. Jackie Craig, quien formó parte del concejo anteriormente pero decidió no buscar la reelección hace dos años, se postula como candidata por escrito en esta contienda no partidista. Ritz, Prince, McGuire y Johnsen hacen campaña en grupo bajo el nombre "Marana for the People" (Marana para la gente). Dados los recientes debates sobre la economía y la inmigración en Marana, los nuevos miembros del concejo tendrán una amplia agenda de temas que abordar, incluida la construcción de un nuevo centro de datos en la zona, proyecto que ha suscitado discusiones sobre normativas relativas al uso del agua, la electricidad y la contaminación acústica. El Foco de Tucson preguntó a los nueve candidatos sobre sus posturas respecto al desarrollo económico del municipio, la inmigración y la construcción de centros de datos. Post, Johnsen, Kai, Officer y Murphy no respondieron. Sue Ritz Ritz, veterana militar, reside en Marana desde 2007. Como ingeniera con décadas de experiencia en gestión de proyectos y presupuestos, su objetivo es priorizar a la comunidad y tomar decisiones basadas en datos. A principios de este año, el concejo aprobó un cambio de zonificación para un centro de datos, argumentando que generará empleos e impulsará el crecimiento económico. Ritz, quien trabajó en la industria minera, teme que los centros de datos introduzcan productos químicos, incluidos los PFAS, un grupo de más de 10,000 sustancias químicas sintéticas utilizadas desde la década de 1940 para fabricar productos resistentes al agua, la grasa y el calor. Greg Johnson, Julie Prince, Susan Ritz y Jackie McGuire se postulan como una lista conjunta bajo el nombre de "Marana for the People" (Marana para la gente). Cortesía de Marana for the People. El municipio ya está contaminado con PFAS, lo que supone un costo de millones de dólares para los residentes en tareas de limpieza. "Reforzar la ordenanza para exigir que los centros de datos y las instalaciones auxiliares se construyan dentro de sistemas de contención, establecer sanciones económicas por infracciones de las normas de calidad del aire, ruido o agua, y requerir una fianza de cierre y un plan para el final de la vida útil de la instalación; todo ello para proteger a nuestra comunidad y garantizar que el terreno donde se ubique el centro de datos pueda recuperarse para un uso posterior," declaró Ritz al Foco. A medida que Marana sigue creciendo, el concejo municipal deberá tomar decisiones sobre el rumbo que tomarán el desarrollo económico y el turismo en los próximos años. Ritz también apoya el desarrollo del aeropuerto de Marana "como instalación de carga complementaria y centro regional para recibir aviones pequeños o aeronaves de hélice." El aeropuerto se encuentra cerca de varios puntos de interés, incluido el Parque Nacional Saguaro; Ritz considera que esto podría impulsar el turismo y generar empleos. Recientemente, el gobierno federal contrató una antigua prisión de Marana para utilizarla como centro de detención del ICE, un tema sobre el cual es probable que los candidatos reciban presiones para pronunciarse. Ritz afirmó que Marana no debería tener que lidiar con las consecuencias de albergar un centro de detención y sostuvo que la falta de acción del actual concejo para cambiar la zonificación de la antigua prisión ha dejado a los residentes cargando con las repercusiones económicas, legales y morales. No obstante, Ritz expresó su confianza en la capacidad de las fuerzas del orden locales para gestionar cualquier situación derivada de la presencia de dichas instalaciones. "Los residentes de Marana deben saber que su Departamento de Policía está preparado para lo inesperado," señaló Ritz. "Los servicios de emergencia cuentan con la capacitación necesaria para responder adecuadamente a los llamados relacionados con el ICE." Aunque el proyecto del centro de detención avanza pese a la preocupación de los vecinos, Ritz cree que aún es posible tomar medidas para evitar la construcción de instalaciones similares en el futuro. "Marana no necesita la atención que atraen los centros de detención," afirmó Ritz, añadiendo que el concejo debe crear nuevas normas de zonificación y modificar los almacenes existentes según sea necesario para impedir la construcción de futuras prisiones o centros de detención. Julie Prince Prince, experiodista, ha vivido en Marana durante más de 20 años. Considera que el municipio puede crecer de manera responsable equilibrando el desarrollo residencial y el comercial. Anteriormente cubrió información sobre el gobierno local, experiencia que, según afirma, le brindó una comprensión integral del funcionamiento de los municipios y su impacto en la comunidad. Prince señaló que abordará las futuras conversaciones centrándose en "dar mayor firmeza y especificidad a la ordenanza municipal vigente que regula los centros de datos". De resultar elegida, Prince propondrá agilizar y fomentar un proceso de apoyo para que los residentes locales inicien sus propios negocios. También desea ampliar el circuito "Chuck Huckleberry Loop" y conectarlo con el tramo del circuito situado en Ina Road. "Esto impulsaría tanto el turismo como el desarrollo económico al crear una ruta completa adicional para paseos o carreras ciclistas organizadas, así como para el disfrute general de todo el circuito, que abarca más de 139 millas," afirmó Prince. Respecto al centro de detención del ICE, Prince indicó que incluirá debates sobre dichas instalaciones en la agenda de las reuniones del concejo, al tiempo que cumple con sus juramentos de respetar la Constitución de los Estados Unidos, la Constitución de Arizona y el Código Municipal de Marana. "(Yo) redactaría y presentaría una resolución para que el concejo y el alcalde expresen su oposición a la presencia de tales instalaciones dentro de los límites del municipio," declaró Prince. Asimismo, mencionó que el concejo organizaría "reuniones públicas para que los residentes puedan expresar sus opiniones y recibir información." Jackie Craig Craig es originaria de Tucson y se mudó a Marana en 2013 tras jubilarse del Servicio Exterior de los Estados Unidos. Formó parte del Concejo Municipal de Marana a partir de 2020, completando un mandato de cuatro años antes de decidir no buscar la reelección. Aboga por el personal y la gobernanza municipal, la preservación de los recursos y un crecimiento equilibrado, frente a una expansión impulsada principalmente por los desarrolladores inmobiliarios. Craig señaló que existían razones de peso por las que el concejo aprobó la rezonificación inicial para el centro de datos, y afirmó comprender algunas de las decisiones tomadas por el concejo actual. En cuanto a su postura personal sobre los centros de datos, ha optado por una actitud de cautela y espera. Craig reconoce que el crecimiento puede resultar inquietante para los residentes de larga data que han disfrutado de la calidad de vida de Marana; sin embargo, defiende un crecimiento inteligente centrado en preservar la belleza natural, diversificar las opciones de vivienda y conectar a los residentes con empleos, tiendas de comestibles y escuelas. Esto convertiría a Marana en un lugar donde "la gente pueda vivir, trabajar y hacer sus compras, todo dentro de la misma comunidad". En los últimos meses han ido apareciendo carteles de campaña de los diversos candidatos a la alcaldía y al concejo municipal de Marana en varias intersecciones. Diana Ramos / El Foco de Tucson. Craig afirmó que los miembros del concejo deben respetar la ley y a las autoridades en lo referente a cuestiones migratorias, incluida la zonificación de un centro de detención del ICE. "Me opongo a los centros de detención del ICE tal como se administran actualmente, ya que no garantizan el debido proceso de manera oportuna", declaró Craig. "Eso va en contra de los valores estadounidenses." Señaló que el concejo podría protestar contra el posible centro, pero que cualquier declaración del municipio en contra del contrato federal resultaría, en última instancia, inútil. Jackie McGuire McGuire decidió postularse después de que el concejo aprobara la rezonificación para el centro de datos y encabezó una iniciativa para someter el proyecto a votación popular. "Mi objeción no es hacia la tecnología. Mi objeción es hacia un proceso que aprobó una instalación de hiperescala sin ofrecer respuestas transparentes sobre el consumo de agua, la demanda de energía, los productos químicos de refrigeración o las consecuencias para los usuarios cuando esas demandas afecten a nuestra red eléctrica," dijo McGuire. McGuire declaró al Foco que la ordenanza municipal sobre centros de datos requiere modificaciones para incluir mayores salvaguardas en el uso del agua, restricciones en el uso de generadores, la divulgación obligatoria de los productos químicos de refrigeración y garantías financieras para proteger al municipio en caso de que un proyecto fracase. "El agua es el factor limitante que debería guiar todas las decisiones sobre el uso del suelo en Marana. Pagamos el precio por una contaminación con PFAS que no provocamos, y nuestras tarifas aumentaron para financiar la limpieza," afirmó McGuire. "No votaré a favor de ningún proyecto, ya sea un centro de datos o de otro tipo, que ponga en riesgo nuestro suministro de agua a cambio de ingresos fiscales a corto plazo". McGuire apoya un desarrollo económico que busque activamente empleadores que paguen un salario digno y fomente alianzas con instituciones educativas para formar una fuerza laboral cualificada; asimismo, prioriza a las empresas de propiedad local frente a las cadenas de fuera del estado. Desea continuar con el desarrollo del aeropuerto de Marana como centro regional para la aviación general, lo que, a su juicio, generará empleos duraderos y beneficiará a los hoteles y restaurantes de la zona. "En cuanto al turismo, nuestro desierto es nuestro mayor activo," señaló McGuire, explicando su visión de ampliar la red de ciclovías y promocionar Marana como destino de actividades al aire libre para aumentar los ingresos locales. McGuire no apoya la instalación de un centro de detención en Marana y afirmó que "utilizaría todos los mecanismos legales disponibles para abordar esta cuestión." Ella afirmó que abordaría la cuestión coordinándose con el condado y revisando la normativa de zonificación vigente. "Las decisiones proactivas sobre el uso del suelo son la forma en que el gobierno local evita estas situaciones desde un principio," señaló McGuire. Afirmó que el concejo debería haber "revocado la zonificación para cualquier tipo de prisión en ese lugar," explicando que la inacción del concejo provocó que los residentes tuvieran que afrontar las consecuencias. 💡 Las elecciones primarias se celebrarán el 21 de julio. La votación anticipada comenzó el 24 de junio y la fecha límite para el voto por correo fué el 14 de julio. Los votantes del condado de Pima pueden registrarse, verificar su registro o solicitar una boleta por correo en recorder.pima.gov. Diana Ramos es egresada de la Universidad de Arizona y reportera del Foco de Tucson. Puede contactarla en diana@tucsonspotlight.org. Zaida Josephene-White es estudiante de la escuela secundaria Sahuaro y pasante en El Foco de Tucson. Esta nota fue traducida por el equipo bilingüe de El Foco de Tucson. El Foco de Tucson es una sala de prensa comunitaria que ofrece oportunidades remuneradas a estudiantes y periodistas emergentes del sur de Arizona. Por favor, considera apoyar nuestro trabajo con una donación deducible de impuestos. Donar a El Foco Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a51bfa12eaf174af85e1c Socialist-backed Dem who ripped the wealthy cracks state’s top 1%, tax returns show te 2026-07-17T16:01:03.147Z Socialist-backed Dem who ripped the wealthy cracks state’s top 1%, tax returns show Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who has been intensely critical of the wealthy while on the campaign trail, makes enough money to put him and his wife in the top 1% of households in his state. El-Sayed and his wife collectively earned $686,069 in 2025, according to recently released tax returns. To make it into the top 1% of earners in Michigan, households need to bring in just over $611,500, according to IRS data analyzed by Axios. "For people who have accumulated so much wealth that your money makes money, at some point, we’re like, ‘well we can’t possibly tax them,’" El-Sayed said at an August 2025 campaign event. "If I told you how much wealth is held by the 300,000 most wealthy Americans in this country, it would blow your mind … so if we put a tax on wealth it would return a lot of that money back into public use." DEM SENATE HOPEFUL ABDUL EL-SAYED RECOUNTS SMASHING VODKA BOTTLE AFTER BEARD CRITICISM The released return also lists $262,299 in capital gains, even as El-Sayed has criticized extreme wealth by arguing that some Americans have so much money that their "money makes money." The Senate hopeful, who reported owning two rental properties worth $750,000 in 2025, has also been critical of "greedy landlords." El-Sayed, however, has reserved most of his criticism for billionaires, a category that does not encompass his own level of wealth. "So a lot of folks are like, ‘well, Abdul, you know, you just don’t want people to get rich.’ No! I don’t begrudge anyone their millions," El-Sayed said at a campaign event. "But I do begrudge everyone their billions." BILL MAHER CALLS OUT BERNIE SANDERS, SAYS HE'S TIRED OF HEARING THE RICH DON'T PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE OF TAXES Some of El-Sayed’s biggest supporters in Congress, however, have been directly critical of the 1% that El-Sayed is a part of. Sanders, a self-described socialist who endorsed El-Sayed on the same day he launched his campaign for Michigan’s Senate seat, has long railed against "the 1%" as a malign influence on American politics. The Vermont senator also endorsed El-Sayed’s 2018 bid for Michigan governor. "Extreme wealth is an existential threat to our economy and our democracy and it demands a crisis-level response," his campaign website reads. "Abdul supports taxing billionaire wealth akin to policies proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Ro Khanna, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren and will champion proposals that will reduce the wealth and power of the ultra-rich and return it to working people." DEM SENATE HOPEFUL'S PINK-GLOVED MELTDOWN RESURFACES AFTER VIRAL PEP TALK IGNITED MOCKERY A portion of El-Sayed’s household income comes from his wife’s psychiatry practice, which attracted criticism after a webpage belonging to the practice reportedly claimed that it did not accept insurance. His reported household income is far higher than the $237,000 in gross income disclosed during his 2018 gubernatorial run, according to prior reporting. Despite his left-wing rhetoric, El-Sayed spends his sizable income on upscale items, most visibly wristwatches ranging in value from $2,000 to $10,000, according to the Washington Free Beacon. The El-Sayed campaign did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Friday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a51aba12eaf174af85e13 If air quality is poor, Argentina could be hurt by Spain's style in World Cup Final, FOX analyst says te 2026-07-17T16:00:43.688Z If air quality is poor, Argentina could be hurt by Spain's style in World Cup Final, FOX analyst says The World Cup final at MetLife Stadium on Sunday between Spain and Argentina has the potential to be played in unhealthy conditions. Canadian wildfires have caused the air quality in the Northeast and Midwest to range from "unhealthy" to "hazardous." This would not be the first time wildfire smoke had a presence in a major soccer game - the 2015 Women's World Cup final in Canada was surrounded by nearby wildfire smoke. But with professional games being moved because of the air, the World Cup could potentially be next on the list. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM FOX announcer John Strong, though, is not too concerned just yet. "I have hope and confidence that the larger forces at play will make sure that this is a good condition to be able to play a wonderful match and a wonderful occasion and, hopefully not altogether, that hot either in looking at the forecast for Sunday," John Strong said. However, color commentator Stu Holden said the potential conditions could play a major role on the pitch and could actually be a detriment to Argentina. "It has me leaning and thinking Spain's possession will be as important as ever for them to make another team run, given the way that they wear teams down," Holden said. "So, I do think it's important from an Argentine perspective that they have to find ways to have possession of the ball against this Spanish team, which is so very difficult. "As we always say, the ball moves faster than you can run, and Spain do that when they get a goal. If they get the first goal, it's almost impossible to come back against them, because they don't stop playing. So, my hope is that the smoke doesn't play a part because that would be a shame, and certainly the conditions, we don't want to take away from the spectacle on the field." Spain actually practiced in nearby East Hanover on Thursday, while Argentina remained in Atlanta, which has not been nearly as affected. Officials urged people to stay inside or wear masks outside as air quality reached unhealthy to hazardous levels, meaning it’s unhealthy for anyone, regardless of health conditions. Experts expressed concern over holding practice outdoors. Smoke from wildfires — which are burning more of North America as the Earth warms — attacks nearly every system in the body, killing tens of thousands of people a year, numerous medical studies show. It attacks the body immediately, spiking asthma cases with increased ambulance runs within hours. Smoke can trigger inflammation in different parts of the body, often attacking a person’s weakest points, which can then cascade into different effects of an immune system trying to fight a nasty irritant, doctors and scientists said. METS AND PHILLIES STARS SHOW CONCERNS ABOUT PLAYING IN UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY: 'NOT THE GREATEST IDEA' A Major League Soccer game was postponed on Thursday in Chicago due to the air quality. The game was slated to be Polish star Robert Lewandowski's MLS debut. The Philadelphia Phillies also announced roughly three hours before the scheduled first pitch that their game against the New York Mets, originally slated for 7:10 p.m. ET, was moved up an hour. Despite the change, Bryce Harper said it was "not the greatest idea" to play, while other players complained of thick air, tasting metal and burning eyes. The National Women’s Soccer League played a game at Citi Field on Wednesday in similar conditions that turned into the most-attended women’s sports contest in New York history, with 42,175 people attending Gotham FC’s match against the Washington Spirit at Citi Field. But Washington’s Trinity Rodman wasn’t happy with the game, which included two hydration breaks per half, being played. "If we have to have a hydration break every 15 minutes, then we shouldn’t be playing the game, and that’s my opinion," Rodman said. "But, at the end of the day, there’s 40,000 people. It’s a whole event, so it’s really tough. It’s just a really hard situation for everyone to work around." Three MLB games were postponed in 2023 due to air quality concerns in New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. The air quality in the tri-state area has been deemed "unhealthy," perhaps putting a wrinkle in Sunday's World Cup final at nearby MetLife Stadium. But it is expected to be better in time with cold fronts and rainstorms coming into the area on Saturday. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a4f78a12eaf174af85db2 Trump says White House searching for 'vandal proof' material after alleged Reflecting Pool attack te 2026-07-17T15:51:20.708Z Trump says White House searching for 'vandal proof' material after alleged Reflecting Pool attack President Donald Trump said Friday that the White House is searching for a "vandal proof material" following alleged damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. "The Reflecting Pool, so badly damaged by Deranged Vandals, has been emptied as the massive slash gets repaired. We got it through the great July Fourth Weekend. What kind of animals would do such a thing?" the president wrote on Truth Social. "We are looking for a Vandal Proof material, but such a thing should not have been necessary. The Scum in Court will hopefully be prosecuted to the MAX," Trump added. There have been multiple arrests in relation to the alleged vandalism of the basin, with Trump saying in late June that "they took some form of knife or blade, and put a 250-foot-long gash into the beautiful facade of what took so much work, competence, and money to build and complete," and that "they also poured corrosive and destructive chemicals into the pool." LINCOLN MEMORIAL REFLECTING POOL DRAINED AGAIN AS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION RESUMES REPAIRS Trump ordered a restoration project for the Reflecting Pool earlier this year as part of his effort to refurbish D.C. landmarks ahead of the nation's 250th anniversary. The project was later beset by an algae bloom, and sections of the new blue coating began peeling from the bottom of the pool. FORMER US OLYMPIAN DAVID HEARN INDICTED IN ALLEGED REFLECTING POOL VANDALISM According to court documents, U.S. Park Police responded to a report of damage at the Reflecting Pool on June 9. Investigators said caulk had been spread over foam sealant that had been cut with a "sharp knife or razor," the newly applied surface coating had been damaged, and roughly 70 fence post caps had been thrown into the pool. Former U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn was also indicted on a felony destruction of property charge following his arrest in connection to a June 19 incident at the landmark. Hearn denied damaging the pool, saying he stopped on a bike ride and touched a loose piece of the peeling blue coating "to satisfy my curiosity as a citizen." Hearn, 67, has pleaded not guilty in the case. Fox News Digital’s Ryan Canfield, Michael Sinkewicz and The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a4f51a12eaf174af85da3 Remains of California Millionaire Who Vanished 45 Years Ago are Identified te 2026-07-17T15:50:41.796Z Remains of California Millionaire Who Vanished 45 Years Ago are Identified A con man was convicted in the 1983 murder of Thelma Gaston, 80, but her remains were only just identified thanks to advanced DNA testing. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a4f3ea12eaf174af85d9a Trump Faces the Limits of U.S. Firepower and the Lessons of Past Wars te 2026-07-17T15:50:22.348Z Trump Faces the Limits of U.S. Firepower and the Lessons of Past Wars Like his predecessors, President Trump has struggled to turn battlefield successes into long-term victories. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a4cf9a12eaf174af85d30 Padres vs. Royals pitching matchup favors the under 10.5 as the second-half of the MLB season starts te 2026-07-17T15:40:41.928Z Padres vs. Royals pitching matchup favors the under 10.5 as the second-half of the MLB season starts We started the second half of the MLB season with exactly what I wanted — a win. I didn't take the full game, instead opting for the first five innings moneyline. I was able to cash that ticket with a sweaty 1-0 victory. The final score of 4-1 would've made the full game a bit easier to tolerate, but I'll take the win. Hopefully, this play between the Padres and Royals won't be quite as much of a nailbiter. The San Diego Padres are doing what they seem to do every season. They are a .500 club, but are filled with talented players on their roster. I've mentioned previously that they might be the most frustrating team in baseball. They try to take big swings to make their team better, they aren't afraid to make trades, and they invest in the club. The reward so far has been mostly lost playoff series and nothing exciting in the regular season. The team is hitting just .226 for the year (dead last in the league) and has 379 runs scored (also the very worst in the league). Their pitching hasn't been much better, but still certainly better than their offense. The team ERA is 4.23, which is 17th in the league. The collective WHIP comes out to 1.34, which is 20th. Their starter today is Michael King, one of their better arms in the rotation. King is 6-7 for the season with a 3.41 ERA and a 1.15 WHIP. He has been slightly worse on the road than at home based on ERA, but he also has allowed three fewer earned runs in almost 20 fewer innings on the road. That's showing that he really is not pitching all that well on the road. He is coming off of two really nice quality starts against the Dodgers and the Diamondbacks. Royals hitters are batting just .194 against him over 31 at-bats. The Kansas City Royals are similar to the Padres in that they are one of the more frustrating teams in the game. This was a great opportunity for them to take the division. The Twins and White Sox were supposed to be in down years. The Tigers didn't do much to improve their hitting. The Guardians are seemingly always competitive. The Royals were supposed to take a bit of a step forward, but that hasn't happened. They are 21 games under .500 and probably will look to trade away players, looking forward to next season. One guy that might get some trade consideration is today's starter, Seth Lugo. This is probably the worst year that Lugo has had in his career with the Royals. He is just 3-6 with a 4.56 ERA and a 1.43 WHIP. However, his work over the past few years makes me think that some people will take a shot on him. He has been better at home, throwing to a 3.83 ERA. He has struggled quite a bit over the past two months, going 33.2 innings and allowing 25 earned runs. He had allowed only 28 earned runs before June started. Padres hitters are batting .255 against him, but no one really stands out aside from maybe Miguel Andujar. There isn't much of a spot here for a player prop in my opinion. I do think both pitchers should be able to navigate their opponent's lineup. The Padres aren't hitting the ball well, and the Royals aren't exactly a scary team to face, either. I don't have a great feel for which team will win this game, I can make a decent case for both. Instead of taking on the side, I'm going to take on the total. The Padres are last in runs scored, and the Royals are 20th. It isn't like these offenses are great. Both pitchers are in decent situations for their splits. Give me the under 10.5, I think the line on this game is about two runs too high. I'll bet multiple units on this one. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM For more sports betting information and plays, follow David on X/Twitter: @futureprez2024 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a4ac7a12eaf174af85caf Vicious Vicki eyes the Awesome Championship Wrestling women's title as she gets set for No 1 contender match te 2026-07-17T15:31:19.498Z Vicious Vicki eyes the Awesome Championship Wrestling women's title as she gets set for No 1 contender match Vicious Vicki is once again crossing the Jersey state line in hopes of getting back into the Awesome Championship Wrestling (ACW) Women’s Championship picture on Saturday. She will be one of 10 women participating in a battle royal to determine who is the No. 1 contender for the title held by Steph De Lander. Vicki was able to get one up on De Lander at Reckoning when she pinned her to win a tag team match. But at Indypendence Day at the MJN Center in Poughkeepsie, New York, the stakes a just a little bit bigger. COMPLETE PRO WRESTLING COVERAGE ON FOX NEWS DIGITAL Vicki told Fox News Digital in a recent interview she’s done being looked over and stepped on by her opponents. "Look, I've been a part of ACW since its inception. I have been the, yes, self-proclaimed ‘Queen of ACW,’ but at the same time, I have been stepped on, walked all over, just overlooked, overshadowed, and I just feel I have 10 other women who have no business being in that ring," she said. "And I feel like I'm just going to throw them all over and prove yet again why I should be the ACW women's champion. "Now, I know I have to get the contendership to do that, but there have been multiple times and multiple occasions where I should have been in the title picture or had the title. So, Saturday is going to be a proving ground yet again at why I'm the best in ACW." CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Vicki, a New Jersey native, is passionate about the sport and her craft. She said she fell in love with pro wrestling watching WWE Hall of Famer Lita and The Hardy Boyz in action during the Attitude Era. Since then, all she could think about was achieving her dream of becoming a pro wrestler. "I have been a fan for pretty much my entire life. Four years old, I was watching the Attitude Era and just watching these larger-than-life characters and really just fell in love with it," she said. "I always wanted to be like Lita. That was like the initial thing. I wanted to be just like Lita growing up and the Hardy Boyz and what have you. And yeah, it was just one of those things where I loved it and I was an athlete growing up and all I talked about was wrestling. "All I thought about was wrestling. ‘How am I going to make this a real career?’ Then, I went through some stuff growing up, but it finally happened. In 2018, I finally took the leap and I knew that if I didn't do it or if I didn't try that, I would regret it forever. It was like one of those things where I was like, if I don't live this dream out, I will regret it for the rest of my life." It was the pageantry of the sport mixed with its athleticism that drew her in. "I think for me, it was just this perfect blend of acting and athleticism and the outfits and I just think it was just so mesmerizing as a kid," she said. "Then as I got older and started having new interests like being an athlete and doing musical theater and stuff like that, I feel like it was just literally a perfect blend of everything I loved. So, it was like this just like I said larger-than-life, amazing show that I felt like I have to be a part of this. But again, it's deeper than that. "Us die hard wrestling fans, it's just the stories and being connected to these people and wanting to be like these people and, believing that, hey, I can do this, too. I think for me growing up, it was a matter of like seeing someone like Lita like jumping on the scene and this beautiful girl and doing all these crazy things, it just kind of made me believe in myself that I could do it, too." On Saturday, she said fans who come out to ACW Indypendence Day will be treated to a one-of-a-kind experience that no other independent promotion has to offer. "ACW is one of the hottest things going right now," she told Fox News Digital. "It is literally one of the biggest independent companies right now. There's everything. First of all, it's in a historic building. So that's No. 1 right there. The talent on the card is bar none the best in the world. I think what Vik (Dalishus) and Hale (Collins) are doing and whatnot, it's really special. It’s been thriving. "I think people have a ball. Every single time that I go to a show and whether I'm doing meet and greets or if it's before the show, after the show, everybody's just so happy to be there. They are so excited for the show. It's very family friendly. And it's for the smart marks, too. It’s just a really great company and I don't know one person who has had a bad time at ACW." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a4aa0a12eaf174af85c74 Patreon stops asking AI bots not to scrape — and starts blocking them te 2026-07-17T15:30:40.072Z Patreon stops asking AI bots not to scrape — and starts blocking them Patreon is strengthening its defenses against AI scraping by working with Cloudflare to block bots that train AI models on creators’ content without permission. The move marks a shift away from relying on websites using robots.txt alone to actively block unauthorized AI training. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a4a8ca12eaf174af85c6b Amazon fixing bug that billed some AWS customers billions of dollars te 2026-07-17T15:30:20.625Z Amazon fixing bug that billed some AWS customers billions of dollars Some Amazon customers logged on Friday to a surprise bill estimate claiming that they owed the tech and cloud giant billions in fees. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a485da12eaf174af85c36 Leaked Iran report finds record public anger as regime focuses on holding power te 2026-07-17T15:21:01.063Z Leaked Iran report finds record public anger as regime focuses on holding power A confidential report prepared for Iran’s presidency is raising a consequential question for Washington and its allies: Do extraordinary levels of public anger and support for systemic change justify reassessing whether the Islamic Republic may be more vulnerable to regime change than previously believed? The classified document, titled "What Iran Wants," reportedly found that only 9% of respondents supported maintaining the status quo, with 53% calling for fundamental or structural reforms and more than 19% favoring changing the political system outright. Taken together, nearly three-quarters of those surveyed reportedly supported either deep structural reform or replacement of the existing system — findings that could strengthen arguments that Iran’s political crisis has moved beyond dissatisfaction with individual leaders or policies. IRANIANS SPEAK OUT OVER POSSIBLE TRUMP-REGIME DEAL IranWire reported on July 13 that it had obtained the document, which was compiled by Ali Rabiei, President Masoud Pezeshkian’s social adviser and a former government spokesman. It was based on polling conducted by the Ara Opinion Research Center in May 2026 and circulated among institutions within Iran’s governing structure in June, according to the outlet. Miad Maleki, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News Digital that the report should prompt a fresh assessment of the potential for political upheaval inside Iran. "If anything, this research understates the depth of Iranians’ rage," Maleki said. "And that is what makes it remarkable: even a survey prepared for the regime’s own president, by its own pollsters, records anger levels above 63%, well beyond the highest rate Gallup has ever recorded anywhere in the world, alongside 81% struggling to put food on the table and a majority expressing hopelessness." Maleki cautioned that polling conducted under an authoritarian government cannot be treated as precise because respondents may fear the consequences of expressing opposition. "In a police state where expressing the wrong opinion can cost you your job, your freedom, or your life, respondents self-censor, which means these findings are best read as a floor, not a ceiling," he said. TRUMP ADMIN BYPASSES TEHRAN'S ISOLATION CAMPAIGN TO REACH IRANIANS DIRECTLY The complete survey methodology was not included in the material obtained by IranWire. The report reportedly did not disclose how respondents were selected, who was questioned or whether the sample reflected Iran’s geographic and demographic makeup. Its findings therefore cannot be independently verified or treated as definitive measurements of Iranian opinion. The report also cannot establish that dissatisfaction will translate into an organized movement capable of removing the government. Still, its findings portray multiple pressures converging at once. Approximately 64% of respondents reported persistent anger, up roughly 12% points from a previous government survey conducted in December 2025. Half reported hopelessness, approximately 48% reported sadness or depression and about 45% reported persistent fear or anxiety, according to IranWire. Economic distress also appears central to the public anger. More than 81% experienced severe or partial difficulty obtaining enough food, while 75% struggled to cover medical costs, IranWire reported. Fifty-four percent said their income did not cover current household expenses, and only 8% reported earning enough to save. Respondents blamed domestic governance more frequently than international pressure. 46.9% cited government inefficiency as the cause of Iran’s economic problems, 26.3% blamed corruption and 20.7% cited foreign sanctions. IRAN TO EXECUTE FIRST FEMALE PROTESTER TIED TO ANTI-REGIME UNREST That finding could be especially significant to the regime-change debate because it suggests many Iranians do not primarily blame outside powers for their deteriorating living conditions. The document also points to a crisis of institutional confidence. Roughly 60% reportedly distrusted major government institutions, while 61.2% negatively assessed officials’ ability to solve Iran’s problems. Distrust of the government, parliament, judiciary and state television remained above 50%, IranWire reported. The report’s recommendations, however, reportedly centered on managing dissatisfaction rather than addressing demands for systemic change. Rabiei urged state institutions to better explain the impact of sanctions, moderate the rhetoric used by officials and religious platforms, present a more inclusive image through state television and avoid policies that place the government in direct confrontation with society. IranWire’s follow-up analysis argued that the recommendations treated Iran’s crisis primarily as a communications and public-perception problem. The report offered few concrete proposals involving institutional accountability, political liberalization or fundamental economic reform, according to the outlet. Maleki said the findings were consistent with the expanding scale of unrest, citing demonstrations that spread from more than 80 cities in 2017 to more than 200 cities across all 31 provinces this year, alongside what he described as a quadrupling of strikes. "Iranians have moved from being skeptical of what another revolution might bring to concluding there is no alternative to one, because reform has proven impossible," Maleki said. Yet the report does not resolve one of the largest obstacles to regime change: The Islamic Republic has spent decades building institutions designed to monitor, deter and violently suppress organized opposition. "This regime was born of revolution, by revolutionaries," Maleki said. "Preventing and crushing the next one is the one thing they genuinely know how to do." He nevertheless argued that further unrest was inevitable. "So the discontent will translate into renewed protest," Maleki said. "The question is not if, but when, and whether anyone is prepared to stand with the Iranian people when it does." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a4849a12eaf174af85c2d Tyler Robinson's father runs thriving hometown business as taxpayers face possible $10M defense bill: report te 2026-07-17T15:20:41.611Z Tyler Robinson's father runs thriving hometown business as taxpayers face possible $10M defense bill: report Tyler Robinson's father was back running his local business days after standing beside his son in court, where prosecutors laid out a mountain of explosive evidence at last week's preliminary hearing, according to a report. Matthew Robinson has stood by his son through the court proceedings and was the one who helped turn him in to police after he allegedly confessed to killing conservative icon Charlie Kirk. While the father has stood by Tyler Robinson's side, Utah taxpayers are on the hook for his defense, which experts told the New York Post could go beyond $10 million. Matthew Robinson was seen shuttling between his $600,000 southern Utah home and the masonry business he runs, just days after his son's preliminary hearing, the New York Post reported. UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY SCRAPS CONTROVERSIAL COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER WHO CRITICIZED CHARLIE KIRK AFTER HIS MURDER According to sources who spoke with the outlet, the business relies almost entirely on referrals and long-standing client relationships to stay afloat. After his son was accused of killing Kirk, most of Matthew Robinson's clients have decided to keep doing business with the company. Only on rare occasions does Matthew Robinson mention his son, according to a colleague. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X Matthew Robinson was sued by his brother and a co-founder of the company, claiming $100,000 was embezzled over two years, according to a 2014 lawsuit. The lawsuit alleged that Matthew Robinson concealed financial records and bartered work in exchange for personal favors. GOT A TIP? The brothers would eventually reach a confidential settlement. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST The total cost of prosecuting Tyler Robinson has yet to be finalized, but his defense team has requested an additional $2 million in state funding, a figure experts believe could ultimately balloon past $10 million overall. During the preliminary hearing, prosecutors played a recorded video interview with the Kirk assassination suspect's ex-roommate and lover, Lance Twiggs, who said Tyler Robinson confessed to the killing. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS "I am still ok my love, but am stuck in orem for a little while longer yet," Robinson allegedly texted Twiggs. "Shouldn’t be long until I can come home, but I gotta grab my rifle still. To be honest I had hoped to keep this secret till I died of old age. I am sorry to involve you." "You weren’t the one who did it right????" Twiggs replied. "I am," Robinson allegedly texted back. "I’m sorry." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a4603a12eaf174af85bc3 Don Lemon reveals he's 'totally serious' about considering a presidential run te 2026-07-17T15:10:59.646Z Don Lemon reveals he's 'totally serious' about considering a presidential run Former CNN host Don Lemon revealed he was "totally serious" about considering a presidential run during a podcast on Wednesday and said people kept asking him if he's going to run. "Can't be Censored" hosts Travis Dhanraj and Karman Wong asked Lemon if he had political ambition, to which the ex-CNN host said no, but revealed people had been asking him to and that he was thinking about it. "I actually think I would be a really good president of the United States," Lemon said. DEMOCRATS WISH KAMALA HARRIS RAN FOR CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR, NOT LOOK TO 2028: REPORT "Okay, like you're being serious?" Dhanraj asked. Lemon said he was being totally serious and was asked what it would take for him to run. "For the people to want me. What it would take is if I ran a political campaign, a presidential campaign, I would like to run it, and I don't know if this is realistic or not, without having to beg for money. I would like it to be a voter-citizen-driven campaign for as much as it can be. Maybe at some point I might have to take a donation. I would rather not do that, but I would rather the people of the United States to say, 'That's the guy that we want. I'm gonna give him five dollars or $10' or something that doesn't break the bank because I know that the economy is tough," Lemon said. FOX NEWS POLL: MOST RATE THE ECONOMY NEGATIVELY, INCLUDING HALF OF REPUBLICANS Lemon criticized President Donald Trump and argued he was "not doing a great job for the working-class people, for the American economy." The former CNN host said Trump's economic policies only benefited the rich and people who happen to have 401(k)s. Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment on Lemon's statements and his possible plans to run for president.  When pressed on whether he's seriously explored what it would take to run and such, Lemon said he's dipped his toe into it. "I've stuck my toe into it, if you want to put it that way, or I've dabbled, I've talked to people about it, people who have been in politics before, what would it take? When would I have to get in to do it? And I'd have to be really serious about it," he said. He added, "So as we get closer to 2027 or 2028, I'll see. I'll decide. But I have enough on my hands right now." Lemon previously floated the idea during an episode of "Pod Save America" in March. "Do I ever think about it? Yes," Lemon said on "Pod Save America" on March 29. "Could it happen? Yeah, it could happen if the opportunity presented itself, the right opportunity presented itself. Look, if I wanted to, I know people are going to think I'm crazy. This is going to be the headline, and people are going to laugh about it. I think I could be President of the United States. I could definitely run this country better than Donald Trump." CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE Lemon said at the time that he did not have any interest in running for office, arguing that it could "ruin" his life and pointing out that White male candidates "get away with" far more than female or minority ones. He also argued that he would have to change his party affiliation from independent to Democrat. However, he pushed back on the idea that it was impossible for him to consider running. "Am I at that point now? No. And I know people are going to say Don Lemon is crazy. But yeah, that's…look, why can't I think about running for office? Why can't I think about being president of the United States when look at what we have?" Lemon said. He continued, "Did anybody think Barack Obama, as he says, this guy with a funny name is from a mixed background, did anybody ever think that he would become president, that he had that aspiration? I don't have an aspiration to become president, but I do think that I could run this country a lot better than Donald Trump." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a45dca12eaf174af85ba5 Trump Brings Full Weight of Government to Bolster False Election Claims te 2026-07-17T15:10:20.740Z Trump Brings Full Weight of Government to Bolster False Election Claims Intelligence agencies provided the White House with a trove of declassified documents that President Trump cited on Thursday as evidence of election vulnerabilities. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a43c3a12eaf174af85b57 Open big ears at Cornfest te 2026-07-17T15:01:23.569Z Open big ears at Cornfest 31st annual event brings live music, farm tractors & sweet corn to Camp Verde Give me a “shuck yeah,” as the 31st annual Corn Fest returns to Camp Verde on Saturday, July 18, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Live music, craft and food vendors, antique farm tractors will be on display and don’t miss […] The pos Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a439aa12eaf174af85b25 Former WWE star set for huge tag match at Awesome Championship Wrestling, talks importance of Soleil character te 2026-07-17T15:00:42.616Z Former WWE star set for huge tag match at Awesome Championship Wrestling, talks importance of Soleil character Soleil will take to the skies on Saturday night during Awesome Championship Wrestling’s (ACW) Indypendence Day in a tag team match with Dante Casanova as they look to get one over on the duo known as The Righteous. Sidney Akeem, the former WWE star, is the man behind the mask. It will be his first appearance at ACW since 2025 at Mischief Night when he took on Casanova and AJZ in a triple-threat match. Casanova was the winner of that battle and now gets to team with Soleil. COMPLETE PRO WRESTLING COVERAGE ON FOX NEWS DIGITAL He told Fox News Digital he was excited to get an opportunity to take on Vincent and Dutch as they have progressed as one of the top tag teams across pro wrestling, primarily competing in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) on Thursday nights. "I'm not going to say there's any nerves. I've been in the ring with a lot of great talent in my career," he said. "This is the first time I get to tangle with The Righteous and I'm excited. Actually, I was talking to the brothers not too long ago, telling them how much I enjoy their work and so getting to share the stage in the ring with them is going to be fun. "It's going to be different because me and Dante Casanova, you know, this came together unexpectedly, but I think we're two guys that are done proving ourselves that we belong in this wrestling world, the ACW locker room. I think we've more than proved that we belong. I think right now it's about making a statement. Making a statement and making an impact and hope this tag team division." The ability to wear the mask again is an important part for Soleil. He said he’s been working on the character for several years and tried to introduce it in WWE but it never took off. He was known as Scrypts and Reggie during his time with the company. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "Yeah, I mean this is the new me and this is also the real me," he explained to Fox News Digital. "Everyone knows Sidney Akeem, former WWE superstar Reggie, NXT star Scrypts, and you know I never quite found my footing of who I really am when I was in WWE and then when I got to the indies I had a great run as Sidney Akeem, but something was missing. Something was missing not only from myself but that connection with the fans all around the world. And so, I've had this character Soleil. … I've been creating it for almost say six years and it never came together because it was just it wasn't the right time and in NXT this is what I wanted Scrypts to be, but it was too many chefs in the kitchen. I did debut this on Ring of Honor but the real debut for Soleil with the music, the jumbotron everything was on ACW. "So, the fact that I debuted this character, the real me, and on ACW. I think it's only fitting that moving forward. You may see Sidney Akeem again. But it’s Soleil because it’s what I stand for and what it means to not only myself, but so many people around the world. This is a sign of courage of breaking those barriers of the boxes they tried to keep people in. I grew up in a place where you weren't allowed to be a superhero. You weren't allowed to be your true self and so you put these masks on to be other people. Well, this mask is put on to show you who I really am. And it's Soleil, the dark sun who comes from the circus but now making his statemen, his footing in the wrestling world." Soleil said he wants to express to the audience that it was OK to express who you are as a person. You can be a superhero and fly through the air like he can. "The wrestling world is big and you can try to target a certain group of people or you can try to target everyone. I found who I want to be a symbol for and it's so many kids around the world that not only look like me, but that go through or went through things that I went through in my life and let them know that it's OK to unlock your inner superhero," he said. "It's OK that you dream big and sometimes a little crazy and outlandish because the world will tell us no. People will tell us no. "And Soleil is me telling everyone yes. It doesn't matter where you come from or what you've done before or what your reputation might be. There's a superhero inside of everyone. And I want people to understand that I'm not just putting a mask on tas a as a gimmick. I'm putting a mask on because this is truly who I am. I already move like a superhero. And circus people the closest thing to real life superheroes that we have for all of the things that we do. And I said I'm not in the circus anymore, I'm in the wrestling world and wrestling started in the circus. So, this is the story. There's so much deeper than just putting a mask on as a gimmick." Even as a superhero character, Soleil was not exactly committed to having one tag team’s back who previously had a dangerous experience with The Righteous At Reckoning in May, The Righteous came out of the back and handcuffed Hale Collins to the cage as Vik Dalishus was getting beat up by Sent 2 Slaughter’s Danny Maff and Shawn Donovan. The Now and Sent 2 Slaughter will be on opposite sides of the ring again on Saturday as they are participating in a lumberjack match between Tommy Dreamer and Josh Shernoff. "I'm also on my own journey and I understand that Dante has now entered into my world, into my journey. We just have to see how the cards are dealt because I can't tell you right now that, yes, I will have this person's back or that person's back," Soleil told Fox News Digital. "We, regardless, of how confident we are, we have a tall task in front of us. The Righteous, they aren't walkovers. We are going into this match believing that we can win, but we can't go in it halfcocked and not focused thinking that, oh, this is just cake-work because it's obviously not one of the best tag teams in this business that we have. So, that's a question that we’re going to have to cross once we get there." Indypendence Day takes place at the MJN Center on Saturday in Poughkeepsie, New York. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a417ea12eaf174af85aba Federal judge blocks Arizona prison agency’s push to hire less-qualified doctors for inmate care te 2026-07-17T14:51:42.852Z Federal judge blocks Arizona prison agency’s push to hire less-qualified doctors for inmate care (Photo via Getty Images) A federal judge rejected a request from the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry that it be allowed to hire doctors who don’t meet agreed upon standards, sharply criticizing the state prison agency for failing to increase salaries, as it has been repeatedly advised to do. It’s the latest loss for the state in a lawsuit that began in 2012 alleging that the healthcare provided to inmates in Arizona prisons is so poor that it is unconstitutional. In the 14 years since, the courts have sided with the inmates and agreed that shoddy healthcare in the prisons violated their Eighth Amendment right against “cruel and unusual punishment.”  The class-action case has been marked by escalating judicial intervention, culminating in Judge Roslyn Silver ordering the prison healthcare system into receivership earlier this year. In the three years since ADCRR and the plaintiffs agreed to the terms of a permanent injunction, “Defendants have utterly failed to comply with the Permanent Injunction’s requirements and have aggressively opposed its enforcement,” Silver wrote in an order she issued Thursday. The order roundly rejected a bid by the Corrections Department to change the terms of the 2023 injunction to allow the state to hire doctors with fewer qualifications to treat inmates. That injunction, which was not issued until both ADCRR and the plaintiffs signed off on its terms, requires that all prison staff physicians and medical directors be either board certified or board-eligible in internal medicine or family practice. ADCRR did not respond to a request for comment. Gov. Katie Hobbs’ office decline to comment. In January, ADCRR filed a motion to amend that provision so that only half of the staff doctors meet those qualifications, and to allow it to continue to employ three existing medical directors and four physicians who are not board-certified in these specialties. The Department of Corrections had argued that the standards needed to be lowered for physicians because, after three years, it had received applications from 62 physicians who, although they were otherwise qualified, could not be hired because they were not board-certified.  The plaintiffs countered that nothing had changed since 2023, when they and the Corrections Department agreed to the terms of the preliminary injunction, including the standards for doctors. And they noted that the injunction specifically says that the state may need to increase pay for doctors to achieve the terms of the deal.  The slight pay increase that did happen — a $2 per hour raise for physicians in 2024 and nothing since — is “anemic, at best,” they wrote. With no evidence of an aggressive attempt to increase compensation to attract qualified doctors, they added, the claim that the staffing challenges are “insurmountable” doesn’t pass muster. In her order denying the motion to lower the qualifications for prison doctors, Silver concluded that the state has never sought to comply with the repeated recommendations from court-appointed monitors that ADCRR “aggressively” raise salaries for its doctors. “Defendants argue ‘surely it is better to fill these positions with licensed, non-board-certified physicians rather than with no physicians at all.’ The argument is appealing, but Defendants have never credibly established they are unable to attract fully qualified applicants certified in the designated areas, and in particular that increasing salaries would be ineffective,” the judge wrote.  “Obviously, the failure to fill positions points to the need to increase the salaries, not reduce the required qualifications of staff and, by extension, the quality of care.” The defendants, Silver continued, “have not made good faith efforts to comply or shown compliance is impossible. This is plainly demonstrable because Defendants have refused to implement the changes they have been advised were necessary.” YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a416aa12eaf174af85a99 Transgender Maine Senate candidate sparks online frenzy over response to debate question: 'Can't be serious' te 2026-07-17T14:51:22.885Z Transgender Maine Senate candidate sparks online frenzy over response to debate question: 'Can't be serious' Social media erupted on Thursday night during a Maine Senate debate to determine who will replace former Democratic nominee Graham Platner after one of the candidates highlighted being a songwriter as a qualification for Senate. "I ran for office several times, didn't win, but I did run and then, I'm a songwriter and then I write my own books," Senate candidate Ashley Webb said on the debate stage when asked, "What qualifications do you have to serve in the U.S. Senate?" Webb, who is transgender, continued, "I suppose my transparency, I wouldn't lie to people and I wouldn't deceive the people, like, we're being deceived right now, like we get lied to, smoke and mirrors, like what's going on with ICE." The moment went viral on social media, with many conservatives mocking Webb’s list of qualifications. MEET THE DEMOCRATS GUNNING TO REPLACE GRAHAM PLATNER IN A CRUCIAL SENATE SHOWDOWN "Surely you can’t be serious… ," conservative commentator Dave Rubin posted on X. "I think Susan Collins is going to win," Manhattan Institute Vice President of External Affairs Jesse Arm posted on X. "You cannot and will not convince me that this is real," author and political commentator Bethany Mandel posted on X. MAINE DEMOCRATS RECYCLE PLATNER'S FAR-LEFT TALKING POINTS IN SCRAMBLE TO REPLACE DISGRACED EX-NOMINEE "To be fair, that's more relevant experience than Platner," Washington Examiner senior writer David Harsanyi posted on X. "Checking in on the Maine Democrat Senate debate to replace Graham Platner," GOP strategist Matt Whitlock posted on X. " WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON IN MAINE???!!!" Citizens Alliance CEO Cliff Maloney posted on X. "The new Maine US Senate primary for Democrats is a total CLOWN CAR! " Florida political reporter Eric Daugherty posted on X. Fox News Digital reached out to the Webb campaign for comment. Webb was one of eight candidates on the debate stage over a two-hour period on Thursday night along with Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, former Maine CDC Director Nirav Shah, former congressional staffer Jordan Wood, former state lawmaker Lizzie Dickerson, Maine Beer Co. co-founder Dan Kleban, and former government official David Costello. Whichever Democrat is crowned at a Maine Democratic Party convention on July 25, will face off in the midterm elections against longtime GOP Sen. Susan Collins in a high-stakes race that is among roughly a dozen that will determine if Republicans hold their slim Senate majority. A dozen Democrats, who filed with the state party by Wednesday's deadline, are aiming to get on the ballot in the sprint to replace Platner. Fox News Digital’s Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a4143a12eaf174af85a7c Judges Ask Congress for Power to Fix Crumbling Courthouses te 2026-07-17T14:50:43.981Z Judges Ask Congress for Power to Fix Crumbling Courthouses Undrinkable water. Leaks. Mold. Federal courthouses need billions of dollars in repairs, and judges say the General Services Administration is a bad landlord. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a412ca12eaf174af85a56 Remarkable’s new Paper Pure is good. That’s why I wrote this review on it. te 2026-07-17T14:50:20.955Z Remarkable’s new Paper Pure is good. That’s why I wrote this review on it. Remarkable's Paper Pure replaces Remarkable 2, and it is quite good. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a3f3aa12eaf174af85a22 Willard Springs Green Waste Site reopens on Friday, July 17 te 2026-07-17T14:42:02.652Z Willard Springs Green Waste Site reopens on Friday, July 17 Willard Springs will once again be open Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Oct. 31. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a3f11a12eaf174af859fb ‘Today’ show security guard fired after intruder enters unauthorized area, targets Craig Melvin: report te 2026-07-17T14:41:21.950Z ‘Today’ show security guard fired after intruder enters unauthorized area, targets Craig Melvin: report The security guard who reportedly failed to keep the TODAY show intruder out of the studio has been fired. Page Six reports intruder suspect Andrew Truelove was able to slip past two security guards with surveillance video capturing the oversight. One guard stepped away while the other "missed the intruder," as he walked in. Police say Truelove broke into the TODAY show studio in New York City on Thursday searching for Al Roker. The suspect allegedly yelled racial slurs before confronting host Craig Melvin. SAVANNAH GUTHRIE WAS 'SURPRISED AND DISMAYED' BY DOUBTS SHE WOULD RETURN TO 'TODAY' AFTER MOM'S DISAPPEARANCE NYPD quickly took the suspect into custody. He is now facing two hate crime charges following the aggressive encounter. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS Meanwhile, Melvin was back on the anchor desk Friday morning and appeared to be in good spirits. He remained on the show for two hours before secondary hosts stepped in during the show's 9 a.m. hour. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X About 30 minutes into the 7 a.m. hour, Melvin and the team addressed the Thursday security breach. JUDGE ORDERS NANCY GUTHRIE RANSOM IMPOSTER INTO INPATIENT TREATMENT BEFORE SENTENCING Melvin said, "We want to take a quick moment to address what happened yesterday. You may have heard that unfortunately an intruder made his way into an unauthorized area here at Studio 1A. Thankfully, he was apprehended quickly, he was placed under arrest. We are cooperating fully with the NYPD as they investigate the matter and we are just very happy that everyone is safe." LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER Melvin also noted he is "safe and sound," following the incident. SAVANNAH GUTHRIE WAS 'SURPRISED AND DISMAYED' BY DOUBTS SHE WOULD RETURN TO 'TODAY' AFTER MOM'S DISAPPEARANCE Just before Thursday's security breach, Melvin's co-host Savannah Guthrie, announced she would be stepping away from the morning show for a few weeks to film a new 'Wordle' gameshow. Friday morning, Guthrie was not on the desk with her co-hosts stating she was taking a "long weekend." Melvin left early Friday for a reported previously planned vacation. GOT A TIP? Fox News Digital has reached out to NBC for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a3efea12eaf174af859f2 Three of the worst-rated umpires in Major League Baseball have one thing in common te 2026-07-17T14:41:02.506Z Three of the worst-rated umpires in Major League Baseball have one thing in common The second half of the Major League Baseball season resumes tonight around the league, which means our three-day national nightmare without baseball is over. Whew. We made it. Felt like a lifetime! The resumption of the season also spells the beginning of the end for three of the worst umpires in the league. That's right. For Laz Diaz, Brian O'Nora and CB Bucknor, the second half of this MLB season is their final half ... ever. Three veteran umpires, all retiring at the end of the season. And, of course, three of the worst-rated umpires in the entire league so far this year. Take a look: According to the (un)official MLB umpire report card site, umpscorecards.com, Diaz (8), O'Nora (7) and Bucknor (1) have been three of the worst-performing umpires this season. All three have already taken a buyout and will be "retiring" at the end of the year. Coincidence? Eh. You tell me! Are they all just so far past their primes, and this is just the proof in the pudding? Perhaps. Or, are they all just mailing it in since the end is near? Sort of like we all did when were in our final semesters of our senior years. Senioritis is a real thing, you know? Regardless, it's not surprising to see those three make the list, especially Bucknor, who was so unfathomably bad at the beginning of the season it's actually stunning they've allowed him to continue calling games. Seriously, it was remarkable: Lordy. Just one of worst calls you'll ever see. Amazing. Bucknor has the worst accuracy of any umpire in the league (91.33%), while O'Nora and Diaz are both just a shade over 92%. Seven umpires in total have accepted buyouts and will be retiring when the year ends. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM The other four haven't fared much better, by the way: Not the best, but certainly not the worst. And yes, everyone's favorite punching bag — Jan Pawol — is currently the third-worst ump this season. Not sure she was offered the buyout, though. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a3ed7a12eaf174af859b8 No product? No problem. This Disrupt 2026 session shows how to get pre-seed funding with conviction, storytelling  te 2026-07-17T14:40:23.074Z No product? No problem. This Disrupt 2026 session shows how to get pre-seed funding with conviction, storytelling  It’s not just you: AI startups are taking in a huge amount of seed funding, and in the process making things harder for anyone looking for funding even at a pre-seed stage. We’ve covered the trend in detail, and at this year’s TechCrunch Disrupt event, we want to help pre-seed founders now being hel Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a3c92a12eaf174af85969 Free tool helps families save money by using food already in their kitchens te 2026-07-17T14:30:42.256Z Free tool helps families save money by using food already in their kitchens A teenager recently launched an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered website designed to reduce food waste and help households save money by using what's already in their pantries and refrigerators. Smit Kothari, 17, of Virginia, said he was inspired to create Grocery Genius after watching his family survey the random ingredients they had at home and have no idea what to make. "I did some more research, and I found out that many other families have that same exact problem," Kothari told Fox & Friends. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ The website enables users to enter information about the food they already have at home into the app. The AI then generates three recipe ideas, along with nutritional information and money-saving tips. There are features to help people plan meals and track their nutrients, including calories and macros. The program is also able to tailor recipes based on dietary restrictions and people's cooking abilities. Grocery Genius includes a "Smart Pantry" feature that lets people track items and receive alerts before food expires, so they can use it or donate it. Kothari said he realized two problems – food waste and hunger – correlate. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER "Some people are letting foods expire, they waste it, while many others are starving," he said. A trip Kothari took to Africa also inspired him to create Grocery Genius. "I saw lots of impoverished families who struggled with hunger," he said in an interview with Virginia television station WVEC. "I've seen that problem firsthand, and I thought that's a big one that I really wanted to focus on." The website describes itself as "your kitchen's smartest assistant," offering "everything you need" to "cook smarter." It's free to use and only requires an email address to sign up. Christopher Tan, president and CEO of the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore, mentored Kothari while he was developing Grocery Genius. "The beauty of this app is it has so many different applications that could help any number of families in need and any number of families who also give to us," Tan told WVEC. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS "I can't tell you how many times I've forgotten what's in my pantry. If I have an app that can help me track that and remind me to donate food before it goes to waste, all of that can happen through his app." Grocery Genius won second place in the national Congressional App Challenge, a competition for middle and high school students that encourages them to learn to code and inspires them to pursue careers in computer science." Kothari, who is a rising senior at Ocean Lakes High School, told Fox & Friends that he plans to continue developing Grocery Genius next year as he goes off to college. "I've been getting lots of feedback [from] users, and I want to keep enhancing [it]," he said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a3a5fa12eaf174af858fc Comedian says she delivered a cake with message mocking Lindsey Graham's family to senator's office te 2026-07-17T14:21:19.904Z Comedian says she delivered a cake with message mocking Lindsey Graham's family to senator's office A comedian and social media personality says she delivered a cake bearing a provocative message about the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., to the senator's Capitol Hill office, according to posts she shared online. "I just dropped this cake off at Lindsey Graham's office," Elizabeth Booker Houston wrote in a Tuesday X post. "Congratudolences, Darline! Your brother is burning in hell, and now, you're working for the devil!" She included a photo of the cake that featured a printed photograph of Graham smiling in a suit and tie. MEDIA GHOULS, COMMENTATORS ACROSS POLITICAL AISLE MOCK LINDSEY GRAHAM’S DEATH WITH ‘GOOD RIDDANCE’ POSTS White frosting bordered the cake, with blue icing roses decorating the top left corner and scattered around the edges. Across the top, the cake read, "CONGRATUDOLENCES!"—a play on the words "congratulations" and "condolences." Some replies to the post were positive, with one person writing, "You’re truly doing god's work," and another saying "Elizabeth, I love you. When I grow up I want to be just like you." But many replies to Houston’s post were negative, with one person writing, "You really need a different hobby if you were so invested in politics that this is what you resort to. Good thing I wasn't there because you would've been wearing your cake." CALIFORNIA NURSE UNDER FIRE AFTER POST WISHING DEATH ON TRUMP, LINDSEY GRAHAM Another person wrote, "It’s funny that you think anyone will see that cake other than the intern who throws it away. Complete waste of time and money," with a clown face emoji. Someone else said, "Get a life. I wasn’t a fan of Lindsey, but this is ridiculous. Your hatred is rotting [your] brain." Graham, 71, died Saturday night. An autopsy performed on Sunday suggested that Graham died from aortic dissection due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. The news stunned Washington, as Graham was one of the body's most active members and was even scheduled to appear on "Meet the Press" Sunday morning. SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM DEAD AT 71 AFTER 'BRIEF AND SUDDEN' ILLNESS, OFFICE SAYS A statement from Graham’s office read, "The death certificate will be PENDING until all the toxicological and microscopic testing are finalized, and at that point the death certificate will be updated to reflect the cause of death and appropriately classify the manner of death." Darline Graham, Lindsey Graham’s sister, was sworn in on Tuesday to finish the term of her late brother. Fox News Digital reached out to Graham’s office, Houston, and the United States Capitol Police for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a3a4ca12eaf174af858f3 Mets and Phillies stars show concerns about playing in unhealthy air quality: 'Not the greatest idea' te 2026-07-17T14:21:00.451Z Mets and Phillies stars show concerns about playing in unhealthy air quality: 'Not the greatest idea' Major League Baseball's first game after the All-Star break was played in "unhealthy" air conditions. The Philadelphia Phillies hosted the New York Mets as air quality due to Canadian wildfires reached an index of 196 - other parts of the Northeast and Midwest neared 500, which is considered hazardous. Due to the air concerns, it was announced at around 4 p.m. ET that the game, originally slated for 7:10 p.m., would be moved up an hour, which apparently was a good idea. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "I didn't think it was bad until the last couple of innings. Eyes itching, burning a little bit," Mets infielder Brett Baty said. "[Carson] Benge said it felt like you were sitting at a campfire, just close to a campfire, which was pretty good. It's fun, but it didn't feel great playing ball with it, though." "At the end of the game, it was a little bit more difficult, especially catching," Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez added through an interpreter. "It became more difficult to see at the end." Mets pitcher Christian Scott said he "felt like I was breaking some metal." Bryce Harper was a bit more stern, saying while he was mic'd up on the ESPN broadcast during the game that it was "not the greatest idea to come out and play in this type of weather." Phillies starter Aaron Nola added that the "smoky" conditions were "not ideal." Both interim managers, Don Mattingly and Andy Green, didn't seem to think the air affected the gameplay too much, but Mattingly and Phillies outfielder Brandon Marsh credited umpire Dan Iassogna for constantly checking the air quality and making sure the players were OK. TRINITY RODMAN SAYS NWSL RECORD-CROWD GAME IN NY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PLAYED AMID POOR AIR "It felt like it could have [affected the game] at any moment, especially as visibility got tougher," Green said. "Guys managed to see baseballs that I couldn't when they went up in the air as pop-ups. Good thing we have good athletes on the field that can see things. Don't think it ultimately did, from my perspective." In fact, Marsh said the umpires would check with the players to see if they were OK and not having breathing issues. "Multiple times," Marsh said. "They were checking with us, asking us players, which was cool to see, if we were good to go. And obviously, we were all ready to go. It was good by them. Wasn’t expecting that." The Phillies didn't take batting practice outdoors, as Mattingly admitted he wanted to be on the field "as little...as possible." The Mets and Phillies are actually off on Friday before resuming their series on Saturday, but Mattingly said he did not hear any conversations about moving the game. An MLS game in Chicago was postponed on Thursday, as well. It is expected that the air will be better as the days go by, which seems rather important for Sunday's World Cup final between Argentina and Spain at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a3a24a12eaf174af858b9 Zoox issues software recall after a robotaxi got confused by heavy smoke te 2026-07-17T14:20:20.519Z Zoox issues software recall after a robotaxi got confused by heavy smoke The recall comes as the top automotive safety regulator in the U.S. has warned AV companies about their vehicles interfering with first responders. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a37f5a12eaf174af8587d Company of 'Squad' member's husband lands $2B contract from blue state for new courthouse te 2026-07-17T14:11:01.886Z Company of 'Squad' member's husband lands $2B contract from blue state for new courthouse A company where the husband of Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., is a partner was selected for a nearly $2 billion deal to build a new courthouse in Springfield, Massachusetts — a decision now being challenged in court by rejected bidders who allege conflicts of interest tainted the process. Conan Harris, who has been married to the Massachusetts Democrat for more than a decade, is a partner with John Barros in CoJo Real Estate, which is part of the Liberty Junction team selected in early July for the 40-year courthouse lease, according to the lawsuit. The plaintiffs allege Barros’ role as interim executive director of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA) created a conflict of interest because several members of that agency’s board also serve on the Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance, the state agency that selected Liberty Junction. The lawsuit also described Harris as having "deep conflicts," but its most detailed allegations center on Barros' leadership role at the MCCA, another state agency. ‘CONFLICT OF INTEREST’: JUDGE WHO AXED TRUMP NAME FROM DC LANDMARK TIED TO ANTI-TRUMP CONSPIRACY THEORY Pressley, a member of the "Squad," was not accused of any wrongdoing by the plaintiffs, and there is no evidence she was involved in the bidding process to rebuild the aging Roderick L. Ireland Courthouse. Records show the bidding process formally began June 30, 2025, when DCAMM released its request for proposals for the Springfield courthouse project. The plaintiffs argued that when Barros became the head of the MCCA on Jan. 14, 2026, he did not disclose his participation in the courthouse bidding process to the State Ethics Commission. The lawsuit also said the Liberty Junction proposal was not updated to indicate that Barros had been appointed to a leading role on the MCCA. RED-STATE AUDITOR REPORTS 'EXPLOSION' OF FRAUD TIPS AS HE TARGETS STATE EMPLOYEES 'RACKING UP' TAXPAYER WASTE Massachusetts law generally bars state employees from having a direct or indirect financial interest in state contracts, unless they qualify for an exemption, such as by making required disclosures to the State Ethics Commission and not participating in the contracting agency’s work. Fox News Digital reached out to Barros and Harris for comment. Gov. Maura Healey, a Democrat, defended the bidding process in a statement to reporters this week, saying that the city of Springfield deserves a new courthouse and calling the current building "sick." "This was a competitive procurement process. It was a competitive bid, and the project that was chosen was the one that cost the taxpayers the least. I stand up for taxpayers. I’m all about supporting whatever is going to cost the taxpayers the least amount of money, as somebody who wants to protect taxpayer dollars," Healey said on Wednesday, according to WWLP-TV. The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance told the Boston Herald on Tuesday that the Healey administration should "immediately pause this deal, release the relevant procurement records, conflict disclosures, scoring documents, and communications, and allow these allegations to be fully reviewed." Fox News Digital reached out to Healey's office for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a37e2a12eaf174af85874 Doctor shortages are hurting rural patients. Let pharmacists help them heal te 2026-07-17T14:10:42.409Z Doctor shortages are hurting rural patients. Let pharmacists help them heal For many rural patients, getting treated for a sore throat or the flu is needlessly burdensome. It can mean missing work, driving hours, waiting days for an appointment, or ending up in urgent care for a problem that should have been handled quickly. That is what provider shortages look like in practice. Seventy-four million Americans live in areas with health care shortages, and by 2036 the United States could be short by as many as 86,000 physicians. Yet many states still prevent pharmacists, one of the most accessible health care professionals in these communities, from treating minor, protocol-driven conditions. That should change. Many rural patients live far from a hospital, and even routine care can impose real costs. A parent seeking treatment for a child’s flu or strep throat may have to take an entire day off work just to get a basic prescription. Pharmacists, by contrast, are already located in many of the communities where physician access is limited. A nationwide analysis found that 88.9 percent of Americans live within five miles of a community pharmacy and 96.5 percent live within 10 miles. For minor conditions, a pharmacy visit can be faster, closer and less expensive than a trip to a doctor’s office, urgent care, or an emergency room. Pharmacist care can also lower costs for both patients and public programs. When minor illnesses are pushed into urgent care centers, physician offices, or emergency rooms, patients face higher out-of-pocket costs, longer delays and more time spent seeking care. EXCLUSIVE: HAWLEY PUSHES NEW LEGISLATION TO SAVE RURAL EMERGENCY ROOMS FROM 'BREAKNECK' CLOSURES Medicare and Medicaid also end up paying more for care that could have been handled safely in a lower-cost setting. A 2024 Washington state study found that care for minor ailments in community pharmacies cost a median of $277.78 less than comparable care in primary care offices, urgent care centers, or emergency departments. Allowing pharmacists to test and treat routine conditions would not solve every cost problem in health care, but it would move simple care out of expensive settings and reserve doctors and hospitals for patients who actually need them. States do not need to guess whether pharmacists can prescribe safely; there are already examples to learn from. Virginia allows pharmacists, under statewide protocols, to test and initiate treatment for COVID-19, urinary tract infections (UTIs), influenza and strep throat. Iowa protocols allow pharmacists to dispense antivirals or antibiotics for influenza and strep throat. These models show that pharmacist prescribing does not have to mean open-ended prescribing authority. It can be limited to defined conditions, objective tests, clear treatment rules and referral requirements. TRUMP SAYS $50B RURAL HEALTH PLAN FUNDED BY CUTTING MEDICAID 'WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE' Pharmacists’ scope of practice does not need to be expanded dramatically to help patients. COVID-19, flu, strep throat, uncomplicated UTIs and other common conditions can often be handled through standardized protocols. In many cases, the patient could be tested, treated and receive the necessary medicine in the same pharmacy visit. The reform would simply allow pharmacists to resolve a limited set of minor conditions that can be handled safely onsite. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION This is not a substitute for doctors, and it should not be treated as one. Pharmacists should refer complex cases, red flag symptoms, recurring problems, high-risk patients, and young children when more in-depth medical care is needed. Letting pharmacists handle routine care would make it easier for patients to get basic treatment while freeing doctors to focus on more complicated cases. As the health care system becomes more strained, states should regulate intelligently: protect patient safety without blocking access to routine care. Pharmacists should not be sidelined when they can safely handle minor, protocol-driven conditions. Modernizing scope-of-practice laws would give patients faster access to basic treatment, reduce unnecessary pressure on physicians, and lower the cost of care by keeping minor illnesses out of more expensive settings. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a359fa12eaf174af85826 Camp Colton’s SEED Summer Experience puts kids on the trail to learn about environmental science te 2026-07-17T14:01:03.007Z Camp Colton’s SEED Summer Experience puts kids on the trail to learn about environmental science Incoming seventh and eighth grade students were invited to join Camp Colton’s STEM Environmental Enrichment and Discovery Summer Experience. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a30daa12eaf174af85736 Shooting near ICE detention facility in Aurora, Colorado, leaves 1 injured, person detained te 2026-07-17T13:40:42.180Z Shooting near ICE detention facility in Aurora, Colorado, leaves 1 injured, person detained One person has been detained after a woman was injured in a shooting near a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Aurora, Colorado, police said. A police spokesperson told Fox News the incident happened Thursday night and left the woman with injuries that were not life-threatening. A man was detained following the shooting, which did not happen inside the facility, they added. Andrea Loya, the executive director of Casa de Paz — a local nonprofit that helps those released from the ICE detention facility reunite with their loved ones — told The Denver Post the shooting happened after the conclusion of a weekly protest outside the building. MAMDANI BASHES ICE AFTER CHAOTIC PROTEST LEADS TO ARRESTS: ‘CRUEL AND INHUMANE’ Fox News Digital has reached out to the Department of Homeland Security for further comment. Loya told the newspaper that a staff member who was on a call with advocates reported hearing screams after learning of the shooting around 7:40 p.m. local time. An Aurora police spokesperson also told The Denver Post that the person who was detained for questioning is "potentially a suspect." FBI ARRESTS PROTESTER WHO THREATENED TO KILL ICE OFFICER'S FAMILY AT NJ DETENTION CENTER PROTEST, BLANCHE SAYS The shooting happened near the 3100 block of Nome Street, according to the newspaper. It comes as the FBI is also investigating gunfire that riddled the windows of an Arizona ICE center earlier this week. Video from FOX 10 Phoenix showed the damage after one or more unidentified people fired multiple rounds at the building. The FBI's Phoenix Field Office said it is investigating that shooting, which happened Tuesday afternoon at the Enforcement and Removal Operations building on North Central Avenue in Phoenix. No injuries were reported, and no arrests have been announced as of Friday morning. Fox News’ Natalie Chuck, Jasmine Baehr and Alexandra Koch contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a2e96a12eaf174af856c9 Gavin Adcock drops new single 'The Day I Hang It Up' and country music fans are fired up te 2026-07-17T13:31:02.925Z Gavin Adcock drops new single 'The Day I Hang It Up' and country music fans are fired up Gavin Adcock has country music fans fired up after releasing a new single. Adcock has become one of the fastest rising stars in the country music genre due to his blend of party vibes and outlaw style. Mostly, his music is simply just a lot of fun. It's perfect for hanging out around a grill with your buddies or a rowdy party. COUNTRY MUSIC STAR ANNOUNCES MAJOR CAREER NEWS, FIRES UP FANS WITH VIRAL VIDEO FOR NEW ALBUM Now, he's dropped another great track. The talented singer released "The Day I Hang It Up" for fans early Friday after recently teasing it on his Instagram page. Expectations were high. COUNTRY MUSIC STAR RILEY GREEN FIRES UP FANS WITH EPIC NEW SUMMER JAM 'THINK AS YOU DRUNK' Expectations are now met. It's clear that this song from Adock is going to be another major hit. Give it a listen below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. It didn't take long at all for people in the comments on YouTube to flood in with reactions to Adcock's latest single. One fan wrote, "Did not disappoint!!!!!! Happy Friday!" Another added, "Glad I stayed up drinking some beer to listen to this man, y'all can agree." A third commented, "This definitely lived up to the hype." It certainly appears that Adcock, once again, has given his fans a song that is here to stay, and I fully expect to hear it all summer long. Let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a2e6fa12eaf174af856ad Here’s the latest. te 2026-07-17T13:30:23.502Z Here’s the latest. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a2c2aa12eaf174af8563a State Department fires back after Walz doubles down on pardon of convicted child rapist te 2026-07-17T13:20:42.170Z State Department fires back after Walz doubles down on pardon of convicted child rapist After Democrat Tim Walz doubled down on his move to pardon a foreign child rapist prior to his deportation, the State Department took another swing at the Minnesota governor in an escalating back-and-forth. The Minnesota Board of Pardons, comprised of Walz, state Attorney General Keith Ellison and state Chief Justice Natalie Hudson, granted clemency to Laotian national Tou Lue Vang, 42, on June 10. Vang was scheduled to be deported from the United States before the pardon. "Governor Walz’s pardon of a convicted foreign sex offender was a grave and unconscionable betrayal of the very people he is supposed to defend," State Department Assistant Secretary Dylan Johnson told Fox News Digital. WALZ, MINNESOTA BOARD OF PARDONS CLEARS CONVICTED ILLEGAL ALIEN CHILD SEX OFFENDER FACING DEPORTATION "Walz’s plot to sacrifice the safety of Americans on the altar of open borders was thwarted by Secretary Rubio. Now this foreign criminal will never harm another American," he continued. Vang was convicted for repeatedly raping a 10-year-old girl between 2002 and 2004, and told authorities after he was arrested that "it is a cultural thing... to marry and have sex with girls as young as 12." Secretary of State Marco Rubio revoked Vang's visa earlier this month, and he was deported back to Laos. Walz defended the clemency move in a Tuesday press conference, contending that deportation of a convicted child rapist did not make the U.S. safer. "Did that make us any safer?" Walz questioned. "Did that make the children that are left behind any more stable? Did it improve the idea that we can’t all be judged by our worst day?" TIM WALZ OFFERS STRANGE DEFENSE FOR PARDONING CONVICTED CHILD RAPIST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DEPORTED Still, Walz admitted that Vang's crimes were "horrific." The State Department raked Walz over the coals for downplaying Vang's crimes. "Walz sides with foreign criminals. Secretary Rubio sides with the American people," Johnson told Fox News Digital of the governor's remarks. "Walz wants open borders. This administration ended the era of mass migration. Walz endangered the American people. Secretary Rubio protected them." EXPOSED DOCS REVEAL WHY TIM WALZ BOARD AWARDED REPEAT CHILD RAPIST PARDON: ‘NO FUTURE’ Upon last week's announcement that the State Department had skirted Walz's pardon and deported Vang anyway, Rubio scolded Walz for granting Vang clemency in the first place. "Americans should never have to live in fear that foreign sex predators — shielded from deportation by their own elected officials — could endanger them or their children," he told Fox News Digital "That's why I terminated his legal status in the United States," he continued. "Vang has now been removed from our country and will never pose a threat to any American ever again." At the time of Vang's pardon, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) feared that the move would shield the criminal illegal alien from deportation. "Governor Tim Walz's decision to pardon an illegal alien convicted child rapist so he can remain in our country is disgusting," DHS Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said at the time. "These are the criminal illegal aliens he and his Minnesota sanctuary politicians are protecting." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a29e4a12eaf174af855d2 Popular golf influencer reveals wild story of fan who got her autograph tattooed on his arm te 2026-07-17T13:11:00.304Z Popular golf influencer reveals wild story of fan who got her autograph tattooed on his arm As I sit down to pump out this edition of Friday Screencaps with Canadian wildfire smoke hovering overhead at levels that will remind you of a VFW in the 1980s before smoking bans, I'm left wondering just how far fans are willing to go to show celebrities that they're maniacs. Take the story that Paige Spiranac told in her latest YouTube video where she plays nine holes with golf influencer Sara Winter, who once represented Canada at Miss Universe. "I've had people get tattoos of my name before," Paigeviews revealed. "I was at an event and this guy comes up to me and he goes, 'Uh, just sign my arm. I'm going to go get it tattooed right now.' I'm like, 'No, you're not.' And I'm like, you're just going to you're it's going to be on you forever for the rest of your life. And he I signed my name on the inner of his arm." An hour later, the guy returned with Paige's autograph tatted to his arm. LIV MORGAN BROUGHT HER WWE TITLE BELT WITH HER TO THE ESPYS & SOMEHOW EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT IS HER OUTFIT True story: Years ago, there was a guy who was known online for getting brand logos tattooed on his head. I believe his name was Billy Gibby. He wanted to get a tattoo of the logo for the website I founded, Busted Coverage, on his head. Billy was famous for selling space on his body as a billboard. This was during my crazier days on the Internet. Pre-kids. When I say the Internet was the Wild Wild West, I mean it. Those of you who are in your 50s clearly remember it was nuts. Not dudes wearing molded fake breasts and stuff like that, but guys willing to tat logos on their heads for money. And Internet sites willing to pull crazy stunts. I can't remember what Billy was charging, but it was something ridiculously low like $50-$75. At the time, I wasn't married, but, thankfully, Mrs. Screencaps was in my life. She said I could never live with myself if that logo was on that guy's head. I told Billy I had to pass. And she was right. Now, all these years later, I can rest easy knowing that guy doesn't have a prison tat on his head because of me. As for Paige, it's just an autograph. No biggie. 📩 Email: joe.kinsey@outkick.com Send photos, stories, tips, rants—whatever you've got. 📰 Screencaps Page: 👉 Read the latest Screencaps ▶️ YouTube: Screencaps with Joe Kinsey Subscribe for videos, rants, and behind-the-scenes. 🐦 Twitter/X: @JoeKinseyexp Tag me or drop a DM. 📸 Instagram: @OutKickScreencaps You guys need to start tagging me on content you're seeing. 📘 Facebook Page: Screencaps on Facebook 👥 Facebook Group: Join the Screencaps Community 📬 Mail (Thursday Night Mowing League): 27072 Carronade Dr, Unit A 155 Perrysburg, OH 43551 🗞️ Newsletter: 👉 Subscribe here – Lee in Tampa provides the latest example: Watch the "terrifying" ABC World News Today video of the Blue Angels with a low pass over beachgoers in Pensacola and then watch the Twitter video of the ABC Pensacola affiliate's report. It's like two completely different events. ABC report is dour and foreboding. The local affiliate was uplifting and fun. Then watch the third video below. You can see how much the people enjoyed the low flyover. ABC is anti-Navy. LOL https://www.tiktok.com/@emeraldcoastkayakfishing/video/7662904823569845518 Kinsey: The key here is to watch the first two videos, especially where the local news reporter interviews people on the beach. But, first, watch how ABC News portrays the event. Watch what they do to the video of the people being interviewed. Simply disgusting. – Justin in Sherwood Park, Alberta is back to provide more analysis on his home country: Where to start on the wildfires up here… as you may have noticed, Canada has a bit of boreal forest, so you’d think that we’d have policies in place to mitigate the risk of fires. You’d be wrong, of course, because we stopped doing preventative measures like controlled burns & clearing away of underbrush because (1) the federal government didn’t want tourists to look at controlled burn sites & think Canada was ugly & (2) they cut the budget for fire prevention. Here are some more tidbits: · During the Jasper fire of 2024, it was found that the federal government (it’s a national park, so they have authority, not the province of Alberta) installed fire hydrants that had a different thread pattern than normal, so when the fire department went to hook up their standard hoses to the hydrants, they wouldn’t fit. · Bombardier, a Canadian company, produces the CL215/415, the world’s leading water bomber. This airplane has proven to be very effective in suppressing forest fires, & the vast majority of us agree that we should have tons of these things at the ready for fire season. However, the federal & provincial governments would rather send $Billions to Ukraine & other countries for no apparent reason than to do something to stop fires in their own country. · Finally, there’s the reason behind all these fires. Yes, doubtless that many are sparked by lightning or other naturally occurring things, but a fair number of arsonists have been arrested over the past few years for deliberately starting them. In fact, if you look at some maps that show where a number of fires started, you’ll notice that they’re all really close to logging roads – not in the middle of nowhere. That suggests that someone or something is wanting these fires to happen… · Why, do you ask, would that be? Well, it’s easier to advance your policies of carbon tax pricing & environmental laws when you can point to a bunch of smoke in the air & say "see, this is why we need to fight climate change! Our world is burning!". This same thing is happening in California, with Newsom trying to blame everyone other than himself. – Jack V. says: Lot of the wildfires in Canada are due to the vast amounts of standing dead timber caused by beetle kill.  Lot of debate about the cause of the beetle explosion (lack of moisture, decades of not allowing fires, etc..).  Still lots of dead wood to burn so buckle up for a few more years. – Travel Ball Hardo Chris B. in Houston chimes in: I don't know anything about your wildfire smoke other than it ain't good for ya. We get the Saharan dust, but at least it doesn't smell and makes sunsets pretty. Consider spending a few extra bucks and buying some better than usual air filters for your house. – Brad in Cleveland shares just how bad it is out there: We're getting inundated by the smoke here in Cleveland, as well. Our air quality - and Toledo's too - is worse than Kampala, Uganda! If it smelled like a campfire, that would be one thing. This smells like bad pipe tobacco. Nobody is on the streets. I went to the BMV today, and it was a ghost town. I got a new DL and license tag and was out in 15 minutes! – Dawgs fan Sam says: Pickleball - my 1 time playing was a work team building event. One play the ball fell mostly between my partner and I. He said he couldn't get to it, so I started to take a swing. My legs crossed up, and now I'm doing a slow motion (in my brain) fall towards the net. I hit my head on the net pole. Land on my side, with my hand in a fist between the rib cage and hard concrete. So, headache, punched all air out of me, and rib cage felling like I broke a bone or two. That pain lasted for six months. No thanks. Bowling - I have always seen weekend rates higher than weekday rates. Its just now hey have a computer to do the adjusting automatically. What I don't like is they are replacing the traditional pin setters with strings/plastic cords attached to the pins. Just evil and you can tell that those lines are impacting how the pins fall. No thanks. Kinsey: Hold up, real bowling alleys are holding up pins with plastic cords? Can anyone else confirm this? I live in what is considered a bowling hotbed and I've never heard of such a thing. – Jake in Charlottesville, VA checks in: When the inevitable happens, and the purchases they made with highly leveraged debt go bust, remember these moments when the PE Bros come begging for a bailout. I was slightly sympathetic during the mortgage meltdown because the government was forcing some of those banks to give loans to people they shouldn't have. Not the next time around. These PE bros taking over youth sports, pest control companies, bowling alleys, you name it: they're doing it to themselves. – It's all now making sense for Guy G. in western New York: I knew something was up, when I started getting 2 or more emails a day from Lucky Strike. Don’t know how my professional email address ended up on their email list, but there it is. – Mark T. in Florida adds perspective on Screencaps Jr.'s friends wanting to turn our pool into Panama Beach 1989: Pool rules apply to everyone. Somebody gets injured or a freak accident happens; Screencaps Jr's. friends' parents will have you in court. Gotta take a hardline approach unfortunately; and emphasize this isn't Fort Lauderdale spring break on steroids. At 12-14; they are old enough to understand the game; part of parenting. Drop the hammer rules wise; otherwise you'll have soon to be teen age girls in your pool that you can't supervise. Parenting is a tough game; but you've got to protect the Screencaps empire. Set the rules and expectations and monitor appropriately....... CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS #################### And that should do it this morning on another action-packed edition. I have to say, for being the slowest sports week of the year, this has been a great week for Screencaps. It felt like a vintage week. We had the pool situation, then the smoke and now here we are with Maine providing us with comic relief. That's a great week. I hope all of you have a great weekend doing, well, not much other than enjoying life. Take care. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a29d0a12eaf174af855c9 Controversial ICE tactic actually reduces unintended 'collateral' arrests: federal agent te 2026-07-17T13:10:40.854Z Controversial ICE tactic actually reduces unintended 'collateral' arrests: federal agent Following a week of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) vehicle stops making national headlines, a federal special agent working in deportations revealed why vehicle stops are a "very important" part of the agency’s operations. After the second ICE officer-involved shooting in a week took place in Maine on Monday, agents nationwide were given guidance to pause vehicle stops until further notice. That guidance, however, was overruled by President Donald Trump on Wednesday, who called vehicle stops "one of ICE's most important and effective Crime Fighting tools." Though controversial, the agent, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said vehicle stops are actually the preferred tactic for many officers, because they are safer for both law enforcement and the subject than home apprehensions, and they allow more time to identify the target than street apprehensions. Perhaps most notably, while vehicle stops have been widely criticized, the agent explained that they decrease "collateral" arrests, which they said are the apprehension of illegal immigrants who were not the target of the operation but were "at the wrong place at the right time." "[Vehicle stops] lead to a higher success rate in apprehending the target that they [ICE officers] are looking for and not getting the collateral. The collateral is the person that we’re not looking for, but we encounter, and they deem them as having no legal presence and/or illegal; therefore, they are going to have an admin arrest done on them." ICE RESUMES NATIONWIDE TRAFFIC STOPS UNDER NEW POLICY REQUIRING BODY CAMERAS The agent said vehicle stops are a "daily" part of ICE’s operations. They described the stops as a critical "tool in the toolbox" for federal officers working on deportation operations. Simon Hankinson, a senior research fellow on border security and immigration at the Heritage Foundation, explained that vehicle stops have become increasingly "crucial" due to growing operational risks. "When you have to go to someone's house, we've seen how difficult that can be if they don't want you in. You need warrants, and if you're breaking down doors, chances of somebody getting hurt are significantly higher," he said. "What they're trying to do is find people and take them into custody in the calmest, quietest, safest manner possible," Hankinson continued. "So, ideal is when local law enforcement and police presence will honor ICE detainers, and they'll hand them over at prisons when they're finished their sentence or their hearing or whatever it is. But when they release particularly violent criminals into the city, they will go to ground, they'll hide, they'll hide in places where they're hard to find. And so, it is easier to stop them in their vehicle when they are going from A to B than it is to try to pick them up in a building with doors that are locked." At the same time, Hankinson called out groups using the possibility of danger in these operations to push for an end to all enforcement operations. DOJ ACCUSES MARYLAND OF 'ACTIVE AND DELIBERATE EFFORT' TO PREVENT DEPORTATIONS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS: LAWSUIT "They will pretend that what they really want is safety and that they just don’t want anybody getting hurt. But if you scratch the surface, you realize that's not actually their goal. If we were able to carry out deportations in 100% perfect safety and security, they would still oppose it." In a social media post this week, Trump wrote, "We CANNOT give up one of ICE's most important and effective Crime fighting tools, THE TRAFFIC STOP!" The president reasoned that the announced DHS policy shift would be "playing right into the criminal’s [sic] hands." Addressing federal agents directly, he then said, "ICE, be judicious, fair and smart, and go back and do your very important job." The agent said that Trump’s reversal was a "huge" boost for ICE officers. The agent also noted that despite the reversal, new training on vehicle stops and how to respond to dangerous situations is already being administered to many officers operating in the field. They said that, especially given the increase in often adversarial public attention, they would "welcome" even more training for officers on vehicle stops. "Any time you take a tool out of the toolbox, it is going to create challenges for [agents] to do their job in a more efficient way," the agent said. HARRIS CALLS FOR ICE PROBE AFTER MAINE SHOOTING AMID RENEWED 'BORDER CZAR' CRITICISM "In other words, if I'm encountering them on a sidewalk, and they see me, and they can get in the car and leave, that's what they're going to do. And I don't have any recourse, or our team will not have a recourse to go after him and stop him," the agent said. "We'd have to hope he stops or, God forbid, he crashes into something and causes property and/or bodily harm to someone else, a third party." "I don’t want to hurt anyone; I really don’t," they said. "I think any sane person would be in agreement with me to say, ‘Hey, let's look at how we can do this safer for everybody.'" Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a2779a12eaf174af85565 Tom Brady draws inspiration after meeting with Make-A-Wish teen heart transplant recipient at Fanatics Fest te 2026-07-17T13:00:41.029Z Tom Brady draws inspiration after meeting with Make-A-Wish teen heart transplant recipient at Fanatics Fest Eli Griffith sat in a green room in the bowels of the Javits Center in Manhattan on the first day of Fanatics Fest waiting anxiously alongside his family. The Griffith family – father Joe, mother Jamie, and sister Ava – had been waiting all day for Eli to meet his favorite athlete, the one whose name rested atop their Michigan Wolverines and New England Patriots jerseys. Tom Brady. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Fox News Digital was able to speak with Eli and his family prior to meeting Brady as part of Fanatics and Make-A-Wish’s partnership, which continues to deliver once-in-a-lifetime moments. Eli was "totally" nervous after being asked about meeting his idol, but he also felt like there is a "mutual connection" due to their roots in Ann Arbor, Michigan – where Brady’s stardom rose with the Wolverines before reaching the "G.O.A.T" status Eli pointed out in the NFL. "As the day has been going, it’s just more and more surreal. It’s like this is the time it’s happening, and I just imagine him walking in the door," Eli said. TOM BRADY SENDS CLEAR MESSAGE TO RAIDERS ROOKIE FERNANDO MENDOZA: EARN YOUR OPPORTUNITY The moment finally came where Brady opened that door, and the family shared the quality time together they’ve been looking forward to all day. Brady caught up with Fox News Digital after the meeting, where Eli, who’s already showing his journalist chops in high school, had some questions to ask the legendary quarterback. "He didn’t want to be a journalist. He said, ‘I am a journalist!’ I said, ‘Absolutely, you keep going,’" Brady said, smiling. "He had seven questions for me, and a lot of fun ones. He definitely put a lot of time and thought into it, and he asked a lot of good questions. A few of them I’ve never been asked before." A candid interview, some autographs, and having a catch with the whole family, Brady made Eli’s wish come true in the best way. But the Griffith family should know that Eli’s story serves as inspiration for Brady as well. "When I was a player, we did a lot of it around football training camp and we had a lot of great wishes over the years," Brady explained. "Just love being able to impact people’s lives in a positive way. A lot of these people are dealt with challenging situations – families and kids. But they have the brightest spirts and the biggest hearts, and it’s just amazing to meet them, draw inspiration. They think they’re drawing inspiration from us – I think it actually goes the other way." At 14, Eli was diagnosed with an unusual heart condition. He had a dilated cardiomyopathy on one side of his heart, and ventricular non-compaction on the other side. It was a rare genetic mutation that went undetected until he was a teenager. As a result, Eli needed a heart transplant at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor. During his time in the hospital, Brady was shown a picture of Eli with a bunch of trading cards from his Michigan days spread across his chest, which Brady called "pretty awesome." And while Brady was an inspiration, so was the entire Wolverines football team as Eli and his family battled through their situation. "The Michigan football team actually stepped up a lot when he was in the hospital. Players came and visited him," Joe Griffith said. "Charles Woodson gave a shoutout. We had a connection somehow through Jim Harbaugh, and we got a phone message from Harbaugh as well as the punter from the Chargers [JK Scott]. In the [Michigan] locker room, the players did a little voice message to Eli. All of this, kept his spirits high. Kept us excited about things, like after he had surgery, these three freshmen were going to come from the team and visit him afterwards. The whole thing had a lot of ups and downs, but relative to experiences a lot of people have, our lows were not as low as they could’ve been." It was the ultimate high for the Griffith family as they spent time with Brady, but it only continued on the Fanatics Fest floor after their introduction. Eli was right next to Brady tossing out trading card packs at CardVault by Tom Brady, while they all had a front-row seat to Brady dunking one of his favorite teammates of all-time, Rob Gronkowski, in a dunk tank filled with Raising Cane’s sauce. The experience of a lifetime for a family that has been through struggle, but never wavered in spirit and hope. "There’s a lot of people digging deep in life, and we all face our own unique challenges and he’s a great kid. What a great spirit," Brady said. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a1e17a12eaf174af85404 Asian nation with 1,500-year-old imperial line insists only men can become emperor in policy revision te 2026-07-17T12:20:39.819Z Asian nation with 1,500-year-old imperial line insists only men can become emperor in policy revision Japan’s Parliament voted Friday to enshrine male-only succession for the imperial throne, part of a monarchy that traces its origins back roughly 1,500 years. Lawmakers did so by revising an Imperial House Law dating back to the 1800s, despite warnings from experts that limiting succession to men in the paternal line will hasten the decline of Japan’s shrinking and aging imperial family, according to the Associated Press. To address the dwindling number of eligible heirs, the revisions allow distant male relatives to be adopted into the imperial family to father future successors. However, strict rules remain in place limiting the throne to men with royal blood. The changes also allow princesses to retain their royal status after marrying commoners. The new rules passed by Parliament come as many Japanese had been calling for Princess Aiko, Emperor Naruhito’s 24-year-old daughter, to be allowed to succeed him — now an impossibility. IN ATTEMPT TO CONNECT WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, JAPAN'S ROYAL FAMILY DEBUTS ON INSTAGRAM "The emperor is a symbolic figure, and I don’t see why women cannot serve in the role," Junichiro Tsujimaru, a 78-year-old sushi chain founder, told the AP. Under current law, the 66-year-old emperor's younger brother is next in line. After that, his 19-year-old nephew, Prince Hisahito, will inherit the throne, and then the emperor's 90-year-old uncle. Hisahito is the only boy to be born in four decades, and only five of the 16 adults in the imperial family are men. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and other conservatives say the male bloodline is the source of the emperor's authority and legitimacy. SHINZO ABE POSTHUMOUSLY GIFTED HONORS, NOBILITY BY IMPERIAL FAMILY HE DEVOUTLY SUPPORTED "It’s a declaration to prevent female monarchs … and to defend the male-lineage at all costs," Hideya Kawanishi, a Nagoya University expert on monarchy, told the AP. "They cannot say it’s male chauvinism, so they call it tradition." Chizuko Ueno, a prominent feminist and sociologist, recently suggested it was ironic that Japan's first female prime minister was the one to ensure male-only succession. Ueno said the new rules "treat male royals as stallions and put female royals under pressure as ‘childbearing machines’ to produce male offspring." Japan has had eight empresses descended from the male line in its centuries-long history as a hereditary monarchy. The last woman to reign was Empress Go-Sakuramachi, who sat on the throne from 1762 until 1771, when she abdicated in favor of her nephew. Female eligibility for the throne was first eliminated in 1890 under the original Imperial House Law. That change was carried over into the modern Imperial House Law, enacted in 1947, the same year Japan’s new constitution stripped the emperor of governing authority after the country’s defeat in World War II. Like Britain’s royal family, Japan’s imperial family remains an important national symbol. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a1c26a12eaf174af853a9 Texas Dem's claim about abuse victim's family unravels after relatives say they're 'tired of being used' te 2026-07-17T12:12:22.072Z Texas Dem's claim about abuse victim's family unravels after relatives say they're 'tired of being used' Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico is facing blowback after the family of a child sex abuse victim whose case he invoked publicly contradicted his claim and said they are "tired of being used" in the election. Talarico held a news conference July 9 outside the office of his Senate opponent, Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, at which he accused Paxton of giving an "Epstein-style sweetheart deal" to former Waco, Texas, attorney Adam Hoffman. Pressed by reporters on whether he had personally spoken to the victim’s family, Talarico answered, "Our team has been in contact." However, Melissa Dieterich, a friend and spokesperson for the family, publicly disputed Talarico's assertion that his team had been in contact. Dieterich posted a "note from the victim's family" on Facebook, which said, "We have not given any statement to Talarico. We have not spoke to him." PROGRESSIVE TALARICO KNIFES BIDEN'S OPEN BORDER, TRIES MODERATING STANCE ON KEY ISSUES IN TEXAS SENATE RACE Dieterich further noted that the family is "tired of being used in this election" and "we are tired of lies being told by both Paxton & Talarico, tired of the divide and just tired." In response to a comment on her post saying, "I have yet to see any politician NOT use this case as a talking piece," Dieterich wrote, "Right, but someone said they have spoke to the victims (sic) mom and this and that and it isn’t true." "That isn’t cool," she wrote. After Dieterich's post, JT Ennis, a spokesperson for Talarico's campaign, told Fox News Digital, "This family has gone through hell. They have experienced something unimaginable and deserve respect." Ennis explained that Talarico's team "facilitated outreach to offer our support and ensure the family has a way to get in touch at any time, for any reason." "Elected officials on both sides of the aisle have called out this plea deal," he said. "The judge presiding over the case has called out this plea deal. James is calling out this plea deal and demanding justice to stop this from happening again."  Hoffman originally was charged with continuous sexual abuse of a young child.  Earlier in 2026, Paxton’s office negotiated a plea agreement in which Hoffman pleaded guilty to indecent assault and displaying harmful material to a minor. He was sentenced to 60 days in the McLennan County Jail and was released after 29 days. The deal was reached after a Waco, Texas, jury failed to reach a unanimous decision in 2025, resulting in a mistrial. Assistant attorneys general in Paxton’s office have said the deal was a "difficult decision" and "was made entirely in the best interest of the child involved," according to Spectrum News. The victim's mother initially agreed to the plea agreement but later changed her mind, Fox 44 reported. The outlet reported a statement from the mother accusing the judge, police and Paxton of having "bent the system." "They made sure my son was in the room when they raised the plea deal — knowing he didn’t want to testify again — and they used that against him. They pushed the deal through with or without our approval. That is not justice. That is manipulation," the mother claimed, adding, "Paxton’s office gave Hoffman a sweetheart deal. That is corruption." TALARICO SAYS HE 'HATES CHRISTIANITY' IN UNEARTHED INTERVIEW WITH TRANSGENDER 'LATINX' THEOLOGIAN In a separate post, Dieterich said that what that victim "went through is awful and the way our court systems handle victims in these cases needs to change." She added, "We are hoping to change laws when the legislators are back in session so this doesn’t happen to another victim!" At his news conference, Talarico likened the plea deal to the prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein.  He said that his public information request to release the "Hoffman files" was denied by Paxton’s office. He emphasized that "the victim’s mother called this a corrupt deal," adding, "We should listen to the victim and their family." "We don’t need any more pedophile protectors in our government," Talarico said at the press conference. "Adam Hoffman was a well-connected lawyer who abused an eight-year-old boy. He should be spending his life in prison … He didn’t even have to register as a sex offender in Texas; that’s how good this Epstein-style deal was." "Ken Paxton should have to answer questions about this sweetheart deal," he emphasized. Fox News Digital reached out to Paxton’s campaign for comment. SOCIALISTS LAUNCH RADICAL PLATFORM TO ABOLISH THE US SENATE IN BID TO FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORM AMERICA A spokesperson for Paxton’s campaign told Spectrum News that his office has "already released information on this, but … the bottom line is that we stand with the child victim, who in this case did not wish to testify again and be forced into the same room as his abuser." The spokesperson added that "Talarico cares more about turning a child victim into a political pawn than the truth" and that "every time James Talarico chooses to bring this case up he is intentionally re-traumatizing the child victim for personal gain." Fox News Digital reached out to Dieterich for additional comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a1c12a12eaf174af853a0 Squad Dem in the hot seat after campaign spending spree at luxury hotels: 'Champagne socialist' te 2026-07-17T12:12:02.610Z Squad Dem in the hot seat after campaign spending spree at luxury hotels: 'Champagne socialist' FIRST ON FOX: A far-left "Squad" Democrat is facing scrutiny after spending thousands of dollars in donor cash at lavish hotels nearly 2,000 miles away from her home district, a Fox News Digital review of FEC records found. "Squad" Rep. Ilhan Omar’s, D-Minn., campaign dropped over $6K on high-end hotels and private transportation between April and June, including payments to a Ritz-Carlton resort in Palm Springs, a hotel with sweeping views from the Hollywood Sign to downtown Los Angeles, and a luxury stay in the heart of Times Square, the congresswoman's latest financial filings show.  The payments, covering April 1 through June 30, included $2,131.90 to W New York in Times Square, $1,613.23 to The Godfrey Hotel Hollywood, $1,143 to Blacklane Transportation, $926.80 to Ace Hotel & Swim Club Palm Springs and $682.41 to the Ritz-Carlton Rancho Mirage, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings.  Overall, the campaign reported more than $28,000 in travel expenses and more than $23,000 in food, beverage and catering expenses during the three-month filing period. SCHUMER DODGES QUESTIONS AFTER BOMBSHELL REPORT ALLEGES DEM SENATOR HAD RELATIONSHIPS WITH HOUSE STAFFERS The Ritz-Carlton Rancho Mirage bills itself as a luxury Palm Springs resort overlooking the Coachella Valley and San Jacinto Mountains, with an exclusive Club Lounge, dedicated concierge service, spa, salon, fitness center, main pool, adults-only Vista Pool and whirlpool.  Meanwhile, the Godfrey Hotel Hollywood promotes a rooftop pool and lounge with sweeping views from the Hollywood Sign to downtown Los Angeles. Ace Hotel & Swim Club Palm Springs describes itself as a boutique desert hotel with two pools, a stargazing deck, a nightclub, a spa and rooms with vinyl turntables and "organic mattresses," and W New York in Times Square advertises panoramic city views, suites, a cocktail bar with DJ sets, in-room dining and on-property restaurants.   Blacklane, the luxury transportation service Omar paid for in Q2, markets itself as a professional chauffeur service with business and first-class vehicle options, including Mercedes, BMW, Audi and Cadillac models. Her campaign has previously spent over $5,000 on the car service since joined Congress. Fox News Digital reached out to Omar's representatives for comment but did not hear back in time for publication.  "Ilhan Omar is just another champagne socialist who wines and dines at luxury resorts while supporting policies that would make her constituents live in squalor," Natalie Baldassarre, the national press secretary at the Republican National Committee, told Fox News Digital. ILHAN OMAR'S ALLEGED TIES TO MINNESOTA FRAUD SCHEME IN SPOTLIGHT Omar is not the only high-profile democratic socialist to face scrutiny over campaign spending. Fox News Digital previously reported that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign spent more than $53,000 on luxury hotels in 2025, including spending on a venue rental at a Bad Bunny concert in Puerto Rico, even as critics accused her of hypocrisy over her rhetoric on gentrification and working-class politics. More recently, Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, a far-left socialist, has come under fire for similar "champagne socialism" accusations after his tax returns showed his income was 10 times the median income in his state.    The spending scrutiny for Omar comes as she is already facing renewed scrutiny over her finances. Fox News Digital previously reported that Omar revised a disclosure that had listed millions of dollars in assets tied to her and her husband down to, at most, $125,000,  Her campaign has also previously faced questions over millions of dollars paid to her husband Tim Mynett’s consulting firm during the 2020 cycle. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a1bffa12eaf174af85397 Every controversy surrounding Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' from casting to costumes te 2026-07-17T12:11:43.153Z Every controversy surrounding Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' from casting to costumes Christopher Nolan's highly-anticipated adaptation of ancient Greek poet Homer's epic "The Odyssey" has sparked debate for months before audiences even had the chance to see it. From criticism over casting choices and historical accuracy to backlash over the 55-year-old Oscar-winning director's own comments dismissing critics, the fantasy action-adventure has found itself at the center of multiple controversies ahead of its theatrical debut. With a production budget of $250 million and marketing costs totaling an estimated $125 million, "The Odyssey" is one of the most expensive R-rated movies ever made. Box office analysts have estimated that the film will have to gross over $700 million globally to turn a profit for its studio, Universal. ‘ODYSSEY' STARS ZENDAYA, ANNE HATHAWAY AND MATT DAMON TURN HEADS AS DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER NOLAN FACES BACKLASH While "The Odyssey's" controversies have dominated social media and entertainment news headlines, brand experts and box office analysts told Fox News Digital they do not expect the pre-release scrutiny to derail the movie's commercial prospects, with some arguing that it could have the opposite effect. Here's a look at everything Nolan has taken heat for ahead of "The Odyssey's" release. "The Odyssey" features a star-studded cast including Matt Damon, Robert Pattinson, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Tom Holland, Charlize Theron, Jon Bernthal and Lupita Nyong’o. Despite its lineup of A-listers and many previous awards recipients, Nolan faced backlash over several casting decisions. Much of the criticism came from his choice to cast Nyong'o as Helen of Troy, as Homer describes the character as having "white arms" in the poem. Social media users have pointed out that Nyong'o's African roots and darker complexion contradict the poet's description of the character. Nolan also faced scrutiny over his decision to cast transgender actor Elliot Page as Sinon, a great warrior who fought alongside Odysseus during the Trojan War, as well as rapper Travis Scott, who plays a Greek bard (oral storyteller). Others have taken issue with the fact that no actors of Greek or Mediterranean descent were cast in the film. MORE HOLLYWOOD HYPOCRISY: VARIETY DEMONIZES CRITICS OF CHRISTOPHER NOLAN'S CASTING IN 'THE ODYSSEY' While weighing in on the backlash, PR expert Sarah Schmidt pointed out that the controversy had generated significant publicity for the movie ahead of its release. "There is a lot of noise around this film, but in this case, noise isn’t a bad thing," the president of the PR firm Interdepence told Fox News Digital. "People are talking about the film before it’s even out, which is almost always a win." "If this was about a personal scandal that is one thing, but this ‘controversy’ is about creative choice, casting, dialogue, and design," she continued. "And this type of historical edit is not unprecedented. Look at ‘Hamilton,’ which reimagined history and cast in an unexpected way. It told a story and became a national phenomenon. The people declaring online that they will not buy a ticket because of the casting or the costumes were probably never the audience to begin with." "Outrage is cheap," she added. "Movie tickets these days are not. And I'm betting that people will still go and buy them." For her part, Nyong'o has mostly brushed off the criticism and expressed support for Nolan's artistic vision. During an interview with Elle for the magazine's May cover issue, the 43-year-old actress, who won a best supporting actress Oscar for her performance in 2013's "12 Years a Slave," described "The Odyssey" as "a mythological story.""I’m very supportive of Chris’ intention with it and with the version of this story that he is telling," Nyong'o said. "Our cast is representative of the world. I’m not spending my time thinking of a defense. The criticism will exist whether I engage with it or not." "It’s quite something to be a part of 'The Odyssey,' because it is so grand," she added. "It spans worlds. So that’s why the cast is what it is. We’re occupying the epic narrative of our time." Page and Scott have not publicly responded to the backlash over their roles. However, Nolan has addressed his casting decisions in interviews leading up to the film's release. Nolan told Time magazine in May he cast Scott because he wanted to pay tribute to "the idea that this story has been handed down as oral poetry, which is analogous to rap." While speaking with Rolling Stone earlier this week, Nolan praised Page, who previously starred in the director's 2010 movie "Inception." "It was really thrilling to work with Elliot again," Nolan said. "I felt with his character in ‘The Odyssey,’ he brings something really special to it. Because, in a way, you’re looking to put a face on certain elements of what Odysseus has done, what that means for the world as a whole. You’re looking to put a face on the tragedy of war. And I think he did an incredible job." "The Odyssey" has also drawn criticism from historians, archaeologists and fans who have argued that some of film's design choices are inconsistent with the Mycenaean period, which serves as the backdrop for Homer's epic. The Mycenaean period, which is also known as the Late Bronze Age, lasted from approximately 1600 B.C. to 1100 B.C. in Greece. Critics have pointed to a number of alleged historical inaccuracies, including armor they argued resembles medieval designs rather than Mycenaean-era equipment, ships some have said appear more Viking than Greek, and costumes and weapons that they claimed are inconsistent with archaeological evidence from the Bronze Age. However, Ryan McCormick, co-founder of Goldman McCormick PR, told Fox News Digital that debates over historical accuracy are unlikely to deter most moviegoers. "If a person has a moral apprehension about supporting a film due to someone's misconduct, it can definitely have an impact on its commercial success," McCormick said. "I don't think that a majority of people are going to be turned away because ‘The Odyssey’ apparently has some historical inaccuracies." Meanwhile, Nolan has defended the creative choices, saying that filmmakers simply do not know enough about the Mycenaean period to recreate it with absolute certainty. "The archaeological record of Mycenaean times is very fragmentary," he said. "A lot of what people think of as historical knowledge of that era is informed and intelligent speculation, but it is speculation." "When you create a movie you have to create an entire and consistent world," he continued. "You're engaged in your own version of this speculation, your own commitment to the world-building." Nolan has also explained that some production decisions were made due to the logistics of filming the epic, including the use of the Norwegian Viking ship Draken. "We needed something wooden-hulled, built with ancient technology that could be out there in open ocean water, in giant swells, and the Draken has crossed the Atlantic," Nolan said during a July interview with the Los Angeles Times. "We shot like it was a documentary," he continued. "The actors learned how to sail and how to row and the boat’s 26-man crew were dressed as extras and incorporated into the movie." Nolan has also previously noted that Homer himself is believed to have lived roughly 400 years after the events of "The Odyssey" and said that the historical gap informed his approach to the film's design. "The oldest depictions of Homeric characters tend to be depicted in the manner of people living in Homer’s time," he told Time magazine in May. "So there’s a pretty strong case there for portraying things that way because that’s the way the first audience received the story." Beyond casting and historical accuracy, some fans also took issue with "The Odyssey's" contemporary dialogue and use of American accents. After trailers for the film were released, critics on social media questioned why characters in an adaptation of Homer's epic used modern expressions such as "Dad" while actors including Damon, who played Odysseus, and Holland, who portrayed his son Telemachus, spoke with American accents. Nolan also defended that creative choice, explained that he intentionally chose to use dialogue and language that he believed would resonate with contemporary audiences. The director said that his priority was finding "language that has emotional not intellectual meaning to people." "I was maybe being naïve, it might bite me on the a--, but I wanted an earthy narrative," Nolan said. "To me it was a no-brainer." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER McCormick told Fox News Digital that the online reaction to any of the film's historical deviations may not be representative of the broader audience. "I think there is a disconnect," he said. "Social media tends to amplify the voices of people who are passionate. It may not reflect what the pulse of the masses." Nolan recently drew backlash after dismissing criticism of the movie as "irrelevant" during an interview. "Comes with the territory," he told The Telegraph earlier this week. The outlet described him as "grinning serenely" before "lifting his cup and saucer and taking a theatrical sip." "But look, these conversations that happen before people see the film — they’re always irrelevant, because no one having them knows what the film actually is yet," Nolan added. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS The director told The Telegraph that the reception so far for "The Odyssey" is similar to the concerns he faced while working on his "Batman" trilogy, explaining that when he started with "Batman Begins," a variety of artists had been creating and depicting the character for decades, "and a lot of freighted thoughts were out there about what he represents." "And what I learned over my time on that trilogy," he continued, "is you can’t worry about any of that at all. What you have to do is honor the original text by interpreting it in the strongest way you personally can." The director said, "In the end, fans of the property — even when we were doing something that was not what they would have done — enjoyed the sincerity of the attempt to put as good a version of it on screen as we could," adding that he hopes audiences can reach a similar conclusion with "The Odyssey." Doug Eldridge, founder of Achilles PR, said Nolan's response was largely justified but could have been delivered more diplomatically. "Objectively speaking, it’s a valid response," he told Fox News Digital. "But as my mom used to say, ‘It’s not what you say, but how you say it.’ In other words, Nolan could’ve added some finesse to an otherwise factually accurate answer. A better way to phrase it would have been to acknowledge the concern among fans, but that you trust their fears will be allayed once they’ve seen the finished product." However, Schmidt viewed Nolan's response differently, arguing that his remarks were consistent with the reputation he has built as a filmmaker. "Nolan calling the criticism irrelevant is on brand, and he has earned the right to wave off the haters," she said. "The movie isn't even out yet and the early reviews are already strong. Nolan is a film icon who produces blockbusters. Trends bend to him, not the other way around." "The Odyssey" is projected for a massive opening weekend when it premieres in theaters on Friday. Industry box office tracking services predict that the movie will make between $85 million and $105 million domestically, with a global launch well surpassing $200 million. The film is expected to outperform Nolan's last blockbuster "Oppenheimer" across all opening weekend metrics, positioning it to become the director’s largest non-superhero debut ever. Nolan's films have grossed a combined total of over $6 billion at the worldwide box office across his 12 theatrical releases. The experts who spoke with Fox News Digital largely agreed that the movie's controversies and Nolan's remarks were unlikely to affect "The Odyssey's" box office performance. "Historically, controversy surrounding a movie usually has zero impact on a film’s box office potential," Paul Dergarabedian, Head of Marketplace Trends for Rentrak, said. He continued, "In fact, controversy, as amplified by the social media platform, only serves to heighten awareness, curiosity and raises the FOMO factor considerably, likely boosting not harming ’The Odyssey’s' box office potential." McCormick concurred, telling Fox News Digital, "The contention is keeping the film's name in the media (likely even boosting its profile) and if people are talking about it (or even arguing about it), it's a great thing." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a1beba12eaf174af8538e 1,740-year-old Roman coin bearing emperor's name found as England rail dig reveals clues te 2026-07-17T12:11:23.697Z 1,740-year-old Roman coin bearing emperor's name found as England rail dig reveals clues A railway project has opened an unexpected window into Roman Britain after archaeologists uncovered a rare coin and other artifacts dating back nearly 2,000 years. The discoveries, made in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom, were announced by East West Rail on July 1. Construction workers are currently restoring and building rail links between Oxford and Cambridge, and as part of that work, archaeologists are excavating trenches across southern England. 'SIGNIFICANT' EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH EMERGES BENEATH FORMER FISH MARKET IN ANCIENT CITY One of the discoveries was a coin dating back roughly 1,740 years. The artifact carries the name of Roman Emperor Carausius, a naval commander who was in charge of a Roman fleet based in the English Channel. Pictures released by East West Rail show the Roman coin appearing in excellent condition after spending centuries underground. Archaeologists expected to uncover ancient remains along the route, but there have been "a few surprises" that geophysical surveys did not initially detect, said Mike Court, historic environment lead at East West Rail. TREASURE HUNTERS RECOVER RARE SILVER BAR FROM LEGENDARY SHIPWRECK OFF FLORIDA KEYS "Geophysical survey doesn’t generally show finds, cremations or burials, so these are often unexpected when they appear in the trenches," Court told Fox News Digital. "Despite being armed with all of that knowledge going into the trenching, it is still exciting when discoveries are made — and so far, after over 1,000 trenches, we are starting to get some really interesting results." Court said the coins were discovered alongside evidence of Roman settlement and farming activity, rather than as isolated finds. "These sites comprise numerous features, such as pits, ditches and postholes, cut into the natural ground," he said. HIDDEN UNDERGROUND CHAMBER REVEALED BENEATH HOME OF LEGENDARY ROMAN EMPEROR "The fills of these features may contain pottery, which help us date the features and the site." The fills are "where we often find the coins through metal detecting," he added. What makes the coin "particularly interesting," Court said, is that it bears the name of Roman Emperor Carausius. That provides valuable dating evidence for archaeologists. Court said the excavations uncovered evidence spanning hundreds of years of history, with finds dating from the Iron Age through the Roman period. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER "We know from other projects nearby that this part of Britain has a rich archaeological landscape, and we weren't disappointed," he said. "By the time we [are] finished, we expect to find archaeology from most, if not all, periods of British history and prehistory." All the artifacts provide a rare, tangible link to the people who lived at the site millennia ago, Court noted. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS "Maybe the most compelling thing about these objects is not their association with emperors and historic events, but [their] connection to ordinary people," he said. "Each coin was once carried by an individual living in Roman Britain. ... Through chance and circumstance, the coin remained buried until its rediscovery by East West Rail's archaeological survey team centuries later." TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ With plans to dig around 6,000 trenches, Court added that archaeologists expect to uncover many more significant discoveries along the route. "We are confident that we’ll uncover additional major sites over the next two years of our trenching program," he said. "As we progress through the evaluation, we will get a better understanding of the sites we’ve excavated and their importance." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a1bd8a12eaf174af85385 Sophie Cunningham manages to anger both the left and right with a simple social media post te 2026-07-17T12:11:04.243Z Sophie Cunningham manages to anger both the left and right with a simple social media post Sophie Cunningham has done something far more impressive than anything she's ever done on a basketball court. The Indiana Fever star has managed to upset both the left and the right with one single social media post. That's right. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM It's almost impossible to do nowadays given how polarizing every issue is. We're all so black and white in 2026. You're either far-left, or far-right. No in-between. No middle ground. No fence-sitting. So, when you manage to anger both parties with one simple question, you know you've really found the sweet spot. And that's exactly what Sophie Cunningham did Thursday evening when she took to X and simply asked, "so how do we save our farm land and stop all these dumb data centers?" Chaos: Boom! That's it. That's the post that had everyone all fired up over on Elon's app yesterday. So simple, yet so divisive. That single tweet has over 8 million views, over 4,000 retweets and a staggering 6,000 comments. It is, easily, Sophie Cunningham's most viral post — which is saying something given she is the WNBA's biggest start next to Caitlin Clark. WNBA STAR SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM CLARIFIES FREE AGENCY COMPLAINT, WANTED HOUSE IN INDIANA TO BRING HER DONKEYS Again, the impressive thing is how it angered both liberals AND conservatives alike, which shows just how truly dumb this whole AI era is. God, we're stupid. Let's check in on some of the reaction: You see? The reactions are all over the place, and all across the board. You've got "Project Liberal" mad at her. You've got Stephen Miller mad at her. You've got regular folks mad at her. And none of them really say why they're mad, because, truthfully, nobody can really explain a data center. Myself included, by the way. Data centers are sort of like "the cloud" for iPhones. Can anyone here really explain where something goes in your phone when it's sent to iCloud? No. Of course not. Nobody knows what that is, but we still use it. That's what data centers are right now. Are they really that bad for us? Do they really take up space? Are they spying on us? Are they destroying our water? I have no clue. None. Zero. Sophie Cunningham seems to think they're building them on our great farmland(s). Again, I have no clue if that's true. It probably is, to a degree. Regardless, Sophie has the internet in a tizzy right now, and it's all because of one simple post that really tapped into the existing divides between rural America, Big Tech influence, government subsidies, and environmental priorities. And that, folks, is how you keep America on our toes during the dog days of summer. Well done, Sophie. PS: some folks commented and said the way to save the farms is to get rid of the golf courses. I don't think so. Not on my watch. That'll start a second Civil War. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a1bada12eaf174af85358 Why the first GPU financiers are turning to inference chips in a $400 million deal te 2026-07-17T12:10:21.239Z Why the first GPU financiers are turning to inference chips in a $400 million deal A $400 million chip-backed loan points to the next wave of AI infrastructure deals. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a197ea12eaf174af85322 China dismisses Trump election interference accusations as 'entirely fabricated,' threatens countermeasures te 2026-07-17T12:01:02.391Z China dismisses Trump election interference accusations as 'entirely fabricated,' threatens countermeasures China pushed back Friday after President Donald Trump accused Beijing of "working to influence the results" of the 2020 presidential election, describing his accusation as "entirely fabricated." Trump said in a primetime speech Thursday night that "in mid 2018, China was working to influence the results of the U.S. midterm elections and later the results of the 2020 presidential election itself." Trump said in a primetime speech Thursday night that newly released documents "show CIA reporting explicitly stated, and I quote, in mid 2018, the Chinese Communist Party's policy was to leverage all domestic and foreign elements that were opposed to the U.S. president in an effort to reduce the U.S. president's votes and make him resign or prevent his reelection." "The reason they wanted me to lose is because they knew I was wise to them," Trump added, while also accusing members of the U.S. intelligence community of operating a "shadow government" to allegedly conceal evidence of China’s efforts to influence U.S. elections. China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian on Friday said "the relevant allegations by the U.S. are entirely fabricated and aimed at vilifying China." "We have no interest in interfering in US elections and have never done so," Jian said. 'SHADOW GOVERNMENT': TRUMP CLAIMS INTEL COMMUNITY BRAGGED ABOUT HIDING CHINESE MEDDLING Asked whether this might affect the expected visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to the U.S. in September, the spokesperson replied: "As I just said, we urge the U.S. to stop making an issue of China in its elections and do something conducive to China-U.S. relations." Trump did not claim China changed votes or altered election results. Instead, he argued Beijing engaged in an influence campaign aimed at shaping U.S. public perceptions. Trump said intelligence officials kept significant reporting out of his presidential briefings and highlighted an email in which a National Security Agency analyst allegedly wrote, "We have deliberately massaged our one pending [presidential daily brief] to avoid any direct links to the election." "Those responsible for sounding the alarm instead kept the information secret and hidden," Trump claimed. "They did not disclose (it) to me as president or to anyone else." Trump used the disclosures to press Congress to pass the SAVE America Act, casting the newly released intelligence as evidence that lawmakers must tighten federal election rules before the midterms. SENATE FACES 'COME-TO-JESUS' MOMENT ON TRUMP'S ELECTION PRIORITY UNDER GOP'S NEW PLAN The SAVE America Act passed the House in February but stalled in the Senate in March, when a 53–47 vote fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance it. Trump urged Americans to call their senators and representatives and demand its passage "without delay." The Trump administration also announced Thursday it will drastically shorten visas for foreign journalists in the U.S. to 240 days, down from years, and cut those for Chinese journalists to only 90 days. China's Foreign Ministry called the decision "discriminatory" and said it would affect the work of Chinese media in the U.S. "China urges the U.S. to immediately revoke its discriminatory policies targeting Chinese journalists and effectively safeguard their lawful rights and interests in the U.S.," Jian said during a daily briefing in Beijing. He added that "China reserves the right to take reciprocal countermeasures." Fox News Digital’s Morgan Phillips and The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a196aa12eaf174af85319 Bills star Dion Dawkins explains why Josh Allen 'absolutely sucks' to play with – in a good way te 2026-07-17T12:00:42.938Z Bills star Dion Dawkins explains why Josh Allen 'absolutely sucks' to play with – in a good way Dion Dawkins is entering Year 10 as the left tackle for the Buffalo Bills, but more importantly, his ninth campaign protecting quarterback Josh Allen’s blind spot. But Dawkins’ job description isn’t your quintessential left tackle "block-anything-that-tries-to-enter-your-pocket" situation. Allen, the 2025 NFL MVP, is the cause of that. Allen is making highlight-reel plays by the week with his ability to keep plays that should result in a sack alive, scrambling his way around the field, sometimes running sideline to sideline, just to pick up positive yardage. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM It’s thankless most of the time, but Dawkins and his linemates are running around trying to help Allen at the same time. So, how exactly does Dawkins feel heading into his ninth year with Allen as the man under center? "People think playing for Josh Allen is the best thing in the world – it f---ing sucks. All right? It absolutely sucks," Dawkins told Fox News Digital at Fanatics Fest after riding through an off-road obstacle course outside the Javits Center in New York City as part of Polaris’ and Call of Duty’s activation for the fan event. Obviously, Dawkins is being very sarcastic here, but that’s the type of relationship these two share. It’s more than just being teammates – it’s a brotherhood. JOSH ALLEN SAYS HE WOULD BE 'VERY HONORED' TO PLAY FOR TEAM USA IN FLAG FOOTBALL AT 2028 OLYMPICS Dawkins, older by two years, has the role of protective big brother, which also means cracking jokes. "Josh is here and there and you gotta know where he is at all times," he continued. "But the best thing about having Josh, when you’ve played with him for so long – not that I birthed Josh. But I birthed Josh. I was in there with Tyrod Taylor and then here comes Josh. So, me knowing how Josh moves and how he flows, it’s been great. "It’s a gift and a curse because you don’t know where he is. But what I always say, it’s more of a gift than a curse. Sometimes, you don’t know where he is, but Josh will get you out of trouble more than we’ll get him in, and I appreciate him." The entire city of Buffalo appreciates the hustle, determination, and at times, acrobatics that Allen needs to do the things he’s known for on the football field. At the same time, Dawkins is one of the best in the NFL at what he does, which makes Allen’s life much easier. Dawkins earned his fifth straight Pro Bowl last year, though he’ll tell you like the rest of the Bills’ roster: they’re not satisfied until the Vince Lombardi Trophy is in hand. NFL COACHES AND EXECUTIVES SAY PATRICK MAHOMES IS NO LONGER THE BEST QUARTERBACK IN THE NFL To make that happen, the combination of Allen and Dawkins are paramount – even if the latter can’t stand the extra cardio the former makes him put in. Hitting the road with Polaris and Call of Duty Right across the street from the Javits Center, Polaris, the American automobile manufacturer, and Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 created an off-road obstacle course that Fanatics Fest attendees could navigate throughout the four-day event this weekend. Dawkins got a first taste of the experience in a Polaris RZR, which will be featured in the latest edition of the video game franchise when it comes out in October. Dawkins, an automobile aficionado himself, loved every second of the obstacle course, and even let out a shriek when the driver floored it over a hill at the end. "If there was just a longer stretch, we really would’ve went flying," Dawkins said, laughing. The experience was one that had Dawkins itching to get into his own vehicle. "I already told them I need three of these because we can all be in the woods in Buffalo at Big Indian going crazy," Dawkins said. "It holds and grabs so well – no problem. I just want to see it through the puddles, ponds and when it gets real wet and real soft on the ground underneath. Click the four-wheel drive and get that thing moving." Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a0e39a12eaf174af8510d Simone Biles attorney speaks out against SJSU over volleyball scandal after coach's allegations emerge te 2026-07-17T11:12:57.300Z Simone Biles attorney speaks out against SJSU over volleyball scandal after coach's allegations emerge EXCLUSIVE: A famed attorney who represents female athletes, including Simone Biles, in abuse cases, is the latest critic taking aim at San Jose State University (SJSU) and the California State University (CSU) system for its ongoing volleyball scandal. The attorney, John Manly, is coming forward after Fox News Digital reported that SJSU was informed of graphic assault allegations against current volleyball coach Todd Kress during the 2024 season, while the university was already under a Title IX microscope for a national controversy involving a trans athlete on the volleyball team. "This is not about trans rights... and frankly, the trans piece of this is a smokescreen for the university justifying its abominable treatment and protection of female students in the last 20 years," Manly told Fox News Digital. "What's happened here, and I can tell you I believe that's happened at San Jose State, is that the whole Title IX process has been bastardized. Instead of a process where it was supposed to be about protecting students and athletes, it's really been about avoiding liability for the university... "The school needs a wake-up call, and frankly, new leadership." INSIDE THE FALLOUT OF THE SJSU VOLLEYBALL SCANDAL: ‘THIS IS AN OBVIOUS PROBLEM’ Manly served as the chief legal counsel from 2017-21 for Biles and the other women who were sexually abused by Larry Nassar, helping the victims reach a $380 million settlement. He also previously represented SJSU female athletes in a separate case of sexual abuse by a trainer as far back as 2009 to 2020. The lawyer says he sees similarities in the culture behind SJSU's handling of its volleyball situation, and the cultures behind the issues in two other cases. "As to the culture, yes," Manly said of the similarities to other cases he's handled. "I mean, there was a culture at Michigan State where the Larry Nassar case was, and I was the lead counsel on that, where this was just acceptable and ignored because it benefited the university... Same thing with the trainer at San Jose State who was convicted of federal civil rights charges. "When you have a culture that doesn't value students and frankly treats them as funding devices, when it doesn't value athletes and frankly treats them as funding devices, and to benefit the university's, quote, 'brand,' this is what happens." SJSU previously settled with the U.S. Department of Justice in September 2021 for $1.6 million to be distributed to 13 female student-athletes. The investigation found that the school's former head trainer, Scott Shaw, subjected athletes to unwelcome sexual touching under the guise of medical treatment, and that the university ignored complaints for more than a decade. Manly served as legal counsel for those SJSU victims as well. Then at the end of January this year, the U.S. Department of Education determined the school violated Title IX again in its handling of the volleyball team. But in March, SJSU and CSU sued the federal government to challenge the investigation and its findings. SJSU and CSU are meanwhile being sued by 11 female players across the Mountain West, including former SJSU co-captain Brooke Slusser, over their experience with the trans athlete. Slusser has since said that she and her other former teammates at SJSU were never allegedly informed of the allegations against Kress after they were sent to the school in October 2024. Manly hopes the new developments and SJSU's history will have an impact in the courtroom on all legal fronts related to the scandal. "I would hope that the courts would look at this as a culture and say, ‘Something’s wrong here.’ I mean, you look at the coach, you look at the trainer, you look at the other issues at the school with culture, and they need to protect kids. And I hope that the end result of that case is that happens, cause it’s certainly not happening now," Manly said. Fox News Digital has filed two public records requests to SJSU seeking documents related to the allegations against Kress, but both have been rejected. "The fact that they won't produce the documents tells you a lot," Manly said. The first request sought the emails between the school and one of Kress' former players at Fairfield University that contained a letter involving allegations that Kress attacked her in a hotel room in 1998. SJSU denied that request, citing personal privacy exemptions. The second request sought internal communication related to the school's own investigation of those allegations. SJSU rejected that request, also citing personal privacy exemptions, as well as attorney-client privilege. Both responses from SJSU also stated, "Disclosure of these records would therefore constitute an invasion of privacy that outweighs the public interest in disclosure." As a lawyer, Manly disagrees with that response, considering the stakes. "It's completely bogus. There's a whole litany of California cases that says the safety of, of others and the safety of, uh, and, you know, people essentially knowing that somebody's dangerous outweighs that. The, if there's a privacy interest, you simply redact the name of the victim," Manly said. Fox News Digital was given copies of emails exchanged between SJSU and the former Fairfield player, from an independently verified source. Fox News Digital has independently verified she played at Fairfield under Kress in the 1998 season, but is not disclosing her name. SJSU DIDN'T PENALIZE VOLLEYBALL COACH DURING TRANS SCANDAL AMID TITLE IX COMPLAINTS, FEDERAL FINDINGS ALLEGE The original letter was written by a woman that played for Kress at Fairfield University in the late '90s, and sent to SJSU on Oct. 24, 2024. That first email she sent to SJSU contained the letter with the written allegations against Kress, that was originally sent to Fairfield University. The alleged incident occurred in a hotel after Fairfield’s loss to Clemson in the first round of the 1998 NCAA Tournament in December of that year. She wrote that a teammate asked her to bring her a shirt to Kress’ room. "I told her I wanted no part of his insanity. I was distraught about the loss and wasn’t interested in his drunken insanity, which was commonplace on trips." The former player added that her teammate "promised Todd would not throw water at me or do something juvenile so I reluctantly agreed to bring her the shirt." "I knocked on the door and Todd answered. He immediately took caramel from a plastic container and smeared it all over my face and hair. He then forcibly threw me on the bed and held me down. I was in shock. He let go of me and then pulled his pants down and put his back side in my face. "Astonished... that is the only word I can think of to describe how I felt in that moment... Todd was drunk. I got up and went for the door. "Todd again grabbed me, picked me up, and threw me into the bathtub where he held me down and threatened to turn on the shower with me laying there to ‘clean the caramel off of my face.’ At this point I was fighting back to get away from him. "Todd let me get out of the tub, laughing, and then he stood in front of the door blocking my exit. Todd told me he would only let me leave if I took a shot of liquor, which I did only to get him to move away from the door. Once he did, I ran for it. He chased me. I got into my room and although he seemed to be in a rage, he turned and calmly walked out," the letter alleged. SJSU Athletic Director Jeff Konya responded to the former Fairfield player in an email on the same day the letter was sent. "I want to acknowledge that I am in receipt of your correspondence and will share it with the proper authorities on the SJSU campus for additional review," Konya wrote. More than a week later, on Nov. 4, former SJSU interim Title IX and Gender Equity Officer Peter Lim reached out to set up a meeting with the former player and her attorney. "Thank you for sharing your concerns about Coach Todd Kress. I am sorry to hear about your experiences. I have reviewed your letter and would like to meet with you to better understand your experiences with Coach Kress. The purpose of the meeting would be to help me assess potential next steps, which may or may not include an investigation into the reported conduct," Lim wrote. Three days after that, on Nov. 7, Lim sent another email to the former Fairfield player, thanking her and her attorney for meeting with them. "I am so sorry about your prior experiences with Todd Kress at Fairfield University. I appreciate the time you took to describe those experiences, the impact those experiences continue to have on you, and the safety threat that you believe he presents to SJSU’s volleyball team," Lim wrote. "We are evaluating the information you provided and determining appropriate next steps. If it is okay with the two of you, I would appreciate staying in touch." There was no further correspondence between the two parties after that exchange, Fox News Digital has learned. Manly said the lack of visible follow-up reflects what he believes is a broader flaw in how universities handle allegations that could expose them to liability. "These complaints end up at the general counsel’s office and die. And the reason for that is very simple. Lawyers rarely find their own clients guilty," Manly said. "The message it sends is, ‘We’re going to keep the coach because he wins, and we don’t want to look bad.’ That’s not the way it’s supposed to work... This isn’t just about a trans athlete. This is about, in my view, a problematic culture at San Jose State that allowed this to occur. This is not the only group of women who’ve been mistreated and not listened to. It’s a litany of them." Manly hopes to see the legislature, either state or federal, issue subpoenas for what has transpired. "The legislature could subpoena these people, and they should," he said. "I would hope that the board members of the Cal State University system who are appointed by the governor, the Senate and the Assembly would really focus on this and hold a hearing on it and say, ‘How did we end up hiring this guy?’" Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a0e25a12eaf174af85104 America’s broken legal immigration system is replacing US workers by design te 2026-07-17T11:12:37.838Z America’s broken legal immigration system is replacing US workers by design The overwhelming majority of Americans instinctively grasp that illegal immigration undermines rule of law, hurts American workers and erodes our way of life. Now, more and more people are waking up to the disturbing reality that our sprawling web of legal immigration programs is just as bad, if not worse, than illegal immigration for many hardworking Americans. We need a complete overhaul of the legal migration system, which is enabling Big Tech companies and countless other American corporations to quietly replace American workers with visa-sponsored immigrants. That starts with confronting the H-1B program head-on. H-1B has been marketed to Americans as a tightly enforced, rigorously vetted, merit-based system that admits only the world’s best and brightest for highly skilled jobs that few Americans can do. In reality, it is a loosely monitored system that allows cheap and often entry-level workers to occupy jobs that Americans would gladly fill. DEMAND TO END 'SCAM' VISA PROGRAM REPLACING AMERICAN WORKERS SURGES, WEST VIRGINIA CONGRESSMAN REVEALS The numbers bear this out. Last year, for example, the Department of Homeland Security reported that 83% of H-1B visas petitioned for between 2020 and 2024 were for entry and junior level employees with salaries set well below the local median wage. This March, the Department of Labor found that the minimum wages employers are required to pay H-1B workers are set $19,000 lower than what U.S. workers earn in the same occupations and locations. The OPT program is arguably an even more egregious abuse of our immigration system. It allows foreign students to stay in America for up to three years after they graduate college as long as they are working, or at least as long as they report to be working through a portal that isn't very closely monitored or vetted. OPT has no cap on the number of participants, no requirement that the employer at least try to hire Americans before looking to this program, and no legal minimum salary that prevents employers from undercutting American workers by hiring these OPT workers for cheaply. AMERICA NEEDS WORKERS, BUT TRUMP'S POLICIES ARE SHARPLY CUTTING LEGAL IMMIGRATION Worse still, because it allows participants to remain on a student visa and thus enables companies to avoid payroll taxes, OPT further incentivizes employers to hire foreigners over Americans. OPT was never passed by Congress, and most Americans have never heard of it. Yet, today, it is allowing more than 400,000 foreign students to take jobs in attractive sectors like technology and engineering. This isn’t because of a shortage of American talent. Far from it. The Center for Immigration Studies’ analysis of the 2022 Census data shows that more than 11 million working-age people in the United States with STEM degrees are not working in any STEM job. TRUMP PUTS ASYLUM LAWYERS ‘ON NOTICE’ WITH NEW FRONT IN WAR ON FRAUD The OPT and H-1B programs are connected. A foreign student, from India for example, can come to the United States on a student visa, remain employed here for years after graduating through the OPT program and obtain an H-1B visa through that same employer. Thanks to the "dual intent" provision that corporate lobbyists pushed into the Immigration Act of 1990, that student could use that job to pursue permanent residency. Both programs are also riddled with fraud. In May, President Donald Trump's fraud task force identified more than 10,000 cases of foreign students in the OPT program claiming employment with suspect or nonexistent employers. And in June, Fox News reported that police had uncovered an entire network of Indian universities selling counterfeit degrees used to obtain H-1B visas. Faced with fraud on this scale and corporate abuse this brazen, it's tempting to settle for case-by-case fixes: deport the students making up fake employers, shut down the diploma mills, criticize each individual company filing for H-1Bs rather than hiring Americans. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION These are all reasonable steps to take, but none of them alone will actually solve the structural problem. That’s because the way Big Tech companies and other major corporations fire Americans and replace them with foreigners who obtain fraudulent degrees isn’t a bug but a feature of our broken legal immigration system. That system was designed by corporate lobbyists and exists to bring foreign workers into America en masse while asking as few questions as possible. It is time for a new approach. The only long-term solution is to overhaul our legal immigration system and end both the H-1B and the OPT programs for good. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a0e12a12eaf174af850fb Maine Democrats recycle Platner's far-left talking points in scramble to replace disgraced ex-nominee te 2026-07-17T11:12:18.384Z Maine Democrats recycle Platner's far-left talking points in scramble to replace disgraced ex-nominee A group of eight Senate contenders running to replace Graham Platner as Maine's Democratic Senate nominee sought to showcase how they align with the disgraced ex-candidate's policy agenda on Thursday night ahead of an upcoming nominating convention in the state. "Graham actually said he voted for me a few years ago," said David Costello, who ran unsuccessfully for the nomination earlier this year and lost to Platner, in response to a question about whether he would carry on any of the policies Platner put forward during his campaign. "How's that?" The answers from the eight participating Democrats showed an effort to capture some of Platner’s momentum and messaging — even as they sought to stake out their own candidacies amid a scramble to find another party nominee. There are 13 running in total, and whichever Democrat is crowned at a Maine Democratic Party convention on July 25, will face off in the midterm elections against longtime GOP Sen. Susan Collins in a high-stakes race that is among roughly a dozen that will determine if Republicans hold their slim Senate majority. Thirteen Democrats filed with the state party by Wednesday to get on the ballot. DEMOCRATS WANT US TO FOCUS ON GRAHAM PLATNER’S POLICIES. HE FAILS MAINE THERE, TOO Jordan Wood, a former congressional chief of staff to Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., said Thursday night that Platner’s perspective on the war in Gaza had been particularly transformative. "When I got into this race, I was very hesitant to use the word genocide. To me, when you make that commitment, you have to be ready to go all the way, for the need to put conditions on any future aid to Israel. Graham got into this race, saying, 'this is genocide,'" Wood said. "And I learned that, that it is so important in these moments to draw those moral lines. Voters are looking at you to see what is going on in Gaza, the genocide that Israel is committing, and the need to speak to that. And it's going to be difficult. But it is one thing that I took from Graham that I embraced that position now. But I learned it from him." Troy Jackson, a former logger and former progressive member of the Maine House of Representatives, pivoted to Graham’s stance on healthcare, arguing it would continue to resonate with voters. BERNIE SANDERS AIMS TO BLOCK SALE OF BOMBS AND BULLDOZERS TO ISRAEL, ACCUSING US ALLY OF 'GENOCIDE' "That's the thing that I think Graham did the best: talked about fighting against the health care industry and the prescription drug industry to make sure that people in this state and this country have affordable, quality health care," Jackson said. Nirav Shah, a professor and former candidate for governor, highlighted a shared view of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). "There are a lot of areas where Graham's policies and mine overlap. One that I think is particularly relevant this week is the need to finally abolish ICE," Shah said. "For anyone who's on the fence about that, let me ask a simple question," he added. "How many more people must die at the hands of Donald Trump's masked marauders before we finally agree that now is the time to abolish ICE?" Then, Shenna Bellows, Maine’s current secretary of state, said she shared Platner’s view of corruption in government. "The democracy that we thought we had has been deeply corrupted by those in power in Washington," Bellows said. "He energized a movement that's always been there," she continued. "We don't have to choose. It's about Medicare for all. It's about getting ice out of Maine. It's about seeing the harm of October 7th and seeing the harm that what Netanyahu is doing in Gaza is genocide, and that we can hold both of those ideas and we can speak the truth, not try to figure out which talking points will win." MAN FLEEING ICE OFFICERS IN FLORIDA IS STRUCK AND KILLED BY TRACTOR-TRAILER, POLICE SAY In the debate’s second group of candidates, Elizabeth Dickerson, a former Maine state lawmaker, argued that Platner’s appeal was less about introducing new ideas than energizing voters around long-running progressive priorities. "I think that it isn’t so much about the ideas that he had because he was talking about things that people have been talking about for a long time," Dickerson said. "He really didn’t bring up a whole lot that was new. But I think that what happened is that he had a way of getting people excited about doing those things and about voting to support those things." Dickerson added that she thinks Democrats should try to keep those voters engaged despite Platner’s exit from the race. "Sometimes you don’t get the win you think you’re going to get, but that doesn’t mean you give up," she said. "We still have to fight." Costello, meanwhile, said Platner had backed him when he ran as a "change candidate" in 2024 and said the central lesson from Platner’s campaign was the need to "change the system fundamentally." "The most important thing is we’ve got to take money out of politics," Costello said. "Money corrupts everything." Costello told the moderators he supported comprehensive campaign finance reform, public financing, reduced media rates for qualifying candidates, banning gerrymandering, eliminating the filibuster and imposing term limits for Congress and the federal judiciary. "That’s what I liked about what Graham was talking about as well, is the energy behind reform, transformation, transforming our government," Costello said. "But the most important thing … go after the money." In response to the debate Thursday night, the Maine Republican Party said Democrats in the state were "stained with the effects of Graham Platner's disastrous campaign." "It will follow them throughout this race. These candidates are cherry-picked replacements of the nazi-tattooed communist, and it's evident by the nature of their nomination process," Maine GOP Communications Director Kristina Parker told Fox News Digital. Facing a July 27 deadline to replace Platner with a new nominee, the state Democratic Party announced that it will hold a nominating convention two days earlier, on July 25 in Bangor, Maine, where 601 voting delegates will pick the nominee. Once having cleared that hurdle, Platner’s replacement will head to a general election against Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, on Nov. 3. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a0dfea12eaf174af850f2 California county approves reparations plan as neighboring school district 'Black Thriving' effort stalls te 2026-07-17T11:11:58.928Z California county approves reparations plan as neighboring school district 'Black Thriving' effort stalls Officials in Alameda County, California, have green-lit a sweeping reparations action plan, stepping in after a school district within the county — in Oakland — reportedly failed to deliver on its own highly publicized racial equity promises. The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on June 30 to accept a comprehensive reparations action plan, capping more than two years of research and community outreach. Designed to address decades of systemic discrimination against Black residents, the plan takes an institutional reform approach rather than focusing primarily on direct individual cash payouts. "Our Commission was focusing on what role did the county as a government play in systemic discrimination … and then what actions could we take as a county government to redress that?" Supervisor Nate Miley, who represents District Four and was a leading force on the reparations initiative, told Fox News Digital on Thursday. CHICAGO SUBURB LOCALS HOPE REPARATIONS ADDRESSES 'AFFORDABILITY PRESSURES' AS BLACK POPULATION DWINDLES Miley added that officials were focused mainly on what role the county played as a government in discrimination, racism, and preventing African Americans from thriving.  "I do think there could potentially be some linkages between the school district and what they came up with in our plan, as we continue to move forward to operationalize our plan," he said. Instead of writing checks, the Alameda County Reparations Commission's plan outlines structural overhauls, NBC Bay Area reported. These include expanding affordable housing, supporting Black economic development, increasing investments in education and healthcare and enacting criminal justice reforms.  To ensure these recommendations do not sit on a shelf, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors also approved the creation of a permanent standing committee on reparations to oversee the implementation. While the county-level plan focuses on policy over payouts, local leaders are not entirely opposed to direct compensation.  Alameda County recently partnered with the nearby City of Hayward to establish the $1.3 million Russell City Redress Fund. The fund will provide direct payments to survivors and descendants of Russell City, an unincorporated community seized and bulldozed by local authorities in the 1950s and 1960s for industrial redevelopment, Local News Matters reported. These local efforts come amid a broader national wave of municipalities exploring racial redress. Most notably, the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, made headlines by distributing $25,000 housing grants to eligible Black residents to address historic housing discrimination — an initiative that is currently facing a federal legal challenge. Now, Alameda County leaders face the challenge of translating their newly approved framework into real-world results.  SAN FRANCISCO JUDGE NOT CONVINCED REPARATIONS FUND WILL BE DISCRIMINATORY DURING LAWSUIT HEARING Critics say the nearby Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) serves as a stark warning of what happens when grand institutional promises fail to materialize. Five years after OUSD pledged sweeping "reparations" for its Black students, critics and parents argue that the landmark initiative has stalled, leaving students to face the same dismal academic outcomes that prompted the effort in the first place. The Oakland school board passed its "Reparations for Black Students" resolution in March 2021, establishing the 24-member Black Students and Families Thriving Task Force. The group was charged with developing a five-year plan to completely eliminate the district's Black student opportunity gap by 2026. However, former task force members reveal that the original group stopped meeting after roughly a year due to intense internal conflict and abrupt changes in district leadership. "It was as if we all got together and wasted our collective breath for a whole year," former task force co-chair Pecolia Manigo told The Mercury News last month. "One of the harsh realities I learned in this process is that the district can just wait people out." Interviews with former members show the initial effort fractured over bitter disagreements regarding school closures and the exact role district officials should play in the reparations work. MORE THAN 400K NEW YORK CITY CHILDREN ENROLLED IN FAILING PUBLIC SCHOOLS: REPORT The initial 2021 resolution aimed to establish a "Black Thriving Fund" to recruit Black educators, expand a Black-centered curriculum, mandate anti-racism training for staff, and boost outreach to struggling families. The resolution was explicitly drafted to combat glaring racial disparities. In the 2018-19 school year, district data showed that while Black students represented 22% of OUSD enrollment, they accounted for 57% of all student suspensions. Furthermore, Black students with Special Education Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) were nine times more likely to be suspended than their peers. "We kept looking at these data points — chronic absenteeism, literacy, mathematics — it was just dismal," Lawanda Wesley, the former director of the task force, told reporters. Five years later, student performance remains largely unchanged. By 2025, district testing revealed that Black students still recorded OUSD's lowest proficiency rates in both math and English. Additionally, about 46% of Black students were chronically absent, and nearly 10% faced suspensions, according to Oakland North. The initial momentum has vanished. The district's official reparations webpage has not been updated since 2021, public meetings have ceased, and Black student enrollment in OUSD has dipped below 20% — down from nearly half two decades ago as Black families continue to leave Oakland, Oakland North reported. Following a formal grievance process led by the local teachers' union, the district quietly revived a smaller version of the task force in 2023. This updated initiative pivots away from the grander systemic promises of 2021. Instead, it focuses on targeted family engagement and expanding support systems at 11 designated "Black Thriving Schools" — campuses where at least 40% of the student body is Black. While some local educators claim elements of the original promise continue quietly via a handful of newly created "Teacher on Special Assignment" roles, others argue the district completely abandoned its public commitments. OUSD spokesperson John Sasaki defended the current state of the initiative in a statement to The Mercury News, asserting that the task force "is currently active and moving forward under strong leadership, with a clear focus on supporting Black student achievement and well-being." OUSD officials have not responded to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a0deba12eaf174af850e9 Doctors warn your 'stomach bug' may actually be a parasite that's harder to detect te 2026-07-17T11:11:39.471Z Doctors warn your 'stomach bug' may actually be a parasite that's harder to detect Health officials are warning that what many people dismiss as a routine summer stomach bug may actually be cyclosporiasis, as the U.S. experiences one of its largest foodborne parasite outbreaks on record. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed more than 1,600 domestic cases of cyclosporiasis since May, with over 5,100 additional cases currently under investigation. The intestinal infection is caused by Cyclospora (Cyclospora cayetanensis), a microscopic parasite that spreads through contaminated food or water. IS LETTUCE STILL SAFE TO EAT AMID TACO BELL ILLNESS PROBE? DOCTORS ANSWER The outbreak has sickened thousands of people, particularly in Midwestern states such as Michigan and Ohio, causing prolonged bouts of severe gastrointestinal illness. Symptoms usually begin about one week after consuming contaminated food or water, although the incubation period can range from about two days to two weeks, according to the CDC. Early symptoms can overlap with those of a common viral stomach bug, including abdominal pain, nausea and watery diarrhea. Some patients also experience loss of appetite, fatigue and weight loss. The primary differences lie in how long the illness lasts and how severe the symptoms become, according to Dr. Kenneth Perry, an emergency physician based in South Carolina. HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS STOMACH BUG SPREADS FAST, HITTING CERTAIN PATIENTS HARDEST Routine stomach bugs are typically short-lived, resolving within 24 to 48 hours, the doctor said. Even if mild symptoms linger, patients generally feel better after two days. "Cyclospora is different in this regard," Perry told Fox News Digital. "It lasts longer, with far more profound watery, foul-smelling diarrhea and abdominal cramping." It is possible to test for Cyclospora, but healthcare providers must specifically request it, as the parasite is not routinely included in standard stool testing and many gastrointestinal PCR panels do not detect it, according to the CDC. Diagnosis is made by examining stool specimens, although patients may need to submit several samples collected on different days, as even symptomatic people may not shed enough of the parasite for it to be readily detected, per the above source. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER If symptoms strongly suggest Cyclospora despite an initial negative test, the screening may need to be repeated, Perry noted. A primary care physician is often the best point of contact for patients seeking a diagnosis, as most routine stool tests performed in emergency departments do not screen for Cyclospora. A family doctor can order the specialized test if it's suspected. CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES "The emergency department is the appropriate setting for treating downstream symptoms, such as nausea, diarrhea and dehydration," Perry told Fox News Digital. People who suspect they have contracted the parasite can also check FDA and CDC food safety alerts to see whether they may have been exposed to a recalled or implicated product. Patients should also focus on staying hydrated by monitoring their urine output. Perry recommends using over-the-counter pediatric formulas, which offer a more effective salt-to-sugar ratio than commercial sports drinks. Anyone whose diarrhea lasts more than two to three days, worsens or is accompanied by signs of dehydration should contact a primary care physician. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Unlike most viral stomach bugs, Cyclospora is treatable with prescription antibiotics. The CDC recommends trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) as the standard treatment, while people who cannot take sulfa drugs should discuss alternatives with their healthcare provider. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a0dd8a12eaf174af850e0 Kai Trump opens up about leaving home for college, credits president for giving her 'competitive edge' te 2026-07-17T11:11:20.015Z Kai Trump opens up about leaving home for college, credits president for giving her 'competitive edge' Kai Trump, the granddaughter of President Donald Trump, said she's "a little nervous" about starting a new chapter in life, but credits her grandpa for the "competitive edge" she says has fueled her wide-ranging success ahead of starting her freshman year and Division I golf career at the University of Miami. "[I'm] a little nervous, I'm not gonna lie, but I'm ready for the next chapter," she said Thursday on "Fox & Friends." "And I love my siblings. I am not far away from them, like an hour and a half away," she added. KAI TRUMP SHARES BEHIND-THE-SCENES FOOTAGE OF PRESIDENT'S POLARIZING KNICKS FINALS VISIT During the wide-ranging interview, Trump discussed everything from balancing golf and her booming social media career to her refusal to enter politics. She also shared her mother, Vanessa Trump, is "doing better" after her breast cancer diagnosis. The 19-year-old is preparing for a busy freshman year after recovering from wrist surgery while continuing to grow her apparel business and online following. TEENAGE GOLFER MILES RUSSELL DELIVERS HIS DAD AN ALL-TIME FATHER'S DAY EXPERIENCE DURING US OPEN FINAL ROUND When asked where she gets her "competitive edge" from despite her early success, Trump pointed to her mother and the president as two likely influences. "My mom's competitive, too, but definitely grandpa's very competitive," she told the hosts on the curvy couch. She reinforced that sentiment when asked what drives her to keep pushing despite her success as both a golfer and social media influencer. When asked where that motivation comes from, she responded simply: "Probably grandpa." Trump has spoken openly about life inside the first family while navigating her own life. She will be one of two freshmen on the University of Miami's team. Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a0dc4a12eaf174af850d7 GOP civil war erupts over Trump's latest agenda push as key Republicans threaten to sink megabill te 2026-07-17T11:11:00.560Z GOP civil war erupts over Trump's latest agenda push as key Republicans threaten to sink megabill House GOP leaders are scrambling to approve a sprawling budget reconciliation package packed with defense and election integrity priorities, but Republican lawmakers in both chambers are pouring cold water on the process. The intraparty skepticism, including concerns over the lack of spending offsets, is throwing the ambitious timeline into doubt. And the move to attach the SAVE America Act to the process has already turned off some of its GOP opponents. "If we keep on layering layers of complexity, like another bogus attempt at the SAVE Act, then we're never gonna get it done," Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said. When asked if it included the legislation if he would vote "no," Tillis said, "Absolutely." SENATE FACES 'COME-TO-JESUS' MOMENT ON TRUMP'S ELECTION PRIORITY UNDER GOP'S NEW PLAN "And I'll slow other things down, too," the retiring senator said. "It's a waste of time. It's an exercise of futility, and those are the only positive things I can think of to say about it." Still, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has voiced confidence that both chambers can approve a budget blueprint — the first step in the complex reconciliation process — before lawmakers leave Washington for the August recess. The House Budget Committee advanced the budget plan Thursday, teeing up floor consideration as soon as next week. But across the building, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said that Johnson’s assurance was, "news to me." Thune acknowledged the desire to push both defense funding and the SAVE America Act through the party line process, but warned of consequences that could appear along the way. "Again, the question is $60 billion worth the risk of putting something like that on the floor, and all the other harm that could potentially come from that," Thune said. The truncated timeline comes as the House is expected to leave for August recess by the end of next week, while the Senate will depart Washington, D.C., the first week of August. Some in the upper chamber argue that lawmakers shouldn’t go home if their work isn’t done. "If we don’t get this done, we’re gonna to — I think we’re gonna have to stay," Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., told Fox News Digital. The Trump administration is also providing backup to reconciliation 3.0’s proponents. The White House sent an internal memo to Hill offices Thursday expressing support for House Republicans’ $95 billion budget framework, which would allocate $73 billion in defense and intelligence funding among other provisions in a forthcoming bill. "Congress must pass this budget resolution—without modification—immediately," the document said in part. Several Republicans told Fox News Digital they believe that will be a tough sell. TRUMP'S VOTER ID BILL CATCHES UNLIKELY BREAK AS MCCONNELL REMAINS SIDELINED California Rep. Kevin Kiley, an independent who caucuses with Republicans, told Fox News Digital he is "skeptical" about a third reconciliation bill. Kiley said he is concerned that the $73 billion in defense funding could be spent with little congressional oversight. "This is really our opportunity here for the House to assert itself when it comes to directing the resolution of this conflict on acceptable terms," the California lawmaker said, referring to the war with Iran. Kiley also said he opposes the budget reconciliation process because it intentionally cuts out Democrats from negotiations and said lawmakers should be relying on the normal appropriations process. He voted against Republicans’ $72 billion immigration enforcement funding package earlier this year in part because the measure lacked buy-in from Democrats. Fiscal hawks in both chambers have griped that the budget blueprint does not direct Congress to cut any spending — a move that would almost certainly increase budget deficits and contribute to the national debt. "I think you got to pay for it," Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., told reporters Thursday. The lack of spending offsets was met with a cold reception in the upper chamber as well. "Our national debt is a runaway train. The next reconciliation bill should be fully paid for," Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., who lost re-election to a Trump-backed challenger, wrote on social media Thursday. Burlison also said he does not support Republicans' strategy of using a $10 billion funding pool to distribute grants to incentivize states to implement elements of the SAVE America Act, including citizenship verification and voter ID requirements. He added that he could be convinced to vote for the budget framework if GOP leaders are able to force Democratic-led states to implement those provisions. "To me, it's not worth it if it's weak language," he continued. "You have huge incentives in Obamacare, and you still have 11 states that rejected hundreds of millions of dollars to expand Medicaid. So it's nothing for states … if we're going to just throw a few million bucks their way." Complicating matters is whether Trump would even sign a reconciliation bill that didn’t include the entirety of the SAVE America Act, given how much he has pushed Republicans to pass the whole thing. "I know, I know," Thune told Fox News Digital. "That's a good question. If you get the answer, let me know." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a0db1a12eaf174af850ce Iran claims bold attack on US airbase and more top headlines te 2026-07-17T11:10:41.110Z Iran claims bold attack on US airbase and more top headlines 1. Iran claims attack on US airbase in Bahrain  2. Trump unveils declassified intel he says was covered up  3. Company responds after national outbreak traced to food supplier   CONSENT DISPUTE — Former Dem candidate accused of storming into ex's home with knife, tape, blames 'misunderstanding'. Continue reading … POWER PLAY — Bernie, AOC bet big on Senate hopeful in Democratic primary in must-win state. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a0901a12eaf174af8500c Conservatives unite around SAVE America Act after Trump declassifies 'shocking' election intel te 2026-07-17T10:50:41.192Z Conservatives unite around SAVE America Act after Trump declassifies 'shocking' election intel Conservatives rallied around President Donald Trump online Thursday after he doubled down on calls for lawmakers to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, citing alarming election integrity vulnerabilities he said his administration had discovered. "Thank you, Mr. President," Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., wrote on social media. "We are going to lose our country if we don’t pass the dadgum SAVE America Act. Call your senator and tell them to save our great nation." SENATE FACES 'COME-TO-JESUS' MOMENT ON TRUMP'S ELECTION PRIORITY UNDER GOP'S NEW PLAN Trump promised a series of disclosures on the discovered weaknesses. "Tonight, I'm announcing the immediate declassification and release of critical intelligence, revealing shocking vulnerabilities in our election infrastructure," Trump said. In particular, the president said those new documents would focus on a handful of key allegations, including foreign data theft carried out by China, that members of the U.S. government had known about election vulnerabilities, that Americans had been misled for years about those weaknesses and new evidence of "election fraud." Fox News Digital could not independently verify the content of the documents that were released by the White House. To address them, Trump called on lawmakers to pass the SAVE Act — a bill that, among other provisions, would require proof of citizenship to participate in federal elections. "I ask you to pick up your phone tomorrow, call your representatives in the House and Senate, and demand that they pass the Save America Act without delay. Together, we will restore faith and confidence in our country, and we will be bigger, better and stronger than ever before," Trump said. Almost immediately, his calls were echoed by Republican lawmakers online. "It is more important than ever to crush foreign election interference. It is more important than ever to pass the SAVE AMERICA ACT," Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said in a post to X. MORE THAN A QUARTER-MILLION NONCITIZENS MAY BE REGISTERED TO VOTE IN 4 KEY STATES, DHS ALLEGES Hans Von Spakovsky, an election expert with Advancing American Freedom, a conservative think tank, agreed. "The president is absolutely correct that the SAVE Act needs to be passed to implement universal voter ID and proof of citizenship," Spakovsky said. "He is also correct that the only reason an elected official would oppose this is because that official wants to make it easy to cheat and ensure that aliens who register and vote are not caught," Spakovsky added. The legislation, which has passed the House of Representatives multiple times, has been stopped by Democratic opposition in the Senate, where Republicans need at least 60 votes to overcome a filibuster. Republicans hold just 53 seats in the chamber. Despite Trump's calls to remove the filibuster, a part of Senate procedure, enough Republicans have expressed support to keep it in place, arguing that it forces aat least some level of bipartisan cooperation over the most substantive pieces of legislation. But on Thursday, more voices demanded the Senate revisit the rule. "The Senate needs to end the zombie filibuster and pass the SAVE America Act. Election integrity is far more important than the dying institutional 'norms' of the Senate," Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, wrote on Xshortly after Trump's speech. Democrats, who claimthe bill would add too many hurdles for minorities and other demographics to participate in elections, bashed Trump’s calls on Thursday, including former Vice President Kamala Harris. "The SAVE Act is voter suppression. It is part of a larger agenda of conservatives trying to steal power from the people," Harris said in a post to social media. "He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system, so you stay home this November. He knows how discontent the American people are, and he wants to make sure that you do not vote," she added. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., echoed Harris’ calls. WATCH: ELISSA SLOTKIN SAYS SAVE AMERICA ACT WOULD MAKE IT 'HARD FOR ANY DEMOCRAT' TO WIN AN ELECTION "Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. And now he’s trying to rig this year’s election with the SAVE America Act to make it harder to vote for millions of women, veterans, rural folks, & voters of color," Pressley said in a post of her own. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., also joined in the chorus of Democratic condemnations. "After listening to the president’s rambling address, I want him to know that the SAVE America Act is going NOWHERE in the Senate. It belongs in the trash with the rest of Donald Trump’s conspiracy theories. America, use your vote and your voice to save our democracy," Murray said in a post to X. It’s unclear when the Senate might reconsider the SAVE Act. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a06a8a12eaf174af84fa3 Conservatives unite around Save America Act after Trump declassifies 'shocking' election intel te 2026-07-17T10:40:40.009Z Conservatives unite around Save America Act after Trump declassifies 'shocking' election intel Conservatives online rallied around President Donald Trump redoubled calls on Thursday night for lawmakers to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, citing alarming election integrity vulnerabilities he said his administration had discovered. "Thank you, Mr. President," Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., wrote on social media. "We are going to lose our country if we don’t pass the dadgum SAVE America Act. Call your senator and tell them to save our great nation." SENATE FACES 'COME-TO-JESUS' MOMENT ON TRUMP'S ELECTION PRIORITY UNDER GOP'S NEW PLAN Trump promised a series of disclosures on the discovered weaknesses. "Tonight, I'm announcing the immediate declassification and release of critical intelligence, revealing shocking vulnerabilities in our election infrastructure," Trump said. In particular, the president said those new documents would focus on a handful of key concerns: foreign data theft carried out by China, that members of the U.S. government had known about election vulnerabilities, that Americans had been misled for years about those weaknesses and new evidence of "election fraud." To address them, Trump called on lawmakers to pass the SAVE Act — a bill that, among other provisions, would require proof of citizenship to participate in federal elections. "I ask you to pick up your phone tomorrow, call your representatives in the House and Senate, and demand that they pass the Save America Act without delay. Together, we will restore faith and confidence in our country, and we will be bigger, better and stronger than ever before," Trump said. Almost immediately, his calls were echoed by Republican lawmakers online. "It is more important than ever to crush foreign election interference. It is more important than ever to pass the SAVE AMERICA ACT," Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said in a post to X. MORE THAN A QUARTER-MILLION NONCITIZENS MAY BE REGISTERED TO VOTE IN 4 KEY STATES, DHS ALLEGES Hans Von Spakovsky, an election expert with Advancing American Freedom, a conservative think tank, agreed. "The president is absolutely correct that the SAVE Act needs to be passed to implement universal voter ID and proof of citizenship," Spakovsky said. "He is also correct that the only reason an elected official would oppose this is because that official wants to make it easy to cheat and ensure that aliens who register and vote are not caught," Spakovsky added. The legislation, which has passed the House of Representatives multiple times, has been stopped by Democratic opposition in the Senate, where Republicans need at least 60 votes to overcome a filibuster. Republicans hold just 53 seats in the chamber. Despite Trump's calls to remove the filibuster, a part of Senate procedure, enough Republicans have expressed support to keep it in place, arguing that it forces a at least some level of bipartisan cooperation over the most substantive pieces of legislation. But on Thursday, more voices demanded the Senate revisit the rule. "The Senate needs to end the zombie filibuster and pass the SAVE America Act. Election integrity is far more important than the dying institutional 'norms' of the Senate," Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, wrote on Xshortly after Trump's speech. Democrats, who believe the bill would add too many hurdles for certain demographics to participate in elections, bashed Trump’s calls on Thursday, including former Vice President Kamala Harris. "The SAVE Act is voter suppression. It is part of a larger agenda of conservatives trying to steal power from the people," Harris said in a post to social media. "He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system, so you stay home this November. He knows how discontent the American people are, and he wants to make sure that you do not vote," she added. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., echoed Harris’ calls. WATCH: ELISSA SLOTKIN SAYS SAVE AMERICA ACT WOULD MAKE IT 'HARD FOR ANY DEMOCRAT' TO WIN AN ELECTION "Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. And now he’s trying to rig this year’s election with the SAVE America Act to make it harder to vote for millions of women, veterans, rural folks, & voters of color," Pressley said in a post of her own. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., also joined in the chorus of Democratic condemnations. "After listening to the president’s rambling address, I want him to know that the SAVE America Act is going NOWHERE in the Senate. It belongs in the trash with the rest of Donald Trump’s conspiracy theories. America, use your vote and your voice to save our democracy," Murray said in a post to X. It’s unclear when the Senate might reconsider the SAVE Act. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a0014a12eaf174af84ea6 King Charles considered Queen Camilla 'non-negotiable' after Princess Diana, author claims te 2026-07-17T10:12:36.867Z King Charles considered Queen Camilla 'non-negotiable' after Princess Diana, author claims For King Charles, Queen Camilla was never up for debate — she was "non-negotiable." The claim comes from British author Catherine Mayer's new book, "Divide & Rule," which explores history's most misunderstood royal wives ahead of Queen Camilla's July 17 birthday. A spokesperson for Buckingham Palace told Fox News Digital they don’t comment on books. ROYAL FAMILY FACES BACKLASH FROM CRITICS AFTER QUEEN CAMILLA HOSTS J.K. ROWLING According to Mayer, multiple anonymous friends of the monarch said Charles "deemed Camilla's role in his life a 'non-negotiable,'" resulting in "painstaking" efforts to rehabilitate her public image. "I think the non-negotiability was the point after the divorce and, of course, after Diana's death," Mayer told Fox News Digital. "He understood that this was the one woman who could really sustain him. And I think he felt the need for that kind of support, and Camilla has clearly always been prepared to do that." "This is, in many ways, one of the most unlikely love stories you can imagine," said Mayer. "There were a lot of people who bought into the idea of the fairy-tale marriage between Diana and Charles. It was only when it imploded so spectacularly that they were forced to recognize that wasn't the truth of what had happened. And Camilla, at that stage, was seen as the other woman who had destroyed that relationship." WATCH: WHY KING CHARLES ALWAYS CAME BACK TO QUEEN CAMILLA: AUTHOR "I personally don't think the relationship between Diana and Charles could ever have worked," Mayer continued. "But that doesn't mean I don't think Diana was very badly treated. ... [It's] terrible what happened to her. But with Camilla, you only need to see her and Charles together to understand that she has this ... magical effect on him. It's transformative." Mayer, who previously wrote a biography of Charles, described "doggedly following him around" during her research. It was then that she saw Camilla’s undeniable hold over him. "You would see him tired, very obviously out of sorts," she said. "And then she would come into a room, and he would light up. She just lifts him." It was love at first sight for Charles when he met Camilla through mutual friend Lucia Santa Cruz in 1970. But according to People magazine, palace expectations got in the way. Camilla wasn't considered a suitable future queen because she wasn't a virgin and lacked the aristocratic pedigree many believed was expected of a future queen. "She had something of a past," said Mayer. "Charles was looking for a virginal bride. Camilla was not somebody who was — I'm not trying to say she was a Mata Hari or a major league seductress. But she was somebody who enjoyed life. That's why he responds to her so much." "At some point, she went off on a holiday in America, and she zoomed around on a motorbike in leathers," said Mayer. "She chain-smoked and was the life and soul of social occasions. And she had boyfriends, including the man she later married, Andrew Parker Bowles, who himself had a reputation for having a string of girlfriends." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER "This dusty, old-fashioned institution, they're telling the heir to the throne, 'This is the kind of woman you go off and have fun with, but not the kind you marry.' And if they'd been allowed to marry, history would be very different." Royal broadcaster Ian Pelham Turner agreed. "Camilla gave Charles, from the early days, a feeling of masculinity, making him feel sexual desire," he told Fox News Digital. "She treated him like a man rather than a royal." Believing they didn't have a feasible future together, Charles and Camilla split. In 1971, Charles joined the Royal Navy, which kept him away from Camilla. In 1973, she married Andrew Parker Bowles, who previously dated Charles' sister, Princess Anne. Charles was said to be devastated, but the pair remained friends. "The monarchy is really terrible at understanding what kinds of women should marry into it and how best to support them," said Mayer. "When Camilla came on the scene, she was seen as absolutely the wrong type of woman for Charles to marry." Royal author Penny Junor previously claimed that Charles and Camilla reignited their physical relationship around 1978 or 1979, People reported. Parker Bowles reportedly was aware of the affair and "quite enjoyed the fact that his wife was sleeping with the future king," Junor wrote. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Despite his relationship with Camilla, Charles began courting Lady Diana Spencer in 1980. Diana, a virgin born into an aristocratic family, was seen as an ideal match for the future king. They married in 1981 in what was described as "the wedding of the century." Still, that didn't stop Charles and Camilla. People magazine reported they began seeing each other again in 1986, despite both being married with children. "I think they did intend to break things off in terms of any kind of physical relationship, and they did," said Mayer. "But exactly when they rekindled it is another matter entirely because what they've said and what the evidence suggests don't always exactly match." Turner told Fox News Digital Diana suspected early on that Camilla would never leave the picture. "Camilla, without doubt, has been the love of Charles' life," he said. "He never stopped wanting to be with her, even when he married Diana. It has long been rumored that Diana recognized this before marrying Charles and tried to stop the wedding, but her father told her it was too late to back out." During her marriage to Charles, Diana noticed he wore a pair of gold cuff links engraved with interwoven Cs, representing his devotion to Camilla. "There was a famous incident described in Jonathan Dimbleby's authorized biography of Charles in which Diana found cuff links she realized were a gift from Camilla to Charles ahead of the wedding," said Mayer. "The person I spoke to said there was a separate incident in which he lost one of the cuff links and became very upset about it. The suggestion is that these things had great meaning for him and that the friendship had great meaning for him." In recordings made for Andrew Morton's book "Diana: Her True Story," the princess recalled confronting Camilla about the affair. "I was terrified of her," Diana said, as quoted by People. "I said, 'I know what's going on between you and Charles, and I just want you to know that,'" she recalled. "She said to me, 'You've got everything you ever wanted. All the men in the world fall in love with you, and you've got two beautiful children. What more would you want?' ... So I said, 'I want my husband. ... I'm sorry I'm in the way ... and it must be hell for both of you. But I do know what's going on. Don't treat me like an idiot.'" She would later famously tell "Panorama," "There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded." KING CHARLES LEFT ‘COVERED IN SALAD DRESSING’ AFTER EXPLOSIVE CLASH WITH PRINCESS DIANA: BUTLER Charles and Diana separated in 1992. Their divorce was finalized in 1996. A year later, Diana died from injuries she sustained in a Paris car crash. She was 36. In 2005, Charles married Camilla. She was crowned Queen Camilla in 2023. "In a lot of ways, Camilla has been very good for Charles," said Turner. "She's supported him in his efforts to become a great king. She has been his confidante, mentor and companion." British broadcaster and photographer Helena Chard told Fox News Digital she agreed with Mayer's statement: When it came to Camilla, she was always "non-negotiable" for Charles. "For years, the palace kept Charles and Camilla in separate boxes," said Chard. "Eventually, he chose love over protocol. Time did the rest. Camilla stayed steady, avoided the spotlight and carried out her royal duties. She became an asset, not a liability. By the time Charles took the throne, it was a no-brainer. You get the king, you get the queen. There was no plan B." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5a0001a12eaf174af84e9d Think your state is expensive? New data reveals where Americans face the highest cost-of-living te 2026-07-17T10:12:17.412Z Think your state is expensive? New data reveals where Americans face the highest cost-of-living As Americans continue facing higher prices for everything from housing to groceries, data reveals where they live can make a significant difference in how far their paycheck goes. A new cost-of-living index ranks the states putting the biggest squeeze on household budgets, revealing where everyday expenses are highest across the country. The rankings highlight how dramatically living costs can vary from one state to another. And those differences can shape everything from monthly household budgets to long-term decisions about where Americans choose to live, with housing emerging as the biggest affordability driver. The latest data also arrive as the issue remains central to the upcoming 2026 midterm elections, with inflation, housing costs and the broader economy expected to remain top concerns for many voters as they head to the ballot box in November. BILLIONS IN TAXPAYER INCOME ARE LEAVING TWO ICONIC STATES — AS A NEW ECONOMIC MAP EMERGES The Missouri Economic Research and Information Center's (MERIC) quarterly Cost of Living Index estimates statewide living costs using price data collected from participating cities and metropolitan areas. The composite index measures six categories of household spending, with a score of 100 representing the national average. States above that benchmark are more expensive than average, while those below it are more affordable. Housing proved to be the biggest differentiator among states. Hawaii's geographic isolation has long contributed to higher prices for everything from building materials to consumer goods, and the state posted a housing index of more than 300, far above every other state, helping propel it to the top of the overall rankings. Massachusetts followed with the nation's second-highest cost of living, driven largely by elevated housing costs and above-average prices across several everyday spending categories. Alaska, California and New York completed the top five. THE KEY STRATEGY RED STATES ARE USING TO LOWER HOUSING COSTS REVEALED Meanwhile, Oklahoma topped the list as America's most affordable state, followed by Alabama, Mississippi, Kansas and West Virginia. The South dominated the rankings, with Kansas joining the group from the Midwest. Those states benefited from substantially lower housing costs and generally ranked on the low-end of the spectrum when it came to transportation, utility and other everyday expenses, helping keep overall living costs well below the national average in these states. The state-by-state rankings also align with broader migration trends that have reshaped the country in recent years. IRS data show many of the nation's highest-cost states, like New York and California, have experienced significant losses of taxpayers and income to other parts of the country. Taken together, the rankings and migration data suggest the cost of everyday life may influence more than monthly budgets, offering a broader look at how affordability and population shifts are unfolding across the nation. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a59ffeda12eaf174af84e94 Fox News Digital's News Quiz: July 17, 2026 te 2026-07-17T10:11:57.955Z Fox News Digital's News Quiz: July 17, 2026 Test your news knowledge with this week's Fox News Digital News Quiz, featuring acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing and a raging Yellostone National Park bison. Looking for another challenge? Graham Platner's Senate campaign decision and a restaurant etiquette question are featured in last week's News Quiz. Test your knowledge of World Cup wins, burger breakthroughs and more in this week's American Culture Quiz. If you're looking to play even more, you can find all of our quizzes by clicking here. Check back next week for the latest News Quiz from Fox News Digital. Thanks for playing! Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a59ffdaa12eaf174af84e8b Fmr Arizona Dem candidate accused of storming into ex's home with knife, tape, blames 'misunderstanding' te 2026-07-17T10:11:38.502Z Fmr Arizona Dem candidate accused of storming into ex's home with knife, tape, blames 'misunderstanding' A former Arizona Democratic congressional candidate was arrested after allegedly forcing entry into an ex-partner's home with a knife and tape, then telling police the confrontation was a "misunderstanding" over a BDSM scene the victim denies ever agreeing to, according to court documents. Phoenix police responded to a call on July 10 at 6 p.m. from a woman who said her ex-partner, Brianna Westbrook, had come to the door, and that she opened it believing it was her son, according to court documents. Instead, she found Westbrook holding a knife in one hand and black tape in the other, the documents state. The two wrestled until Westbrook pushed the victim onto a couch and told her "not to move," with the victim to begin screaming, police said. Westbrook is a transgender rights activist and was a former vice chair of the Arizona Democratic Party. GOT A TIP? The screaming brought the victim's sister into the room, at which point Westbrook, with a knife, allegedly made a lunging motion toward both women. According to the court documents, the victim pleaded with Westbrook to stop, saying her son would likely be home soon. Westbrook then ran out of the house. Officers went to Westbrook's residence, where the suspect said the whole thing was a "big misunderstanding" and that Westbrook and the victim were into BDSM. Westbrook admitted going to the individual's house armed with a knife and duct tape, but claimed the scene was mutually planned, saying "the victim and her agreed on the scene through subliminal messages they exchanged on Instagram." FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X Westbrook also claimed the two had "agreed to re-enact a scene where Westbrook scares the victim to help her deal with prior childhood trauma of abuse," according to court documents. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST "Westbrook was given the subliminal message on Instagram that the victim was ready ... to start the scene. Westbrook admitted to going over to the residence with a knife, knocking on the door, entering the residence while armed with a fake knife and tape," police said in the probable cause statement. "Westbrook said she told the victim to sit on the couch. The witness then exited out of her room, interrupting the scene. Westbrook then left the residence." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE However, the victim told police she never agreed to "re-creating" the BDSM scene. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL Westbrook was charged with felony third-degree burglary and aggravated assault using a simulated deadly weapon, as well as misdemeanor disorderly conduct. A release questionnaire for Westbrook's arrest also obtained by Fox News Digital shows that police checked boxes stating that the suspect has a history of domestic violence, noting that the "frequency/intensity" of such incidents has been increasing. A preliminary hearing for Westbrook is scheduled for Monday. Fox News Digital reached out to Westbrook for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a59ffc7a12eaf174af84e82 Would you trust a tiny dental robot? te 2026-07-17T10:11:19.046Z Would you trust a tiny dental robot? Nobody hears "you need a crown" and feels excited. You start thinking about the drilling, the temporary crown, the return visit and the time it takes to get everything finished. Now, researchers at the University of Basel in Switzerland are working on a tiny dental robot that could one day change that process. The prototype is called MIR, short for Miniature Intraoral Robot. University of Basel says the device could help prepare teeth for crowns and reduce the number of dental appointments needed for treatment. WOULD YOU PAY $8,000 FOR A ROBOT TO FOLD LAUNDRY? The idea may sound intense because we are talking about a drill-equipped robot inside your mouth. However, the current design keeps the larger motor and control parts outside the mouth. The small in-mouth robot connects to them through flexible drive shafts, cables and tubes. Free live CyberGuy class: Sick of Spam? Join us July 22 Join us Wednesday, July 22, at 1 PM ET for a free CyberGuy Live class that will help you cut down on robocalls, spam texts, junk email and other unwanted messages. Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson will walk you step by step through simple ways to filter spam, clean up your inbox and recognize the messages that could put your personal information at risk. No technical experience is needed. You’ll also receive our spam-stopping checklist, and every registrant will get a link to the class recording afterward. Reserve your free spot today at CyberGuyLive.com. If tooth decay leaves a large cavity, a dentist may need to prepare the tooth for a crown. Today, that can mean several steps. The dentist removes decay, fills the cavity, shapes the tooth, takes an impression and fits a temporary crown. Then, the permanent crown gets made and placed during a later visit. That is where MIR could help. The goal is to move more of the process into a digital workflow. After a scan, a dentist could plan how much tooth material the robot should remove. Then, the crown could be ordered right away instead of waiting for another appointment. MIR attaches to a custom-fitted dental splint made from the patient's scan. That splint connects the robot to the teeth. So, if the patient turns their head, the robot moves with them. That detail stood out to me. Anyone who has ever tried to stay perfectly still in a dental chair knows how hard that can be. Even a small twitch can feel huge when a drill is near your tooth. The robot is designed to follow a digital treatment plan. In testing, it prepared tooth models in two stages. First, it used a wider drill to reduce the top of the tooth surface. Then, a longer, thinner drill worked along the sides. HUMANOID ROBOTS PERFORM LIVE SURGERY IN WORLD FIRST The University of Basel says the MIR prototype is about the size of a wine cork. It measures 43 by 26 by 28 millimeters. Dr. Yukiko Tomooka, the paper's first author, said the robot was designed to fit comfortably inside an open mouth. That small size is key. A dental robot cannot feel bulky or block the dentist's view. It also cannot depend on a giant device sitting inside your mouth. So, the Basel team moved the larger parts outside the mouth and kept the in-mouth unit compact. The project page from the University of Basel's Department of Biomedical Engineering says the team wants MIR to enable a fully digital treatment workflow for tooth preparation. The long-term vision is a crown that can be manufactured before or during the preparation process using CAD-CAM dental technology. So far, MIR has been tested on tooth models made of synthetic resin and on ceramic material with hardness similar to tooth enamel. In those tests, the robot's positional error was less than 0.2 millimeters, even though the current version does not yet have sensors to directly measure or correct its position. Researchers also measured the force created during drilling. University of Basel says the forces stayed below five newtons, which it compares to the gravitational force of a half-liter bottle of water. The team is also studying the robot's noise level to better understand how it might work in a real dental office. This tiny robot has not yet reached dental offices. University of Basel says more work is needed before MIR can be used in dental practices. The next step is to add sensors and a camera, so the system can track its position and monitor the treatment as it happens. That safety piece is a big deal. The team wants MIR to know where it is, even after a power outage. Professor Georg Rauter, who leads the research group, said the goal is for the robot to continue from the right position using sensor data. In other words, the robot needs better awareness before anyone should trust it near a real tooth. Precision on models is one thing. A real mouth adds saliva, movement, pressure, nerves and patient anxiety. MIR was developed by researchers at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Basel. The idea came from researchers at the University of Zurich, who also took part in the work. The University of Basel project page lists the BIROMED-Lab, the Clinic of Reconstructive Dentistry at the University of Zurich, Camlog Biotechnologies and the University of Bern's ARTORG Center as collaborators. The project is sponsored by Innosuisse. The research was published in IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics. BIONIC HANDS ARE NOW TEACHING ROBOTS TO FEEL If you have ever needed a crown, you know the process can drag on. MIR could eventually make that experience faster by letting dentists scan, plan and prepare the tooth with more digital precision. Still, this technology remains in development. You should not expect a tiny robot to show up at your next dental appointment. Researchers still need to add sensors, add a camera and prove that the system can work safely in real treatment settings. Even so, this is worth watching. Dentistry is already moving toward digital scans, computer-designed crowns and more guided procedures. A robot like MIR could push that trend further, especially if it can reduce repeat visits. This is the kind of dental tech that makes you lean forward and squirm a little. A tiny robot mounted inside your mouth may sound intense. Still, the goal is something many of us would welcome: fewer follow-up appointments when a crown is needed. The most important detail is that MIR remains a prototype. It has only been tested on models and dental-like materials so far. The team still plans to add sensors and a camera before real dental use. If MIR works, a future crown appointment could feel more like a guided digital procedure than the drawn-out process many of us know today. Would you trust a tiny robot to drill your tooth if it meant fewer trips to the dentist? Let us know by writing to us at CyberGuy.com. Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Report Copyright 2026 CyberGuy.com. All rights reserved. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a59ffb3a12eaf174af84e74 Hooters says kids, families are part of its comeback as waitresses insist they've always been welcome te 2026-07-17T10:10:59.588Z Hooters says kids, families are part of its comeback as waitresses insist they've always been welcome When the original founders of Hooters took back control of the iconic restaurant chain last year after its corporate bankruptcy, they promised to return it to its roots. That meant dialing back what founding member and Hooters Inc. CEO Neil Kiefer described as an oversexualized image, reemphasizing the food and hospitality, and broadening the brand's appeal to families and younger customers after years in which some corporate locations had become, in his words, "little boys' club stores." But at the South Florida Hooters locations, which have always been operated by the original ownership group, the servers who greet customers every day say they've been appealing to families and children all along. HISTORY OF HOOTERS: 5 FACTS YOU LIKELY NEVER KNEW ABOUT THE RESTAURANT CHAIN "Here in South Florida, nothing is changing for us," Gracie Williams, who has worked for Hooters for nearly six years, told Fox News Digital. "We are the same Hooters girls that we have been from the start," said the 24-year-old waitress and bartender who also happens to grace the July cover of this year's Hooters calendar. Micayla Williams, 21, who has worked for Hooters for about two years, echoed that sentiment. HOOTERS DITCHING BIKINI NIGHTS FOR OVER-60 CROWD AND FAMILIES "Nothing's really changed for our locations," she said. "We get families. We get elderly people. We get teenagers, even kids." Their perspective offers a regional counterpoint to the national conversation surrounding Hooters. As Hooters works to reshape public perception, employees at its two Fort Lauderdale locations say they've long served a broader customer base than the brand's reputation might suggest. Kiefer said restoring that broader appeal consistently throughout all remaining restaurants is central to the company's strategy. "We're starting to build that broad base of consumer appeal again, like we have in the original Hooters," Kiefer told Fox News Digital last year. TIKTOK-FAMOUS HOOTERS GILRS BUILT VIRAL FOLLOWING, BUT LANDLORD HAD FINAL SAY ABOUT THEIR FUTURE The emphasis is on hospitality, food and community involvement, Kiefer said, while moving away from what he described as "renegade stores" that had become "oversexualized." In South Florida, community involvement has always been the formula, the Hooters girls told Fox News Digital. But Gracie Williams doesn't ignore the element that has defined the brand for decades. "We're always building an oasis for others to come," she said. "Good food, hot wings, cold beer and, of course, pretty girls." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Both women pointed to the restaurant's customer mix as evidence that the perception of Hooters often differs from reality. During the day, Micayla Williams said, families make up a significant portion of the crowd, particularly at beach locations. "Obviously, we get more families during the day," but there are also plenty of date nights at her location, she said, "which is pretty neat to see." Gracie Williams said the oceanfront location attracts parents and children spending the day at the beach. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS "The parents come and hang, and the kids are out on the beach," she said. "And then when the kids come up, there's a bunch of food for all the kids." Gracie Williams also pointed to the company's fundraising events, which donate a portion of sales to local charities and youth sports organizations. She recalled hosting dozens of rugby players and multiple teams at one recent fundraiser, saying those events reinforce the restaurant's role in the community. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ "A lot of people think, 'Oh, regulars are a man or someone that just gives you a lot of money,'" she said. "But here at Hooters, regulars aren't necessarily that. Regulars are our family." As Hooters works to convince a new generation of customers that it's more than its decades-old stereotype, the women working at its South Florida restaurants insist it's just business as usual. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a59ffa0a12eaf174af84e6b 'The Odyssey' Review: Christopher Nolan goes epic with his most ambitious film to date te 2026-07-17T10:10:40.138Z 'The Odyssey' Review: Christopher Nolan goes epic with his most ambitious film to date When a film has a stacked cast of A-listers including Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson and Charlize Theron, it's remarkable that more people will go see "The Odyssey" in theaters not because of who's on-screen, but rather who's behind the camera.  In an era where movie stars no longer guarantee box office success, Christopher Nolan is in an elite class of filmmakers who are able to fill that void. "The Odyssey," adapted from Homer's epic poem circa Ancient Greece, tells the story of Odysseus (Damon), the king of Ithaca known across the land as the "hero of the Trojan War," and his years-long journey home.  ‘MOANA’ REVIEW: DWAYNE JOHNSON RETURNS FOR DISNEY'S LAZY LIVE-ACTION REMAKE THAT RESEMBLES AI SLOP Waiting for him in Ithaca are his wife Penelope (Hathaway) and their son Telemachus (Holland) — neither of them are certain whether Odysseus is still alive. Their palace has become overrun by potential suitors for Penelope as the throne remains vacant, the most prominent being the villainous Antinous (Pattinson).  Throughout his tiring journey home from Troy, Odysseus comes across iconic adversaries, including the Cyclops Polyphemus (an unrecognizable Bill Irwin), the sorceress Circe (brilliantly performed by Samantha Morton) and the Sirens. 'THE INVITE' REVIEW: SETH ROGEN, OLIVIA WILDE HOST ONE HILARIOUS DINNER PARTY YOU WON'T REGRET ATTENDING A lot has been said about "The Odyssey" in recent weeks: between the absurd internet rumor that transgender actor Elliot Page was cast as Achilles — which is entirely false — the off-the-cuff remarks about Homer from Lupita Nyong’o, whose casting as Helen of Troy sparked backlash in itself, as well as reports that Nolan allegedly relied on classicist Emily Watson's more modern interpretation and translation of Homer's poem. Minor casting decisions and mildly flippant interview comments shouldn't dictate whether to see a film. To get worked up over petty squabbles is just exhausting. If you choose not to see "The Odyssey" simply because of what you read online, that's your prerogative. As for me, I simply go by a film's quality and entertainment value. On both counts, "The Odyssey" passes with flying colors.  ‘TOY STORY 5’ REVIEW: TOM HANKS, TIM ALLEN RETURN FOR TIMELY INSTALLMENT AS PIXAR GANG BATTLES RISE OF TECH What I couldn't get out of my head as I was watching "The Odyssey" was juxtaposing it to the live-action "Moana" I saw the week prior. Both had eye-popping budgets, yet everything about "Moana" appeared absolutely fake and lazy and everything about "The Odyssey" looked so real (again, this is a movie with a Cyclops).  That's because only one of these movies committed to actual artistry, as Nolan reliably does. The mere existence of the live-action "Moana" is more offensive than any of the aforementioned so-called controversies that preceded "The Odyssey." LOW-BUDGET HORROR FLICK ‘OBSESSION’ SHATTERS BOX OFFICE EXPECTATIONS AS NEW STAR WARS FILM COMES UP SHORT From "The Dark Knight" trilogy, Inception, Interstellar, Dunkirk and 2023 Best Picture winner Oppenheimer, Nolan continues to raise his own ceiling, as "The Odyssey" is by far his most ambitious film yet. He's a master craftsman who was able to take a lot of moving parts and put them together in a cohesive and (mostly) coherent narrative.  Nolan essentially cast half of Hollywood and there's only so much screen time to go around for them. Some were able to maximize it with strong performances (Pattinson and Morton were among the standouts) while others were underutilized despite their incredible talents (Theron, Zendaya, Nyong'o). Damon does a perfectly fine job as Odysseus, but nearly any leading man could've given that performance.  Nearly every production element of "The Odyssey" is top tier, from Hoyte van Hoytema's stunning cinematography, Ludwig Göransson's powerful score, the editing, the production design, the costumes, the visual effects — there's a lot to marvel at. CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST MEDIA AND CULTURE NEWS It's always an event when it comes to a Nolan picture, and "The Odyssey" — the first movie ever shot entirely on IMAX film — is no exception. It's a captivating, remarkably made epic worthy of being seen on the silver screen — the bigger, the better. "The Odyssey" is rated R for violence and some language. Running time: 2 hours, 52 minutes. In theaters now. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a59f659a12eaf174af84cd2 Our View: Mandates are gone. Now show us the savings te 2026-07-17T09:31:05.223Z Our View: Mandates are gone. Now show us the savings The Arizona Corporation Commission has voted to repeal the state's electric energy efficiency standard, ending a rule that required regulated utilities to offer programs encouraging customers to use less electricity. The standard, adopted in 2011, was intended to reduce demand,… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a59f219a12eaf174af84b05 The progressive education machine is collapsing. We should let it fall te 2026-07-17T09:12:57.664Z The progressive education machine is collapsing. We should let it fall The American education establishment is currently having a collective meltdown. If you watch the headlines closely, you can see the panic setting in across the country. This is the unmistakable sound of a broken progressive machine collapsing under the weight of its own arrogance. The radical left has engineered our educational system to prioritize ideological compliance over human formation. Reality is finally catching up with them, and the collapse is starting where the crusade began. The war on merit. A few years ago, the "prestigious" University of California system proudly eliminated standardized testing. They sacrificed the SAT and ACT on the altar of "equity," claiming that objective academic standards were inherently discriminatory. The administrators confidently claimed that removing the tests would level the playing field. They promised it would open the doors of elite academia to students with fewer resources, reshaping the demographic makeup of the incoming students. CONFIDENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION SLIPS AFTER BRIEF RECOVERY, GALLUP POLL FINDS This decision turned out to be a complete disaster. The results are in and the failure is so undeniable that even the New York Times admitted that dropping test requirements was a terrible mistake. These universities are discovering the hard way that when you declare war on merit, you reward mediocrity. You rob intelligent, hard-working students of the ability to prove their worth, all to satisfy a progressive political checklist. Standardized tests stood for generations as an equalizer. They were a reliable tool for intelligent hard-working students from a failing public school could use to prove they were just as capable as a wealthy student from a private prep school. A high SAT score cut through the noise of privilege. By eliminating that objective metric, the University of California did not fix inequality. They worsened the issue. Admissions offices were forced to rely on highly subjective metrics like inflated GPAs, heavily coached essays, and expensive extracurricular activities, things that favor the wealthy. PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SCHOOL HIT WITH CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT OVER ALLEGEDLY DISCRIMINATORY SCHOLARSHIPS Without a standardized test to anchor the admissions process, they tried to engineer a utopian admissions process and ended up robbing working-class students of the ability to prove they are just as capable as those with limitless money and private tutors. The war on merit has led to the destruction of the higher education standard. Now, replacing it is a subjective system where ideological compliance and family wealth rule the day. This spectacular failure in California should cause grave concern and serve as a warning for other higher education institutions in the country. We cannot build a prosperous, resilient nation by hiding from the truth or lowering the bar. If we want to truly help the next generation, we must stop lying to them about what it takes to succeed. Real life does not operate on a test blind curve. In fact, we are already seeing elite institutions like MIT, Dartmouth, and Yale reinstating their test requirements because they realized the "equity" argument was entirely backward. LIBERAL FACULTY STILL HUGELY OUTNUMBER CONSERVATIVES IN HIGHER EDUCATION: REPORT As a university president, I, for one, will not stand by and watch higher education lose its merit. We must restore objectivity to the application process, and demand genuine intellectual effort over artificial, progressive shortcuts. But this fight is about much more than admission to college. This is about the survival of America. The defining promise of this country has always been that it does not matter where you come from, how much money your parents make, or your last name. If you work hard and achieve excellence, there is a place for you. When education abandons merit, they destroy that promise. The war on standards has failed. It is time to reject the equity hustle and restore excellence. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM DR. KENT INGLE Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a59f206a12eaf174af84afc Bernie, AOC to team up with El-Sayed as Dem civil war moves to Michigan te 2026-07-17T09:12:38.214Z Bernie, AOC to team up with El-Sayed as Dem civil war moves to Michigan Progressive champions Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will parachute into battleground Michigan's campaign trail this weekend to boost Abdul El-Sayed, the far-left candidate they're supporting in a crucial Democratic Senate primary. Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez will make three campaign trail stops with El-Sayed, a former Wayne County Health Department director who is facing off for the party's nomination against Rep. Haley Stevens, a more moderate lawmaker backed by longtime Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer and the establishment. After victories by far-left and socialist candidates over more moderate contenders in deep-blue congressional districts in New York City and Colorado last month drew national attention, Michigan is now the latest battleground in the high-stakes fight between the left-wing and the center-left establishment for the future of the Democratic Party. "What you’re seeing here are the two opposing forces of the Democratic Party. Both candidates offer very different visions of what the party and the country should look like," veteran Democratic strategist Joe Caiazzo told Fox News Digital. "The stakes are monumentally high because Democrats have to hold this seat in November." SWING STATE POLL SPELLS TROUBLE FOR FAR LEFT AS SCHUMER BACKED CANDIDATE SOARS The winner of the Aug. 4 Democratic primary will take on former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers, who is on a glide path to the GOP nomination, in the key midterm Senate faceoff to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters. The rare open Senate seat is a top Republican target in the midterms, as well as a must-hold for the Democrats as they aim to win back the Senate majority from the GOP, which currently controls the chamber with a slim 53-47 margin. The showdown in Michigan became a two-way race a couple of weeks ago, after progressive state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, once the third major Democrat in the primary, suspended her campaign. McMorrow, who has seen her national profile expand in recent years and was running as a progressive in an ideological space between El-Sayed and Stevens, exited the race after failing to keep pace with her two main rivals. Stevens held a seven-point lead over El-Sayed earlier this week in a Detroit News/WDIV poll conducted after McMorrow dropped out and following a debate last week between the two candidates. DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S CIVIL WAR HITS PRIMARY DEBATE STAGE El-Sayed, who, if elected, would make history as the nation's first Muslim senator, is an epidemiologist who unsuccessfully ran for governor as an insurgent candidate in 2018. He has made support for Medicare-for-all a major component of his campaign. The far-left candidate has also called for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and is a vocal critic of Israel amid its war with Hamas — even characterizing Israel's actions in Gaza as "genocide" against Palestinians. And El-Sayed, who served as a top surrogate on Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign, has vowed not to accept PAC donations. Schumer and the party establishment view Stevens as more electable than El-Sayed, who has sparked controversy with his past comments. They worry that El-Sayed as the party's nominee would jeopardize the Democrat-controlled Senate seat by pushing the party too far to the left in a state that President Donald Trump carried two years ago by just over one percentage point. Earlier this week, Peters, who to date had stayed neutral in the race to succeed him, endorsed Stevens. SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER The primary showdown has become combustible. "If you want your politics dictated by AIPAC or Chuck Schumer, then I'm not your guy," El-Sayed said during last week's debate, arguing the Democratic Party would not change if it continued to elect leaders who take money from corporations. Stevens countered by accusing El-Sayed of benefiting from Republican efforts to boost him in the primary. "What my opponent needs to answer is, why is the GOP spending thousands of dollars to prop up his campaign, saying that he will make Mike Rogers the next U.S. senator?" Stevens said. DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB The primary clash is also expensive, with outside groups spending big bucks to flood the campaign trail with ads. The biggest spending is United Democracy Project, a political action committee aligned with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). The group reports spending nearly $15 million in support of Stevens and against El-Sayed. "This race is not between Abdul and Haley Stevens. It is Abdul vs. AIPAC," Sanders argued in a social media post. "A billionaire-funded Super PAC shouldn't determine American elections or foreign policy. Let's support Abdul." A victory by El-Sayed over Stevens in the primary would give the far left a major win on a statewide stage, and further boost their momentum in the battle for the Democratic Party's future. But Matt Bennett, one of the leaders at the Third Way, a leading center-left Democratic organization, warned against placing too much emphasis on the results in Michigan, as he pointed to other factors in the race. "I don't think that even if El-Sayed wins, that means the national party is moving dramatically to the left, as the left will insist if that happens," he told Fox News Digital. "Some of this is idiosyncratic. There's a huge Arab American population in Michigan. The Israel issue is more resonant there than it is in other places. And candidates matter." Caiazzo, a veteran of Sanders' two presidential campaigns, also urged caution. "I think it’s really important for Democrats not to read into these primaries as any sort of directional change within the party. Every single election happens under a different set of circumstances," he said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a59f1f2a12eaf174af84af3 I've studied military strategy. Trump now faces Iran's oldest battlefield trick te 2026-07-17T09:12:18.752Z I've studied military strategy. Trump now faces Iran's oldest battlefield trick War is not checkers. It is chess, a game that began in India and was refined and carried through Persia, where "shah" meant king and "shah mat" meant the king was helpless. The language matters because strategy, whether in chess or war, is not only about placing an opponent in check. It is about knowing how to finish the game. President Donald Trump holds the stronger pieces, and Tehran knows it. That is why Iran is not trying to match America move for move. It is trying to widen the board before Washington decides how to close the game. The pattern is now familiar. Trump strikes Iranian military targets. Iran pressures commercial shipping. Trump tightens the maritime noose. Iran threatens new energy routes. Each American move is answered not by matching American firepower, but by shifting the pressure somewhere else: at sea, in oil markets, across Gulf capitals and inside Washington's political debate. U.S. Central Command has confirmed a fresh wave of strikes on Iranian coastal defense and missile sites, part of an effort to reimpose a naval blockade on Iranian ports and degrade Tehran's ability to threaten Hormuz shipping. Iran answered with strikes on U.S.-linked targets in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan, and with cruise-missile strikes that killed and wounded mariners aboard tankers in the strait. Tehran is trying to make each American strike produce a wider problem. MIKE POMPEO: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S PRESSURE CAMPAIGN ON IRAN WILL LEAD TO A NON-NUCLEAR AMBITIOUS REGIME That is not simple retaliation. It is a counter-move, and Iran has used this approach before. During the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988), Tehran helped turn the Persian Gulf into a battlefield in what became known as the Tanker War. The U.S. Navy launched Operation Earnest Will to escort reflagged Kuwaiti tankers through the Gulf. In April 1988, the frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts struck an Iranian mine while on that mission. Four days later, the Navy answered with Operation Praying Mantis, sinking or damaging a significant portion of Iran's operational navy in a single day. Iran did not defeat the U.S. Navy. It learned something else: mines, tankers, shipping lanes and oil anxiety can force a far stronger power to defend much more than a single waterway. That habit has not changed. TRUMP WON’T RULE OUT KHARG ISLAND TAKEOVER: WHAT A US ASSAULT COULD LOOK LIKE The Strait of Hormuz remains the central square on today’s board. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reports that oil flow through Hormuz averaged roughly 20 million barrels a day in 2024, about a fifth of global petroleum consumption. But Hormuz may no longer be the whole board. Reuters reports that Iran is signaling it could use its Houthi allies in Yemen to threaten the Bab el-Mandeb gateway to the Red Sea, putting a second vital energy artery at risk. Closing Bab el-Mandeb would force tankers around southern Africa, adding time and cost to global energy shipments. A one-chokepoint crisis is dangerous. A two-chokepoint crisis becomes a test of American staying power. Washington also handed Tehran an argument it did not deserve. Trump floated a 20% fee on shipping through Hormuz, then dropped the idea a day later, saying no one should be able to charge such a toll. The legal problem was obvious. The U.N.'s International Maritime Organization said there is no legal basis for mandatory tolls on an international strait under transit-passage rules. America cannot credibly tell Iran it has no right to toll an international waterway while briefly weighing a toll of its own. Even withdrawn, the proposal was an unforced error. The larger danger is that repetition becomes a substitute for strategy. Axios reports that Trump convened a Situation Room meeting to weigh an offensive wider than the current strikes near Hormuz, and Trump has said publicly that strikes on Iranian power plants and bridges could follow if Tehran does not return to the table. TRUMP REVIVES HIS DECADES-OLD IRAN WARNING AS US RAMPS UP MILITARY PRESSURE: 'REMARKABLY CONSISTENT' Force works when it narrows an enemy's options. It fails when it multiplies America's obligations. Tehran is betting that every American strike, threat and widened blockade will look like progress while adding another place Washington must defend. Trump should refuse that bet. Three disciplines would help him do it. First, stop making maritime policy in public. A major maritime policy should not reach a social media post before its legal basis, allied support and enforcement mechanisms are settled. Second, name the war America is actually fighting. Is this limited retaliation, a maritime-security operation, coercive nuclear diplomacy or an effort to dismantle Iran's coercive infrastructure? Each answer requires different targets, different limits and a different explanation to the American people. Third, use force to narrow the war, not expand it on Tehran's terms. American power should shrink Iran's options, not multiply Washington's burdens. The Tanker War offers a caution. What began as a limited escort mission became a test of national will, alliance management and escalation discipline. Washington cannot afford timidity. It also cannot afford carelessness. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Iran cannot defeat the United States directly, and it does not have to. Its strategy is to widen the board, raise the cost and survive long enough to call endurance a kind of victory. Trump holds the stronger pieces. He has put Iran in check more than once this year. But check is not checkmate. A regime under pressure can still escape, counterattack and drag the fight into a costlier configuration if its opponent mistakes movement for strategy. Trump has the pieces to prevail. What he needs now is the discipline to prevent Tehran from choosing the next square. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM ROBERT MAGINNIS Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a59f1dfa12eaf174af84aea Socialism’s rise inside the Democratic Party now threatens the American Dream te 2026-07-17T09:11:59.301Z Socialism’s rise inside the Democratic Party now threatens the American Dream The latest wave of socialist victories in Democrat primaries in New York and elsewhere should be a wake-up call for Americans across the country. For years, many people dismissed socialism as a fringe movement within the Democrat Party. Unfortunately, that is no longer the case. The wins by self-described New York socialists Brad Lander, Darializa Avila Chevalier, and Claire Valdez are the latest evidence that the socialist movement is no longer a fringe faction operating on the margins of the Democrat Party. Socialists are increasingly setting the direction of the Democrat Party — and many voters in progressive areas of the country are willing to embrace it. That should concern every American. All three candidates were backed by fellow socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, whose rise has transformed him from a local elected official into a political kingmaker. The results stunned Democrat leaders. According to Axios, some House Democrats described the outcome as an "earthquake" and a "huge defeat" for party leadership. Even moderate Democrats will admit they no longer have control of their party, the socialists do. THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS ARE NO LONGER ON THE FRINGE The significance of these victories goes beyond New York. Mamdani's candidates didn't defeat Republicans. They defeated incumbent Democrats and establishment-backed candidates in districts where the primary effectively decides the election. The result will likely add more socialists to Congress and further pull the Democrat Party to the far left and even further away from the mainstream of American politics. Voters shouldn’t just be concerned about the label but even more about the policies that come with it. The policies championed by today's socialist movement would affect how Americans work, start businesses, save money and pursue economic opportunity. They would fundamentally and permanently change the American free enterprise system that has made our country the strongest and most prosperous in the world. As a former small-business owner, I find this to be especially alarming. We don’t help businesses by making government bigger, we help them by getting out of the way. SOCIALISTS LAUNCH RADICAL PLATFORM TO ABOLISH THE US SENATE IN BID TO FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORM AMERICA For example, Lander has supported policies that would dramatically restrict independent contracting, limiting opportunities for millions of Americans who value the flexibility and freedom that come with freelance and gig work. Avila Chevalier has advocated eliminating right-to-work protections and allowing unions to collect dues directly from workers' paychecks, including from employees who choose not to join a union. Valdez has called for using the full weight of the federal government to expand union power and push workers into union membership, regardless of whether they want to join. This alarming trend extends well beyond New York. Seattle voters recently elected Katie Wilson, another socialist candidate aligned with many of the same ideological priorities. Across the country, activists are building organizations, recruiting candidates, and steadily expanding their influence within Democratic politics. Now, we are seeing the trend reach far beyond deep-blue cities. In my home state of Wisconsin, a leading gubernatorial candidate, Francesca Hong, proudly identifies as a socialist. Her candidacy demonstrates that ideas once confined to a handful of urban districts are now being marketed to voters in battleground states that will help determine the nation's future. That is why it is so important that we elect Tom Tiffany as governor of Wisconsin in November and prevent someone like Hong from bringing socialism to our doorstep. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION For years, many Americans assumed socialism could gain traction only in a few areas like New York City or San Francisco. Recent elections suggest otherwise. The movement is producing candidates, winning primaries, and replacing establishment Democrats with candidates who embrace a far more expansive role for government in the economy. I know voters in my district and across Wisconsin do not want to follow the same dangerous path we have seen in many coastal cities, and we must do everything we can to prevent that from happening here. If we do not put a stop to this radical-left ideology now, it will come to our neighborhoods next. Americans who value economic opportunity, more choices for working Americans, and free enterprise should pay attention. What happened in New York was not an isolated event. It was another sign that socialism is becoming the defining direction of the future of the Democrat Party. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a59f1b8a12eaf174af84ad2 To Win Their Races, Black Politicians Confront a New Landscape te 2026-07-17T09:11:20.384Z To Win Their Races, Black Politicians Confront a New Landscape With the Voting Rights Act weakened, Black representation will depend less on Black voters and more on broad, multiracial appeal or on ideological outsider campaigns. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a59f1a4a12eaf174af84ac9 Republicans in North Carolina Try to Reduce Early Voting on Sundays and on Campuses te 2026-07-17T09:11:00.930Z Republicans in North Carolina Try to Reduce Early Voting on Sundays and on Campuses Voting-rights activists said the changes are a blatant attempt by G.O.P. leaders to make it harder for Black voters and students, who tend to vote for Democrats, to cast ballots this fall. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a59f191a12eaf174af84ac0 In One of Houston’s Oldest Latino Barrios, Mourning After ICE Shooting Mixed With Fear and Anger te 2026-07-17T09:10:41.472Z In One of Houston’s Oldest Latino Barrios, Mourning After ICE Shooting Mixed With Fear and Anger After a federal agent killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the grief and anger in Magnolia Park has been less visible, but no less intense. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a59f17ea12eaf174af84ab7 Trump Promised Proof of Election Tampering. His Document Release Fell Far Short. te 2026-07-17T09:10:22.024Z Trump Promised Proof of Election Tampering. His Document Release Fell Far Short. In the end, the documentary evidence that President Trump claimed would prove his case appeared bound to disappoint those who expected bombshell revelations. 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The celebration is scheduled for July 24 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the party’s new office, located at 4531 N. 16th St., Suite 114, in Phoenix. Arellano will be joined by Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters and KFYI radio host James T. Harris. Arellano, who was elected chairman by state committeemen in Prescott in January said the new headquarters reflects his commitment ro reducing costs and providing a more accessible and functional space for volunteers and candidates. He noted that the centrally located office is intended to serve as a comfortable, user-friendly hub for grassroots efforts and party unity. The move follows the party’s 2023 return to central Phoenix under then-Chairman Jeff DeWitt. At that time, the AZGOP purchased office space at 3033 N Central Ave. for $1.9 million using proceeds from the sale of its longtime headquarters at 24th Street and Osborn Road. The acquisition ended a brief period in leased offices in north Scottsdale and provided more than 12,000 square feet of space, with plans to lease excess capacity to conservative organizations and Republican campaigns. Party officials say the grand opening will celebrate both the new facility and what they describe as a return to fiscal responsibility and party cohesiveness. Ethan Faverino is a reporter for AZ Free News. You can send him news tips using this link. The post Arizona GOP Announces Grand Opening Of New Party Headquarters first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a59e84ba12eaf174af843c5 FTC Warns Military Families, Renters About Rising Rental Scams te 2026-07-17T08:31:07.216Z FTC Warns Military Families, Renters About Rising Rental Scams By Ethan Faverino | As military families navigate permanent change of station (PCS) moves and renters search for new housing, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning consumers to remain vigilant against increasingly sophisticated scams that can result in the loss of thousands of dollars and sensitive personal information. The agency says scammers often target people facing tight deadlines or major life transitions, including military members relocating on short notice. Fraudsters commonly use fake rental listings, gift card payment schemes, cryptocurrency scams, and wire transfer requests to steal money before victims realize they have been deceived. According to the FTC, rental scams remain one of the most common fraud schemes. Some scammers create listings for properties that do not exist or are not actually available for rent, while others copy legitimate listings, steal photos and descriptions, and report them with altered contact information. Many fraudulent listings advertise rent well below market value to attract prospective tenants. One common warning sign is when a supposed landlord refuses to allow an in-person viewing, often claiming they are out of town or otherwise unavailable. The FTC advises consumers to be cautious of anyone who pressures them to make a quick decision or demands payments before they have an opportunity to verify the property. The agency recommends renters search the property’s address online to see whether it appears elsewhere under a different owner, management company, or rental price. Consumers who are unable to visit a property should have somebody who they trust tour it and verify it exists. Military members can also seek assistance from relocation or housing referral offices at their new installation to identify legitimate housing options and avoid known scams. The FTC also warns renters to protect their personal information during the application process. Fraudsters may request Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, pay stubs, or screenshots of credit card reports under the guise of processing an application. Payment methods are another major red flag. The FTC says legitimate landlords and businesses will not require tenants to pay using gift cards, cryptocurrency, or wire transfer. These payment methods function similarly to cash, making it extremely difficult or impossible to recover funds after they are sent. Fraudsters often direct victims to purchase gift cards from major retailers such as Walmart, Target, Amazon, Apple, or CVS and may even remain on the phone while the victim buys and loads the cards. Once the victim provides the card number and PIN, the scammer can quickly drain the balance. The agency is also warning consumers about cryptocurrency-related scams, which have become increasingly common as digital currencies gain popularity. Unlike credit card purchases, cryptocurrency transactions generally do not include legal consumer protections or chargeback rights. Once crypto is transferred, it usually cannot be removed unless the recipient voluntarily returns it. The FTC also warns that wiring money through services such as Western Union, MoneyGram, or Ria is essentially the same as sending cash. Once the funds are collected, recovering the money is typically impossible, and identifying the individual who received the transfer is often extremely difficult. Consumers should never wire money to someone they have not met in person, anyone claiming to represent a government agency, or anyone demanding immediate payment. To reduce the risk of becoming a victim, the FTC encourages consumers to research landlords and property management companies by searching online for reviews, complaints, or reports of scams. Renters should compare prices with similar properties in the area, verify ownership records when possible, and obtain copies of rental contracts before sending deposits. Anyone who discovers fraudulent rental listings should report it to the website where it was posted, the FTC, and their state’s attorney general’s office. Ethan Faverino is a reporter for AZ Free News. You can send him news tips using this link. The post FTC Warns Military Families, Renters About Rising Rental Scams first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a59e836a12eaf174af843bc Gov. Katie Hobbs Accused Of Illegally Commingling Campaign Funds te 2026-07-17T08:30:46.741Z Gov. Katie Hobbs Accused Of Illegally Commingling Campaign Funds By Staff Reporter | Gov. Katie Hobbs stands accused of illegally commingling millions in funds to subsidize her campaign. A letter sent by attorney Tim La Sota to Secretary of State Adrian Fontes earlier this month accuses the governor of commingling funds between her reelection campaign committee, Elect Katie Hobbs, and two other entities which submit funds to her campaign committee.  Elect Katie Hobbs and all other candidate campaign committees are restricted in the types of funds they may accept. Campaign committees must rely on what’s known in campaign finance parlance as “hard money,” or donations given by individuals directly to a political candidate, and cannot accept “soft money,” or donations or contributions collected into political action committees (PACs) from corporations or unions. Individual donations are limited to $5,500 per person.  The letter claims that Hobbs has used a PAC, which it claims to be hers, Copper State Values, as an unlawful repository for soft money to be used for Elect Katie Hobbs expenses. Allegedly, Copper State Values receives soft money funds from Hobbs’ joint fundraising committee PAC, the Katie Hobbs Victory Fund, and then sends the funds on to Elect Katie Hobbs and other political entities working to reelect Hobbs such as the Navajo County Democrat Party and the Arizona Democratic Party.  “Candidate contribution limits mean little if candidates can simply funnel money that the candidate herself cannot legally receive to a political action committee and turn around and have that political action committee pay for that candidate’s campaign expenses,” said the letter.  Since 2023, Elect Katie Hobbs has accrued more than $7.8 million and spent more than $4 million, Copper State Values has accrued more than $3.8 million and spent more than $2 million, and Katie Hobbs Victory Fund has respectively accrued and spent more than $1.8 million. The letter further described Copper State Values as unusual since it lacked the typical hallmarks of a PAC, such as a political activity or a website. The PAC’s main activity appears to be the alleged shared expenses with Elect Katie Hobbs for which it pays, such as payroll, rent, and travel. “The PAC seems to only function as a repository of monies that are then distributed to various left-wing entities, who will presumably help the Governor get elected — that and paying for expenses that legally must be paid by [Elect Katie Hobbs],” stated the letter. “[I]n terms of the PAC, it seems to do nothing but receive money and distribute money. It does not have any discernible political activity in terms of expenditures for express advocacy. It does not even have a website. And yet, it racks up hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses, money that it reimburses to Elect Katie Hobbs.” Hobbs’ reelection campaign manager, Nicole DeMont, serves as the chair of Copper State Values, and both Copper State Values and Elect Katie Hobbs share the same address, email address, and treasurer, Dacey Montoya. The letter noted that Demont’s consulting firm, Monteverde Strategies, has received about $55,000 from Copper State Values. It also noted that Capital Strategies, a consultant for Hobbs, has received more than $198,000 from Copper State Values, though the consultant doesn’t disclose its relationship to the PAC on its website page for current and former clients.  AZ Free News is your #1 source for Arizona news and politics. You can send us news tips using this link. The post Gov. Katie Hobbs Accused Of Illegally Commingling Campaign Funds first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a59d0aea12eaf174af83ee7 Trump offers no proof of claims foreign meddling threatens U.S. elections; Slammed for stoking voter fears te 2026-07-17T06:50:22.248Z Trump offers no proof of claims foreign meddling threatens U.S. elections; Slammed for stoking voter fears Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a59c50ca12eaf174af83d09 Campaign finances: Q2 report shows $47K in fundraising for Dave Johnson te 2026-07-17T06:00:44.423Z Campaign finances: Q2 report shows $47K in fundraising for Dave Johnson Mayoral candidate Dave Johnson's quarter two campaign finance report was uploaded to Lake Havasu City's website late Thursday afternoon, and the numbers show a strong backing. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a59bbd1a12eaf174af83b50 Trump, offering no proof, claims foreign meddling threatens US elections in speech slammed for stoking voter fears te 2026-07-17T05:21:21.798Z Trump, offering no proof, claims foreign meddling threatens US elections in speech slammed for stoking voter fears President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the East Room of the White House on July 16, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Saul Loeb/Getty Images) The nation’s election infrastructure is vulnerable to cyberattacks by foreign actors, President Donald Trump said during a primetime address Thursday night, citing a batch of documents he declassified — but providing no proof broad interference actually occurred or affected an election outcome. Democrats and advocates quickly criticized the remarks as another attempt by Trump to give Republicans an advantage in crucial midterm elections and sow distrust of results, following his firing of members of the Election Assistance Commission, demands by his administration for state voter rolls, an executive order limiting mail-in ballots and more. Russia, China, Iran, North Korea and some non-state groups “have the capability to compromise U.S. election infrastructure,” Trump said, quoting one of the documents, which were compiled by White House and intelligence community staff. The document said its authors did not know if any adversaries planned to interfere in elections. Trump claimed that voter rolls in at least 18 states were “bought, stolen, or hacked by China” ahead of the 2020 election. The attempted methods of interference, he said, ranged from influencing voters to trying to produce fake ballots in favor of Democratic nominee Joe Biden.   Standing behind a lectern at the White House, Trump said during the 2020 election, the People’s Republic of China carried out the “largest compromise of election data in history,” and said varyingly that China had illicitly accessed tens of millions or up to 220 million voters’ personal data.  “Our purpose in disclosing this information is not to weaken confidence in (elections), but to earn that confidence by confronting vulnerabilities and correcting them very, very quickly,” he said. “And that’s what we’re doing.” Trump announced he was immediately declassifying five sets of documents that he said proved foreign interference in the election and 2018 midterms, as well as “shocking vulnerabilities in our election infrastructure.”  “Just as disturbingly, this vital information has, for many years, been covered up and hidden from you, the American people,” he said. He claimed that the election vulnerabilities were known by members of the “deep state” who included top members of the intelligence community and worked to hide “the extent of China’s sinister election meddling,” including while he was president prior to and during the 2020 election.  He further accused Biden’s Department of Justice of killing any investigation into the matter and preventing its disclosure.  The documents were posted on a whitehouse.gov webpage Thursday evening. Trump also said the vulnerabilities were another reason to pass the SAVE America Act, a bill that in its various versions would restrict voter access by adding requirements to register and cast ballots, including photo IDs. The bill, which is stalled in the U.S. Senate, does not include funding for election security infrastructure.  Midterms impact Many Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, said the remarks were not about the 2020 cycle, but were ultimately meant to undermine confidence ahead of this year’s midterms. “Trump knows he has lost American families,” Schumer said in a statement following the address. “He knows he has made their lives more expensive, endangered their friends & families with an unnecessary war, and embarrassed the country on the global stage. And rather than pivot his policies, he is working to rig the midterms before a single vote has even been cast. We won’t let him.” Former vice president and 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris wrote shortly before Trump’s speech that he wanted the American people to believe their vote does not matter.  “He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November,” she wrote on X. “He knows how discontent the American people are, and he wants to make sure that you do not vote.”  Election forecasters say the most likely result of the midterms is that the GOP retains control of the U.S. Senate and Democrats gain a majority in the House. Chinese meddling attempts During his roughly 25-minute-long remarks, Trump avoided explicitly repeating his debunked claims the 2020 election was rigged, only implying it at one point. “We’re taking swift action to ensure that sensitive voter data is better protected so we can never be bought, we can never be hacked, and we can never watch a stolen election again,” he said. Instead, Trump said the documents showed U.S. elections are “vulnerable to being rigged and stolen.” He said China did try to meddle with voter registration and influenced public opinion against him by paying U.S. journalists “large sums of money to write more negative articles about him.” He did not say that was the reason he lost the election and he did not identify the journalists. According to the Election Assistance Commission, voter rolls are sometimes commercially available and are often obtainable through public records requests.  Trump said another set of documents revealed a scheme by a get-out-the-vote group in Muskegon, Michigan, to file fraudulent voter registrations. He did not say the scheme, which has been discredited, affected any votes counted in Michigan’s 2020 election. In a statement, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, said the state’s elections “are safe and secure.” “Any suggestion otherwise is designed to undermine our voters’ basic rights,” she said. Trump also claimed that 278,000 non-citizens are registered to vote in the U.S., citing a Department of Homeland Security report released shortly before his speech. That figure may be higher, he claimed, because Democratic-led states have not shared their voter information.  The White House documents released Thursday link to a one-page document created by the department, which cites a “review” of voter information in four states: California, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Nevada. It does not reference any specific data.  Throughout his speech, Trump took aim at the media, including NBC News and ABC News, which had both said they would not broadcast his speech live. CBS ultimately broadcast a portion of his speech in a special report after it began.  2020 claims Trump’s false claims about the 2020 election began almost immediately after his loss.  Trump and his allies filed dozens of lawsuits challenging the results of the election, nearly all of which were dropped or thrown out for lack of evidence.  The post-election campaign culminated in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by Trump’s supporters on the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to disrupt Congress’ certification of Electoral College results. A U.S. House committee investigating the attack concluded Trump was responsible for inciting it by knowingly lying to his supporters about the election results.  The investigation also found Trump sought to use Department of Justice resources and his influence among state-level Republicans to reverse the results. Trump also faced a federal indictment for his conduct leading up to the riot. That prosecution was dropped when he won the 2024 election. After returning to office last year, Trump also pardoned everyone convicted of charges related to the attack. Dems push back: ‘totally bogus’  Immediately after Trump’s remarks, Democrats slammed the president’s claims about China’s election interference.  Virginia Sen. Mark Warner said in a post on X that the “shocking ‘bombshells’ about China are totally bogus.”  “The fact is our intelligence agencies unanimously agreed that China did not even try to change a single vote in the 2020 election,” he wrote. “A single concurring opinion suggested China may have tried to sway voters’ opinions… but that’s been public knowledge since 2021.” During his speech, Trump, without evidence, cast doubt on the integrity of the Los Angeles mayoral race and the state’s recent gubernatorial race.  California’s primary election was Tuesday, June 2, but election officials are allowed to take roughly a month to complete vote counting. The lengthy process is a product of the state’s large population, as well as its reliance on voting by mail.  California Gov. Gavin Newsom echoed other Democratic officials and said the speech, which he described as “the ramblings of a mad king,” was about the midterms.  “Before a single vote has been cast, he’s already laying the groundwork to rig this election and convince YOU not to trust the results if they don’t go his way,” he said. “Don’t fall for it.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a59bba9a12eaf174af83b1a Tucson asylum-seeker still ill, moved to San Luis prison ahead of Friday court date te 2026-07-17T05:20:41.346Z Tucson asylum-seeker still ill, moved to San Luis prison ahead of Friday court date Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a59bb95a12eaf174af83b10 Kelly & Gallego urge FEMA to pay Pima County for $9.7M spent sheltering asylum seekers te 2026-07-17T05:20:21.899Z Kelly & Gallego urge FEMA to pay Pima County for $9.7M spent sheltering asylum seekers Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a59b48da12eaf174af839f2 A Trump Obsession That Carries a Cost for Democracy te 2026-07-17T04:50:21.772Z A Trump Obsession That Carries a Cost for Democracy In demanding steps to address the integrity of voting, President Trump persisted in relitigating his 2020 election defeat while finding ways to cast doubt on the 2026 outcome. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a59ad84a12eaf174af838cb Takeaways From Trump’s Speech Claiming Election Vulnerabilities and China Interference te 2026-07-17T04:20:20.677Z Takeaways From Trump’s Speech Claiming Election Vulnerabilities and China Interference Documents released by the Trump administration to support the president’s claims did not back up his most aggressive statements Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a59a1e0a12eaf174af8368f Jerry Rice storms into gallery after heckler taunts NFL legend at celebrity golf tournament te 2026-07-17T03:30:40.213Z Jerry Rice storms into gallery after heckler taunts NFL legend at celebrity golf tournament Jerry Rice wasn't about to ignore a heckler Thursday, as the NFL Hall of Famer charged into the gallery during the American Century Championship after a fan taunted him at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in South Lake Tahoe. The San Francisco 49ers legend was competing alongside fellow sports stars and celebrities, including Aaron Rodgers, Charles Barkley and Tony Romo. Rice, 63, was in the middle of his round before eventually finishing 42nd in the 90-player field. JORDAN SPIETH SAYS GAMBLING IS FUELING ROWDY GOLF CROWDS AND WANTS THE SPORT TO ADDRESS IT SOON Immediately after one of his tee shots, someone in the gallery mockingly yelled, "Fore!" The NFL Hall of Famer turned toward the gallery, shouting, "Hey! Yo! Hey! Hey!" WATCH: Before anyone could react, Rice ducked under the ropes, club in hand, and bolted toward the crowd. "Which one? Which one?!" Rice demanded as he charged toward the spectators. Even in golf spikes, he closed the distance with the burst that made him one of the greatest wide receivers in NFL history. A nearby fan ratted out the suspected culprit, yelling, "Green and blue!" Rice closed in eventually and the heckler wasn't as cavalier. FORMER COWBOYS QB TONY ROMO FALLS SHORT IN US OPEN GOLF QUALIFYING BID The situation cooled, and Rice returned to the tee box to applause from spectators. It wasn't Rice's first heated moment at Edgewood Tahoe. During last year's American Century Championship, Rice snapped at reporters after interpreting questions about the Kansas City Chiefs as digs at his beloved 49ers. One fan on Thursday summed it up perfectly: "Don't poke the bear!" Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a599d83a12eaf174af835d6 ABC, NBC, CNN avoid airing Trump's primetime election security address live te 2026-07-17T03:12:03.334Z ABC, NBC, CNN avoid airing Trump's primetime election security address live ABC News, NBC News and CNN avoided airing President Donald Trump's primetime speech live on Thursday that addressed election security and apparent vulnerabilities during the 2020 election. Trump alleged that "vital information" about the 2020 election had been "covered up and hidden" from the American people. He accused China of meddling in the 2020 election, claiming newly declassified documents include CIA reporting alleging the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) sought to prevent his reelection, as well as intelligence from the FBI claiming China attempted to manufacture illegal ballots for Joe Biden in that election. Leading up to the primetime address, the five liberal networks developed their own plans on how to handle Trump's remarks. TRUMP RELEASES DECLASSIFIED ELECTION INTELLIGENCE, SAYS IT REVEALS 'SHOCKING VULNERABILITIES' A CNN spokesperson earlier told Fox News Digital it planned to cover Trump's speech "as a news event, and monitor it for news developments" and provide on-air analysis and commentary. The network made the speech available on its website and on its streaming platform. CNN anchor John King explained to viewers the network's decision, saying it's "because this president, sadly, has a history of misleading, and in some cases, simply false statements" on elections and election security, adding that CNN wanted to independently verify newly declassified documents released by the Trump administration. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ADDRESSES THE NATION ON ELECTION INTEGRITY IN PRIMETIME WHITE HOUSE SPEECH ABC News carried Trump's speech on its streaming platform and ABC News Radio. A spokesperson for the network previously told Fox News Digital that regular ABC newscasts will cover the speech. NBC News similarly carried the address on its streaming platform and later aired a special report on the broadcast network. Both networks aired special reports recapping Trump's remarks moments after he finished during their normally scheduled programming. Trump took a moment of his address to slam ABC and NBC for their decisions, declaring them "fake news." "They don't like the topic because they know how corrupt our system is, and they don't want to reveal it," Trump said. "They and others in the media are part of a plot. They want to continue this fraud for whatever reason. They want to keep it going. They want to protect the radical left. They can't have a great country — and that's true — you can't have a great country without free and fair elections." He continued, "Fraud like this should mean a revocation of their licenses. They use our public, multi-billion dollar in value airwaves for absolutely no money. They pay nothing. All we want is honesty in our elections and honesty in reporting. They pay nothing for multi-billion dollar assets." ABC News and NBC News did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's requests for comment. NEW YORK TIMES BLASTS 'ABUSIVE' TRUMP SUBPOENAS TARGETING REPORTERS' SOURCES CBS News aired a special report that initially provided analysis before dipping into the speech minutes after Trump began speaking and cut away moments after Trump's attacks towards ABC and NBC. MS NOW carried the first 15 minutes of his speech live before dipping out to provide commentary. Fox News carried the speech in its entirety. Networks skipping presidential primetime addresses is not unprecedented. ABC, CBS and NBC chose not to air President Barack Obama's 2014 primetime speech on immigration. The three broadcast networks similarly avoided President Joe Biden's speech outside Philadelphia's Independence Hall in 2022 that attacked MAGA Republicans. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a599d6fa12eaf174af835cd Adam Silver calls Caitlin Clark a 'political football' as the WNBA keeps dodging reality te 2026-07-17T03:11:43.878Z Adam Silver calls Caitlin Clark a 'political football' as the WNBA keeps dodging reality NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is taking a notably passive approach to the safety of the WNBA's biggest superstar. Rather than directly addressing the repeated physical treatment of Clark, Silver seemed more interested in tamping down the controversy. On Thursday, as Silver addressed Clark's treatment at a CNBC Sports Summit in New York, the commish had an opportunity to demand greater accountability but instead argued that the Clark controversy has been fueled more by politics than by what is happening on the court. REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS PRESS WNBA COMMISSIONER CATHY ENGELBERT TO PROTECT CAITLIN CLARK "I've come to know Caitlin really well. She's an incredible player and also an incredible person. And she wants to focus on being the best player she can. She has become a bit of a political football in this country, and I think it's incredibly unfair to her. ... It's become political ping-pong with her." To many Clark supporters, it's Silver missing the point. Silver shifted attention away from the repeated hard fouls and physical confrontations that have fueled criticism of the league. Instead, Silver suggested the bigger problem is the controversy surrounding Clark, not the repeated physical play that created it. "Ultimately, the issues around Caitlin Clark are not largely about officiating, and that particular incident is not about whether a foul should have been called at the time ..." OLYMPIANS SPEAK OUT AGAINST WNBA FOR HANDLING OF CAITLIN CLARK Clark's supporters have watched the Fever star absorb hard foul after hard foul this season, making Silver's explanation a tough sell. But Silver's reported involvement raises even more questions. According to multiple reports, he consulted with WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert before Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas was suspended following the controversial throat strike. Asked point-blank about the report, Silver wouldn't confirm or deny it. "I'm not going to comment on [the Engelbert report], because I don't think it's fair to Caitlin, and to Cathy Engelbert either." While Silver did acknowledge one area that needs improvement, saying, "Do we need to improve WNBA officiating? No doubt about it," he quickly pivoted away from the larger questions surrounding Clark's treatment. At a time when the WNBA needed action, Silver chose optics. Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a599d32a12eaf174af83524 Trump Again Makes Unfounded Claims of Noncitizen Voting te 2026-07-17T03:10:42.465Z Trump Again Makes Unfounded Claims of Noncitizen Voting The president offered no concrete evidence, and at least one state — Nevada — rejected his claims immediately. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a599d1ea12eaf174af83501 FLL All-Star Roundup: Flagstaff All-Star Majors reach state championship, 11s come short after deep run te 2026-07-17T03:10:22.983Z FLL All-Star Roundup: Flagstaff All-Star Majors reach state championship, 11s come short after deep run The Flagstaff Little League All-Star Majors will play Chandler National Little League on Friday for the Arizona State Little League title at Ora Mae Harn District Park in Marana. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a599b04a12eaf174af833ea Assessing the Documents: Voter Registration in Michigan te 2026-07-17T03:01:24.687Z Assessing the Documents: Voter Registration in Michigan A well-known allegation of attempts to fraudulently register voters never yielded evidence of illegal voting. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a599af1a12eaf174af833e1 Assessing the documents: Venezuela and Smartmatic te 2026-07-17T03:01:05.083Z Assessing the documents: Venezuela and Smartmatic Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a599adda12eaf174af833d5 Assessing the Documents: Fake IDs From China te 2026-07-17T03:00:45.109Z Assessing the Documents: Fake IDs From China A previously released F.B.I. memo, viewed skeptically by intelligence agents, described a purported scheme by China to meddle in the 2020 election. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a599ac8a12eaf174af833cb Trump Released Documents on China and the 2020 Election. Here’s What We Know. te 2026-07-17T03:00:24.227Z Trump Released Documents on China and the 2020 Election. Here’s What We Know. President Trump claimed that China had tried to acquire American voter data. Possessing such information would not allow votes to be manipulated. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a59986da12eaf174af8334c Trump again makes unfounded claims of noncitizen voting te 2026-07-17T02:50:21.126Z Trump again makes unfounded claims of noncitizen voting The president offered no concrete evidence, and at least one state — Nevada — rejected his claims immediately. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a599653a12eaf174af83308 MLB announces earliest ever Opening Day for 2027, Wrigley Field All-Star Game amid labor uncertainty te 2026-07-17T02:41:23.128Z MLB announces earliest ever Opening Day for 2027, Wrigley Field All-Star Game amid labor uncertainty Major League Baseball just wrapped up the 2026 All-Star Game in Philadelphia, which means it's already time to look ahead to next year's game and schedule. MLB announced the full 2027 season schedule on Thursday afternoon, with a few notable changes from past years. Instead of the traditional late March-early April timeframe, next season will open on March 24 with one single game between two yet-to-be-determined teams. That's the earliest date, not including international games, in baseball history. And after Netflix hosted the recently completed Home Run Derby, it's set to host that exclusive Opening Night game as well, which may not be the best outcome if the league is trying to attract the largest audience, considering the mediocre ratings the derby brought in. HOME RUN DERBY RATINGS CRASH ON NETFLIX, SETS 20-PLUS-YEAR LOW AS QUESTIONS SURFACE ABOUT PROGRAM QUALITY But perhaps most importantly, this new Opening Day schedule raises some serious questions and potential issues for the league, players and the owners. Namely, what happens if there's a lockout? Particularly one that isn't resolved quickly? Nearly everyone on all sides agrees that baseball, finally, has momentum and growth on its side. Interest is up, ratings are up, attendance is up. The one thing that could jeopardize it? If baseball misses games. And with the expiration of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the owners and MLB Players Association on Dec. 1, that's a very real possibility. The two sides, while seemingly not as far apart as originally feared, are nowhere close to an agreement. Owners have pushed a, frankly laughable, ad campaign out saying the sport needs to "level the field" with a salary cap, all while the $69 million dollar Marlins are 12 games ahead of the $370 million Mets. As just one example. Players, though, have long said they will never accept a cap system, as it limits their earning potential arbitrarily to protect ownership. MLB STARS ADDRESS SALARY CAP, OWNERS SAYING BASEBALL IS BROKEN AHEAD OF ALL-STAR GAME: 'BAD FOR THE GAME' That's a fundamental disagreement about the future of the sport, and this early opening date compresses the number of days available for the two sides to find a compromise. Not just because it's March 24, but because players would need a spring training of some kind to be ready for the regular season. The last lockout delayed the start of the regular season a week, but that was from March 31 to April 7. In 2027 they'll have one less week to negotiate before delaying games or canceling them. That may be a good thing, however, if it forces the two groups to come to the table more frequently. Just imagine, though, if owners tell the players the game is broken and small markets have no hope after the Milwaukee Brewers or Miami Marlins win the 2026 World Series. Competitive balance indeed. Assuming that the two sides do come together and get a deal done quickly, the 2027 All-Star Game will return to one of baseball's cathedrals: Wrigley Field. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Historically one of the sport's best places for dramatic home runs, Wrigley will be a fantastic setting for the Home Run Derby. And the home Chicago crowd has already got a hometown star and fan favorite Pete Crow-Armstrong excited. "It’s going to be crazy," he said, per MLB.com. "Wrigleyville is fun Monday through Sunday," he said to reporters at the media day event ahead of this year's All-Star Game. "I’m interested to see how packed it is, how hard it ends up being trying to get around. But knowing [Cubs chairman Tom] Ricketts and our front office and the people that will probably have a big hand in planning that, I’m sure it’ll be great. Wrigley’s a beautiful ballpark, and I’m glad that it’ll be on display for everybody to see." Wrigley, as always, will make for a fantastic showcase for the sport and the game's stars. Assuming there is a 2027 MLB season, of course. And there better be, if the league doesn't want to cost itself millions, if not billions, by alienating fans permanently. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a59963fa12eaf174af832ff 'Shadow government': Trump claims intel community bragged about hiding Chinese meddling te 2026-07-17T02:41:03.682Z 'Shadow government': Trump claims intel community bragged about hiding Chinese meddling President Donald Trump accused members of the U.S. intelligence community Thursday night of operating a "shadow government" to allegedly conceal evidence of China’s efforts to influence U.S. elections, seizing on newly declassified emails that he says reveal a bitter internal dispute about how Beijing’s activities should be characterized. Trump did not claim China changed votes or altered election results. Instead, he argued Beijing engaged in an influence campaign aimed at shaping U.S. public perceptions. Trump claimed intelligence officials kept significant reporting out of his presidential briefings and highlighted an email in which a National Security Agency analyst allegedly wrote, "We have deliberately massaged our one pending (presidential daily brief) to avoid any direct links to the election." "Those responsible for sounding the alarm instead kept the information secret and hidden," Trump claimed. "They did not disclose (it) to me as president or to anyone else." TRUMP RELEASES DECLASSIFIED ELECTION INTELLIGENCE, SAYS IT REVEALS 'SHOCKING VULNERABILITIES' Trump used the disclosures to press Congress to pass the SAVE America Act, casting the newly released intelligence as evidence that lawmakers must tighten federal election rules before the midterms. "Most importantly, addressing this crisis of election security demands that Congress must pass the SAVE America Act," Trump said. "These reforms are urgently needed to stop the vulnerabilities that I’ve mentioned." The SAVE America Act passed the House in February but stalled in the Senate in March, when a 53–47 vote fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance it. Trump urged Americans to call their senators and representatives and demand its passage "without delay." REPUBLICAN SAYS TRUMP'S TOP ELECTION PRIORITY 'DEAD' IN SENATE AS GOP FRACTURES AHEAD OF MIDTERMS The legislation would require documentary proof of citizenship to register for federal elections, photo identification to vote and ongoing state efforts to identify and remove noncitizens from voter rolls. Absentee voters would be required to submit a copy of an eligible photo ID when requesting a ballot and again when returning it. Trump also called for eliminating mail-in voting except in cases of illness, disability, military deployment or travel. The current text of the SAVE America Act does not include that prohibition — it permits absentee voting subject to identification requirements. Trump urged Americans to call their representatives and demand the bill’s passage "without delay." The newly released emails show that analysts disagreed over whether any alleged Chinese influence operations and intelligence collection should be explicitly linked to elections. After the NSA analyst described "massaging" the President’s Daily Brief, other intelligence officials questioned the decision, with one writing that "the mind boggles" and another calling the approach "highly irregular." One official alleged the intelligence community was "deliberately avoiding mentioning a connection to elections for non-substantive reasons," according to a November 2020 email. That official sought to reconnect the intelligence to the election-security assessment and prevent what another described as an "analytic objectivity mistake." The documents, however, do not establish Trump’s broader allegation of a politically motivated conspiracy. Instead, they portray competing intelligence assessments over whether China’s actions amounted to an effort to influence the presidential contest or a broader campaign focused on U.S. policies, public opinion and issues important to Beijing. Trump went further Thursday, claiming an FBI official wrote that she was running a "shadow government" to prevent the China intelligence from becoming public. The Chinese embassy could not immediately be reached for comment. Trump directed the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Justice Department, FBI and CIA Thursday to investigate why the intelligence was withheld, fire anyone found to have participated in a cover-up and pursue criminal charges "if appropriate." Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., said in response to the address: "Americans heard the president once again repeat claims about our elections that have been investigated for years and repeatedly rejected by the Intelligence Community." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5993e5a12eaf174af8328c What to Know About Trump’s Attacks on Mail Voting te 2026-07-17T02:31:01.546Z What to Know About Trump’s Attacks on Mail Voting Many of President Trump’s attempts to curtail mail voting have been blocked by the courts. Before Trump, Republicans actually embraced absentee voting. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5993d2a12eaf174af83283 Trump Has Dismantled Election Security Efforts. Here’s How. te 2026-07-17T02:30:42.083Z Trump Has Dismantled Election Security Efforts. Here’s How. Since his return to the White House, the lead federal partner for states on election security has lost around a third of its work force. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5993bea12eaf174af83271 Assessing the documents: Fake IDs from China te 2026-07-17T02:30:22.634Z Assessing the documents: Fake IDs from China A previously released F.B.I. memo, viewed skeptically by intelligence agents, described a purported scheme by China to meddle in the 2020 election. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a59918aa12eaf174af8321c 5 Takeaways From a Maine Debate That Showed Replacing Platner Isn’t Easy te 2026-07-17T02:20:58.881Z 5 Takeaways From a Maine Debate That Showed Replacing Platner Isn’t Easy Maine Democrats vying to become the state’s new Senate nominee met, and mostly agreed, at a debate filled with halting answers and stilted deliveries. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a599177a12eaf174af83213 What to Know About Trump’s Attacks on Mail Voting te 2026-07-17T02:20:39.432Z What to Know About Trump’s Attacks on Mail Voting Many of President Trump’s attempts to curtail mail voting have been blocked by the courts. Before Trump, Republicans actually embraced absentee voting. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a598cdfa12eaf174af83186 Change of leadership at HonorHealth te 2026-07-17T02:01:03.945Z Change of leadership at HonorHealth Todd LaPorte (left) will transition from his role in March 2027, when Dr. John Neil (right) will step into the role of CEO at HonorHealth (submitted photo). HonorHealth announced in mid-June that chief executive officer Todd LaPorte will transition from his role in March 2027 following more than a decade of leadership. The HonorHealth board of directors has named John Neil, MD, MMM, current executive vice president, chief physician executive and chief strategy officer, as his successor. As part of a planned leadership transition, Neil will assume the role of president immediately, prior to becoming CEO on March 1, 2027. LaPorte will remain CEO until that date, after which he will serve as a strategic advisor to the CEO. LaPorte’s tenure has been defined by strong growth, innovation and a deep commitment to advancing healthcare in the communities HonorHealth serves, the organization said. “John is a highly respected leader who understands our mission, our people and our communities,” said Mike Welborn, HonorHealth board chair. “He has served the medical mission of this community in some capacity for the past 27 years, and his leadership will ensure continuity while driving continued innovation and growth.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a598843a12eaf174af830d3 Trump releases declassified election intelligence, says it reveals 'shocking vulnerabilities' te 2026-07-17T01:41:23.138Z Trump releases declassified election intelligence, says it reveals 'shocking vulnerabilities' President Donald Trump addressed the nation Thursday evening on "free and fair" elections, announcing the declassification of critical intelligence that reveals, as he said, "shocking vulnerabilities" related to "hacking, exploitation and foreign interference." "This vital information is for many years been covered up and hidden from you," Trump said. "The American people are beautiful, our great American people. But that all changes right now." Documents were posted to the White House website during the president's speech. The speech came as his administration has aggressively pushed policies, legislation and executive orders to secure U.S. elections. Leading up to the address, Trump teased that his speech would be "big news." Trump touted his new Trump Accounts and spoke about how his administration has lowered drug prices, reduced crime, and strengthened the border – with the main focus on securing American elections. "The documents we will release starting tonight have been gathered by the White House Government Transparency Taskforce, a great group of people, along with the staff of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board, supported by our top intelligence agency chiefs, who have all personally reviewed the findings we are presenting this evening and fully confirmed their authenticity," Trump said Thursday. TRUMP KEEPS 'REALLY BIG' ADDRESS UNDER WRAPS AS WHITE HOUSE SAYS ‘NOBODY KNOWS’ WHAT HE’LL REVEAL TRUMP THREATENS TO EXPAND STRIKES ON IRAN, SAYS POWER PLANTS ARE NEXT TO GO: 'HIT THEM HARD' Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a598806a12eaf174af830b2 Assessing the documents: Venezuela and Smartmatic te 2026-07-17T01:40:22.215Z Assessing the documents: Venezuela and Smartmatic Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5985aca12eaf174af83050 Assessing the Documents: Voter Registration in Michigan te 2026-07-17T01:30:20.590Z Assessing the Documents: Voter Registration in Michigan A well-known allegation of attempts to fraudulently register voters never yielded evidence of illegal voting. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5981c3a12eaf174af82f98 Olympic great Lindsey Vonn reveals that her ankle is 'still broken' months after her shocking crash te 2026-07-17T01:13:39.769Z Olympic great Lindsey Vonn reveals that her ankle is 'still broken' months after her shocking crash One of the most memorable moments of the 2026 Winter Olympics came early, when skier Lindsey Vonn delivered a gutsy performance for the ages by competing at 41 just a week after injuring her knee in a crash. Unfortunately, as admirable as her perseverance was, she injured herself badly in another crash just 13 seconds into her run in the women’s downhill final. Five months later, Vonn is still very much dealing with her injuries. MARCELLO HERNÁNDEZ ROASTS JAKE PAUL, TIGER WOODS AND BILL BELICHICK IN ESPYS MONOLOGUE "It’s been a very slow process," Vonn told People while attending the ESPYs Wednesday in New York City. "It’s been five months since I’ve been able to actually go to the gym in a somewhat meaningful way. And walking is actually still really hard for me. My ankle is still broken." Regardless of the outcome, her decision to attempt that run remains one of the most courageous moments of the Games. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Remember when I mentioned that injury before the Olympics? That wasn't just a minor bump in the road; it was a completely ruptured ACL. There was no questioning her courage, but the aftermath has been difficult. "I was in a wheelchair for so long. I was on crutches for so long," Vonn said. "It was honestly almost 3½ months that I was unable to walk unassisted. I got very emotional when I was able to walk on my own." This week, Vonn posted an update on her recovery and said she has "a very long road ahead." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5981b0a12eaf174af82f8f Jill Biden claims Joe would be ‘excoriated’ if he did what’s happening in current White House te 2026-07-17T01:13:20.316Z Jill Biden claims Joe would be ‘excoriated’ if he did what’s happening in current White House Former first lady Jill Biden sat down with "The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg in June to promote her memoir, "A View from the East Wing," and to discuss her life, politics, and media. Biden was asked about how the press covered her husband's presidential term, and she didn't hold back. Goldberg, who moderated the 92nd Street Y event in New York City last month, asked whether the former first lady believes the press covered former President Joe Biden's four years in office fairly. Hesitating in her response, Jill Biden said, "You know, I think probably, well, I mean, seeing how things are now, I don't know. I don't know. I'd have to think about that." BIDEN CRASHES JILL'S BOOK TOUR WITH AWKWARD 'LOVE' QUESTION THAT LEAVES VIEWERS CRINGING The former first lady went on to suggest that her husband's administration could have done more to form stronger relationships with the media. "But, you know, maybe we could have done more to reach out to the press to be more open so that they understood us as real people and not sort of these figureheads. That's one thing I do regret, that maybe we could have formed closer relationships." Biden went on to suggest that there was a "double standard" between coverage of the Biden administration and the current Trump administration. "You know, if Joe would have done any one of the things that are occurring now, I mean he would have been excoriated," she said. Goldberg said while chuckling, "Oh yeah." The former first lady continued, "But, you know, it's just there — it's like there's a double standard. And that I don't think is fair or was fair." DONALD TRUMP'S AGE IS NOT RECEIVING THE SAME 'SCRUTINY' AS BIDEN'S DID, ATLANTIC WRITER COMPLAINS Biden also pushed back on Democratic critics of her memoir who have said the book needlessly dredged up controversies from the 2024 election. During a Washington, D.C., book event in early June, Biden was asked specifically about comments from former Biden White House spokesman Andrew Bates, who said of her book, "I don’t see why that painful conversation for the party needed to be publicly reopened right now," according to the New York Post. "I want to say to Andrew: Call me up, and say it to my face, buddy," Biden responded, arguing that her book had only "one chapter on politics." FORMER JILL BIDEN SPOKESMAN CLAIMS EX-FIRST LADY IS TRYING TO 'CHANGE THE TAPE' AFTER 2024 DEBATE ADMISSION Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment but did not immediately receive a response. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a59819ca12eaf174af82f7d Hobbs raised $2.6M in Q2, more than the GOP field, fueling her early ad blitz in reelection bid te 2026-07-17T01:13:00.349Z Hobbs raised $2.6M in Q2, more than the GOP field, fueling her early ad blitz in reelection bid Clockwise from left: Gov. Katie Hobbs, U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs, U.S. Rep. David Schweikert. (Photos by Gage Skidmore and Cronkite News Service) Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs raked in campaign donations during the second quarter of 2026, collecting about $2.6 million — but she also spent big as she launched a high-dollar advertising campaign boasting about her record as governor.  Campaign finance reports for April 1 through June 30 show that Hobbs had more than $7.1 million in cash on hand at the beginning of the reporting period, but that she spent $7.4 million, leaving her with nearly $2.4 million in the bank. GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE The frontrunner in the Republican primary who hopes to face Hobbs in the November general election, U.S. Congressman Andy Biggs, scoffed at Hobbs’ big spending in a statement.  “Katie Hobbs lit $7.4M on fire during the second quarter of the 2026 cycle, stumbling into the general election after a 281% burn rate in the previous quarter,” Biggs’ campaign said in the statement. “Hobbs’ fundraising lead over Congressman Andy Biggs shrank by nearly $5M and is now roughly a $1M cash on hand advantage, a pitiful number for an incumbent governor who has held statewide office for nearly a decade.” But Hobbs’ campaign bragged on Thursday that she’d again outfundraised the entire GOP field running for governor adding that she’d gotten a “historically early start on paid communication, which will only ramp up closer to the November election.” The amount Hobbs spent in the second quarter on campaign infrastructure and advertising is more than double what Biggs has raised for his campaign. And even after her big spending, Hobbs still has a significant fundraising lead over Biggs, who has the backing of President Donald Trump and Turning Point USA.  Biggs had just over $1.1 million on hand in the second quarter, and raised about $916,700 during that time. His campaign spent $770,000, leaving him with about $1.2 million in the bank, half the amount Hobbs has in her warchest.  In a statement, the Hobbs campaign said that the vast majority of her campaign funding came from small contributions of less than $100.  “Breaking fundraising records quarter after quarter, Katie is building a coalition that spans party lines, bringing Democrats, Republicans, and Independents together behind her Arizona First leadership,” Hobbs campaign manager Nicole DeMont said in a statement.  Biggs’ opponent in the July 21 Republican primary, U.S. Congressman David Schweikert, lagged far behind Biggs and Hobbs, taking in just $101,000 in donations during the second quarter. He had $86,388 on hand at the beginning of the quarter and spent $170,878, leaving him with only $42,494 on hand just weeks before the primary election.  In the contentious Republican primary for Arizona Secretary of State, Arizona Rep. Alexander Kolodin collected $73,370 in donations compared to his opponent, former Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman Gina Swoboda’s $58,730.  At the start of the second quarter, Kolodin had $300,355 on hand, $95,000 of that in loans he made to his own campaign.  During the second quarter, Kolodin spent $82,000, a big chunk of that — about $74,000 — paid to Forged Communications for advertising. Forged Communications is owned by Arizona Sen. Jake Hoffman, leader of the far-right Arizona Freedom Caucus, of which Kolodin is a member. Kolodin had $292,000 on hand at the end of the reporting period.  Swoboda had almost $60,000 on hand at the start of the quarter, including $53,000 that she loaned to her campaign. She spent $95,871 during the second quarter, leaving her with $22,575 in the bank.  Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, a Democrat, outfundraised his Republican opponents, bringing in about $519,000 in the second quarter. Fontes had $781,000 on hand at the start of the reporting period and spent more than $284,000, leaving him with about $1 million in the bank.  Attorney General Kris Mayes, a Democrat, had more than $2.5 million on hand at the start of the reporting period and took in more than $1.2 million in contributions. She spent more than $1.4 million, including more than $400,000 for advertising, leaving her with $2.3 million on hand.  Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen, a Republican who hopes to go up against Mayes, took in $275,416 during the second quarter of 2026. He had more than $1.5 million on hand at the start of the reporting period, including $123,000 that he loaned to himself. Petersen spent more than $1.2 million, leaving him with  $523,862.  Petersen put about $900,000 of that into television ads and spent $3,000 on Google ads.  During the second quarter of 2026, Petersen’s opponent in the Republican primary and regular candidate for Arizona office, Rodney Glassman returned nearly $18,000 in payments he received beyond contribution limits in 2024, 2025 and 2026.  Glassman was facing possible legal trouble for accepting at least 30 contributions in 2024 and 2025 above the contribution limits spelled out in state law. His refunds appear to be an attempt to remedy that.  As of September, Coconino County agreed to investigate the allegations that Glassman violated campaign finance law, after Mayes said her office couldn’t do so since Glassman could potentially be her opponent in November. Coconino County Attorney Ammon Barker told the Mirror on Thursday that his office was still reviewing the referral from the Attorney General’s Office but that it should be completed soon.  Glassman had more than $4 million on hand at the start of the reporting period, including $1 million from a loan he made to his own campaign in 2024. He raised nearly $584,000 in the second quarter and spent about $2.2 million, with more than $2 million of that going toward advertising and signs. That left him with about $2.4 million in the bank.  Republican challenger for Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kimberly Yee outraised Republican incumbent Tom Horne in the second quarter, bringing in more than $82,000 in donations to Horne’s just over $34,100. Yee, who is currently the Arizona Treasurer, had $243,713 on hand at the start of the period and spent $80,271, leaving her with $245,600 remaining. A big chunk of Yee’s spending in the second quarter — $68,046 — went to Forged Communications for consulting. Hoffman, Forged Communications’ owner, recruited Yee to challenge Horne after the incumbent angered school voucher families with increased restrictions on their spending.   Horne had $829,478 on hand at the start of the second quarter, with $651,000 of that coming from loans he made to his own campaign. He spent $474,474 leaving him with $389,000 in the bank. YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a598188a12eaf174af82f6f Suns double down after overachieving season, commit to depth, youth, culture te 2026-07-17T01:12:40.383Z Suns double down after overachieving season, commit to depth, youth, culture Koa Peat stood out in the second half of his pro debut Friday in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas. He finished with 17 points, six boards and four assists. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a598174a12eaf174af82f66 Former Arizona Wildcats teammates Koa Peat and Brayden Burries renew acquaintances at NBA Summer League te 2026-07-17T01:12:20.410Z Former Arizona Wildcats teammates Koa Peat and Brayden Burries renew acquaintances at NBA Summer League LAS VEGAS – Koa Peat didn’t mince words when asked about the motivation for his rookie season. For the 30th overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, motivation will be found on the rosters of the 22 teams that picked… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a59814ca12eaf174af82f5b Carolyn Mae Baldwin te 2026-07-17T01:11:40.476Z Carolyn Mae Baldwin Carolyn Mae (McDaniel) Baldwin, 80, passed away peacefully on July 2, 2026. She was born on Oct. 27, 1945, to Johnnie and Tillman McDaniel in Tucson. She spent her childhood in Holbrook, lived for a short time in Winslow, where she attended school, and later returned to Holbrook, where she raised her own family.       Carolyn was preceded in death by husband, Larry Baldwin; son, Richard McNabb; parents, Johnnie and Tillman McDaniel; brother, Wayne McDaniel; and grandparents, Pauline and Ray Gannon.       She is survived by children, Jeffrey McNabb, Douglas McNabb (Claudia), and Michele Devora-McNabb  (Lynn); siblings, Tillman “Sonny” McDaniel (Mary), Donna Huff and Michele Duran (Greg); five grandchildren and two great-granddaughters.       Carolyn was a kind and gentle soul who lived with quiet strength, always showing patience, compassion, and grace. She was a natural caregiver who found her greatest joy in making sure everyone she loved was cared for in every way. Whether it was offering a listening ear, a comforting hug, a warm meal, or simply being there when someone needed her, caring for others came naturally to her. She was a devoted wife, loving daughter, sister, and mother, proud grandmother and great-grandmother, and a loyal friend.       Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. at the Holbrook Cemetery, followed by her celebration of life at 1 p.m. at the Heward House, 108 Crest View Drive in Holbrook. The post Carolyn Mae Baldwin first appeared on Painted Desert Tribune. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a598124a12eaf174af82f4a What We Know About the Sunken Boat Near Alcatraz te 2026-07-17T01:11:00.564Z What We Know About the Sunken Boat Near Alcatraz At least one person died and 16 were rescued after a three-level boat sank in the San Francisco Bay on Tuesday. Three passengers remain unaccounted for. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a598111a12eaf174af82f41 Kentucky Jury Orders Gun Kit Seller to Pay More Than $100 Million in Teen’s Death te 2026-07-17T01:10:41.080Z Kentucky Jury Orders Gun Kit Seller to Pay More Than $100 Million in Teen’s Death Lawyers for the family of Henry Coby Willis argued that the online seller failed to verify the buyer’s age or conduct a background check before shipping a pistol-building kit. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a5980fda12eaf174af82f38 Multiple Investigations Refuted Trump’s Claims That Fraud Altered the Outcome in 2020 te 2026-07-17T01:10:21.633Z Multiple Investigations Refuted Trump’s Claims That Fraud Altered the Outcome in 2020 Dozens of investigations, audits, recounts and court proceedings examined the 2020 election. None found the widespread voter fraud that President Trump claimed tilted the vote. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a597ee6a12eaf174af82ef1 Video shows Canadian illegal alien slapping teen over Trump, ICE clothing: DHS te 2026-07-17T01:01:26.953Z Video shows Canadian illegal alien slapping teen over Trump, ICE clothing: DHS A newly released video shows the moment a Canadian woman accused of overstaying her visa allegedly slapped a teenage girl after confronting her group of friends wearing clothing displaying the words "Trump" and "ICE" on a New Jersey boardwalk before later being taken into federal immigration custody. The Department of Homeland Security shared the video Thursday in a post on X, calling Kaitlyn Tracey a "Maple Leaf Menace" and confirming she is now in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody pending removal proceedings. "This illegal alien who assaulted a teenager has no business being in our country," DHS wrote. The video appears to show Tracey approaching the teenage girl, reaching out and striking her before walking away without stopping. LAS VEGAS FATHER STUNNED AFTER SCHOOL COMPARED SON'S PRO-ICE STICKERS TO BURNING CROSS A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson later told Fox News Digital that Tracey entered the United States on April 14, 2024, on a visa that expired Sept. 6, 2024, but remained in the country after it expired. 🚨 Know something we should investigate? 📩 stepheny.price@fox.com 📸 IG: @fndstephprice 🎥 X: @StephenyPrice Your tip could lead to our next story. "She overstayed her visa and failed to depart," the spokesperson said, adding Tracey's name to the "nearly 70% of ICE arrests" netting illegal immigrants who have been charged with or convicted of a crime. According to DHS, the Point Pleasant Beach Police Department facilitated a controlled transfer into ICE custody following her arrest, where she will remain pending immigration proceedings. A man identifying himself on social media as Tracey's husband, Matthew Geroni, disputed the allegations in an interview with NJ.com, arguing the incident had been blown out of proportion after drawing widespread attention online. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ORDERS GREEN CARD APPLICANTS TO LEAVE THE US, APPLY FROM THEIR HOME COUNTRIES "This whole situation has been blown out of proportion and a person like Kate does not belong in any facility," Geroni told the outlet. "My wife has never been in trouble in her entire life. She's never had any kind of situation like this. This one little situation that was really a nothingburger when it happened has been blown so out of control by conservatives online that it has caused my wife to be put in a detention center." According to the probable cause affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital, the victim told police she and three friends were walking along the boardwalk when Tracey began verbally berating the group over clothing they were wearing. The affidavit states two of the victim's friends were wearing patriotic-colored sweatpants displaying the words "Trump" and "ICE." Investigators allege Tracey then approached the victim and struck her once in the face and once in the body. Officers attempted to stop Tracey, but she refused to identify herself and continued down the boardwalk, according to the affidavit. Investigators later identified her through social media and passport information she provided when entering the United States from Canada in 2024. Geroni also posted several emotional videos to social media after Tracey's arrest, saying he was trying to find an immigration attorney and pleading for help. "I need help. I don't know what to do," he said in one video. "I need an immigration lawyer... I need my wife." ICE ARRESTS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ILLINOIS TEACHER LINKED TO TREN DE ARAGUA MASS SHOOTING Geroni also said he created a GoFundMe campaign to help pay for Tracey's legal defense and immigration costs before it was removed from the platform. Before it was taken down, the fundraiser said it had been organized by friends to help cover Tracey's legal expenses and immigration-related costs. In another video, Geroni claimed the campaign was removed after what he described as a coordinated mass-reporting campaign by a "Facebook group of MAGA supporters." A GoFundMe spokesperson disputed that claim, telling Fox News Digital the fundraiser was removed because it violated the platform's policies. "GoFundMe's Terms of Service prohibit fundraisers for the legal defense of violent crimes," the spokesperson said. "Consistent with this long-standing policy, the fundraiser was removed from the platform and fully refunded." The case also drew reaction on Capitol Hill after DHS released the surveillance video Thursday. "Oh, Canada. She's headed back your way!" Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va., wrote on X. "Thank you, @SecMullinDHS!" Francis R. Hodgson, Tracey's attorney, declined to comment when reached by Fox News Digital. Court records show Tracey is scheduled to appear in Ocean County Superior Court on Aug. 4. Fox News Digital's Charles Creitz and Kelsie Cairns contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a597ea9a12eaf174af82ed4 Major I-19-Irvington upgrades begin Thursday te 2026-07-17T01:00:25.518Z Major I-19-Irvington upgrades begin Thursday Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a597a1ea12eaf174af82e3b LeBron James drops the ultimate nothing-burger at Fanatics Fest with his NBA decision looming te 2026-07-17T00:41:02.671Z LeBron James drops the ultimate nothing-burger at Fanatics Fest with his NBA decision looming LeBron James knew exactly why thousands packed Fanatics Fest on Thursday. And he left them cold without answering the only question anyone really cared about. At 41, with few career-defining decisions left, LeBron still understands the value of making everyone wait, just as he did during "The Decision" 16 years ago. After weeks of keeping the basketball world guessing, the league's all-time leading scorer took the stage for a live taping of his "Mind the Game" podcast with Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton, who had spent the previous day teasing fans on social media that answers were finally coming. LEBRON JAMES TELLS LOS ANGELES LAKERS HE WILL LEAVE IN FREE AGENCY AFTER EIGHT SEASONS: REPORT Instead, James drank wine, entertained recruiting pitches and served up a whole lot of nothing. "I won't hold you guys up too much longer," James promised the crowd, right before doing exactly that. Not even Haliburton tried to get an answer. When the Pacers star asked, "Is there a decision that still has to be made?" James immediately shut down his Olympic teammate. "We literally talked about this in the back," James said. James' PR team, working in the shadows, pushed that a decision was in the works and ready for the public by the weekend. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS For all the sidestepping Thursday, James did acknowledge one thing about his next move: "It's a big decision for not only myself, but for my family as well." "It's not just about the team," James insisted. "There's so many other factors that I'm factoring in right now on what best fits me as a player, what best fits me as a person, and what best fits my happiness, and also my family as well." NBA commissioner Adam Silver acknowledged on Thursday how much the league is held at the whim of his decision. "Where LeBron plays will affect the schedule. I’d like him to make his announcement already so we can finish the schedule," Silver said. LeBron kept every detail about his next team close to the jersey. He laughed off crowd suggestions for Philly and Miami, then tossed a crumb to his ex, the Lakers, by noting he "spent eight great years" in L.A. while keeping the Warriors rumors on ice. Then he gave himself bulletin board material from all the discussions of his decision online. "I'm seeing something on social media... that wherever I go, we may be in the Play-In... and I'm not a factor anymore," James said. "So maybe that as well, too, is a little motivation." The NBA is still waiting for LeBron's next team. And like a load-management game, Fanatics fans showed up and left disappointed. Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a597317a12eaf174af82d34 EXCLUSIVE: DHS seeks custody of illegal immigrant charged with murder after Trump deportation, Biden release te 2026-07-17T00:11:03.947Z EXCLUSIVE: DHS seeks custody of illegal immigrant charged with murder after Trump deportation, Biden release FIRST ON FOX: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is asking Florida officials to turn over a Bangladeshi illegal immigrant accused of murdering his sister-in-law after he was deported under the first Trump administration, illegally reentered the U.S. and was released by the Biden administration. DHS told Fox News Digital that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has lodged a detainer against Akbor Miah, who allegedly used the alias Shahidul Islam, requesting he be transferred into federal custody after his state criminal proceedings conclude. According to DHS, Miah first entered the U.S. in 2016 during the Obama administration. He was arrested by ICE in February 2018, and an immigration judge issued a final order of removal later that year. However, after being deported to Bangladesh in January 2019, during the first Trump administration, Miah illegally reentered the U.S. — a federal felony — and was released into the country by the Biden administration on March 19, 2022, officials said.  PROSECUTORS SEEKING DEATH PENALTY FOR DEPORTED ILLEGAL ALIEN INDICTED IN MURDER OF SISTER-IN-LAW DHS said ICE filed a detainer requesting Florida officials transfer Miah into federal custody after his state criminal proceedings conclude so he can face immigration enforcement following any sentence imposed in the murder case. According to authorities, Monica Islam disappeared after leaving the Eustis convenience store where she worked alongside Miah, her brother-in-law, on May 2, 2025. Hours later, she was found dead from a gunshot wound along a road in Mount Dora. Investigators recovered Monica Islam's DNA from Miah's vehicle, along with a bullet lodged in the passenger-side door and evidence the passenger window had been shattered, prosecutors said. ARREST OF GANG MEMBER CONVICTED OF MURDER PUTS DEM STATE'S SANCTUARY POLICIES ON BLAST Officials claim Miah fled to New York after the killing before he was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service and extradited to Florida, where he faces a first-degree murder charge. "This illegal alien from Bangladesh has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting his own sister-in-law in Florida," DHS acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis told Fox News Digital.  "He then thought he could evade justice by fleeing to the sanctuary state of New York. Thanks to our law enforcement partners, this criminal illegal alien has been arrested and is off our streets. ICE has lodged a detainer so he can never be loose in our country again." Fox News Digital previously reported that a Lake County grand jury indicted Miah on a charge of premeditated first-degree murder and that prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. State Attorney Bill Gladson said investigators uncovered evidence that Miah conducted numerous suspicious internet searches on the morning of the killing. Prosecutors also allege he rented a vehicle and drove to New York after the shooting before authorities tracked him down through a joint effort involving local, state and federal law enforcement agencies. Fox News Digital's Alexandra Koch contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/home