https://meenews.co/post/6a19cfb3ee6011c3f4e924af Dakich: sports media has created an ‘industry’ out of complaining about white athletes like Caitlin Clark te 2026-05-29T17:41:07.992Z Dakich: sports media has created an ‘industry’ out of complaining about white athletes like Caitlin Clark Dan Dakich thinks the latest Caitlin Clark complaint is part of a much bigger media problem. Former ESPN host Cari Champion recently criticized Clark, accusing the Indiana Fever star of receiving favorable treatment from the WNBA and taking issue with the way Clark and her fans carry themselves. Dakich did not see it that way. The OutKick host used Champion’s latest Clark criticism to unload on what he sees as a sports media industry built around race-based complaints whenever prominent White athletes or media figures are involved. "Sports media waits on every single move that a white person makes," Dakich said on Thursday's Don’t @ Me with Dan Dakich. "The latest is ‘blatant favoritism.’ Well, it can’t be any farther from the truth when talking about Caitlin Clark and the Fever." Then Dakich took it a step further. "But an African-American and failed SportsCenter anchor, Cari Champion, is once again whining about Caitlin Clark," Dakich continued. "I’m telling you, man, there’s an industry for African-Americans to whine about every move — whether it’s Jaxson Dart, whether it’s Caitlin Clark, whether it’s me — of every white person. Y’all are doing pretty good with it." That was the real point. Dakich was not just defending Clark from one media personality. He was arguing that Clark has become the latest White athlete to be picked apart through a racial lens by people who realize that attacking white athletes makes them popular among a certain segment of the population. We also need to acknowledge the obvious: Caitlin Clark is popular because people care about Caitlin Clark. She sells tickets. She drives television ratings. She brings attention to the WNBA in a way no player ever has. Her games matter in the national sports conversation, and every hard foul, technical, facial expression and postgame comment becomes a debate. CAITLIN CLARK IS THE 'MOST POPULAR ATHLETE IN AMERICA,' WNBA COMMISSIONER DECLARES It's certainly not because the WNBA is protecting her. In most cases, the opposite is generally true. It's because she is the biggest star the league has ever had. And even that isn't because she's white. It's because she plays basketball in a way that no woman ever really has. Steph Curry isn't popular because he's Black. He's popular because he hits threes unlike anyone in history. Clark brought that to the women's game. Dakich also ripped Champion directly for her criticism of Clark. "Cari Champion, who legitimately, if people are being honest — which they can’t — was the worst employee ever at ESPN," Dakich said. Champion has publicly framed her ESPN exit as a case of being unappreciated (she also blamed racism because, of course). She announced in 2020 that it was time to leave ESPN, then later claimed the network made her feel like she "didn’t matter." That is Champion’s version of the story. But people who worked inside ESPN at the time may remember the situation very differently. I worked there, and Champion’s reputation inside the building was not a secret. I was once assigned to produce an ESPN Radio special involving Champion and my supervisor warned me that she was difficult to work with. In my experience, difficult proved to be a massive understatement. Dakich described the exit in harsher terms. "Now think about this: a beautiful African-American woman gets fired at ESPN. Have you turned ESPN on? That tells you how horrible Cari Champion is. But good for her, we’re talking about her," the OutKick host said. Champion is free to dislike Clark. Nobody has to root for the Fever star. Nobody has to pretend every reaction from Clark is perfect. JEMELE HILL QUIETLY DELETES CAITLIN CLARK POST FOLLOWING STALKER ARREST But the idea that Clark has received some kind of easy ride from the WNBA is laughable. Clark has been shoved, grabbed, mocked, criticized and blamed for the alleged behavior of "her" fans. She has also been expected to carry the weight of an entire league’s newfound popularity while veteran players, media members and commentators continue to preach that she doesn't deserve that attention. That is the part Dakich clearly finds ridiculous. "She’s claiming the Fever star gets favorable treatment from the league, along with proclaiming that she, Cari Champion — who is the worst of the worst — doesn’t like how she acts or how her fans act," Dakich said. "See, this is an age-old thing. Weren’t we talking about this three years ago? Of course we were." The names change, but the playbook does not. Dakich brought up Jaxson Dart for a reason. Dart recently introduced President Donald Trump at a rally in New York, and the reaction from many corners of sports media was as predictable as it was exhausting. The conversation quickly became another referendum on politics, race, and locker-room dynamics. That is the pattern Dakich was pointing to. With Dart, it was a White quarterback standing next to Trump. With Clark, it's a White basketball star bringing unprecedented attention to the WNBA. With Dakich, in his view, it's a White media personality saying things the sports media class does not like. Find the white person. Frame the controversy through race. Pat yourself on the back for being a hero. Devour the praise from like-minded race-hustlers in sports media. Rinse. Repeat. Dakich is right that there's an industry built on this pattern, but the more important point he made was this: "Y’all are doing pretty good with it." That's exactly why this isn't going to change anytime soon. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19cfa0ee6011c3f4e924a6 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' is a prime example that Disney's Star Wars is on life support te 2026-05-29T17:40:48.067Z 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' is a prime example that Disney's Star Wars is on life support Ever since Disney took over Star Wars, one of America’s most well-known and cherished franchises, it has been eroding. Is it dead? Not quite, but I’d say it’s on life support. To be charitable, I could say that it’s a shell of its former self. It used to have one of the most, if not the most dedicated fanbases in all of film and television, but then, Disney took over. The new trilogy bastardized the established canon and disrespected the original characters. Former President of Lucasfilm Kathleen Kennedy decided to go the woke route by staking the claim that "The Force is Female," putting an emphasis on female empowerment over proper storytelling and character development. Disney also unjustifiably fired Gina Carano from The Mandalorian after season 2, Solo bombed, The Acolyte was an abomination that got cancelled after only one season, and the list goes on. Sure, there have been some bright spots such as "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story," "Andor," though it's been a costly show financially that is not watched nearly as much as it should because of Disney's failure to keep fans interested, and "The Mandalorian" season 1 and parts of season 2. There’s no better indication that Star Wars is cooked more than what is happening in the box office right now, though. After a seven-year absence from the box office, where fans were booing in the theater as Rey was revealed to be a Skywalker in Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker, Star Wars made its return on Memorial Day weekend with "Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu." The title within itself should tell you how far Disney’s Star Wars has fallen into creative bankruptcy. It’s a bloated title with the names of the main characters. Imagine Star Wars Episode VI being called "Luke Skywalker and His Father" instead of "Return of the Jedi". It’s that bad. Anyway, the film ended the holiday weekend at the top of the box office, but it performed worse than the massive Disney Star Wars flop, Solo, when you adjust for inflation. Solo actually defeated "The Mandalorian and Grogu" in both nominal dollars and inflation-adjusted dollars. Solo's $84.4 million three-day opening in 2018 is equivalent to roughly $109–110 million today, about 33% higher than "The Mandalorian and Grogu's" $82 million opening weekend. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK CULTURE COVERAGE If you compare the four-day holiday openings (both were Memorial Day releases), the gap is even larger. "The Mandalorian and Grogu" earned about $102 million over the four-day holiday weekend, while inflation-adjusted estimates put Solo's 2018 Memorial Day debut at roughly $136.6 million in 2026 dollars.  And even worse, an independent horror, "Obsession" just surpassed "The Mandalorian and Grogu" for the top spot at the box office on Wednesday. A film that had a budget reportedly around $750,000, directed by a YouTuber and TikToker, just took out a Star Wars film, which reportedly had a production and marketing budget of more than $300 million. If that’s not a clear indication that Star Wars is on life support, I don’t know what is. Word of mouth just trounced a cultural juggernaut brand. EARLY REVIEWS FOR NEW 'STAR WARS' MOVIE ARE GENERALLY HORRIFIC, BUT DOES ANYONE EVEN CARE AT THIS POINT? Where "Mandalorian and Grogu," and much of Star Wars has gone wrong, is best described in some of the responses to the movie from the media. The BBC said, "It’s felt like homework" to see Star Wars and try to somehow some way connect to stories and characters that aren’t worth loving or caring for at any significant level. Inverse said, "The Mandalorian and Grogu is Barely A Movie," which is spot on because the movie feels more like a few episodes of a weak Disney+ show that has to be stretched into a movie like butter scraped over too much bread. Star Wars can no longer print money, simply because of name recognition. The constant reliance on cheap callbacks and recycling characters through cheap imitations is leaving audiences feeling cheated and empty. For example, in this movie, Grogu is a baby version of Yoda, the Hutts are back, the Mandalorian plays a Luke Skywalker figure who falls in a pit to fight a giant monster while visiting the Hutts, there’s a battle on a snow planet calling back to "Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back," and so on. Baby Yoda was fine for a season or two of the show, but now it just feels as if Disney cannot make compelling original characters, or find a way to properly care for the ones that established this franchise in the first place. Disney can’t even compel audiences to care enough to keep a Star Wars movie at the top of the box office for a whole week. It’s damning. This is what modern-day Hollywood has done to beloved intellectual properties, though. It has desecrated them with woke nonsense, weak storytelling, uncompelling characters, and a belief that sticking to the source material and respecting established lore is old-fashioned. "Star Trek," "Doctor Who," "Marvel: Phase Five" (properly known as the M-She-U), "Lord of the Rings" (Rings of Power), you name it. Hollywood has again and again lit the fire and burned many franchises to the ground to the point they are unrecognizable. The question is now, "What does Disney do next with Star Wars?" My guess is it tries a reboot of the original trilogy, and the fact that I’m even writing this makes me want to throw up. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't see where else Disney goes, especially after the Starfighter movie featuring Ryan Gosling that'll attract audiences because of the actor, not because they care about the Star Wars brand or story being told. Star Wars is a franchise that should have had a century’s-long staying power, yet its grave is already being dug, with the studio scrambling to find a way to salvage the spare parts like Jawas. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19cd7cee6011c3f4e9245b Man pleads guilty to stabbing girlfriend to death after Loop 101 car crash te 2026-05-29T17:31:40.151Z Man pleads guilty to stabbing girlfriend to death after Loop 101 car crash The defendant pleaded guilty to the 2019 murder of his girlfriend off the Loop 101 freeway in Peoria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19cd31ee6011c3f4e9240b After Nvidia’s $20B not-aqui-hire, AI chip startup Groq reportedly raising $650M te 2026-05-29T17:30:25.680Z After Nvidia’s $20B not-aqui-hire, AI chip startup Groq reportedly raising $650M Chipmaker Groq is looking to raise $650 million in internal funding as it pivots from hardware to focus more on AI inference, the process of refining the way AI models respond to prompted requests, per Axios. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19cadbee6011c3f4e923ae Louisiana Approves Map Eliminating a Majority-Black District te 2026-05-29T17:20:27.512Z Louisiana Approves Map Eliminating a Majority-Black District A Supreme Court court ruling last month rejected the state’s previous congressional map as an illegal racial gerrymander and set off a redistricting race across the South. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19c898ee6011c3f4e92336 Trump’s Counterterror Strategy Focuses on the Left te 2026-05-29T17:10:48.148Z Trump’s Counterterror Strategy Focuses on the Left President Trump’s new counterterrorism strategy focuses on “violent left-wing extremists,” as well as narcoterrorists and Islamic terror groups. Our White House correspondent Zolan Kanno-Youngs explains what it means. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19c881ee6011c3f4e9231a Microsoft under fire for threatening security researcher with criminal investigation te 2026-05-29T17:10:25.592Z Microsoft under fire for threatening security researcher with criminal investigation A public spat between Microsoft and an independent security researcher reopens a long-running debate over who is responsible for securing software. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19c63fee6011c3f4e922d6 Hurricanes should punch ticket to Stanley Cup Finals as Canadiens face elimination in Game 5 te 2026-05-29T17:00:47.358Z Hurricanes should punch ticket to Stanley Cup Finals as Canadiens face elimination in Game 5 I was wrong about the last hockey play that I had. It was just a couple of nights ago, and in this same matchup. Tonight, we have a Game 5 over in the Eastern Conference and the first game of the series where a team can officially make it to the Stanley Cup Finals. Either the Canadiens extend the series, or the Hurricanes finally punch their ticket. You almost feel sorry for the Montreal Canadiens. They've taken the postseason and had to play every single possible game. To their credit, they've persevered and won the first two series. I made a point of this the other day, but this is now the 19th game that the Canadiens will play in the postseason. They didn't exactly have to battle to get into the postseason, but it does make for a grueling campaign. It also puts a lot of mental pressure on you as you're constantly battling. The good news for Montreal is that they've been in these situations before. They haven't exactly faced elimination in this way, aside from two Game 7s. In those previous elimination games, goalie Jakub Dobes was fantastic. Dobes allowed three total goals in over two hours on the ice. He stopped 65 of the 68 shots that came his way. Can he do it again tonight, and then for another two games if they do win? The Carolina Hurricanes are just one game away from finally reaching the Stanley Cup Finals. They have looked like the best team in the playoffs, losing just one game. The lone loss was fairly ugly as they lost 6-2 in the first game of this series. Since then, they've looked like their normal selves, winning the past three games. Their first two wins came in overtime with identical 3-2 scores. Then in the most recent game, they were able to take the win 4-0, finally getting to Dobes. NHL betting outlook focuses on two teams more familiar with each other in Game 4, ready for scoring The Hurricanes are massive favorites tonight to close out the series. They have three chances to make it to the Finals, so if they fail tonight, it won't be the end of the world, but the pressure is on them to get it done. The team is on the verge of something they haven't done with this group. The team will continue to ride Frederik Andersen, who is playing much better after that first game. The Hurricanes' defense deserves a lot of credit, though, as they have only allowed 64 shots on Andersen in this series. I'm not sure that the Canadiens' offense knows how to attack this Carolina defense. During the regular season, the team averaged 26.3 shots per game. That isn't a ton, but the Carolina defense has held them to just 16 shots per game, down from the 23.9 they allowed opponents during the regular season. Hockey is not a sport where a team just gives up. These games have been competitive, but I think Andersen and the Hurricanes' defense are locked in right now. I don't expect the Canadiens to win, and I think this is likely to be a lower-scoring game. Specifically, I will take the Canadiens to go under their 2.5 team total. 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/6a19c3fbee6011c3f4e92272 DOJ escalates blue-state ICE standoff after states refuse key federal request te 2026-05-29T16:51:07.673Z DOJ escalates blue-state ICE standoff after states refuse key federal request The Department of Justice announced on Thursday that it filed lawsuits against four Democrat-led states over their refusal to issue undercover license plates to ICE agents. DOJ Civil Division Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate previously issued an ultimatum to Maine, Massachusetts, Oregon and Washington, giving them until May 22 to provide immigration enforcement officers with undercover plates for their vehicles. Justice Department officials argue the states’ refusal unlawfully discriminates against federal law enforcement and violates the Constitution's Supremacy Clause. These lawsuits escalate a months-long standoff between the Justice Department and Democrat-led states over immigration enforcement. The cases could test the limits of the Supremacy Clause as the DOJ seeks to assert legal authority over state motor vehicle departments, while the states themselves maintain that they are not required to assist with civil immigration enforcement. "This Department of Justice will exercise any and all lawful authorities to support the brave men and women of law enforcement," Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said. "Law enforcement officers risk their lives every day to keep Americans safe and must be able to carry out their duties effectively. By denying undercover license plates to DHS components, including ICE, while issuing them to their own state agencies, these governors are pursuing discriminatory and obstructionist policies against federal law enforcement." DOJ PUTS BLUE STATES ON NOTICE AS ICE FIGHT BARRELS TOWARD NEXT CONSTITUTIONAL SHOWDOWN An official in the Massachusetts governor’s office previously told Fox News Digital that the commonwealth does issue undercover plates to federal agents, but only if they are investigating criminal offenses. It refuses to do so in cases where civil infractions are being investigated, which covers most immigration cases. "In Massachusetts, we support law enforcement doing legitimate criminal investigative work, and local, state and federal agencies doing that work can request confidential plates," Gov. Maura Healey said in a statement flagged for Fox News Digital by her staff. "But that’s not what we are seeing from ICE and its unconstitutional tactics." Oregon, meanwhile, has gone a step further by placing a general moratorium on issuing undercover plates to federal agents, while Maine and Washington, like Massachusetts, are declining to provide plates for civil investigations. FEDERAL JUDGE RULES AGAINST DHS ON WARRANTLESS IMMIGRATION ARRESTS IN OREGON  "We look forward to defending this lawsuit," Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson said in a statement his office shared with Fox News Digital. "We take public safety seriously, and work with federal partners to voluntarily provide hundreds of undercover plates every year for criminal investigations. Judges across the country have found that the Department of Homeland Security’s tactics in conducting civil immigration enforcement routinely violate the Constitution." "That is unacceptable," he added.  A spokesman for the Oregon governor’s office told Fox News Digital that Gov. Tina Kotek is waiting for the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles to conduct a review of its undercover plate policy and that she expects the agency to "communicate next steps." ANTI-ICE LAW SET TO TAKE EFFECT IN MAINE AS GOVERNOR FACES INCREASED CRITICISM FOR ALLOWING IT AMID SENATE RUN The Maine governor’s office did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Thursday. The lawsuits filed by the DOJ cite the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution, which establishes federal law as supreme over conflicting state laws, arguing that it can be used to make the four Democratic states issue undercover license plates to ICE agents.  "The United States has sovereign authority to manage federal law enforcement activities and, under the Supremacy Clause, need not cede that authority to Maine (or any state) by abiding  by its dangerous policy which jeopardizes federal law enforcement operations and the officers who carry them out," the lawsuit reads. JONATHAN TURLEY: WHY BLUE STATES' NEW ANTI-ICE LAWS ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL VIRTUE SIGNALING  "Under the Supremacy Clause, States do not have the power to dictate how the Federal Government executes its constitutional powers within their borders," it continued. Conservative legal experts previously told Fox News Digital that they believe the DOJ is fighting an uphill battle in trying to compel states to issue specific license plates by leveraging the Supremacy Clause. "Federal law preempts state law when state law conflicts with a supreme federal law. And when it does, the state law is preempted, meaning that the state law cannot be given legal effect in those instances of conflict," Charles "Cully" Stimson, a senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation, told Fox News Digital. "There is no law in my mind that is conflicting with federal law. You simply have state actors refusing to issue these types of license plates." Stimson did add that there is an underlying assumption that, by virtue of being in the union and as implied under the Constitution’s separation of powers, the four Democratic states should cooperate with the federal government to enforce laws. The Department of Justice did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Thursday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19c3e7ee6011c3f4e92269 Judge temporarily blocks Trump DOJ's nearly $2B 'anti-weaponization' fund te 2026-05-29T16:50:47.673Z Judge temporarily blocks Trump DOJ's nearly $2B 'anti-weaponization' fund A U.S. judge temporarily blocked the Justice Department Friday from "taking any further action pursuant to the creation or operation" of a $1.778 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund."  The Trump administration said last week that the fund will compensate Americans unfairly targeted by politicized federal investigations on a "case-by-case" basis. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema’s order on Friday comes in response to a lawsuit filed by a group of plaintiffs that includes a former career prosecutor who alleges he was fired for his handling of Jan. 6 cases. The plaintiffs are suing to block payout from the fund.  The order, which lists the Justice Department as a defendant, states that the DOJ is blocked "from taking any further action pursuant to the creation or operation of the Anti-Weaponization Fund, which includes the transferring of money to the Fund; the consideration of any claims submitted to the Fund; and the disbursing of any funds from the Fund."  TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PUSHES BACK ON 'SLUSH FUND' ATTACKS AGAINST ANTI-WEAPONIZATION FUND AND LAYS OUT WHO QUALIFIES The judge also set a hearing for June 12 in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Justice Department for comment. The plaintiffs challenging the fund include former Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Floyd, an Alexandria resident who prosecuted Capitol riot cases in Washington, D.C., before he was fired last year by then-Attorney General Pam Bondi. Floyd was a deputy chief of the Justice Department’s Capitol Siege Section. He said he believes his firing was retaliation for his Jan. 6 work, according to The Associated Press.  Another plaintiff is California State University Channel Islands professor Jonathan Caravello, who was acquitted of an assault charge. He was accused of throwing a tear gas canister at federal agents during a 2025 protest against an immigration raid at a Camarillo, California, cannabis farm.  Also named as plaintiffs are the government watchdog Common Cause; the city of New Haven, Connecticut; and the National Abortion Federation, an association of abortion providers. New Haven claims the Trump administration officials have targeted it and other municipalities that they perceive to be "sanctuary" cities. The federation said it fears that the fund will issue payments to people who have attacked abortion clinics, providing an incentive for more violence against its members, the AP also reported.  NEWSOM WANTS TO CLAW BACK TRUMP FUND CASH AS CALIFORNIA BURNS BILLIONS ON RAIL AND OTHER 'BOONDOGGLES' The Anti-Weaponization Fund was born out of a settlement between President Donald Trump and the Internal Revenue Service. Trump filed the lawsuit against the IRS in January over the unauthorized disclosure of his tax records.  Claims will be determined by a five-person board appointed by the attorney general, with at least one member selected with consultation with congressional leadership, according to a Justice Department press release. At any point in time, the president has the power to remove a member without cause, it added.  "This is about seeking accountability for all Americans who were victims of law fare and weaponization: millions of Americans whose online speech was censored at the behest of the government, parents silenced at school boards, Senators whose records were secretly subpoenaed, churchgoers targeted by the FBI, and so on," a Justice Department document stated.  The Anti-Weaponization Fund was slated to last until Dec. 1, 2028.  Funding for the Anti-Weaponization Fund is coming from the Judgment Fund, which is a permanent Treasury account used to pay for settlements and claims against the government.  Fox News' Elaine Mallon, Kerri Urbahn and The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19c1a7ee6011c3f4e92214 Judge halts Trump’s $1.8B ‘slush fund’ critics call a payoff to political allies te 2026-05-29T16:41:11.273Z Judge halts Trump’s $1.8B ‘slush fund’ critics call a payoff to political allies President Donald Trump gives a speech at the World Economic Forum on Jan. 21, 2026 in Davos, Switzerland. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from moving forward with a fund that opponents fear will be used to pay off the president’s political allies. Judge Leonie Brinkema in the Eastern District of Virginia issued a brief order halting the Department of Justice, the Treasury Department and other high-ranking administration officials from taking any additional actions to create the fund or make payments from it. The order came in a lawsuit filed by a former federal prosecutor and a California professor. The plaintiffs are represented by the legal advocacy groups Democracy Forward and Common Cause. The lawsuit is part of a flurry of legal challenges against the fund. The Justice Department on May 18 announced a nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” that will make payments to individuals who believe they have been wronged by past administrations. The fund came as part of a settlement agreement in a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump over the leaking of his tax return information by a former IRS contractor. Trump’s settlement agreement provides for the creation of the fund overseen by a board of five members chosen by acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, who previously served as Trump’s personal attorney. Trump can fire the members for any reason. Brinkema, a President Bill Clinton appointee, took no position on the legality of the fund in her order. She wrote that her order is to ensure no money is “irreversibly disbursed” while the plaintiffs’ motion for a temporary restraining order is pending. She also set a hearing for June 12 — likely ensuring the fund will remain blocked for at least the next two weeks. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit include Andrew Floyd, a former federal Jan. 6 case prosecutor who was fired by the DOJ in June 2025, and Joseph Caravello, a California university professor who was charged with felony assault on a federal officer after protesting an immigration raid last summer. A jury acquitted Caravello in April. The nine-count lawsuit alleges in part the fund violates the plaintiffs’ First and Fifth Amendment rights, and violates the authority of Congress. “Since its inception, this fund has been on a collision course with the United States Constitution,” their complaint says. Trump has written on social media that the fund will help those “who were so badly abused by an evil, corrupt, and weaponized Biden Administration” receive justice. Ashley Murray contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19c178ee6011c3f4e921d0 📚✨ Tucson Summer Reading Club for grown-ups is back ✨📚 te 2026-05-29T16:40:24.235Z 📚✨ Tucson Summer Reading Club for grown-ups is back ✨📚 If you ever participated in a certain beloved pizza-based summer reading program as a kid, then you already know the thrill of tracking your books, earning a prize and basking in the glory of free pizza. That kind of motivation made reading feel like an adventure and a celebration. We think adults deserve that same joy. This summer, Tucson Spotlight and Tucson Tome Gnome are back for year two of our Tucson Summer Reading Club for grown-ups, now with Pima County Public Library joining as a partner. Whether you're rediscovering your love of reading or already have a growing TBR stack, this program is for you. Track your reads, complete fun challenges, and earn prizes, just like the old days. 📖 Why a reading club for adults? Reading doesn't stop being magical after childhood. In fact, many of us crave the time, space and community to dive into great books, and a little encouragement never hurts. This club is about bringing people together through stories, supporting local bookstores, and reigniting that spark we felt when reading was both personal and celebrated. Whether you're into fiction, memoirs, graphic novels, or genre-bending epics, your reading counts, and it just might earn you some pizza. 🌟 How to participate Starting June 1, pick up your reading tracker and book bingo card at any Pima County Public Library branch, or at: Stacks Book Club, 1880 E. Tangerine Rd., Suite 140 or their new location at 2920 E. Broadway Blvd. (once its open.) Homeward Books Collective, 3054 N. 1st Ave, Unit 8. Or download them here and print them out on your own (find them here on June 1.) Once you've got your materials, track your reading, take on the bingo challenge and aim for those rewards! Pima County Public Library librarians have put together more than 20 curated reading lists to help you find your next book, covering everything from horror and cozy sci-fi to immigration stories and science. 🎁 Prizes We're keeping the spirit of Pizza Hut's "Book It!" program alive, with a Tucson twist: 📚 Read 5 books – Earn a limited edition sticker. 📚 Read 10 books – Earn a limited edition sticker + bookmark. 📚 Read 15 books – Earn a limited edition sticker + bookmark + magnet or button. 📚 Read 20 books – Earn a limited edition sticker + bookmark + magnet or button + a book or a pizza coupon 🧩 Complete a row on the bingo card – Be entered into a raffle to win a limited edition tote bag. Each completed row counts as a separate entry. All prizes will be distributed at our end-of-summer celebration on Sunday, August 16, 9 a.m. to noon at Coalition Space, and at library branch parties starting Aug. 14. Be sure to bring your card and tracker and come early -- quantities are limited and prizes are first come, first served. 📍 Why join? Reconnect with the joy of reading for fun, for growth or for a little friendly competition. Support Tucson's incredible network of local bookstores and authors. Discover new titles, genres, and maybe even reading buddies. Get rewarded for something you love, no essays or reports required. So grab your favorite bookmark, choose your next great read and join us for a summer of stories, stickers, and yes, pizza. Three community events are planned across the summer: a book swap and kickoff at Coalition Space on June 7, a mid-summer book swap and market at Di Luna Candles on July 11, and the end-of-summer party at Coalition Space on Aug. 16. Follow Tucson Spotlight, Tucson Tome Gnome and the Pima County Public Library on social media for updates, book recs, event details, and more. Happy reading! 📚🍕 Tucson Spotlight is a community-based newsroom that provides paid opportunities for students and rising journalists in Southern Arizona. Please support our work with a paid subscription. Upgrade my subscription Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19bf9bee6011c3f4e92194 Popular country music star Gavin Adcock releases adrenaline-fueled new song 'Cheap Thrills' te 2026-05-29T16:32:27.914Z Popular country music star Gavin Adcock releases adrenaline-fueled new song 'Cheap Thrills' Country star Gavin Adcock cooked with his new song "Cheap Thrills." Adcock is one of the fastest-rising acts in the country music world, and he brings energy that is off the charts. The man is known for amping up fans, never being afraid to talk some trash and always providing music that is guaranteed to be a great time. COUNTRY MUSIC STAR CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY WITH SPICY SWIMSUIT PHOTO Now, he's run off and done it again! Adcock released "Cheap Thrills" on Friday morning. The song features Hudson Westbrook, and it's exactly what fans have come to expect from the talented singer. It's the perfect track to crack some beers this summer while soaking up some sunshine with your buddies. Wouldn't have it any other way. COUNTRY MUSIC STAR STIRS UP FANS WITH SEE-THROUGH WHITE OUTFIT, VIDEO EXPLODES ONLINE You can listen to "Cheap Thrills" below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. "Blacked out on the front end of a bender." It's almost like this song was engineered for the wildest fans in the country music world. The exact kind of fan who attends a Gavin Adcock concert. Say whatever you want about him, but there's no doubt the man knows his lane and rowdy target demographic. It certainly feels like we've been on a bit of a run here in the country music world. Ella Langley is crushing it, Riley Green has new music out and plenty of other acts are flourishing. It's going to continue to be an epic year in the genre. Let me know what you think at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19bf86ee6011c3f4e92182 Manhunt targets ‘armed and dangerous’ murder suspect now on state’s most wanted list te 2026-05-29T16:32:06.872Z Manhunt targets ‘armed and dangerous’ murder suspect now on state’s most wanted list Investigators are searching for a murder suspect who has been on the run since Wednesday. Deputies say 38-year-old Jesse Phillips allegedly shot a man in the chest in Pickett County, Tennessee and drove off from the scene in his vehicle, possibly crossing state lines. Sheriff's deputies in Clinton County, Kentucky, discovered Phillips' vehicle, which is described as a black pickup truck with a yellow hood, at an Albany home on Norman Cole Road. The suspect is described as a White male with brown hair and brown eyes at a height of 5'10" and weighs approximately 225 pounds. CLICK HERE FOR MORE US NEWS Pickett has been added to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's Most Wanted List; there is a reward available for anyone who can provide information that can help investigators track him down. In a statement sent to Fox News Digital, a TBI spokesperson said: "At the request of 13th Judicial District Attorney General Bryant Dunaway, TBI agents are investigating the circumstances leading to a fatal shooting that occurred Wednesday in Pickett County. On Wednesday, the Pickett County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of a shooting in the 1000 block of Parker Road. Upon arrival, they found an individual suffering from a gunshot wound. The individual was transported to an area hospital, where he was pronounced deceased. His identity is currently being withheld pending notification of next of kin. At this time, the investigation remains active and ongoing." Authorities said if you see Pickett, do not approach as he is considered armed and dangerous. Instead, call 911. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19bf72ee6011c3f4e92179 Spencer Pratt 'catching fire' among frustrated LA Democrats, House lawmaker says te 2026-05-29T16:31:46.879Z Spencer Pratt 'catching fire' among frustrated LA Democrats, House lawmaker says Insurgent candidate Spencer Pratt has what it takes to become Los Angeles’ next mayor despite the "difficult job" ahead of winning over a heavily Democratic electorate, a senior California lawmaker told Fox News Digital. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., said mayoral hopeful Spencer Pratt is resonating with voters in the deep-blue city by offering "common-sense" solutions to the dysfunction that has persisted under incumbent Mayor Karen Bass. Pratt, a former reality television personality best known for "The Hills," has risen to prominence in the race by calling attention to Bass’ alleged mismanagement of devastating wildfires that destroyed more than 18,000 structures — including his Pacific Palisades home — and the stalled recovery. He has also lit into Bass’ failure to make significant headway on street homelessness, drug addiction and crime. "He's catching fire among ardent historic Democrat voters because Karen Bass has been so ineffective," Issa said in an interview. "And every time she opens her mouth, she's talking about more of the same to people who have seen their streets, both crime-ridden and in fact … ineffectively managed." NBA STAR PLACES $36,000 BET ON OUTSIDER LA MAYORAL CANDIDATE SPENCER PRATT WINNING HEATED RACE "Do I see his common-sense campaigning as resonating? Absolutely," he continued. Pratt is vying in a nonpartisan June 2 primary against Bass and socialist City Council member Nithya Rahman. No candidate is expected to receive more than 50% of the vote, meaning the top two vote-getters will advance to a November runoff election. Recent polling shows all three candidates in a dead heat, even as Bass enjoys the support of high-profile Democrats, including former Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif. But Pratt, a registered Republican, faces long odds in a city where fewer than 20% of voters identify with the GOP. Bass-aligned groups have also run ads criticizing Pratt’s party affiliation despite the political newcomer officially running as an independent. KAREN BASS REFUSES TO GIVE 'YES OR NO' ANSWER ON WHETHER NONCITIZENS SHOULD VOTE IN LA: 'IT DEPENDS' Issa, however, said there is precedent for Los Angeles electing a mayor with Republican ties despite its Democratic leanings. "I will say that Dick Riordan, now deceased, but a Republican who was mayor a generation ago, had that same sort of common sense … and he did resonate. He was elected," the California Republican said. "He goes down in history as a period in which Los Angeles did improve very much, like New York and Rudy Giuliani." Riordan was the last Republican elected mayor of Los Angeles after winning a second term in 1997. Billionaire developer Rick Caruso, a Republican-turned-Democrat, lost a 2022 mayoral battle against Bass despite spending north of $100 million on his campaign. In a likely attempt to win over Democratic voters, Pratt has sought to divorce the race from national politics. "In L.A., they want to feel safe, they don’t want to step in human poop," he told NBC News in an interview Thursday. "I don’t need to have personal opinions about anybody that doesn’t affect them stepping in human poop." Asked by the outlet about President Donald Trump's vocal support for his campaign, Pratt said he did not need it. Trump has yet to offer a formal endorsement. "I don’t need anyone’s endorsement but mothers’. That’s who’s getting me elected," he replied. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19bf5eee6011c3f4e92170 New Jersey agitators bite, kick and punch ICE agents as Delaney Hall clashes continue; 9 more arrested: DHS te 2026-05-29T16:31:26.959Z New Jersey agitators bite, kick and punch ICE agents as Delaney Hall clashes continue; 9 more arrested: DHS Anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) demonstrations continued to escalate Thursday night at Newark, New Jersey's Delaney Hall detention center, as rioters bit, kicked and punched agents. Agents responded by deploying pepper spray and beating back agitators on the sixth night of demonstrations. Nine rioters were arrested during the clashes Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security told Fox News Digital. Approximately 100 agitators mobbed the area surrounding the detention center, chanting "F--- ICE" and brandishing black umbrellas, gas masks and other gear to protect themselves from pepper spray and various anti-riot measures. WATCH: POLICE ABSENT FROM DELANEY HALL CHAOS AS AGITATORS BLOCK ICE VEHICLES AND AGENTS USE PEPPER SPRAY ICE agents pushed heavily into the crowd, beating back agitators and deploying pepper spray as crowds screamed but continued to physically confront the agents. Photos from the scene captured by Fox News Digital showed agitators washing eyes out after being exposed to pepper spray. "On the evening of May 28th, approximately 100 anti-ICE rioters gathered around the Delaney Hall ICE facility. Rioters bit, kicked, and punched law enforcement officers," DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "Governor Sherrill refused to allow state police to assist our officers," he added. "Assaulting and obstructing ICE law enforcement is a crime and felony. Throughout the night, nine rioters were arrested. Anyone who assaults law enforcement will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law." "Law and order will prevail," Mullin added. Amid the intense altercations, Fox News Digital captured a Newark Police Department squad car briefly driving by the scene. The appearance was notable as local police have largely refrained from assisting federal forces in containment measures, according to Mullin. On Wednesday evening, DHS reported that approximately 100 anti-ICE rioters gathered around the Delaney Hall ICE facility. While rioters assaulted and threw objects at law enforcement, DHS said "local police refused to help our officers." Six rioters were arrested Wednesday night for allegedly assaulting law enforcement officers. "We called local police, we called state police multiple times. Listen, I know the law enforcement there would love to respond, but because of Governor Sherrill's behavior what the governor is doing, she's not allowing public officers and state officers to respond," Mullin said during a Thursday morning appearance on Fox & Friends. Demonstrations over conditions for detainees began Friday, May 22, after detainees penned an open letter claiming they were being denied access to medical care, being insufficiently fed and detained without due process. SOMETHING TO HIDE? ICE UNDER FIRE FOR SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS AT FOR-PROFIT DETENTION CENTER DHS denied the veracity of those claims. "The facts are all detainees are provided with three meals a day, clean water, clothing, bedding, showers, soap, and toiletries. Illegal aliens also have access to phones to communicate with their family members and lawyers," the department said in a statement. Still, agitators continued to brawl with ICE agents, buoyed by frequent appearances from prominent Democratic lawmakers. In addition to New Jersey's Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill and Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., New York lawmakers such as Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., showed up as well. Federal authorities are currently trying to track down agitators who allegedly made direct threats to kill federal agents and their families on Wednesday night. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told Fox News' Will Cain that an agitator who told an ICE agent "your children, your wife, all dead. I have your face motherf-----, you're dead" committed a federal crime by doing so. "Think about how disgusting this individual is, threatening his family and his children with death. What is this man doing? He's just doing his job standing there," Blanche said. "I promise you, we will find him and when we find him we will arrest him," Blanche vowed. Sherrill, for her part, blamed ICE agents for the violence and said that her administration will continue supporting the demonstrators. The governor categorized the demonstrators as peaceful. Sherrill also announced that the state's Department of Health conducted a health inspection on a limited part of Delaney Hall. Fox News Digital contacted Newark Police, Sherrill's office and representatives for Goldman and Nadler for additional comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19bf4aee6011c3f4e92167 Get the week's best deals and product reviews with the FOX News Deals newsletter te 2026-05-29T16:31:06.952Z Get the week's best deals and product reviews with the FOX News Deals newsletter Get the best weekly deals delivered straight to your inbox by signing up for the FOX News Deals newsletter. Each week, our team searches for standout discounts from major retailers like Amazon, Lowe's, Wayfair and more to help you shop smarter and save on products worth buying. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19bf36ee6011c3f4e9215e Texas Longhorns have nothing to gain by answering Texas Tech challenge, would be foolish to accept terms te 2026-05-29T16:30:47.023Z Texas Longhorns have nothing to gain by answering Texas Tech challenge, would be foolish to accept terms That giant gust of wind you feel blowing from the Lone Star State isn't a tornado, though we are definitely in season for that. No, it's just a bunch of hot air from a couple of college football coaches calling each other out while knowing they won't face any repercussions on the field. For those not in the know, Texas Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian made a not-so-subtle jab at Texas Tech's strength of schedule, while Red Raiders head coach Joey Maguire clapped back, saying they would love to play the Longhorns and are even willing to cancel their out-of-conference game against Abilene Christian to accommodate. Let's be clear before we go any further: this will never happen. Texas and Texas Tech would never cancel games with non-conference opponents to play each other, nor would their conferences and the NCAA let them. But if they could, I'm here to tell you the Longhorns should reject the Red Raiders' and Maguire's terms outright. Texas has nothing to gain from adding Tech to their schedule and everything to lose. WHICH TEAMS HAVE THE TOUGHEST STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE HEADING INTO COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON? In an era where teams are canceling tough non-conference games left and right to create an easier path to the College Football Playoff, why on God's green Earth would the Longhorns make an already brutal schedule even harder? Just take a look at last season, where a 9-3 Texas team was playing some of the best football in the country by year's end, narrowly missing the Playoff despite going 3-1 against top-10 teams from the month of October onward. It could be argued beyond any shadow of a doubt that if the Longhorns had scheduled some in-state FCS scrub instead of Ohio State in Week 1 of last year and finished 10-2, they would have waltzed into the CFP as a top-10 team. WHICH TEAMS HAVE THE MOST VALUABLE COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROSTERS HEADING INTO 2026 SEASON? This year, Sarkisian and his squad play Ohio State once again, in addition to two teams from the state of Texas that were bowl eligible last season in UTSA and Texas State. Not exactly a cakewalk of a non-conference slate, but it only gets tougher once they enter league play. The Longhorns play Tennessee, LSU and rival Texas A&M on the road in addition to home games against Florida and Ole Miss, not to mention their annual neutral-site showdown against Oklahoma. FIVE SEC TRAP GAMES IN 2026 THAT COULD UPEND THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF RACE, FROM LSU TO GEORGIA Three of those teams were Playoff teams in 2025, and LSU and Tennessee should both be much improved this coming season. Throw in the fact that Florida has one of the best rosters year in and year out (regardless of record) and they took down Texas last season, and the Longhorns undoubtedly face a gauntlet of a schedule in 2026. Adding Texas Tech to the fray wouldn't do anything to strengthen their resume in the eyes of the CFP selection committee, so a loss would hurt way more than a win would help in this hypothetical scenario. I understand why Maguire would want to talk tough in this scenario. For one, he likely knows this fantasy matchup would never occur, and secondarily, since Tech's schedule and resume are considerably less daunting than Texas', it would only help bolster their strength of schedule should they add another Power Four playoff contender. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! The SEC gets dogged for playing "cupcakes," but Texas' schedule proves that's often overblown. This hypothetical showdown will obviously never occur, nor should it. Texas and Texas Tech will have every opportunity to play each other in the CFP, I doubt either of them would want to jeopardize that by picking up an extra regular season loss. That's just where we are in college football these days. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19bcf9ee6011c3f4e9210d Powering progress: Why protecting utility workers is a win for Arizona te 2026-05-29T16:21:13.193Z Powering progress: Why protecting utility workers is a win for Arizona Frank Grijalva (Photo by David Sanders) In Arizona, keeping the lights on is about more than just business. It is a matter of life and safety when summer temperatures soar past 110 degrees. That’s why it’s so important to protect the people who do this critical work. As someone who has worked more than three decades in the utility industry, I know that a functioning grid does not happen by luck. It takes technical discipline, decades of training, and a tireless commitment to safety. Our utilities count on their crews to deliver reliable energy around the clock, whatever the weather. Unfortunately, these workers face an increasingly hostile work environment. Confrontations, threats, and even direct assaults on utility crews are becoming more common, adding new risks to an already dangerous job. Last year, for example, employees of Tucson Electric Power (TEP) and sister company UniSource Energy Services were directly threatened in person 27 separate times. That’s about twice a month, and it doesn’t include the many threats delivered online or over the phone. Utility workers are often first responders during storms and emergencies, restoring service and protecting public safety in uncomfortable or even hazardous conditions. This work often requires access to customers’ yards and other private property — including, in some cases, entry into customers’ homes. While most people are cooperative and understanding, some respond angrily or even violently. It’s high time we grant utility workers the same, specific protections against assault that Arizona law provides for police, firefighters and other first responders. Senate Bill 1448 would provide this protection, ensuring that attacks on utility workers are automatically designated as aggravated assault. The higher penalty associated with this charge reflects the critical role these employees play in protecting public safety, and the need to deter violence against them. I strongly urge our state lawmakers to support final passage of SB1448 so that it can be sent to the desk of Gov. Katie Hobbs, who I am hopeful will sign it. There’s no downside to providing additional protections to the people behind our state’s energy infrastructure. Common Sense Solutions This measure is just the kind of common-sense solution that the Southern Arizona Energy Alliance (SAEA) was created to support. I serve as a founding member of SAEA, as well as an international representative of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), which represents 11,000 workers across our state. Keeping our community running depends on the people who do the work. Utility workers are your friends and neighbors. They are the men and women who head out during monsoon storms and extreme heat to make sure your family stays safe and cool. When our workers are protected, they can focus on the specialized skills needed to maintain our grid. Today, our local energy system maintains a reliability rate of more than 99.9%. That standard is among the best in the nation, and our workers take immense pride in maintaining it. The Southern Arizona Energy Alliance stands for solutions that protect our neighbors and our infrastructure. We believe in supporting the people who keep our region resilient. SB1448 is a common-sense way to look after the experts who look after us. It recognizes that utility work is an essential service that deserves respect and protection. I urge you to contact your state legislators and ask them to support SB1448. Let us work together to protect the experts who keep Southern Arizona running. We must protect our jobs, our workers, and the reliable power that makes our way of life possible. Frank Grijalva is an international representative for the IBEW and a founding board member of the Southern Arizona Energy Alliance with over 31 years of utility experience. The post Powering progress: Why protecting utility workers is a win for Arizona first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19bccaee6011c3f4e920c8 Cognition’s Scott Wu says AI coding agents shouldn’t replace humans te 2026-05-29T16:20:26.632Z Cognition’s Scott Wu says AI coding agents shouldn’t replace humans Cognition makes Devin, the first and arguably most successful AI coding agent. But famed coder Wu says it isn't designed to supplant human programmers. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19ba99ee6011c3f4e92067 Research Funding Slows Again for Universities Targeted by White House te 2026-05-29T16:11:05.675Z Research Funding Slows Again for Universities Targeted by White House The National Science Foundation lifted a hold on some grants for Harvard and other universities this week after inquiries from media outlets, including The New York Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19ba85ee6011c3f4e9205e What Exactly Caused That Loud Boom in South Carolina? te 2026-05-29T16:10:45.670Z What Exactly Caused That Loud Boom in South Carolina? A huge noise rattled part of the state on Thursday. Multiple theories have been put forward, but the mystery remains. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19ba6eee6011c3f4e9203f El Foco de Tucson publica evaluación comunitaria te 2026-05-29T16:10:22.634Z El Foco de Tucson publica evaluación comunitaria Leer en inglés El Foco de Tucson publicó su primera Evaluación del Ecosistema Informativo, resultado de siete meses de escucha comunitaria que llevaron a la redacción a clubes de lectura, ferias de salud, aulas universitarias, conferencias y al Festival del Libro de Tucson. El informe documenta lo que los residentes manifestaron necesitar, lo que hace falta y lo que el periodismo local y las instituciones locales deberían hacer al respecto. Este informe fue posible gracias a una subvención del Listening Post Collective, cuyo Manual de Medios Cívicos proporcionó el marco, las herramientas y el apoyo entre pares que guiaron cada fase de esta investigación. La inversión del LPC permitió al Foco diseñar y administrar encuestas en nueve eventos comunitarios, organizar sesiones de escucha bilingües y sintetizar más de 560 respuestas en este informe. Los hallazgos son claros y consistentes en todos los grupos demográficos encuestados: los residentes desean un periodismo que sea local, práctico y centrado en soluciones. Quieren una cobertura que les ayude a comprender cómo participar en la vida cívica, y no solo lo que está fallando. Quieren periodismo en español. Y quieren una redacción que escuche antes de liderar. “Esta comunidad acudió a nuestro llamado de una manera que fue verdaderamente conmovedora,” afirmó Caitlin Schmidt, editora y publicadora del Foco. “Más de 560 personas interrumpieron sus actividades para decirnos lo que necesitaban. Lo menos que podemos hacer es ser honestos respecto a lo que escuchamos y asumir la responsabilidad de actuar en consecuencia.” Entre los hallazgos clave del informe destacan los siguientes: la falta de vivienda fue el problema local más citado, apareciendo en 52 respuestas de la encuesta; las redes sociales dominan el consumo de noticias, pero este se rige más por la conveniencia que por la confianza; y los encuestados de habla hispana, entrevistados en su propio idioma desde el principio, señalaron preocupaciones totalmente distintas a las de los encuestados de habla inglesa, incluyendo el abandono de la infraestructura y la exclusión lingüística en los sistemas de información cívica. El informe también documenta un hallazgo que podría sorprender a quienes asumen que los residentes de Tucson se han desentendido de la vida cívica: no es así. El rechazo a las noticias en el Condado de Pima no se debe a la apatía, sino a la ansiedad; se trata de una respuesta de autoprotección ante un periodismo que perciben como implacablemente negativo y desconectado de cualquier acción concreta. Cuando los residentes entraron en contacto con el enfoque del Foco, orientado a la comunidad y centrado en soluciones, la respuesta fue, de manera constante, entusiasta.  “Cuando carecemos de un periodismo sin fines de lucro centrado en la comunidad, muchas cosas pasan desapercibidas. Toda ciudad necesita una redacción dirigida por miembros de la comunidad y para miembros de la comunida,” afirmó Ian Stash, pasante en El Foco. El informe completo está disponible para su lectura aquí. En los próximos meses, El Foco organizará una sesión comunitaria de intercambio para presentar los hallazgos, recabar reacciones y debatir los próximos pasos junto con los residentes que hicieron posible esta investigación. Esta nota fue traducida por Diana Ramos, exalumna de la Universidad de Arizona, Directora de Iniciativas Bilingües y reportera del Foco de Tucson. Contáctala en diana@tucsonspotlight.org.    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/6a19b858ee6011c3f4e91fe7 Giants coach John Harbaugh unlikely to criticize Jaxson Dart's Trump rally appearance in Friday presser te 2026-05-29T16:01:28.072Z Giants coach John Harbaugh unlikely to criticize Jaxson Dart's Trump rally appearance in Friday presser New York Giants coach John Harbaugh gets a chance to settle the controversy surrounding Jaxson Dart's appearance at a President Donald Trump rally on Friday afternoon because he will speak with reporters for the first time since the issue began to suck all the oxygen out of the team's offseason program. Harbaugh will surely be asked about his starting quarterback's apparent embrace of the president. And the coach, who is the unquestioned epicenter of power within the franchise since being hired in January, will have his say and that will be it. Because whatever he decrees, players will follow suit. The front office will follow suit. And the media, agree or not, will have to report what the most consequential voice in the organization has decided. So this saga is closing in on a climax. ABDUL CARTER DELETES CRITICISM OF JAXSON DART OVER TRUMP RALLY Got your popcorn ready? The 2:30 p.m. ET scheduled availability — yes, around lunchtime for some — might be quite satisfying. That leads to the next logical question: What's Harbaugh going to say? How is he going to handle his first crisis, small and non-football related as it might be, with his new club? We have an inkling based on experience of knowing how Harbaugh operates and what he believes. But before we share that, please understand the coach really only has a handful of options to choose from. SUPER BOWL CHAMPION JOE THEISMANN WEIGHS IMPACT OF JAXSON DART-ABDUL CARTER TRUMP CONTROVERSY ON LOCKER ROOM Harbaugh could: We're going to pick the last one. There is zero chance Harbaugh throws Dart under the bus. It is simply not going to happen. Firstly, and most importantly, he is not going to kneecap the man he most needs to succeed as a player and team leader. Secondly, Harbaugh agrees with Dart on most things Trump. People seem to forget this. JOHN HARBAUGH PUSHES BACK ON TRUMP-HATING REPORTER AFTER WHITE HOUSE VISIT Much of the Harbaugh clan — Los Angeles Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh, their father and mother, their sister and four kids — visited Trump at the White House last year. Afterward, the Harbaughs spoke enthusiastically about the visit. And when things got a little ugly in Baltimore because a left-wing journalist accused John Harbaugh of meeting with someone who had said mean things about the city, the coach pushed back eloquently. So, that same man cannot logically criticize his starting quarterback for also meeting with Trump. It will be interesting to what degree, if any, Harbaugh is critical of Carter by name. Look, the coach almost certainly is going to preach keeping team business within the confines of the team. Carter broke that covenant by going public on social media. But there's a way to make the point without embarrassing Carter and making him out to be a villain. That wouldn't help anyone with an interest in having Carter grow and become a major contributor on defense. So the coach is almost definitely going to walk a fine line between saying team business is sacrosanct without shining an investigative light on an important player. Finally, prepare for this: If Harbaugh finds any blame in all of this, it will likely be with you — the prying public, the curious media, the opinionated influencers. Y'all the bad guys. Not his players, his team, his new family. You turned this into a thing, not the Giants. That, of course, wouldn't play well out here in the real world. But Harbaugh doesn't care about that. He cares about his world, which is where the Giants practice facility sits, where his players work, and the success or failure of Harbaugh as a coach is defined. Tune in at 2:30 p.m. FOLLOW ARMANDO SALGUERO ON X: @ARMANDOSALGUERO Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19b82fee6011c3f4e91fd5 Bus Crash in Virginia Kills 5 and Injures More Than 30 te 2026-05-29T16:00:47.590Z Bus Crash in Virginia Kills 5 and Injures More Than 30 The bus was traveling in a southbound lane on I-95 near Quantico, Va., when it failed to slow for traffic in a work zone, the authorities said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19b81bee6011c3f4e91fcc After China Orders a Times Reporter to Leave the Country, the U.S. Reciprocates te 2026-05-29T16:00:27.665Z After China Orders a Times Reporter to Leave the Country, the U.S. Reciprocates The Trump administration ejected a Chinese journalist amid fresh concerns about Beijing’s growing pressure on foreign correspondents. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19b36cee6011c3f4e91f0f ICE Agent Charged in Minnesota Shooting Is Arrested in Texas te 2026-05-29T15:40:28.627Z ICE Agent Charged in Minnesota Shooting Is Arrested in Texas Christian Castro, who had been charged with assault in the shooting of a Venezuelan man during the immigration crackdown in Minnesota, was taken into custody Friday morning. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19aef9ee6011c3f4e91e59 Reality star warns American families are buying ‘nightmare homes’ they can’t afford to fix te 2026-05-29T15:21:29.272Z Reality star warns American families are buying ‘nightmare homes’ they can’t afford to fix America’s brutal housing market is pushing desperate buyers into dangerous territory — and real estate expert Tommy Harr says many families are unknowingly purchasing "nightmare homes" they can’t afford to fix. The Columbus, Ohio-based investor and star of A&E’s upcoming series "Zombie House Flipping: Family Business" says social media-fueled flipping trends are leaving buyers stuck with ticking financial time bombs disguised as dream homes. "I mean, with the rise of maybe social media, and YouTube, and shows like this ... everybody wants to get into flipping houses, and maybe they don't know anything about flipping houses," he told Fox News Digital. "So, they may be flipping it themselves, or somebody more or less puts lipstick on a pig, and they leave somebody with a bad house." ‘GOLD RUSH’ STAR WARNS WASHINGTON HAS ‘ZERO INTEREST’ IN FIXING THE DEBT, FUELING A MASSIVE GOLD BOOM Harr, whose family business specializes in reviving abandoned "zombie" houses across Columbus, said buyers are often fooled by cosmetic renovations that hide catastrophic structural problems underneath. His warning comes as homebuyers nationwide continue battling elevated mortgage rates, high prices and affordability pressures that can pressure families to waive inspections and rush purchases. WATCH: REAL ESTATE EXPERT WARNS DIY HOUSE FLIPS TRAP AMERICAN FAMILIES IN ‘NIGHTMARE’ HOMES Harr said skipping that step can become a huge mistake. "My biggest recommendation would be hire a really, really good home inspection company, like my dad, who's been around a long time," Harr said. "And they can just save you, let's say you could spend $500. They can save you so much time, so much money and so much headache if you just get out of your own way and hire a professional." VANILLA ICE'S ROADMAP TO LAUNCHING A SUCCESSFUL REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT CAREER The horror stories Harr has encountered while inspecting homes sound more like scenes from a horror movie than a real estate listing. "Most dangerous? Oh, we've had fire-damaged houses in Columbus that, I mean, there's no floors," Harr recalled. "So, you walk in… my dad actually ... we were doing a home inspection probably seven years ago. He fell through the basement steps." "We were going down the stairs with a sewer camera in our hands, which is pretty heavy," he continued. "And he fell right through the basement. It was like an 1800s house. It can be pretty dangerous." WATCH: REAL ESTATE EXPERT UNCOVERS NASTIEST, SCARIEST AND MOST DANGEROUS FINDS INSIDE HOMES Harr said some properties were so filthy they became biohazards. "Nastiest thing we've ever found. I mean, besides like the normal nasty, which is like bedbugs, fleas, roaches, infestation, you're going to see a lot of that on the TV show, don't worry," he said. ‘FILTHY FORTUNES’ STAR SAYS MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE UNKNOWINGLY SITTING ON $10K–$20K JACKPOTS IN THEIR HOMES "Back when I was doing inspections with my dad, there was a house that every square inch of the house had massive piles of dog poop. You couldn't even walk through the house." "I can't even describe how filled it was ..." Harr added. "We have basements in Ohio, had a sewer backup for about four inches or so." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER When Fox News Digital asked what the scariest moment his family has ever experienced inside an abandoned home, Harr shared a moment when he realized he wasn’t alone. "Scariest moment, I actually had a squatter jump out at me at a house," he said. "It was all boarded up, not the best side of town." LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "I was doing my walkthrough and at the very end, as I was walking down to the basement, I'm walking over a bunch of clothes and I hear something," Harr continued. "I turned to my right and I see two eyes in the dark staring at me from the closet." Harr and his family — including his mother Katie, a designer and real estate agent, and his younger brother Will, who leads construction projects — are bringing those high-risk renovations to television in A&E’s "Zombie House Flipping: Family Business," as part of the network’s Home.Made.Nation lineup. The premiere episode, "Trial By Fire," follows the family as they gamble on restoring a fire-ravaged home destroyed after a Fourth of July fireworks disaster. A&E’s "Zombie House Flipping: Family Business" premieres on May 30 at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. CT. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19aee5ee6011c3f4e91e50 Greg Sankey insists SEC is 'strongest league' despite Big Ten winning three straight national championships te 2026-05-29T15:21:09.202Z Greg Sankey insists SEC is 'strongest league' despite Big Ten winning three straight national championships For most objective fans, it's become clear that the Big Ten has surpassed the SEC as the dominant conference in college football. Just don't tell SEC commissioner Greg Sankey or the conference's coaches about the importance of on-field results. After years of them referencing those exact results. Sankey, speaking at the SEC's spring meetings on Wednesday, once again struck, and once again struck a defiant, and inaccurate, tone. College Football Playoff executive director Rich Clark met with the conference and its coaches this week, explaining the "metrics" that go into the committee's decision making and selection process. According to Sankey, it confirmed that the SEC is the "strongest league." "We saw metrics out of the College Football Playoff presentation where there’s no doubt we’re the strongest league," Sankey said. "But I think from a big picture, the breadth, the depth of this league — this league stands alone." When discussing recent results, he repeated the same mantra. "If you look at the entirety of our league, we are by far the most competitive, the strongest football league by far," he told reporters. "But you're going to lose games when it's close and competitive like that." VANDERBILT'S DIEGO PAVIA CLAIMS BIG TEN IS INFERIOR TO SEC DESPITE RECENT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS The Big Ten has won three consecutive National Championships, with three different schools. The Michigan Wolverines won in 2024, followed by the Ohio State Buckeyes in 2025, and the Indiana Hoosiers in 2026 at the conclusion of a stunning undefeated season. As for why that's happened, Sankey took an interesting path. "So why have they surpassed us? It's an oddball, it's bounced a couple times the wrong way." What's interesting about that tactic, saying the games have been close even if the SEC team ultimately lost, is that other teams and conferences have never been able to use this justification. Did the ACC get credit when Clemson lost to Alabama 45-40 in 2016? Oklahoma had 507 yards of offense against a Nick Saban Alabama defense in the 2018 Orange Bowl. Georgia beat Ohio State by one point in the 2022 Peach Bowl after trailing for much of the game. Did the Big Ten or Big 12 get credit for the ball bouncing "a couple times the wrong way" in those games? Or was it further proof of the SEC's dominance that they ultimately won? INDIANA'S CURT CIGNETTI TAKES SWIPE AT SEC AMID QUESTIONS AROUND SCHEDULE The SEC has failed to reach the championship game for three straight years. The Alabama Crimson Tide, SEC runners-up, were blown out in the Rose Bowl game, losing 38-3 to Indiana. It wasn't even that close; the Tide had just 193 total yards of offense and 11 first downs. The previously dominant Alabama running game generated just 1.4 yards per carry. Texas A&M lost at home to Miami, scoring just three points at Kyle Field. The SEC overall went 1-8 in bowl games and 0-3 in the 2025-2026 Playoff against other Power Four teams. And Sankey is claiming that the league's "depth" and "breadth" are heads and shoulders above the rest. All while the coaches were furious with the committee for not putting more SEC teams in. "He was in a no-win situation with all the SEC coaches, a couple in there that thought they should have been in (the CFP)," new LSU coach Lane Kiffin said. "That probably wasn’t going to be a great meeting for him." Suddenly, these results don't matter, after years of being used to claim that the SEC was the best conference. Georgia athletic director Josh Brooks was even worse. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! "Look, I’m biased," Brooks said. "I’ve spent a lot of time in the SEC. I was part of the mock (CFP selection committee) exercise a number of years ago and one of the things that took me back is when people would say things like, ‘That was a bad loss,’ or ‘That wasn’t a great win.’ "To me, that’s hard to say when you go to some of these venues, especially at night. When you judge Texas on the loss at Florida last year and say that’s going to be a massive hit to their résumé. Well, Florida’s a really tough team and that’s a really tough place to play." Florida lost at home, in the unimaginably difficult Swamp, to...USF. They went 4-8. They fired their head coach in the middle of the season. Does anyone involved here have any idea what they're talking about? Do they watch the games? Do they actually think Florida was a good team despite going 4-8 and losing to USF? It's inexplicable. This is why other conferences have problems with the SEC. They relentlessly promote mediocre teams because of historic brand names, even if the results don't match the reputations. Iowa was a very good team, by all objective "metrics," as Sankey says, but because they're Iowa, they're not treated with the same respect Tennessee or other SEC teams get. As just one example. Crowd support does not equal quality on-field product. The SEC is going to promote itself. That's not surprising. But the Big Ten and other conferences need to work on promoting themselves too. Because Kiffin, Sankey, and the rest of these personalities are going to keep influencing the committee to put undeserving teams like Alabama in the playoff because Nick Saban had a dynasty in the 2010s. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19aebcee6011c3f4e91e40 How Bad Are President Trump’s Approval Ratings? te 2026-05-29T15:20:28.792Z How Bad Are President Trump’s Approval Ratings? Our chief political analyst, Nate Cohn, looks at President Trump’s sinking approval ratings. How do they compare with polling from other recent presidencies? Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19ac75ee6011c3f4e91de7 Phillies look to upset Dodgers behind Zack Wheeler as Philadelphia's turnaround continues in LA te 2026-05-29T15:10:45.667Z Phillies look to upset Dodgers behind Zack Wheeler as Philadelphia's turnaround continues in LA After having a strong day on Wednesday, Thursday was a bit of a disaster for my Fox News plays. I lost the Thunder vs. Spurs over by a few buckets, and all of the scoring came in the first half of the Astros/Rangers game instead of the second half as I expected. I get a chance to redeem myself tonight as the Phillies take on the Dodgers. The Philadelphia Phillies have had a massive turnaround this year. They started as one of the worst teams in baseball, but have turned around their campaign after firing their manager. I don't think it should come as much of a surprise because there were a lot of reports about the manager and players butting heads. Maybe they are looser, maybe Don Mattingly, interim manager, is trying new things. Whatever it is, he has them above .500 and looking like an NL threat once again. Phillies fire Rob Thomson, make Don Mattingly interim manager after dismal start to the season Tonight, they have one of their best pitchers on the mound, Zack Wheeler. This season has been great for Wheeler, with him posting a 4-0 record, 1.67 ERA and a 0.82 WHIP. He doesn't qualify for any league lead because he has only thrown 37.2 innings, but it has been impressive nonetheless. He has posted 13 straight scoreless innings, and the Phillies have won every one of his six starts. Dodgers hitters are batting .311 against him over 135 at-bats. Over half of those have come from Freddie Freeman and Miguel Rojas. I haven't written about the Los Angeles Dodgers much this season. It probably is because there isn't much to say. We expected them to be great, and they are. They are 16 games above .500, one of the best teams in baseball, and are marching toward defending their back-to-back World Series trophies. I think it is fairly interesting that the team has the exact same record on the road as they do at home, 18-10. Tonight, they look to move a bit better on their home field with Justin Wrobleski on the hill. If there was a question about the Dodgers this season, it was about their pitching. If they are going to get guys like Wrobleski to turn in a 6-2 record, 3.07 ERA and a 1.11 WHIP, they are going to be tough to beat in a series. Wrobleski has had a rough go of it lately, allowing 14 earned runs over his past 19.2 innings. He has allowed just 19 earned runs all season, so maybe teams are figuring him out. Phillies hitters have faced him five times and gotten four hits against him. There aren't many times that you're going to get a chance to take the Dodgers at -120 like they are tonight. However, this isn't a great spot. Wrobleski looks rough lately, and while it could be a mechanical thing, it also could be an adjustment needed that he hasn't made yet. Wheeler doesn't have a great history against the Dodgers hitters, but maybe he can avoid Freddie Freeman, who has done the most damage against him. The Dodgers have won five straight, and the Phillies swept the Padres in their last series. So, both teams are hot. I do think this game means a lot to Philadelphia because they were eliminated last year by Los Angeles. Give me the Phillies to take the opener behind Wheeler. 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/6a19aa5bee6011c3f4e91d85 Pizza Hut revives a beloved slice of nostalgia with vintage-inspired makeovers te 2026-05-29T15:01:47.511Z Pizza Hut revives a beloved slice of nostalgia with vintage-inspired makeovers → Some Pizza Hut locations are reviving a familiar look that longtime fans may remember. → A Domino's dispute went viral after customers demanded their money back for a meal they finished. → Wahlburgers chef Paul Wahlberg shares the simple rules that can make or break your backyard burger. → The longest-operating Red Lobster restaurant has served its final customers after decades of memories. → Experts weigh in on the debate over farm-raised fish and whether its reputation is deserved. → Martha Stewart's six-ingredient potato salad recipe is drawing strong reactions. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER → Once a giant of the casual dining world, one burger chain is now a rare sight. → Advocates of a Bible-based diet say ancient principles are delivering modern-day results. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOOD AND DRINK NEWS An etiquette expert breaks down whether tipping bartenders is necessary at wedding receptions this summer. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19aa47ee6011c3f4e91d7c Hilton says Spencer Pratt campaign reflects growing revolt against California's 'one-party rule' te 2026-05-29T15:01:27.584Z Hilton says Spencer Pratt campaign reflects growing revolt against California's 'one-party rule' California Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton says the momentum behind his campaign and Spencer Pratt's independent bid for Los Angeles mayor shows there's a hunger among voters in the left-leaning state for outsiders. Hilton, a conservative commentator and former Fox News Channel host who is backed by President Donald Trump, emphasized in an interview Thursday on "Fox News @Night" that "something's happening in California. I think people who aren't here don't realize how sick we all are of what's been going on, the one-party rule, for 16 years now," as he pointed to the Democrats' longtime control of the state government. The candidate, one of the frontrunners in the race to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, also spotlighted the campaign of Spencer Pratt, a reality TV star and online influencer-turned-Los Angeles mayoral candidate whose populist pitch to lead the nation’s second-most populous city is gaining traction. Pratt, a Republican, is running as an independent in the Democrat-dominated city. REALITY TV STAR AND INFLUENCER SPENCER PRATT GAINS TRACTION AFTER FIERY DEBATE "The energy behind Spencer here in LA, the energy behind our campaign up and down the state, we're both outsiders. We're very different, had different experiences, we were running different campaigns. But the one thing we have in common, we are outsiders. We've never run for office before," Hilton said in an interview just days before California's June 2 primary elections. Hilton argued that he and Pratt "are both there to shake up a system that is obviously not working. And that's why our campaigns are resonating." Pratt, who has focused his insurgent campaign against Democratic Mayor Karen Bass, is also backed by Trump. Pratt's rise is fueled in part by his well-known status as one of the victims who lost their homes in last year's devastating wildfires, when over 17,000 homes in Los Angeles County were destroyed, as well as his right-leaning focus on homelessness, crime and government accountability in a city long run by Democrats. WHAT SPENCER PRATT SAID ON 'FOX AND FRIENDS' Bass is attempting to fend off challenges from the right from Pratt and on the left from progressive City Council member Nithya Raman. If no candidate tops 50% in Tuesday's nonpartisan mayoral election, the top two finishers will face off in November. In the governor's race, the latest public opinion polls indicate Hilton, a former British political advisor and strategist, battling Democrat Xavier Becerra, who served as a Cabinet secretary in former President Biden's administration, for the top spot in the primary, followed by billionaire hedge fund founder turned environmental activist Tom Steyer, a Democrat who ran for his party's 2020 presidential nomination. DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a Republican, and former Democratic Rep. Katie Porter are also running for governor, as are Democratic candidates San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond. The top two finishers in the nonpartisan gubernatorial primary will advance to the general election. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19aa33ee6011c3f4e91d73 WATCH: America’s first ‘formerly undocumented’ congressman delivers ultimatum at besieged ICE facility te 2026-05-29T15:01:07.669Z WATCH: America’s first ‘formerly undocumented’ congressman delivers ultimatum at besieged ICE facility The New York City lawmaker who describes himself as the first "formerly undocumented immigrant" member of Congress was defiant this week when he arrived at Newark’s Delaney Hall detention center waving a court order and demanding entry. Rep. Adriano Espaillat, a Washington Heights Democrat, was one of three Manhattan lawmakers who converged on the center Wednesday to demand the Trump administration shut it down and, in the interim, treat those held inside more humanely. "Shut it down," Espaillat boomed, after spending some time inside Delaney Hall purportedly visiting inmates. When he arrived, Espaillat and his aides approached the entrance gate, and the lawmaker pulled out a document and waved it, telling guards who he was and that a judge had given him clearance to enter. DEM CONGRESS MEMBERS STORM NEW JERSEY ICE PRISON TO CONDUCT 'OVERSIGHT VISIT': 'PEOPLE DESERVE DIGNITY' "I have a court order here that allows me to come in. I will go in because the Constitution protects me," Espaillat hollered to the people at the gate. Espaillat said he is also one of 12 plaintiffs in a lawsuit seeking to force DHS to allow lawmakers into any detention center, including privately operated facilities such as Delaney Hall, at any time without notice. The order Espaillat waved appeared to have District of Columbia federal court letterhead and included a line stating the case appeared before two Obama appointees, Cornelia Pillard and Robert Wilkins, and one Trump appointee, Neomi Rao, who replaced Justice Brett Kavanaugh on the appellate bench. The lead plaintiff listed was Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo. "I'm going to be introducing legislation that would allow Governor Mikie Sherrill and any governor or any state to be able to come and inspect a federal detention center like this. So I plan to do that very soon," Espaillat said. He said any public official should be allowed into Delaney Hall to inspect conditions and claimed the majority of those being held are "working people" before briefly switching to Spanish. "They are not criminals they… have been ripped from their families and thrown in here," he said. ICE FACILITY DEMOCRATS 'STORMED' HOLDS CHILD RAPISTS, MURDERERS: OFFICIALS Soon after he departed, Reps. Jerrold Nadler and Daniel Goldman arrived together, and spent close to two hours inside. Nadler began speaking out against conditions at the center before he even reached the microphone, alleging the "food is very sparse" and that inmates eat only at 4 a.m., noon and 4 p.m. "And very often, they eat maggots in the food," he said, making an allegation denied by those on the other side. He also claimed medical services were limited and that inmates were waiting a long time for treatment, an allegation protesters also shouted at ICE agents later in the day. However, ambulances from a local Newark hospital regularly arrived throughout the day Wednesday and Thursday, appearing to contradict claims that detainees were not receiving treatment. "We know that they're not getting any kind of justice because we know that the president is — these cases go before immigration judges. And we know the president is firing all immigration judges who grant asylum," Nadler claimed. DHS SAYS FOUR HOUSE DEMOCRATS 'CHOSE TO STAND WITH CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS' AFTER VISITING ICE DETAINEE He then yielded to Goldman, who spoke along similar lines but, unlike Nadler, was repeatedly heckled by some in the crowd. A protester could be heard calling out something about the Israel-Gaza conflict — as both Goldman and Nadler are Jewish — while another man whom a protester verbally accused of being a "Proud Boy" began heckling Goldman about federal statutes that govern the ability to enforce immigration law. "I want to thank the advocates who are here every day fighting for the freedom of those who are unjustly and illegally being held in there. My colleague, Mr. Nadler, spoke a bit about the conditions. And they, I think, are easiest to be summed up as: this is criminal jail and none of these people are criminals," Goldman said. DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN CLAIMS TRUMP'S ICE IS 'PRIMARILY GOING AFTER INNOCENT PEOPLE, INCLUDING US CITIZENS' He said he met with a man who had been in the U.S. for 23 years and has American-citizen children — but was detained by DHS when he showed up for a "Green Card interview." "I don't care what your view is on immigration policy or how you think that the policy should be. The bottom line is if you are human, if you're American, you cannot support what is going on here," he said. Goldman, an attorney who famously represented then-Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., during the Trump impeachment investigation, said the inmates have "almost no [legal] representation." He suggested he repeatedly asked inmates if they have criminal records and routinely was told no. In turn he used that recollection to slam the White House and a top Trump confidant who has been active in advising immigration-related policy. "When Donald Trump and Stephen Miller say that this ICE deportation dragnet is going after the worst of the worst, they are lying," he said. DHS SAYS ‘ARRESTS ARE STILL ON THE TABLE’ AFTER NEW JERSEY HOUSE DEMS CAUGHT ON CAMERA ‘STORMING’ ICE FACILITY Goldman accused Trump and Miller of intentionally creating dire conditions, such as those alleged inside Delaney Hall, that would lead inmates to opt for "voluntary departure" and self-deportation. As Goldman continued speaking, a man standing next to him began calling out and interrupting him, asking him to condemn protester violence. Goldman appeared unfazed but occasionally turned to admonish the man before he was confronted by another member of the congressmen’s security detail. The visit by the Manhattan lawmakers was less raucous, however, than another public official’s visit the previous day, when Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., was pepper-sprayed by ICE after allegedly interceding between the two factions on the street in an apparent attempt to calm tensions. Things did not cool off after the congressmen left, however, as pepper spray was again deployed Wednesday and Thursday evening while the at-times-heated demonstrations showed no signs of subsiding. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19aa1fee6011c3f4e91d6a Dead voter allegation fuels concerns about voting safeguards as blue state official turns herself in te 2026-05-29T15:00:47.594Z Dead voter allegation fuels concerns about voting safeguards as blue state official turns herself in Illinois GOP Chairman Bob Grogan is calling on a Democratic Waukegan city official to resign after prosecutors said she submitted her dead mother’s vote-by-mail ballot, a case conservatives say exposes broader concerns about mail-in voting and voter-roll safeguards even though the ballot was caught before it was counted. A Waukegan, Illinois alderman, Sylvia Sims Bolton, turned herself on Wednesday after prosecutors said she submitted her dead mother’s vote-by-mail ballot during a March primary election, which has resulted in two charges, including one Class 4 Felony. According to the Office of the State's Attorney in Lake County, Illinois, a vote-by-mail ballot for Mary Sims, Bolton's late-mother, was issued in the first tranche of ballots to go out from the Lake County Clerk's Office in February. Just days later, however, the same office processed the cancellation of Mary Sim's voter registration after receiving a notification of her passing from the Illinois Department of Public Health via the state's Board of Elections voter registration system.  After the ballot was dropped by Bolton at an official ballot drop box, it went through the county's established security and verification protocols, which flagged that the voter's death record was processed prior to the ballot being submitted and ultimately spurred the sheriff's office investigation leading to the charges against Bolton. PA WOMAN CHARGED WITH TRYING TO REGISTER DEAD PEOPLE, INCLUDING OWN FATHER, TO VOTE "A dead person voting, that you're actually aware that they're dead, is the easiest voter fraud to find. It's like somebody leaning over the cash register and grabbing the cash out of the till," Grogan told Fox News Digital. "But the complicated stuff, the behind-the-scenes stuff, that’s something that is harder to find … This is a one-off incident and if fraudsters do it right, it could be many, many more votes like this." Election integrity advocate Jason Snead, who runs the Honest Elections Project, added that the Bolton case "plainly shows that voter fraud occurs." "Mail ballots are especially vulnerable, which is why they should be secured, should never be mailed without a specific request from the voter, and should always be verified before they are tabulated. This case also shows how essential it is to maintain clean voter rolls," Snead said. "Had the list maintenance process been slower, it is possible this illegal vote would have been counted before the fraud was discovered. Unfortunately, too many states—particularly blue states—actively resist commonsense safeguards, which begs the question: how many other illegal votes have slipped through the system?" A press release from the Lake County State's Attorney Office indicated that "all ballot envelopes" get reviewed through automated systems designed to flag irregularities that may require additional review. Readability issues due to barcode problems, ballots being submitted for the wrong election, ballots that were previously rejected, and ballots associated with a canceled voter registration record, are all examples of irregularities that might be flagged. Other, less obvious irregularities, include whether a ballot is overweight or underweight. TRUMP CALLS FOR DOJ PROBE INTO MARYLAND MAIL-IN BALLOT ERROR, SUSPECTING 'CORRUPT' GOV WES MOORE TIES The investigation into Bolton, who represents Waukegan’s Ward 1, began in March, and she turned herself in Wednesday, according to a spokesperson for Rinehart's office. She has been charged with one count of Mutilation of Election Material, a Class 4 felony, for allegedly knowingly falsifying election material, and one count of Disregarding Election Code, a Class A misdemeanor. If convicted on the felony count, Bolton could face one to three years in prison, though Illinois law also allows probation or conditional discharge for Class 4 felonies. The election-material charge also carries a five-year ban on public employment after completion of the sentence. A Class A misdemeanor conviction carries less than one year in jail and a possible fine. According to the State's Attorney's office, the investigation by law enforcement officials "did not uncover any facts linking these allegations to her city duties," adding that she "is not charged with official misconduct." Officials in the State's Attorney's office also noted that they were not aware of any previous investigations related to individuals trying to use the vote-by-mail system to cast a ballot on behalf of deceased individuals. Fox News Digital reached out to Bolton and her attorney but Fox News Digital did not receive a response in time for publication. "This case shows the importance of having a well-funded, independent Clerk’s office that also has state-of-the-art technology," State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "Clerk Vega and his team followed national best practices in order to detect and report this crime. We must say loudly to people that if you improperly vote for others, you will be caught, investigated, and prosecuted." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19a7c8ee6011c3f4e91cf3 Father's Day gifts most dads don't want (and what to get instead) te 2026-05-29T14:50:48.554Z Father's Day gifts most dads don't want (and what to get instead) Instead of the usual novelty mugs, grilling tools, gag gifts and random tech gadgets that may never leave the box, opt for a more thoughtful gift for dad this Father's Day. We found everything from durable Carhartt tees he'll wear daily to helpful power banks that give him backup power on the go, plus smart meat thermometers that help take the guesswork out of grilling. Why it misses: He probably already has a few — and most end up collecting dust in the back of the cabinet. The YETI Rambler tumbler keeps coffee hot for hours (or drinks cold all day), making it something he'll actually use daily. It's made from durable stainless steel, fits in most cupholders and has thousands of strong reviews backing it up. Why it misses: While it's a thoughtful gift, your dad isn't likely to wear this shirt daily. Gift your dad durable shirts that stand up to his busy life. This classic Carhartt T-shirt has a loose fit along the chest and shoulders, so the fabric won't bunch while he works. With dozens of colors to choose from, it's easy to find one that matches his style. If your dad spends his weekends on the golf course, this 5-pack of quick-drying polos is another thoughtful option. Why it misses: Your dad probably already has a box full of old multi-tools that broke a long time ago. Higher-quality but affordable tools like this Craftsman screwdriver set give him something he can use for years without emptying your wallet. The 8-pack includes a mix of flathead and Phillips-head screwdrivers, while magnetic tips help hold screws in place during projects. If you're really set on a multi-tool, give him an upgrade with a Leatherman — a durable option that packs 18 tools into one compact design. READ MORE: Practical Father's Day gifts under $50 that don't feel cheap Why it misses: Toilet golf and dad joke books are only funny for so long. Opt for a more practical gift like a desk organizer or tool organizer that hangs in your garage. The desk organizer features file slots, letter trays and adjustable storage for office essentials, while the garage rack has a built-in eight-outlet power strip for charging power tool batteries and devices. Both help keep dad's workspace neat and tidy. Why it misses: Grilling sets often leave dad with duplicates of tools he already has. Gift your dad other grilling essentials he may not buy himself. This cast iron grill press creates delicious smash burgers and helps meat cook more evenly. A smart meat thermometer provides precise temperature readings every time. Dad can monitor the wireless thermometer right from his phone, so he doesn't have to stay by the barbecue during cookouts. READ MORE: The 14 best Father's Day grilling gifts for barbecue-loving dads Why it misses: The fabric in most bulk sock packs doesn't hold up for long. For dads who look forward to their yearly sock gift, Darn Tough socks last a lifetime. The brand makes its socks right here in the U.S. with mostly merino wool, a material that prevents sweat buildup. READ MORE: 27 Father's Day gifts for dads who say they don't want anything — from $13 Why it misses: With so many gimmicky tech gadgets out there, many are passing fads or aren’t made to last. Useful gadgets like a reliable power bank or Bluetooth devices like an AirTag or Tile tracker keep your dad's electronics up and running and simple to locate. The power bank comes with built-in cables for more efficient travel, while both AirTags and Tile trackers let him find lost luggage, his keys or even the remote. For more deals, visit www.foxnews.com/deals Why it misses: They don't really scream "thoughtful gift." You can stay on budget and give your dad a travel-friendly gift with a Bagsmart toiletry bag that's $17 on sale. It stores bottles upright and has additional storage for razors, Q-tips and more. Or go with a 16-piece travel essentials kit with shampoo and conditioner, toothpaste, a toothbrush and other mini toiletries. If you're an Amazon Prime member, you can get these items sent to your door ASAP. You can join or start a 30-day free trial to start your shopping today. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19a56fee6011c3f4e91c93 DAVID MARCUS: Liberal elites seethe over America's State Fair te 2026-05-29T14:40:47.103Z DAVID MARCUS: Liberal elites seethe over America's State Fair Trump Derangement Syndrome struck again this week, as somehow something as pure Americana as the nation's 250th birthday State Fair, planned for the Washington Mall next month, became mired in controversy and liberal grievance. On Friday morning, a list of lower-tier musical acts such as Vanilla Ice and Young MC were announced as performers for the two-week event starting June 25. At first, the mocking complaint was that the bipartisan commission running the event had failed to book major acts, as if that was somehow embarrassing for a state fair, when in fact it is standard fare for such events. One does not see Taylor Swift or Oasis at the state fair, one sees Weird Al Yankovic or the remaining members of the Doobie Brothers between funnel cake and the demolition derby. Of course, the woke coastal liberals who hate Trump know nothing of such things. Hours later, though, the mockery of these D-listers changed, as several, including Morris Day, The Commodores, Young MC, Milli Vanilli and Martina McBride all announced they were, in fact, not going to perform at the fair. ROCK THE COUNTRY FESTIVAL DEFENDS PATRIOTIC MESSAGE AFTER ARTISTS EXIT, 'LOVING AMERICA ISN'T POLITICAL' Young MC explained his act of abject moral cowardice this way, "The artists were never told about any political involvement with the event. And despite the claims by the organizers that the event is non-partisan, SPIN magazine describes it as Trump-backed." This is almost admirable in how much ignorance and misinformation is bunched into just a few words. Shockingly, Spin magazine has it wrong: This is not a political or a Trump event. It is run by a bipartisan commission who these artists chose to humiliate. Liberals, of course, are celebrating as they do every time they try to ruin things for normal Americans just living their lives, and McBride and Vanilli get to be brave heroes in their eyes for a few days. THE LEFT IS CELEBRATING JULY 4 WITH PROTESTS WHILE THE RIGHT SEES A PATRIOTIC REVIVAL My own attitude toward any American artist who refuses to perform for our nation’s 250th is that they can go to hell, get on a plane to China, perform there and not come back. But unlike China, this is a free country. What is really going on here is that progressive, urban elites not only do not understand the idea of a state fair, and not only have they never been to one, they basically hate the entire concept of it, hence the initial mockery of the D-listers they now hold as heroes. For the America-hating socialist Democrats, our 250th anniversary of colonization, racism and oppression should be commemorated by slam poetry about how terrible our nation is, not early 90s pop anthems. One can almost hear Greta Thunberg saying, "How dare you!?" STAGECOACH FESTIVALGOERS SPLIT ON WHETHER AMERICA IS HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AHEAD OF ITS 250TH BIRTHDAY For millions of Americans outside of our major cities, the state fair is a rite of passage. It is where they had their first kiss or later, handed their newly teenage kid a few bucks and watched them drift into the crowd and the future with their friends. The idea behind America’s state fair was to give the middle of the country, the people nobody listens to or pays attention to, a couple of weeks in the limelight, a ferris wheel, games of chance and nostalgic music acts. But no, our progressive betters won’t have it. The good news is that all of these music acts which have dropped out are very easily replaced. Frankly, the lineup was already a little light on country music to begin with, and the committee putting on the fair has enough time to replace them. PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER BRINGING INDYCAR RACE TO DC FOR AMERICA250 But honestly, at this point, have it be an open mic, or book somebody’s cousin’s Skynyrd cover band. It's a state fair, it really doesn’t matter. As frustrating and stupid as the artists boycotting the fair and those cheering them on are, chasing their dopamine rush as they scroll BlueSky, they really are best ignored. They see these cancelations as some kind of win, but in reality they are just sad people. For those such as myself who are planning to take part in the festivities at the fair, these yapping morons and their droning opinions are meaningless. Maybe that is why liberal elites hate state fairs so much: They don’t get to control them. So go enjoy the fair and don’t let the socialist idiots ruin your day. But if you do get annoyed, and you want some revenge, just remind them that in August, there will be an Indy car race in the nation’s capital. They will despise that as much as they hate a state fair. Zoom zoom, and God bless America. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM DAVID MARCUS Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19a318ee6011c3f4e91c33 'MobLand' star Tom Hardy reportedly frustrated by late scripts as show tensions erupt te 2026-05-29T14:30:48.957Z 'MobLand' star Tom Hardy reportedly frustrated by late scripts as show tensions erupt Tom Hardy is reportedly not being cut from "MobLand" as tensions continue to rise ahead of season three. Earlier this week, reports surfaced that Hardy was cut from Ronan Bennett and Jez Butterworth's series, citing issues with Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan. Sources told Variety on Thursday that Hardy is not being cut from the series, and "the door is not closed for Season 3 and things are being worked through creatively." 'MOBLAND' STAR TOM HARDY ACCUSED OF 'CAREER SUICIDE' AFTER ALLEGEDLY LEAVING CASTMATES STRANDED ON SET: REPORT  A production source told the outlet that Hardy had an issue with Butterworth delivering scripts late, sometimes just a week before filming. "Tom likes to prepare," a second source added. Butterworth is not present on the "MobLand" set, according to one production source. However, other sources told the outlet that Hardy was on weekly Zoom calls with Butterworth. Multiple sources told Variety that Hardy would request script rewrites on occasion, which were difficult to do without Butterworth on set.  "Often his ideas are very sound," one source told the outlet about Hardy. "And he wants them taken seriously. Jez [Butterworth] kind of hasn’t got the time to deal with those notes, so it becomes problematic." Another source said that Hardy is not used to working with "jobbing TV directors" and tended to "walk all over" them. "He’s used to dealing with some of the best directors in the world," the source added. "So when he suddenly has a jobbing TV director, he struggles and, to a certain extent, he can walk all over them because they’re intimidated by him." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER Fox News Digital reached out to Paramount+ and a representative for Hardy for comment. "MobLand" is a gritty crime drama that dives deep into the dangerous world of organized crime, loyalty and power struggles. Set against the backdrop of a ruthless underworld, the story follows characters caught between family ties, betrayal and survival as rival factions battle for control. Earlier this week, a source told The Hollywood Reporter that Hardy would make Mirren and Brosnan wait on set. "He refused to come out of his trailer for hours at a time," the source said. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "He kept the cast waiting, [which is] a power play. Keeping Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren and others waiting is career suicide, I would wager." Mirren, however, seems to have no hard feelings. She shared a photo of Hardy on her Instagram on Thursday with the text, "Love you now and always helen." It's unclear whether "MobLand" will be renewed for season three. If the Paramount+ show is greenlit for another season, THR reported production will begin in September. Hardy portrays Harry Da Souza in "MobLand," a ruthless but sharply intelligent "fixer" working for a powerful crime family in London. Fox News Digital's Lauryn Overhultz contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19a0f0ee6011c3f4e91bf8 Former Maricopa Attorney General reflects on time in Vietnam te 2026-05-29T14:21:36.631Z Former Maricopa Attorney General reflects on time in Vietnam Vietnam veteran Rick Romley overcame life-altering injuries to become a symbol of resilience and service. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19a0c0ee6011c3f4e91bc4 Federal Judge Bars Trump From Immediately Setting Up $1.8 Billion Fund te 2026-05-29T14:20:48.393Z Federal Judge Bars Trump From Immediately Setting Up $1.8 Billion Fund A judge in Virginia temporarily blocked the Trump administration from transferring money in or out of the fund until the court could hear arguments in June. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19a0aaee6011c3f4e91ba8 Today is the last day to apply to speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 te 2026-05-29T14:20:26.875Z Today is the last day to apply to speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Submit your session topic before today ends for a chance to speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Apply now to share your insight and help shape the conversations defining the tech industry. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a199eb1ee6011c3f4e91b93 Can AI answer health questions? 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Healthcare tech trends in 2026 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a199e98ee6011c3f4e91b6d Get Your Kicks at the Sedona Heritage Museum te 2026-05-29T14:11:36.790Z Get Your Kicks at the Sedona Heritage Museum Museum rides through exhibit on Route 66 & local influence To celebrate the centennial of the legendary U.S. Route 66, the Sedona Heritage Museum has opened its newest exhibit “The Road is Life: Sedona & Route 66,” which until the end of the year is celebrating the Mother Road’s legacy and how it he Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a199e7cee6011c3f4e91b45 DC's baseball team faces potential DOJ probe after exec allegedly admitted to religious discrimination te 2026-05-29T14:11:08.313Z DC's baseball team faces potential DOJ probe after exec allegedly admitted to religious discrimination FIRST ON FOX — Washington, D.C.'s professional baseball franchise could come under Justice Department scrutiny after a viral video showed a team executive appearing to admit to his religious discrimination against a Christian player. Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., is urging Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon to investigate alleged religious discrimination against players for the Washington Nationals, according to a letter sent Thursday to and first obtained by Fox News Digital. The letter comes after Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe published a secretly recorded video of Washington Nationals Director of Community Relations Sean Hudson saying the team does not include pitcher Trevor Williams in certain social media promotion. He cited the player's public criticism of another Major League Baseball franchise for hosting a drag group mocking Catholics. EXCLUSIVE: KENTUCKY BARISTA TAKES LEGAL ACTION AFTER TERMINATION, CLAIMS SHE WAS FIRED FOR SHARING HER FAITH "According to the reporting by James O’Keefe, it appears the Washington Nationals are engaged in unlawful religious discrimination," Boebert told Fox News Digital in a written statement. "I urge the DOJ to take immediate and decisive action." A spokesperson for the Washington Nationals did not immediately respond to a request for comment.  Hudson, in the clandestine recording, pointed to Williams’ public objections to the Los Angeles Dodgers honoring the Sisterhood of Perpetual Indulgence — a drag group that dresses as nuns — during the team’s 2023 "Pride Night." The event also drew condemnation from multiple Catholic bishops, who described it as "blasphemous." Williams said he found the group’s anti-Catholic demonstration featuring vulgar caricatures of the crucifixion and sacred rituals to be "deeply offensive," in an interview with Bishop Robert Barron last year. The professional baseball player said he made the decision with his wife to speak out even though it would put "a target on our back." "Baseball stadiums should be a place where everyone feels welcomed, like 100%," Williams said in the interview. "We should all feel welcomed there. But that was clearly against one certain religion. If you don’t draw the line in the sand, who’s gonna do it?"   According to Hudson, that public criticism of the drag group's performance later affected Williams’ opportunities at the Nationals franchise.  "Because of that we don’t use him on social [media]," Hudson told an undercover journalist in the video. "When they’re like ‘is a hotdog a sandwich’ and the players come up, we don’t ask him." CONGRESSMAN SAYS MLB IS OUSTING TREVOR BAUER DUE TO TRUMP SUPPORT, IN LETTER TO ROB MANFRED Boebert said she is concerned that Hudson's admission could mean the franchise violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on religion and other protected classes.  "Americans of faith should not face professional repercussions for objecting to the mockery of their sacred traditions," the Colorado Republican said in the letter. "MLB’s privileged legal position should not become a license for exclusionary practices." Hudson, in the video, described himself as "far-left leaning" and nonreligious. Meanwhile, he called Williams "super Catholic." The Washington Nationals executive also boasted about a Communist Party poster in his office and mused about pushing redistribution of wealth and other leftist agendas during baseball games at Nationals Park in Southeast Washington, D.C. "What a cool opportunity for us [Nationals] to also, be a little bit of like, the voice of reason," Hudson said. "And a lot of people will tell you when I come to a baseball game, I don’t want to think about that s---." "If you’re a sports fan and we piss you off, where else are you gonna go," he went on. "I don’t give a s---." Fox News Digital reached out to the Department of Justice for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a199e52ee6011c3f4e91b23 Final 24 hours to save up to $410 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket te 2026-05-29T14:10:26.384Z Final 24 hours to save up to $410 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket You now have until tonight at 11:59 p.m. PT to lock in Early Bird savings of up to $410 for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 before prices increase. Join 10,000+ tech leaders in October for one of the most anticipated tech events of the year. Register now. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1999fcee6011c3f4e91a99 Northern Arizona Healthcare holding low-cost sports physical clinic in Flagstaff te 2026-05-29T13:51:56.310Z Northern Arizona Healthcare holding low-cost sports physical clinic in Flagstaff The clinic will be from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, June 13 at Orthopedic and Spine Institute in Flagstaff. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1999e7ee6011c3f4e91a90 Effort underway to purchase El Pueblo Motor Inn to restore for affordable housing in Flagstaff te 2026-05-29T13:51:35.275Z Effort underway to purchase El Pueblo Motor Inn to restore for affordable housing in Flagstaff Flagstaff resident Phil Scandura, Habitat for Humanity of Northern Arizona and architect Karl Eberhard are looking for a way to purchase the $2.75-million property in order to restore the existing buildings and add others. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1999ccee6011c3f4e91a69 Spencer Pratt's sister now backs his LA mayor campaign months after saying he doesn't belong in the government te 2026-05-29T13:51:08.071Z Spencer Pratt's sister now backs his LA mayor campaign months after saying he doesn't belong in the government Spencer Pratt’s sister Stephanie Pratt is now supporting her brother’s campaign for Los Angeles mayor months after claiming a vote for him was a "vote for stupidity." "I admit I was the first person to tell people that they were idiots if they voted for my brother," Stephanie Pratt told Vanity Fair in an email related to a profile on him. She added, "Wow, was I wrong. He has spent every day since the fires finding the facts, the mistakes, the negligence, and uncovering the truth that they never wanted us to know." In February, in a series of since-deleted X posts, she wrote, "Spencer has done great work for the palisades. But LA does not need another unqualified and inexperienced mayor. A vote for him is a vote for stupidity." SPENCER PRATT AND HEIDI MONTAG’S HOLLYWOOD JOURNEY FROM TABLOID FAME TO LA MAYORAL RACE She continued, "He's just trying to stay famous and sell his memoir don't be fooled." Stephanie mused over an "ideal world" where the Palisades received their own "mayor and police department" but was more concerned with the current issues plaguing Los Angeles. "I'm worried about LA. I have no problem playing government but our city needs help," Stephanie wrote. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER "Everyone saying I should support him no matter what. Sorry he beat me up when I was 18 & put me in the hospital. So no he doesn’t belong in the government. Run the palisades all you want not LA," Stephanie wrote on X. She added, "Leopards never change their spots. Stay in the palisades Spencer." LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Spencer Pratt launched his candidacy in January, on the one-year anniversary of losing his home in the Palisades Fire. Since then, he has gained traction in the polls, establishing himself as an anti-establishment candidate. With less than a week before the primary in which the top two vote getters advance to the general election unless one person gets more than 50%, recent polls show a tight race between Pratt, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, and L.A. City Council member Nithya Raman. Other high-profile supporters include Paris Hilton, Dennis Quaid, Katharine McPhee and David Foster. Fox News Digital has reached out to Pratt's campaign for comment.  Fox News' Tracy Wright contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1999b8ee6011c3f4e91a60 Super Bowl champion Joe Theismann says the NFL's is losing tradition to streaming-era scheduling te 2026-05-29T13:50:48.069Z Super Bowl champion Joe Theismann says the NFL's is losing tradition to streaming-era scheduling Super Bowl champion Joe Theismann said the NFL has left tradition behind. The NFL has expanded their primetime schedule to holidays and playing games overseas, meaning they are playing more games outside of the traditional Sunday afternoon timeslot. Theismann pointed out the drastic differences in how the games are broadcast. "They've drifted away (from tradition). I mean, when you look at all the different streaming services and all the different networks, it used to be ABC, NBC, and CBS, but that doesn't exist anymore. There only used to be those TV channels where you could watch things other than sports only existed then," Theismann told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "Now, we're in a time and a place where the opportunity for the owners to make lots of money from different entities, from YouTube, from Amazon, from Peacock." Theismann said fans used to look forward to Sundays, but now there are games seemingly all the time. "Sunday is something you would look forward to sitting down to because you really didn't have an option. Now you have options on Monday night, Thursday night, Wednesday night, God only knows, Tuesday night,  Saturday evening. If you're a fan of the NFL, you're going to find the game," Theismann said. The opening game of the 2026 season will be on Wednesday this season, with the second game being played in Melbourne, Australia, on a Thursday. The NFL introduced a Thanksgiving Eve game this year, adding another Wednesday game to the schedule. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! There will also be NFL games on Friday this year, as the league has gone forth with its fourth annual Black Friday game. The NFL also has three games scheduled on Christmas Day, which is a Friday. Once the college football regular season ends in mid-December, there will also be Saturday games. Theismann did say the NFL now has gotten fans easier access to watch more games, which he considers a good thing. "It gives you a chance to find the game that you want to watch now. You don't have to read about it the next day. So, in one regard it's grown the NFL and the other side of it, yeah, would we all like things to be a little bit like they used to be? Maybe. But I believe in the progressive as a progressive individual, but life is changing. You have to adapt and change with it," Theismann said. MIKE VRABEL, ONE MONTH AFTER STARTING 'COUNSELING,' TELLS REPORTERS HE LOVES HIS WIFE This will be the 37th American Century Championship, and Joe Theismann has played in 36 of them. He said he used to be a 2-handicap, but is now a nine, as he doesn’t hit the ball as far. He will look to turn back the clock when he plays in the tournament from July 10-12 at Edgewood Golf Course in Lake Tahoe. He said the American Century Championship is the lone thing that you really want to participate in. "The American Century Championship has evolved to one of those things that, if you love golf at all, and you happen to be in that quote-unquote celebrity world, it's the thing you really want to participate in. You get to measure your game. You get to pull back the curtain on so many wonderful people, and you get to see those that you watch on TV because I'm a fan of everything. But now you get a chance to see them up close and personal, and you get a chance to meet them and get to know them, and it's exciting," Theismann said. The 76-year-old said he gets to visit people on the range. He mentioned Jerry Rice, Tony Romo and Miles Teller as people he has had conversations with, calling himself a "fanboy" of Teller’s. Theismann said "Top Gun: Maverick" is his favorite movie of all time. The tournament has raised more than $8 million for regional and national charities. American Century Investments donates 40% of its profits to the Stowers Institute for Medical Research and activates fundraising at the tournament to drive direct donations to Stowers each year. Theismann credited CEO Jonathan Thomas for the tournament’s charitable work. Theismann credited CEO Jonathan Thomas for the tournament’s charitable work. The tournament will be broadcast on NBC and Peacock. 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/6a199778ee6011c3f4e919fa Karen Bass announces major new Hollywood endorsement ahead of Los Angeles mayoral race te 2026-05-29T13:41:12.714Z Karen Bass announces major new Hollywood endorsement ahead of Los Angeles mayoral race Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced on Thursday that she received an endorsement from actor and activist Jane Fonda. "Jane Fonda has spent her life on the front lines — from civil rights to women’s rights to the fight for our climate — and I’m deeply honored to have her support," Mayor Bass said in a statement to TheWrap. The statement continued, "At a time when Donald Trump is attacking our city, our immigrant neighbors, and the freedoms generations of women fought to win, Angelenos need leaders willing to stand up and speak out. Jane has never been afraid to do either, and I’m proud to have her in this fight with us." LA TIMES OWNER SAYS ENDORSING KAREN BASS WAS A ‘MISTAKE' DUE TO INCOMPETENCE Fox News Digital later confirmed the statement from the mayor's office. Fonda previously endorsed Bass and donated to her original mayoral campaign in 2022 against Rick Caruso. However, Fonda also supported Bass' current primary opponent Nithya Raman in her campaign for city councilmember in 2024. Fonda was present at Raman's swearing-in ceremony. FORMER REALITY TV PERSONALITY SPENCER PRATT LASHES OUT AT LA MAYOR KAREN BASS OVER 'INSANE, PSYCHO' COMMENTS Fox News Digital reached out to Fonda's representatives for comment. The statement came two days after Bass announced an endorsement from Marvel actor Samuel L. Jackson. "These are the times we need someone who understands government, who also understands the needs of the people, someone who will go in the streets and gather the people together, not someone who divides them. Karen Bass is that person. Karen Bass for mayor," Jackson said in a video on Tuesday. JIMMY KIMMEL ATTACKS FIRE VICTIM SPENCER PRATT AS 'SCREAMING JERK,' LECTURES LA VOTERS ABOUT MAYORAL ELECTION The high-profile endorsements come as Bass continues to spar against fellow mayoral candidate and former reality TV star Spencer Pratt, who has risen significantly in the polls as primary voting draws closer. Polls earlier this month showed Pratt lagging behind Bass at 22% compared to the mayor's 30%. The mayoral primary will be held on June 2. If no candidate reaches 50%, the top two candidates will face each other again in a runoff. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19974cee6011c3f4e919d7 Arizona tribal agriculture generates over $750 million in total economic output, new analysis finds te 2026-05-29T13:40:28.155Z Arizona tribal agriculture generates over $750 million in total economic output, new analysis finds Arizona tribal agriculture generates over $750 million in total economic output, new analysis finds mittank Thu, 28 May 2026 - 09:33 Arizona tribal agriculture generates over $750 million in total economic output, new analysis finds Thursday Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a199507ee6011c3f4e9195d WATCH: Talarico embraces ‘freaky’ identity as crowds chant name meant as insult: ‘So weird’ te 2026-05-29T13:30:47.514Z WATCH: Talarico embraces ‘freaky’ identity as crowds chant name meant as insult: ‘So weird’ Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico is fully embracing his "Talafreako" moniker given to him by Republican opponent Ken Paxton, and is even selling t-shirts with the slogan "I’m a Talafreako." While speaking at a general election kickoff event in Houston this week, Talarico encouraged supporters to purchase a T-shirt, saying, "I also saw that Ken Paxton started calling me ‘Talafreako,’ and I am proud to announce that we have ‘I'm a Talafreako’ t-shirts on our website. So, when you go home tonight, make sure you grab one." After Talarico exited the stage, the crowd at the Houston rally began chanting "Talafreako" repeatedly. Despite the bravado, some believe that, with Talarico already having to deal with a series of highly controversial resurfaced comments, the move will backfire with moderate Texas voters. Talarico’s prior comments include saying that "God is nonbinary," that there are six genders and that the Bible supports abortion. ‘GOD IS NON-BINARY’: TEXAS DEM NOMINEE TALARICO’S PAST REMARKS ON ABORTION, RACE AND GENDER DRAW SCRUTINY A strategist familiar with the Senate race remarked to Fox News Digital that "Talarico can’t run from his record of supporting every freaky left-wing policy under the sun." "Selling merch that says ‘Talafreako’ on it is just going to remind people that he is on the wrong side of every 80/20 issue," the strategist said, adding, "It’s so weird." Commenting on a clip of Talarico saying in an interview, "I love" transgender-identifying children, Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., posted on X, "Talarico was constructed in a Woke Lab. In the end, that dog won’t hunt." Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who is now set to become the state’s senior senator, posted on X, "Texas will never elect someone who thinks God is nonbinary." DEMOCRAT RISING STAR CALLED OUT FOR ‘CREEPY’ COMMENT ABOUT TRANSGENDER CHILDREN Despite this, not all believe embracing Talafreako will backfire. Eric Koch, founder of Downfield Strategies, told Fox News Digital that he "love[s]" the Talarico campaign "coopting" the jab. "There were a lot of people wondering if James Talarico can throw a punch. In the first 24 hours of the general election, James made the case that Ken Paxton is the most corrupt politician in the country and called him out for giving Epstein-style sweetheart deals to pedophiles," said Koch. He added that the Democratic candidate "can throw a punch and will make this race a choice between himself and Paxton." During the kickoff rally in Houston, Talarico ripped Paxton as the "most corrupt politician in America," who he said, "Has sold us out for years." If elected, he pledged that his first move in the Senate would be to file a "comprehensive anti-corruption package," which he said would include a ban on "unlimited donations" from corporate political action committees and super PACs, as well as banning congressional stock trading, instituting term limits and establishing a national ban on gerrymandering. He also said the package would include a measure to "overhaul" the Supreme Court. JAMES TALARICO ADMITS PAST COMMENTS 'MISSED THE MARK' WHEN CONFRONTED ON CLAIMS LIKE GOD IS 'NON-BINARY' He addressed some of the criticisms already being lodged against him, saying, "They're going to throw everything they've got at us. They've already called me a radical leftist. They've already called me a fake Christian. They've even called me a vegan. And those are fighting words in the state of Texas." "They're going to call us a threat," he continued. "The only truth out of all of those lies is that we are a threat. We're a threat to their corrupt system." Speaking on MS NOW, Talarico asserted, "Ken Paxton has a criminal record. I have a legislative record." He touted himself as a bipartisan legislator, saying, "For over 4 terms in the Texas House of Representatives, I have brought Democrats and Republicans together to pass more than 60 bipartisan bills to cut property taxes, to raise teacher pay, to lower the cost of housing, prescription drugs, and childcare across Texas — and I’m gonna put that record up against Ken Paxton’s criminal record any day of the week, twice on Sunday." Paxton, meanwhile, has cast Talarico as too progressive, posting on X on Thursday that "James Talarico is too radical for California, let alone Texas." Fox News Digital reached out to Paxton and Talarico’s campaigns for additional comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1992b0ee6011c3f4e918ff Hannah Leiner could end up being the next big star of the golf influencing world, big Vegas win & MEAT! te 2026-05-29T13:20:49.023Z Hannah Leiner could end up being the next big star of the golf influencing world, big Vegas win & MEAT! What a week it's been for Screencaps. Between Sara RIPPING me for not being a real journalist and my loyal readers piling in to have my back –– I'm proud of how many legacy readers prefer that I'm not a 'real' journalist; that's an honor –– to the transformation that my yard has gone through, it's been a week I won't soon forget. Speaking of the yard, I spent FOUR hours working my ass off last night. This past Saturday, I picked up a brand new battery-powered KombiSystem from Stihl from Brookville (OH) Rental where my 70-year-old father works five-days-a-week delivering heavy machinery to job sites because he'd be bored at home. The boys at Brookville Rental promised I would love the Kombi and they're right (#notsponsored). When I say the edging attachment goes through turf like butter, I'm not lying. DISCLAIMER: I paid $900 for the Stihl tools out of my own pocket. Save the emails claiming this is a #PAIDAD. Looking back this morning, I can't believe I took edging for granted for so long. Instead of being proactive, I took it for granted. My mindset was that the edges were shaggy, but they looked good enough. Those days are officially over. Now I'm looking for edges to edge just for the sake of edging. Good enough is no longer good enough. HEY, AT LEAST YOU HAD A BETTER WEEK THAN THIS BULLFIGHTER... Moving along....I have to give Instagram golf influencer Hannah Leiner credit for the pressure she's applying to Paige Spiranac. At 27, Leiner is FIRMLY entering her prime influencing years. Legacy Screencaps readers will remember that this column was the very first outlet in the United States to promote Leiner in 2018 back when she was a Florida International golfer. Eight years later, Hannah is a legit star in the making. ESPN hired her to work TGL events in the winter. There was even content this year where Hannah and her friends are slamming Guinness in Ireland on a ladies' golf trip. The key to Leiner content is that she's always smiling and having fun, which is exactly what golf should be in 2026. Paigeviews cannot stay on top forever. There has to be a new wave of women who carry the Spiranac torch. Will it be Leiner? In other news...I figured someone would email me to say I'm a moron for hating Olipop. There has to be one reader willing to die on that hill. Nope. Nothing. – Jon in Iowa writes: Wanted to weigh in on Olipop. I know it is ridiculously expensive and the Root Beer is nasty, but there are some flavors that are decent. Try Strawberry Vanilla or Grape before giving up on it. My take is this. If you are trying to replace Coke or other soda then keep trying. Coke (any soda) and especially Diet Coke (any diet soda) are not good. Loaded with chemicals that I think are causing serious health issues for people who have problems with flushing  toxins. I believe I have been affected in my family. Well enough of the seriousness. Sara can just F the hell right off. She needs to get back to the No Kings rally or something. 📩 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 – Cody steps up: I want to follow up with the email I sent you a few weeks ago vocalizing frustration over what I perceived to be a change in the screencaps after the FoxNews acquisition. Whether it was in response to my (and other's emails) or just a glitch in the matrix, I recognize that things are back to normal.  I admit and own that I may (and by may, I mean absolutely did) have jumped the proverbial gun and I am sorry for that.  I should not have questioned Outkick's commitment to the plethora of exquisiteness of fine American women. I am truly sorry and will not question the commitment of yourself or Outkick again.  Carry on. Kinsey: I'd be lying if I said the transition has been absolutely flawless. That's just not true. But, what's true is that I was told DO NOT CHANGE WHAT YOU DO. There was never some grand conspiracy to change Screencaps. Yes, I have changed the format a little bit with leading out with an Instagram model at the top or top 1/3 of the column. That's because Fox readers were coming in and getting confused over what they were seeing. I will also admit that the Screencaps content can get stale at times, but this column has proven time and time again that it will deliver. Credit to Cody for hitting the reset button. – John C. in "The Real Bowling Green," tells me: I'd bet $1,000 that Sara is the HOA board President in Miserableville.  I bet she hates grilled meats.  To wit, attached are pics of brisket that I smoked over the weekend.  Advice to all the gas grillers out there, man up and learn to grill/smoke on charcoal.  There is really no comparison.  You won't regret it. AI warning - stay safe out there – Rick in Georgia warns: Hi Joe….I know you have an interest in the rapidly changing, unfolding AI universe.  Here is a story that may interest you & the SC Community as we all contemplate the impact of AI on our lives & society in general.  The story is about a Swedish researcher that planted obviously fake medical information on the Internet and watched it take a life of its own as it got swept up into the Large Language Models fueling various AI platforms.  Soon, that fake info passed as legit info.  This story should give all of us pause on simply accepting AI output as correct or true. I take a particular interest in this stuff because I own a custom development shop that builds "AI Engines" for clients that want to use AI to optimize business outcomes.  Applications areas include predicting Sepsis or other infections for hospital inpatients & calculating precise pricing structures for bidding on government contracts.  Pretty much solving complex scenarios that go far beyond human problem solving.  I got my start in this field 20 years ago when I was part of a small team that repurposed some super cool NASA AI from the Hubble Space Telescope project. MARRIED MAN ON HOT STREAK IS ADDICTED TO CHEATING ON WIFE, FILMMAKER GHOSTED BY AI GIRLFRIEND & DEALBREAKERS   We took that AI and applied it perform real time asset scheduling inside hospitals.  Solving all these problems with AI relied on a single key ingredient: clean, real data.  I tell friends, family & neighbors all the time….just because you read it from some AI Chat Bot, that does not make it true.  Just like real life….all of us need to double, triple and quadruple the sourcing of information we read or hear or see.  AI can be a great tool.  But like any tool, it can cause harm if used improperly. Kinsey: Guys, don't forget, AI is a resource, not a source. I'm not even sure Elias, the author of the tweet above, is a real, breathing human. If so, you're ancient. For those who didn't hear the news, Pabst announced earlier this month that it was discontinuing the production of the iconic Milwaukee beer. We're talking about a beer that was brewed since 1849. ELIZABETH HURLEY IS LOCKED IN FOR SUMMER, HOCKEY GOALIE MIKAYLA DEMAITER TURNS UP THE HEAT & BASEBALL AND MEAT – Patrick in Spokane, Washington writes: What do you think about this?  I was on X and Clown World posted this one.  A woman is walking her dog and the pup takes a dump.  She picks it up in a bag and then she goes into someone’s yard and puts the dog-poop bag in their garbage can.  Clown World thinks this is absolutely awful behavior.  I think the world of Clown World; however, I have to disagree with his take.  Throwing away a dog-poop bag into another people’s garbage can while on a walk is acceptable behavior.  I think the women did something very wrong in that she walked about 20 feet onto the homeowner’s property to access the garbage can.  I don’t like trespassing, but I am okay with throwing away the bag of dog-poop if the can is easily accessible on the street or sidewalk.  Any thoughts? Kinsey: I'll throw away a dump bag if my neighbors have their cans out front waiting for pickup. I wouldn't walk up on the driveway to throw it in a trash can unless it's a friend's house and then they're getting a poop bag. I'd have no problem if one of them did the same. ################## And that is it for this morning. It's been a great end to May. The sun is out. It's warm. Mrs. Screencaps, who threw out her back this week, is feeling better and we have a dumpster on the way. It's time to remove the old swing set. It's the end of an era. A swing set that I acquired for a bottle of booze is about to be sent to the dump. It has served us well, but, times change. Let's go have an incredible weekend. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1990c4ee6011c3f4e91620 Low-budget horror flick 'Obsession' shatters box office expectations as new Star Wars film comes up short te 2026-05-29T13:12:36.952Z Low-budget horror flick 'Obsession' shatters box office expectations as new Star Wars film comes up short A low-budget horror flick is defying gravity at the box office while the latest big-budget Star Wars movie had a rough launch compared to its predecessors. Focus Features' "Obsession" was made with a microbudget of under $1 million. Initial projections showed it making less than $10 million in its opening weekend. It ended up making over $17 million. This past weekend, it made roughly $24 million — $30 million when including Memorial Day — a whopping 30% increase from its opening weekend, outpacing much bigger films like "The Devil Wears Prada 2" and the Michael Jackson biopic "Michael." It even outgrossed "The Mandalorian and Grogu" on Wednesday.  ‘OBSESSION’ REVIEW: AN INNOCENT WISH TURNS INTO A NIGHTMARE IN A HORROR FLICK FROM TALENTED UP-AND-COMERS Such a bump for a film in its second weekend is nearly unheard of. It has already grossed over $70 million worldwide and is now projected to make more than $100 million during its theatrical run, making it one of the most profitable films of the year.  What's remarkable about the success of "Obsession" is that it proves that Hollywood star power isn't always needed to get butts in seats. The director is a 26-year-old content creator named Curry Barker, who is part of the sketch comedy duo "That's a Bad Idea," which has over 1 million followers on YouTube and TikTok. Jason Blum, creator of BlumHouse Productions and producer of horror hits like "Get Out," "Paranormal Activity" and "M3GAN," only boarded "Obsession" as an executive producer after the film debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival last year. 'THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU' REVIEW: AN ENTERTAINING BUT FORGETFUL RETURN TO THE 'STAR WARS' UNIVERSE The cast has no A-listers. The cast is led by up-and-comers Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, Megan Lawless and Cooper Tomlinson (Barker's comedy partner). The most recognizable face is Andy Richter, who has a minor role.  "Obsession" follows Bear (Johnston), who uses a novelty toy to make a wish that his friend Nikki (Navarrette) falls in love with him — only to realize that his wish quickly backfires. While it lacks stars, it should make a star out of Inde Navarrette, who gives a terrifyingly good performance that rivals Kathy Bates in "Misery." Erik Childress, a box office columnist for Rotten Tomatoes and host of the Movie Madness podcast, credits the impressive debut to "good marketing" by Focus Features, it's word-of-mouth that carried it the week after.  "It's incredibly rare," Childress tells Fox News Digital. "Usually those types of bumps you normally only see during the holidays… During the summer months, it almost never happens." ‘THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2’ REVIEW: MERYL STREEP, ANNE HATHAWAY RETURN FOR A CHIC BUT BLAND SEQUEL Meanwhile, in a galaxy far, far away, the new Star Wars film "The Mandalorian and Grogu" made $98 million domestically during Memorial Day weekend, marking the weakest opening weekend for any Star Wars film, an honor (or dishonor, in this case) previously held by 2018's "Solo: a Star Wars Story," which grossed $103 million during its debut Memorial Day weekend. It marked the first Star Wars movie to hit theaters in seven years — the last one being 2019's "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker," which made $177 million domestically in its opening weekend. Unlike "Obsession," "The Mandalorian and Grogu" has A-list talent behind it between Jon Favreau in the director's chair and a cast that includes Pedro Pascal, Jeremy Allen White and Sigourney Weaver, not to mention the iconic IP and the Disney machine behind it. But this isn't a typical sequel or spin of; it's essentially an adapted continuation of "The Mandalorian" TV series from Disney+. It follows a bounty hunter working on behalf of the New Republic who tracks down Empire loyalists. ‘THE SHEEP DETECTIVES’ REVIEW: HUGH JACKMAN LEADS ALL-STAR CAST IN DELIGHTFUL WHODUNIT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY In recent years, Disney has leaned into Star Wars on its streaming service, perhaps changing the perception of audiences increasingly associating the franchise with television rather than film. With all that being said, "The Mandalorian and Grogu" will still be profitable since its budget was reportedly only $165 million, a more modest price tag compared to many summer blockbusters. Childress says it's "slightly premature" for Disney execs to be hitting the panic button on the future prospects of the Star Wars franchise, particularly as one is slated for 2027 starring Ryan Gosling.  "'Solo' dropped 65% in its second weekend. And as long as ‘Mandalorian’ doesn't have a drop like that… it could still have enough juice in it to get in the like vicinity of like $250 million domestic, and if that's the case with international sales, it could end up being not a big hit, but still a success," Childress tells Fox News Digital. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1990aeee6011c3f4e915f9 Clint Black admits he never expected to live past 21 after tragic losses te 2026-05-29T13:12:14.946Z Clint Black admits he never expected to live past 21 after tragic losses Clint Black didn’t think he would live past 21. The country music star has written a new memoir, "Killin’ Time," named after his triple-platinum 1989 debut album. The book explores the Grammy winner’s upbringing and how he rose to fame, selling more than 20 million records. Black’s early years were anything but joyful. In the book, he admitted he was shocked to reach 17 — and convinced he wouldn’t make it to 21. "Surely," he wrote, "I wouldn’t make it to the ripe old age of 21." JEWEL SAYS OFF-GRID ALASKA UPBRINGING WITHOUT ELECTRICITY OR RUNNING WATER KEPT HER GROUNDED The 64-year-old told Fox News Digital he had good reason to take a "fatalistic view" of his life. "I had really come out of watching friends die — overdoses, automobile accidents — a friend got hit on a motorcycle and killed," he said. "Another one was hit on a bicycle and killed. My brother narrowly avoided being called up for the Vietnam War, which ended before he was called. And my grandfather and his brother died of cancer. It just seemed like there was a lot of that going around. And why should I be so lucky to live on and on?" "It didn’t keep me up at night, but I lived with it," he said. WATCH: CLINT BLACK REFLECTS ON LOSS, SURVIVAL AND FAMILY LEGACY Black himself had a near-death experience. In the book, the singer-songwriter recalled spending his childhood exploring Buffalo Bayou near Houston with friends — riding trails, fishing, catching snakes and building campfires.  But after a heavy rainstorm, he wrote that the dam at Addicks Reservoir was opened to manage rising water levels, turning the bayou into what Black described as "a raging torrent of whitewater rapids." Black, who was 13 at the time, and his friends decided to "jump in at the headwaters and just free-float in the rapids." Soon after, he found himself fighting for his life. "We didn’t see the huge oak tree in the water, just a few hundred feet downstream from where we jumped in," Black wrote. "It must have toppled the day before in the heavy rain. Now it was creating a pocket of strong suction all around it. My friends and I could sense that sudden pull and quickly headed for the banks. The chance to get out was gone in an instant. WATCH: LISA HARTMAN BLACK SHARES SECRET TO LASTING MARRIAGE WITH CLINT BLACK "My friends all made it to safety, but I was unable to escape the pull of the current and was sucked into the tree and down to the bottom of the bayou. My eyes, sinuses and lungs burned from what I guess must’ve been poison oak wrapped around the tree." Looking back, Black said every time he tried to climb back up, he grew weaker. He fought the urge to "give up." Black told Fox News Digital that, to this day, he still remembers the burning sensation throughout his body as he heard his friends screaming from the banks. They spotted a venomous snake near him. "It was too dark for me to see underwater," Black said. "But the visual I had in my mind of the bottom of the bayou and that rapid water pushing me against the tree, it’s a picture in my mind of something I couldn’t see back then. But it just added to that feeling that I wasn’t going to make it out of there alive." It wouldn’t be the last time Black tested his luck. During his tour for the 2004 album "Spend My Time," Black went mountain biking on trails in Wisconsin when he made a wrong turn and crashed headfirst into a tree trunk. He wrote that he felt "the shock shoot through both arms and out to my fingertips." After feeling disoriented for a few minutes, Black initially believed he was fine, unaware that he had seriously injured his spine. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER "I didn’t realize it was that dramatic," Black told Fox News Digital. "It wasn’t a dramatic bicycle accident, but it was a dramatic injury. The disc ruptured in my cervical spine and bruised my spinal cord, so it had to be taken out." "It would manifest itself in burning sensations in my legs when I looked up and then, eventually, in my back," he explained. "This was putting pressure on the cord. I played it off as a symptom that was weird, but it wasn’t important. I [had] put my body through a lot and thought it was just something I was going through. And then at one point, I realized I was not going through it. I was living with it." It would be months after the accident before Black began experiencing serious symptoms. He could no longer push them aside. His search for answers eventually led him to neurologic spine surgeon Dr. Robert S. Bray. "My first thought was cancer," Black admitted. "I ran down, had some imaging done and found out the bad news. They were going to have to go through my throat to get to my spine. They were going to have to move my vocal cords and everything else out of the way." According to the book, Black had a "dangerously compressed spinal cord." Dr. Bray told Black his only option was surgery and to "put in a metal plate directly under my vocal cords and voice box." Dr. Bray also warned there was a risk Black’s singing career would be over. Black said he wanted to run out of the doctor’s office screaming. "It was frightening," he said. "I think luck has been on my side because I got in with a great surgeon who would eventually work on all my injuries over time." LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "The jury was still out on the never-singing part again," he wrote. "After all the years in the clubs, worrying about my voice holding up on tour and finally finding a great voice coach to bring stability to my job as a singer, I was far more worried than I had ever been before. I had no plan B; that astronaut job was a definite no-go. It would take some time to find out if I still had a voice, if I had a job to return to." A month after surgery, Black was singing his Christmas songs live on "Good Morning America." Dr. Bray warned, "You’re going to be back because you have a lot of trouble ahead of you with your spine." He was right. "For the next 20 years, about every year when my tour ended, I would go in and have another surgery," said Black. "Bit by bit, level by level, he corrected many of the problems." While Black may have once believed he wouldn’t live past 21, the singer now says his story is far from over. "What keeps me going now is the feeling that I haven’t peaked," he beamed. "I’m still getting better. I’m a better musician. I’m better at keeping a healthy family together on the road, my band and crew. I’m a better artist, better songwriter. I work at it every day. I practice on my instrument at least five days a week for hours. I’m improving as an entertainer." "I think if and when the time comes when I feel like I’m in decline, that’ll be when I’ll become less motivated to do it all," he said. "But I enjoy my work. I’m excited about the future. So that’s a big motivator. I get up every day and put myself to the test." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19909aee6011c3f4e915cc Fake grant email promises $4.5 Million but could steal your identity te 2026-05-29T13:11:54.872Z Fake grant email promises $4.5 Million but could steal your identity It shows up in your junk folder with a subject line that practically yells at you: "ATTENTION 1!!!" That alone should raise suspicion. Still, the message quickly escalates. It claims to come from the IMF (International Monetary Fund) and says you are approved for a $4.5 million grant. That is where things start to fall apart. This type of scam is designed to trigger both excitement and urgency. It also pushes you to hand over sensitive information before you stop to think. Let's break down exactly what this email says and why each part signals trouble. Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Report NEW EMAIL SCAM USES HIDDEN CHARACTERS TO SLIP PAST FILTERS The email claims to be from the IMF. Yet the reply address is a Gmail account. That mismatch matters. Legitimate financial institutions do not use free email services for official communication. They also do not ask you to reply to a personal inbox for something this serious. "ATTENTION 1!!!" is not how a global financial organization communicates. It is how scammers try to grab you fast. Urgency lowers your guard. When you feel pressure, you are more likely to respond without verifying anything. The message opens with "Attention: Sir/Madam." If your name were truly selected for a multimillion-dollar payment, the sender would use it. Generic greetings often mean the email was blasted out to thousands of people. The email mentions debts tied to contracts, inheritance, lottery and loans. That wide net is intentional. It increases the odds that something in the message feels familiar. Once that happens, the scam starts to feel personal. The promise of $4.5 million is not random. Large numbers create excitement. They also make you more willing to overlook obvious problems. Real financial grants do not appear out of nowhere like this. YOUR EMAIL DIDN’T EXPIRE; IT’S JUST ANOTHER SNEAKY SCAM The email mentions IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva. That sounds official, which is the point. Scammers often include real names or titles to make fake messages feel credible. It is a shortcut to trust. Phrases like "Kindly reply me directly" and awkward sentence structure stand out. One odd sentence might not mean much. However, repeated issues like this point to a lack of professional communication. Major institutions have strict standards for how they write. This email requests: That is everything needed for identity theft. Once someone has those details, they can open accounts, target you with more scams or impersonate you.  The email promises a bank-to-bank wire transfer. That detail adds a layer of realism. It also sets up the next step. Many scams later ask for "fees" to release the funds. You send money, and the payment never arrives. At the end, the email tries to explain away the biggest red flag: "If you have received this message in your SPAM/BULK folder, it is simply because your ISP has introduced restrictions. We urge that you treat it as a matter of urgency." That is not a reassurance. It is a warning sign. Scammers know their messages look suspicious, so they try to explain it away before you question it. THE ONE THING SCAMMERS CHECK BEFORE TARGETING YOU ONLINE Scams like this follow a pattern, and once you know what to look for, you can shut them down quickly before any damage is done. Do not reply or engage in any way. Even a quick response tells scammers your email is active, which can lead to more targeted attacks. The safest move is to delete it and move on. Scam emails often hide malicious links or infected files. One click can take you to a fake login page or install malware on your device. If you were not expecting the message, do not interact with anything inside it. Strong antivirus software adds another layer of protection. It can flag suspicious emails, block dangerous websites and stop malicious downloads before they cause harm. Get my picks for the best 2026 antivirus protection winners for your Windows, Mac, Android & iOS devices at Cyberguy.com No legitimate organization will ask for your passport, driver's license or other sensitive documents through an unsolicited email. Sending that information can open the door to identity theft and financial fraud. Do not rely on the display name alone. Check the full email address carefully for misspellings, random numbers or free domains like Gmail. Small details often reveal a fake.  If the message seems important, verify it on your own. Type the organization's website into your browser or use a trusted contact method. Do not use the links or contact details provided in the email.  Scammers often rely on publicly available information to make their messages feel convincing. Data removal services can reduce what is out there, making it harder for criminals to target you in the first place. 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 Add an extra layer of security to your accounts. With 2FA enabled, a stolen password alone is not enough for someone to get in. This simple step can stop many attacks before they start. Check your bank statements and credit reports regularly. Look for unfamiliar charges, new accounts or changes you did not make. Catching fraud early can limit the damage. If you think your personal information was exposed, a credit freeze can help protect you. It prevents new credit accounts from being opened in your name without your approval. Because this scam asks for your name, address, phone number, age, occupation and a copy of your passport or driver's license, identity theft protection can help you spot trouble faster. A good service can monitor your credit files, alert you to new activity and help you recover if someone uses your information to open accounts or commit fraud in your name. See my tips and best picks on Best Identity Theft Protection at Cyberguy.com Mark the email as phishing in your inbox. This helps your email provider block similar messages and protects other people from falling into the same trap. Your phone holds your email, passwords, photos, banking apps and personal data. In this free, live online class, Kurt the CyberGuy will walk you step by step through simple phone security fixes you can do in real time. You’ll learn how to improve your privacy settings, spot the latest phone scams, use trusted security tools and walk away with a simple checklist to stay protected. Register here: CyberGuyLive.com This email tries hard to look official. It uses a real organization, a real name and a convincing story. Still, the cracks show up quickly once you slow down. A Gmail reply address, a massive payout, a vague greeting and a request for identity documents all point in the same direction. Scams like this rely on one thing: getting you to act before you think. Take a second look, and the whole thing falls apart. If a message promises millions and asks for your personal information, would you pause long enough to question it, or would the urgency pull you in? 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/6a199086ee6011c3f4e915a8 Five of the most shocking upsets in sports history, from Michigan-App State to Virginia-UMBC te 2026-05-29T13:11:34.798Z Five of the most shocking upsets in sports history, from Michigan-App State to Virginia-UMBC The news of world No. 1 tennis star Jannik Sinner's improbable defeat at Roland Garros continues to send shock waves through the sports world, as the four-time Grand Slam champion was upended in the second round of the French Open. Not only was he heavily favored to win the whole thing, he was up two sets to none and was winning a decisive third set 5-1 before choking the lead away in five sets, spoiling a 30-match win streak. Sinner's clay-court catastrophe will be remembered as one of the biggest tennis upsets of all time, but it got me thinking about some of the other shocking upsets in sports history. Below are five of the most unbelievable "David vs. Goliath" moments in sports, where the unthinkable quickly became reality and reset the bar for what was possible from an underdog facing insurmountable odds. TOP-RANKED AMERICAN TENNIS STARS FALTER AT WIMBLEDON WITH EARLY-ROUND DEFEATS I'm sure many of you will take exception with this list, so feel free to leave a comment below letting me know which upsets I missed. In January 2017, Novak Djokovic was the closest thing to a god in the tennis world. The Serbian superstar was fresh off a two-year run in which he won five of a possible eight Grand Slam tournaments and had just captured the first French Open title in his career in 2016. ALL-TIME TALENT, ZERO TITLES: THE MOST UNDERACHIEVING FRANCHISES IN NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS Heading into the Australian Open, it was widely believed The Djoker would cruise to another tournament win on his surrogate home court, considering he had already won in Melbourne six times before. In the second round, Djokovic squared off against 117th-ranked Denis Istomin, and much like Sinner, had a commanding two-set lead before blowing it in spectacular fashion. By the time the dust had settled, Djokovic was packing his bags and heading home, marking the first time he exited the second round of a major championship in nearly a decade and the first time he had lost to a player ranked outside the top 100 in his illustrious career. Djokovic's 2017 was a tumultuous one, and his flameout at the Australian Open was the harbinger of a largely forgettable season. The 2015-16 Golden State Warriors are a case study in how to have a historic year only to blow it the millisecond before crossing the finish line (though they aren't the only ones to do so on this list). After a record-breaking season in which the Warriors set the all-time regular season wins total at 73 and guard Stephen Curry was awarded the only unanimous MVP in league history, all that was left was vanquishing a LeBron-led Cleveland Cavaliers team. With a double-digit win in Game 4, Golden State took the now infamous 3-1 lead and looked to put the series on ice at home in Game 5. Then it happened. Defensive stalwart Draymond Green was suspended for accumulating too many flagrants, meaning he would miss game five, a game in which the Cavs blew the doors off of the Warriors in a 15-point win. 11 SEED TEXAS UPSETS NO 3 GONZAGA IN MARCH MADNESS TOURNAMENT TO ADVANCE TO THE SWEET 16 After another double-digit win in Game 6, it was obvious Cleveland had all the momentum in the world, and although Game 7 was one of the most tightly contested and memorable games in NBA Finals history, a Cavaliers series comeback felt inevitable. No team had ever overcome a 3-1 deficit in the NBA Finals, and the fact that the Warriors won 73 regular season games made this even more shocking. It was equally impressive that the Cavs were able to mount the comeback as it was embarrassing that the Warriors blew what was a "golden" opportunity to etch their names into the history books. Heading into the 2007 season, the Michigan Wolverines were heavy favorites to win the Big Ten and win a BCS National Championship. The team was littered with veterans and NFL Draft hopefuls like Chad Henne, Jake Long and Mario Manningham, among others, and entered the year as a consensus top-five team coming off an 11-win season in which they narrowly missed playing for a national title. They opened the season with FCS powerhouse Appalachian State, but no one was expecting much from the lowly Mountaineers as they traveled to the Big House to play the Maize and Blue. MICHIGAN DEFENSE SHINES AS WOLVERINES UPSET ALABAMA IN RELIAQUEST BOWL The game wasn't even being broadcast on national television, but when App State took a 14-point lead in the waning moments of the first half, all eyes were suddenly trained on Ann Arbor. The Wolverines mounted a furious comeback in the second half and even led late in the fourth quarter before the Mountaineers recaptured a two-point lead with under a minute left in the game. Henne connected on a Hail Mary to Manningham to get Michigan in field goal range with just seconds remaining, but the game-winning attempt was blocked, sending horrified Wolverine fans to the exits and stunning the entire college football world. No FCS/Division I-AA team had ever beaten a ranked FBS opponent before this, and the game didn't even have betting odds. Michigan never recovered and ended up firing head coach Lloyd Carr at season's end, kicking off a decade of futility that only ended after hiring head coach Jim Harbaugh in 2015. If you were around for the 2007 NFL season, you probably remember just how unstoppable the New England Patriots felt that year. FROM 4 STRAIGHT SUPER BOWL LOSSES TO JOSH ALLEN'S PATRICK MAHOMES PROBLEM, BILLS MIGHT BE CURSED Tom Brady and Randy Moss ran roughshod over the entire league, setting all sorts of passing records in the process and guiding the Pats to a perfect 16-0 regular season. After a few closer-than-expected playoff games, the Patriots entered the Super Bowl as monstrous 12.5-point favorites against the upstart 10-6 wild-card New York Giants. No one was giving the G-men an iota of a chance, but thanks to a brilliant game by New York's front four, the Patriots were clinging to just a three-point lead late in the fourth quarter. On a crucial third down, quarterback Eli Manning struggled out of a would-be sack and fired a prayer downfield to relative unknown David Tyree, who trapped the ball against his helmet and gifted the Giants a new set of downs. A few plays later, Manning found Plaxico Burress in the back of the end zone, completing one of the most unthinkable upsets in NFL history. Much like the Warriors, the Patriots sat on the precipice of glory, but tripped and fell off a cliff with the finish line in sight. BIGGEST CONTROVERSIES AND DEBATES OF THE 2026 NFL DRAFT Though Brady and the Pats would win three more Super Bowls together, this one still stings for all parties involved to this day. Before the 2018 edition of the NCAA Tournament, no No. 1 seed had ever lost to a No. 16 seed. Sure, there had been a few close calls, but to even suggest something so absurd would get you laughed out of any bracket-picking group or watch party. That was before the Virginia Cavaliers had a March Madness to forget. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Heading into the tournament, Tony Bennett had guided his Cavs to the No. 1 overall seed in the big dance, and for their efforts, they would be rewarded with the UMBC Retrievers, the automatic qualifiers from the American East Conference. A game that wasn't on anyone's radar suddenly became appointment television when the Retrievers jumped all over Virginia, stifling them with suffocating defense. What was a tie game at halftime became a 20-point blowout, and UMBC never relinquished the lead they took early in the second half. The loss was so shocking that many people were calling for Bennett's job, despite the fact that he had won the Henry Iba Award for Coach of the Year. The only reason this game didn't become the thing people associate Virginia with is that the Cavs literally won the whole thing the very next year. Anything short of that would have been a PR disaster for the program, and despite this, it's still the most shocking upset in NCAA Tournament history. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a199072ee6011c3f4e91584 Ramaswamy: Medicaid fraud raises healthcare costs for hardworking Ohioans te 2026-05-29T13:11:14.873Z Ramaswamy: Medicaid fraud raises healthcare costs for hardworking Ohioans Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy detailed how Medicaid fraud raises the costs of healthcare for people playing by the rules, in an exclusive interview with the Ruthless Podcast released Friday morning. "I would say my overarching view is that Medicaid fraud is real," the Republican nominee for governor said in the interview. "It is not the only thing we’re going to need to do to fix the healthcare system. You prosecute the bad guys, you take the billions of dollars and put it in the pockets of the people who are actually working hard and following the rules." On the campaign trail, Ramaswamy recently unveiled a three-part plan to address Medicaid fraud in Ohio. The approach emphasizes syncing federal-state incentives, streamlining the bureaucracy, and prioritizing fraud prosecutions.  CLICK HERE TO FOLLOW THE RUTHLESS PODCAST ON YOUTUBE "Look at over the last 10 years, you're looking at about $1.1 trillion in improper payments across the state and federal level combined," Ramaswamy told the show. "So if you look at that same 10-year period, Medicaid expenses have gone from $27 billion in Ohio, in just a decade, up to $47 billion, and yet the number of enrollees is only up by 100,000." The push in Ohio comes as Vice President JD Vance’s White House Anti-Fraud Task Force continues its work to uncover fraud nationwide. The group has already uncovered $1.4 billion of home health and hospice waste. Vance’s committee has taken a collaborative approach to working with state governments to protect taxpayer dollars. Vance has cited Ohio and Maryland as examples of states taking fraud seriously.  Ramaswamy, a successful entrepreneur, rose to political prominence after he published Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America’s Social Justice Scam in 2021.  He then ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024 before dropping out and endorsing Donald Trump. He went on to help lead the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) with Elon Musk, although he left after less than three months last year. TRUMP-BACKED VIVEK RAMASWAMY WINS OHIO GOP GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY, WILL FACE DEMOCRAT AMY ACTON Earlier this week, podcast co-host John Ashbrook published an opinion piece on Fox News Digital, underscoring that voters want action on fraud ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.   Ashbrook, a Cincinnati native with more than 20 years of experience advising Senate campaigns, expressed optimism about Ramswamy’s electoral chances. He noted a shift in the campaign over the last few weeks, with fraud increasingly centered in the discourse.  CLICK HERE TO READ MORE MEDIA AND CULTURE NEWS "I’m telling you over the last few weeks, the thing that you started talking about that I think is on the minds of a lot of people is fraud," Ashbrook said. "[Democratic nominee for Governor Amy Acton] is part of the problem. She was the health director." "Those Medicaid dollars flow through the Department of Medicaid, but also through the Department of Health in Ohio," Ramaswamy said. "She led to that, while a lot of that fraud festered, and while she shut down our schools during COVID-19." Ramaswamy’s interview took place as part of the Ruthless Midterm Interview Series, an ongoing initiative to interview major candidates across the country. The hosts have already interviewed candidates in 15 states, with more scheduled ahead of the November midterms.  After winning the May primary, Ramaswamy faces Acton in the general election on Nov. 3. No Democrat has been elected governor of Ohio since 2006.  Ohio, long a battleground in presidential elections, went handily for Trump in 2016, 2020 and 2024. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a199046ee6011c3f4e91523 Kiwibit’s AI-powered bird feeder is my new backyard buddy te 2026-05-29T13:10:30.794Z Kiwibit’s AI-powered bird feeder is my new backyard buddy If you're looking for a fun way to connect with nature while collecting bird species on an app like Pokémon, give this smart feeder a try. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a198e14ee6011c3f4e9143e Amtrak fire near Penn Station triggers major NYC commuter disruptions, NJ Transit and LIRR cancellations te 2026-05-29T13:01:08.550Z Amtrak fire near Penn Station triggers major NYC commuter disruptions, NJ Transit and LIRR cancellations An Amtrak work train fire erupted near New York's Penn Station Friday morning, reportedly injuring five individuals. The New York City Fire Department (FDNY) said a call was received at about 1:32 a.m. Friday about a work train fire on track 11 at Penn Station on 31st Street between 7th Avenue and 8th Avenue. The blaze reached a second alarm at 2:43 a.m., and 46 units and 141 fire and EMS personnel responded, the FDNY confirmed to Fox News Digital. Five civilians were hurt. Two were seriously injured and transported to Bellevue Hospital, while three others refused medical attention, according to the fire department. UNIONS THAT PARALYZED NEW YORK COMMUTE OVER PAY SPENT MILLIONS ON LUXURY TRAVEL, FILINGS SHOW The blaze was under control at 4:05 a.m., and the cause remains under investigation. The New York Post reported that damaged overhead wiring along track 11 prompted New Jersey Transit and the Long Island Railroad to suspend service into the Manhattan station. NJ Transit indicated that the Amtrak track car fire has snarled rail service. "NJ TRANSIT rail service is experiencing significant impacts due to an earlier Amtrak track car fire in one of the Hudson River tunnels. Impacts are expected to last through the morning rush hour," NJ Transit noted in a post on X. The NJ Transit website states that, "Service is currently suspended between Newark Penn Station and Penn Station New York. Cross-honoring is in effect with PATH at Newark Penn, Hoboken and 33rd St in New York, as well as with NJ TRANSIT and private carrier buses due to an earlier Amtrak track car fire that caused damage to overhead wire and track infrastructure." "Amtrak is working as quickly as possible to make the necessary repairs and restore service as soon as possible," the site notes. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a198e00ee6011c3f4e91435 Woman wins free Wendy's burgers for a year after bizarre costume contest victory te 2026-05-29T13:00:48.553Z Woman wins free Wendy's burgers for a year after bizarre costume contest victory An Ohio woman scored a year's worth of free Dave's Single burgers after taking first place in a Wendy's mascot look-alike contest held on World Redhead Day. Nearly 20 contestants took to the stage at New York City's Seaport Square (a nod to Wendy's square burger patties) to compete. Over three rounds, contestants modeled their best Wendy's looks. They then read aloud social media posts written in the brand's signature, playful style.  WENDY'S FOUNDER WORRIED ABOUT NAMING CHAIN AFTER HIS DAUGHTER: 'I'M REALLY SORRY I DID THAT TO YOU' The finalists performed their own original Wendy's commercials. One of the contest judges was Wendy Thomas — daughter of founder Dave Thomas and the real-life inspiration for the brand. The winner, whose first name is Jennifer (last name not provided), is "a fellow Ohio native whose roots run deep with red hair and home state pride," Wendy's said in a news release. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Held between World Redhead Day (May 26) and National Burger Day (May 28), the event was designed to celebrate the qualities Wendy's says make both redheads and its brand distinctive, according to the Ohio-based fast-food chain. Everyone was invited to showcase their best version of Wendy, "from natural red hues and pigtails to wigs, freckles and the iconic blue and white collared dress." Redheads make up just 4% of the U.S. population, according to the World Population Review website. The look-alike contest reflected Wendy's branding philosophy of "being unforgettable instead of blending in," the company said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES "The look-alike contest brings that idea to life in a way that is social, visual and fun — a live celebration of the people, personality and spirit that make redheads, and Wendy's, impossible to forget." Dave's Single is a quarter-pound of fresh beef topped with American cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickle, onion, ketchup and mayo, according to the Wendy's website. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Wendy's was founded in 1969.  Chicago-based food service research firm Technomic listed it as the fifth-highest-grossing restaurant chain in the U.S. in its 2025 rankings, based on 2024 earnings — behind McDonald's, Starbucks, Chick-fil-A and Taco Bell. Fox News Digital reached out to Wendy's for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a198951ee6011c3f4e9137b How does Trump solve key 'nuclear dust' hang-up in negotiations to end Iran War? te 2026-05-29T12:40:49.113Z How does Trump solve key 'nuclear dust' hang-up in negotiations to end Iran War? Even as U.S. and Iranian negotiators reportedly move toward a temporary framework agreement, one of the most consequential questions remains unresolved: What happens to Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile? Iranian officials repeatedly have insisted retaining enriched uranium is a red line in negotiations, even as President Donald Trump has vowed Iran "will not have a nuclear weapon" and suggested the United States could ultimately "take" the material if necessary. Nonproliferation experts say the issue sits at the center of whether any future agreement can credibly prevent Iran from rapidly moving toward weapons-grade enrichment — particularly after U.S. strikes damaged key nuclear facilities but did not necessarily eliminate the nuclear material itself. "I think it would put a poison pill in any agreement because retaining any of these 60% stockpile or really any of the lower enriched material," Andrea Stricker, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News Digital. "That would give them the ability to go higher to weapons grade at a time of their choosing." AFTER THE STRIKES, HOW WOULD THE US SECURE IRAN’S ENRICHED URANIUM? The issue has taken on renewed urgency following 2026's Operation Epic Fury against Iran and 2025 U.S. strikes on key Iranian nuclear facilities, including Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. While airstrikes can damage centrifuges, tunnel systems and enrichment infrastructure, experts say physically locating, securing and neutralizing enriched uranium presents a separate challenge altogether. Destroying infrastructure can slow or disrupt a nuclear program, but accounting for nuclear material itself requires sustained access, reliable intelligence and international oversight. "The stockpile is going to be the focus for the administration because that is the material, in particular the 60%," Stricker said. Iran is believed to possess thousands of kilograms of enriched uranium ranging from low-enriched material to uranium enriched to 60%, which is considered near weapons-grade and can be more quickly refined to the 90% level typically associated with nuclear weapons. Stricker said the Trump administration is likely to insist the stockpiles either be destroyed inside Iran or removed from the country under international supervision. "The best option would be to destroy the stockpile in Iran, and then you're not having to deal with who takes possession and what can Iran do with the stockpile as far as having it sent back under certain terms," she said. EX-CENTCOM COMMANDER WARNS AGAINST 'RISKY' US GROUND OPERATION TO SEIZE IRAN’S ENRICHED URANIUM But even if Iran agreed to surrender or neutralize the uranium, carrying out such an operation would likely involve excavation teams, international nuclear inspectors and hazardous materials specialists working inside heavily damaged underground facilities. Any operation to physically secure or remove the uranium could also raise broader questions about how much direct U.S. or international involvement would ultimately be required on the ground, even as the administration faces political pressure to avoid a prolonged military commitment in Iran. "You're talking about having to go down into heavily damaged sites and you're not sure what the state of the material even is," Stricker said. Strickler said the underground Isfahan tunnel facility was struck with Tomahawk missiles, while Natanz and Fordow sites were hit with massive ordnance penetrators designed to reach buried nuclear infrastructure. "So you will need hazard material teams to handle it, to safely package it and either to have it destroyed or to remove it from the country safely," she said. Stricker noted that enriched uranium in this form is chemically toxic and corrosive, though she said it would not pose the kind of large-scale radiological danger associated with a nuclear detonation. "People don't want to be breathing that material or coming into contact with it with their skin," she said. Another possible pathway would involve transferring the material to international custody. Stricker said the International Atomic Energy Agency, along with an international recovery team, could potentially oversee the removal of the uranium and transfer it to the agency's low-enriched uranium fuel bank in Kazakhstan. Limited quantities could also eventually be converted into fuel rods for civilian nuclear reactors, she said, though she argued Iran should not retain direct access to the material itself. Kelsey Davenport, director for nonproliferation policy at the Arms Control Association, previously told Fox News Digital that internationally monitored downblending may ultimately prove more practical than attempting to physically seize or destroy the material inside damaged facilities. "The IAEA remains the best place to go back into Iran to monitor the sites, to try to track down and account for the enriched uranium," Davenport said. The White House could not immediately be reached for comment. "The Enriched Uranium (Nuclear Dust!) will either be immediately turned over to the United States … or, preferably … destroyed in place," Trump wrote on Truth Social Sunday.  Iranian officials, however, have continued to insist the country has a right to maintain uranium enrichment and stockpiles as part of a civilian nuclear program. Ebrahim Azizi, head of the Iranian parliament’s national security committee, said Wednesday that maintaining enriched uranium stockpiles remains one of Iran’s "red lines" in negotiations with the United States. That position may ultimately collide with what many nonproliferation advocates view as the core objective of any agreement: preventing Iran from preserving a rapid nuclear breakout capability. Stricker said international inspectors had a relatively strong understanding of the quantities and locations of the material before access became more restricted, but argued that any future agreement would require continuous international monitoring over how the uranium is handled and removed. Stricker argued that any long-term deal would likely require not only removal of the stockpile, but also strict limits on Iran’s future enrichment capabilities and expanded access for international inspectors. "Ideally it would be a permanent ban," she said, referring to uranium enrichment. "But it appears that they're leaning more towards a long moratorium." She added that any agreement would also require the International Atomic Energy Agency to regain deep access to Iranian facilities, including military sites, to verify compliance and account for nuclear materials. "They need full access to go wherever they would like, including to military sites to rule out any Iranian cheating," Stricker said. For now, negotiators appear to be moving toward a temporary framework agreement while broader nuclear talks continue. But experts say the question of what happens to Iran’s enriched uranium may ultimately become the defining issue of any deal. Even if diplomacy advances, physically locating, securing and permanently neutralizing the material could remain a challenge long after any agreement is signed. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1986f8ee6011c3f4e91307 Charlamagne rips Jill Biden’s confessions about her husband as too little, too late te 2026-05-29T12:30:48.312Z Charlamagne rips Jill Biden’s confessions about her husband as too little, too late Radio host Charlamagne tha God called out the former First Lady, the Bidens’ inner circle, and the entire Democratic Party, saying they damaged democracy itself by concealing concerns about former President Biden’s purported cognitive decline. One of the most decisive moments of the 2024 election was Biden's disastrous debate with then-candidate Donald Trump. Biden stammered, had long periods of silence and intense, confused facial expressions, to the point some of his most vocal supporters broke ranks and demanded he relinquish the nomination. The Atlantic obtained a copy of the former First Lady’s memoir, "View From the East Wing," which will be released in early June. In it, she revealed that she and Biden both agreed that he had "f---ed up" that night. "Literally, donkey of the day should go to Jill Biden, the Democratic Party, Biden's inner circle, the staff, the record label, the mother effing crew, and everybody who spent years telling Americans not to believe their own eyes," Charlamagne said on Thursday. SOCIAL MEDIA ERUPTS AFTER JILL BIDEN REVEALS SHE WAS 'HORRIFIED' WATCHING JOE'S DISASTROUS DEBATE Charlamagne specifically responded to a clip of Jill Biden in an interview with CBS Sunday Mornings that previewed Wednesday, where she said, "I don't know what happened," and that "I mean, when I watched it, I thought, ‘Oh my God, he's having a stroke,’ and it scared me to death." One telling contradiction between how Jill Biden now says she felt that night and the public face she presented afterward was how she praised Biden for his performance at a post-debate event. "Not right now," Charlamagne said wearily, noting numerous concerns he, his staff, and Americans in general are facing, arguing of such revelations,, "It's just too much going on right now for you to be confirming what so many of us already knew and said, but got crucified for it." CHARLAMAGNE CONFRONTS EX-DNC CHAIR FOR FAILING TO 'TELL THE TRUTH' ABOUT BIDEN'S DECLINE Charlamagne went on to clarify that this ultimately is not about aging or health scares, but rather, "This is about honesty, and Jill Biden and Democrats weren't honest, and that's one of the main reasons we are currently in the situation we are in right now." This, he said, was one of many areas where Biden failed to make the most of his term to protect American democracy, such as eliminating the filibuster, expanding the Supreme Court, passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and passing the Freedom to Vote Act. "Those were the things that needed to be done to protect democracy," he said. "Add the lies sold to the American people about President Biden to that list, alright?" he said. "This is why Americans have trust issues with politicians. OK? You tell us we don't feel what we feel and we don't see what we see," he said. "Once again, this wasn't about Biden being old, OK? It wasn't even about this debate. It was a trust issue. All right? You dismissed voters’ concerns about Biden's age and health for years instead of addressing them honestly." CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE He added that "Poll after poll showed voters worried about his health and mental sharpness long before the debate, and y'all told us ‘he was just jet-lagged.’ ‘He had a cold,’" he said. "All of y'all treated the truthful, honest criticism like it was disloyalty. No, it was reality." "We don't want to hear what you got to say on the matter, Jill," he concluded. "The moral of the story is this is why people lose faith in institutions. Okay? Not because leaders get old. That's life. People lose faith when parties act like acknowledging reality is somehow betrayal. Okay? If voters feel like they're being gaslit, lied to, they stop trusting not just the politicians, but they stop trusting the whole system." Fox News Digital reached out to former President Biden for comment but did not immediately hear back. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a198284ee6011c3f4e9124e Blistering report exposes how national K-12 group's DEI agenda is trickling down to local chapters te 2026-05-29T12:11:48.472Z Blistering report exposes how national K-12 group's DEI agenda is trickling down to local chapters FIRST ON FOX: The National Parent Teacher Association (NPTA), a parent-teacher organization many families associate with bake sales, book fairs and school fundraisers, is facing scrutiny over the group's DEI and other left-wing political priorities trickling down to state and local chapters. A report from conservative watchdog Defending Ed shines a spotlight on the trusted parent-school organization known for local volunteer work and school fundraisers, suggesting it has become involved in politically charged fights over race, gender identity, and immigration in K-12 education.  Defending Education asserts the examples show National PTA’s left-wing priorities filtering into state and local affiliates, while National PTA told Fox News Digital its resources are meant to support respectful dialogue, family engagement and "safe, inclusive and welcoming school communities." "The NPTA is given a lot of credibility by the public, making it an authoritative voice on education issues from the parent perspective. It is deeply concerning when it advances far-left policies that are often very unpopular amongst parents nationwide," Rhyen Staley, Director of Research for Defending Education, told Fox News Digital. "The NPTA should be a politically neutral organization that advocates for improving the education system and the success of all students." NEW STUDY FINDS DEI INITIATIVES CREATING 'HOSTILE ATTRIBUTION BIAS' The National PTA's own "curriculum and educational materials" describe diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) as central to the organization's mission and day-to-day work. Among the learning outcomes, according to the National PTA, is to "develop critical consciousness by recognizing racism ... and developing a student's awareness to openly address these situations." Meanwhile, a document part of a National PTA DEI initiative tells PTA leaders, caregivers, parents and educators that "it's never too early to talk about race with your children," while listing a recommended reading titled, "Your 5-Year-Old Is Already Racially Biased. Here’s What You Can Do About It" by Andrew Grant-Thomas of the nonprofit Embrace Race. The same resource also recommends Robin DiAngelo’s controversial book titled ‘White Fragility.’" In addition to DEI initiatives, the National PTA priorities extend to immigration policy. A National PTA position statement says districts should not voluntarily report undocumented students to ICE or other immigration authorities, supports treating schools as "sensitive locations" where immigration enforcement officers refrain from actions against students, and backs confidentiality for school records related to immigration status. These left-wing political priorities from the National PTA stand in contrast to its stated mission of being "devoted to the educational success of children and the promotion of family engagement in schools," the Defending Ed report suggests. The report also claims that these priorities are not just abstract, but are actually trickling into classrooms, citing a tranche of documents, materials and records from various state-level and local PTA chapters that are pushing politics on teachers and families. 'THEY BULLY SILENCE': ELEMENTARY TEACHER TAKES ON STATE UNION OVER PARENTAL RIGHTS BALLOT MEASURE One of the state-level examples cited in Defending Ed's report is the Washington State PTA, which passed a resolution in 2020 titled "Dismantling Institutional and Systemic Racism." The resolution says Washington State PTA and its local chapters and councils should not only commit to being anti-racist, but also conduct anti-racism and equity audits, provide trainings on anti-racism, equity, inclusion and unconscious bias "at all levels," and create anti-racism, equity and inclusion committees. The resolution adds that the Washington State PTA would collaborate with district and school staff to prioritize and maintain "meaningful and ongoing anti-racist and anti-bias training ... for all educators and staff ... plus anti-racist and anti-bias pre-teacher training." "Washington State PTA believes firmly in educational spaces that are welcoming to all students, and learning environments where all students feel like they belong," Tori Emerson, the Washington State PTA President, told Fox News Digital. "Our vision is that all children achieve their potential in Washington schools, and that includes understanding, learning and instruction that honors and reflects the diverse histories, cultures, experiences and identities of all of the people who have contributed to America’s story since our founding 250 years ago." IT'S NOT STUDENTS ORGANIZING ICE WALKOUTS — HERE'S WHO'S REALLY BEHIND THE NATIONWIDE PROTESTS Emerson added that the Washington State PTA is committed to ensure all Washington state students "see themselves in their educators," adding that they "collaborate with district and school staff to have, when needed, crucial conversations about racial disparities that remain today." The Defending Ed report also cited Washington State PTA immigration guidance issued in January 2026, which the watchdog said was developed in consultation with National PTA. The guidance advised PTA members on how to respond if immigration enforcement actions occur at school events, including coordinating with school administrators and understanding legal limits on enforcement access to school spaces. In Maryland, Defending Education cited a Montgomery County PTA-linked meeting titled "ICE Response & Organizing Tools," which the watchdog said briefed families on how parents and community members could respond to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity, including warning others about ICE presence. ONE STATE'S BOLD FIGHT AGAINST CLASSROOM INDOCTRINATION TARGETS WOKE 'WELCOME' SIGNS San Francisco’s Second District PTA, which said in a DEI statement that the entity "can and should establish itself as an anti-racist organization," suggested education around "white dominant culture" could help improve PTA communications, actions and structure, and said anti-racism should be incorporated into regular PTA trainings and annual officer trainings. "The focus of PTAs at all levels – individual, district, state, and national – is to advocate for and improve the lives of children, youth, and families at their school communities," 2nd District President Karen Meiselman, said when asked how she would respond to parents who may believe PTA should focus on school support and family engagement rather than anti-racism or DEI work. Portland Public Schools’ Abernethy Elementary PTA has many of the same DEI programs as the other chapters, such as DEI committees, audits and trainings, but also has a "racial justice parent resource library purchased through PTA Mini Grants," that lists titles including "White Awareness," "Waking Up White," "White Rage," "White Like Me," "Race, Whiteness and Education," "Raising White Kids," "So You Want To Talk About Race" and "How To Be An Antiracist." GEORGIA GOP GUBERNATORIAL HOPEFUL VOWS TO 'BAN DEI' IN STATE BUT HIS OWN NONPROFIT URGED CEOS TO INVEST IN IT An Abernethy PTA DEI representative told Fox News Digital that DEI spending is voted on by the board, but said many of the events she organized did not require a budget. She said her DEI work has included a Ruby Bridges walk/bike-to-school day, a Black History Month Bike Day and a BMX anti-bullying assembly, and described the response from the community as "overly positive." "The work I have done through DEI has been centered around community, education, empathy, and belonging," the Abernethy representative said, adding that the goal was to help children "better understand the diverse world around them and the history before them so they can go out in the world with kindness, respect, and humanity." In addition to the audits, trainings and committees, many of the state and local chapters also have dedicated DEI personnel or directors. Some encourage direct political action. PARENTS' RIGHTS GROUP RELEASES SCATHING 'LOOKOUT' WARNING TARGETING TOP 2 TEACHERS UNIONS: 'INDOCTRINATION' In Ohio, the state PTA chapter urges its members to reach out to lawmakers to condemn legislative efforts that do not support LGBT youth or "silence" conversations about sexual orientation among students. The Ohio chapter cites National PTA positions on LGBT youth in a "Ohio PTA Board position statement" to back its position. Other materials from the Ohio PTA chapter explicitly targeted certain state-level DEI bills, while a DEI "position statements" from 2021 said the group would continue to "recommend, initiate, and support legislation and appropriations." The Ohio PTA did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. Defending Education argues all of these examples, and more, show National PTA’s left-wing political priorities are not staying at the national level, but are trickling down to affiliates that operate under the PTA brand in local school communities. "While the public tends to view the PTA as a neutral actor helping to organize family events and raise funds for schools, the national organization and many state and local affiliates have become left-leaning political entities driving radical ideologies into schools, communities, and even state legislation," the report argues. Meanwhile, the National PTA defended its materials in a statement to Fox News Digital, saying the association provides "resources and guidance intended to help parents and caregivers navigate complex issues affecting children and schools." "These materials are designed to encourage respectful dialogue, support family engagement and reflect PTA’s longstanding commitment to ensuring all children feel supported, valued and able to succeed," National PTA said. "National PTA’s mission is to make every child’s potential a reality by engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for all children." The association added that it is "the nation’s oldest and largest child advocacy association," and works to support "safe, inclusive and welcoming school communities where every child and family can thrive." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a198270ee6011c3f4e91245 ‘Ghosts’ on Florida highways: Roadside stings snare 249 illegal immigrants, officers warn many more hiding te 2026-05-29T12:11:28.475Z ‘Ghosts’ on Florida highways: Roadside stings snare 249 illegal immigrants, officers warn many more hiding DAVIE, Fla. — Law enforcement officers from across Florida are teaming up on increasingly coordinated and successful efforts to arrest illegal immigrants along the state’s roadsides.  This month, Fox News Digital rode along with troopers with the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) on its largest partnership yet, dubbed Operation 9. During the three-day sweep, FHP teamed up with five other federal, state and local agencies.  After three days, 249 illegal immigrants had been captured, processed and handed over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). FOX NEWS RIDES ALONG AS FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL BEGINS ENFORCING FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS ON STATE ROADS And many handcuffed on the shoulders of South Florida highways were "ghosts," said Lt. Ramin Sulaiman, assistant commander of the FHP Immigration Enforcement Section. What’s alarming, he said, is "we have no records for them, no accountability of who they are."  And that’s what his team sees every day in their routine work patrolling the state’s highways. ICE AND FLORIDA ARREST 230 CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS IN 10-DAY OPERATION More than one million immigrants who came into the country illegally during the Biden administration told immigration officials at the border that they were headed to Florida, Sulaiman said. Then, they were released. FOLLOW US ON X "But that does not include all the ghosts, meaning the people that have no encounters [with law enforcement]," said Sulaiman. "They’re just here." ‘SHAMEFUL’: LEGAL IMMIGRANTS FACE UPHILL BATTLE AMID ONGOING BORDER CRISIS And with unknown criminal histories and intentions, he said.  Florida has about 23.5 million known residents. Based on their daily roadside encounters, Sulaiman and other troopers say there are likely millions more uncounted ghosts.   Troopers patrolling the Sunshine State on routine duties have happened upon—and gathered up—more than 10,476 illegal immigrants since March 2025, Dave Kerner, executive director of the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, told Fox News Digital.  FLORIDA SHERIFF SAYS ICE PARTNERSHIP ONLY THE BEGINNING IN ILLEGAL MIGRANT CRACKDOWN On routine stops for driving infractions, they find that many drivers don’t have a license. That’s the first clue they might not be citizens. And that leads to more-probing questions.  Trooper Tony Golden normally focuses on commercial vehicles on the highways in six counties in Florida’s Panhandle. ILLEGAL TRUCKER ‘DEPORTED HIMSELF TO CA,' LAWMAKER SAYS, WHILE REVEALING SYSTEMIC CRISIS IN TRANSPORTATION He encounters so many illegal immigrants in his day-to-day work that he believes the number of them in Florida "is astronomical," he said. Golden understands why immigration enforcement is a polarizing topic, even among some law enforcement officers.  GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL But "we are enforcing the law," he said. "We don't pick and choose what we want to enforce." He bristles at suggestions that troopers pull over drivers because they look a certain way.  "People accuse officers of targeting people for immigration enforcement," Golden said. "That’s not true." The scary part, he said, is that many illegal immigrants—including violent criminals—blend into the communities where they live and work. 'WORST OF THE WORST': THE 10 MOST VIOLENT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS NABBED IN 2025 "The ones that are running around with no [traffic] violations—you might not ever see them. And they could be the worst of the worst." During Operation 9, more than 100 officers huddled in groups before daybreak at an FHP station in Broward County. Gathered were troopers, agents from ICE and U.S. Border Patrol, deputies on specialty teams from the Broward Sheriff's Office, officers with Florida’s Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, and guardsmen with the Florida State Guard. OPERATION TIDAL WAVE: ICE, FLORIDA LAW ENFORCEMENT ARREST OVER 1,100 IN RECORD-BREAKING CRACKDOWN Since October, Florida has carried out eight similar operations, Sulaiman said. With each round, the partnerships between agencies have become increasingly efficient, because "we all have the same common goal," Sulaiman said.  And now, he added, "we don’t really go through any of the hiccups." DESANTIS ANNOUNCES FLORIDA ARRESTED 10,400 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN 'OPERATION TIDAL WAVE' As additional agencies tag along and learn, Florida’s efforts continue to expand.  During Operation 9, officers made frequent trips back to the station, guiding handcuffed men and women into an air-conditioned waiting area. There, they were patted down, processed for transfer to ICE and offered bottled water and snacks.  Later, most would have a choice, said Nestor Yglesias, a public affairs officer for ICE who rode along on Operation 9. They could opt for an arranged flight back home, or wait in custody for an immigration hearing. ICE REVEALS 'WORST OF THE WORST' ARRESTS IN JUST ONE DAY AFTER ROUNDING UP 'THUGS' CONVICTED OF VILE CRIMES On a case-by-case basis, ICE determines whether an immigrant headed home will pay for his or her flight out of the country or whether the U.S. government will cover the bill, Yglesias said.  Some leave with cash, up to $2,600 recently, he said. The amount varies and depends on each individual’s circumstances. Many officers who participate in immigration enforcement hail from other countries, said Sulaiman, who was born in Afghanistan.  "Since they took the proper steps to come here, they feel like everyone should," he said.  Still, some participating in Operation 9 expressed sympathy for immigrants’ desires to be here.  GOT A TIP? "I kind of feel bad for them," an officer with a Spanish accent admitted with a shrug as she turned back to her vehicle after assisting with an arrest. But overall, officers with Operation 9 were unapologetic about the mission. "We treat every single person we stop with respect from the beginning," Sulaiman said.  CLICK HERE FOR MORE US NEWS Even after a suspect resists arrest, he said, "once it's addressed, we'll go right back to the same level when we first started – kindness.
 "We’re just doing our jobs. There’s nothing personal." On Day 2 of Operation 9, officers pulled over a pickup truck with pool-cleaning tools in the back for going 11 mph over the speed limit.  The driver showed a passport from Mexico. He had been in the country for six years, Golden said. He did not have a driver’s license. That led to questions about his two passengers.  One, officers learned, was deported 22 years earlier and slipped past authorities when he returned to the United States. The other sneaked in 22 years earlier, as well, Golden said.  ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT IN FLORIDA CHARGED WITH ARSON, FELONY CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, SHERIFF SAYS Their identification was from Guatemala. "We don't know if they have a criminal history," Golden said. "We will run that later." WATCH: Fox News joins DOT amid trucking safety crackdown in Florida "They seem like hard-working people, but we don't know what they're doing on their free time. "When you’re doing this job, if you let the heartstrings get to you, you’ll beat yourself up nonstop."  Golden said he understands why pangs of compassion and sympathy strike some Americans.  "Unfortunately, these people [getting arrested and deported] could be the best people in the world. But they did it the wrong way … They didn’t go through the proper steps to get into our country legally." KRISTI NOEM ANNOUNCES MORE THAN 150 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT SEX OFFENDERS ARRESTED IN MASSIVE FLORIDA CRACKDOWN The number with a criminal past—often violent—in their home countries is high, Golden said.  One that haunts him came from a recent arrest: a 30-year-old accused of impregnating his 14-year-old niece. Golden deployed multiple times to the border in Texas during the Biden administration.  Often, people caught crossing into the country were young men with plans to travel to specific cities, Golden said. To him, they didn’t sound like people leaving family to flee danger. It was maddening. WATCH: ICE and Florida law enforcement arrest criminal illegal immigrants "It was like when you have a water leak, and you just sit back, and you watch it, and don’t take any progressive action. Well, now, four years later, the floor’s ruined, the wall’s gone, and now you’re trying to clean up the mess."  As a father, he said, the scariest part is that "they don’t have a clue who’s over here." So when people argue that it’s wrong to deport illegal immigrants, Golden squares his jaw. He feels that he and his colleagues have a way of life to preserve, a country to save.  "The way I look at it, I’ve got a 9-year-old daughter. I’m not only doing it for me, but I’m doing it for her." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19825cee6011c3f4e9123c Ancient burial reveals rare jewelry find that archaeologists call 'highly unusual' te 2026-05-29T12:11:08.627Z Ancient burial reveals rare jewelry find that archaeologists call 'highly unusual' Archaeologists in Sweden recently stumbled on a "highly unusual" find — two rare neck rings believed to be more than 2,500 years old, buried inside an ancient grave monument. Arkeologerna, a Swedish archaeological consultancy, announced the discovery earlier in May. The jewelry was found by archaeologists in Marby, near the city of Norrköping in eastern Sweden. 'WELL-PRESERVED' 5,000-YEAR-OLD DOG BURIED WITH BONE DAGGER UNEARTHED IN ANCIENT BOG The discovery site "looks like an ordinary wooded hillside in the sun," officials said. "Over the past few weeks, archaeologists have investigated parts of a larger archaeological landscape east of Norrköping, containing graves, rock carvings and settlement remains from the Late Bronze Age (c. 1100–500 BC)," Arkeologerna said in a statement. "At the time, the area was located beside a bay close to the sea. The excavation is being carried out ahead of planned housing development in the area." Officials said the rings were likely buried as ritual offerings thousands of years ago. They've been identified as wendel rings, which are a "rare type of bronze ornament dating to the final phase of the Bronze Age," the statement noted. LATE BRONZE AGE SETTLEMENT DATING BACK 3,000 YEARS UNCOVERED AMID ROAD WORK: 'IMPORTANT DISCOVERY' "They are characterized by their twisted form, where the cast bronze alternates between right- and left-handed twists," officials said. Wendel rings are "relatively rare finds," said excavation leader Alf Ericsson. "They are often discovered in hoards together with other objects, typically in wetlands such as bogs or marshes," he said in a statement. "But finding two neck rings placed together inside a grave monument containing burials is extremely unusual — perhaps unique." CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES Both pieces of jewelry are "well preserved," said Ericsson, though the more ornate ring "is in better condition than the other." The excavation leader told Fox News Digital that the better-preserved ring is "broken in half." "This break was likely made during the Bronze Age, probably as part of the ritual process," he said. He also said that it's "highly unusual" to find these sorts of neck rings in a burial context in Sweden. The excavation marks "the first time this has been documented in a modern archaeological context," he noted. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Ericsson said the neck rings were typically associated with women, though historical depictions suggest men may have worn them as well. "At least in ritual contexts, men have also been able to wear neck rings," he said. The expert added that archaeologists also found "several deposits of cremated human bones," which are undergoing analysis. "We never expected to find anything like this," Ericsson said. "We still haven’t fully taken it in." Though officials are still learning more about the site, they believe the graves "belonged to a complex and symbolically rich culture." "Archaeologists also uncovered house remains and investigated two burnt mounds built up from fire-cracked stones," Arkeologerna's statement said. The discoveries are part of a string of major archaeological finds announced in Sweden over the past year. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Last year, a person digging for fishing worms in Stockholm County found a cauldron filled with medieval rings, pendants and several thousand coins. At around the same time, archaeologists found the remains of a forgotten 16th-century city beneath modern-day Gothenburg. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a198232ee6011c3f4e9121a This chip startup just raised $135M on a bet that AI’s biggest bottleneck isn’t compute — it’s memory te 2026-05-29T12:10:26.149Z This chip startup just raised $135M on a bet that AI’s biggest bottleneck isn’t compute — it’s memory South Korean chip startup Xcena is betting that AI's real bottleneck is not compute, but memory. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a198005ee6011c3f4e911cf Hyundai to send 25,000 Atlas robots to the US te 2026-05-29T12:01:09.521Z Hyundai to send 25,000 Atlas robots to the US Hyundai wants to bring humanoid robots into American car factories in a big way. The company is looking at a future where Boston Dynamics' Atlas robots work alongside people inside U.S. auto plants.  These human-shaped machines can bend, lift, balance and move through spaces built for workers. That could change how cars get made. It could also raise new questions about factory jobs, safety and how much automation consumers are willing to accept. Here's what Hyundai is planning and why Atlas could become one of the most closely watched robots in American manufacturing. Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Report BMW PUTS HUMANOID ROBOTS TO WORK BUILDING EVS Hyundai Motor Group reportedly outlined plans to deploy more than 25,000 Atlas robots developed by Boston Dynamics across Hyundai Motor and Kia manufacturing facilities. The plan appeared in investor relations materials tied to a JPMorgan Chase-hosted session. The company also plans to build annual production capacity for 30,000 Atlas robots by 2028. Hyundai has not released a detailed public schedule for every plant. However, Kia CEO Song Ho-sung said the robots are expected to begin work in 2028 at Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America in Georgia. Kia's Georgia plant would follow in 2029. Hyundai faces the same pressures as other automakers. It needs faster production, flexible factories and better ways to handle labor shortages. Humanoid robots may help because they can work in areas designed for people. That can reduce the need to rebuild a factory from scratch. Atlas could also help with physically demanding jobs. Lifting, carrying and moving awkward objects can wear down workers over time. If robots take on some of that work, factories could become safer. Still, this technology will need careful oversight. A humanoid robot working near people must move predictably and stop safely when something goes wrong. INDUSTRIAL EXOSKELETONS HELP WORKERS DO MORE WITH LESS STRAIN Boston Dynamics recently showed Atlas handling a heavy object in a new technical demo. The robot squatted down, picked up a mini-fridge, rotated its torso and carried the object while keeping its balance. The company says Atlas learned this behavior through reinforcement learning and simulation training. In simple terms, the robot practiced in a computer world before testing the skill in real life. Engineers changed the object's weight, floor friction, grip force and placement during training. That helped Atlas learn how to adapt when conditions changed. That is important because factory work rarely happens in perfect conditions. Parts shift. Floors vary. Workers move around. Loads can feel different from one moment to the next. Atlas needs to react in real time, not freeze when a task changes.  Many robots rely heavily on cameras. Atlas also uses proprioception, which means internal body awareness. That may sound technical, but the idea is easy to understand. When you carry a grocery bag and the weight shifts, you feel it. Your body adjusts before you think about it. Atlas uses sensors and software to do something similar. It monitors balance, grip pressure, resistance and body movement as it works. Boston Dynamics says the new Atlas platform also helps reduce the gap between simulation and real-world movement. The robot uses a simplified hardware design, symmetrical limbs and only two actuator types. Actuators are the robot's joints and muscles. Hyundai reportedly plans to make more than 300,000 actuator units each year at U.S. facilities. That shows Hyundai wants control over the parts that make humanoid robots move. The biggest concern is obvious. What happens to workers when thousands of humanoid robots enter factories? Companies often say robots will take on dull, dirty or dangerous tasks. That may be true in many cases. However, workers will still want clear answers about training, staffing and job security. The rollout could create new roles in robotics maintenance, safety monitoring and factory software. It could also reduce the need for some physically demanding jobs over time. That trade-off will follow Hyundai's robot plan closely. The company will need to show that Atlas improves factory safety and productivity without pushing workers aside without support. For now, Hyundai has not provided enough public detail to answer those workforce questions fully. HUMANOID ROBOTS HANDLE QUALITY CHECKS AND ASSEMBLY AT AUTO PLANT This story may sound like it only affects auto workers or car companies. But it could eventually touch anyone who buys a car. If humanoid robots help factories move faster, automakers may adjust production more quickly when demand changes. That could affect wait times for popular models. Robot-assisted manufacturing could also influence vehicle costs. Automation can lower some production expenses, although savings do not always reach buyers right away. The bigger shift may be trust. Consumers may soon ask how much of their vehicle was built by humans and how much was handled by robots. That does not automatically make the car better or worse. But it does change the story behind how that car reached your driveway. Your phone holds your email, passwords, photos, banking apps and personal data. In this free, live online class, Kurt the CyberGuy will walk you step by step through simple phone security fixes you can do in real time. You’ll learn how to improve your privacy settings, spot the latest phone scams, use trusted security tools and walk away with a simple checklist to stay protected. Register here: CyberGuyLive.com Hyundai's plan to deploy more than 25,000 Atlas humanoid robots in the U.S. marks a major shift for auto manufacturing. This is one of the clearest signs yet that humanoid robots are moving from demos into real industrial work. The Georgia rollout will be especially important. If Atlas performs well at Hyundai and Kia facilities, other automakers may feel pressure to speed up their own robotics plans. Still, the hard part starts on the factory floor. Atlas must work safely around people, handle unpredictable tasks and prove it can do more than impress in videos. The technology is exciting. The job questions are real. Hyundai now has to prove that both can be managed responsibly. Would you feel better buying a car built with help from humanoid robots, or would you wonder who got pushed off the factory floor? 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/6a197ff1ee6011c3f4e911c6 Joey McGuire calls Steve Sarkisian's bluff, dares Texas to play Texas Tech in Week 1 te 2026-05-29T12:00:49.596Z Joey McGuire calls Steve Sarkisian's bluff, dares Texas to play Texas Tech in Week 1 Steve Sarkisian has been challenged to back his words up on the football field this upcoming season by Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire, in what is the latest war of words between the two Lone Star State universities. During an era in which plenty of schools are looking to get out of games against nonconference opponents that could put a blemish on their record, the Red Raiders have essentially called the Longhorns to the table over comments made by their head coach. And, Texas Tech is not looking to wait around to get this game on the schedule. Last week, during an event at the Houston Touchdown Club, Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian might not have specifically named the Red Raiders while answering a question about strength of schedule rankings within college football, but he really didn’t have to. "There's a team in our state that plays in another conference that has a schedule that I would argue if I played with our twos and our threes, we could go undefeated, and they'll probably make the CFP this year," Steve Sarkisian mentioned. Obviously, the Texas head coach is loving the potential of his football team this upcoming season, with Arch Manning leading the offense at quarterback, along with a talented group on defense. But, he had to know his comments were going to make their way outside of the room in Houston and down to Lubbock, Texas. In reality, the only team he would actually be calling out in that way is Texas Tech, who hasn't shied away from spending money to put together a roster that is capable of competing for a Big 12 title, along with making the playoff. And yes, those odds took a hit when quarterback Brendan Sorsby was ruled ineligible by the NCAA for gambling and placing bets on his own team while at Indiana. BRENDAN SORSBY AT CROSSROADS: NCAA GAMBLING PROBE COULD END TEXAS TECH QB'S COLLEGE CAREER But if there's one thing we know about Joey McGuire, he's not going to just roll over and allow someone to talk about his team without pushback. "You know, Sark, we’ve played him. We got out butts kicked the last time we played, we’re 1-1 against Texas since I’ve been here. I said, 'There’s no way they're talking about us,' because Sark is a pretty tough guy," McGuire mentioned. "His teams are really tough, and I would think if he was talking about us, he’d call us out and not just say this comment of ‘Well, there’s another team in our state.’ So I guess he was talking about us. "I’ve actually talked to Keith Patterson and I’ve talked to DJ Kinney, and they're willing to take our games, and Abilene Christian would go to Texas State, we’ll buy our contract out of Abilene Christian. I’m sure, because Texas has got a lot of money, they can buy their contract out. But, I do know there’s a lot of Red Raiders’ that will help then buy that contract out if they don’t want to." I get it. I think the college football world gets it. A lot of this chatter centers around the two schools rarely meeting on the field during the regular season in recent years. Having played over 70 games against each other during their history, more frequently when both were members of the Southwest Conference and Big 12, the Longhorns did get the last laugh in 2022 after defeating Texas Tech 57-7. Joey McGuire is not running from the past, though. He's obviously doing everything he can to get this on the upcoming schedule, which would require Texas Tech buying out of its game against Abilene Christian. "They can come to Lubbock in week one. We can figure out if there 2’s and 3’s can win this conference," McGuire said at Big 12 meetings. "I know a lot of people are going to say a lot of stuff about me, or about us. We didn’t score in the playoffs. You can take a shot at us about that, we didn't score in the playoffs. The last time we played Texas we got beat 57-7, and he played some of his 2’s and 3’s. They kicked the crap out of us. "But, I know he feels really good about his team, he’s made those comments. But, we would love to play the University of Texas week one in Lubbock. I do know that Cody Campbell reached out to Steven Jones, so if they don’t want to come to Lubbock, we’re gonna try to get At&T (Stadium) week one. So, if they wanna play week one, we’re ready." Yep, those are fighting words, with the financial backing of Red Raiders' megabooster Cody Campbell trying to help manifest this game into actually taking place. Will it, though? I reached out to Abilene Christian for comment: "We are planning on playing Texas Tech as scheduled on Sept. 5 in Lubbock. We look forward to playing the Red Raiders barring any changes." So, you're saying there's a chance? Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a197b53ee6011c3f4e91103 US responds to reports that an American aircraft was shot down in Iran and more top headlines te 2026-05-29T11:41:07.353Z US responds to reports that an American aircraft was shot down in Iran and more top headlines 1. 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"The voters care a lot," Stewart told Fox News Digital about the mounting criticisms of Platner, including deleted social posts where he described himself as a "communist" and "socialist," used alleged homophobic slurs, and disparaged the military. "I think that he's a flash in the pan for right now amongst extreme liberal Democrats who can't see past defeating Susan Collins at any cost, and what they're really doing is selling their soul to somebody who has a tattoo that's affiliated with the Nazis on his chest, has made slanderous remarks, really pretty ugly and horrifying remarks about veterans who have been injured in combat, racist and bigoted statements that were misogynist, so literally everything that you hear the left trying to villainize the right about, he's actually guilty of and there's a track record of this." Stewart said he is confident five-term incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins will remain "victorious" in "middle-of-the-road" Maine, despite Platner leading in the polls, saying that the Platner campaign is "not going to work" because "Maine people don't subscribe to that line of thinking that Mr. Platner does." SUSAN COLLINS SHRUGS OFF ATTACKS BY DEMOCRATS AND TRUMP, SAYS MAINE VOTERS ‘DON’T VOTE PARTY LINE’ "Susan Collins, who is one of, if not the most influential votes in the United States Senate, and certainly an incredible influence financially and otherwise for the state of Maine, is going to be victorious," he said. "That's because Maine, at the end of the day, is a middle-of-the-road state." This isn’t the first time Collins has seen a progressive challenger surge in the polls. In 2020, Collins consistently trailed former Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon, sometimes by double digits in the polls, before ultimately winning re-election in one of the most expensive races in state history. Stewart says that Maine voters typically reject both far-right and far-left candidates and that Platner's "extreme position is not going to be something that voters reward here in November." Overall, Stewart said Democrats' "embarrassing" decision to stand behind Platner reflects where the party stands today as a whole and exposes a "soul-searching" problem within the party. TOP OFF-THE-WALL REDDIT POSTS HAUNTING GRAHAM PLATNER’S MAINE SENATE BID "I find it highly embarrassing that this is where the Democrat party is, not just in the state of Maine, but across the country at this point, with the most extreme sort of tail-wagging-the-dog effect," he said. "Maybe that is the direction that the Democrat party in Maine and in our country is going," he said. "If it is, then ultimately that's going to be a very dangerous place for them and a very dangerous place for our country." Platner, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served four combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, has faced a wave of scrutiny over his deleted Reddit posts and has been heavily criticized by Republicans who say he has not adequately explained or apologized for them. DEMOCRAT BLASTED BY LEFT AND RIGHT AFTER SOFTENING STANCE ON SCANDAL-HIT MAINE CANDIDATE In a post from June 2019, Platner mocked a video of Purple Heart veteran Teddy Daniels being shot four times during a 2012 clash with Taliban fighters, saying Daniels "didn’t deserve to live." "Platner declined to apologize or acknowledge regret over the comment in a video taken by Fox News Digital over the weekend. "This is not the right course of action that he should be taking," Stewart said. "If anything, he owes a number of apologies to the people who he has said highly offensive things to. But beyond that, certainly United States Senate is something that is completely out of grasp for an individual like this." He really just needs help," Stewart said. "He doesn't need a seat in the United States Senate." Fox News Digital reached out to the Platner campaign for comment. Following Democratic Gov. Janet Mills' announcement to end her campaign for Senate last month, Platner became the Democrats’ presumptive nominee in the June 9 primary to decide who will face Collins in November. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a197690ee6011c3f4e91042 Patrick Mahomes participates in Chiefs OTAs with heavy knee brace, still targeting Week 1 return te 2026-05-29T11:20:48.070Z Patrick Mahomes participates in Chiefs OTAs with heavy knee brace, still targeting Week 1 return The Kansas City Chiefs' decade-long run of playoff appearances came to an abrupt end in Week 15 last season after they came up short at Arrowhead Stadium in a game against the Los Angeles Chargers. Superstar quarterback Patrick Mahomes sustained a season-ending ACL injury when he scrambled to try and pick up some yards in the game’s final minutes. At the time, the Chiefs said Mahomes would "begin his rehab process immediately." On Thursday, the two-time NFL MVP took a significant step forward, returning to the practice field for seven-on-seven drills and connecting with wide receiver Xavier Worthy for a touchdown pass. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "Come on, baby!" Mahomes yelled twice as he hopped toward the sideline in celebration, with a knee brace serving as a reminder of his reconstructed knee. Thursday's session marked the first practice of the week that was open for the media to watch. While the three-time Super Bowl champion participated in seven-on-seven drills, he did not take part in 11-on-11 work. Mahomes is roughly five months removed from a procedure to address a torn ACL and LCL. PATRICK MAHOMES THROWING FOOTBALL AGAIN THREE MONTHS AFTER ACL TEAR "It was good to be back on the field with the guys, more than anything," Mahomes said after Thursday's organized team activities (OTAs) session. "Some of those days you’re rehabbing, you’re here by yourself or with a couple of the other guys. You kind of get that juice when everyone gets back in the building. It was good to be out there." In January, Mahomes said he was aiming to be ready for the Chiefs’ regular-season opener in September. This week, he retired that goal. "That’s always going to be the goal. I don’t want to miss games. As a competitor — as a football player — I want to be there," Mahomes said. "I know it’s still a long ways away. I can’t predict the future. So all I can do is be great today, and then continue to be great tomorrow. But I’ve gotten to where I’ve gotten to because of that mindset." Chiefs coach Andy Reid continued with a cautious approach with Mahomes this week, keeping the quarterback out of drills where there was a greater risk of unintended contact. Regardless of the limited workload, Reid credited Mahomes for the months of work he put in to reach this stage of his recovery, saying the quarterback had "busted his tail" to get back on the practice field. "I like what I’ve seen. He’s working hard," Reid said. "This is good for him — getting out there and throwing is good for him." While Mahomes has resumed throwing, he said he has yet to fully ramp up his running, describing that as the next phase of his recovery. "I’m in a good spot now compared to where some people thought, but I thought I was gonna be here," Mahomes said of his progress. "It’s just doing what I’m supposed to do every single day, and then hopefully, that gives me the chance to be out there with the guys whenever we start the season." Mahomes said he does not plan to change his playing style once he does suit up in games, insisting he would still "lay it on the line for my guys" when the moment demands it. The Chiefs will host the Denver Broncos on Sept. 14 in the regular-season opener for both teams. "The goal at the end — the very far end — is to be ready to be able to go out there and play with the guys Week 1 at Arrowhead," Mahomes added. "But I’ve got to take it day by day." 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/6a197473ee6011c3f4e90fe1 Trump nuclear talks face defining question: What happens to Iran’s uranium stockpile? te 2026-05-29T11:11:47.434Z Trump nuclear talks face defining question: What happens to Iran’s uranium stockpile? Even as U.S. and Iranian negotiators reportedly move toward a temporary framework agreement, one of the most consequential questions remains unresolved: What happens to Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile? Iranian officials repeatedly have insisted retaining enriched uranium is a red line in negotiations, even as President Donald Trump has vowed Iran "will not have a nuclear weapon" and suggested the United States could ultimately "take" the material if necessary. Nonproliferation experts say the issue sits at the center of whether any future agreement can credibly prevent Iran from rapidly moving toward weapons-grade enrichment — particularly after U.S. strikes damaged key nuclear facilities but did not necessarily eliminate the nuclear material itself. "I think it would put a poison pill in any agreement because retaining any of these 60% stockpile or really any of the lower enriched material," Andrea Stricker, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News Digital. "That would give them the ability to go higher to weapons grade at a time of their choosing." AFTER THE STRIKES, HOW WOULD THE US SECURE IRAN’S ENRICHED URANIUM? The issue has taken on renewed urgency following 2026's Operation Epic Fury against Iran and 2025 U.S. strikes on key Iranian nuclear facilities, including Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. While airstrikes can damage centrifuges, tunnel systems and enrichment infrastructure, experts say physically locating, securing and neutralizing enriched uranium presents a separate challenge altogether. Destroying infrastructure can slow or disrupt a nuclear program, but accounting for nuclear material itself requires sustained access, reliable intelligence and international oversight. "The stockpile is going to be the focus for the administration because that is the material, in particular the 60%," Stricker said. Iran is believed to possess thousands of kilograms of enriched uranium ranging from low-enriched material to uranium enriched to 60%, which is considered near weapons-grade and can be more quickly refined to the 90% level typically associated with nuclear weapons. Stricker said the Trump administration is likely to insist the stockpiles either be destroyed inside Iran or removed from the country under international supervision. "The best option would be to destroy the stockpile in Iran, and then you're not having to deal with who takes possession and what can Iran do with the stockpile as far as having it sent back under certain terms," she said. EX-CENTCOM COMMANDER WARNS AGAINST 'RISKY' US GROUND OPERATION TO SEIZE IRAN’S ENRICHED URANIUM But even if Iran agreed to surrender or neutralize the uranium, carrying out such an operation would likely involve excavation teams, international nuclear inspectors and hazardous materials specialists working inside heavily damaged underground facilities. Any operation to physically secure or remove the uranium could also raise broader questions about how much direct U.S. or international involvement would ultimately be required on the ground, even as the administration faces political pressure to avoid a prolonged military commitment in Iran. "You're talking about having to go down into heavily damaged sites and you're not sure what the state of the material even is," Stricker said. Strickler said the underground Isfahan tunnel facility was struck with Tomahawk missiles, while Natanz and Fordow sites were hit with massive ordnance penetrators designed to reach buried nuclear infrastructure. "So you will need hazard material teams to handle it, to safely package it and either to have it destroyed or to remove it from the country safely," she said. Stricker noted that enriched uranium in this form is chemically toxic and corrosive, though she said it would not pose the kind of large-scale radiological danger associated with a nuclear detonation. "People don't want to be breathing that material or coming into contact with it with their skin," she said. Another possible pathway would involve transferring the material to international custody. Stricker said the International Atomic Energy Agency, along with an international recovery team, could potentially oversee the removal of the uranium and transfer it to the agency's low-enriched uranium fuel bank in Kazakhstan. Limited quantities could also eventually be converted into fuel rods for civilian nuclear reactors, she said, though she argued Iran should not retain direct access to the material itself. Kelsey Davenport, director for nonproliferation policy at the Arms Control Association, previously told Fox News Digital that internationally monitored downblending may ultimately prove more practical than attempting to physically seize or destroy the material inside damaged facilities. "The IAEA remains the best place to go back into Iran to monitor the sites, to try to track down and account for the enriched uranium," Davenport said. The White House could not immediately be reached for comment. "The Enriched Uranium (Nuclear Dust!) will either be immediately turned over to the United States … or, preferably … destroyed in place," Trump wrote on Truth Social Sunday.  Iranian officials, however, have continued to insist the country has a right to maintain uranium enrichment and stockpiles as part of a civilian nuclear program. Ebrahim Azizi, head of the Iranian parliament’s national security committee, said Wednesday that maintaining enriched uranium stockpiles remains one of Iran’s "red lines" in negotiations with the United States. That position may ultimately collide with what many nonproliferation advocates view as the core objective of any agreement: preventing Iran from preserving a rapid nuclear breakout capability. Stricker said international inspectors had a relatively strong understanding of the quantities and locations of the material before access became more restricted, but argued that any future agreement would require continuous international monitoring over how the uranium is handled and removed. Stricker argued that any long-term deal would likely require not only removal of the stockpile, but also strict limits on Iran’s future enrichment capabilities and expanded access for international inspectors. "Ideally it would be a permanent ban," she said, referring to uranium enrichment. "But it appears that they're leaning more towards a long moratorium." She added that any agreement would also require the International Atomic Energy Agency to regain deep access to Iranian facilities, including military sites, to verify compliance and account for nuclear materials. "They need full access to go wherever they would like, including to military sites to rule out any Iranian cheating," Stricker said. For now, negotiators appear to be moving toward a temporary framework agreement while broader nuclear talks continue. But experts say the question of what happens to Iran’s enriched uranium may ultimately become the defining issue of any deal. Even if diplomacy advances, physically locating, securing and permanently neutralizing the material could remain a challenge long after any agreement is signed. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19745fee6011c3f4e90fcf Obama judge uses ‘vindictive’ ruling to release alleged MS-13 human trafficker te 2026-05-29T11:11:27.031Z Obama judge uses ‘vindictive’ ruling to release alleged MS-13 human trafficker Federal District Court Judge Waverly Crenshaw Jr. (not surprisingly an Obama appointee) has dismissed the criminal indictment of the Democrats’ favorite father-of-the-year, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia. So, an illegal alien accused by a federal grand jury in Tennessee of being involved for almost a decade in organized human trafficking and weapons and narcotics smuggling, including transporting MS-13 gang members into the heart of America, has received a get-out-of-jail-free card from this federal judge.  Crenshaw claims that the Justice Department and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche have not rebutted claims that they engaged in a "vindictive" prosecution of Garcia as revenge for the federal courts ordering Garcia, an illegal alien, to be returned to the U.S. after he was deported to El Salvador. But in a 32-page order in which Crenshaw goes into excruciating detail over the procedural process that occurred inside DOJ and Homeland Security over the investigation and prosecution, he has only two sentences about the criminal indictment of Garcia and the hideous, dangerous crimes Garcia is accused of committing. Before pointing out the logical fallacies in Crenshaw’s opinion, the public – and Garcia’s supporters like Maryland Democrat Sen. Chris Van Hollen – should be reminded of the details of what the grand jury concluded a year ago. MIKE DAVIS: KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA, THE DEMOCRATS' PATRON SAINT OF HUMAN TRAFFICK Garcia was, according to the indictment, a member of MS-13, one of the most dangerous and brutal criminal gangs in the world. He was accused of conspiring with six others to "transport and move aliens" illegally into and throughout the country starting in 2016, including "MS-13 members and associates." Garcia’s job, allegedly, was to pick up illegal aliens and gang members in Houston and move them to Maryland, and that is apparently what he was doing when he was stopped by the Tennessee State Patrol in 2022 driving a Chevy Suburban full of illegal aliens and owned by a convicted human trafficker. It was that stop that eventually led to uncovering how Garcia was making a living. KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA INDICTED ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING CHARGES, ORDERED TO APPEAR BEFORE JUDGE IN NASHVILLE The indictment accused him of making at least 100 trips over a decade, transporting six to 10 aliens per trip. Oh, and by the way, he also "occasionally and simultaneously transported firearms illegally purchased in Texas" as well as narcotics "for distribution and resale in Maryland." In order to maximize profits, the indictment says, the conspirators reconfigured the vehicles they were driving with aftermarket, unattached seating rows, and forced the children they were smuggling to sit or lie on the floorboards, obviously risking all of their lives in potential traffic accidents. One of the witnesses against Garcia told the grand jury he had to warn Garcia against abusing some of the female aliens because it was "bad for business." Crenshaw claims that the government’s "vindictiveness" is demonstrated by two facts: DOJ SIGNALS IT WOULD RATHER DEPORT ABREGO GARCIA THAN PROSECUTE HIM It is hard to understand Crenshaw’s logic, or I should say illogic. The legal standard the judge cites based on other precedents is whether the prosecution "would not have been initiated but for vindictiveness." The judge then claims that there is no explanation for "the Government’s change in position to remove Abrego and not prosecute him to then prosecute and not remove him." That is the judge’s basis for accusing the government of failing to "rebut the presumption of vindictiveness" in the prosecution. But it seems rather obvious that there was no reason to continue with a criminal investigation and prosecution when the target had been successfully removed from the country and was, therefore, no longer a danger to the public and obviously, if the grand jury accusations are correct, no longer in a position to smuggle humans, weapons and drugs in the country. But once he was back in the U.S., Garcia again became a potential danger and, given the judicial objections to his removal on immigration-related charges, his alleged criminal activities and participation in trafficking made prosecuting him in the best interests of the public. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION The fact that, according to the judge, Blanche said the government reopened its criminal investigation after a Maryland judge "questioned" the deportation seems irrelevant to the legitimacy of the criminal charges against Garcia. Crenshaw claims otherwise, saying that Blanche’s "remarkable statements" establish that the "criminal charges stem from [Garcia’s] exercise of his constitutional and statutory rights." No, they don’t. The criminal charges stem from multiple witnesses before a federal grand jury testifying that Garcia was a member of MS-13 who conspired to bring "undocumented aliens to the United States from countries such as Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Ecuador, and elsewhere," in addition to smuggling guns and drugs. What would have been an unforgivable dereliction of their sworn duty to protect the public would have been if, once the courts said Garcia had to be repatriated, federal prosecutors failed to reopen their investigation and proceed to prosecute him for what he was doing.  The government has said it intends to appeal the dismissal of the criminal indictment. Given the reprehensible misconduct outlined by the grand jury, that is exactly what should happen. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM HANS VON SPAKOVSKY Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a19744bee6011c3f4e90fc6 Single infusion of controversial drug changed severe depression symptoms within hours, study finds te 2026-05-29T11:11:07.037Z Single infusion of controversial drug changed severe depression symptoms within hours, study finds People experiencing severe depression with suicidal symptoms may not have to wait weeks for traditional antidepressants to take effect. A recent review suggests that a single intravenous ketamine infusion can provide rapid relief for some patients. Originally developed as an anesthetic, ketamine is a medicine that can reduce pain and, in some cases, help treat depression, but it can also be misused as a recreational drug, experts warn. SINGLE DOSE OF POWERFUL PSYCHEDELIC CUTS DEPRESSION SYMPTOMS IN CLINICAL STUDY Researchers from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine reviewed 26 clinical trials that included more than 1,100 patients. Approximately 626 received ketamine and 540 served as controls who did not take the drug. Most of the trials included patients with major depressive disorder, but 11.5% included those with bipolar depression and 7.7% included people with both unipolar and bipolar depressive diagnoses. Compared to a placebo, a single treatment significantly reduced depression in just four hours and dramatically lowered suicidal thoughts within 24 hours, the study found. Patients reported fewer depressive symptoms after a week and reduced suicidal thoughts for up to a month after one ketamine infusion. Those who received repeated ketamine infusions showed a similar reduction of suicidal and depressive symptoms at the end of the treatment. WHAT IS KETAMINE THERAPY? MORMON REALITY STARS TOUT CONTROVERSIAL TREATMENT The most common adverse events of ketamine – including headaches, numbness, dissociation ("out of body" experiences), nausea, dizziness and visual disturbances – were temporary and resolved within hours of the infusion. Rarer, more serious side events included hospitalization, suicide attempts and suicide, but most were unrelated to ketamine, the review stated. The analysis was published in May in JAMA Psychiatry. Major depressive disorder is a formal psychiatric diagnosis affecting approximately 280 million people globally, according to recent research. Effective treatment involves a combination of therapy and medication, frequently antidepressants. However, for a small number of patients, symptoms do not respond to multiple therapies, a condition known as treatment-resistant depression, doctors say. These patients are at a higher risk of very serious, sometimes tragic consequences, including suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts and death. "When all existing treatment options fail, patients with severe depression could consider ketamine infusions," lead author Taeho Greg Rhee, PhD, of the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, told Fox News Digital. "This is still a safer option when compared to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)." Traditional antidepressants stabilize mood by slowly elevating serotonin levels in the brain, but it can take weeks for the full effect to be achieved. Ketamine, in contrast, works rapidly by blocking glutamate, a neurotransmitter that can impact emotions negatively when levels are too high in the brain, according to Cleveland Clinic. The authors say their findings have two important potential clinical applications. CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES First, ketamine’s rapid effects can be a life-saving treatment in the emergency room for patients presenting with suicidal ideation. Second, the effects of a single ketamine infusion are relatively short-lived – as almost all patients relapsed with depressive symptoms after a single infusion – so those with treatment-resistant depression will need repeated sessions. "While intravenous ketamine is not yet FDA-approved for treating depression, it may still be used with off-label indications for those with severe depression and/or with a high risk of suicidal behaviors," said Rhee. Dr. Lama Bazzi, a psychiatrist in private practice in New York City, has had several patients receive ketamine infusions. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER "For a small subset of patients in a major depressive episode or struggling with suicidal thoughts, intravenous ketamine can be genuinely lifesaving," Bazzi, who was not involved in the study, told Fox News Digital. "The relief they experience is almost immediate, offering them distance from the intensity of their emotions." However, she cautions that the medication should only be administered in closely monitored settings, such as clinics, to ensure safe treatment. Ketamine is not a panacea, Rhee agreed, warning of the potential risk of abuse and addiction. "It should only be used medically," he advised. Dr. Marc Siegel, Fox News senior medical analyst, noted in previous comments to Fox News Digital that ketamine is increasingly being used to treat severe depression, but emphasized that it should be administered under careful medical supervision because of its potential risks. Although the studies compared ketamine with a placebo, some patients may have realized they were receiving the drug. This could have influenced how they reported their symptoms and how effective they perceived the treatment to be, according to the researchers. Another limitation is the small sample size of the studies, which could make the effects seem disproportionately magnified. Also, as this was a review of many different studies, it is challenging to apply the findings to the general population, the researchers noted. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ "While long-term outcomes have not been studied, I believe that when patients are severely depressed or suicidal, ketamine is sometimes the only choice that almost always works," Bazzi added. Anyone interested in exploring alternative depression treatments should first consult a doctor. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a197423ee6011c3f4e90fb8 Providence Isn’t an Official World Cup Host but It Sure Is Acting Like One te 2026-05-29T11:10:27.111Z Providence Isn’t an Official World Cup Host but It Sure Is Acting Like One A stadium outside Boston that will host seven World Cup games is actually closer to Providence, R.I., prompting officials there to capitalize on that proximity to lure fans. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1971e1ee6011c3f4e90f5e Caitlin Clark breaks WNBA assists record to a chorus of boos as Valkyries spoil the milestone te 2026-05-29T11:00:49.505Z Caitlin Clark breaks WNBA assists record to a chorus of boos as Valkyries spoil the milestone Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark broke another WNBA record Thursday night, though her milestone was met with a hostile crowd and a feisty opponent determined to spoil the team's night. Clark became the fastest player in league history to reach 500 career assists, hitting the mark in just 59 games and claiming the top spot on the all-time assists-per-game leaderboard. The Fever star reached the milestone 23 games faster than Sue Bird, who previously held the record at 82 games. It's no surprise considering Clark's exceptional vision. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Sadly for her, the effort was not enough to secure a win, as the Golden State Valkyries walked away with a 90-88 victory at Chase Center. While Clark finished with 16 points and six rebounds, she struggled from the floor, shooting 3 of 12. Golden State swarmed her on the perimeter, forced key turnovers and answered every Indiana run to close out the two-point win. Tension between the teams Thursday night was fueled by a recent rivalry that peaked during a May 22 matchup. In that game, Valkyries guard Tiffany Hayes clashed with Clark and was later caught on a hot mic complaining that officials were favoring the Fever star. Clark downplayed any lingering tension after Thursday's game. "I don't have any bad blood with any sort of players in this league, like it's just a competitive fire, that's competitive fire," Clark said. A SCREENSHOT HAS WNBA FANS ASKING: DID A PLAYER ENDORSE A THREAT TOWARDS CAITLIN CLARK? Hayes openly grumbled about what she viewed as a double standard in how Clark is officiated. The Valkyries guard also drew heavy criticism after interacting with hostile social media posts targeting Clark, including an exchange in which she appeared to laugh at a fan suggesting a physical threat against her. Clark's fans wanted disciplinary action from a league office that critics say routinely looks the other way when tensions involving Clark boil over. Regardless, the Bay Area crowd booed Clark nearly every time she touched the ball in the rematch, underscoring how her stardom has made her Public Enemy No. 1 among opposing fan bases. The Valkyries relished the win, raining on Clark's parade, though she'll have plenty of records left to break. Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a196f85ee6011c3f4e90ef6 Trump backs Giants QB Jaxson Dart after rally appearance backlash, says 'He's also loved more' te 2026-05-29T10:50:45.994Z Trump backs Giants QB Jaxson Dart after rally appearance backlash, says 'He's also loved more' President Donald Trump is aware Jaxson Dart has come under fire from some left-wing media, some NFL fans and even a teammate after he introduced the president at a rally last week. So, of course, the leader of the free world is going to stand with the New York Giants quarterback. "So, when Jaxson gets harassed a little bit, he's also loved more," he told Lara Trump during a sit-down interview on Fox News' "My View with Lara Trump," which airs on Saturday. "Because we have more people than they do." "And a lot of the people that you think, like people in Los Angeles, wealthy people that I see them all the time there, hitting me a little bit, and they meet me, they say, 'Sir, I voted for you.' I said, 'I know. I know. I can tell.' Guys voted for me. FAMED NFL AGENT BREAKS DOWN JAXSON DART-TRUMP CONTROVERSY, HOW 'ATHLETES FOR OBAMA' FELL APART "I can tell you people on television that knock me all the time voted for me." Trump and Dart had never met before the rally at Rockland Community College's Eugene Levy Fieldhouse last Friday, but they apparently struck up a quick affinity for one another. During the rally to support Rep. Mike Lawler, Trump quipped about how good-looking Dart is. He does that a lot with athletes and others. "I wish I looked just like Jaxson," Trump said. "I said, 'Is he a male model or what?' He's a handsome guy, like a beautiful guy, conservative guy." And this: "He said, 'I love you, sir.'" GIANTS' ABDUL CARTER DELETES SOCIAL MEDIA POST CRITICIZING JAXSON DART That is going to wreck some left-wingers, socialists, Marxists, progressives and the Trump Derangement Syndrome bunch. It also might not make Abdul Carter happy as he's the Giants edge rusher who criticized his teammate publicly on X for introducing Trump. But what did Carter and the others expect? ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Dart is a 23-year-old male from conservative-leaning Utah, who has been open about being part of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), commonly referred to as the Mormon faith. He hunts and fishes and played college football in the conservative state of Mississippi at Ole Miss. Yes, people, Dart's a conservative. And Trump, perhaps the most sports-minded president in a long time, sees great potential in the quarterback about to begin his second NFL season. "He's potentially a great quarterback," Trump said. "He's a young boy who's just started. But when he's in the game, he moves the team. I didn't know him, but I've watched him a little bit and moves the team. He's got tremendous potential. He stays healthy, he's going to be great." FOLLOW ARMANDO SALGUERO ON X: @ARMANDOSALGUERO Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a196d2fee6011c3f4e90e97 Ronda Rousey recalls surprise pro wrestling appearances after WWE, talks whether she'll return to that world te 2026-05-29T10:40:47.756Z Ronda Rousey recalls surprise pro wrestling appearances after WWE, talks whether she'll return to that world Ronda Rousey is a legend in combat sports, helping to usher in a new era in mixed martial arts in UFC and women’s wrestling with WWE. Rousey’s absence from pro wrestling was much shorter than her decision to return to an MMA cage. She departed WWE in October 2023 following a rivalry with Shayna Baszler. It was only two weeks after she left the company that she showed up on the independent scene. "The Baddest Woman on the Planet" was all of a sudden appearing at Lucha VaVoom and Pro Wrestling Revolve before making an appearance with Ring of Honor. She told Fox News Digital that she wanted to work with her friend, Marina Shafir. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! "By the time I was out, I was like, I would still love to work with Marina because Marina was still active and we were trying to figure out, ‘Oh, when you were in town, maybe we can figure something out.’ And I just had a short, little window for some reason to be able to do it. We were trying to get pregnant again," she said. "We were going to start IVF early in the year. "We couldn’t really find anything that worked out. So, we reached out to Pro Wrestling Revolver and were like let’s do a charity show to raise money for the Lahaina wildfire survivors. So, that’s kind of how that all came about. There was also a Lucha VaVoom show we were also able to crash in the meantime." Rousey performed at Pro Wrestling Revolver and then stepped back into the shadows – that was until this past March. She was in the midst of training camp for her return MMA match against Gina Carano when she showed up at the Crypto.com Arena to confront "Timeless" Toni Storm following her match with Shafir at All Elite Wrestling’s (AEW) Revolution pay-per-view in March. RONDA ROUSEY MAKES SURPRISE APPEARANCE AT AEW REVOLUTION While she received questions about doing a match at the time, she said there was no way she was going to do it because she had to focus on the Carano fight. "So, then, we got to do the Revolver show and that was awesome and then this last run-in with AEW," Rousey said. "I didn’t get to do anything at all because I was in training camp and all these people we’re like, ‘Oh, is Ronda gonna do a match?’ I’m like, I’m in training camp. You guys are crazy. I’m not going to be doing any matches while in training camp. … I love Toni Storm, I love Marina and it was fun to be there for Marina’s first pay-per-view match as well. I didn’t want to take away from their moment but maybe put a little bit of a spotlight on it and a little bit of a nudge to my upcoming fight." Now, Rousey’s appearance with AEW coincided with Storm being attacked during an AEW storyline on the next episode of "Dynamite" following Revolution. Fox News Digital asked Rousey whether she was the one who attacked Storm. "Oh, I wasn’t ready for that question … next question, next question," she said, jokingly clearing her throat. However, Rousey made clear that getting involved in pro wrestling full time or even part time would be a major endeavor that wasn’t conducive to what she wanted to do with her life moving forward. "I think, just, we’re trying to have another kid now and all this stuff," Rousey said. "That lifestyle, being on the road and wrestling, it’s just not conducive at all to having multiple kids. "We were able to make it work for a little while. It’s just not doable anymore. I could be open to doing some things if it works out and it’s local. We’re looking to move to Hawaii and it would be kinda cool to open a little school." CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Rousey proved to be one of the greatest mixed martial artists when she quickly defeated Carano in a dream bout earlier this month. Days later, she added another accolade to her impressive resume. She partnered with Castrol to become the oil company’s new brand ambassador. "I’m the best at what I do and I wouldn’t want to partner with anybody unless they’re the best at what they do. Luckily, Castrol is," Rousey said, adding that shooting the commercial for the company was "really fun" and a high-quality experience. The campaign will have Rousey highlighting "Castrol EDGE Extended Performance’s proven ability to perform in 7 critical areas – pressure, power, fuel economy, high-temperature performance, cleanliness, wear protection, and endurance," according to a news release. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a196ad8ee6011c3f4e90e26 Fox News Digital's News Quiz: May 29, 2026 te 2026-05-29T10:30:48.957Z Fox News Digital's News Quiz: May 29, 2026 Test your news knowledge with this week's Fox News Digital News Quiz, featuring former First Lady Jill Biden's concerns for former President Joe Biden's performance in a high-stakes event, and actor Russell Crowe's bitter confrontation outside of a Paris hotel. Looking for another challenge? A Trump-backed challenger defeated incumbent Rep. Thomas Massie in Kentucky, and a beloved American beer brand shut down featured in last week's News Quiz. Test your knowledge of remarkable grocery giants, Lincoln landmarks 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/6a1968bcee6011c3f4e90dc1 Bondi grilled on Epstein files in first Capitol Hill return since DOJ ouster te 2026-05-29T10:21:48.073Z Bondi grilled on Epstein files in first Capitol Hill return since DOJ ouster Former Attorney General Pam Bondi returns to Capitol Hill on Friday for the first time since being ousted from the Justice Department, as lawmakers prepare to grill her over the Epstein files.  Bondi will voluntarily participate in a transcribed interview with the House Oversight Committee as part of the panel’s investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.  Democrats walked out of a heated briefing hosted by Bondi and then-Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on the Epstein files in March, but lawmakers on the oversight panel are expected to heavily scrutinize her tenure during the closed-door testimony, which could stretch for hours. "Pam Bondi will finally have to answer our questions tomorrow about the Epstein files," House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Robert Garcia, D-Calif., wrote on social media. "It’s time for the truth." HOUSE OVERSIGHT SUBPOENAS AG BONDI IN PROBE OF EPSTEIN CASE 'MISMANAGEMENT' Bondi’s appearance comes after Democrats and a handful of Republicans on the committee threatened to recommend civil contempt charges against her if she did not comply with a subpoena for her testimony.  The Trump administration initially argued that Bondi should not have to testify and sit for a deposition as part of the committee’s probe because she was no longer in her official role as attorney general. The transcribed interview setting will not require Bondi to testify before congressional investigators under oath, but individuals speaking before Congress are still criminally prohibited from making false statements. A transcript of the interview could also be made available at a later date.  The interview is taking place during Congress’ Memorial Day recess, and it remains unclear how many lawmakers will attend. Some Democrats on the panel have voiced objections to the interview setting. "Bondi must testify under oath, on camera, for the public to see," Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-Ariz., said Thursday. "We demand transparency and accountability for Bondi and Blanche." PAM BONDI DIAGNOSED WITH THYROID CANCER WEEKS AFTER DEPARTING AS TRUMP'S ATTORNEY GENERAL: REPORT Bondi has faced relentless scrutiny over the Department of Justice’s handling of the Epstein files under her leadership, including from some Republicans, such as Reps. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky. She told Fox News at the start of her DOJ tenure that the files were "sitting on my desk right now for review," but later appeared to backtrack on that claim. Scrutiny mounted after a months-long delay in releasing information to the public, which accelerated after President Donald Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, mandating the release of the files. The department has since released more than three million pages of documents, though critics have complained that the records were not appropriately redacted. Bondi will be represented by Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon, who has served as Bondi’s counsel since her firing. "Because former Attorney General Bondi oversaw the Department at the time the Act was enacted and carried out, DOJ’s presence is solely to ensure accurate representation of Department processes, facilitate any necessary clarifications, and support a complete factual record for the Committee," a DOJ spokesperson told Fox News Digital in a statement. The interview also comes as Bondi has undergone treatment for thyroid cancer, Axios first reported. The former top prosecutor was diagnosed shortly after leaving the Justice Department in April.  "Pam has been quietly kicking cancer's a-- the last few weeks," former Trump official and podcaster Katie Miller wrote on social media. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1968a8ee6011c3f4e90db8 Hamas struggles to fill leadership ranks as Israel hunts Oct 7 terrorists te 2026-05-29T10:21:28.073Z Hamas struggles to fill leadership ranks as Israel hunts Oct 7 terrorists Just before celebrations for Eid al-Adha, a major Muslim holiday, began in Gaza, an Israeli airstrike hit a building in Gaza City, killing Mohammed Odeh, the newly appointed head of Hamas’ military wing, according to Israeli officials and later confirmed by Hamas. Reports from regional media said members of Odeh’s family were also killed in the strike. Two hours later, Gaza’s markets were full. Fox News Digital reviewed video filmed in Gaza showing crowded Eid streets, children shopping and families gathering, with little visible reaction to the killing of the Hamas commander Israel described as one of the architects of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel.  The contrast underscored what many Gazans and analysts describe as a growing disconnect between Hamas leaders and civilians exhausted by nearly three years of war, which has killed more than 70,000 Palestinians, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry — figures that do not distinguish between civilians and combatants — and displaced most of Gaza’s population. ISRAEL ANNOUNCES IT KILLED ONE OF THE ARCHITECTS OF THE OCT. 7 ATTACKS Hadeel Oueis, editor-in-chief of Jusoor News, told Fox News Digital the assassinations are creating "a clear vacuum" inside Hamas and weakening coordination between leaders in Gaza and abroad. "With the deaths of its leaders and the collapse of strong centralized command, Hamas is turning into a smaller militia competing with other armed groups operating in Gaza," Oueis said. "Hamas is now fighting for survival." In a joint statement issued Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said Odeh, who had replaced senior commander Izz al-Din al-Haddad only days earlier, was "one of the architects of the October 7 massacre." "Sooner or later, Israel will reach all of them," Netanyahu and Katz said. Inside Gaza, several residents interviewed by Jusoor News said they no longer viewed the deaths of Hamas leaders as personal losses. "Of course we didn’t feel anything when Haddad, Sinwar, or others were killed," one Gazan activist and former political prisoner told Jusoor News in an on-camera interview, speaking with his face blurred for safety reasons. The activist was referring to Izz al-Din al-Haddad, the Hamas military commander Israel said it killed earlier in May, and Yahya Sinwar, the former Hamas leader and chief architect of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, who was killed by Israeli forces in southern Gaza in October 2024. "Ordinary people are the ones who paid the price, not the leaders who made reckless decisions without thinking," the activist said. "As a result, Gaza today is almost completely destroyed," the activist said. "There are families who have lost everything, while the remaining leaders abroad and inside continue to gamble with our lives constantly." GRASSROOTS PUSH FOR FREEDOM GROWS IN GAZA AS HAMAS TIGHTENS ITS DEADLY GRIP A Gaza-based journalist echoed the frustration.  "When we heard about the killing of Izz al-Din Haddad or others, we were not affected," the journalist said. "What is even more painful is that the children of the leaders live outside Gaza, in Turkey and Qatar, driving luxury cars and living comfortable lives, while people here have almost gone back to the Stone Age." Another Gaza journalist and human rights advocate told Jusoor Hamas had harmed Palestinians as much as Israelis.  "I do not see the deaths of the leaders as losses for the Palestinians, because we ordinary people are the ones who paid the price," the advocate said. "Honestly, Hamas did not only hurt the Israelis — they hurt us as well." At the same time, Israeli analysts caution that the repeated assassinations do not necessarily mean Hamas is close to collapse. Michael Milshtein, an expert on the Palestinian arena, told Fox News Digital that Hamas unquestionably has suffered severe damage since Oct. 7, 2023, particularly with the deaths of veteran commanders who helped build the organization’s military structure and doctrine. ISRAEL, HAMAS CEASE-FIRE DEAL COULD ENABLE REARMING OF GAZA TERRORISTS "Almost nobody remains from the core group that planned and led the October 7 attack," he said. But he noted that Odeh himself had been viewed largely as a second-tier figure before the war rather than an obvious successor to Hamas’ historic military leadership. "The people replacing them are far less experienced, less capable and far less charismatic," Milshtein said. Still, he argued, Hamas continues to maintain functioning chains of command and ideological cohesion despite the losses. "People know they are likely going to die, and they still compete for these leadership positions," he said. The debate over Hamas’ future comes as international efforts to shape a postwar political framework for Gaza accelerate. TRUMP-BACKED BOARD OF PEACE, ISRAEL 'WILL TAKE ACTION' IF HAMAS REMAINS OUT OF COMPLIANCE: NETANYAHU ADVISOR Nickolay Mladenov, who was appointed High Representative for Gaza under the Board of Peace initiative, published the core elements of a proposed 15-point "Roadmap to Complete the Implementation of President Trump’s Gaza Comprehensive Peace Plan." The proposal includes a phased Hamas disarmament process, internationally supervised security reforms and the establishment of "one authority, one law, one weapon" inside Gaza. "Gaza cannot recover while armed groups simultaneously operate as governing authorities," Mladenov wrote while outlining the proposal on social media. For many Gazans exhausted by years of war, displacement and destruction, the deaths of Hamas leaders now appear to carry less emotional weight than the hope that the conflict itself could finally end. "Gaza cannot remain hostage to the idea of permanent war while civilians alone pay the entire price," one activist said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a196894ee6011c3f4e90daf Grapefruit could make your coffee buzz last longer as experts warn of hidden risks te 2026-05-29T10:21:08.228Z Grapefruit could make your coffee buzz last longer as experts warn of hidden risks If you're looking to extend the caffeine buzz from your daily coffee, a taste of grapefruit might do the trick. Grapefruit contains a chemical that interacts with other substances, which is why doctors caution against pairing it with dozens of medications. The chemical works by blocking an enzyme in the digestive system that helps break down certain substances, allowing more of the drug to enter the bloodstream. Drug concentrations in the blood can rise too fast and to dangerously high levels, Harvard Medical School reported. SCIENTISTS USED ELECTRICITY ON COFFEE AND DISCOVERED WHAT MAKES IT TASTE GOOD It's this same chemical in grapefruit that some theorize could slow down the metabolizing process of caffeine and make its energizing effects last longer. Buddy Brew Coffee, a chain of Florida coffee shops, is testing the theory with its "Buddy Brew Screw." The menu item features a shot of espresso, a side of grapefruit juice and, to cut the bitterness of both drinks, a small spoonful of salt, Food & Wine reported. A person would have to consume "a lot" of grapefruit to feel the added high, said Michelle Francl, a professor of chemistry at Bryn Mawr College. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Even then, results are not guaranteed. Several studies on the relationship between grapefruit juice and caffeine have been inconclusive, according to Food & Wine. The ability to clear caffeine also varies from person to person, Francl noted.  Eating vegetables like broccoli, cabbage and Brussels sprouts may speed up the process, she said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES "Compounds in grapefruit juice can theoretically slow caffeine metabolism, but the actual effect is far from a guaranteed energy boost," Lauren Manaker, a South Carolina-based dietitian nutritionist, told Fox News Digital. The evidence suggests any extension of your coffee buzz is "likely to be very minor" and will be different for each person, she said. "From a practical standpoint, this biochemical interaction is simply not strong enough to make a noticeable difference in your daily energy levels," Manaker said. "Most importantly," she added, "grapefruit alters the absorption of many common medications, making this a potentially dangerous trend if you take certain prescription drugs, like statins." While grapefruit juice might not do much to prolong the caffeine buzz, it does offer health benefits of its own.  It's rich in vitamin C and antioxidants, among other things. However, people taking prescription medications should be cautious when consuming grapefruit and grapefruit juice. Moderate amounts of caffeine can boost mood and energy levels and enhance cognitive and physical performance, according to the Cleveland Clinic.  TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ It is also effective in headache relief and may lower the risk of disease, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Side effects of caffeine could include increased heart rate, anxiety and digestive problems, among others. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a196880ee6011c3f4e90da6 Skeleton unearthed near Nancy Guthrie search site believed to be up to 1,000 years old, expert says te 2026-05-29T10:20:48.091Z Skeleton unearthed near Nancy Guthrie search site believed to be up to 1,000 years old, expert says TUCSON, Ariz. — The discovery of prehistoric human remains just miles from the suspected abduction of Nancy Guthrie has unearthed a grim reality of Arizona's Sonoran Desert, where an expert says a dozen or more bodies can surface in a given year, and "there's just so much space" to conceal them. Guthrie is the 84-year-old mother of "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie, and as a result of her daughter's high profile, the grim discovery quickly caught national attention. Just as quickly, experts determined the remains had nothing to do with her case. In an interview with Fox News Digital, James T. Watson, an anthropologist at the University of Arizona who responded to the scene where the remains were found, revealed that there was a skeleton unearthed at the scene, not just the single bone that initially went viral. FORMER FBI AGENT 'STUNNED' BY UNFORGIVING CONDITIONS COMPLICATING NANCY GUTHRIE SEARCH They belonged to someone believed to have been buried between several hundred and 1,000 years ago, he said. "Whether it is a thousand years old or 50 years old, these are human remains," Watson said, adding that he hopes additional discoveries are treated with dignity and respect if searches continue in the Guthrie case. A local YouTuber named AJ Wysopal came across an exposed bone while conducting an amateur search for Guthrie less than 5 miles from her home in the Catalina Foothills on May 7. Guthrie is believed to have been kidnapped out of her house in the early hours of Feb. 1. NANCY GUTHRIE SUSPECT'S DIGITAL ‘BLACKOUT’ MAY BE KEY TO CASE, SAYS EXPERT WHO PROBED KOHBERGER PHONE Authorities quickly determined that the remains were human — and also that they were significantly older and unconnected to Guthrie's suspected abduction. They are called prehistoric because they belong to someone who died before there was written language in the area, Watson said. There is also a known archaeological site nearby, and Watson said that ceramic artifacts uncovered at the scene are consistent with known examples there. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X "All of that contextual evidence allowed me to be pretty sure that this individual was in fact Native American," he said. "The ceramics really sort of drove home that point." NANCY GUTHRIE MISSING: FORENSIC SCIENTIST ENCOURAGES NEW INVESTIGATIVE APPROACH SINCE CASE 'ISN'T COLD YET' The remains have since been transferred to the Tohono O'odham Nation, a Native American tribe with a large reservation just west of Tucson. No additional research or testing is expected, he said. SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER Watson said that a combination of the Sonoran Desert's harsh terrain and new developments on land that has been largely untouched for centuries often lead to similar discoveries as the search for Guthrie continues. "The desert there is a pretty harsh environment and obviously it's been settled for hundreds, thousands of years," he told Fox News Digital. SEND US A TIP HERE And in addition to inadvertent archaeological discoveries, the region is also near the U.S.-Mexico border, where illegal immigrants have for years been attempting to cross illegally in those same harsh conditions. On some occasions, he's been called to the findings of their remains, he said. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST "There are literally probably hundreds of bodies that are discovered every year out in the desert," he told Fox News Digital. SEARCH FOR NANCY GUTHRIE ENTERS 5TH WEEK, CADAVER DOGS ON HOLD Like the recent find at River and Craycroft Roads, some are exposed by natural causes, including erosion caused by the region's powerful ephemeral rivers, which are mostly dry but flood violently during heavy rainfall in the desert. Others have been unearthed by real estate development, Watson said. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? FIND MORE ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB And there could be many different reasons why they came to rest where they are found. "So there [are] a lot of places that an individual could get lost or pass away — or hide a body," Watson said. "I think...as people start to poke into some of these crevices that don't normally get poked into into across the desert, they're likely to find more individuals." The investigation into Guthrie's disappearance is ongoing, and there is a combined reward of more than $1.2 million in play. Her family is urging anyone with information to dial 1-800-CALL-FBI. Tips can be submitted anonymously to Tucson's 88-Crime hotline at 520-882-7463. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a195fd9ee6011c3f4e90b8c Lumberjacks add veteran experience with Ray’ven Robinson from Georgia Southwestern State te 2026-05-29T09:43:53.031Z Lumberjacks add veteran experience with Ray’ven Robinson from Georgia Southwestern State Robinson will play on her fourth college team and second at the Division I level. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a195fc3ee6011c3f4e90b83 Ray'ven Robinson GSW te 2026-05-29T09:43:31.991Z Ray'ven Robinson GSW Georgia Southwestern State guard Ray'ven Robinson (13) averaged a team-high 15 points for the Hurricanes last season and was named to the All-Peach Belt Conference Second Team. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a195fafee6011c3f4e90b79 Jim Rosensweet: I want a check too te 2026-05-29T09:43:11.031Z Jim Rosensweet: I want a check too Editor: Dear Mr. President and temporary attorney general: I was affected by the Peaceful Jan. 6 demonstration of Love. It still bothers me and has affected by ability to see the Truth as you state it. Therefore, I humbly apply… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a195f99ee6011c3f4e90b70 Bill Sparks: Far from center te 2026-05-29T09:42:49.992Z Bill Sparks: Far from center Editor: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a195f84ee6011c3f4e90b67 Phil Kerpen: End the big insurance protection racket te 2026-05-29T09:42:28.553Z Phil Kerpen: End the big insurance protection racket The health insurance companies have taken to the airwaves to blame the hospital systems for out-of-control health care costs. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a195f66ee6011c3f4e90b4d Arizona Senate Sends Anti-Squatter Legislation To The Governor’s Desk te 2026-05-29T09:41:58.704Z Arizona Senate Sends Anti-Squatter Legislation To The Governor’s Desk By Ethan Faverino | Senate Republicans have advanced legislation aimed at strengthening private property rights and streamlining the removal of unlawful occupants from homes and residential properties. Senate Bill 1426, sponsored by Senator Wendy Rogers (R-LD7), passed the legislature on May 26, 2026, and is now headed to the Governor’s desk. The legislation strengthens Arizona’s forcible entry and detainer statutes by creating a clearer, faster process for property owners to reclaim their homes from squatters. SB 1426 defines specific conditions under which a person is considered an unauthorized occupant — including individuals who are not current or former tenants, immediate family members, or parties to any verbal or written agreements to occupy the property. It also established criteria for situations involving forcible entry into residential homes not open to the public. Key provisions of the bill include: Allowing courts to issue a writ of restitution immediately upon judgement in qualifying cases involving unauthorized occupants. Directing the Arizona Supreme Court to adopt rules for the expeditious resolution of these claims. Preserving all existing protections and remedies under the Arizona’s Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. “Private property rights are not a suggestion; they are a cornerstone of our freedoms,” stated Senator Rogers. “If someone breaks into your home, moves into your property, and refuses to leave, the law should stand with the homeowner, not the unlawful occupant. That’s just common sense.” Hats off to ALL the law enforcement, constables, sheriffs and our astute Senate legal policy advisor Brooke Huppenthal who got this DONE… protecting Arizonans! A wonderfully collaborative effort. 🔥 https://t.co/PGfb34MacE — Wendy Rogers (@WendyRogersAZ) May 26, 2026 Rogers emphasized that the bill resulted from extensive collaboration with stakeholders, lawmakers, and law enforcement. “This bill has been years in the making,” added Rogers. “The overwhelming support we’ve received, including from members of law enforcement who deal with these situations firsthand, shows just how badly these reforms are needed. Arizonans shouldn’t have to spend months fighting to reclaim property they already own. SB 1426 cuts through the red tape, closes loopholes that have been exploited for too long, and puts homeowners back where they belong—in control of their property. I’m proud to see this legislation finally reach the governor’s desk and hopeful she will sign it into law so Arizona families can receive the protections they deserve.” The bill amends Arizona Revised Statutes sections 12-1171 and 12-1173. Among other updates, it expands the definition of forcible detainer to include unauthorized persons who refuse to leave a residential property after reasonable request from the owner or authorized agent, provided multiple safeguards are met. Ethan Faverino is a reporter for AZ Free News. You can send him news tips using this link. The post Arizona Senate Sends Anti-Squatter Legislation To The Governor’s Desk first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a195f51ee6011c3f4e90b44 AZGOP Chairman Visits ‘The Zone’ With Radio Host, Blasts Phoenix Leadership Over Homeless Crisis te 2026-05-29T09:41:37.107Z AZGOP Chairman Visits ‘The Zone’ With Radio Host, Blasts Phoenix Leadership Over Homeless Crisis By Matthew Holloway | Arizona Republican Party Chairman Sergio Arellano joined 550 KFYI’s Conservative Circus host James T. Harris during a visit to downtown Phoenix’s homeless encampment area known as “The Zone.” The pair highlighted faith-based outreach efforts and criticized local leadership over homelessness and public safety conditions. For years, “The Zone” drew public attention over homelessness, drug activity, and crime concerns. The Arizona Republican Party said Harris and members of a faith-based group that “receives NO taxpayer dollars” were serving homeless residents in the area. The party also characterized “The Zone” as “where the Democrats in charge keep their homeless community drugged and dangerous.” Sergio Arellano @surgeshow chairman of @azgop Republican Party spent time with @JamesTHarris and members of a faith-based group that receives NO taxpayer dollars to feed and minister to the homeless in "The Zone." The Zone in downtown Phoenix – is where the Democrats in charge… pic.twitter.com/EFWgPOm9Gk — Republican Party of Arizona (@AZGOP) May 27, 2026 “Good morning, I’m Sergio Arellano, and I am here today with the conservative radio talk show host James T. Harris,” Arellano began in a video. “We’re in this place called The Zone in a blue area of what is Phoenix.” Arellano linked conditions in the area to Democratic governance and urged voter participation ahead of the upcoming 2026 elections. “We cannot allow what is happening here to happen to the rest of the state in Democrat-controlled communities,” Arellano said. “This is what you get. You get lack of response, lack of resources.” Arellano also praised the faith-based nonprofit operating in the area and alleged that Phoenix officials under Mayor Kate Gallego had moved to restrict its activities.“People that are making a difference here — this non-profit — are getting kicked out by the liberal city and mayor,” Arellano said. “That’s why it is very important that you get involved in November. You talk with your neighbors, you register people to vote, and have them turn out this election.” The chairman warned that Arizona could face worsening homelessness conditions without political change. “Because if not, you’re going to get amplified times 10,” Arellano said. “Skid Row, exactly like Los Angeles, is coming here to Arizona. We need to stop that. Register to vote. Get up. Make a difference.” Harris has regularly participated in Sunday outreach efforts in downtown Phoenix and has previously described the work as a Christian ministry serving homeless residents in the area. The Zone, located near downtown Phoenix, became nationally known in recent years as one of the country’s largest homeless encampments. The area was the subject of litigation and enforcement disputes involving the City of Phoenix, nearby businesses, and residents. In 2023, a court ordered Phoenix to clear portions of the encampment following allegations involving crime, sanitation problems, and unsafe conditions. According to an April 30 report by 12News, after three years, hundreds of homeless people are living in the area again, with outreach teams counting more than 300 living there at the time. The Arizona Republican Party’s did not identify the nonprofit involved in the outreach effort, though Harris has previously documented recurring faith-based outreach activities in the area through social media posts. Matthew Holloway is a senior reporter for AZ Free News. Follow him on X for his latest stories, or email tips to Matthew@azfreenews.com. The post AZGOP Chairman Visits ‘The Zone’ With Radio Host, Blasts Phoenix Leadership Over Homeless Crisis first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a195f3cee6011c3f4e90b3b DOJ Defends Arizona’s Proof-Of-Citizenship Voting Requirements At Supreme Court te 2026-05-29T09:41:16.153Z DOJ Defends Arizona’s Proof-Of-Citizenship Voting Requirements At Supreme Court By Staff Reporter | This week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) asked the Supreme Court to uphold Arizona’s proof-of-citizenship requirements for voting. The DOJ filed a brief in Republican National Committee, et al. v. Mi Familia Vota, et al. (case Nos. 25-1017, 25-1019, and 25-1022).  The case will determine whether the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) prohibits states from: removing noncitizens from voter rolls within 90 days of an election, requiring individuals to provide documentary proof of citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections using the state registration form, and denying individuals the ability to vote by mail if they don’t provide documentary proof of citizenship.  These questions emerged from House Bills 2243 and 2492; both passed in 2022. Together, these bills require the secretary of state and county recorders to regularly review voter rolls, mandate registrants using the state registration form provide proof of citizenship, and prohibit vote by mail for federal-only voters. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the NVRA does preempt that legislation, impacting any similar citizenship proof measures taken by other states concerning their voting laws. The federal court ruled the provisions in the Arizona laws amounted to unlawful voter suppression and were therefore unconstitutional. The court determined that voters must be allowed to vote federal ballots at least, even when they fail to provide proof of citizenship.  The respondents in the present litigation — Mi Familia Vota, Voto Latino, Arizona Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander for Equity Coalition, Democratic National Committee, and the Arizona Democratic Party — want to preempt Arizona and other states from imposing proof-of-citizenship limitations on voting. Jesus Osete, principal deputy assistant attorney general for civil rights, said in the DOJ announcement that the NVRA doesn’t prohibit states from removing noncitizens from voter rolls.  In its filing, the DOJ argued the lower court’s ruling conflicted with the NVRA since it would effectively render state forms into mere replicas of the federal form. States would lack the flexibility afforded by the NVRA, said the DOJ. The DOJ filing argued that proof-of-citizenship requirements were harmonious with NVRA requirements to increase the number of eligible citizens registered to vote and ensure the maintenance of accurate and current voter rolls. “When noncitizens with no right to shape American government vote in American elections, the ballot box no longer speaks for the People, because its tally no longer reflects their voice,” argued the DOJ.  Senate President Warren Petersen (R-LD14) said he was “thrilled” by the Trump administration’s intervention.  “Only U.S. citizens should vote in our elections,” said Petersen. “Excited for SCOTUS to take up this important case.”  Thrilled the Trump DOJ is backing Arizona’s proof-of-citizenship requirements! Only U.S. citizens should vote in our elections. Excited for SCOTUS to take up this important case. https://t.co/xWBiciTxjV — Warren Petersen (@votewarren) May 27, 2026 The Supreme Court has already overruled the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on one of the issues in 2024. The Supreme Court allowed Arizona to enforce its proof-of-citizenship requirement for state voter registration forms, but refused to allow enforcement of the requirement for those registering with federal forms. That follows the precedent set in 2013, when the Supreme Court ruled that the NVRA prohibited Arizona from requiring proof of citizenship of those voters registering to vote with the federal voter registration form. AZ Free News is your #1 source for Arizona news and politics. You can send us news tips using this link. The post DOJ Defends Arizona’s Proof-Of-Citizenship Voting Requirements At Supreme Court first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a195f1eee6011c3f4e90b0e KC Navarro, Xia Brookside earn TNA championship opportunities, Leon Slater heading to Ultimate X and more te 2026-05-29T09:40:46.957Z KC Navarro, Xia Brookside earn TNA championship opportunities, Leon Slater heading to Ultimate X and more Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) kicked off and finished with champions challenge All-Star matches, which helped determine No. 1 contenders for two championships. The men’s match started "Impact." Elijah, Eric Young, Frankie Kazarian, KC Navarro and Leon Slater faced off against tag team champions Bear Bronson and Brian Myers, international champion Mustafa Ali, X Division champion Cedric Alexander and TNA world champion Mike Santana. If an All-Star pinned one of the champs, they would automatically get a title shot. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Navarro took advantage of that, working with Slater at the end of the match to get one over on Ali. Navarro would pin Ali to earn a shot at the TNA International Championship after losing to A.J. Francis in a Sac Town Street Fight a few weeks prior. Later, Elayna Black, Mara Sadé and Xia Brookside took on TNA Knockouts champion Lei Ying Lee and Knockouts tag team champions Heather by Elegance and M by Elegance. Brookside and Lee have been at odds for more than a month as the former best friends split up. The Elegance Brand also wasn’t about to let any of the All-Stars get one over on them. M by Elegance and Heather by Elegance controlled the match for their team for the most part, avoiding tagging in Lee. Sadé felt the tag team presence for the most part. Heather finally tagged in Lee and took on Brookside. Mr. Elegance would eventually insert himself into the match. He tripped up Lee, who walked into Brookside’s DDT. Brookside pinned Lee and earned herself a shot at the TNA Knockouts World Championship. TNA announced earlier Thursday that Fabian Aichner officially signed with the company after he crashed Cedric Alexander’s X Division Championship victory over Leon Slater two weeks ago. Aichner vowed to take down The System and proved it last week when he wiped the entire faction out by himself. He made his in-ring debut on Thursday against Eddie Edwards. Edwards did his best to keep Aichner down, including a backpack stunner and using the ropes to choke the life out of Aichner. Alisha Edwards even got her hands dirty and got involved in the match. Alisha Edwards got caught trying to use a kendo stick on Aichner and was kicked out of the match. The System came down to support Edwards but found out that Aichner can fly. He hit a crossbody splash on the faction and a springboard DDT. He was about to make Edwards tap out but The System interrupted the match, causing a disqualification. Ultimate X is one of the most exciting matches in TNA history and it will be coming back at Slammiversary in June. The "Impact" broadcast announced that Slater will be a part of the next Ultimate X match as Cedric Alexander puts the X Division title on the line. There are still four participants that have to be announced for the match. Slammiversary is set for June 28 at the Agganis Arena. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM It had been more than five months since Santino Marella appeared in the ring for TNA and nearly a year since he was in a singles match. TNA’s Director of Authority is feuding with Stacks Lorenzo, who Marella has said corrupted his daughter Arianna Grace. The rivalry between the two came to a head in Sacramento when TNA Director of Operations Daria Rae booked Marella and Lorenzo in a match last week. And it started out fine for Marella. He was putting the hurt on his soon-to-be son-in-law. Lorenzo taunted Marella through the match, hitting him with multiple knee strikes to the gut. Marella would get back into the match and break out the cobra and it allowed Lorenzo to roll up Marella and get the quick pin for the win. Grace added insult to injury. She tried to slap him before Marella stopped it. Lorenzo blindsided him and started his post-match assault. Indi Hartwell came down to help Marella and challenged Lorenzo and Grace to a mixed tag team match. Rae came out and reminded Hartwell that she doesn’t make matches. However, she said she would "love" to see Lorenzo beat Marella again and booked the mixed tag team match for next week. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a195aacee6011c3f4e90a61 LEE CARTER: I study polling. Democrats are gambling on anti-Trump votes, not ideas te 2026-05-29T09:21:48.467Z LEE CARTER: I study polling. Democrats are gambling on anti-Trump votes, not ideas Everyone sees President Donald Trump’s weak polling numbers. But almost nobody is asking the more important political question: Who are the Democrats becoming? Right now, Democrats are benefiting from economic frustration, inflation fatigue and the natural gravity that pulls against the party in power during midterms. FOX NEWS POLL: AS ECONOMIC PAIN DEEPENS, DISAPPROVAL OF TRUMP HITS NEW HIGH But a party winning because voters are hurting is not the same thing as a party voters truly believe in. And that distinction may matter more than any poll. The latest New York Times/Siena polling showed Democrats with a sizable advantage on the generic congressional ballot. On the surface, that sounds like momentum. TRUMP VS HISTORY: HOW PRESIDENT'S POLL NUMBERS COMPARE TO BIDEN, OBAMA, BUSH AHEAD OF MIDTERMS But underneath those numbers sits a much more fragile reality: Americans still do not seem entirely sure what today’s Democratic Party actually is. Is it the party of working-class voters? Or elite cultural judgment? FOX NEWS POLL: 30% THINK RECENT TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT WAS STAGED Is it the party of economic populism? Or socialism? Is it the party of institutional stability? DOUG SCHOEN: DEMOCRATIC BATTLE PITS MODERATES VS. PROGRESSIVES FOR SOUL OF THE PARTY Or permanent activist revolution? Is it the party of normalcy? Or the party constantly trying to redefine what "normal" even means? DEMOCRATS BREAK WITH SCANDAL-PLAGUED GRAHAM PLATNER, WARN OF 'CIVIL WAR' IN PARTY The faces of the modern Democratic Party are so ideologically and culturally varied that voters increasingly struggle to locate its emotional center. And voters need a center. Especially during periods of instability. DEMOCRAT BLASTED BY LEFT AND RIGHT AFTER SOFTENING STANCE ON SCANDAL-HIT MAINE CANDIDATE Republicans have their own vulnerabilities right now. Trump’s numbers on inflation and the economy are weak. Voters are exhausted by high prices and years of national tension. But Republicans possess something Democrats currently do not: clarity. Love him or hate him, voters know what Trump represents. The Republican coalition has largely aligned itself behind one emotional story about the country: strength, nationalism, disruption and rejection of elite institutional culture. Democrats, meanwhile, often appear to be running five competing emotional campaigns at the same time. And that works ... until conditions change. Because what happens if gas prices fall? What happens if inflation cools? What happens if Republicans can point to economic stabilization? What happens if a conflict like Iran ends not in catastrophe, but in perceived American strength? CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION A coalition powered primarily by public pain is far more fragile than a coalition powered by identity and belief. That is the risk Democrats may be misreading in this moment. Anti-Trump energy remains real. But opposition alone rarely sustains political movements forever. Eventually voters want to know, not simply, what a party hates; but what future it intends to build. And increasingly, many Americans still seem uncertain about the answer. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM LEE HARTLEY CARTER Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a195a98ee6011c3f4e90a58 Pope Leo XIV’s AI warning speaks directly to Hollywood’s moral crisis te 2026-05-29T09:21:28.402Z Pope Leo XIV’s AI warning speaks directly to Hollywood’s moral crisis For most of my career, I have worked between two worlds that often misunderstand each other: Hollywood and the Church. At Carmel Communications, my work has largely been about building bridges between them — helping faith leaders take culture seriously while helping artists, filmmakers, and studios recognize the spiritual hunger that still exists inside modern audiences. That is why Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, affected me so personally. POPE LEO WARNS AI RISKS BECOMING TOOL OF 'DOMINATION, EXCLUSION AND DEATH' IN NEW ENCYCLICAL Like many people in media, I’ve spent the last few years watching AI go from something abstract and experimental to something practical and unavoidable. AI is already reshaping how stories are developed, marketed, distributed, and consumed. Yet as I read Magnifica Humanitas, I realized the document is not ultimately about technology. It is about the human person and whether our culture still understands what human dignity means. That question feels especially urgent in entertainment and media because storytelling has always shaped culture. Throughout my career — whether working with The Passion of the Christ, The Chosen, Sound of Freedom, Hallow, or other projects rooted in meaning and transcendence — I have seen firsthand that audiences are not simply looking for distraction. They’re looking for stories that speak to real questions — why suffering matters, what gives life meaning, how people change, and where hope can still be found. Long before I worked professionally in media, I understood instinctively that stories matter. I grew up in South Florida around film sets because my father drove a honeywagon truck for the Teamsters Union. Some of my earliest memories involve quietly watching crews build worlds out of lights, scripts, and cameras. What stayed with me wasn’t just how films were made, but the people making them, how exposed artists can be, and how a story can connect people who have nothing else in common. HOLLYWOOD TURNS TO AI TOOLS TO REWIRE MOVIE MAGIC Years later, after working closely with filmmakers, studios, ministries, and religious leaders, I have only become more convinced that culture is one of the primary places where societies reveal what they value most. That is why Pope Leo’s repeated phrase throughout Magnifica Humanitas — "the civilization of love" — feels so important in this moment. The phrase was most famously developed by Pope Saint John Paul II, who believed societies cannot survive on economics, politics, or technology alone. They require a moral vision rooted in the dignity of the human person. A civilization of love is built not on domination or efficiency, but on solidarity, truth, mercy, sacrifice, and the recognition that every human being possesses inherent worth. Pope Leo now carries that vision directly into the digital age. What struck me most about the encyclical is how fluently it engages modern culture. It does not reject technology or condemn innovation outright. Instead, it recognizes both the possibilities and dangers unfolding simultaneously. The deeper problem isn’t AI itself. It’s how easily we start treating efficiency as if it matters more than people. Hollywood has always adapted to technological change. Sound transformed cinema. Television reshaped storytelling and news. Social media and streaming altered how audiences discover and discuss culture. Technology itself is not the problem. HOLLYWOOD KEEPS MAKING MOVIES FAMILIES WON'T WATCH WHILE 'LORD OF THE RINGS' RERELEASE RAKES IN MILLIONS What feels different about AI is how deeply it reaches into questions of authorship, creativity, credibility, and even human presence. As it begins shaping entertainment, journalism, and public discourse, the question is no longer only what it can produce, but what it may slowly train us to accept. At the same time, audiences already seem exhausted by experiences that feel overly engineered or emotionally hollow. Ironically, the more algorithmic culture becomes, the more audiences appear drawn toward honesty, vulnerability, and transcendence. You can see it in the kinds of projects resonating globally right now. Viewers respond to stories that feel emotionally grounded and spiritually sincere. They want narratives that acknowledge suffering without cynicism and hope without manipulation. That tension is something we navigate constantly at Carmel. We operate inside an industry driven by metrics, visibility, audience targeting, and increasingly sophisticated digital tools. Yet the campaigns that resonate most deeply are almost never the ones built solely on optimization. The projects that endure are the ones that touch something fundamentally human. That is why I appreciate Pope Leo XIV’s willingness to engage culture directly. Magnifica Humanitas feels remarkably aware of the pressures shaping modern life — not only in technology, but also in media, politics, economics, education, and entertainment. Too often, conversations between Hollywood and religious communities are framed through suspicion or caricature. Yet I have spent years watching artists ask profoundly spiritual questions beneath the surface of their work, even when they would never describe themselves in explicitly religious terms. I have also seen faith communities underestimate the enormous influence storytelling has on how people understand morality, suffering, forgiveness, and human value. Culture is not secondary to society. It forms society. One line from Magnifica Humanitas continues to stay with me: civilizations are measured not by the power of their tools, but by their ability to care for one another. That feels deeply countercultural at a time when modern life increasingly rewards speed, productivity, optimization, and visibility above almost everything else. WHY A CLASSICAL EDUCATION MAY BE THE KEY TO HUMANITY’S FUTURE IN THE AI ERA Yet the most meaningful parts of human life have never operated according to those metrics. Love does not. Parenthood does not. Friendship does not. Faith does not. Great storytelling does not. No algorithm can fully replicate moral imagination, empathy, spiritual longing, or the quiet transformation that can happen when someone encounters truth through art. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Artificial intelligence will continue evolving. It will influence every part of our culture and economy. But Magnifica Humanitas reminds us that the central question is not whether machines will become more powerful. The real question is whether human beings will remain grounded enough in truth, dignity, and moral responsibility to use those tools wisely. For me, that is what the "civilization of love" demands in this era. It asks us to resist building a culture where human beings are valued primarily for output, efficiency, influence, or utility. It asks us to preserve spaces for beauty, contemplation, relationship, creativity, sacrifice, and transcendence. Because if technology continues advancing while our understanding of human dignity erodes, no amount of innovation will ultimately satisfy the deeper hunger beneath our culture. The real challenge before us is not only technological. It is moral and spiritual. The future may depend on whether we remember how to stay fully human while we build it. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a195a84ee6011c3f4e90a4f My son was one of 46 Americans murdered by Hamas. We need a US investigation te 2026-05-29T09:21:08.474Z My son was one of 46 Americans murdered by Hamas. We need a US investigation This past weekend we recognized Memorial Day and saluted American soldiers and citizens who defended our country against evil and terrorism across the globe. My son Itay was 19 years old when Hamas murdered him on Oct. 7, 2023. He was the youngest U.S. citizen taken hostage that day. He was an American. He was an Israeli. He was my child. Almost a thousand days have passed since that morning — 966 days of unanswered questions. Grief does not end with an investigation. But without one, there can be no accountability and no rehabilitation. I am not writing as a Democrat or Republican. I am writing as a father and as an American who believes this country has and must continue to stand by its citizens. RUBY CHEN: MY SON IS HOME FROM GAZA, BUT OUR FIGHT IS NOT OVER The United States has a long tradition of investigating the deaths of its citizens in conflict zones. After four Americans were killed in Benghazi in 2012, Congress launched eight separate investigations, including a bipartisan Select Committee that conducted a two-year inquiry. After 19 American service members were killed in the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia, the House National Security Committee opened a formal investigation, traveled overseas and issued a detailed public report. Four Americans. Nineteen Americans. Their tragic deaths did not go unexamined. On October 7, 46 Americans were killed on the Gaza border — more than 10 times the Benghazi toll. Yet Congress has not established a formal bipartisan investigative committee. BENGHAZI ARREST DELIVERS LONG-OVERDUE JUSTICE AND REMINDS AMERICA WHO FAILED OUR FALLEN The precedent exists. The tools exist. The silence should not. Every day without an investigation is a day where evidence degrades and memories fade. Digital records disappear. Witnesses relocate. LAWMAKERS HOLD MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR SLAIN OMER NEUTRA AS THOUSANDS MOURN IN HOMETOWN SYNAGOGUE We are seeking justice, but not only for those who carried out the murders. Also for those who financed, enabled and armed them as well. That requires a serious inquiry with subpoena power and resources — not statements of sympathy. There is no better time than now. The longer Congress waits, the harder the truth becomes to establish. I have deep ties to Israel. My son wore the uniform of its armed forces. But unfortunately, for largely political reasons, the Israeli government has not prioritized a comprehensive investigation into the deaths of over 2,000 of its own citizens on October 7, including 46 Americans. Given Israel’s domestic politics, meaningful accountability is unlikely in the near term. I don’t expect the current Israeli government to change its stripes. However, I am asking the United States to do what only it can: act on behalf of its own citizens. THE DAY AFTER MEMORIAL DAY, AMERICA’S DEBT TO THE FALLEN STILL REMAINS This call is about a simple principle: When Americans are killed in a war zone, Congress has a duty to determine what happened, why it happened and who bears responsibility. That duty does not disappear because geopolitics are complicated. It does not pause because allies may be implicated. American lives cannot be subject to selective accountability. For decades, the United States has operated on a clear standard: kidnapping and killing Americans must carry consequences. That principle must apply consistently — whether the perpetrators are terrorists, their sponsors or any official whose decisions contributed to preventable loss of life. The appropriate mechanism is a formal bipartisan congressional committee, modeled on past precedents. Republicans who champion American sovereignty and the protection of citizens abroad, and Democrats who stand for oversight and accountability, should find common cause here. Such a committee would carry the authority of Congress — including subpoena power and investigative resources. Its mandate must be straightforward: Follow the evidence wherever it leads and hold accountable all those responsible for the deaths of American citizens. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION This is not a Democratic demand. It is not a Republican demand. It is an American demand. Over 966 days have passed. The evidence is aging. The families are still waiting. I cannot bring my son back. But I can insist that his death — and the deaths of 45 other Americans — not be overlooked. Congress must act. Together. Now. For America. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE RUBY CHEN Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a195a70ee6011c3f4e90a46 WATCH: Black Hawk assists takedown of massive cocaine haul off coast of Puerto Rico te 2026-05-29T09:20:48.472Z WATCH: Black Hawk assists takedown of massive cocaine haul off coast of Puerto Rico FIRST ON FOX: The U.S. Air and Marine Operations (AMO) deployed a Black Hawk helicopter to intercept a boat suspected of smuggling drugs off the coast of Puerto Rico earlier this month. On May 14, AMO detected a 25-foot blue vessel carrying three people and visible packages. After surveilling its activity, the San Juan Marine Unit deployed a pair of law-enforcement boats, flanked by the Black Hawk, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The agency seized three Dominican Republic nationals along with five bales containing 391 pounds of cocaine. The helicopter-assisted takedown is just the most recent display of American military might that has been targeting narcotrafficking operations south of the U.S. border. BORDER CRISIS SHIFTS TO CARIBBEAN: HOMELAND SECURITY FIGHTS SILENT WAR IN PUERTO RICO "Our Air and Marine Operations teams demonstrated exceptional skill and coordination in this interdiction. The decisive use of air disabling fire by our Black Hawk crew was instrumental in stopping the vessel and preventing dangerous narcotics from reaching our communities," Caribbean Air and Marine Branch Director Christopher Hunter said. "This operation highlights our commitment to working with partners across all levels to disrupt smuggling networks and protect the security of the United States and its territories," he added. 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"WINNING: Some top cartel drug-traffickers in the U.S. Southern Command have decided to cease all narcotics operations INDEFINITELY due to recent (highly effective) kinetic strikes in the Caribbean," Hegseth said in a post to social media. In the Black Hawk confrontation, U.S. agents opted to approach the vessel instead of striking it from afar. Infrared video footage shared with Fox News Digital showed the three men on the boat desperately throwing the contents of the boat overboard as the Black Hawk and other U.S. boats encircled the craft. TRUMP’S WAR ON CARTELS ENTERS NEW PHASE AS EXPERTS PREDICT WHAT’S NEXT The three suspects put their hands above their heads as agents approached their vessel and were pulled onto U.S. boats. A search of the boat revealed empty plastic containers and other unidentified packages. The contraband thrown into the water was recovered, according to CBP. 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"A drone entered Romanian airspace, was tracked by radar systems as far as the Southern area of Galați municipality, and crashed onto the roof of a residential apartment building," the ministry said. Romania — a member of both NATO and the European Union — has reported more than two dozen incidents involving Russian drones entering its airspace since Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine. NATO SCRAMBLES WARPLANES AS RUSSIA HITS NEAR ROMANIAN BORDER IN UKRAINE Friday’s incident marked the first time a drone struck a populated area in Romania, resulting in injuries. Romania’s state news agency reported that a woman and her child were hospitalized with minor injuries, while two other people were treated at the scene for panic attacks. Following the incident, Romania requested additional anti-drone capabilities from NATO and described the drone’s flight path as a serious violation of international law, according to The Associated Press. 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Despite the two countries exchanging airstrikes, Axios reported yesterday that the administration and the Iranians had reached agreement on a 60-day memo that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for the lifting of the U.S. blockade. Other news outlets later confirmed this. The nuclear question – the very rationale for going to war – would be put off until the future. The president said he wanted a couple of days to think about it. As for the midterms: Trump devoted enormous energy to defeating Republicans he views as disloyal, including Thomas Massie and Bill Cassidy, and can take credit for scandal-plagued Texas Republican Ken Paxton wiping out incumbent senator John Cornyn. Trump is also the driving force behind the redistricting wars, an effort to pick up more GOP seats in the House that generally happens at the end of each decade. The president pounced on Paxton’s Democratic opponent, James Talarico: "A strong Open Borders advocate, he is WEAK ON CRIME, believes there are 6 genders, is insulting to Jesus Christ, will never support the Military…a Vegan who dislikes meat…" He also compared him to Alfred E. Neuman, the gap-toothed cover boy of Mad magazine.    And he doesn’t care about the midterms? Talarico, who gained fame when CBS refused to air his interview with Stephen Colbert, is not a vegan. But he made the rookie mistake of saying he had ordered vegan meals for his campaign. Paxton has been impeached (and acquitted), has settled federal charges of health care fraud and been accused by his soon-to-be ex-wife of adultery. But after giving him a free ride, the media have suddenly turned on Talarico for what he called "cringey comments." JAMES TALARICO ADMITS PAST COMMENTS 'MISSED THE MARK' WHEN CONFRONTED ON CLAIMS LIKE GOD IS 'NON-BINARY' Under questioning by CBS’s Ed O’Keefe, the Democrat was asked to explain such past statements as "God is non-binary." Talarico said he was being intentionally provocative but what he meant was that "God can’t be defined by human categories." What about having said "there are six biological variations based on chromosomes?" In each case, Talarico tried to minimize or back away from his controversial comments. "There are some statements that I’ve made that I certainly regret. There are statements that I’ve made where I’ve missed the mark. I’ll be the first to admit that. But Ken Paxton is intentionally clipping my cringey comments to distract from his career of corruption." Trump has made a couple of economic speeches, but many Republicans are criticizing him for being fixated on such matters as the White House ballroom and the $1.8 billion fund that would go mainly to the Jan. 6 lawbreakers, who he calls patriots.  The latest example: Having his Justice Department investigate writer E. Jean Carroll, who won $88 million from him, as yet unpaid, in defamation suits related to sexual assault.  Many Americans, fed up with both parties, believe that lying is woven into the fabric of politics. And two belated confessions this week support that thesis. First, Newt Gingrich said it was a "mistake" to impeach Bill Clinton over Monica Lewinsky, and that, as speaker, he knew that at the time because of negative feedback from his daughters. He still believes the former president committed perjury in the Paula Jones case, but admits that Clinton left office at the height of his popularity. SUBSCRIBE TO HOWIE'S MEDIA BUZZMETER PODCAST, A RIFF ON THE DAY'S HOTTEST STORIES Second, Jill Biden, after praising her husband’s confused and incoherent debate against Trump, now tells "CBS Sunday Morning" that the meltdown frightened her:    "I thought ‘Oh my God, he’s having a stroke.’ And it scared me to death." Look, Trump has said that a president’s party almost always loses seats in his sixth year, and he’s right. The combination of the Iran war and soaring prices at home clearly doesn’t help. But not caring about the midterms? Oh, he cares, very deeply. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a192471ee6011c3f4e901f2 Republican attorney general candidates clash turns messy in a heated Arizona debate te 2026-05-29T05:30:25.751Z Republican attorney general candidates clash turns messy in a heated Arizona debate Senate President Warren Petersen and Air Force Reservist Lt Col Rodney Glassman toss insults as Petersen dredges up unproven sex allegations against Glassman Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1918d0ee6011c3f4e8ffde 12-Year-Old Boy Dies After Raft Capsizes During School Trip in Pennsylvania te 2026-05-29T04:40:48.306Z 12-Year-Old Boy Dies After Raft Capsizes During School Trip in Pennsylvania A 12-year-old boy died during a school rafting trip in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains, authorities said. The Sag Harbor Union Free School District identified the child as Cesar Albarracin Guncay in a statement to parents, according to ABC 7. Guncay was participating in the annual school rafting trip Wednesday alongside 74 other students, according to published reports. "On behalf of the entire district, we extend our deepest condolences to Cesar's family and loved ones during this extraordinarily difficult time," Superintendent Jeff Nichols said in the statement. "We ask our community to honor Cesar's memory and keep his family in our thoughts." 12-YEAR-OLD ALLEGEDLY ALIVE UNDERWATER FOR MINUTES BEFORE FATAL SCUBA CLASS FAILURE: LAWSUIT The Carbon County Coroner’s Office said the student died from accidental drowning. According to the coroner’s office, the students were taking part in a guided rafting trip on the Lehigh River on Wednesday afternoon. Guncay was one of five students aboard an inflatable raft traveling down the river when the raft capsized, ejecting all of its occupants into the water. SOLE SURVIVORS IN LAKE TAHOE BOATING DISASTER HAD ONE THING IN COMMON Officials said one of the occupants did not resurface, prompting an immediate search-and-rescue operation. The boy was later recovered from the river and pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. The drowning occurred near the D&L Trail at mile marker 99, according to the coroner’s office. Authorities have not yet released additional details about factors such as river conditions, safety equipment, or the circumstances leading to the capsize. RODEO STAR'S SON REMEMBERED BY FAMILY ON 1-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF DROWNING DEATH Nichols said school counselors would be available to support students and staff following the tragedy. "There are no words to adequately express the depth of this loss. Cesar was a cherished member of our school family, a child who mattered deeply to all who had the privilege of knowing him," Nichols said. "His absence will leave an irreplaceable space in our classrooms, our hallways and our lives," he added. The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission said the incident remains under investigation. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1911c8ee6011c3f4e8fe9c Spencer Pratt says he doesn't want celebrity endorsements in his LA mayoral campaign, loves attacks te 2026-05-29T04:10:48.153Z Spencer Pratt says he doesn't want celebrity endorsements in his LA mayoral campaign, loves attacks Former reality television personality turned Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt said he is not looking for celebrity endorsements during an appearance Thursday on "Gutfeld!" "I actually don't want celebrities to come out and endorse me," he said. "I don't want anybody to endorse me except for the moms and the animal lovers in LA. That's my entire vote." "I'm cool if no celebrity ever endorses me. I actually love when the celebrities attack me because then I'm like, oh, I am doing so well." Pratt’s comments come as his campaign hauls in millions of dollars, outpacing the campaigns of his competitors, incumbent Mayor Karen Bass and progressive Nithya Raman. SPENCER PRATT CLAIMS LEONARDO DICAPRIO AND JAMIE FOXX PRIVATELY ENDORSED HIS MAYORAL BID Dennis Quaid, Paris Hilton, Lakers owner Jeanie Buss, Katharine McPhee, David Foster and more are among the celebrities who have supported the mayoral hopeful. Pratt has also claimed Leonardo DiCaprio and Jamie Foxx have privately endorsed him, but this alleged support has not been in public. Actor Samuel L. Jackson and Star Wars director JJ Abrams are among those who have thrown money behind Bass.  Still, Pratt told "Gutfeld!" he does not consider celebrity endorsements his top priority. "This is my favorite thing the internet says. They're like, he's so big on the internet, but is he big in the streets? Yes, the people I'm surging with are the people having to step over the naked drug addicts and step into human poop to get their $20 matcha," he said. "Those are the the people that I'm surging the moms across Los Angeles who have to use their strollers around fentanyl, needles, and naked drug-addict zombies with machetes that maybe will chop a limb off." Recent polling shows Bass with 26% of likely voters, Raman at 25% and Pratt at 22%, according to a UC Berkeley-Los Angeles Times poll. Pratt, who considers himself a Republican, has gained traction for his aggressive, viral campaign advertisements targeting his opponents. WATCH: LEFT-WING LA MAYOR FACES REALITY TV CHALLENGER’S BLUNT TAKEDOWNS IN HEATED MAYORAL DEBATE Despite being right-leaning in the deep blue California city of LA, Pratt told host Greg Gutfeld that "all" of his supporters are Democrats and argued his campaign is based on "common sense." "My campaign now, how I identify, besides being the common sense American, is the 'look around' candidate," the former reality television personality said. "You look around and see with your own eyes what I'm saying, and it's true. And that's why I'm gonna to win, because my opponents just lie, and they've had 10 years combined that they've created everything that they are looking around and seeing. So I would say, no more of this." FORMER REALITY TV PERSONALITY SPENCER PRATT LASHES OUT AT LA MAYOR KAREN BASS OVER 'INSANE, PSYCHO' COMMENTS Pratt is running an antagonistic campaign against LA’s Democratic leadership, regularly criticizing city officials like Bass and Raman over their handling of the 2025 fires and the city’s homelessness crisis. Pratt announced his mayoral run in January with a mission to oust incumbent Mayor Bass, citing what he viewed as her leadership failures in America’s second-largest city. Pratt went on to address the Angelenos who are voting for Bass, despite her alleged mishandling of the wildfires. "Yeah, there's definitely lunatics. Their houses didn't burn down, but they could have been saved by the U.S. Forest Service, who came in to save the day, Chief Bobby Garcia on the 8th," he said. "These people have convinced themselves that Palisades burned down because of climate change, and these imaginary hurricane winds that did not exist," he said. "So, for them, they go, ‘Oh, it's the winds and it was the climate change. That's what it was. It wasn't that Mayor Bass was drinking in Ghana and defunded the firefighters by the 17 million.’" Winds frequently reached 40 mph in Los Angeles during the January 2025 fires, with the highest measured gusts at 86 mph, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. NEW FILM LEAVES NO DOUBT: GAVIN NEWSOM, KAREN BASS ABANDONED LA AS IT BURNED Pratt claimed he was living in a trailer after his $3.8 million Pacific Palisades home burned down in the fire, but reports later indicated he was staying at the Bel-Air Hotel. Pratt also said the homelessness crisis in Los Angeles is akin to a "horror movie" and advocated for more treatment-focused solutions to the drug problem plaguing California’s streets. "We're going to get all your tax money that these two [Bass and Raman] have been stealing to put these naked drug addict zombies – that are going number two and number one in front of your houses, your businesses, maybe trying to machete you or stab you – we're gonna get them mandatory medical treatment. Not an empty bed. They need help to get off fentanyl and super meth," he said. The primary election for Los Angeles mayor will be held June 2. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a190f86ee6011c3f4e8fe33 Spurs blow out Thunder, force Game 7 as Victor Wembanyama leads the way with 28-point double-double te 2026-05-29T04:01:10.791Z Spurs blow out Thunder, force Game 7 as Victor Wembanyama leads the way with 28-point double-double The Western Conference Finals will come down to a Game 7 after the San Antonio Spurs routed the Oklahoma City Thunder, 118-91, in Game 6 on Thursday night. Game 7 heads back to Oklahoma City, where the winner will face the New York Knicks in the NBA Finals after New York swept the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals. With their backs against the wall, the Spurs did what was necessary on their home court and then some. And it was their phenom, Victor Wembanyama, leading the way. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM The 7-foot-4 big man led the Spurs with 28 points on 10-of-21 shooting, including four three-pointers made, while notching a double-double with 10 rebounds, two assists, two steals and three blocks. This was the performance head coach Mitch Johnson and the rest of the team needed from Wembanyama, and he was up for the challenge as the Thunder were looking to make it back-to-back NBA Finals appearances. Instead, the Thunder’s three-point shooting woes returned in San Antonio, much like they did in Game 4 of this series. They took a whopping 40 threes, but only cashed in 10 of them, finishing 25% from beyond the arc on the night. SPURS SNAP THUNDER'S PLAYOFF WIN STREAK BEHIND VICTORY WEMBANYAMA'S INCREDIBLE GAME 1 PERFORMANCE As a team, the Thunder shot just 37%, and MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is among the culprits for the poor shooting night. He had just 15 points, going 6-of-18 from the field and 0-of-5 from three-point land. Lu Dort was also ice cold from three, going just 1-of-9 and 2-of-11 for the game. Meanwhile, San Antonio was getting more than just "Wemby" contributions, especially from rookie Dylan Harper, who played a vital role in the blowout off the bench. Harper was quite efficient when he had the ball in his hands, going 6-of-9 from the field for 18 points, while tallying six rebounds and four assists in his pivotal 22 minutes off the pine. And in the starting five, Stephon Castle was getting to the rim like he’s supposed to, scoring 17 points while dishing out nine assists for the Spurs. Devin Vassell also hit four of his seven three-point shots for 12 points, while Julian Champagnie poured in 10 more with six rebounds, two assists, one steal and two blocks on the other end of the hardwood. The Spurs saw 12 different players contribute on the scoreboard in this contest, some of whom made their way into the game when the Thunder conceded and already started to focus on Game 7. And that swing came in the third quarter, when the Spurs outscored the Thunder, 32-13, and started to run away with this must-win game for their franchise. Now, folks, it all comes down to the ever-suspenseful Game 7, where the Thunder will hope one last home game will give them the juice to push their way into the Finals. But the Spurs are hoping to recreate 1999 by earning a matchup with the Knicks in the NBA Finals. 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/6a190f5eee6011c3f4e8fe27 Scripps Spelling Bee 2026 Takeaways: Shrey Parikh Wins in Spell-Off te 2026-05-29T04:00:30.893Z Scripps Spelling Bee 2026 Takeaways: Shrey Parikh Wins in Spell-Off The competition came down to a spell-off. Contestants were eliminated early, and a sixth grader became a crowd favorite. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a190d20ee6011c3f4e8fdd8 Lake Havasu Lighthouse Club asks city’s support in protecting replicas as vandalism increases te 2026-05-29T03:50:56.794Z Lake Havasu Lighthouse Club asks city’s support in protecting replicas as vandalism increases Some of Lake Havasu’s beloved lighthouse replicas suffer at the hands of vandals – a problem that member Rachael Hughes said has become a much bigger issue. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a190611ee6011c3f4e8fc73 New details emerge surrounding four-time Stanley Cup winner Claude Lemieux's death te 2026-05-29T03:20:49.994Z New details emerge surrounding four-time Stanley Cup winner Claude Lemieux's death 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). Claude Lemieux, a four-time Stanley Cup champion, died after taking his own life, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office confirmed. He was 60. Authorities said Thursday that deputies responded shortly after 3 a.m. to the scene of an apparent suicide at the family’s furniture store in Lake Park, Florida. The officer said the victim was believed to be Lemieux, who was found in a rear warehouse by one of his sons. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Lemieux broke into the league with the Montreal Canadiens and was part of their Stanley Cup-winning team in 1986. He won four Stanley Cups in his career and in 1995 and 1996 became the 10th player in NHL history to win back-to-back Stanley Cups with different teams, first with the New Jersey Devils and then with the Colorado Avalanche. NHL GREAT CLAUDE LEMIEUX, 60, DEAD JUST DAYS AFTER MAKING AN APPEARANCE AT THE EASTERN CONFERENCE FINAL After the 1995 Stanley Cup Final, Lemieux was also awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy. In his postseason career, Lemieux had 158 points (80G, 78A) in 234 games played. Lemieux last played in the NHL with the San Jose Sharks, and retired in 2009. In all, he appeared in 1,215 NHL games for the Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, Colorado Avalanche, Phoenix Coyotes, Dallas Stars and San Jose Sharks. He went on to become a player agent, and oddly enough, according to North State Journal, represented Carolina Hurricanes goalie Frederik Andersen. OutKick's Matt Reigle and The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a190177ee6011c3f4e8fb0b Kyler Murray and JJ McCarthy give wildly different answers about their Vikings QB room dynamic te 2026-05-29T03:01:11.357Z Kyler Murray and JJ McCarthy give wildly different answers about their Vikings QB room dynamic They were asked the same question, but new Minnesota Vikings quarterback teammates Kyler Murray and J.J. McCarthy had two completely different answers. McCarthy’s first full season with the Vikings — the 2025 first-round pick missed the entirety of his rookie year due to a knee injury — was a rollercoaster despite a 6-4 record. He threw for 1,632 yards with 11 touchdowns and 12 interceptions and a 57.6% completion rate across his 10 games under center. As a result, the Vikings made the move to add a veteran presence this offseason, signing Murray, the Arizona Cardinals’ former No. 1 overall pick, who was released after his own up-and-down career in the desert. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Murray’s arrival, though, points to one thing: who will be the starting quarterback for head coach Kevin O’Connell in Week 1? Many are pointing at Murray, who’s going into his eighth NFL season, over McCarthy, who could need some more development before taking over as starter again. During an offseason practice this week, Murray and McCarthy were both asked about the relationship they have, with the former giving a veteran answer as you’d might expect for a player on a new team. "It’s been great," Murray said about working with McCarthy. "Obviously, I know he’s a younger guy, so any way I can help him. I’ve played seven years now, going onto eight. So, I’m considered a veteran even though I don’t see myself as that. Give him any knowledge that he needs. Again, we’re both competitors, and I know we both want what’s best for the team." Murray was also asked how McCarthy may take criticism or coaching from a veteran like himself. VIKINGS TIGHT END RAVES ABOUT JJ MCCARTHY, SAYS QUARTERBACK 'HAS THAT SWITCH' AND 'INSANE' ARM "Of course. He’s overly acceptive. He’s always communicating, asking questions. Stuff like that. So, it’s been good," he said. All seemed well in Vikings land until McCarthy gave a rather interesting answer to a similar line of questioning during his availability. "It’s just like two guys in a classroom," he said about working with Murray. "He sits on one side, I sit on the other side, and it’s the coach’s responsibility to teach us and coach us." Of course, reporters followed up with the Michigan product, with one asking if there was any awkwardness between them. "Awkwardness? It’s just like the same feeling when you’re in high school, and there’s another person on the other side of the room. It’s just kinda how it is, so I wouldn’t say there’s any awkwardness," McCarthy replied. Now, there’s no doubting these two will be going head-to-head for the same job this summer in training camp. But, as Murray said, the thought should be doing what’s best for the team. SEAHAWKS' SAM DARNOLD FIRST QUARTERBACK IN STAR-STUDDED 2018 DRAFT CLASS TO REACH SUPER BOWL It may be too early to look into McCarthy’s odd response, but at the same time, thoughts of a contentious quarterbacks room in Minnesota will no doubt creep into the mind of football fans ahead of an interesting preseason for the Vikings. The Vikings were unable to reach the playoffs last season, as they finished 9-8 in O’Connell’s fourth year as head coach. This came after a year where they went 14-3 with Sam Darnold under center, while McCarthy rehabbed back from injury. Darnold wasn’t re-signed by the Vikings, as Carson Wentz provided backup for McCarthy instead when rosters were formed in the 2025 offseason. Instead, Darnold signed with the Seattle Seahawks, and ultimately helped lead them to a Super Bowl LX victory over the New England Patriots back in February. 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/6a190163ee6011c3f4e8fb02 RNC and NRCC file lawsuit defending Missouri's new congressional map against Democratic challenges te 2026-05-29T03:00:51.354Z RNC and NRCC file lawsuit defending Missouri's new congressional map against Democratic challenges The Republican National Committee (RNC) and National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) filed a lawsuit Thursday defending Missouri’s new congressional map. The RNC told Fox News Digital the lawsuit aims to intervene as Democrats escalate what Republicans describe as a nationwide campaign to block legally enacted redistricting laws. "Democrats across the country are using frivolous lawsuits to cling to power after failing at the ballot box," RNC Chairman Joe Gruters said in a statement. "The RNC is fighting for the values of Missourians against Democrats trying to use the courts to rig congressional districts in their favor and override the will of voters." The RNC said the new congressional map, enacted by the Missouri General Assembly last year, fully complies with the state constitution. Opponents of the map dispute that claim and have argued in court that the plan violates provisions of the Missouri Constitution. MISSOURI GOV. MIKE KEHOE CONSIDERS SPECIAL SESSION TO REDRAW CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS AFTER TRUMP CALL "The people of Missouri deserve fair and equal representation, not a partisan power grab designed to silence voters and overturn a lawfully enacted map," NRCC Chairman Richard Hudson said. "The NRCC and RNC are standing up for the integrity of the democratic process and defending Missourians’ right to have their voices heard under fair congressional districts," he added. The lawsuit comes as referendum organizers and other opponents of the map seek court action related to petitions that would allow Missouri voters to decide whether to restore the state's previous congressional map. Republicans argue certification should not occur before the state's signature-verification process is complete. MISSOURI HOUSE APPROVES REDISTRICTING PLAN AS PART OF NATIONWIDE GOP PUSH TO DEFEND HOUSE MAJORITY According to the RNC, certifying the referendum before the review process is finished could temporarily block implementation of the new map. The lawsuit seeks to allow the review process to continue and ensure election laws are followed before any referendum moves forward. The RNC also said Democrats and allied groups have already spent more than $6 million unsuccessfully challenging Missouri’s maps in court. TRUMP-BACKED REDISTRICTING PUSH TURNS MIDWESTERN STATE INTO NEXT POLITICAL BATTLEGROUND The case comes after the Supreme Court last month ruled 6-3 that Louisiana’s 2024 congressional map — redrawn to create a second majority-Black district — constituted an illegal racial gerrymander. Supporters of the Missouri map argue the decision reinforces limits on the use of race in congressional redistricting. Voting-rights advocates and other legal experts have offered differing interpretations of the ruling's broader implications for future redistricting cases. The RNC pointed to the decision, arguing it reaffirmed that states cannot draw congressional maps predominantly based on race and that state legislatures retain broad authority to draw districts reflecting their residents’ political preferences. Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed the new congressional map into law last year. Republicans believe the map could help the GOP gain an additional U.S. House seat in the 2026 midterms. Critics contend the map was designed to increase Republican electoral advantage and reduce the influence of some communities of interest, allegations supporters of the map reject. President Donald Trump praised the map in a Truth Social post at the time, calling it "FANTASTIC" and saying it would "help send an additional MAGA Republican to Congress in the 2026 Midterm Elections." Fox News Digital’s Breanne Deppisch, Paul Steinhauser and Deirdre Heavey contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18ff1fee6011c3f4e8fa65 Tucson woman charged in cold-case murder of stepfather missing since 1975 te 2026-05-29T02:51:11.424Z Tucson woman charged in cold-case murder of stepfather missing since 1975 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18ff0bee6011c3f4e8fa5c Power outage at main post office delays Tucson mail te 2026-05-29T02:50:51.437Z Power outage at main post office delays Tucson mail Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18fef7ee6011c3f4e8fa53 Enviros sue to protect snail in Quitobaquito Springs from border wall construction te 2026-05-29T02:50:31.510Z Enviros sue to protect snail in Quitobaquito Springs from border wall construction Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18fa57ee6011c3f4e8f9ac Trump administration cracks down on Brazil's biggest drug gangs with ‘global terror’ designation te 2026-05-29T02:30:47.108Z Trump administration cracks down on Brazil's biggest drug gangs with ‘global terror’ designation The Trump administration increased pressure on crime cartels operating out of Brazil on Thursday by moving to classify two of the country’s biggest drug gangs as foreign terrorist organizations. The two syndicates — First Command of the Capital (PCC) and Red Command (CV) — likely have more than 50,000 members combined, according to The Associated Press. "Today, the U.S. Department of State is designating Comando Vermelho (CV) and Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) and intends to designate both groups as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs), effective June 5, 2026," the State Department said in a statement. "CV and PCC are two of the most violent criminal organizations in Brazil. Together, they command thousands of members and have orchestrated brutal attacks against Brazilian police officers, public officials and civilians. Their influence and illicit networks extend far beyond Brazil’s borders, across our region and into our country," the statement said. US GOVERNMENT TAKING ‘DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT APPROACH’ USING TERRORISM CHARGES AGAINST DRUG CARTELS: FBI ALUM The Trump administration, the department added, will continue to utilize all available tools to protect the nation and U.S. national security interests by keeping illicit drugs off American streets and disrupting the revenue streams funding violent narco-terrorists. "Today’s action taken by the State Department further demonstrates the Trump Administration’s unwavering commitment to dismantling cartels and criminal organizations in our region and ensuring the safety of the American people," the department said in a statement. The new designation also came after conservative Brazilian Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro met with President Donald Trump in Washington to urge the administration to formally designate the gangs as terrorist entities. BOLSONARO DYNASTY EYES COMEBACK AS BRAZIL’S SOCIALIST PRESIDENT FACES CHALLENGE FROM JAILED RIVAL’S SON The 45-year-old senator and presidential hopeful shared a photo Tuesday standing by Trump’s side in the Oval Office, flashing a thumbs-up sign as he seeks to bolster his image amid a political scandal at home. "I went specifically to ask him to designate the CV and PCC as terrorist organizations, because that’s what they are," he told reporters in Washington. With Brazil’s presidential election slated for October, supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro have campaigned for the U.S. designation to target the public security failures of current leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. FEDS CHARGE DOZENS OF ALLEGED TREN DE ARAGUA MEMBERS WITH DRUG TRAFFICKING AND MURDER-FOR-HIRE Proponents argue that the PCC and CV operate across international borders through drug trafficking, money laundering, weapons smuggling and territorial control, making them comparable to other transnational groups already labeled as terrorist organizations by the U.S. Lula da Silva’s government strongly opposes the designation, arguing the gangs are heavily armed criminal enterprises rather than ideologically motivated terrorist groups. Lula is also seeking re-election. Brazilian authorities launched a major anti-gang financial crackdown this week targeting fraud and money-laundering networks allegedly linked to PCC operations, The Associated Press reported. Prosecutors revealed that the investigation uncovered billions of reais moved through fintech firms and shell structures. Last year, Brazilian authorities also uncovered a sprawling criminal network that had infiltrated parts of the fuel industry and connected to the financial sector through money-laundering schemes involving members of the PCC. At the time, authorities seized 1.2 billion reais (approximately $220 million) in assets, the outlet said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18f814ee6011c3f4e8f948 Hawaii police arrest 'armed and extremely dangerous' man suspected in three killings on the Big Island te 2026-05-29T02:21:08.878Z Hawaii police arrest 'armed and extremely dangerous' man suspected in three killings on the Big Island An "armed and extremely dangerous" Hawaii man suspected in the killings of three men whose bodies were discovered across the Big Island within two days has been arrested, authorities said. Jacob Baker, 36, of Pahoa, Hawaii, was arrested without incident, the Hawaiʻi Police Department said Thursday evening. He was wanted in connection with three separate deaths. Baker was taken into custody following a manhunt that prompted authorities to warn the public he was "armed and extremely dangerous." Hawaii Police Chief Reed Mahuna previously said law enforcement agencies were deploying "significant resources and personnel" to locate him. On Monday, authorities found Robert Shine, 69, partially submerged in a cement pond, police said. An autopsy later determined the man died from strangulation. SURVIVALIST’S GOOGLE SEARCHES REVEAL POSSIBLE ESCAPE PLAN AMID MANHUNT IN DAUGHTERS’ TRIPLE MURDER: REPORT Authorities said a 79-year-old man was found dead Tuesday afternoon roughly 400 to 500 feet away from the first victim. His cause of death was not immediately released. Police also believe Baker is connected to the death of another 69-year-old John Carse, whose body was discovered about 19 miles away Tuesday evening. MANHUNTS ACROSS AMERICA IN 2025: FIVE CASES THAT LEFT CITIES, CAMPUSES AND TOWNS ON EDGE An autopsy determined Carse died from sharp force trauma, though the final ruling remains pending toxicology results. "These are a tragic series of events and our thoughts are with those who are grieving at this time," Mahuna said during a Wednesday news conference. "The Hawaii Police Department understands the fear and concerns incidents like this bring to our community." Authorities did not explain how Baker was identified as a suspect or provide details about evidence linking him to the killings. MANHUNT FOR FATHER ACCUSED OF KILLING 3 DAUGHTERS TAKES GRIM TURN IN WILDERNESS Investigators also have not released a possible motive or said whether the victims were connected. The killings came days after two women sought temporary restraining orders against Baker, accusing him of threatening and harassing them at a farm. A judge later denied both requests, ruling there was insufficient evidence of harassment. TRAIL GROWS COLD IN MANHUNT FOR SURVIVALIST FATHER AS AUTHORITIES REACH BREAKING POINT: 'I'M STILL ANGRY' One woman alleged in court filings that Baker threatened to kill several women staying on the property, causing some to leave. Stephen Shaffer, a local resident, told The Associated Press that Baker had lived on his ex-wife’s property in Puna, where she grows dozens of fruit varieties and where Baker previously climbed coconut trees for her. Shaffer said the two later had a falling out, prompting his ex-wife to seek a restraining order because she felt threatened by Baker. NEW CRIME SCENE DETAILS EMERGE IN MANHUNT FOR FUGITIVE DAD ACCUSED OF KILLING 3 DAUGHTERS "He just seemed to me, kind of angry," Shaffer told The AP. Federal agencies that assisted in the search included the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. Marshals Service, state sheriffs and Department of Land and Natural Resources officers. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18f7ecee6011c3f4e8f939 Families Settle Suit Over Deaths in Baltimore Bridge Collapse te 2026-05-29T02:20:28.473Z Families Settle Suit Over Deaths in Baltimore Bridge Collapse The owner and the operator of the cargo ship that crashed into the Key Bridge settled cases brought by several victims’ families, but other claims are headed to trial. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18f5baee6011c3f4e8f8e3 Pro wrestling star Killer Kross reveals why he's flourishing with Major League Wrestling te 2026-05-29T02:11:06.558Z Pro wrestling star Killer Kross reveals why he's flourishing with Major League Wrestling Major League Wrestling (MLW) world heavyweight champion Killer Kross has been the top guy in the company since he won the title at Battle Riot VIII in January. With the debut of "MLW Fusion" on Veeps Saturday, Kross’ pro wrestling prowess will be exposed to an entirely new global audience starving for in-ring action. He told Fox News Digital in a recent interview that he’s pretty excited about the new partnership. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "Honestly, selfishly, I should say, I’m very happy about it," he said. "I’ve put on some of my best performances, probably of my entire career, with MLW. Just being afforded the time to go out there, main event and have basically the creative liberties to be able to tell people the stories that I believe they want to see out of me. It’s been awesome and to have it on a streaming service where anybody and everybody can watch it, I mean, I can’t ask for more." Kross is part of a loaded roster of familiar faces. Donovan Dijak and Bishop Dyer are the MLW world tag team champions while Matt Riddle, Austin Aries, Shotzi, Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Scarlett Bordeaux, Blue Panther and Paul Walter Hauser are just a handful of names who are also a part of the hard-hitting action. Kross said the amount of talent, bringing different styles to the ring, really showcases what pro wrestling is all about. PRO WRESTLING STARS KILLER KROSS, SCARLETT BORDEAUX TALK 'VERY SIMPLE DECISION' TO WORK IN MLW AGAIN "I think there’s a nice blend of what people like in modern professional wrestling, ring wise like that hybrid Lucha style, there’s nostalgic elements of it," he told Fox News Digital. "I always go back to ECW – just the extreme nature of it all. They can literally go anywhere, it can go off the rails, back on the rails. The creative freedom that all of us have as performers there is virtually unlimited to a degree of where we’re not necessarily setting ourselves on fire and diving off the roof. But it’s a very collaborative experience working with MLW for all of us. "We can really lean into what we know that crowd wants to see out of us as performers and create something together that people want to watch. All of that, I think, really lends a special nature to itself into the audience watching because a lot of professional wrestling shows, they have guidelines they have to follow behind closed doors, we don’t necessarily have those types of guidelines. We can take it as far as we want. If the people in the ring have the capabilities, which they do, they’re from all over the world, different experience levels, there’s no limits to the types of stories that we can tell, which is very, very fun as a performer to be under a roof like that." Kross is set for a press conference on the "MLW Fusion" premiere. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18f5a6ee6011c3f4e8f8d6 Pro wrestling star Shotzi opens up about signing with MLW, what makes company stand out te 2026-05-29T02:10:46.633Z Pro wrestling star Shotzi opens up about signing with MLW, what makes company stand out Shotzi brought her "devil may care" style to Major League Wrestling (MLW) last June, just a month after she departed WWE when her contract expired with the company. She made her debut at Summer of the Beasts and about nine months later she officially signed with the company. The extreme, full-throttle, nature of Shotzi brought some extra energy to the MLW women’s division. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! She opened up about her decision to sign with MLW, suggesting it was the right time and right place for her. "When my contract ended with WWE, I really was not in any rush to sign anywhere," she explained to Fox News Digital. "It kind of reminds me of when you’re like fed up with dating and you’re like, ‘Oh, I’m not looking for a relationship,’ and that’s when you find the love of your life. … I started wrestling for MLW, they were one of the first companies to hit me up when my contract ended. "They immediately brought me in and they immediately understood my character and I was just having so much fun that when they asked me to sign I was just like, ‘You know what? Yeah, let’s make this official.’" Shotzi said she’s having some of the most fun she’s had in her pro wrestling career. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "I’m having a blast. Just like, the creative freedom that I have, the wrestling freedom that I have to just be everywhere," she said. "I feel like I’m getting my wrestling fix finally. I’m traveling the world and having some of the most amazing matches – matches that I’m so truly proud of. I really just love the match list that I’m creating. I’m just so proud of." Shotzi will be in action when "MLW Fusion" makes its debut on Veeps Saturday night and is relishing the opportunity to welcome more fans to the promotion. "I love that MLW is so easily accessible now," she said. "You can catch us everywhere – YouTube, beIN Sports, Veeps. I love that we have so many partners and you can see us everywhere. Getting the visibility for MLW everywhere is just like so cool to see." Shotzi added that MLW wasn’t afraid to "push the envelope" with its wrestling and storytelling, which makes it stand out among the crowd in the industry. "The thing with MLW – I feel that some places are lacking is the storytelling," she told Fox News Digital. "MLW has great storylines. They’re not afraid to push the envelope with stuff and it just feels like pro wrestling. True pro wrestling, entertainment. "If you love watching WWE or whatever, you’re gonna love MLW. It’s just a good time." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18f352ee6011c3f4e8f879 Rams troublemaker WR Puka Nacua says he's a changed man after biting incident and stint in rehab te 2026-05-29T02:00:50.159Z Rams troublemaker WR Puka Nacua says he's a changed man after biting incident and stint in rehab The award for the NFL's worst offseason might belong to Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua. Nacua, 24, has stayed in the headlines since Los Angeles’ crushing NFC Championship Game loss to the Seattle Seahawks, with the attention peaking after reports surfaced of Nacua allegedly biting a woman during a New Year’s Eve incident. Public intoxication allegations, claims of antisemitic remarks and a series of embarrassing headlines have put the Rams star under heavy scrutiny. Even Super Bowl-winning Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold weighed in with criticism. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Speaking at organized team activities (OTAs) on Thursday, Nacua finally addressed his chaotic offseason. RAMS STAR PUKA NACUA ACCUSED OF BITING WOMAN, MAKING ANTISEMITIC REMARKS: REPORT Nacua also entered rehab in Malibu and said the experience helped him reflect. "With it being an ongoing legal battle, out of respect for the other party involved, I don’t really have that much to speak on," he said. "But as I previously stated, [it’s] a moment for me to learn from kind of some of the situations I was putting myself in. And then also having just an awareness of how I’m conducting myself in and out of this football field." Nacua is also reportedly receiving treatment for drug and alcohol issues. During a New Year’s Eve dinner in Los Angeles, Nacua was accused of shouting, "F--k all the Jews." A woman in his group also alleged that Nacua bit her forcefully on the shoulder and thumb. Nacua and his legal team denied the antisemitism allegations in a public statement. In January, the controversy surrounding the Nacua family deepened when Puka’s older brother, Samson, made headlines after being arrested on allegations tied to the theft of a Lakers player’s car. Samson was never charged. He had previously been suspended by the United Football League (UFL) for slapping a fan. Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18ec6fee6011c3f4e8f768 Anti-ICE agitators clash with federal agents outside Newark detention center te 2026-05-29T01:31:27.993Z Anti-ICE agitators clash with federal agents outside Newark detention center NEWARK, N.J. — Chaotic scenes intensified Thursday outside Delaney Hall, a federal immigration detention center as anti-ICE agitators clashed with federal agents amid escalating tensions over immigration enforcement and conditions inside. The protest crowd had swelled to more than 100 by 8 p.m. local time, as frequent clashes cropped up when unmarked federal vehicles approached to enter the center. As ICE agents appeared to swing on a fulcrum, some agitators refused to get out of the way — including one man who was dragged to the ground and detained just feet from where Fox News Digital was perched. An ICE agent could not confirm or deny whether detaining the civilian suspect portended potential criminal charges. ANTI-ICE PROTESTERS CLASH WITH AGENTS OUTSIDE NEW JERSEY DETENTION CENTER AS GOV. SHERRILL DENIED ENTRY The clashes at the privately operated detention center — which activists believe houses roughly 900 detainees — come after days of mounting protests, political backlash and confrontations between demonstrators and federal authorities. New Jersey Democrats, including Gov. Mikie Sherrill and Sen. Andy Kim, have criticized conditions at Delaney Hall, while the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) accused lawmakers and activists of fueling unrest and undermining ICE enforcement operations. Thursday evening, protesters blocked roads surrounding the facility as federal agents moved in and out of the area. At one point, an unmarked federal vehicle drove through the crowd, prompting a female agitator to accuse ICE agents of attempting to hit women demonstrators. One man was seen being detained during the chaos. When asked whether the detention would result in criminal charges, one ICE agent replied that he "can’t confirm," though he said it politely, according to reports. PROTESTERS CLASH WITH ICE AS NJ DETENTION FACILITY DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE During another scuffle Thursday, an agitator who encroached was tossed to the ground by his shirt and another was pushed up against a truck that had gotten stuck in the melee. Four letter words abounded for a time and even a child and his father were shouting obscenities from a car parked across outside the facility. Police presence was again sparse, in line with Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka’s prior position against assisting immigration enforcement. Instead, an elderly agitator with a sign scrawled on the back of a CostCo box repeatedly admonished drivers for not sufficiently slowing down as they tried to pass the throng. Earlier this week, Sherrill and several members of Congress tried to enter the facility after reports that some detainees had begun a hunger strike. Sherrill was denied access and has since called for the detention center to be shut down. ANTI-ICE AGITATORS THROW WOODEN PALLETS, MATTRESSES AT FEDERAL AGENTS DURING CHAOTIC NJ DETENTION CENTER CLASH On Monday, agitators had blocked entrances by linking arms, sitting in roadways and forming a human chain to prevent ICE from entering or leaving the building. The clashes also intensified after Kim was allegedly struck by pepper-ball spray during an earlier protest. According to The Associated Press, the DHS said approximately six demonstrators were arrested Wednesday. DHS said those arrests stemmed from allegations that protesters assaulted law enforcement officers. The unrest also came as Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey on Thursday unveiled new statewide guidance outlining how schools, child care providers, colleges, healthcare facilities and places of worship should respond to interactions with federal immigration authorities. Speaking at a State House press conference in Boston, she said the guidance was to help organizations in the state protect access to services, understand their legal rights and prepare staff in the event U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrive onsite. "We will not allow violent rioters to slow ICE down. Law and order will be restored. There is no hunger strike at Delaney Hall at this time," DHS said in a statement. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18ec48ee6011c3f4e8f75c In Carroll Lawsuits Inquiry, Scrutiny Turns Toward Private Citizens Who Antagonized Trump te 2026-05-29T01:30:48.075Z In Carroll Lawsuits Inquiry, Scrutiny Turns Toward Private Citizens Who Antagonized Trump The Justice Department is said to be examining the funding of lawsuits brought by E. Jean Carroll, an author who has never sought a public role, political power or governmental authority. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18ec32ee6011c3f4e8f740 Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explodes during testing in Florida te 2026-05-29T01:30:26.560Z Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explodes during testing in Florida The explosion is likely a major setback for Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company, and its attempt to compete with SpaceX. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18ea17ee6011c3f4e8f6fb Pro wrestling star Killer Kross reveals why he's flourishing with Major League Wrestling te 2026-05-29T01:21:27.031Z Pro wrestling star Killer Kross reveals why he's flourishing with Major League Wrestling Major League Wrestling (MLW) world heavyweight champion Killer Kross has been the top guy in the company since he won the title at Battle Riot VIII in January. With the debut of "MLW Fusion" on Veeps Saturday, Kross’ pro wrestling prowess will be exposed to an entirely new global audience starving for in-ring action. He told Fox News Digital in a recent interview that he’s pretty excited about the new partnership. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "Honestly, selfishly, I should say, I’m very happy about it," he said. "I’ve put on some of my best performances, probably of my entire career, with MLW. Just being afforded the time to go out there, main event and have basically the creative liberties to be able to tell people the stories that I believe they want to see out of me. It’s been awesome and to have it on a streaming service where anybody and everybody can watch it, I mean, I can’t ask for more." Kross is part of a loaded roster of familiar faces. Donovan Dijak and Bishop Dyer are the MLW world tag team champions while Matt Riddle, Austin Aries, Shotzi, Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Scarlett Bordeaux, Blue Panther and Paul Walter Hauser are just a handful of names who are also a part of the hard-hitting action. Kross said the amount of talent, bringing different styles to the ring, really showcases what pro wrestling is all about. PRO WRESTLING STARS KILLER KROSS, SCARLETT BORDEAUX TALK 'VERY SIMPLE DECISION' TO WORK IN MLW AGAIN "I think there’s a nice blend of what people like in modern professional wrestling, ring wise like that hybrid Lucha style, there’s nostalgic elements of it," he told Fox News Digital. "I always go back to ECW – just the extreme nature of it all. They can literally go anywhere, it can go off the rails, back on the rails. The creative freedom that all of us have as performers there is virtually unlimited to a degree of where we’re not necessarily setting ourselves on fire and diving off the roof. But it’s a very collaborative experience working with MLW for all of us. "We can really lean into what we know that crowd wants to see out of us as performers and create something together that people want to watch. All of that, I think, really lends a special nature to itself into the audience watching because a lot of professional wrestling shows, they have guidelines they have to follow behind closed doors, we don’t necessarily have those types of guidelines. We can take it as far as we want. If the people in the ring have the capabilities, which they do, they’re from all over the world, different experience levels, there’s no limits to the types of stories that we can tell, which is very, very fun as a performer to be under a roof like that." Kross is set for a press conference on the "MLW Fusion" premiere. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18ea03ee6011c3f4e8f6f2 Hawaii police hunt 'armed and extremely dangerous' man suspected in three killings on the Big Island te 2026-05-29T01:21:07.032Z Hawaii police hunt 'armed and extremely dangerous' man suspected in three killings on the Big Island Police are searching for an "armed and extremely dangerous" Hawaii man suspected in the killings of three men whose bodies were discovered across the Big Island within two days. Jacob Baker, 36, of Pahoa, Hawaii, is wanted in connection with three separate deaths, the Hawaiʻi Police Department said Thursday. Police described Baker as "armed and extremely dangerous," and Hawaii Police Chief Reed Mahuna said authorities were deploying "significant resources and personnel" to locate him. On Monday, authorities found Robert Shine, 69, partially submerged in a cement pond, police said. An autopsy later determined the man died from strangulation. SURVIVALIST’S GOOGLE SEARCHES REVEAL POSSIBLE ESCAPE PLAN AMID MANHUNT IN DAUGHTERS’ TRIPLE MURDER: REPORT Authorities said a 79-year-old man was found dead Tuesday afternoon roughly 400 to 500 feet away from the first victim. His cause of death was not immediately released. Police also believe Baker is connected to the death of another 69-year-old John Carse whose body was discovered about 19 miles away Tuesday evening. MANHUNTS ACROSS AMERICA IN 2025: FIVE CASES THAT LEFT CITIES, CAMPUSES AND TOWNS ON EDGE An autopsy determined Carse died from sharp force trauma, though the final ruling remains pending toxicology results. "These are a tragic series of events and our thoughts are with those who are grieving at this time," Mahuna said during a Wednesday news conference. "The Hawaii Police Department understands the fear and concerns incidents like this bring to our community." Authorities did not explain how Baker was identified as a suspect or provide details about evidence linking him to the killings. MANHUNT FOR FATHER ACCUSED OF KILLING 3 DAUGHTERS TAKES GRIM TURN IN WILDERNESS Investigators also have not released a possible motive or said whether the victims were connected. The killings came days after two women sought temporary restraining orders against Baker, accusing him of threatening and harassing them at a farm. A judge later denied both requests, ruling there was insufficient evidence of harassment. TRAIL GROWS COLD IN MANHUNT FOR SURVIVALIST FATHER AS AUTHORITIES REACH BREAKING POINT: 'I'M STILL ANGRY' One woman alleged in court filings that Baker threatened to kill several women staying on the property, causing some to leave. Stephen Shaffer, a local resident, told The Associated Press that Baker had lived on his ex-wife’s property in Puna, where she grows dozens of fruit varieties and where Baker previously climbed coconut trees for her. Shaffer said the two later had a falling out, prompting his ex-wife to seek a restraining order because she felt threatened by Baker. NEW CRIME SCENE DETAILS EMERGE IN MANHUNT FOR FUGITIVE DAD ACCUSED OF KILLING 3 DAUGHTERS "He just seemed to me, kind of angry," Shaffer told The AP. Authorities have not said where Baker was last seen on the island of Hawaii, also known as the Big Island, which spans more than 4,000 square miles. Federal agencies assisting in the search include the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. Marshals Service, state sheriffs and Department of Land and Natural Resources officers. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18e9efee6011c3f4e8f6e9 Ireland-Qatar friendly stopped twice as fans throw tennis balls to protest Nations League games with Israel te 2026-05-29T01:20:47.118Z Ireland-Qatar friendly stopped twice as fans throw tennis balls to protest Nations League games with Israel An international friendly soccer match between Ireland and Qatar needed to be stopped twice on Thursday due to fans protesting the Nations League games with Israel. Tennis balls were thrown onto the pitch at Aviva Stadium in Dublin during the match from spectators in the upper West, East and South sections of the stands, according to The 42. Then, League of Ireland fans involved with the protest released a statement claiming it was their actions, delivering a "strong message" to the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) as well as the country’s government. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! "The Nations League fixtures between Ireland and Israel must be cancelled," the statement reads, per the outlet. Supporters of all the main LOI clubs in the capital were joined by fans of Cork City, Drogheda United, Dundalk FC, Galway United, Sligo Rovers and Waterford for the action, during which tennis balls emblazoned with the demand to #StopTheGame were thrown onto the field of play. IRELAND AGREES TO PLAY ISRAEL IN NATIONS LEAGUE DESPITE PREVIOUSLY CALLING FOR BAN OVER GAZA WAR Video from the press box taken by The 42’s David Sneyd shows the moment fans in the upper tier were throwing the tennis balls onto the pitch. A banner reading "#StopTheGame" was also unfurled from the front row and over the wall for all to see. Also, chants of "Free Palestine" were heard in the stands. "It is unconscionable that these games would go ahead as the apartheid Occupation regime continues to perpetrate genocide against the Palestinian people," one participant in the protest commented, per the outlet. "We would be literally playing football with likely war criminals. "Military service is mandatory over there, so most of their Nations League squad will have served in the ‘Israel Defence Forces.’ They have slaughtered more than 1,000 athletes and coaches, including at least 421 football players, in Gaza since October 2023, while also destroying or damaging 265 sports facilities." This protest comes after Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrímsson urged fans not to protest and back the team instead, which came during a press conference on Wednesday. A motion has also been proposed by the Professional Footballers’ Assocation Ireland (PFAI), Irish Football Supporters Partnership (IFSP), CK United, Cork City and Bohemian FC calling on the FAI to refuse to participate in the scheduled games against Israel "on both legal and moral grounds," The 42 wrote. Ireland is set to face Israel on Sept. 27 on neutral ground, followed by a match in Dublin on Oct. 4. This isn’t the first time that soccer-based tension has arisen this month regarding Israel. Palestinian Football Association President Jibril Rajoub refused to shake hands or even stand near Israel Football Association Vice President Basim Sheikh Suliman during the FIFA Congress on May 1. Both officials had been invited by FIFA President Gianni Infantino, but Rajoub wanted nothing to do with Suliman. There was even a time Infantino placed his hand on Rajoub’s arm and gestured him forward to be cordial with Suliman, but he refused. "I still respect and follow the legal procedure, but I think it’s time to understand that Israel should be sanctioned," Rajoub said, as he believes the country should be suspended from international soccer play. "I refused to shake hands. Sport is sport. … For me, that should be respected, but if the other side is representing a criminal like Bibi [Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu] and speaking on behalf of Bibi as if Bibi is Mother Teresa, how can I shake hands or have a photo with such a man?" Ireland defeated Qatar, 1-0, in their match despite being down a man following a red card. 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/6a18e7abee6011c3f4e8f674 J.F.K. Airport to Begin Screening Some Passengers for Ebola te 2026-05-29T01:11:07.753Z J.F.K. Airport to Begin Screening Some Passengers for Ebola Such screenings are already being conducted at Washington Dulles International Airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18e313ee6011c3f4e8f5a1 Chiefs have no plans to release Rashee Rice and see jail time as a 'life lesson' opportunity te 2026-05-29T00:51:31.515Z Chiefs have no plans to release Rashee Rice and see jail time as a 'life lesson' opportunity Yes, Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice remains in jail. Yes, that makes his rehabilitation program from a knee surgery he had days before his month-long term began something of a challenge. And, yes, none of this is great news for a player who has been something of a headache for the NFL team. But, no, the Chiefs aren't getting rid of Rice. They're actually offering support. Keeping in contact. Have future plans for him. And hoping the 26-year-old learns a life lesson so that, perhaps, he can stop getting into trouble. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! "As far as Rashee goes, we’re aware of the situation (and) the league’s aware of it," Chiefs coach Andy Reid told reporters on Thursday. "We’ve talked to the league, we get it. As far as any further ado to that, there has been no talk about anything further. "We’re moving forward just normal as we go here." A pause to access the Andy Reid translator app: When the coach says the team is moving forward "normal as we go" that means there are no plans to change Rice's status. CHIEFS RECEIVER RASHEE RICE JAILED FOR 30 DAYS AFTER PROBATION VIOLATION AND IT COULD GET WORSE He's not getting released. Further evidence of that is that Reid talked about plans for the receiver when he gets out of jail on June 16. "When he gets back, he — we have to get him caught up in doing what he needs to do," Reid said. "But again – make sure he gets it. It’s not an easy thing he’s going through. Life lessons are important, but we’re all given chances to learn and he’s in that position now. "I know lessons can be learned and that’s important." And there it is: The Chiefs see the latest chapter in Rice's story as a chance for him to learn about life, not one in which they punish him. Rice is in the Dallas County jail because he violated the terms of his probation when he tested positive for THC (marijuana) while he was under court orders to avoid alcohol and drugs. The court orders were part of a July 2025 plea agreement that put him on probation for five years and ordered him to serve 30 days in jail over a five-year span in connection to driving charges he pleaded guilty to after a 2024 wreck he caused. The presiding officer who heard Rice's probation violation hearing ordered Rice to serve the 30 days immediately and that is the sentence he's now serving. The problem with that, of course, is Rice had surgery on his right knee just days prior to his hearing. He would have been expected to be ready in two months after that procedure under normal circumstances. But because he's not getting the normal rehab on the knee that would be provided if he was around the team's training facility, his status for the start of training camp is in question. And Reid didn't seem positive that won't be an issue. "Yeah so, we think he’ll be ready for camp as we go forward," the coach said. "We’ll just see how it goes. He’s been in communication with (Vice President of Sports Medicine and Performance) Rick (Burkholder) and he knows the rehab that he can do there and I think they’re keeping an eye on him as far as any possible infection goes." Back to the Reid translator app: The coach isn't saying Rice will be good to go for the start of training camp in late July, but rather for camp at some point. And the idea the club is monitoring the player for any possible infection doesn't sound great. All of this, of course, would be moot if Rice merely stayed out of trouble and followed through on past pledges to learn from mistakes. After his trial last year, Rice vowed he was "completely changed" and had grown from his experience with the car crash that left multiple people injured. "I've learned and taken advantage of being able to learn from something like that," Rice said. The lesson obviously didn't fully take and now Rice is sitting in a cell getting more life lesson education. FOLLOW ARMANDO SALGUERO ON X: @ARMANDOSALGUERO Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18e2ebee6011c3f4e8f58e A Deputy Saw a Phone in a Hand That Was Not There te 2026-05-29T00:50:51.110Z A Deputy Saw a Phone in a Hand That Was Not There The deputy insisted he saw a driver with a phone in her right hand. That turned out to be impossible, and the case was dropped. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18e2d4ee6011c3f4e8f572 Glean’s top line crosses $300M as AI budget-cutting becomes its major selling point te 2026-05-29T00:50:28.555Z Glean’s top line crosses $300M as AI budget-cutting becomes its major selling point The enterprise AI search startup tripled its annual revenue even as tech giants entered the category. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18e0a3ee6011c3f4e8f521 Illinois man's Memorial Day weekend in Key West was derailed after he went bar hopping in a stolen police car te 2026-05-29T00:41:07.506Z Illinois man's Memorial Day weekend in Key West was derailed after he went bar hopping in a stolen police car Imagine your unofficial start to summer taking place in Key West, Florida. You've made the trip for the Memorial Day weekend from suburban Chicago, and you've got plans to enjoy some of the local establishments. You have an evening of drinks planned on Saturday when all of a sudden those plans get derailed. Bar hopping was likely on the agenda, but there's no chance doing so in a stolen police car was ever mentioned. According to the Key West Police Department, John Mack, 38, of La Grange, Illinois, hopped into and took a patrol car from an officer working off-duty at Dante’s Key West Pool Bar & Restaurant. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Local 10 reports that the KWPD said Mack had been drinking inside the bar and restaurant before the incident, which surveillance video shows took place just before 6:20 p.m. Police say the footage shows him "walking out of the pool bar with two friends and standing a couple of feet away from the patrol vehicle." Mack then, allegedly, opened the door, got inside, and drove off, almost hitting two men. A security guard reportedly got the attention of the officer the patrol car belonged to and as other KWPD officers were responding to the bar, Mack drove the car around the parking lot. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK CULTURE COVERAGE Police say they later found him nearby outside of the Boat House Bar & Grill. He had successfully, it would appear, drunkenly bar hopped in the stolen police car. While he claimed to have had only three to six Coronas, according to police, he failed the field sobriety test. They then allege he resisted arrest, which caused him to sustain cuts from a fence. He refused a breathalyzer and wasn't in possession of a valid driver's license at the time of his arrest. He only had an Illinois ID card on him. Mack, who is obviously innocent until proven guilty, was arrested on charges of DUI, burglary, grand theft, grand theft of law enforcement equipment, reckless driving, refusal to submit to DUI testing and resisting arrest without violence. That is a full Memorial Day weekend no matter how you look at it. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18e08fee6011c3f4e8f518 Moscow, Taliban forge military alliance in power grab after US Afghanistan exit: reports te 2026-05-29T00:40:47.514Z Moscow, Taliban forge military alliance in power grab after US Afghanistan exit: reports Russia and the Taliban government in Afghanistan have signed a military cooperation pact, cementing an alliance that further solidifies Moscow’s influence in Central Asia, according to reports. The deal, finalized Wednesday at an international security forum in Russia, followed a meeting between Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu and Afghan Defense Minister Mohammad Yaqoob. The Taliban Defense Ministry announced on X that Yaqoob had traveled to Russia to attend the conference. Yaqoob is the Taliban’s former military chief and the son of Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar. AL QAEDA REMAINS MOST DANGEROUS TERRORIST GROUP 24 YEARS AFTER 9/11, EXPERT WARNS Omar had formed a close alliance with Osama bin Laden and provided a safe haven from which al Qaeda planned the 9/11 terrorist attacks. As of Thursday, neither Russia nor the Afghan side had shared the further details of the new military agreement. "Afghanistan and Russia have long and historical relations. In this direction, we want to move further. We have expanded bilateral relations," Yaqoob said at the meeting. The pact follows statements from a senior Russian security official who noted that Moscow has established a "full-fledged partnership" with Afghanistan's ruling Taliban and is encouraging other countries in the region to expand cooperation with Kabul, Reuters reported. The Taliban had regained power in August 2021, after overthrowing the U.S.-backed Afghan government run by President Ashraf Ghani. In 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged the possibility of dropping Russia’s classification of the Taliban as a terrorist organization. FORMER AFGHAN TRANSLATOR WARNS OF STARVATION, HUMANITARIAN CRISIS: 'BACK TO WHERE WE STARTED IN 2001' In 2024, he called the Taliban "allies in the fight against terrorism" and Russia became the first country to formally recognize the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. "After several years of vacillation, Russia has become the first country in the world to officially recognize the Taliban government in Afghanistan," Nikita Smagin, an expert on Iranian foreign and domestic policies, Islamism and Russia's policy in the Middle East, said in a report from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. "It’s more of a symbolic gesture than something driven by trade or economic considerations," Smagin added, describing how when Taliban militants entered the Afghan capital in August 2021, "Russia was already deemed eligible for special treatment." "Its diplomatic mission was immediately provided with security, and Russian Ambassador Dmitry Zhirnov became the first foreign diplomat to meet with the new rulers of Afghanistan," he explained. On Wednesday, Shoigu also called for Western countries to unfreeze sanctioned Afghan assets. AFGHANISTAN'S ONLY WOMEN-LED RADIO STATION TO RESUME OPERATIONS AFTER TALIBAN LIFTS SUSPENSION "We are convinced that Western countries should unfreeze blocked Afghan assets, fully recognize their responsibility for their 20-year presence in Afghanistan, and bear the burden of the country's post-conflict reconstruction," Shoigu said, according to reports. "Moscow needs to take steps that will restore its image as an influential power that holds the initiative, and recognition of the Taliban regime serves precisely that purpose," Smagin added. "The status of the first country to establish official diplomatic relations with the Taliban government should ensure Russia has a leading role in discussions of regional security issues." The recognition of the Taliban, he said, was an attempt by Russia to "prove itself as a leading global force that is not afraid to break established norms and set precedents for other countries." Moscow continues to emphasize the need to work directly with Kabul as it faces severe, ongoing security threats from various rival Islamist militant groups operating throughout Central Asia and the Middle East, Reuters said. Shoigu also said Moscow was building a "pragmatic dialogue" with the Taliban that included security, trade, culture and humanitarian support, the outlet reported May 14. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18de21ee6011c3f4e8f4a9 Death Toll Rises in Washington Paper Mill Explosion te 2026-05-29T00:30:25.985Z Death Toll Rises in Washington Paper Mill Explosion At least eight are now confirmed dead, and firefighters believe there are three more bodies they have yet to reach, making the crisis the worst industrial disaster in the state’s modern history. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18dc00ee6011c3f4e8f476 As excitement builds for US men’s soccer, concerns about ticket prices linger te 2026-05-29T00:21:20.547Z As excitement builds for US men’s soccer, concerns about ticket prices linger FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. – Excitement surrounded Thursday’s practice for the U.S. men’s national soccer team as players reflected on their recent selections, FIFA World Cup hopes and the grandness of their new training facility. And then came questions about the cost of attending matches and the mood changed. “I don’t want to focus on ticket prices, I just want to focus on playing,” midfielder Tylers Adams said at the Arthur M. Blank U.S. Soccer National Training Center With tickets for the U.S. team’s opener in Los Angeles starting at nearly $1,000 on Ticketmaster and secondary markets, FIFA, the governing body of international competition, is under fire, with attorney generals from New York and New Jersey investigating whether the organization’s ticketing tactics are violating consumer protections laws. In 2018, when FIFA selected the United States, Canada and Mexico to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, fans were thrilled.  However, with the tournament just two weeks away, many will be forced to watch from home. “It is the most disgraceful thing ever,” NYU student Edward Novodvorsky said. “(FIFA President Gianni) Infantino is the worst president in the history of FIFA. There are thousands of people here and only about a dozen or so are able to afford those tickets for the World Cup.” Novodvorsky was particularly bothered when he compared this World Cup to other major soccer competitions across the globe. “The prices for Qatar were so much cheaper than this,” he said. “The prices for the UEFA European Football Championship in two years in England are going to be so much cheaper than this. It’s ridiculous and (Infantino) understands that America has the sweet consumer folks and he is taking advantage of that to raise the prices. It’s a joke.” Infantino responded to the criticism recently by saying ticket prices are simply a reflection of a “market in which entertainment is the most developed in the world.” “We find these prices a little crazy. It takes away the vibe and what we enjoy about football,” said Kevin Arenas, another fan from New York. “We are here to enjoy the game, to vibe and I just find that the prices are crazy.” Attorney Derek Howard, a professor at the University of San Francisco, told NPR there is a method to FIFA’s pricing plan. “FIFA has been using what we might call scare tactics to create a demand for a ticket and telling people that they have to pay the high prices because if they don’t, they’re going to miss out on this once in a lifetime event,” Howard said. Many fans don’t appreciate the approach. “The way Gianni Infantino did it was not the way to go and I don’t understand,” said Elliott Montalvan, a member of U.S. soccer’s Barra 76 supporter group. “They have to take notes from the way that the previous World Cups did it, to be able to bring more people, more passionate people, more everyday people to visit. Because that’s what soccer is. It’s an everybody sport, not just the money sport.” Although members of the U.S. men’s team weren’t particularly interested in talking about tickets, some were sympathetic. Although players preferred to focus on the their practices before FIFA World Cup competition begins, some such as Haji Wright said he understands ticket prices are challenging for some. (Photo by Gentry Roberts/Cronkite News) “It’s tough,” forward Haji Wright said. “I mean it’s like $1,000, $1,500 per ticket for the first game in L.A., even for us.” Forward Tim Weah said that “I think right now, I’m kind of in game mode and work mode. I think right now as players, we need to lock in.” Adams knows the high interest in tickets means many friends he knows will reach out.  “They’re not getting a response,” he said, laughing. “People who hit me up aren’t getting an answer. The hype for this World Cup continues with three host countries for the first time in history. As the first games draw near, fans from around the world will convene in North America to see great soccer. The question remains: Will the average fan be able to afford tickets?  So far, the answer is leaning toward  “no.” The post As excitement builds for US men’s soccer, concerns about ticket prices linger appeared first on Cronkite News. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18dbc9ee6011c3f4e8f41a Waymo dominates autonomous vehicle registrations as Tesla trails behind te 2026-05-29T00:20:25.663Z Waymo dominates autonomous vehicle registrations as Tesla trails behind A new law and AV tracker tool gives the clearest accounting yet of how many robotaxis and self-driving trucks are in Texas. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18d9dbee6011c3f4e8f3e7 How Trump’s giant ‘slush fund’ sparked lawsuits, roiled Republicans and revived Jan. 6 te 2026-05-29T00:12:11.754Z How Trump’s giant ‘slush fund’ sparked lawsuits, roiled Republicans and revived Jan. 6 President Donald Trump looks on during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on May 27, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund has attracted scrutiny for its corruption potential, even splitting congressional Republicans who rarely confront President Donald Trump’s decisions and policies.  Among the top concerns: Could pardoned Jan. 6, 2021, riot defendants who assaulted police officers claim a slice of the pie and essentially be rewarded for committing political violence?  Advocates are also legally challenging the fund’s structure that will conceal details from the public, including claimants’ names and amounts paid out. Nikhel Sus, chief counsel for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, otherwise known as CREW, which has filed suit against the fund, told States Newsroom the administration’s order is a “flagrant power grab of congressional authority.” The fund, established by the Department of Justice to settle Trump’s multibillion dollar lawsuit against the IRS, has also complicated Senate Republicans’ plans to pass a simple majority immigration enforcement funding package. Some GOP senators are withholding votes unless guardrails for the fund are included in the legislation. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche met with Republican senators on Capitol Hill on May 21 to defend the fund, but many GOP lawmakers left unconvinced and with multiple questions remaining. Retiring Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., told reporters the fund is “stupid on stilts” and resembles “tyranny.” Others were sweating out questions at town halls during the congressional recess.  “I do not think one penny of any fund should ever go to any January 6 insurrectionist that was in the Capitol on January 6, 2021 … I want to be very clear … I clearly think Congress needs to have an oversight role in this before I can sign off or support this,” U.S. Rep. Mike Flood, R-Neb., said at a town hall in Norfolk, Nebraska, on May 26. What is the “anti-weaponization” fund? In exchange for Trump and his family dropping a $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS for the 2019 leak of tax returns, the DOJ ordered the establishment of a settlement fund in the amount of $1.776 billion — a nod to the country’s founding.  As part of the arrangement, Trump also agreed to drop an administrative claim for damages related to what Blanche described as an “unlawful” FBI raid of the president’s Mar-a-Lago residence, part of the Biden administration’s case against Trump for allegedly hoarding classified documents after leaving office.  Trump also agreed to drop a claim for damages related to the DOJ’s 2019 inquiry into Russian meddling in Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.  Blanche introduced the fund on May 18 as a path to restitution for “victims of lawfare.” “The machinery of government should never be weaponized against any American, and it is this Department’s intention to make right the wrongs that were previously done while ensuring this never happens again,” Blanche said in a press release.  The fund will be led by five commissioners chosen by the attorney general, one of them in consultation with Congress. The president has the power to remove any member, according to the DOJ. The department maintains the fund is nonpartisan. In addition to money, the DOJ will also issue formal apologies to eligible claimants, according to officials.  Who is trying to limit or shut down the fund? House Democrats tried to intervene in the president’s IRS case settlement, but U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams dismissed the case on Trump’s terms. Williams was appointed to the bench in the Southern District of Florida in 2010 by President Barack Obama. On May 27, nearly three dozen former federal judges urged Williams to reopen the case, arguing the Trump administration “deceived” the court by not sharing with the judge details of the “anti-weaponization” fund.  Further, the judges argued, the DOJ also claims the settlement forever absolves Trump and his family from tax audits and any other claims by a federal agency.   “The parties to this case are using this lawsuit as the legal justification for these actions,” the judges argued. Legislative proposals have also popped up in the House and Senate. A bipartisan bill from Reps. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., and Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., both up for re-election in swing districts, proposes to ban the use of federal money to pay claims submitted to the “anti-weaponization” fund. “The Bipartisan Transparency for American Taxpayers Act ensures federal funds cannot be used for this fund without the transparency, oversight, and legal safeguards the American people deserve. Taxpayer dollars will not become a discretionary payout fund. Transparency is not optional. Accountability is not negotiable,” Fitzpatrick said in a press release. Suozzi characterized the arrangement as a “slush fund to pay off January 6th criminals and other maladjusted minions!” When pressed during a May 19 Senate hearing on whether Jan. 6 defendants who were convicted of assaulting police officers would be eligible for the fund, Blanche said “anybody in this country can apply” and final decisions will be made by the fund’s commissioners. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., announced plans to introduce painful amendments when and if the Senate GOP brings its immigration enforcement funding bill to the floor. Van Hollen said he will call for votes on an amendment to block payment to Jan. 6 defendants who have been convicted of violent crimes and sexual abuse of children. The Maryland senator also said he will introduce an amendment that would prohibit members of Congress from receiving payouts. “And as it currently stands, Members of Congress have the chance to benefit from this corrupt scheme. If Republicans won’t put an end to this fund entirely, they should at least join with us to bar Members of Congress from cashing in on it,” Van Hollen said May 21 in a written statement. Who is suing? Multiple lawsuits have been filed against the fund. U.S. Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn and Washington Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges, who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021,  argued in federal court that the pardoned rioters could use payout money to organize. “In the most brazen act of presidential corruption this century, President Donald J. Trump has created a $1.776 billion taxpayer-funded slush fund to finance the insurrectionists and paramilitary groups that commit violence in his name,” they argued in a complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.  Legal advocacy groups, including CREW, Democracy Forward and Common Cause have also challenged the fund in court. Through the order, the administration has granted itself “final unreviewable authority to disperse nearly $1.8 billion in money that Congress did not appropriate for that purpose to people that they subjectively determine are victims of so-called lawfare or weaponization,” Sus, of CREW, said in an interview. The fund’s structure also flouts transparency laws, Sus said, not least of which includes moving $1.776 billion from the government’s legal judgment fund in a single transaction to a separate, unaccountable pot of money. As the law stands now, the Department of Treasury publicly updates a website at least once per month with judgment award amounts paid to claimants by the U.S. government. By withdrawing one lump sum, “they are wholly circumventing disclosure law that Congress passed specifically for that purpose to require disclosure for each settlement,” said Sus, whose organization filed the complaint in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. CREW also argues DOJ’s order is arbitrary and capricious. “I think arbitrarily picking 1776 as the number for their (fund) valuation is the definition of an arbitrary precious action — like they just did it because they thought it was cool,” he said. “And that’s not how the government’s supposed to operate. They’re supposed to actually consider the facts, they’re supposed to have a reasoned explanation for why they’re doing things.” Another group of plaintiffs are being represented in Virginia by the legal advocacy groups Democracy Forward and Common Cause. Among the plaintiffs are Andrew Floyd, a former federal Jan. 6 case prosecutor who was fired by the DOJ in June 2025, and Joseph Caravello, a California university professor who was charged with felony assault on a federal officer after protesting an immigration raid last summer. A jury acquitted Caravello in April. The nine-count lawsuit alleges in part the fund violates the plaintiffs’ First and Fifth Amendment rights, and violates the authority of Congress. The fund “does not offer benefits to victims of ideological targeting by Democrats and Republicans alike; instead, it offers benefits to those who have espoused views that were, or were perceived to be, oppositional to Democratic administrations, but not to those who have espoused views that were, or were perceived to be, oppositional to Republican administrations,” according to the complaint filed in the Eastern District of Virginia. Juan Salinas II of the Nebraska Examiner contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18d9c4ee6011c3f4e8f3c9 Mitchell Robinson's broken right pinky puts Knicks' NBA Finals rotation in jeopardy ahead of Game 1: reports te 2026-05-29T00:11:48.236Z Mitchell Robinson's broken right pinky puts Knicks' NBA Finals rotation in jeopardy ahead of Game 1: reports The New York Knicks may have an issue with one of their key players heading into the NBA Finals. Center Mitchell Robinson, who comes off the bench for head coach Mike Brown’s squad, suffered a broken right pinky, and his timetable for return has not been set, according to multiple reports. It’s unknown when Robinson suffered the injury, but it would be a key loss if he were to miss time in the Finals. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Robinson spells Karl-Anthony Towns down low, while also being a part of a bigger five on the court for the Knicks when Brown decides to deploy both of his centers at the same time. Robinson averaged 4.5 points and 5.8 rebounds across 13.3 minutes per game during the Eastern Conference Finals sweep of the Cleveland Cavaliers. He has also appeared in 13 of the Knicks’ 14 playoff games thus far. THUNDER ERASE 15-POINT DEFICIT TO TAKE SERIES LEAD OVER SPURS AS VICTOR WEMBANYAMA'S 26 POINTS FALL SHORT There is still some time before the Finals, however, with Game 1 scheduled for June 3. The Knicks still await the Western Conference Finals winner, which could be the Oklahoma City Thunder yet again if they can defeat the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday night on the road. If Robinson is unable to go for the Knicks, Brown will have to rely on Ariel Hukporti, who would likely come off the bench in Robinson’s place. Hukporti has seen some time for the Knicks, especially in the one game Robinson missed earlier in the playoffs. However, he hasn’t been on the floor recently except in blowout moments. Whether it’s the Thunder or Spurs the Knicks see, they both possess some serious firepower in the paint. The Knicks know all about Isaiah Hartenstein for Oklahoma City, but Chet Holmgren poses a bigger problem with his ability to play everywhere on the floor while being a tough defender. Then there’s 7-foot-4 phenom Victor Wembanyama for the Spurs, and it goes without saying what he can do on a nightly basis in a Finals series. In turn, not having Robinson will be a tough blow for New York, but it isn’t a certainty just yet. The Knicks, and its rabid fan base that has been waiting for this series for the last 27 years, will be hoping Robinson can suit up on the road in Game 1 on June 3. 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/6a18d9b0ee6011c3f4e8f3c0 Hailey Van Lith waived by Connecticut Sun after just nine games, marking second cut in under a month te 2026-05-29T00:11:28.304Z Hailey Van Lith waived by Connecticut Sun after just nine games, marking second cut in under a month Hailey Van Lith’s rocky WNBA start took another unexpected turn Thursday. The Connecticut Sun waived Van Lith after just nine games with the team, including three starts. Van Lith was once one of college basketball’s brightest stars at Louisville, but her path has become increasingly turbulent in recent years. After a disappointing stint at LSU stalled her momentum, Van Lith revived her draft stock with a standout final season at TCU. CHICAGO SKY WAIVE HAILEY VAN LITH ONE YEAR AFTER SELECTING HER WITH THE 11TH OVERALL PICK The former NIL standout was selected 11th overall by the Chicago Sky in the 2024 WNBA Draft. She struggled to establish herself as a rookie, averaging 3.5 points and 1.6 assists in 12.4 minutes per game across 29 appearances before Chicago waived her on May 4. Van Lith also helped Team USA win a bronze medal in 3x3 basketball at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Connecticut quickly gave Van Lith a second chance, but the reunion lasted just over two weeks. "The Connecticut Sun has activated Leïla Lacan," the team announced on X. "In a corresponding move, Hailey Van Lith has been waived." EX-WNBA STAR CRITICAL OF SKY ROOKIE HAILEY VAN LITH, BELIEVES POPULARITY PLAYED ROLE IN DRAFT SELECTION The move comes as Lacan — the No. 10 overall pick in the 2024 draft — returns after averaging 10.4 points and 3.7 assists with Connecticut last season. Van Lith appeared in Wednesday’s 71-61 loss to Portland, finishing with seven points, no assists and two turnovers in 13 minutes. Van Lith averaged 8.1 points and 2.2 assists in nine appearances with Connecticut before Thursday’s move, marking her second waiver in less than a month. Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18d99cee6011c3f4e8f3b7 Former Biden aides 'don't believe' Jill Biden, are angry over ex-first lady's debate comments, reporter says te 2026-05-29T00:11:08.315Z Former Biden aides 'don't believe' Jill Biden, are angry over ex-first lady's debate comments, reporter says Former first lady Jill Biden is now the target of ire among former Biden administration officials on Thursday for her recent comments expressing the shock she said she had while watching her husband's now-infamous debate performance. Alex Thompson, the Axios reporter who co-wrote "Original Sin," the book released last year that delved into former President Joe Biden's cognitive decline scandal, said he's been flooded with reactions from members of Biden's orbit after Jill Biden began speaking out about her husband's struggle to speak coherently at the CNN debate against then-former President Donald Trump. She told CBS News she thought her husband was "having a stroke" or might have been "drugged," according to The Atlantic, ahead of the release of her forthcoming memoir. "Well, a lot of Democrats, including several Biden aides that I’ve talked to since yesterday when this interview came out, just simply don’t believe her," Thompson told CNN's Brianna Keilar. SOCIAL MEDIA ERUPTS AFTER JILL BIDEN REVEALS SHE WAS 'HORRIFIED' WATCHING JOE'S DISASTROUS DEBATE Thompson pointed out how Jill Biden appeared alongside her husband at a post-debate rally and seemed to act as everything was normal the following day carrying on with other campaign events. "And a lot of former Biden aides, you know, have told me if you really believed he might be having a stroke, that it’s not necessarily the same behavior that you would do. There’s no evidence that there was any significant medical exam afterward," Thompson said before acknowledging she suggested her husband take a cognitive exam but was overruled by his advisors, per The Atlantic. He continued, "And, you know, a lot of Democrats think that this is simply unhelpful to come out at this moment and try to rewrite this portion of history... I have to say that there is a significant skepticism that she is trying to rewrite this narrative right now." LIBERAL CNN ANCHOR LASHES OUT AT DEMOCRATS' DECEIT AFTER JILL BIDEN'S ADMISSION ABOUT JOE'S DEBATE SHOWING The Axios reporter revisited his own reporting, which showed Biden aides had witnessed the former president the way he appeared at the debate months prior, insisting it wasn't a one-off as Jill Biden told CBS News. He also cited Joe Biden's interview with former Special Counsel Robert Hur, where his memory issues also surfaced. Yet Biden's "inner circle" kept saying he was fine. "They just feel that the inner circle gaslit them," Thompson said. "I've been surprised by the level of anger and frustration that I've heard from former Biden aides towards the former first lady in the last 24 hours," he added. Thompson previously posted on X that one former Biden official told him, "she’s lying." CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST MEDIA AND CULTURE NEWS Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18d988ee6011c3f4e8f3ae Kash Patel reveals FBI's top security concerns ahead of World Cup te 2026-05-29T00:10:48.314Z Kash Patel reveals FBI's top security concerns ahead of World Cup FBI Director Kash Patel revealed a slew of security concerns, including cyber threats, drones and the potential for lone-wolf attacks ahead of the World Cup, which will draw millions of visitors across North America. Officials are expecting three million people to visit for the tournament, which will be jointly hosted by the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Out of the 104 total matches in the expanded 2026 World Cup, 78 games will be played in the U.S., while the remaining 26 will be split between its neighbors to the north and south. Host countries are aggressively ramping up security and intelligence operations to safely stage the much-anticipated soccer matches across 11 U.S. host cities. "It's everything from traditional cop work going out to the streets, talking to communities and saying, 'Hey, do you guys know of any bad actors? Have you heard of anyone that might want to do harm to people or venues?'" Patel told Fox News correspondent Brooke Taylor. "That's our big security goal for us at the FBI." US PREPARES FOR INFLUX OF INTERNATIONAL VISITORS AHEAD OF WORLD CUP WITH SECURITY AT THE FOREFRONT In an effort to foil any lone-wolf actors, the FBI has created a special operations center at its headquarters to centralize and analyze incoming data about potential threats. "When we're talking about cyber actors, those [are ones] that come in and hack our infrastructure and hold data hostage for monetary payments. So we are taking all of that information to one place and centralizing, at least for us at the FBI, at our headquarters component," Patel said. Patel added that outside of major nation-state adversaries like China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea, lone-wolf threats pose the greatest concern to national security. ‘PEOPLE WOULD HAVE DIED’: INSIDE THE FBI’S HALLOWEEN TAKEDOWN THAT EXPOSED A GLOBAL TERROR NETWORK "Separate and apart from that, [those] who are doing similar activities, or the disparate actors, the lone wolves that are out there, whether it's in the cyber realm or the violent crime realm," he said. "So we are heavily relying on the community and state locals and asking them over and over again, 'What are you seeing in the online spaces? What are you seeing in the chat groups?'" Law enforcement is also heavily focused on combating the online radicalization of individuals who may feel compelled to carry out domestic attacks, Patel noted. Drones are another top-tier anxiety for federal officials, given that they vary wildly in size and can be easily operated by a pilot far from the target location. FBI LEADER SAYS IT'S 'CONCERNING' HOW LITTLE HIS AGENCY KNOWS ABOUT MYSTERIOUS DRONES SEEN OVER NEW JERSEY "The critical component that we at the FBI have been focusing down on is teaching our state and local partners how we handle drones and how they can handle drones with us," Patel said. "And then collectively, it's a force multiplier to have thousands of people out there, tens of thousands of police officers out there looking at the drone threat that's coming in as it comes in, because it's so quick and dynamic." To counter this, Patel revealed that the FBI has developed technology capable of disabling problem drones mid-flight, a tool they have shared with local law enforcement partners during recent specialized training programs. Among the immediate domestic threats the FBI is tracking is a sharp rise in antisemitic violence. Patel pointed to the recent Hezbollah-inspired attack at a Michigan synagogue, where a man packed his pickup truck with gasoline and commercial-grade fireworks, rammed it into the building, and opened fire with an assault rifle before taking his own life during a shootout with the temple's private security team. In the 14 months since the Trump administration took office, the FBI has arrested more than 45,000 violent offenders in an aggressive push to dismantle clandestine sleeper cells and violent networks across the country. The bureau also touted its recent success rate in tracking down high-profile international targets. "The FBI have arrested eight of the top ten [most wanted fugitives] in the world in 14 months," Patel said, noting that the figure marks twice as many major captures as the prior four years combined. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18d75aee6011c3f4e8f327 Diamondbacks fans catch same player's home run on back-to-back nights after showing up on the wrong date te 2026-05-29T00:01:30.476Z Diamondbacks fans catch same player's home run on back-to-back nights after showing up on the wrong date You like to see good fans getting rewarded for their commitment to their team, and I don't think you'll ever find a better example of this than a couple of fans at some recent Diamondbacks games. The MLB shared a video of two D-Backs who might be the luckiest people on Earth. According to the post, a couple showed up to the Diamondbacks-Giants game at Chase Field on May 18, but there was a problem. Their tickets were for the next night, May 19, for the next game between the two teams. RED SOX FAN SNAGS FOUL BALL WITH THE HELP OF HIS OWN FOOD Now, I think a lot of people would've just tried to tell a sob story and see if they couldn't get a pair of comp tickets thrown their way, or they'd just say, "Hey, want to go see a movie." Not these fans. They bought tickets to the May 18 game, and I think this is where the baseball gods decided it was worth showering them with good fortune. During the May 18 game, Giants shortstop Willy Adames hit a home run to left field, and it was caught by the man. You can see the couple celebrating (even though it was a visiting team's homer, it'll still look good on the mantle). MLB FAN MAKES DEATH-DEFYING FOUL BALL CATCH DURING PADRES-ROCKIES GAME But what's wild is the next night. Adames went yard again — and once again it was to left field — where it was caught by the same couple. I mean, seriously?! ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! And the way that second home run took an otherworldly bounce to come to them is almost creepy. What are the chances of that? That's one of those things where you look at your wife and say, "On the way home we're buying Powerball tickets; we're on a heater for the ages." So, next time you goof up which game you're supposed to go to, maybe don't head to the movies or watch it in a bar. The baseball gods could reward you. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18d732ee6011c3f4e8f317 Trump’s Iran Approach Sows Confusion te 2026-05-29T00:00:50.064Z Trump’s Iran Approach Sows Confusion President Trump’s pendulum swings on Iran have often seemed driven by mood and moment rather than any discernible strategy. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18d71eee6011c3f4e8f30e Suit Says Black Infants Were Subjected to Experimental Vaccine Without Consent te 2026-05-29T00:00:30.077Z Suit Says Black Infants Were Subjected to Experimental Vaccine Without Consent The babies were part of a vaccine trial for a respiratory virus in the 1960s and died shortly after. Their families said they had been unaware of the trial until recently. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18d533ee6011c3f4e8f2b8 Search warrant served to school district over Centennial High controversy te 2026-05-28T23:52:19.594Z Search warrant served to school district over Centennial High controversy Peoria Unified School District was served with a search warrant from police seeking records related to an investigation into Haley Beck and Angela Burlaka. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18d516ee6011c3f4e8f28d Dem Senate candidate makes stunning admission about antisemitism in her party: 'Dangerous' te 2026-05-28T23:51:50.150Z Dem Senate candidate makes stunning admission about antisemitism in her party: 'Dangerous' Mallory McMorrow, a Democratic candidate for Senate in Michigan, wasted no time answering whether an antisemitism problem exists in the Democratic Party. "There is," McMorrow answered bluntly at a debate Senate debate on Thursday. "At the Democratic convention, an attendee yelled an antisemitic slur at my husband, who is Jewish and was walking with my 5-year-old daughter. That is terrifying," McMorrow said. Amid a tight, three-way Senate primary, McMorrow’s answer definitively reveals her stance on a question that’s steadily grown in recent years: whether the Democratic Party has positioned itself as more than just a critic of Israel’s government and, instead, provides a forum for disdain of the Jewish people themselves. CARVILLE WARNS DEMOCRATS ANTI-ISRAEL ‘LOUDMOUTHS’ COULD COST ELECTIONS A number of progressive Democratic figures have grown increasingly skeptical — and vocal — on the U.S.-Israel relationship. Most notably, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a self-declared socialist, has questioned whether the U.S. should align itself with Israel in the wake of its war with Hamas in Gaza, citing humanitarian concerns. The criticisms aren’t contained to New York. Democrats in Congress, such as Reps. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Sens. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., and Chris Murphy, D-Conn., are among a growing portion of the party that have called for a re-evaluation of U.S. support for the Jewish state amid conflicts in the Middle East. Notably, Abdul El-Sayed, one of McMorrow’s Senate primary challengers, has called Jewish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a "war criminal" and said he believes the Israeli government is "evil." SEN. SLOTKIN SAYS DEM SOCIALIST NYC CANDIDATE MAMDANI REPRESENTS 'NEW GENERATION' OF LEADERS YOUNG VOTERS WANT McMorrow, who has positioned herself as a middle-of-the-road candidate between critic El-Sayed and the more establishment-friendly Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., clarified that her criticisms of the party doesn't mean she’s entirely aligned with the current U.S. posture toward Israel, either. "We need to be able to state very clearly that what the Netanyahu government is doing — that the violence needs to end," McMorrow said. When asked if she would support U.S. aid to Israel, McMorrow said she would have voted for a recent resolution proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., that would have blocked the sale of U.S. arms. McMorrow added that she believes Democrats need to be careful to ensure their rhetoric is narrowly tailored to Israel as a state and not the Jewish people in the U.S. MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC SENATE CANDIDATE CLAIMS ISRAEL 'JUST AS EVIL' AS HAMAS "We need to bring about long-term peace and security for Palestinians and Israelis. And turning that into not an anti-Netanyahu, but an anti-American Jewish message is dangerous," McMorrow said. Her comments were met with applause. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18d502ee6011c3f4e8f284 Anna Kepner’s suspected cruise ship killer carried out ‘barbaric, intentional, thoughtful act’: prosecutors te 2026-05-28T23:51:30.234Z Anna Kepner’s suspected cruise ship killer carried out ‘barbaric, intentional, thoughtful act’: prosecutors Content warning: This article includes descriptions of sexual assault that some readers may find distressing. Anna Kepner spent her final moments fighting for air while her killer kept squeezing, prosecutors said, describing the 18-year-old’s cruise-ship strangling as "a barbaric, intentional, thoughtful act." In a newly unsealed transcript, prosecutors laid out their case against Kepner’s 16-year-old stepbrother, identified as Timothy Hudson, who is accused of killing her inside their shared Carnival Horizon cabin in November 2025. If convicted, the teen could face a maximum penalty of life in prison. "While she struggled to breathe for minutes, he continued to hold her neck in that manner so that she would die from lack of oxygen," Assistant U.S. Attorney Alejandra Lopez told the court. ANNA KEPNER'S STEPBROTHER CHARGED WITH HOMICIDE: COURT DOCS Instead of letting up, Lopez said, Kepner was killed by mechanical asphyxiation after she was sexually assaulted inside cabin 8343 while the ship was sailing back to Miami from Cozumel, Mexico. "Not an accident, not some sort of brief, weird moment where it sort of happens like an accidental shooting. He made the decision to do that... and he continues to do that until she had breath no more," Lopez said. Prosecutors said Kepner returned to the cabin alone around 7:38 p.m. on Nov. 6 after telling her family at dinner that she had an upset stomach and that her braces were hurting her. NO CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHEERLEADER FOUND DEAD ON CRUISE SHIP AS REPORT REVEALS REMAINS FOUND HIDDEN UNDER BED Her stepbrother had entered the room minutes earlier, according to surveillance footage described in court. Her 13-year-old brother briefly entered the cabin around 7:51 p.m. and saw Kepner alive, prosecutors said. After that, Lopez argued, Kepner and Hudson were alone for roughly three hours, which she said was enough time for him to assault her, strangle her and hide her body. TEEN FOUND DEAD ON CARNIVAL CRUISE SHIP DIED FROM MECHANICAL ASPHYXIATION, RULED HOMICIDE: REPORT Her body was discovered the next morning by a cabin attendant, wrapped in a blanket and shoved partly under a bed. Prosecutors said a box of life vests had been moved to help conceal her. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X The medical examiner found bruising on her neck and significant bruising near her left "At any time T [Timothy] could have let that hold go," Lopez said. "He could have allowed the victim to breathe. But instead, for minutes he held that position in order for her to die." SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER Prosecutors also pointed to DNA evidence, saying swabs from Kepner’s vaginal canal showed "very strong support" for Hudson as the male DNA contributor. The medical examiner, prosecutors said, concluded the evidence was consistent with a sexual assault before death. SEND US A TIP HERE Investigators also discussed Kepner’s missing cellphone, which her family mentioned that "she was never without it." The phone was later found smashed in a trash bin near the rear of the ship, prosecutors said. FBI WEIGHING STATE OR FEDERAL CHARGES AGAINST 16-YEAR-OLD IN ANNA KEPNER CRUISE SHIP HOMICIDE CASE: LAWYER Surveillance footage and ship Wi-Fi router data allegedly showed Hudson moving through areas of the ship where the phone was also connecting to routers, including near the trash bin where it was later recovered. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST Prosecutors said a rape kit collected during Kepner’s autopsy included vaginal swabs that tested positive for male DNA, and one swab also tested positive for sperm. According to the transcript, FBI lab testing excluded another sexual partner, and found "very strong support" for Hudson as the male DNA contributor. Prosecutors said FBI lab testing found the DNA mixture was 120 sextillion times more likely if Kepner and Hudson were the contributors than if Kepner and an unknown, unrelated person were contributors. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? FIND MORE ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB "Someone doesn't accidentally fall into someone's vagina with their sexual organ. He clearly made the clear, conscious decision...," Lopez said. "That is not a spur-of-the-moment act and it is not an accident. It is a clear and conscious decision that violates the body of another person." The teen was released to his uncle’s custody under strict conditions, including GPS monitoring, home detention, no unsupervised contact with minors and removal of firearms from the home. On Wednesday, prosecutors once again fought for Hudson to remain behind bars until his September trial. But the judge ruled that Hudson can remain out of jail and on bond before his trial, with certain restrictions. The U.S. Marshals Office will explore housing options for Hudson in the Tampa area. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18d4d6ee6011c3f4e8f26d Who Are the 9 Scripps Spelling Bee Finalists? te 2026-05-28T23:50:46.718Z Who Are the 9 Scripps Spelling Bee Finalists? The remaining spellers are 12 to 14, and represent five states as well as the District of Columbia. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18d4c2ee6011c3f4e8f264 Alaska Authorities Race to Rescue 4 Climbers Who Fell on Mount McKinley te 2026-05-28T23:50:26.713Z Alaska Authorities Race to Rescue 4 Climbers Who Fell on Mount McKinley The condition of the climbers was not immediately known. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18d292ee6011c3f4e8f206 Viral Jeffrey Epstein lookalike announces run for Palm Beach mayor, promises free Botox and bagels te 2026-05-28T23:41:06.625Z Viral Jeffrey Epstein lookalike announces run for Palm Beach mayor, promises free Botox and bagels A viral internet lookalike, free Botox and imported New York bagel water are not usually the ingredients of a mayoral campaign. Peter Simel, the Florida man who went viral earlier this year as "Palm Beach Pete" over his uncanny resemblance to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, says he is now "seriously considering" a run for mayor of Palm Beach — with a platform centered around "living your best life." Simel's social media following exploded into the hundreds of thousands after a viral video sparked conspiracy theories online, described the effort as "a movement" during an interview with Fox News Digital. "We’re seriously considering, and it’s a movement," Simel said. "We want to make Palm Beach really cool and great." FLORIDA MAN MISTAKEN FOR JEFFREY EPSTEIN SENDS INTERNET INTO FRENZY: ‘I’M JUST ME BEING ME’ Simel’s internet fame exploded almost overnight after a video of him driving a convertible along Interstate 95 in South Florida spread online earlier this year, with stunned social media users insisting the silver-haired driver looked eerily similar to Epstein. In the now-viral clip, a person filming Simel can be heard shouting, "Epstein’s alive! Epstein’s alive!" "My name is Peter, and I am now 'Palm Beach Pete' on the internet," Simel told Fox News Digital. "About two months ago, I was driving down I-95 and someone videoed me and said ‘Epstein’s alive.’" NEW YORK-STYLE BAGEL WATER WARS HEAT UP AS ICONIC BRANDS BATTLE FOR SNOWBIRDS The Palm Beach resident said the attention snowballed almost immediately. "We had 200,000 followers in less than two days, and I got deplatformed," he said. "This whole thing occurred, and it has a mind of its own, the internet." Simel later launched an Instagram account under the handle "@not.epstein" and began leaning into the viral fame that transformed him into an unlikely internet personality. 'MEMBERS ONLY: PALM BEACH' STAR SLAMS ‘NASTY’ RUMORS THAT SHE'S BEING KICKED OUT OF MAR-A-LAGO Simel, 71, is a former International Tennis Federation (ITF) Masters competitor. During the interview, Simel repeatedly emphasized wellness, fitness and enjoying the Palm Beach lifestyle as central themes of his campaign platform. "I’m still realizing how big it is," Simel said of his viral fame. "I guess the best litmus test is when people come up to me in the street [saying], ‘Palm Beach Pete, we love you, you’re the GOAT, you’re a legend.’" Now, Simel appears to be transforming that momentum into a campaign-like movement complete with merchandise, slogans and a series of playful policy proposals. ‘MEMBERS ONLY’ STAR FIRES BACK AT PALM BEACH CRITICS, SAYS THEY’RE ‘EXACTLY THE PEOPLE’ THE SHOW EXPOSES Simel’s website includes campaign hats and proposals such as "Free Botox for All Palm Beach Residents," and "Free Convertible Use for 1 Year," expanded pickleball courts and a proposal to import New York City water for "better pizzas & bagels." Palm Beach County election records reviewed by Fox News Digital on Wednesday did not show any officially qualified mayoral candidates, and candidates cannot formally qualify for the race until 2027. Fox News Digital also reached out to Palm Beach Mayor Danielle Moore’s office regarding Simel’s announcement, but did not immediately receive a response. THONG-WEARING ELDERLY MAN DIDN’T DO HIMSELF ANY FAVORS BY TELLING AN OFFICER TO "JUMP ROPE FOR ME, BABY DOLL" "Everyone on the island of Palm Beach gets the use of a convertible for a year and see how they enjoy it because it’s all about living your best life," Simel said. Simel also proposed free drinks at Palm Beach’s iconic clock tower, dog-walking services and "fitness trainer[s] for life so you can live longer and pay taxes longer." "And then the funny one at the end," he added, "is everyone gets free mother-in-law therapy." Asked how he planned to fund proposals ranging from free Botox to imported New York water, Simel repeatedly emphasized that the campaign would be "self-funded." "I’m self-funding it," he said. Despite the lighthearted platform, Simel insisted he is genuinely considering entering the race. "I’m seriously considering throwing my hat into the ring," he said. "You can’t qualify until 2027 so we’re just doing our due diligence." Simel stressed that he does not view the effort as a traditional political campaign. "I’m not affiliated with any political party," he said. "I just want to keep the people together and bring people together and keep it as a great community." Asked about the current mayor’s apparent silence, Simel laughed off the situation. "I have no comment, other than the comment I just made," he joked. Simel described the campaign less as a conventional political effort and more as a broader internet-fueled movement centered around positivity and Palm Beach culture — even if arguably the town's most famous resident, President Donald Trump, calls it home when he's not in Washington, D.C. "In this day and time, and we have so much division and such uncertainty in the world, it’s kind of nice to have someone on a platform enjoying the benefits of living a good life and making the most out of what Palm Beach can be," he said. The viral sensation also said he has no plans to alter his appearance despite the comparisons that launched him into internet fame. "I’ve always looked like this," he said. "I’m a better version of that unnamed person. And I’m not gonna change for anybody." "I’m me, I’m 71 years old. It works. I have a full head of hair. I’m lucky. I’m youthful. I’m vibrant. Nothing’s gonna change. I’m just gonna get more energetic." Simel said he already has a team helping him manage the sudden internet fame and potential campaign operation. "We’re interviewing people for a position as campaign manager and marketing," he said, adding that much of the effort would likely be digitally driven through influencers and online creators. "My demographic are Gen Zs and these influencers have such a hold or such an influence on them," he said. "As I get more followers, it gets bigger and bigger." The response from family members, Simel said, has ranged from cautious amusement to full support. "My daughter thinks it’s hilarious, and my son is neutral about it," he said. "For the most part, it’s been very positive from everybody." As for whether "Palm Beach Pete" could someday aim even higher politically, the retiree said he’s focused on taking things one step at a time. "Baby steps," he said. "How many times does a 71-year-old retired guy hang out with the coolest influencers and have a blast with it?" For now, Simel appears content embracing the overnight internet celebrity status that transformed him from a man driving down a Florida highway into one of social media’s most unexpectedly viral personalities. "All I have to say is vote early and vote often," he said. "Vote for 'Palm Beach Pete.'" Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18d26aee6011c3f4e8f1f8 Who are the nine finalists? te 2026-05-28T23:40:26.625Z Who are the nine finalists? Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18d03cee6011c3f4e8f199 Mauricio Umansky rips California trans athlete controversy ahead of AB Hernandez state title push te 2026-05-28T23:31:08.313Z Mauricio Umansky rips California trans athlete controversy ahead of AB Hernandez state title push Mauricio Umansky doesn't think the debate over biological males competing in women's sports should be all that complicated. The real estate mogul and reality TV star joined OutKick's Tomi Lahren this week and weighed in on the ongoing controversy surrounding AB Hernandez, the trans-identifying male athlete from Jurupa Valley High School in California who is set to compete for girls' state track and field titles on Friday and Saturday in Clovis, California. Hernandez, a two-time girls’ track and field state champion who is now trying to win three more state titles this weekend, has become one of the most visible examples in America of the fight over males competing against girls and women. TRANS TRACK ATHLETE AB HERNANDEZ'S MOM SHARES CRITICAL POST OF SCHOOL OFFICIALS OVER PODIUM PLACEMENTS Fox News Digital has been on the ground covering Hernandez's postseason run, and reporter Jackson Thompson will be on site this weekend in Clovis, where the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) state finals are expected to once again be overshadowed by the issue. Hernandez qualified for the state meet in the girls high jump, long jump and triple jump after sweeping all three events at the CIF Southern Section Track & Field Masters Meet last weekend. Hernandez is now in position to compete for three girls' state titles. Umansky, who has four daughters, made it clear where he stands. "It's not fair, period, end of story," Umansky told Lahren. "It's a common sense thing. It's common sense." That's really the whole point. This doesn't require a team of scientists, a committee of bureaucrats or virtue-signaling celebrities. It also doesn't need another awkward compromise from a state athletic association trying to please everyone while still letting girls get beaten by males. Men and women are different. That's why girls' sports exist in the first place. "I cannot all of a sudden become a woman and then get in, you know, go and start — get in a boxing ring, right? And start fighting," Umansky continued. "It's just not a fair thing. It's not OK." Umansky wasn't arguing against adults living however they want to live. He made that very clear. His issue, like the issue for so many parents and female athletes across the country, is when gender identity is used to override biological reality in sports. "If a man wants to become a woman, great. If a woman wants to be a man, great, but they cannot be competing against each other," Umansky said. "Biologically, we are different human beings, and I'm not saying that every man is stronger than every woman but men are stronger than women. Like, that's the facts, there are certain facts and it's not OK. We need to find common sense." Common sense has been in short supply in California. The CIF has brought back its pilot entry process, which allows additional female athletes to advance or receive medals in events where a transgender athlete qualifies or places. The policy has already resulted in female athletes sharing podium spots with Hernandez during the postseason. That means California understands there is an obvious fairness problem. CALIFORNIA FAMILIES OF GIRL ATHLETES SPEAK OUT AS STATE CHANGES CHAMPIONSHIP RULES AMID TRANSGENDER DRAMA But instead of fixing the problem by keeping males out of girls' sports, the state has created a workaround where girls can still be forced to compete against a male athlete and then possibly share podium spots afterward. That's not protecting girls' sports. That's trying to make an unfair situation look slightly less embarrassing. Fox News Digital previously reported that Hernandez took first place in the long jump, high jump and triple jump at the CIF Southern Section finals in Division 3. Hernandez later swept the three events again at the state-qualifying Masters Meet. Hernandez won two California state championships last year in the girls high jump and triple jump and finished second in the girls long jump. This weekend, Hernandez could leave Clovis with three more titles. That is what is at stake. Fox News Digital also spoke with California track mom Jennifer Oliver, whose daughter is among the female athletes affected by Hernandez's presence in girls track. Oliver made the point with compassion, but also brutal honesty. "There's no hate," Oliver said. "None of that. My daughter is super inclusive. We get along with everybody. This has nothing to do with any of that. But we also need to do the right thing." She's exactly right. The adults are the ones who keep failing here. Not the girls who are speaking up. Not the parents who want fairness. Not the people who can see the obvious physical differences between males and females and are tired of pretending those differences disappear because left-wing ideology dictates it. Hernandez's participation has already sparked protests, political backlash and major scrutiny of California's high school sports policies. Last year's state meet included competing protests, a flyover banner, ejections from the venue and an arrest, as reported by Fox News Digital. CALIFORNIA TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP SEES ARREST AND AERIAL BANNER AMID TRANSGENDER CONTROVERSY And now California is preparing to do it all over again. That's why Umansky's comments matter. He isn't a politician trying to score points. He's a father looking at the situation and saying what the vast majority of Americans already understand. Girls' sports cannot work if males are allowed to compete whenever they claim a female identity. There is nothing hateful about saying that. There is nothing complicated about it, either. It's not fair, period, end of story. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18d010ee6011c3f4e8f171 Debate esta noche: candidatos republicanos para fiscal general de Arizona te 2026-05-28T23:30:24.319Z Debate esta noche: candidatos republicanos para fiscal general de Arizona Los candidatos republicanos a fiscal general de Arizona se enfrentarán esta noche a las 6 p.m. Los candidatos Rodney Glassman y Warren Petersen compiten por la nominación del partido. El ganador de la elección primaria se enfrentará a la actual fiscal general demócrata, Kris Mayes, quien no tiene oposición en la primaria de su partido. La votación anticipada comienza el 24 de junio. El día de la elección primaria es el 21 de julio. Vea el debate en vivo aquí a las 6 p.m. YouTube ofrece opciones para seleccionar subtítulos en distintos idiomas para los videos, así que puedes elegir español si es tu idioma preferido. The post Debate esta noche: candidatos republicanos para fiscal general de Arizona appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18cbc6ee6011c3f4e8f0ce 'Supergirl' pre-release tracking looks disastrously bad for Hollywood after lead actress' bizarre comments te 2026-05-28T23:12:06.238Z 'Supergirl' pre-release tracking looks disastrously bad for Hollywood after lead actress' bizarre comments Hollywood can't get out of its own way. For most of the last decade, the entertainment industry has worked extremely hard to alienate large numbers of potential customers. A confusing business strategy for a business facing increased levels of competition from social media, apps like TikTok, or "content creation" platforms like YouTube. But Hollywood has been dedicated to infusing politics into its movies at every opportunity, including into superhero movies and films targeted to children. That trend only picked up starting in 2020, particularly with Disney and Marvel Studios. It backfired, and films like "Lightyear," "The Marvels" and "Snow White" lost them hundreds of millions of dollars. Just this month, the cinematic reboot of the Star Wars universe, "The Mandalorian and Grogu," became yet another box-office disappointment. But it's not just Disney that's lost the benefit of the doubt with some moviegoers. STAR WARS FRANCHISE IN SERIOUS TROUBLE AS 'THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU' DISAPPOINTS IN OPENING BOX OFFICE DC Studios, housed at Warner Bros. Pictures, has tried to revamp its film and release strategies under the direction of James Gunn. Gunn, who was responsible for the "Guardians of the Galaxy" series, joined DC in 2022. His first big movie, made to jump-start the new DC direction, was 2025's "Superman." While not exactly a flop, it was a box-office disappointment. And Gunn himself may have been partially to blame. Though the film avoided politics almost entirely, for some inexplicable reason, Gunn himself brought it up in pre-release promotional interviews. "Yes, it’s about politics," Gunn explained in a story from The Times of London. "But on another level, it’s about morality. FILMMAKER POLITICIZES HIS UPCOMING 'SUPERMAN' MOVIE, SAYS BLOODIED SUPERMAN REPRESENTS 'OUR COUNTRY' "I mean, ‘Superman’ is the story of America – an immigrant that came from other places and populated the country," he continued. "But for me, it is mostly a story that says basic human kindness is a value and is something we have lost." "It’s about human kindness, and obviously, there will be jerks out there who are just not kind and will take it as offensive just because it is about kindness. But screw them," he concluded. Sure enough, "Superman" brought in substantially less money, before and after adjusting for inflation, than "Man of Steel." And pre-release tracking for the latest entry in Gunn's new DC Studios series, "Supergirl," is tracking to do substantially worse. "Supergirl" hits theaters on June 26 in the U.S., and star Milly Alcock seems to have made it her mission to be as divisive as possible. In March, Alcock gave an interview claiming she's been the target of criticism for "simply existing as a woman" in a superhero movie. "It definitely made me aware that simply existing as a woman in that space is something that people comment on," she told Vanity Fair. "We have become very comfortable having this weird ownership of women’s bodies. I can’t really stop them. I can only be myself."  Then, when receiving criticism for the absurd remark, she doubled down in a recent Variety interview entitled "Milly Alcock's Supergirl Interview: Sexism, Superheroes, and More." "I didn’t even say ‘men’ — I said ‘people!’" she said. "And they got so angry. I was like, ‘You’re proving my point. You’re proving my point!’" She also claimed she's "pi***** off" the right people, including those who identify as a "Christian" and "Dad." "And it’s from a lot of people whose profiles have no photo, who are burner accounts," Alcock said. "Or someone’s name and then ‘Dad of four, Christian,’ which is hilarious to me." Well, based on how the film is tracking, "Supergirl" is about to prove the point many Hollywood critics are making: they don't know what they're doing and keep making the same predictable mistakes. Latest estimates from Box Office Theory put the film's opening weekend between $47 million and $65 million, which would be, to put it mildly, a disaster. Production costs were estimated at around $175 million, with marketing likely to exceed $75 million. Given the traditional 50/50 split between studios and theaters, that's a break-even point of $500 million at the domestic box office. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Even if it gets near the top of that range, say, $60 million, the likelihood of reaching $500 million worldwide is virtually zero. It's not a one for one comparison, but "Superman" opened to $125 million domestically, and finished its theatrical run with $618 million. If "Supergirl" can't clear half that opening weekend, it doesn't bode well for its chances of even reaching $400 million globally. Which would likely mean substantial financial losses. But even that buries the lede. Simply reaching profitability in theaters is one thing. But Gunn has yet to show that DC Studios under his leadership is capable of producing the type of film that grabs interest in a broader "cinematic universe." The "cinematic universe" model that made Marvel into the dominant comic book production house. There's little reason to expect that "Supergirl" will change that. From Alcock's remarks, to the underwhelming trailers, to Gunn's attitude toward fans, nothing about DC is moving in the right direction. And once again, it's their own fault. All they have to do to promote a movie is talk about how good they think it is. How great a story it has. Or how exceptional the performances are. Instead, they've done nothing but accuse potential customers of unacceptable behavior, made divisive remarks, and made an entire movie's promotional campaign about their own views and insecurities. No wonder they keep losing money. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18cbb2ee6011c3f4e8f0c5 Comedian Conan O'Brien fires back at Trump administration during Harvard commencement speech te 2026-05-28T23:11:46.312Z Comedian Conan O'Brien fires back at Trump administration during Harvard commencement speech Comedian Conan O'Brien made several jokes against President Donald Trump and his administration during a commencement speech at Harvard University on Thursday. During his speech, O’Brien joked that he would be suing Harvard for several issues including his "less-than-spectacular undergraduate sex life" and the "cast-iron bunk bed" in his dorm room. "I’m confident that my claims will have more merit than those filed by the President of the United States," O'Brien remarked to several cheers from the audience. DEMOCRATS OUTNUMBER REPUBLICANS 6-TO-1 AMONG COLLEGE GRADUATION SPEAKERS, REPORT FINDS This was in reference to the Trump administration's lawsuits against the Ivy League school for its alleged failure to protect Jewish students from antisemitism and discrimination based on race in admissions. O'Brien continued to mock Trump over his attempts to block Harvard University's use of international visas for students out of national security concerns. "As you are aware, the current administration feels Harvard admits too many foreign students," O'Brien said. "And who knows, maybe they may have a point. After all, what has any foreigner ever added to our American culture, with the possible exception of music, literature, art, cuisine, fashion, architecture, dance, scientific breakthroughs and the core of our moral codes and ethical beliefs?" HARVARD COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER DECRIES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S 'DRACONIAN GOVERNMENT MEASURES' He continued, "If foreigners hadn’t gummed up the works, right now we’d all be listening to delightful Calvinist reggae, eating savory Church of England ziti and dancing the forbidden and sexually charged Lutheran lambada." O'Brien made a third jab at the Trump administration when he lamented the nation living through a time of "extreme narcissism." "Our current leadership in Washington believes that empathy is a weakness, and that our nation stands supreme and alone. Add to that, everyone here today has a phone in their pocket that is algorithmically programmed to celebrate you and you alone by making you the protein-maxing hero of your own special journey," O'Brien said. CONAN O'BRIEN SWIPES AT TPUSA, KID ROCK DURING MONOLOGUE WITH 'ALTERNATE OSCARS' JOKE In a comment to Fox News Digital, White House spokesperson Davis Ingle said, "Nobody in their right mind cares what woke celebrities in Hollywood say or think."  Though he has criticized comedians who are too focused on saying "f--- Trump," O'Brien has been known to mock conservative figures in the past. Earlier this month, however, he denied that comedians and the media target conservatives. "There’s this misconception that the media just wants to go after conservatives," O’Brien said on his "Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend" podcast. "And they don’t understand that everyone benefits when they laugh at themselves. Everyone wins. If you laugh at yourself, it humanizes you." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18cb9eee6011c3f4e8f0bc Rabid anti-Israel activists set to hit the streets tonight in Mamdani's Manhattan te 2026-05-28T23:11:26.155Z Rabid anti-Israel activists set to hit the streets tonight in Mamdani's Manhattan Jewish New Yorkers, beware. The same rabid anti-Israel activists who have harassed Jews at synagogues in recent weeks in violent protests, flown the flag of Hamas and Hezbollah and stomped on the Israeli flag are returning to the streets tonight at Time Square in midtown Manhattan to rage-bait Israelis and Jews attending a "Jerusalem Real Estate Expo" at Times Square. The protest underscores how anti-Israel activist groups are continuing to escalate their pressure campaigns against pro-Israel and Jewish events across the city, despite mounting criticisms of antisemitism. Earlier this week, Jewish and Muslim leaders led a protest at Mayor Zohran Mamdani's residence at Gracie Mansion, asking that he address the growing antisemitism in the city. Community leaders say these protests put more pressure on Mamdani who joined anti-Israel protests many times before he ran for the mayor's office. In college, he was a founding member of his school's chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, which also seeks "the return" of Palestinians to modern-day Israel and a one-state solution that claims modern-day Israel for Palestinians, essentially destroying the state of Israel. The planned confrontation unfolded at 6:30 p.m. at the New York Hilton Midtown, where anti-Israel protesters are expected to target attendees and organizers connected to the real estate event. The anti-Israel group sponsoring the protest tonight is the New York and New Jersey chapter of PAL-AWDA, a group that is seeking "the return" of Palestinians to modern-day Israel. The group advocates for completely dismantling the state of Israel, and it rejects discussions of a two-state solution, demanding Palestinian control of modern-day Israel from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, or as they chant, "from the river to the sea." VIDEO SHOWS CLASHES ERUPT OUTSIDE SYNAGOGUE AS ANTI-ISRAEL MOB WREAKS HAVOC AT REAL ESTATE EXPO PAL-AWDA group regularly participates in demonstrations targeting Jewish and pro-Israel gatherings across New York City, alongside activists from Within Our Lifetime and the Muslim American Society’s New York chapter, which are also expected to send members to the protest. Al-Awda activists protested outside a Queens synagogue two weeks ago and targeted another synagogue event on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Within Our Lifetime is led by its fiery co-founder, Nerdeen Kiswani, and Muslim American Society members are led by Abdullah Akl, a youth and outreach coordinator for the 501(c)(3) religious nonprofit. These groups have worked together with the network of far-left organizations that have organized anti-Israel protests and student encampments, like the People's Forum, the ANSWER Coalition and the Party for Socialism and Liberation, which have been funded and supported by Neville Roy Singham, a controversial American Marxist tech tycoon living in Shanghai, supporting the Chinese Communist Party. It isn't clear if those groups will send their members, but there is usually a lot of cross-pollination. One regular anti-Israel protest participant, Anas Shuaib, 27, told Fox News Digital: "I will be at the Hilton event to stop land theft of Palestinian land and expose Zionist control of America." The "Jerusalem Real Estate Expo," scheduled from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Hilton, promoted the event as "the Israeli capital’s greatest real estate opportunities … all under one roof." MAMDANI FACES A MUSLIM PROBLEM AHEAD OF GRACIE MANSION PROTEST In response, the PAL-AWDA New York and New Jersey chapter quietly announced its demonstration, titled "Stop the Sale of Stolen Palestinian Land." Fox News Digital sent requests for comment to several of the organizations participating in the real estate event but didn't hear back, and PAL-AWDA didn't respond to a request for comment. Promotional material for the protest describe the expo as an "illegal land expo and settler recruitment fair" featuring the "Mayor of Jerusalem," with the mayor's title placed in quotation marks. Al-Awda used imagery in its protest advertisement that critics say symbolized the elimination of the Jewish state. The graphic featured a keyhole replacing the "O" in "Stop the Sale," alongside a full map of modern-day Israel placed inside the "O" in "Stolen," imagery commonly used by anti-Israel activists to reject Israel’s existence as a sovereign state. The renewed demonstrations are likely to intensify scrutiny on Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who already faced criticism Tuesday night as Jewish and Muslim protesters gathered outside Gracie Mansion to protest what they described as rising antisemitism and the city’s handling of anti-Israel activism. Fox News Digital's Kyle Schmidbauer contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18cb75ee6011c3f4e8f0af The spelling bee takes a game show approach to combat declining viewership. te 2026-05-28T23:10:45.355Z The spelling bee takes a game show approach to combat declining viewership. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18cb5fee6011c3f4e8f093 How to apply to Startup Battlefield 2026, what you need ahead of the June 8 deadline te 2026-05-28T23:10:23.834Z How to apply to Startup Battlefield 2026, what you need ahead of the June 8 deadline Startup Battlefield applications are due tomorrow, so now's the time to put the finishing touches on your submission! Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18c93eee6011c3f4e8f06d Woman arrested for allegedly killing her stepfather 51 years ago in Arizona te 2026-05-28T23:01:18.312Z Woman arrested for allegedly killing her stepfather 51 years ago in Arizona A 79-year-old woman has been arrested in Pima County for the 1975 death of her stepfather. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18c929ee6011c3f4e8f064 'Eyes in the sky': Peoria police locate stolen cars, suspects in minutes using drones te 2026-05-28T23:00:57.357Z 'Eyes in the sky': Peoria police locate stolen cars, suspects in minutes using drones Peoria police joins other Arizona law enforcement agencies in utilizing drone first responders to solve crimes. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18c6d9ee6011c3f4e8efdc Families confront California 'party mom' in court, calling her a 'monster' who groomed their children te 2026-05-28T22:51:05.927Z Families confront California 'party mom' in court, calling her a 'monster' who groomed their children Convicted "Los Gatos Party Mom" Shannon O’Connor was sentenced to 35 years in California prison Thursday after victims and parents delivered emotional courtroom statements describing years of trauma, manipulation and abuse tied to the booze-fueled teen parties prosecutors said she orchestrated inside her Silicon Valley home. "It is beyond me. I cannot comprehend how someone could do this," one victim, identified in court as "Jane Doe 4," told O’Connor directly during sentencing proceedings in Santa Clara County Superior Court, according to KTVU. "For me what happened took away so many happy parts of who I was." O’Connor, 52, received 29 years and four months on the felony charges and an additional six years on misdemeanor charges after a jury convicted her on 48 felony charges, including child endangerment, furnishing alcohol to minors and sex-related offenses, the outlet reported. O’Connor addressed the court Thursday morning ahead of sentencing, apologizing to the victims and families while insisting she never had a sexual interest in minors. CALIFORNIA 'TEACHER OF THE YEAR' SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS FOR SEXUAL ABUSE OF STUDENTS "For the past five years, I’ve had the chance and time to reflect on what went wrong," O’Connor said in a statement read in court, reported by KTVU. "I’m not here to make excuses for my actions." O’Connor acknowledged that families trusted her and said she "let you all down," adding that both the victims and her own family had suffered in the aftermath of the case. "My actions are the cause of your pain, and I’m ashamed," she said. "I live every day wishing I could take everything back." She also described the toll the case had taken on her own family, saying her children had grown up "in the shadows of shame, harassment, humiliation and physical attacks," while her husband’s "reputation, career and marriage" had been destroyed. But O’Connor pushed back against prosecutors’ portrayal of her as a sexual predator, telling the court, "There is one thing that doesn’t sit right in my soul. I’ve never had sexual inclination toward your children or minors." EX-MAYOR CAUGHT IN LEWD ACT AT BOOZE-FILLED POOL PARTY, PROSECUTORS SAY "I’m the victim of sexual abuse and I wouldn’t want to inflict that pain," she added. The statement came after days of emotional testimony from victims and parents, many of whom accused O’Connor of grooming vulnerable teenagers, encouraging sexual conduct among minors and supplying children with alcohol at chaotic house parties. In a sentencing memorandum filed ahead of the hearing, Deputy District Attorney Joanna Lee asked the court to impose a sentence of 41 years and 10 months "to appropriately punish the defendant for every separate crime of endangerment, sexual abuse, and child abuse that the victims suffered." OHIO DAYCARE WORKER CONVICTED OF HORRIFIC PHYSICAL ABUSE OF TODDLERS SENTENCED TO YEARS IN PRISON The sentencing hearing featured emotional testimony from victims and parents who accused O’Connor of turning her Los Gatos home into a dangerous gathering place where underage teens drank heavily and engaged in sexual conduct. Kate Doe, the mother of Jane Doe 4, broke down while telling the court her daughter developed a substance abuse problem after attending the parties. NEW JERSEY TEACHER WHO SLEPT WITH STUDENTS AT FAMILY BAGEL SHOP LEARNS PRISON SENTENCE "She was taking weekly drink orders for these kids," the mother testified, according to KTVU. "She encouraged and managed sex acts. Our daughter was only 14 years old. She was quiet, innocent. Before encounter with Shannon, she was sweet, silly and full of joy." Kate Doe said she was the parent who first contacted police in 2021 after learning what was allegedly happening inside O’Connor’s home. At one point, she said, the family moved between Tahoe and Sea Ranch to keep their daughter away from O’Connor. MARRIED OHIO SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR, 43, LEARNS SENTENCE FOR SEX WITH TEEN STUDENT IN OFFICE "Shannon had been trying to collect our daughter — send her an airplane ticket," she testified. Another family told the court O’Connor had once been a trusted friend whose son was best friends with their own child before they discovered what prosecutors described as a pattern of grooming behavior. EX-MAYOR CAUGHT IN LEWD ACT AT BOOZE-FILLED POOL PARTY, PROSECUTORS SAY "She blatantly lied to us and made us think she'd keep our son safe," the family testified. They alleged O’Connor groomed their son through social media and even taught him how to dispose of empty alcohol cans. GOT A TIP? The family recalled a Halloween party at O’Connor’s home where their 14-year-old son became so intoxicated he could barely communicate. "We picked him up early, shivering, no shoes, no shirt," the family testified, according to KTVU. "While kids were getting drunk she was across town at another Halloween party… Shannon left our 14-year-old child with alcohol and an open pool and hot tub." FOLLOW US ON X Valerie Doe, the mother of two boys identified in court as John Doe 1 and John Doe 2, testified that O’Connor "robbed" her sons of their childhoods. "Without significant incarceration, she remains a direct threat to the community," Valerie Doe said, according to KTVU. "By grooming my children, she weaponized them. They now suffer from deep-seeded guilt and trust issues." GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL She also described finding her sons barely conscious and vomiting after one of the parties. The testimony echoed disturbing allegations laid out in the DA’s sentencing memorandum, which accused O’Connor of "victimiz[ing] an entire community of children and parents" through "constant grooming, manipulation, and hyper-sexualization of young teens." CLICK HERE FOR MORE US NEWS According to prosecutors, O’Connor hosted "chaotic alcohol-soaked benders" where minors became intoxicated to the point of "vomiting, choking on their own vomit, loss of consciousness, and loss of physical and mental faculty to consent." The memo alleges O’Connor used Snapchat to privately communicate with children, pressured girls to wear revealing clothing, organized co-ed hotel sleepovers and created "designated hookup rooms" inside her home. Prosecutors further alleged investigators found O’Connor’s phone "flooded" with images of underage girls in suggestive poses, which they argued demonstrated a "deep sexual interest in minor children." "This defendant not only didn’t protect these children, she endangered their safety, coordinated their sexual assaults, and she tried to get them not to tell," Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen said in the March release. "These brave kids came forward to tell the truth about what happened and to put a stop to it."    Another victim’s mother described O’Connor in court as a "monster" and a "pedophile," urging the judge to impose the maximum possible punishment. Fox News Digital's Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18c6c5ee6011c3f4e8efd3 Demi Moore claims Rumer Willis' ex tried to 'dictate and control' her daughter in custody battle declaration te 2026-05-28T22:50:45.994Z Demi Moore claims Rumer Willis' ex tried to 'dictate and control' her daughter in custody battle declaration Demi Moore fiercely defended Rumer Willis as her daughter waded into a bitter custody battle with ex Derek Richard Thomas, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital. Thomas quietly filed for custody over their three-year-old daughter Louetta last summer, to which Willis, 37, fired back with allegations of persistent emotional abuse throughout their two-year relationship. In a declaration filed earlier this year, Moore, 63, claimed to have "firsthand, personal knowledge" of Thomas' desire to "dictate and control Rumer's environment to his needs," which became most evident while her daughter was giving birth. "His actions to control and manipulate often held two faces," Moore wrote. "One he presented to everyone else and then the flip side when he was alone with Rumer or with me and Rumer’s siblings or nannies." BRUCE WILLIS AND DEMI MOORE'S DAUGHTER DENIES LIVING OFF PARENTS' MONEY, SAYS SHE WORKS 4 JOBS AS SINGLE MOM "The facade came down and revealed itself most obviously once Rumer was in labor." Moore claimed that while her daughter was in the throes of a home labor, Thomas "without asking, and without having showered, got into the birthing tub in an aggressive and sudden manner." "Everyone was shocked. Rumer asked him to get out immediately and he did," Moore wrote. "He then spent the rest of the birth acting angry and pouting and making it all about him. No consideration to Rumer, the baby, the process, or anyone else for that matter." DEMI MOORE SPARKS FASCIST PROPAGANDA' BACKLASH AT CANNES AFTER TELLING HOLLYWOOD TO STOP FIGHTING AI Following Louetta's birth, the "Landman" actress and her daughters helped reset the house so that it was fresh and clean for the baby, but claimed Thomas "immediately begin to pout and stomp about illustrating his displeasure at our being there." "Derek immediately came into her room to angrily complain that we were there cleaning," Moore wrote. "I heard him pressure Rumer not to have me and her sisters there with her for support. I heard him berate and angrily complain to Rumer 'how dare we come over without his permission.'" "He stayed in the room with Rumer for at least thirty (30) minutes that morning less than twelve (12) hours after Rumer had given birth. He would not leave her alone. It ended only when Rumer left the room to get away from him." SIA'S ESTRANGED HUSBAND DENIED SOLE CUSTODY OF SON AFTER HE ACCUSED MUSICIAN OF DRUG ABUSE IN EMERGENCY ORDER Moore noted, "Derek constantly sucks the joy out of all encounters with him. He wants to put Rumer at odds with our family, and creates unnecessary stress and fear for Rumer to this day." She claimed that Thomas ruined her first moment to hold the newborn when he insisted on his own "skin to skin contact" with the baby. Willis was preparing to nurse the child and handed her off to Moore for a moment, only for Thomas to allegedly "pull off his shirt" and demand the baby. DEMI MOORE REVEALS HER ONE DEMAND BEFORE ICONIC 'CHARLIE'S ANGELS' BIKINI SCENE "He was so locked in and aggressive about this 'skin to skin contact' that he would not let Rumer put clothes on Louetta when she was clearly cold and needing to be bundled and swaddled," Moore wrote. "He showed absolutely no respect care concern compassion or support toward anyone especially Rumer and the baby." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER She also recalled how her daughter was concerned with Thomas smoking marijuana around the baby. "Rumer, my other daughters and I became concerned that he was unstable," she wrote. "Rumer told me that Derek was creating fights all the time and causing her extreme stress. She told me he would not let her sleep at night as he wanted to continue arguing into the night." LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Moore said the family made an effort to support him as a new father, but he was unwavering his own actions to cut Rumer's "support system completely out of the picture." "I have continued to see him make choices that are not reflective of someone who truly wants to share in parental responsibility, who undermines, and does not put Louetta's best interest as the priority," Moore wrote. Representatives for Thomas did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. In his own declaration, Thomas denied Moore's account of their relationship and said her filing was "based on hearsay and innuendo." "As a further indication of the hostile and problematic relationship between Respondent [Willis] and her mother, Respondent told me directly that she did not want her family present for the first 40 days after Louetta’s birth," Thomas wrote. "Nonetheless, on the day after Louetta was born, Ms. Moore and household staff members came into the home and caused a significant disturbance." He added, "On this occasion, Ms. Moore, apparently based on something said by Respondent, threatened to 'destroy me.'" Willis and Thomas are expected in court June 9 where a judge will issue an order on custody and visitation. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18c495ee6011c3f4e8ef69 Mamdani skips Israel Day Parade despite joining other cultural celebrations te 2026-05-28T22:41:25.833Z Mamdani skips Israel Day Parade despite joining other cultural celebrations New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani won't be attending the city's annual Israel Day Parade on Sunday, a break from decades-long tradition, despite attending other events celebrating the city's diverse cultural landscape. Since 1964, every mayor in the city has attended the Jewish celebration, which comes amid record levels of antisemitism and weeks of anti-Israel demonstrations outside synagogues and Jewish communal institutions across New York. Despite his absence, the mayor pledged to provide security and the necessary permits for the safety of those who will be participating. MAMDANI WON'T ATTEND ISRAEL DAY PARADE, BREAKING DECADES-LONG MAYORAL TRADITION AMID ANTISEMITISM SURGE Mamdani indicated that he would not attend as a matter of political principle. He has voiced frequent criticism of Israel following the Hamas Oct. 7, 2023, attack on the Jewish state and, upon taking office in January, scrapped an order that barred city agencies from participating in the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. "I look forward to joining and hosting many community events celebrating Jewish life in New York and the rich Jewish history and culture of our city," Mamdani's spokesman told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. "While I will not be attending the Israel Day Parade, my lack of attendance should not be mistaken for a refusal to provide security or the necessary permits for its safety," the statement continued. "I’ve been very clear: I believe in equal rights for all people everywhere. That principle guides me consistently." Fox News Digital has reached out to the mayor's office. MAMDANI REFERENCES PALESTINIAN 'GENOCIDE' DURING ST PATRICK'S DAY EVENT Despite his stance against Israel, the mayor has participated in other celebrations, including this year's St. Patrick's Day celebration, during which he compared the historic plight of the Irish to the "genocide" in Palestine amid Israel's war with Hamas. At the city's Lunar New Year Parade in March, Mamdani was in attendance with Gov. Kathy Hochul. In June, New York will host the annual Puerto Rican Day Parade, one of the largest parades in the city. While the mayor hasn't confirmed if he will attend this year's event, he has a history of participating in the festivities. He was in attendance in 2025 while on the campaign trail, as well as at the Pakistan Independence Day Mela in Brooklyn that same year. He also participated in the India Day Parade last year. During his mayoral campaign, Mamdani said he would likely miss many parades, saying he wanted to focus on core issues instead. Earlier this month, Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist, became the first NYC mayor in decades to address a May Day rally, also known as International Workers' Day. In October, the city's Columbus Day Parade will make its way down Fifth Avenue. Last year, he chose to skip the event, which was ultimately canceled due to high winds — a decision that drew criticism from Italian-American advocacy groups, especially after a 2020 social media post resurfaced showing him giving the middle finger to a Columbus statue in Queens. Fox News Digital's Ariella Noveck contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18c481ee6011c3f4e8ef60 Ancient wasp species frozen in amber named after McLaren F1 driver Oscar Piastri te 2026-05-28T22:41:05.836Z Ancient wasp species frozen in amber named after McLaren F1 driver Oscar Piastri McLaren's Oscar Piastri may have just missed out on a first Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship last season, but do you know what he has that no other driver has? ...Yeah, exactly, that's right: a prehistoric wasp named after him. A new research article revealed the discovery of a wasp frozen in Burmese amber that was found in Myanmar. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Of course, this find was going to need a name, and according to Formula 1's website, that name is "Gwesped piastrii" after the Australian driver. F1 STAR OSCAR PIASTRI WAVES OFF POSSIBLE INDYCAR FUTURE, NO INTEREST IN INDY 500 "The specific epithet honours Mr Oscar Piastri for his achievements in Formula 1, and because the colour of the amber piece recalled to the first author the iconic McLaren orange," the article states. "It is to be treated as a noun in the genitive case... The descriptions of Gwesped piastrii contribute to refining our understanding of the morphological diversity within the genus." The man himself found out about the news during an off-week before the Monaco Grand Prix, and seemed pretty excited about the honor (as he should be). I'm pretty sure Piastri would've taken a championship over the wasp, but, hey, this is still pretty damn cool. Maybe this will be a turning point in Piastri's season because the poor guy just can't catch a break, it seems. The year started with the 25-year-old failing to start the first two Grand Prix of the season in Australia and China. It's been a feast-or-famine season for him because while he had podium finishes in Japan and Miami, he finished P11 this past weekend in Canada. Of course, that wasn't completely his fault, as the team gambled on intermediate tires to start the race, and that proved to be the wrong choice. On top of that, Piastri went deep into the notorious hairpin at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and straight into Williams driver Alex Albon's sidepod, earning himself a 10-second time penalty in the process. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18c459ee6011c3f4e8ef54 From ‘clickbait’ to ‘nerfing,’ modern slang is shaking up the bee. te 2026-05-28T22:40:25.915Z From ‘clickbait’ to ‘nerfing,’ modern slang is shaking up the bee. Internet slang and non-European terms are appearing more and more in the competition while words with Greek and Latin words are being used less. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18c29cee6011c3f4e8ef09 Buying a condo just got harder for many, thanks to Fannie Mae policies te 2026-05-28T22:33:00.315Z Buying a condo just got harder for many, thanks to Fannie Mae policies Buying a condo in some parts of the U.S. has become harder due to recent changes in Fannie Mae’s condo policies, according to local real estate experts. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18c287ee6011c3f4e8ef00 Lake Havasu City home prices rose 7.4% from last year, Redfin says te 2026-05-28T22:32:39.351Z Lake Havasu City home prices rose 7.4% from last year, Redfin says Home prices in Lake Havasu City are still climbing. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18c272ee6011c3f4e8eef7 Hoover Dam draped in flag for nation's 250th birthday te 2026-05-28T22:32:18.312Z Hoover Dam draped in flag for nation's 250th birthday A 300-foot-wide, 150-foot-tall American flag now hangs across the face of Hoover Dam, illuminated by patriotic lighting in red, white and blue — what officials are calling "the most ambitious long-duration installation ever attempted" at the historic structure. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18c25dee6011c3f4e8eeee GraceArts Live to stage ‘The SpongeBob Musical: Youth Edition’ te 2026-05-28T22:31:57.905Z GraceArts Live to stage ‘The SpongeBob Musical: Youth Edition’ GraceArts Live will stage “The SpongeBob Musical: Youth Edition” June 5-7 and June 12-14. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18c248ee6011c3f4e8eee3 Suspect could take deal in case of armed encounter with LHCPD te 2026-05-28T22:31:36.871Z Suspect could take deal in case of armed encounter with LHCPD A Bullhead City man accused last year of brandishing a firearm after an alleged flight from Lake Havasu City Police officers is now scheduled to appear at a change-of-plea hearing in Mohave Superior Court. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18c233ee6011c3f4e8eeda Deputy identified in shooting incident, LHCPD continues investigation te 2026-05-28T22:31:15.838Z Deputy identified in shooting incident, LHCPD continues investigation A man was shot in Meadview last month, after he allegedly opened fire on Mohave County Sheriff’s Deputies. Now the Lake Havasu City Police Department is investigating the incident, as the suspect awaits trial on felony charges of aggravated assault… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18c219ee6011c3f4e8eeb3 NHL coach Bruce Cassidy comments on Vegas Golden Knights keeping other teams from interviewing him te 2026-05-28T22:30:49.439Z NHL coach Bruce Cassidy comments on Vegas Golden Knights keeping other teams from interviewing him The Vegas Golden Knights are headed to their third Stanley Cup Final appearance in team history — which only began in 2017 — but that kind of success doesn't come without some controversy. One of the biggest involves their former head coach, Bruce Cassidy. The former Jack Adams Award-winner led the Golden Knights to a Stanley Cup in 2023, but with eight games left on the regular season schedule this year, they fired him and brought in John Tortorella. Oh, well. Disappointing, but Cassidy has no shortage of teams looking to bring him in... the only problem is Vegas is not letting them talk to him. GOLDEN KNIGHTS BOOK TRIP TO STANLEY CUP FINAL AFTER CONTROVERSIAL COACH FIRING "It's upsetting," Cassidy told the "Spittin' Chiclets" podcast. "Once you're fired, your contract's basically terminated, but the one thing people don't realize is... you have no-compete clauses, so I can't resign today and go work for someone tomorrow," Cassidy said. "I can't work until Vegas gives me permission until this contract's up, which is at the end of next season. So if I resign, all I do is not get paid." Teams have to get permission to speak to a fired coach still under contract like Cassidy, but you rarely see this denied. Vegas has a reputation for being cutthroat in their approach to a lot of things, and it was reported earlier this month that they had blocked the Edmonton Oilers — a division rival — from talking to Cassidy. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! He seemingly confirmed this, saying that two teams had been blocked from interviewing him. Other teams in need of coaches right now are the Toronto Maple Leafs, Los Angeles Kings and Vancouver Canucks. "There [were] two teams that asked; it’s public knowledge now, and I would like to talk to them. I want to go to work. I’m a hockey coach," he said. This isn't the only controversy on Vegas' plate. After Tortorella refused to speak to the media after the deciding Game 6 in their second-round series with the Anaheim Ducks, he was fined $100,000, and the team lost a second-round pick in the upcoming draft. The team appealed the decision, and it was upheld. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18bfd3ee6011c3f4e8ee4a Angel Reese tried to stretch her range, but her ugly shooting streak only got worse in Dream loss to Lynx te 2026-05-28T22:21:07.833Z Angel Reese tried to stretch her range, but her ugly shooting streak only got worse in Dream loss to Lynx Angel Reese had a chance to make her viral shot chart look a little less ugly. Instead, it got worse. One day after OutKick noted that Reese had not made a shot from outside five feet this season, the Atlanta Dream forward went to Minnesota and attempted two three-pointers in a 96-81 loss to the Lynx. Both missed. ANGEL REESE GIVES ATLANTA DREAM REBOUNDS AND ATTENTION, BUT HER OFFENSE IS STILL A PROBLEM Reese finished with 10 points, eight rebounds and five assists in 27 minutes. That box score does not look disastrous on its own. But the shooting details tell a different story. Reese shot 3 of 8 from the field, went 0 of 2 from beyond the arc and failed to record a double-double for the third time this season. Two of those instances came in the Dream's two losses. The 3-point attempts were notable because Reese had attempted only three shots from deep through Atlanta’s first five games. Against the Lynx, she nearly matched that total in one night. It's as if she heard the noise around her inability to make shots from distance and tried to change the narrative. The problem is that neither attempt went in. All three of Reese's made field goals against Minnesota came from inside five feet. She did make all four of her free throw attempts, however, which improved her percentage to 71% from the line for the season. According to the WNBA’s advanced stats page, Reese is now 25 of 62 from the field this season. All 25 of her made baskets have come from less than 5 feet. From 5 feet or farther, she is 0 of 9. That is not great. But the shooting was not the only issue for Reese on Wednesday night. Reese’s value is supposed to be built around rebounding, defense, physicality and energy. That is the case her supporters usually make when the offensive numbers aren't there. But even that part of the argument was harder to make against Minnesota. Natasha Howard, the player Reese was tasked with guarding for much of the game, had her way with Atlanta’s frontcourt. Howard finished with 22 points, eight rebounds and five assists while shooting 11-of-16 from the field. Reese finished with 10 points, eight rebounds and five assists while shooting 3-of-8. Same rebounds. Same assists. Twelve fewer points. Howard also had two steals, two blocks and finished plus-18. Reese had one steal, no blocks and finished minus-16. That matters because when Reese is not finishing around the rim, the fallback argument is usually everything else she brings to the floor. And to be fair, Reese does bring real value. She rebounds. She plays hard. She creates extra possessions. She draws attention to herself, her team and the WNBA. But if the offense is limited and the opposing frontcourt player is also winning the defensive and physical matchup, the conversation gets a lot harder to spin. Now, none of this means Reese was the only reason Atlanta lost. The Dream had plenty of problems against Minnesota. The Lynx shot 60% from the field, got 25 points and seven assists from Courtney Williams, and outscored Atlanta 28-19 in the third quarter to take control of the game. Minnesota was simply better. But Reese’s night was still notable because it came immediately after her shooting chart became a topic of conversation. She had a chance to answer it. Instead, she extended the streak. In addition, she stood on stage at Hot 107.9’s annual Birthday Bash ATL on Sunday night and declared, "We the number one team right now in the W!" That was true at the time, with Atlanta at 4-1, but it landed differently after Wednesday’s loss. The Dream are still 4-2. Reese is averaging 12.3 points, 10.8 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game. Those are not bad numbers. Plenty of players would take them, and most teams, if not all, would want a player like Reese on their roster. But context matters. Reese has attempted 53 of her 62 shots this season from less than five feet. That is 85.5% of her total shot attempts. Even from there, she is making fewer than half. She has also had eight shots blocked, including six inside 5 feet. For a 6-foot-4 forward, that's a problem. The issue is not simply that Reese cannot stretch the floor. Plenty of productive post players don't shoot threes. The issue is that Reese hasn't made anything outside five feet and is still not finishing efficiently enough at the rim. If almost every shot comes from right around the basket, the efficiency has to be better than 47%. For reference, Natasha Howard is shooting 67% overall this season and 71% on shots from less than five feet. In other words, Howard makes the shots she's supposed to make. This is where the superstar conversation around Reese continues to run into reality. She can absolutely help a team. She can rebound. She can defend. She can give Atlanta energy and visibility. But that is a very different conversation from pretending the offensive questions don't exist. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE After Wednesday night, the numbers are even harder to spin. Reese has now taken nine shots from five feet or farther this season. She has made zero. Different team. Same attention. Same rebounds. Same ugly shooting problem. And in this game, even the defense-and-rebounding argument took a hit. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18bfbfee6011c3f4e8ee41 The NBA, NBC and fanboys continue to tout deeply misleading ratings data | Bobby Burack te 2026-05-28T22:20:47.907Z The NBA, NBC and fanboys continue to tout deeply misleading ratings data | Bobby Burack While OutKick is trying to enjoy the NBA conference finals, though all the blowouts make that difficult, the fanboys keep demanding we comment on the ratings. Every other day, it seems, NBC or the NBA releases another celebratory graphic touting viewership. "The Western Conference Finals are averaging 9.4 million viewers across NBC and Peacock, making it the most-watched Western Conference Finals on record through three games," NBC posted on X on Thursday. JEMELE HILL'S SIDEKICK FINALLY ADMITS SHE 'DOESN'T LIKE' WNBA STAR CAITLIN CLARK The network also said that "Thunder-Spurs Game 4 on Sunday delivered a total audience of 10.3 million viewers, making it the most-watched Western Conference Finals Game 4 since 1999." Earlier this postseason, the NBA claimed the playoffs were the highest-rated since 1993. Predictably, blogs and podcasters have seized on those figures as proof that the NBA has fully regained the popularity it lost over the past decade. According to them, the numbers show that those damn conservatives were wrong about the league. At this rate, Bill Simmons and Ryen Russillo will once again demand that OutKick address the numbers. Here’s the problem: the ratings discourse this postseason is deeply misleading. Take the claim that Thunder-Spurs is the most-watched Western Conference Finals in 26 years. It is the first conference finals series to air on NBC in 23 years. Every comparable series since has aired on cable, either TNT or ESPN. That distinction matters. Broadcast television reaches significantly more homes than cable. In fact, the current Western Conference Finals, featuring two small-market franchises that historically struggle to draw national audiences, are averaging roughly two to three million more viewers than the Eastern Conference Finals featuring the New York Knicks. That gap suggests that during most conference finals, especially those without the Knicks, the cable-to-broadcast bump would be even larger. CELTICS HEAD COACH ADMITS HE'D 'RATHER WATCH SOMETHING ELSE' AS NBA RATINGS DECLINE There’s another issue rarely acknowledged by the NBA-friendly media. Nielsen measures television audiences differently than it did the last time the NBA aired on NBC. In fact, Nielsen measures audiences differently than it did just a year ago. Since September, Nielsen has implemented a new measurement system called Big Data + Panel. Industry estimates suggest the updated methodology inflates audience averages for live sports by roughly 10% compared to the previous system. And then there’s Peacock, whose streaming figures are not independently verifiable. Put simply, the numbers NBC and the NBA are promoting do not prove that the league is more popular now than at any point since the late 1990s. Consider the NBA’s claim that the first round was the highest-watched opening round in 33 years. Beyond the Nielsen methodology changes and the move back to broadcast television, the league also stopped airing first-round playoff games on regional sports networks for the first time ever. In previous years, fans in major markets like New York and Los Angeles could watch local Knicks and Lakers broadcasts instead of the national telecast. This year, those viewers had no local alternative. That change alone almost certainly inflated the national numbers. Combined with the Nielsen adjustments and the NBC broadcast advantage, these factors likely explain most, if not all, of the reported 20% increase in first-round viewership. To be clear, NBA viewership is only a major topic of conversation right now because the league and its unusually friendly media ecosystem insist on making it one. No other sports league promotes selective ratings data as aggressively as the NBA. Likewise, no fan base seems more eager to play "gotcha" with television numbers than NBA fans online. Perhaps they think talking about ratings distracts from the actual product: flopping, inconsistent officiating and a lack of competitive playoff basketball. Notably, the Thunder-Spurs series has been a dud since an excellent Game 1. Since then, every game has been decided by double digits. Out East, the Knicks dispatched the Cavaliers in four games. After a thrilling opener, New York won the final three games by an average margin of 22 points. Still, the NBA and its fans do have legitimate reasons for optimism. The Knicks are headed to the Finals for the first time since 1999, which is undeniably compelling television. Victor Wembanyama has also emerged as a genuine superstar this postseason, even if the Spurs still appear a step below Oklahoma City. And yet, for whatever reason, fans and media personalities keep demanding OutKick weigh in on the ratings — which, despite all the spin and self-congratulation, are hardly worth bragging about. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18bd7dee6011c3f4e8edd7 Fox News Poll: Voters see AI regulation as urgent, rank safeguards ahead of innovation te 2026-05-28T22:11:09.278Z Fox News Poll: Voters see AI regulation as urgent, rank safeguards ahead of innovation As debates about artificial intelligence (AI) regulation intensify, the latest Fox News Poll finds that most registered voters believe it is urgent for the federal government to address the issue, and protecting the public interest should take priority over promoting innovation.  Nearly 8 in 10 think it is extremely (40%) or very (37%) urgent for the government to address AI regulations. FOX NEWS POLL: FAITH IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE US IS COLLAPSING In addition, while more than half say both the federal government (51%) and the tech industry (54%) should have a great deal of responsibility, slightly more say it should fall to the tech side. Another 39% say state governments should have a great deal of responsibility. While voters across demographic groups broadly agree AI regulation is vital and both government and the tech industry have responsibility, there is a notable generational divide on urgency. FOX NEWS POLL: VOTERS SEE WELFARE FRAUD AS COMMON, STILL MOSTLY FAVOR PROTECTING BENEFITS OVER CRACKDOWNS By a 15-point margin, fewer voters under age 30 view regulating AI as urgent (69%) than those ages 65 and over (84%). When asked what regulations should be prioritized, more voters favor protecting public interests (80%) than promoting innovation (19%) by a 61-point margin. While majorities of all age groups prioritize protecting the public, there is still a generational divide: two-thirds of those under 30 favor it (66%), compared to nearly 9 in 10 voters ages 65+ (88%). Partisan differences are smaller, though Democrats (83%) and independents (82%) are somewhat more likely than Republicans (77%) to prioritize protecting the public interest. CLICK HERE FOR CROSSTABS AND TOPLINE While voters largely agree AI regulation is needed, they are split on whether the U.S. should coordinate with other countries: 51% favor coordination, while 49% prefer the U.S. act independently. The generational gap is less pronounced here, as voters under 30 are divided (49% coordinate vs. 50% act independently) while voters 65 and over favor coordinating with others by 9 points (54% vs. 45%). Partisan divisions are starker, as 6 in 10 Democrats favor coordinating with other countries while 6 in 10 Republicans back acting independently. Independents are divided, 50% each. Conducted May 15–18, 2026, under the direction of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), this Fox News survey includes interviews with a sample of 1,002 registered voters randomly selected from a national voter file. Respondents spoke with live interviewers on landlines (109) and cellphones (635) or completed the survey online after receiving a text (258). Results based on the full sample have a margin of sampling error of ±3 percentage points. Sampling error for results among subgroups is higher. In addition to sampling error, question wording and order can influence results. Weights are generally applied to age, race, education, and area variables to ensure the demographics are representative of the registered voter population. Sources for developing weight targets include the most recent American Community Survey, Fox News Voter Analysis, and voter file data. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18bd55ee6011c3f4e8edcc Mina Kimes, an N.F.L. analyst, is returning to her spelling bee roots. te 2026-05-28T22:10:29.354Z Mina Kimes, an N.F.L. analyst, is returning to her spelling bee roots. A former school spelling bee champ, Ms. Kimes is on a mission to show America that these spellers are just as awesome as Patrick Mahomes. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18bb7bee6011c3f4e8ed7e ‘Heil!’: Deer Valley school board member gives Nazi salute during scheduling dispute te 2026-05-28T22:02:35.998Z ‘Heil!’: Deer Valley school board member gives Nazi salute during scheduling dispute Deer Valley Unified School District board member Kimberly Fisher (far left) gives a Nazi salute at the close of the governing board's May 26, 2026, meeting. (Screenshot via YouTube) A Deer Valley Unified School District board member with a history of controversy is facing calls to resign after she gave a Nazi salute during the board’s meeting on Tuesday.  “Heil! Heil!” board member Kimberly Fisher said as she raised her arm outstretched in the same manner as the infamous salute used by the Nazi party of World War II Germany.  In a Facebook live video posted after the meeting, Fisher acknowledged the salute and defended its use saying she was criticizing the board’s president, Paul Carver, who she claimed was acting like a “dictator” during a scheduling dispute.  “All I could think of tonight was Hitler, so I said ‘heil’ or whatever,” Fisher said.  GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE Fisher unleashed her Nazi salute in the final moments of the May 26 governing board meeting as her colleagues voted on a motion to adjourn for the day. Immediately before that vote, she had been arguing with Carver about the time and date of an upcoming study session to consider changing the district’s boundaries.  During the meeting, Fisher objected to the plan to hold that study session prior to a regularly scheduled board meeting. She said it should be held on a Saturday, which would be a time that was “better for our community.”  “I’m just going to be a little ornery with you for just a minute, Mrs. Fisher,” Carver said in response. “Everybody has been making this request nonstop, and everybody knows the policy: two people make the request, we get 60 days to work it in. At no point in time, with everybody’s requests, did anybody ever say, ‘I’d really like to see it on this date’…everybody wants things but nobody has given specifics, and then when we give it out there, everybody is like, ‘Well, that doesn’t work for me.’ Ok. That doesn’t work for you. Good.”  Fisher retorted that Carver was throwing a “tantrum.”  “The tantrum will be 10 minutes later out in that parking lot on Facebook,” Carver shot back, quickly asking if there was a motion to adjourn as Fisher continued to argue with him. “Is there a motion to adjourn or are we just going to do this for a while?”  After Carver asked who all was in favor of the motion Fisher made a Nazi salute and said, “Heil! Heil!”  One of her fellow board members says Fisher demonstrated she has no business being on the board and should resign. “I think she needs to resign and I think that what we have seen from her over the past four years I’ve been serving as a school board member is unacceptable,” Rep. Stephanie Simacek, D-Phoenix, who also serves on the board, told the Arizona Mirror. Simacek added that this “ is not unusual behavior” from Fisher and added that the Nazi salute is just the latest example of Fisher’s inappropriate actions as a governing board member.  Fisher was found in violation of the state’s open meeting law last year after she shared information from an executive session with a member of the public.  She’s also already been censured by the board.  “Of course they sanctioned me, or censured me — I don’t know what the hell they did, ’cause it doesn’t really have any meaning,” said in her Facebook video.  The district said Fisher’s actions are not a representation of DVUSD.  “The District does not condone, support, or endorse gestures or language associated with hate, discrimination, intimidation, or violence in any form,” DVUSD said in a statement to the Mirror. “As an elected official, Mrs. Fisher speaks and acts independently. Her views and actions do not reflect and should not be attributed to other Board members, staff, other members of the school community or the District.”  Fisher did not respond to the Mirror’s request for comment for this story.  In her Facebook livestream after the meeting, she said that she believes the board has been operating as a “dictatorship.”  A review of Fisher’s old Twitter account, which has been suspended, shows she posted frequently claiming that the election of President Joe Biden was “fraudulent” and anti-vaccine sentiments. She also made Islamophobic comments.  Fisher’s husband has been connected to a white nationalist espousing online account, and she has posted pro-Confederacy beliefs online, as well.  “The salute and what it represents has no place in public meetings. Free speech or not, it is unacceptable,” Simacek told the Mirror. “We will not normalize this behavior.” YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18bb63ee6011c3f4e8ed61 Jill Biden reveals Joe whispered 'I really f---ed up' after disastrous debate with Trump te 2026-05-28T22:02:11.357Z Jill Biden reveals Joe whispered 'I really f---ed up' after disastrous debate with Trump Former first lady Jill Biden revealed Thursday that both she and then-President Joe Biden were well aware of how disastrous his 2024 presidential debate was, to the point Jill thought he had been drugged. One of the most decisive moments of the 2024 election was Biden's debate with then-candidate Donald Trump. Biden stammered, had long periods of silence and intense, confused facial expressions, to the point some of his most vocal supporters broke ranks and demanded he relinquish the nomination. The Atlantic obtained a copy of the former first lady’s new memoir, "View From the East Wing," which will be released in early June. In it, she revealed that both she and her husband knew full well that it had not gone according to plan. She noted that when Biden walked off the debate stage that evening, he whispered to her, "I really f---ed up, didn’t I?" she wrote. "‘Yes, you did,’ I whispered back." HUNTER BIDEN SAYS FATHER WAS ON AMBIEN BEFORE DISASTROUS DEBATE, DEFENDS PAINTING SALES "Nothing explained what I was seeing," Jill wrote of Biden’s "strangely monochromatic" visage and poor performance that night. "To this day, I still don’t know what happened. Why wasn’t he making any sense? It was inexplicable to me." "Later, after positing that he may have unwittingly taken codeine cough syrup or Ambien to fight off a cold or to help him sleep, Jill Biden seems to rhetorically throw her hands in the air," The Atlantic summarized. The outlet also reported that Jill wished she had her husband take a blood test after the debate and even pushed for him to take a cognitive test to calm concerns about his mental acuity, but was overruled by his advisors. Jill noted that she would leave inspirational or blunt notes for her husband during his presidency, including "You are my hero" and "Get up, champ. Get up." She even recalled writing him notes on foreign policy, like "Net has to stop" or "Be strong, Don’t let BN use your goodness," referring to Biden’s efforts to negotiate with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over military actions in Gaza. LIBERAL CNN ANCHOR LASHES OUT AT DEMOCRATS' DECEIT AFTER JILL BIDEN'S ADMISSION ABOUT JOE'S DEBATE SHOWING She shared similar comments in an interview with CBS News Sunday Morning that previewed Wednesday. "I don't know what happened," Jill said in the interview. "I mean, when I watched it, I thought, ‘Oh my God, he's having a stroke,’ and it scared me to death." CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE But the night of the debate, the former first lady appeared to be putting on a very different face for the camera. She cheerfully greeted her husband at a post-debate event and praised his performance. "Joe, you did such a great job! You answered every question, you knew all the facts!" Jill Biden said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18bb4fee6011c3f4e8ed58 Burning Man's Orgy Dome asks for help to recover from last year's pounding so it can be erected once again te 2026-05-28T22:01:51.505Z Burning Man's Orgy Dome asks for help to recover from last year's pounding so it can be erected once again Last year's Burning Man festival was held without the Orgy Dome. High winds in Black Rock Desert, Nevada, pounded the dome early on and the damage was too extensive to properly host the week of planned events. It was tragic news for the thousands of festival attendees who pay a visit to the Orgy Dome every year. News organizers are trying to avoid going forward. What is Burning Man without a dome to hold orgies? It's a festival that doesn't have 80 mattresses, 34 floor air conditioning units, 2,000 sets of sheets and untold amounts of lube. It doesn't have a "wild, tender, sweaty, joyous gathering of humans." The nonprofit Consensuality Inc., which puts it all together, is asking for help making sure the Orgy Dome is erected for this year's festival. They've launched a GoFundMe to help them rebuild. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! The good news is that they're well on their way to the $30,000 goal they set. What do they need the money for? They listed exactly how they plan to use the money they raise, which adds up to more than the goal amount. They need $25,000 for the main play space, a 50-foot geodesic dome. Another $5,500 will go toward a 50-foot circus tent for the waiting area and workshop space. Another $3,000 will be needed for a 30-foot circus tent to be used as an orientation and consent space. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK CULTURE COVERAGE On top of all that, another $10,000 will be needed for weatherproofing and sound engineering, as well as repair and replacement of shade structures for the volunteers. There are other budgetary items, reports SFGate, such as "truckloads of lube and safer sex supplies," sheets, laundry and power bills, which will be covered by camp members. The Orgy Dome, the outlet states, draws roughly 10% of all attendees each year and has been in operation for more than 20 years. Organizers are doing all they can to ensure that it is erected for this year's Burning Man. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18bb3bee6011c3f4e8ed4f UCLA quarterback attempts to exploit loophole in transfer portal window with unique tactic te 2026-05-28T22:01:31.436Z UCLA quarterback attempts to exploit loophole in transfer portal window with unique tactic While the federal government is doing everything in its power to bring stability to college athletics, football and basketball continue operating with virtually no oversight. For basketball, we have seen teams time and again try to load their roster with professional players. First, it was Alabama adding Charles Bediako to its ranks before multiple court cases ruled him ineligible. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Now, the LSU Tigers are turning to the pros to bolster their chances at competing for SEC supremacy in Will Wade's first season back in Baton Rouge. Football isn't faring much better, as an unchecked transfer portal and lax eligibility rules are turning a sport that was already playing fast and loose with the rulebook into the Wild West of college athletics. The NCAA has attempted to curb the free movement of players ever so slightly by closing the spring transfer portal window and creating just one portal period in January, but it was only a matter of time before someone attempted to exploit the new rules as well. According to On3, UCLA quarterback/wide receiver Karson Gordon is attempting to hit the transfer portal, but not as a college football player. The redshirt sophomore is reportedly doing so as a scholarship track athlete, though he intends to be a two-sport athlete and play football at his next school. The NCAA's track and field transfer portal window just opened this week and will remain open until June 26, and there are no rules that say he can't participate in both track and football next season. It's a brilliant move by Gordon, but also could set a dangerous precedent. TRANS ATHLETE SPEAKS OUT AGAINST COLLEGES FOR NOT OFFERING FULL SCHOLARSHIP TO COMPETE AS WOMEN'S RUNNER Gordon was a track and field athlete both in high school and at UCLA, so he has the pedigree to earn a scholarship for another track and field program, but his example will likely try to be copied by many other football players looking for a workaround to the rules in place. Though this is a new method of skirting the updated transfer portal window, this isn't an entirely new phenomenon, as the University of Miami tried something similar to work around a scholarship limit back in the late '90s. Football players who ran track in high school would earn track scholarships in college, only to "walk on" to the Hurricanes' football team, with the most notable example being future Pro Bowl wide receiver Santana Moss. This is one of the reasons I am so pessimistic about anything the government passes with regard to legislation trying to fix college athletics. As long as there are rules, there will be people trying and succeeding to break the rules. Implement a salary cap, and programs will go right back to the "bagman" days of paying players under the table. The genie is out of the bottle in college football and basketball. God help whoever's job it is to put it back. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18bb27ee6011c3f4e8ed46 MLB owners counter players' union's proposal with salary cap for first time since 1994-95 strike te 2026-05-28T22:01:11.439Z MLB owners counter players' union's proposal with salary cap for first time since 1994-95 strike The players’ union has already vowed it would never accept a salary cap in Major League Baseball, but that didn’t stop the owners from proposing one on Thursday. The collective bargaining agreement between the MLB Players’ Association and the league’s owners is set to expire this December, and there are some pressing concerns that there could be another lockout situation that occurs. The last was after the 2021 campaign, though both sides came to an agreement after 99 days. Now, the MLBPA reportedly submitted its first proposal on how to hopefully find common ground in 2027 and beyond. ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported the players’ first proposal focuses on the fact that cheap owners refuse to spend money to improve their roster, as they suggested a "competitive-integrity tax." CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM The owners balked on the proposal, not to anyone’s surprise, but they have came back with their own. And it’s the first time since the 1994-95 baseball strike that a salary cap has been pitched. MLB’s proposal would set up a $245.3 million salary cap, while using figures for luxury tax payrolls that includes benefits and the pre-arbitration bonus pool. The proposal also establishes a payroll floor of $171.2 million. Multiple teams, including the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies, would be well over the cap if it were to be implemented today. Owners noted in the proposal they would discuss a phase-in schedule, which would give those teams at the top of payroll spending a chance to comply with the imposed salary cap. MLBPA OPENS CBA NEGOTIATIONS WITH PLAN TO PUNISH LOW-SPENDING TEAMS AND RAISE LUXURY-TAX THRESHOLD TO $300M However, teams like the Miami Marlins, Cleveland Guardians, Tampa Bay Rays and Chicago White Sox, among others, would have to increase their payrolls to meet the proposed floor of $171.2 million. Also, an escrow system with the union would be put in place where all current contracts would remain guaranteed and there would be no prohibition of guaranteed contracts under a salary cap system.  After all, players are always looking for guaranteed money whenever they reach free agency, especially in MLB when those moments are fewer than other pro sports leagues. The proposal is set to last seven year. Other than the significant salary cap question, MLB also proposed to centralize local media revenue equally among the 30 teams, while giving players a 50-50 cut of it. The proposal also would eliminate the current revenue-sharing plan. "Our salary cap and floor proposal levels the playing field while sharing baseball revenue with the players 50/50 as we grow the game together," MLB spokesman Glen Caplin said in a statement. "Further, by sharing media revenue equally as part of our proposal, we can address another top fan concern of local TV blackouts." While both sides are tossing out proposals before summer even begins, talks usually heat up after the MLB season has concluded. It shouldn’t be expected that a deal is done during the 2026 MLB season, but there’s always the off-chance one side meets the other halfway. However, union leader Bruce Meyer’s statement clearly shows the tension between the two sides. "Billionaire owners are not seeking to cap their profits or asset values, only player salaries," Meyer said. "This isn’t out of generosity or a desire to protect the game’s well-being. It’s a play to control costs, increase profits and maximize franchise values — all at the expense of players past, present and future." It’s no secret players want teams to keep spending, with those like Phillies’ Bryce Harper and San Diego Padres’ Manny Machado liking what the Dodgers have done, spending around half a billion to field a team of superstars. It’s worked out, winning back-to-back World Series titles in 2024 and 2025. As part of the MLBPA proposal, players also want to increase the minimum salary from $780,000 to $1.5 million, as well as raising the first threshold in the competitive balance tax from $244 million to $300 million. This would allow more teams to spend more money without paying the luxury tax. While other leagues have implemented salary caps, the NHL being the most recent in 2005-06 after their lockout wiped the 2004-05 season out of the record books, MLB has not found common ground to put one in place. And when players like Juan Soto are inking a $765 million deal over 15 years with the New York Mets, why would MLB players want to cap that type of spending if an owner is willing to dish out such a contract? "For generations, our members have fought against cap systems because they harm players at all levels, erode or eliminate contractual guarantees, pit player against player, lead to more work stoppages, not less, and get worse for players over time," Meyer said. "Caps don’t lower ticket prices for fans, eliminate tanking or ensure teams are run with equal competence. They suffocate competition by offering owners an all-purpose excuse for inaction and mediocrity." It’s bound to be contentious negotiations, but it’s just getting started here as the 2026 season plays out with the expiring CBA dangling over the sport. The deal is set to expire on Dec. 2. The Associated Press and OutKick’s Ian Miller 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/6a18bb13ee6011c3f4e8ed3d White House drops eerie aliens 'walk among us’ warning — but the truth is much closer to home te 2026-05-28T22:00:51.514Z White House drops eerie aliens 'walk among us’ warning — but the truth is much closer to home FIRST ON FOX: The White House has a new message on aliens: They are not coming from outer space — they are already here and ICE is tracking them. The Trump administration launched Aliens.gov on Thursday, a space-themed immigration enforcement website that turns UFO-style "disclosure" language into a live dashboard on illegal immigrant arrests, migrant encounters and immigration operations nationwide, Fox News Digital learned. "They walk among us," the website reads. "For 60 years, the U.S. government has kept a closely guarded secret. Aliens have been walking among us, living in our neighborhoods, and interacting with us in our daily lives. They've shopped in the same stores, attended the same classes as our children, and lived seemingly normal human existences." "With one exception — they do not belong here." DHS LAUNCHES 'WORST OF THE WORST' WEBPAGE TARGETING ALLEGED CRIMINAL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS NATIONWIDE Fox News Digital exclusively reviewed the White House site, which packages immigration enforcement data as a tongue-in-cheek "alien transparency" project while making a more pointed political argument on illegal immigration. "This is a first of its kind effort to draw eyeballs to the fact that the previous administration’s porous border didn’t just put families in border states at risk, many across the country were in harm's way," a White House official told Fox News Digital. The website features a U.S. heat map tracking "alien arrests," showing where migrants are being detained by officials, alongside a real-time counter displaying that there have been more than 3 million migrant encounters. Using ICE arrest data, users can search by city, state or alleged crime to view local immigration arrests. The database displays arrest dates, criminal charges, countries of origin and suspected gang affiliations. "Millions arrived under the cover of darkness and embedded themselves directly into our society. Countless presidents, congressmen, and senior officials knew exactly what was happening. Instead of protecting American citizens, they chose to cover it up and even accelerate the invasion," the new website states. "Until one man finally had the courage to tell the truth. Bold. Unapologetic. Unafraid. President Trump was the first to call out the real danger Aliens pose to every American family, every community, and the future of our nation," the website said. "The truth is no longer out there. It is right here. Right now." The data on the site will be updated on a rolling basis, and will also be included on the existing White House app, Fox News Digital learned. LAWMAKERS DEMAND 'IMMEDIATE’ PROBE INTO ANTI-ICE TRACKING APP: ‘TARGET ON THEIR BACKS’ The platform also features an ICE tip line encouraging users to "report suspicious aliens." The new website follows the Department of War releasing two waves of declassified UAP files as part of a broader transparency effort directing agencies to search internal databases for decades-old reports involving unexplained aerial activity after years of public skepticism surrounding government secrecy and UFO investigations. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18b662ee6011c3f4e8ec57 Arkansas athletic director Hunter Yurachek demands SEC change game times for Razorbacks' football team te 2026-05-28T21:40:50.318Z Arkansas athletic director Hunter Yurachek demands SEC change game times for Razorbacks' football team The SEC got a little glimpse into the first quarter of its 2026 football schedule with regard to start times, as every SEC football team now knows what time their first three games will be played. While plenty of fans (and coaches) will no doubt be circling their calendars and gnashing their teeth over how badly they got screwed by the "scheduling gods," one athletic director is taking matters into his own hands. Arkansas athletic director Hunter Yurachek took one look at the Razorbacks' first three start times and was so appalled by what he saw that he issued a public request to both the league office and ESPN on Wednesday to "pursue an alternative solution" to their current predicament. The crux of the issue comes in the form of the Razorbacks being faced with a late kick against Utah in Salt Lake City then having an 11 a.m. local kick off against Georgia the very next week. FIVE SEC TRAP GAMES IN 2026 THAT COULD UPEND THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF RACE, FROM LSU TO GEORGIA Yurachek argued the turnaround will impact the "well-being of [their] student-athletes." The move is being met with nearly universal razzing from fans on social media, as most are rightly pointing out that there is, at most, a 10-hour difference between potential kick times, which is negligible for a bunch of elite athletes in their early 20s. There is also the elephant in the room that most of these "student-athletes" are being paid hundreds of thousands of dollars, making them professionals. ATHLETES ON COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF TEAMS ARE EARNING LARGE AMOUNTS OF NIL MONEY We don't see NFL GMs making public pleas to Roger Goodell every time their team has to play a Thursday game, but I digress. Yurachek at least has one powerful man in his corner, as SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey addressed the schedule woes for Arkansas at SEC Spring Meetings earlier this week. I know the optics of an SEC AD whining on social media about their school's schedule don't look great, but if I may play devil's advocate here, I absolutely love this from Yurachek. It's nice to see an AD have some cojones when it comes to sticking up for his football program. My Gators have yet another night game at Jordan Hare Stadium against Auburn this season, and every game they have played on the road against the Tigers since 1999 has been a night game. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! I wish Scott Stricklin would stump for his football program and make an attempt to get that game changed to a 3:30 start time. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. Regardless, I don't know whether anything will come of Yurachek's public stink, but Razorback fans have to at least be encouraged that their AD will do whatever he can to give their team an edge. It just means more in the SEC, even for athletic directors. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18b64cee6011c3f4e8ec38 Iran, Gas Prices, the Ballroom: Trump Professes Indifference Over Fallout te 2026-05-28T21:40:28.390Z Iran, Gas Prices, the Ballroom: Trump Professes Indifference Over Fallout President Trump has increasingly adopted a posture of nonchalance when pushed on the political consequences of his actions. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18b422ee6011c3f4e8ebcd Chris Evert says Jannik Sinner 'shouldn't have been allowed' to leave court during French Open controversy te 2026-05-28T21:31:14.472Z Chris Evert says Jannik Sinner 'shouldn't have been allowed' to leave court during French Open controversy Tennis legend Chris Evert made the case for special treatment for the sport's top players. But then she explained why Jannik Sinner shouldn’t have gotten it the way that he did. That’s the uncomfortable middle ground in tennis’ latest medical-timeout controversy. Stars drive the sport. They carry television windows, ticket sales, sponsorships, interest and two-week Grand Slam marathons. It’s not naive or corrupt to acknowledge that Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic, Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff are not treated like anonymous qualifiers. They aren’t anonymous qualifiers. CHRIS EVERT DEFENDS MARTINA NAVRATILOVA ON TRANS ATHLETES: 'SCIENCE DOESN'T LIE' Evert, the 18-time Grand Slam singles champion, told OutKick in a text message that "the top players still drive the game," and that if tennis wants its biggest stars to have longevity, "there should be a little more consideration of their schedule in a two-week event." "They’ve earned that," Evert said. She’s right. But there’s a difference between scheduling consideration and in-match rule interpretation. It's one thing to give stars the best courts, the best windows and the best recovery opportunities over the course of a tournament. It's another thing entirely to give those players a more generous interpretation of the rules when the rulebook clearly says muscle cramping does not qualify for a medical timeout. That’s where Evert drew the line with Sinner. "It was clearly a cramping and dehydration situation," Evert told OutKick. "The rules state cramping is not an injury. He shouldn’t have been allowed to go off the court." Sinner, the world No. 1, was stunned by Juan Manuel Cerundolo, the world No. 56, in the second round of the French Open on Thursday after arguably the most dramatic collapse of his career. Sinner won the first two sets, led 5-1 in the third, then unraveled physically before losing the final three sets. That’s what makes this controversy more interesting than a simple accusation of favoritism. Sinner lost. This is not a case of a superstar being saved by an official and riding that advantage to victory. It’s not a case of tennis handing one of its biggest names a win. Cerundolo still pulled off the upset. But the controversy matters anyway because the bigger issue is not one match result. It’s whether the same rules are being applied the same way when the player asking for help is one of the faces of the sport. TNT commentator Jim Courier stated that problem in real time. "That’s not fair. That’s not right," Courier said on the broadcast. "We love the top players, they drive the sport, but you’ve gotta apply the rules fairly. The rules are being bent for the top players." That’s a strong accusation. It also hit on something every sports fan understands. The rulebook is only half the story. The other half is how it gets enforced when the athlete involved is a superstar. To be clear, Sinner should not be treated as the villain here. Evert made that point, too. "That was the umpire’s call, and he should not be faulted," Evert said. "He was given that choice by the umpire, and chose it." That exchange appears to be exactly what happened. According to The Times, Sinner told chair umpire Aurélie Tourte that he thought he might vomit and asked what would happen if he took too much time between points. Tourte reportedly explained that he could receive a time violation and then a code violation, or they could call the physio to determine the issue. Sinner then said he did not know if it was dehydration, and Tourte told him it was up to him. That is why Evert’s distinction matters. Sinner was not trying to game the system. He told the chair umpire what was wrong, she gave him a choice, and he made a decision. What was Sinner supposed to do? Turn down medical attention and voluntarily make his own path harder in the middle of a Grand Slam match? No serious athlete is doing that. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Patrick Mahomes isn’t going to tell an official to pick up a roughing-the-passer flag. Tom Brady wasn’t going to tell Jerome Boger that Grady Jarrett’s sack was actually clean. Carlos Alcaraz wasn’t going to wave off a medical timeout at the Australian Open once the physio granted it, despite protests by his opponent. Stars accept favorable decisions. In fact, all athletes do. That’s sports. The burden is on the officials, not the athlete benefiting from the call. And that’s why tennis put itself in such an awkward position. The Grand Slam rulebook says players may receive treatment for muscle cramping only during normal changeovers or set breaks. It also says players may not receive a medical timeout for muscle cramping. That sounds clear. But tennis also leaves room for medical judgment. If there is doubt about whether a player is dealing with cramps, an acute medical condition or heat illness, the Sports Physiotherapist and Tournament Doctor have the final say. If cramps are considered part of a heat-illness situation, they can be treated as part of that broader condition. That may be medically reasonable. It may even be necessary. No one should want tennis players passing out on the court because officials are afraid of looking too lenient. If a player is dizzy, dehydrated, vomiting or in actual danger, the sport has an obligation to treat that seriously. Evert acknowledged that possibility. "I think, if there was dizziness or the feeling of passing out, then a doctor could’ve come out on the court and taken his pulse and blood pressure," Evert said, "but that’s another situation." That feels like the right line. Player safety? Absolutely. A cramping timeout dressed up as something else? That’s where trust starts to erode. Evert later told OutKick she rewatched the clip and believed the umpire "stopped the clock in his favor." She also said Sinner "specifically said dehydration," while again emphasizing that it was "no fault of his own." "It will be interesting to see how the umpire defends her position," Evert said. "Jim Courier and all the commentators were very critical of this decision, and I would think the rules will have more boundaries now because it has happened in favor of the top players." There's the real story. Not that Sinner cheated. He didn’t. Not that tennis is rigged. That’s a lazy conclusion. The real issue is that tennis keeps finding itself in moments where the rulebook seems firm until a superstar enters the gray area. Then, suddenly, the sport looks like it has room to maneuver. This isn't the first time in 2026 that the sport has faced similar controversy. At the Australian Open, Sinner struggled physically in the heat during a third-round match against American Eliot Spizzirri. Sinner started cramping. The match was paused when the roof was closed under the tournament’s heat policy. The Italian star did not receive treatment during the stoppage, so it was not the same situation as a medical timeout for cramps. But the perception issue was similar. Sinner admitted afterward that he "got lucky" with the timing of the heat rule and roof closure. Evert brought up that match, too, telling OutKick, "Do you remember that Australian Open that was basically the same thing? He was starting to cramp and then they close the roof, right?" Again, the roof closure may have been completely within the rules. The Australian Open had a heat policy. Officials followed it. Sinner got a break within the structure of the tournament. But it still looked familiar: a top player in physical trouble, a stoppage, a reset and a second life. In that case, Sinner looked like a new player after the break and defeated Spizzirri en route to a semifinal appearance. Alcaraz was involved in another version of the same conversation at the Australian Open when Alexander Zverev complained about a medical timeout during their semifinal. Zverev believed Alcaraz was cramping and said afterward that players normally cannot take a medical timeout for cramps. Alcaraz eventually defeated Zverev and followed with a win over Novak Djokovic to capture the Australian Open title and complete the career Grand Slam. "What can I do?" Zverev said. "It’s not my decision. I didn’t like it, but it’s not my decision." That sounds a lot like Evert’s point about Sinner. The player doesn’t make the ruling. The official makes the ruling. This certainly isn't unique to tennis. Football fans have been arguing about the same thing for years. The NFL rulebook does not say Patrick Mahomes gets more protection than his backup. It did not say Brady deserved a softer landing than everyone else. But fans, players and commentators have long believed that star quarterbacks get the benefit of the doubt from officials. Sometimes that perception is overblown. Sometimes it is fueled by frustration, gambling, team loyalty, social media outrage or a combination of all of them. But then a call happens in a huge spot, and the perception comes roaring back. And sometimes, perception matters as much, if not more, than reality. Mahomes benefited from controversial penalties in Kansas City’s 2025 playoff win over the Houston Texans. Troy Aikman criticized one of the calls in real time. Officiating expert Ben Austro of Football Zebras later wrote for SB Nation that two of the controversial penalties should not have been called, including one that he said "fans the flames of preferential treatment." Brady had his own version of this in 2022, when Grady Jarrett was flagged for roughing the passer after sacking him late in a Buccaneers-Falcons game. The call extended Tampa Bay’s drive and helped end Atlanta’s comeback attempt. Brady’s response afterward was simple. "I don’t throw the flags." Correct. And Jannik Sinner doesn't make the call on whether he gets a medical timeout. Stars are always going to get advantages. They get the primetime window. They get center court. They get larger crowds. They get more media attention. They get more sponsor interest. They get more institutional attention because the sport is more valuable when they are healthy, present and advancing deep into tournaments. Just like the NFL playoffs are better when Mahomes, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow and other marquee quarterbacks are healthy and competing. There's nothing inherently wrong with pointing out the obvious. Evert is right that tennis should consider its top players’ schedules and longevity, especially during two-week Grand Slam events. The best players have earned that level of consideration because they’re the ones who consistently carry the sport. They have earned those advantages through their on-court performance. But that consideration should happen before the match. That’s what makes these medical-timeout controversies so damaging. Even when the decision is medically defensible, even when no one did anything malicious, even when the star loses anyway, fans are left wondering where legitimate discretion ends and star treatment begins. The answer is not to deny medical care to players in real danger. The answer is transparency and consistency. If a player is dizzy, close to fainting or dealing with heat illness, say that. Bring the doctor out. Check the player. Make the medical reason clear. If cramps are part of a broader heat-illness diagnosis, explain that. If it’s simply cramping and dehydration, enforce the rule. Tennis does not need a perfectly level playing field. No sport has one. But it needs a credible one. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Sinner does not deserve blame for taking the option he was given. But he also did not deserve a different version of the rules because he’s Jannik Sinner. Both can be true. And if tennis wants to avoid this conversation the next time Sinner, Alcaraz or another star starts struggling physically in a major match, it has to make the boundary clearer now. Because stars should get the big courts, the big crowds and the big moments. They’ve earned that. What they haven’t earned, and what no athlete should ever earn, is a different interpretation of the rulebook because of their star power. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18b40bee6011c3f4e8ebad After an Explosion at a Washington Paper Mill, Mourning Mixes With Dread te 2026-05-28T21:30:51.918Z After an Explosion at a Washington Paper Mill, Mourning Mixes With Dread The disaster at the mill in Longview, Wash., that took at least two lives was greeted with sadness but not surprise by a community that knew cutbacks and other pressures had raised risks. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18b3f6ee6011c3f4e8eb91 The internet is being rebuilt for machines te 2026-05-28T21:30:30.472Z The internet is being rebuilt for machines As AI agents move from experiments to production, AWS, Cloudflare, and others are redesigning cloud infrastructure for a future dominated by machine-generated internet traffic instead of human users. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18b1e9ee6011c3f4e8eb28 Swallowing Concerns, G.O.P. Senators Rally Behind Paxton te 2026-05-28T21:21:45.592Z Swallowing Concerns, G.O.P. Senators Rally Behind Paxton After attacking the Texas attorney general, who won the G.O.P. nomination, Senate Republicans are pivoting sharply to support him in what is now a competitive race. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18b1d5ee6011c3f4e8eb1f Iran, Gas Prices, the Ballroom: Trump Professes Indifference Over Fallout te 2026-05-28T21:21:25.753Z Iran, Gas Prices, the Ballroom: Trump Professes Indifference Over Fallout President Trump has increasingly adopted a posture of nonchalance when pushed on the political consequences of his actions. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18b1bfee6011c3f4e8eafe How a proposed green card application policy change would disrupt lives te 2026-05-28T21:21:03.592Z How a proposed green card application policy change would disrupt lives Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18b1abee6011c3f4e8eaf5 ‘Super El Niño’ could make Arizona’s already brutal summers even worse, climate scientists warn te 2026-05-28T21:20:43.608Z ‘Super El Niño’ could make Arizona’s already brutal summers even worse, climate scientists warn Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18b197ee6011c3f4e8eaec Judge lets Trump’s mail-in voting order stand for now, setting up bigger fight ahead te 2026-05-28T21:20:23.750Z Judge lets Trump’s mail-in voting order stand for now, setting up bigger fight ahead Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18af80ee6011c3f4e8eaa3 NBA's new lottery system strips worst teams of top draft odds, but may reward calculated mediocrity te 2026-05-28T21:11:28.865Z NBA's new lottery system strips worst teams of top draft odds, but may reward calculated mediocrity On Thursday, the NBA Board of Governors approved a plan designed to dramatically reshape the draft lottery in hopes of combating the league’s tanking problem. Teams aren’t intentionally losing because they enjoy being bad. They do it because the system rewards it. The question is whether the NBA’s latest overhaul actually fixes the issue. With a decisive 29-1 vote, and the Memphis Grizzlies casting the lone dissenting vote, the league approved its new 3-2-1 lottery structure. The revamped system expands the lottery field to 16 teams and strips the league’s three worst teams of the most favorable draft odds. NBA TRIES FIXING TANK JOBS WITH CONFUSING '3-2-1' LOTTERY SCHEME NOBODY ASKED FOR After years of criticism over tanking, Commissioner Adam Silver introduced his most aggressive effort yet to discourage franchises from bottoming out. Under the new format, the NBA will significantly reduce the odds of the No. 1 pick for the league’s three worst teams. Meanwhile, teams finishing with the fourth- through 10th-worst records will receive improved odds. Under the revised structure, the ninth- and 10th-worst teams will carry the same 5.4% chance at the top overall pick as the NBA’s true bottom-feeders. NBA INVESTIGATING WHY THUNDER SAT ALL FIVE STARTERS FOR SAME GAME: REPORT Additional safeguards also prevent franchises from winning the No. 1 pick in consecutive seasons or landing a top-five selection in three straight drafts. On paper, the changes appear to strengthen competitive integrity. In reality, they may simply redirect the incentives. Instead of rewarding the league’s worst teams, the new system heavily favors franchises finishing in the middle of the lottery standings. The 3-2-1 model discourages full-scale teardowns, but creates a new incentive for teams stuck near the play-in line. A larger group of mediocre teams now has reason to engineer late-season slides. The goal shifts from racing to the bottom to quietly drifting out of the postseason picture and into better lottery position. Teams hovering near the playoff bubble will quickly recognize that falling from the eighth seed to the ninth could materially improve their odds of landing a franchise-changing player. The Play-in tournament only complicates the math. Under the new rules, the loser of the opening matchup between the seventh and eighth seeds receives lottery eligibility and a 2.7% chance at the top pick, while the winner locks itself into a late first-round selection. NBPA CALLS OUT TANKING AS BUCKS WEIGH GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO SHUTDOWN That remains the central flaw in the NBA’s approach to tanking. The league continues trying to regulate behavior without addressing the economic reality driving it. Intentional losing persists because the draft remains the NBA’s most reliable pipeline for superstar acquisition, particularly for small-market franchises that rarely attract elite free agents. The new format will likely eliminate some of the more blatant tank jobs, the 15-win rosters built around G League call-ups before Christmas, satisfying broadcast partners and fans tired of unwatchable late-season basketball. But it may also replace bottom-tier tanking with a league-wide jockeying match for positioning in March and April. The race to the bottom may be slowing down. The race to the middle is probably just getting started. Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18af6cee6011c3f4e8ea9a Mysterious airport tunnels to open beneath hub long tied to conspiracy theories te 2026-05-28T21:11:08.873Z Mysterious airport tunnels to open beneath hub long tied to conspiracy theories Denver International Airport is preparing to open portions of a mysterious underground tunnel system that has long been plagued by conspiracy theories. Airport officials announced plans this week to convert sections of the airport’s underground baggage tunnels into pedestrian walkways connecting concourses A, B and C. The tunnels, which have long fueled speculation involving secret bunkers, "lizard people" and underground military facilities, will become an alternative route for passengers traveling between terminals. FLIGHT PASSENGERS DIVE INTO MYTHS AND LEGENDS SURROUNDING THIS BUSY AIRPORT Currently, travelers primarily move between concourses using the airport’s underground train system. Denver Mayor Mike Johnston acknowledged the airport’s unusual reputation while discussing the project. "Maybe along the way, travelers will finally get a closer look at the underground tunnels and decide for themselves what’s fact and what’s fiction," Johnston said in a statement released by the airport. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Airport officials said the new pedestrian walkways are part of Denver International Airport’s broader "Vision 100" expansion plan aimed at preparing for future passenger growth. Construction is expected to begin in 2027. The project is estimated to cost between $300 million and $700 million. It will be funded through airport revenue rather than taxpayer dollars, Denver International Airport CEO Phil Washington told CBS News. Denver International Airport has long attracted conspiracy theories centered on its underground tunnels, unusual artwork and the airport’s towering blue mustang sculpture with glowing red eyes, nicknamed "Blucifer." CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES Speculation surrounding the airport intensified after its opening in 1995 was delayed by more than a year and went billions of dollars over budget, according to reports. The airport has also invested heavily in other upgrades in recent years, including train improvements, gate expansions and renovations to the Jeppesen Terminal. The announcement quickly sparked reactions online, with many users joking about the airport’s decades-old conspiracy theories. "Be prepared to fight the lizard people along the way," one Reddit user wrote. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Others referenced the airport’s famous blue horse sculpture. "Praise Blucifer," another commenter joked. Several travelers also welcomed the idea of having an alternative to the airport’s train system. "We’ve only been asking for this since before the airport opened," one Reddit user wrote. Fox News Digital reached out to Denver International Airport for further comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18af58ee6011c3f4e8ea91 Trump reveals the line Iran has to cross for US to restart offensive military campaign te 2026-05-28T21:10:48.961Z Trump reveals the line Iran has to cross for US to restart offensive military campaign President Donald Trump revealed what Iranian move could trigger U.S. forces to relaunch an offensive military campaign after waves of U.S. self-defense strikes hit Iran. "Well, a deal that wasn't going to be good for us is the line, ultimately," Trump said. "I'm playing it out, and we're going to see." On "My View with Lara Trump," the president addressed possible future military action in Iran as well as the political impact of the conflict. The full interview airs Saturday at 9 p.m. EST on Fox News Channel. There have been talks of renewed U.S. military action in Iran as a shaky ceasefire and stalled negotiations test the administration’s patience. WHY TRUMP, IRAN SEEM LIGHT-YEARS APART ON ANY POSSIBLE DEAL TO END THE WAR The U.S.-Iran ceasefire has been in place since early April, but negotiations between Iranian and U.S. officials since then have stalled, though Trump recently signaled the two sides are close to reaching a deal. Trump told Fox News that while Iranians are "very good" negotiators, their decimated military gives the United States leverage to secure their preferred conditions, chief among them being a nuclear-disarmed Iran. "They're crafty, but in the end, we have all the cards because we've defeated them militarily," the president said. TRUMP SAYS US, ISRAEL SHATTERED IRANIAN MILITARY CAPABILITIES, PRESSES LEADERS TO SURRENDER: 'CRY UNCLE' "They have no Navy. Every ship — they have 159 ships, every one of them are at the bottom of the sea — every single one. We take pictures of them. We have people going down taking pictures of hundreds of ships. Their Navy is totally gone, 100%. Their Air Force is totally gone, 100%." Trump addressed the political fallout the Iran War could bring to the 2026 midterm elections as Americans reel from inflated gas prices caused by the Strait of Hormuz’s closure. American sentiment of the conflict could also prove unfavorable for Republicans. A recent Fox News poll found that opposition to U.S. military action in Iran increased to 60%, up from 55% in April. AMERICANS AGREE WITH TRUMP THAT IRAN POSES THREAT TO UNITED STATES: POLL The poll also found that 86% of Americans find rising gas prices — a side effect of Trump’s months-long conflict with Iran — as a problem, including 51% who label them a "major" problem. Trump said there is a "structural problem" caused by the frequency of political elections — with midterms being two years apart from presidential elections — that leaves a narrow window for military action. The political pressure that can discourage military action in that two-year period in fear of political fallout did not dismay Trump from acting in Iran, with the president emphasizing his priority in disarming Iran’s nuclear capabilities. "You have a very short window for doing anything having to do with war," he said. "But I don't view that window. I view it, I have to do what's right." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18af44ee6011c3f4e8ea88 Reality star rips Lisa Rinna, defends Spencer Pratt and drops political bombshell: Trump-style pivot? te 2026-05-28T21:10:28.955Z Reality star rips Lisa Rinna, defends Spencer Pratt and drops political bombshell: Trump-style pivot? Reality star Mauricio Umansky is tired of the fraudulent Hollywood elites who continue to support the failure of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, and from the sound of things, he's considering doing something about it. During an appearance this week on "Tomi Lahren Is Fearless," the "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star had words for reality star Lisa Rinna, who recently took a shot at mayoral hopeful Spencer Pratt and President Donald Trump. Rinna wouldn't even say Bass' name when asked who the next mayor of L.A. should be. Instead, she told a reporter that it can't be a "reality star," while aiming that squarely at Pratt, who faces Bass at the polls on June 2. "I'm sorry. I love him, but we’ve already done that. We’re not going to do that again," Rinna continued. Umansky believes this is yet another example of hypocrisy of the Hollywood elites. "She's not willing to endorse Karen, but she's happy it's not a reality star," the 55-year-old businessman noted. LISA RINNA FACES BACKLASH FOR DISMISSING SPENCER PRATT'S MAYORAL RUN AS FANS SLAM HOLLYWOOD 'CLOWN SHOW' Then, after having a few seconds to think about the state of politics in Los Angeles, Umansky dropped a bombshell. "Let me tell you something, I am a reality star and I've thought about running for mayor. I actually think I could help the city and do some stuff, so don't be surprised if I come at this thing in a few years on the next [ballot]," he told Lahren. "People are leaving Los Angeles, and it could ‘haunt us for decades'," the Los Angeles Times wrote in a headline back in April. During a one-year stretch between 2024 and 2025, Los Angeles County saw the nation's largest population decline. A staggering 53,000 residents fled the county over the period, according to census data. Meanwhile, Rinna runs her injected lips about how Pratt cannot be the guy for the office because Trump's president. That's the hill she's dying on. At the same time, parts of L.A. have been turned into open-air drug markets. Things got so bad earlier this month that the city removed one of the bus benches because the homeless were using it as part of their drug den. KAREN BASS GRILLED OVER BROKEN HOMELESSNESS PROMISE, BLAMES BUREAUCRACY FOR SLOWED PROGRESS Did removing the park bench do any good? Commuters say the drug addicts are still there making life miserable for them because now they don't have a bus bench AND the deplorable drug addicts weren't handled by the city. The Bass administration actually took credit for removing the bench and called it "one small example of the mayor’s broad and comprehensive approach to finally improving public safety." Pratt's insistence on cleaning up the city and using common sense resulted in Umansky throwing his support behind his fellow reality star. The elites like Rinna want LIB voters to believe they'd get a Trump agenda with Pratt as mayor, as if that's a bad thing. "He's not Donald Trump by any means. Everything he's saying makes all the sense in the world," Umansky noted of Pratt's simplified agenda. "It's common sense. It's stuff we need to do in our city in order to make our lifestyle better. "One of the things that's happening in our country which is sad to me is that there's just too much you know Republicans versus Democrats." Umansky believes when citizens in Los Angeles and other cities across the U.S. find a common-sense middle ground, there will be improvements. "We're going to learn how to live together, and we're going to start seeing a lot less hatred in the world and a lot more love." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18ad03ee6011c3f4e8ea0a Putin lands $16.5B nuclear win on Russia’s doorstep in massive Kazakhstan pact: reports te 2026-05-28T21:00:51.193Z Putin lands $16.5B nuclear win on Russia’s doorstep in massive Kazakhstan pact: reports Russia signed a landmark nuclear agreement with Kazakhstan on Thursday to build the Central Asian country’s first-ever commercial power plant, marking a major geopolitical and economic victory for President Vladimir Putin, according to reports. The $16.5 billion project, signed during high-level bilateral talks in Astana between Putin and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, will be backed by a Russian export loan covering roughly 85% of the total cost, Reuters reported. Rosatom, Russia’s state-run nuclear corporation, will lead construction near the village of Ulken in southeastern Kazakhstan along the shores of Lake Balkhash. Rosatom secured the primary construction mandate after beating out competition from China National Nuclear Corp., France’s EDF and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, the outlet said. NO LIMITS, NO INSPECTIONS: US AND RUSSIA FACE POST–NEW START ERA AS TRUMP PUSHES NEW NUCLEAR DEAL The pact directly advances the Kremlin’s efforts to anchor its economic and geopolitical influence within former Soviet states amid Western sanctions. According to the World Nuclear Association, Kazakhstan is the world's largest producer of uranium. For Kazakhstan, the facility is intended to stabilize a long-term domestic energy supply, since it has struggled with old coal-reliant power infrastructure and electricity deficits for more than two decades. "The agreement signed today on the construction of the Balkhash NPP has an important role," Tokayev said at the signing ceremony. CAN A NEW NUCLEAR PLANT FIX NEW YORK’S POWER PROBLEM? Putin called the deal "a flagship project in the field of peaceful nuclear energy" and said "the commissioning of the plant will make a significant contribution to the energy supply of the Kazakh economy, helping to provide businesses and households with affordable and clean energy." "I would like to point out that, as we agreed with the president of Kazakhstan, we are not simply talking about the creation of a nuclear power plant or construction; we are talking about the creation of an entire industry, including education, personnel training, and so on," he added. According to Kazakhstan’s atomic energy agency, the massive facility will feature two advanced VVER-1200 Generation III+ reactors. Total development costs are estimated at $16.5 billion, with officials noting that approximately $2 billion of the sum will be allocated toward security systems and foundational infrastructure. MYSTERIOUS 2020 EXPLOSION IN CHINA HAD HALLMARKS OF NUCLEAR TEST, US OFFICIAL ALLEGES Construction is scheduled to begin in 2027, with the first reactor slated to become operational by early 2034. The project follows a 2024 national referendum in which Kazakh voters formally approved development at the Balkhash site. However, the pivot to atomic energy is sensitive for local citizens. The nation hosted hundreds of Soviet nuclear weapons tests at the Semipalatinsk site between 1949 and 1989, leaving behind severe public health crises and environmental pollution. Distrust increased over the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine, after which tens of thousands of Kazakh workers fell ill assisting in cleanup operations. According to Bloomberg, the two countries also signed a currency swap arrangement Thursday. Bank of Russia Gov. Elvira Nabiullina and National Bank of Kazakhstan Gov. Timur Suleimenov signed the ruble-tenge swap agreement. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18acefee6011c3f4e8ea01 Explosion rocks Dallas apartment building as massive fire sends black smoke into sky, at least 4 injured te 2026-05-28T21:00:31.265Z Explosion rocks Dallas apartment building as massive fire sends black smoke into sky, at least 4 injured At least four people were injured following an explosion and fire at a Dallas apartment building, authorities said. The incident was reported around 1:20 p.m. at a two-story apartment complex in the city's Oak Cliff neighborhood, Fox 4 reported. Nearly 100 firefighters responded to the scene. EXPLOSION AT LOUISVILLE FACTORY KILLS 2, INJURES SEVERAL, COMPANY CONFIRMS Several victims were reported, the news outlet said. One person was taken to a hospital, but the extent of their injuries was not immediately clear. Sources told FOX 4 that fire crews were en route to the location to investigate reports of a gas leak when the explosion happened. DISNEYLAND REMAINS OPEN AS EVACUATION ZONE SHRINKS AROUND CHEMICAL TANK SCARE People in the area reported hearing an explosion before the fire, but the exact cause of the blaze was unknown. In addition, windows on neighboring buildings appeared to be blown out and debris was scattered across the street.  There also appeared to be a utility truck that was affected by the fire, the news station reported.  It was not clear how many people were in the building at the time. Fox News Digital has reached out to Dallas Fire-Rescue. A large plume of black smoke could be seen above the fire. Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson encouraged everyone to pray for those impacted by the fire.  "We ask everyone to please pray for our Dallas Fire-Rescue personnel who are still fighting this fire," he wrote on X. "They do an amazing job under very, very difficult circumstances like this. And we just pray that they will be safe while they try to save and help every single person they can affected by this," said Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18a87aee6011c3f4e8e8f0 Giants claim locker room meeting resolves Dart-Trump controversy, but player who started it wasn't in the room te 2026-05-28T20:41:30.554Z Giants claim locker room meeting resolves Dart-Trump controversy, but player who started it wasn't in the room The drama that ensued after New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart introduced President Donald Trump at a rally last week reached new heights at the start of organized team activities this week in the form of a team meeting that multiple reports said was to allow the face of the franchise to address the issue. And here's how ridiculous this stuff is: Abdul Carter was absent. Carter is the defensive end who took to social media to basically call out Dart for supporting the president. In since-deleted posts on X, Carter said he thought the video of Dart's Trump introduction was "s--t" from AI and added, "what are we doing, man?" The controversy that followed has spread like a wildfire. ABDUL CARTER DELETES CRITICISM OF TEAMMATE JAXSON DART EVEN AS NEW YORK RADIO HOST SHREDS HIM ON AIR Left-wingers are criticizing Dart for daring to support the president. Conservatives are criticizing Carter for calling out Dart's right to support whomever he wants. NFL people — former players mostly — taking sides. And, of course, the media is mostly blaming Dart because this wouldn't have happened if he hadn't exercised his God-given right to have a political opinion as a United States citizen. The truth is, the only thing that matters is what is happening within the Giants and how players are reacting to the imbroglio. Reports on that front, which OutKick and Fox News have confirmed, say the team is moving forward. The Giants locker room has decided to continue bonding and "ignore the outside noise," one source said. Another said players such as Jameis Winston and Brian Burns spoke about the "brotherhood" of the team. SUPER BOWL CHAMPION JOE THEISMANN WEIGHS IMPACT OF JAXSON DART-ABDUL CARTER TRUMP CONTROVERSY ON LOCKER ROOM Great. But this was a major fumble. Because the brother who lit the fuse wasn't present. The New York Post first reported that Carter was absent from the Wednesday OTA session and the meeting. He had told the team he'd be away while celebrating Eid-al-Adha, the Muslim holiday that celebrates the day Abraham was willing to sacrifice his son Ishmael to Allah. (Christians and Jews believe Abraham was willing to sacrifice Isaac, who was the son of promise, to God.) Anyway, the meeting meant to clear the air didn't include the guy who initially stunk up the joint to begin with. Because no other Giants player publicly aired his opinion in agreement or disagreement with Dart's rally appearance. And, yes, left-wing media is blaming Dart for instigating the whole thing by appearing at the rally. But the same media has not previously pointed to other athletes supporting left-wing politicians as problematic. Back to Carter's absence: What was the point of having this meeting without him? Why not delay the meeting a day considering New York's OTA sessions run through Friday? It would've made perfect sense to wait on Carter to show up to discuss keeping matters within the confines of the locker room if the guy who thrust this matter onto social media wasn't present. Reports are nonetheless painting the matter as resolved. That feels premature because it seems hard to resolve an issue if the most aggrieved party isn't around to agree. The Giants will speak with reporters on Friday for the first time since the whole saga began. That should be interesting. FOLLOW ARMANDO SALGUERO ON X: @ARMANDOSALGUERO Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18a866ee6011c3f4e8e8e7 NASCAR team member suspended after arrest for allegedly hitting man with golf cart at Charlotte Motor Speedway te 2026-05-28T20:41:10.552Z NASCAR team member suspended after arrest for allegedly hitting man with golf cart at Charlotte Motor Speedway There was an eye-catching name with an even more interesting set of circumstances surrounding it on NASCAR's recently released penalty report. On Wednesday, NASCAR shared its penalty report that listed a woman by the name of Evanna Howell, who has been suspended indefinitely. According to Howell's LinkedIn page, she has been a senior account manager for 23XI Racing for over two years. 23XI Racing is co-owned by NBA legend Michael Jordan and Cup Series driver Denny Hamlin. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! The ban comes after a "behavioral" incident that took place at Charlotte Motor Speedway. According to court records, the incident was rather serious. According to Cabarrus County court records obtained by WBTV, the 35-year-old Howell was arrested on May 23 and was charged with assault with a deadly weapon causing serious injury. The arrest warrant alleged that Howell used a golf cart to assault a 77-year-old man at the speedway. The police report from the alleged incident stated that the elderly man suffered a "severe laceration" as a result of the alleged assault. TENNESSEE COACH RICK BARNES REFLECTS ON KYLE BUSCH'S TRAGIC DEATH AND NASCAR'S EMOTIONAL TRIBUTE Howell was released from Cabarrus County jail on May 26, three days after the alleged incident and subsequent arrest, after posting a $125,000 bond. She was wearing a 23XI Racing hoodie when her mugshot was taken. Howell has been a member of the 23XI Racing account team since November 2021, according to her LinkedIn page. The 23XI team has had a fantastic 2026 with team driver Tyler Reddick winning the first three Cup Series races of the campaign before adding two more victories since. Reddick is the only driver with more than two wins across the 13 races of the 2026 season thus far. Hamlin is second in the standings, 122 points behind Reddick. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18a852ee6011c3f4e8e8de Police rush to SCOTUS justice’s home amid rising threats against conservatives — but report quickly unravels te 2026-05-28T20:40:50.559Z Police rush to SCOTUS justice’s home amid rising threats against conservatives — but report quickly unravels Police responded to a "swatting call" at the residence of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett in Virginia on Wednesday evening, police confirmed, marking the latest security scare involving a conservative public figure.  "Yesterday evening at approximately 9:02 p.m., officers responded to a swatting call at the residence of U.S. Supreme Court Justice in Fairfax County," a Fairfax County Police Department public information officer told Fox News Digital on Thursday when asked about reports concerning the alleged incident at Coney Barrett’s home. Fairfax police responded to Coney Barrett's home after they received a call through the department’s non-emergency line, then met with the justice’s security detail, who confirmed the report was "fictitious," the officer told Fox News Digital.  The incident comes amid years of heightened threats against Supreme Court justices, including protests outside conservative justices’ homes after the leaked Dobbs draft opinion in 2022 and the arrest of a California man near Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home who was later charged with attempted murder. FBI INVESTIGATING RISE IN SWATTING INCIDENTS AFTER SEVERAL CONSERVATIVES TARGETED, KASH PATEL SAYS "Officers immediately coordinated with Supreme Court Police personnel assigned to the residence and quickly determined that the report was fictitious. No additional police resources were utilized," the police department said.  Swatting calls target an individual by calling in a false police report for crimes such as a murder, a hostage situation, bomb threats or active shooters that would require a greater law enforcement response — to the home of the target. A partial audio recording of the police audio surfaced on X on Thursday that reported a "call came in for sounds of gunshots." Law enforcement can be heard saying there was a "suspicious noise" at a 24-hour security coverage for a "high-priority resident" of the county.  Barrett was on the bench Thursday morning alongside her colleagues, and read aloud summaries of two opinions she authored. Barrett made no mention of the Wednesday incident in her bench remarks. "Swatting is an attempt to get an innocent person killed—in this case, a sitting Supreme Court Justice," posted Republican Utah Sen, Mike Lee on X as reports of the incident surfaced Thursday. "The proper response will be putting the offender in prison for many, many years." FROM RALLY GUNFIRE TO WHITE HOUSE SHOOTING, THREATS AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP CONTINUE TO MOUNT The incident follows years of heightened security concerns involving Supreme Court justices, including protests outside conservative justices’ homes after the Dobbs draft opinion leaked in 2022 showing the court was poised to overturn Roe v. Wade. MIKE DAVIS: THE SUPREME COURT BETRAYED AGAIN — THIS TIME FROM THE BENCH The leaked Dobbs draft opinion became a lightning rod for protests, with abortion-rights activists demonstrating outside the homes of Coney Barrett, Justice Brett Kavanaugh and other members of the court’s conservative majority. In June 2022, California man Nicholas John Roske was charged with attempted murder for making violent threats against Kavanaugh while carrying a gun, knife and pepper spray near the justice’s home. He was later sentenced to eight years behind bars.  Attacks on conservative leaders have been on the rise, most recently targeting the commander-in-chief, including just in April at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. There were two public assassination attempts on Trump’s life in 2024, beginning in Butler, Pennsylvania, where a bullet grazed his ear after a gunman climbed onto a roof during a rally on July 13, 2024. Earlier this month, a California army veteran known for his display of "Make America Great Again" memorabilia and American flags outside his residence, dubbed the "Trump House," was attacked and beaten to death.  Fox News Digital reached out to the Supreme Court for comment. Fox News' Bill Mears contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18a83aee6011c3f4e8e8aa Slate Auto will announce pricing and take preorders for its EV on June 24 te 2026-05-28T20:40:26.066Z Slate Auto will announce pricing and take preorders for its EV on June 24 The Bezos-backed EV startup has yet to announce final pricing for its vehicle, which is supposed to start shipping by the end of this year. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18a423ee6011c3f4e8e85a 2 people injured in Apache Junction stabbing, suspect in custody te 2026-05-28T20:22:59.831Z 2 people injured in Apache Junction stabbing, suspect in custody One of the victims sustained life-threatening injuries. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18a40fee6011c3f4e8e851 Maricopa Community Colleges join workforce leaders to strengthen semiconductor training across Southwest te 2026-05-28T20:22:39.353Z Maricopa Community Colleges join workforce leaders to strengthen semiconductor training across Southwest MCC is joining a regional initiative to boost the semiconductor workforce in the Southwest, aligning training with industry needs. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18a3f1ee6011c3f4e8e828 'Landman' star Sam Elliott says fans flock to hit show to escape the ‘s---' in the world today te 2026-05-28T20:22:09.592Z 'Landman' star Sam Elliott says fans flock to hit show to escape the ‘s---' in the world today As Hollywood races to chase the next trend, Sam Elliott believes audiences are craving something far simpler: escape. Elliott, who stars in the hit series "Landman," suggested viewers are turning to comfort entertainment and character-driven storytelling as an antidote to modern stress and division, offering a rare Hollywood perspective on why certain shows are resonating right now. "It’s dumbfounding that there’s so many people that are watching this show," Elliott, who joined season two as T.L. Norris, told Variety. "I think that it’s a great escape from the s--- that’s out there in the world today." Even in his 80s, Elliott remains one of Hollywood’s definitive symbols of the American West. Elliott reflected on aging in the industry and acknowledged he can no longer "go out and play the young leading, dashing man at this stage." CLINT EASTWOOD REFLECTS ON DECADES IN HOLLYWOOD AND HIS DRIVE TO KEEP WORKING AS HE TURNS 95 Instead, the 81-year-old actor said he focuses on finding characters he can fully invest in and enjoy playing. "The fact that there’s a part that I can get into and really enjoy doing, it’s a wonderful thing," he added. The rugged movie star doesn't plan to stop any time soon. Elliott credited discipline and careful decision-making for helping him maintain one of Hollywood’s longest-running careers. Advertisement "I determined early on that if I wanted to have a long career, I couldn’t work for the dollar and do anything that came along," Elliott explained. "I had to be selective and judicious about what it was that I got involved with." Looking back on his early years in Hollywood, Elliott admitted hindsight has changed the way he views some of his early work. "I know back when I was starting out, when I was doing whatever I could do as a contract player at Fox, the early days, and I look back on some of that work now, I think ‘If only I’d have done this or that,’" he said. "I’m pretty amazed at the talent out there in the world today. It’s incredible." LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Elliott said he still approaches projects with the mindset of a student even after decades in the business. "I’m working with Billy Bob Thornton, so I’m going to be learning something from him this time around," he told the outlet. "Even though he’s playing my son, he’s still got something to offer. He’s been in this game for a long time. He’s not only a brilliant actor, but he’s not a bad director or a writer." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER Taylor Sheridan's "Landman" is based on the podcast "Boomtown." The show chronicles the Permian Basin oil boom in West Texas that took place in the early 2010s, fueled by advances in oil drilling technology. At the center of the show is Thornton's character – Tommy Norris. Thornton portrays a "landman," a crisis manager working for an oil company called M-Tex. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18a3ddee6011c3f4e8e81f CBS News fires '60 Minutes' correspondents, top producer in sweeping shakeup of storied program te 2026-05-28T20:21:49.594Z CBS News fires '60 Minutes' correspondents, top producer in sweeping shakeup of storied program CBS News fired "60 Minutes" correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega, along with the program’s executive producer Tanya Simon, on Thursday as the network's editor-in-chief Bari Weiss shakes up the storied newsmagazine. Executive editor Draggan Mihailovich was also let go after nearly 30 years with the program, as well as another producer, Matthew Polevoy, according to reports. Alfonsi, who joined "60 Minutes" in 2015, lashed out at Weiss last year when the polarizing news chief delayed her segment about allegations of abuses at the El Salvador prison CECOT. Alfonsi insisted it was held for political rather than editorial reasons and blasted Weiss in a memo to colleagues.  On Wednesday, Alfonsi announced that her contract for "60 Minutes" expired after her agent’s attempts to negotiate were ignored by CBS News leadership.  SHARYN ALFONSI OUT AT ’60 MINUTES' AFTER FEUD WITH BARI WEISS, RIPS CBS FOR ‘CHILLING MESSAGE’ TO NEWSROOM "Following an intense editorial dispute over our CECOT story, repeated attempts by my representation to establish a path forward were met with absolute silence from network executives. The message could not be clearer: my time at ‘60 Minutes’ is apparently over," Alfonsi said on Wednesday.  "In the coming days, network leadership may attempt to hide behind corporate euphemisms like ‘modernization’ and ‘restructuring’ to explain away my departure. Don't be misled," she continued.  Alfonsi technically remained an employee of the network until Thursday morning, when she was fired.  '60 MINUTES' CORRESPONDENT LAMBASTS 'CORPORATE MEDDLING' AT CBS, ADMITS SHE COULD BE FIRED Vega joined "60 Minutes" in 2023 after 12 years at ABC News, where she served as the network’s chief White House correspondent.  Remaining "60 Minutes" correspondents include Lesley Stahl, Scott Pelley, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim. Anderson Cooper previously announced his departure from "60 Minutes" as a correspondent in February after nearly two decades.  Simon, a 26-year veteran of "60 Minutes" and daughter of the late CBS News correspondent Bob Simon, was tapped as the program's executive producer last July after her predecessor Bill Owens resigned in protest of what he alleged was corporate meddling, as parent company Paramount prepared to settle President Donald Trump's lawsuit involving the program's Kamala Harris election interview.  CBS, BARI WEISS FACING MOUNTING BACKLASH FROM LIBERAL CRITICS OVER YANKING '60 MINUTES' SEGMENT Taking Simon's place is Nick Bilton, a documentary filmmaker and a former New York Times columnist. Bilton is the fifth executive producer in "60 Minutes" history, and the first to lack linear TV experience.  "The reality facing journalism in 2026 is not easy. Information is fragmented. Algorithms reward outrage. AI-generated misinformation is proliferating. Audiences are overwhelmed. And they have lost trust in legacy media. That reality makes the mission of 60 Minutes more important than ever," Weiss told staffers in a memo obtained by Fox News Digital. "We want stories that break news, expose wrongdoing, widen public understanding, and force accountability from every institution and every center of power," she continued. "We want journalism that is surprising, agenda-setting, and impossible to ignore." CBS News president Tom Cibrowski said hiring Bilton "represents a deliberate vision for 60 Minutes to go beyond an hour on Sunday evenings to become a 360-degree product that reaches audiences wherever they consume information."  Weiss, who was named editor-in-chief of CBS News in October after her outlet, The Free Press, was acquired by new Paramount CEO David Ellison, continues to put her stamp on the network. The decision to shake up "60 Minutes" is seen as a risky move as the iconic program is regularly among the most-watched news programs on television.  Weiss also overhauled "CBS Evening News" by tapping Tony Dokoupil as its new anchor. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18a3c9ee6011c3f4e8e816 Jimmy Kimmel attacks fire victim Spencer Pratt as 'screaming jerk,' lectures LA voters about mayoral election te 2026-05-28T20:21:29.665Z Jimmy Kimmel attacks fire victim Spencer Pratt as 'screaming jerk,' lectures LA voters about mayoral election Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel attacked Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt as a "screaming jerk" on Wednesday while telling viewers not to vote for the Republican candidate in the race. "But this hole now has given birth to Spencer Pratt," he said after arguing the U.S. would need to be dug out of a hole President Donald Trump dug. "Who is running for mayor, another narcissist looking for attention. And I just, are we really gonna risk repeating that mistake we made with Trump, in LA of all places? Mayor should not be your first job. The mayor of LA is in charge of a $14 billion annual budget. Spencer Pratt is not the person who should be in charge." Pratt has been a vocal champion for LA residents since losing his home during the deadly 2025 Palisades wildfire, and launched his mayoral campaign in January with a focus on ousting incumbent Mayor Karen Bass due to her alleged mishandling of the fires. Kimmel described Pratt as a "screaming jerk on reality shows," and said he was getting attention due to his house burning down in the fires. "His house burns down, and even though he had no private insurance on his house and doesn't believe in climate change, he is understandably upset about his house burning down. And since he's a moderately famous person, he gets attention," the liberal late-night host said. JIMMY KIMMEL'S LATE-NIGHT EVOLUTION FROM APOLITICAL FUNNYMAN TO DEM ACTIVIST The late-night host did acknowledge voter displeasure with Los Angeles leadership and that the city was a "mess." However, he said that Pratt didn't have any solutions. Kimmel noted that Pratt was polling in second place. "And if he's one of the top two candidates after the primary next Tuesday, a week from tonight, he will be one of our two choices for mayor of Los Angeles," he said. "So if you don't want to vote for Karen Bass on June 2nd, I get it. But you better find somebody else to vote for. And preferably somebody who isn't wasting our time and money to get himself back on television." "And for the rest of the candidates running for mayor, I hope you're paying attention to why you are currently trailing this person," Kimmel added. SPENCER PRATT ENTERS LA MAYOR RACE, ACCUSES CURRENT LEADERSHIP OF 'CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE' OVER FIRE RESPONSE Pratt responded to a headline about Kimmel's criticism on X. "This is my parents’ house. This is why I’m running. This is coming for your home. It’s coming for your industry. If not by fire, then by blight, addicts, fraud, and the slow rot created by corrupt politicians like Karen Bass. Wake up and VOTE," he wrote. In another post to X, he wrote, "Jimmy's secretly voting for me." Several Hollywood names have dismissed or criticized Pratt's run. "The Real Housewives" star Lisa Rinna said the U.S. has already voted for reality stars and was not interested in seeing another one elected. "Not a reality star, though," Rinna told Variety at the American Music Awards on Monday. "I'm sorry. I love him, but we’ve already done that. We’re not going to do that again." CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE Drew Carey, host of "The Price Is Right," also hammered Pratt. "Anyone who votes for, or endorses Spencer Pratt for Mayor of LA needs to get their head out of their a--," Carey wrote last week on social media. "I understand being angry/unsatisfied, but at least get behind someone competent and not some serial scammer without a soul or moral compass," he said. Fox News' Tracy Wright and Lauryn Overhultz contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18a3b5ee6011c3f4e8e80d Jena Sims puts in work, sea lion launches itself into a canoe, and they don't build statues like they used to te 2026-05-28T20:21:09.746Z Jena Sims puts in work, sea lion launches itself into a canoe, and they don't build statues like they used to Hey, welcome back for a Thursday edition of Nightcaps. The weekend is so close I can almost taste it, and it's... it's... uh... weekend-iness. Here in Central Florida, it has been nice and toasty all week, and this morning my wife and I hit the grocery store because we're the worst grocery shoppers of all time. I think we go at least every other day. Sometimes multiple days in a row. As we were leaving, I said to my wife, "This feels like perfect beach weather. We should do a beach day soon." Then I remembered: I'm not a beach guy. I'm able to relax a bit better than I could in my younger days, but I'm the kind of guy that can only hang on the beach for about an hour, maybe two, before I'm like, "Alright, back to the air conditioning." I can appreciate its splendor, but I'm not big on sand. I'm like Anakin Skywalker in that respect; I just can't stand it. SUNBURN, SKY-HIGH ELECTRIC BILLS, AND OTHER AWFUL THINGS THAT MAKE SUMMER QUIETLY TERRIBLE And then the ocean itself is just one big soup full of monsters that are either venomous or have teeth. Hell, the ocean itself does its best to kill you with riptides. Give me a pool over the ocean any day. I'm an elite pool guy. I can hang out at a pool with the best of them, so that's where you'll find me this summer. And as if I needed another reason to steer clear of the ocean, I've got one... I came across a video of some people in a canoe race (isn't that part of everyone's algorithm?), but before you take a nap because of how boring that sounds, I promise you, it gets interesting. It turns out you might want to start checking these races out for the crashes. Not between canoes, but when some rogue sea lions decide to yeet themselves out of the water and into one of the canoe racers' laps. Who knows why the sea lion did that, but there's a nonzero chance that he was doing that to crack up his buddies. It's like the ocean mammal version of some broccoli-cut idiot going into a convenience store, dumping a 2-liter bottle of Mr. Pibb on the floor, and then going, "Bro, calm down; it's just a prank," when people get mad. PUNK ROCK DACHSHUND GOES ROGUE, YETI CUP VS LAVA, AND WAS THE SCI-FI HORROR CLASSIC 'ALIEN' A CAUTIONARY TALE? I think someone needs to study this. Nature is cool, but it can also be boring as hell, so sea lions have to do something to entertain themselves and not eat their offspring. Some people rest on their laurels. Jena Sims is not one of those people. The Sports Illustrated swimsuit model and wife of pro golfer Brooks Koepka has already made a name for herself, but she's still hitting the gym to stay in tip-top runway shape. Now that's the kind of commitment to the craft we can all appreciate. JENA SIMS PICKS OUT HER PGA CHAMPIONSHIP BIKINI, KAY ADAMS SUCKS DOWN SOME FRIES & NFL DRAFT WAGS! The grind just does not stop. I just learned today that there's a 70-foot-tall statue of Lionel Messi... in India. It would make sense to me if it was in Argentina, but this statue was only put up recently after he did a tour across India. But here's the problem: this is one wobbly-ass statue, and they have to move it so it doesn't fall over. Add this to the list of ways that everything is worse now. There are ancient civilizations that built statues thousands of years ago, and they're still standing right in the same place. There was never a point where someone was like, "Hey, fellas, we've got to move the ancient Sphinx (they probably just called it 'The Sphinx') because we're concerned it might fall over and smash some goats or that guy trying to invent paper." No, they built a good statue, and it outlasted all of them. That statue is newer than anything I have in my underwear drawer, and it's already threatening to tip over. But, hey, at least it looks like Messi. Cristiano Ronaldo wasn't so lucky... I don't need an electric vehicle, but I'm far from anti-EV. I think they have some cool benefits and I really dig Formula E racing, but they're just not going to work for everyone, especially if you live in a more rural area. But even I, as someone who kind of digs EVs, sometimes wonder what car companies are doing when they release some of these, and I'm not alone on that with the Ferrari Luce. When I first saw that, my reaction was, "That's about as 'meh' of a design as you can think of." Then I realized this car is over like $600,000, and that almost made me puke on myself, and a lot of people felt the same. I just can't figure out who will want this. Don't get me wrong, someone will, but if you're shelling out that kind of money for a Ferrari, won't you want something a little, oh, I don't know, louder? We'll see how it goes. Ferrari Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton took it for a spin, but if that wasn't enough to convince potential buyers, they really called in the big guns. We're on Day 3 of Toothpastegate after Phillies star Bryce Harper stunned the nation by squirting the toothpaste straight into his mouth when brushing his teeth instead of applying it to the bristles. That led to some guff from the San Diego Padres, but Eric is checking in today with a full report after taking the Harper method for a test drive: DANICA PATRICK BELTS OUT TUNES IN INDY, BRYCE HARPER'S TOOTHPASTE APPLICATION IS WILD, AND 'MACHO MANSON' I tried the Harper brush method. I liked it. It worked well and was very efficient. Those who think it may be unsanitary: ask yourself how many times have you borrowed someone's toothpaste and squeezed it onto your brush, then clipping off the paste by sliding it down the edge of your brush. How many people have rubbed their used brush on the end of that tube, doing the same thing? And how is that less nasty than squeezing the toothpaste right into your mouth, as most science shows that toothbrushes left in bathrooms have a certain amount of fecal matter on them?? How much fecal matter do u think is in someone’s mouth?? Think about that. ... I knew at some point "fecal matter" would get dragged into this debate. It always does. Eric makes some compelling points. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! I've already done my morning brushing, but I think I might have to kick the tires on this one. I'm intrigued. Everything I ever knew about toothpaste application may have been a lie. I will report back... unless I forget, which is not only possible, but very likely. ... That's it for this Thursday edition of Nightcaps! See you tomorrow! Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18a3a1ee6011c3f4e8e804 Megan Moroney shows off toned abs in striped crop top and mini skirt on tropical vacation te 2026-05-28T20:20:49.746Z Megan Moroney shows off toned abs in striped crop top and mini skirt on tropical vacation Megan Moroney wowed in a two-piece over the weekend. The 28-year-old country music star shared a glimpse into her weekend getaway in a May 25 Instagram post, featuring her in a revealing two-piece set with the ocean behind her. In the photo, the "Tennessee Orange" singer is posing along a black metal fence in a long-sleeve crop top with a gold ring in the center connecting the two sides of the shirt, which also included a deep V neckline. She paired the crop top with a matching mini skirt, which also featured a gold ring. Both the top and the skirt boasted a horizontal striped pattern with pastel blue, white, and light yellow colors. BRITTANY ALDEAN ENJOYS GIRLS' TRIP IN BEACHSIDE BIKINI SNAPS The singer showed off her toned abs and legs with the outfit, choosing to wear her blonde hair in its natural curls. "WOWWOOWOWOWOW MY JAW DROPPED," one fan wrote in the comments section, while another added, "i think you dropped something… MY JAW." "Victoria’s Secret models are lucky you decided to be a singer," a third fan added. Moroney was seemingly in the tropical location to be a bridesmaid in her friend, influencer Natalie King's wedding. She shared photos and videos on her Instagram Stories of her at a wedding, including one of her in a yellow dress holding a bouquet, with the words, "me watching my best friend marry the love of her life" on the screen. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER She also posted pictures of her with the whole bridal party and one from the reception, which showed her performing for the guests with her guitar. Back in March, Moroney stunned fans when she posted photos of herself in an orange bikini while in the Bahamas for King's bachelorette getaway. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS While she is excitedly celebrating her friend tying the knot, she told Fox News Digital in July 2024, that she doesn't "really have time for a relationship" as she puts all her time and energy into making music. WATCH: Country singer Megan Moroney says career prevents her from finding ‘someone that I want to marry right now' "I think because I'm not emotionally available, like, I am not ready to find someone that I want to marry right now, because that's just not in even the top 10 things in my brain right now," she explained. "So, it's just like, let's not waste anyone's time. Let's just not date right now because there's that point." She then shared with Alex Cooper in an episode of "Call Her Daddy" later that month that she and singer Morgan Wallen once dated after meeting in 2020, saying, "We were friends for a long time. We were not just friends. And now we're friends." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18a38bee6011c3f4e8e7e4 Where Do E. Jean Carroll’s Lawsuits Against President Trump Stand? te 2026-05-28T20:20:27.680Z Where Do E. Jean Carroll’s Lawsuits Against President Trump Stand? Two monetary judgments against Mr. Trump are winding their way through the legal system, with the Supreme Court likely to be the final word on both. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18a132ee6011c3f4e8e74b Asana acquires no-code agent-builder Stack AI te 2026-05-28T20:10:26.554Z Asana acquires no-code agent-builder Stack AI Asana will incorporate Stack AI into its growing suite of AI workflow tools. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a189f0dee6011c3f4e8e6ff Top Democrat shuts down 2028 White House speculation: ‘I will not be one of them’ te 2026-05-28T20:01:17.594Z Top Democrat shuts down 2028 White House speculation: ‘I will not be one of them’ Two-term Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a high-profile Democrat whom political pundits view as a possible 2028 presidential contender, says she doesn't plan to run for the White House in the next election cycle. "There will be a robust group of people running for president," the term-limited Whitmer told a reporter in Michigan on Thursday. "I will not be one of them in 2028. I can tell you that." Whitmer has long been considered one of the leading members of a large group of nationally known Democrats who might jump into what's expected to be a crowded and competitive field of contenders seeking their party's presidential nomination in the race to succeed term-limited Republican President Donald Trump. The governor's new comments appear to shoot down long-held assumptions about her national ambitions. HARRIS STOPS IN KEY PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY STATE AFTER LEAVING DOOR WIDE OPEN TO 2028 The governor of key Great Lakes battleground state grabbed plenty of attention during Trump's first term in office as an outspoken critic of his administration and gave the Democratic response to the president's 2020 State of the Union address. But throughout Trump's second term, Whitmer has sought to find policy areas where she and the president can agree. And her image of being a fierce Trump critic took a major hit in April of last year when she appeared in the Oval Office with the president. Pictures of the governor trying to cover her face with folders quickly went viral and angered some Democrats. The now infamous photo came as the governor was at the White House for a private meeting to push the president on Michigan-specific issues and was then unexpectedly led into a televised news conference and gaggle with reporters. Whitmer later said she didn't want her pictures taken, and emphasized that while she didn't agree with much of what Trump said during the news conference, she stayed in the room to advocate on behalf of her state. LESS THAN 4 MONTHS INTO TRUMP'S 2ND TERM, DEMS ARE ALREADY EYEING THE 2028 RACE THESE DEMOCRATS MAY RUN FOR THE WHITE HOUSE IN 2028 Whitmer, a former state representative, state senator, and Ingham County prosecuting attorney, was elected Michigan governor in 2018. She was often in the national headlines during her first term as governor and was on former President Joe Biden's shortlist for a 2020 running mate. Whitmer was also viewed as a potential future White House contender and fueled speculation with a stop in the key presidential primary state of New Hampshire in the summer of 2024, to campaign on behalf of then-Vice President Kamala Harris, soon after Harris replaced Biden as the Democratic nominee. HARRIS, NEWSOM, STIR 2028 SPECULATION AT MAJOR DEMOCRATIC PARTY MEETING The list of possible 2028 Democratic presidential contenders includes Harris, former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Govs. Gavin Newsom of California, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Andy Beshear of Kentucky and Wes Moore of Maryland, who, similar to Whitmer, has said he isn't running for the White House in 2028. Other potential contenders include Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Ro Khanna of California, Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego of Arizona, Cory Booker of New Jersey, Raphael Warnock of Georgia, Chris Murphy of Connecticut, former ambassador and former Rep. Rahm Emanuel, who served as White House Chief of Staff to then-President Barack Obama before winning election and re-election as Chicago mayor, and Gina Raimondo, a former two-term Rhode Island governor who later served as Commerce Secretary in the Biden administration. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a189ef4ee6011c3f4e8e6c5 U.S. lawmakers demand reforms to immigration officers’ use of tear gas & pepper spray te 2026-05-28T20:00:52.715Z U.S. lawmakers demand reforms to immigration officers’ use of tear gas & pepper spray Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a189ee0ee6011c3f4e8e6bc Saguaro City Music Theatre to lease Berger Performing Arts Center te 2026-05-28T20:00:32.716Z Saguaro City Music Theatre to lease Berger Performing Arts Center Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a189c82ee6011c3f4e8e655 Quarantine Unit for Americans Exposed to Ebola to Open in Kenya Friday te 2026-05-28T19:50:26.953Z Quarantine Unit for Americans Exposed to Ebola to Open in Kenya Friday But U.S. officials are still working to find centers in Europe to accept Americans who need advanced treatment, seen as critical to improving odds of survival. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a189a55ee6011c3f4e8e5f5 Siblings catch their partners sleeping together, a corrections employee love story & unhinged non-negotiables te 2026-05-28T19:41:09.830Z Siblings catch their partners sleeping together, a corrections employee love story & unhinged non-negotiables If you're doing it at night, like most couples, you're doing it wrong. That's not my opinion. That's according to an expert. I know we normally ease into the week of True Romance with some lighthearted banter and maybe a celebrity or two setting the tone. Not this week. This week I wanted to change it up. The unofficial start of summer has arrived, June is around the corner, and I felt like it was a good time for us all to slap ourselves in the face with a different perspective on how we've been conducting our business. Let's mix it up. Let's flip over some tables and see what this clip from a clinical psychologist and sleep expert from earlier this month is all about. His name is Dr. Michael Breus and the clip in question from some podcast appearance has almost a million views. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! That's good enough for me. He got into a bunch of scientific talk about estrogen and testosterone. He threw out words like cortisol and melatonin, which I'm sure were all valid points, but that's not what got my attention. He started talking my language and I went from contemplating whether to even mention his sex in the morning idea to I'm leading the week off with it. Here's what the doc had to say: "What do most men wake up with in the morning? An erection. If that's not Mother Nature telling you when to use that thing, I don't know what is." Sold. Dr. Breus is making a lot of sense here. He does add that you might want to brush your teeth beforehand, which some could take as a sign that perhaps morning isn’t the best time to "use that thing." I'll admit there's room to conduct a lot of research here, but I love a good "you're a bunch of idiots" coming from an expert. What does this have to do with the rest of what is on the agenda this week? Not much. Like I said, I wanted to mix it up. Give you something to contemplate before we get going. Let me know what you think. Are you going to start getting it on in the morning instead of between 10:30 and 11:30 p.m., which is when the doctor says most people are getting busy? Go follow True Romance on Twitter and Facebook. Send your emails here: sean.joseph@outkick.com (anonymously if you prefer) and find me on Instagram and Twitter. Siblings catch their partners sleeping together A brother and sister in their 20s, who are still living at home, started to suspect that their partners were cheating on them. They didn’t just suspect that they were cheating either, they suspected they were cheating with each other. The suspicion grew to the point that action had to be taken. The siblings eventually had to find evidence and a decision was eventually made to go snooping on one of their phones. "My brother Darren and I think that our partners are cheating on us with each other. I’ve been dating my boyfriend Cole for a year now and my brother recently started dating Sage about a month ago. We still live with our mom as I still go to school and my older brother helps with bills and our younger brother. We just feel it’s better this way especially after everything we’ve been through recently as a family but that’s a whole different story," the sister wrote on Reddit. Cole moved in last year and Sage has been spending the night for weeks. The two would disappear at night and the siblings started to put it all together. They were disappearing to go see each other, or so the brother and sister suspected. That suspicion led to a search of Cole’s phone and the evidence they were looking for. The sister found out that the two have been texting since the day they met Sage. "It looked like it was like normal conversations at first, then the messages would be like "he/she (my brother or me) are gone/asleep, come to the room/meet in the bathroom?" or "that was fun ;)" just flirty texts like that. So that pretty much confirmed it," she wrote. Then she found a video of the two. Her boyfriend and her brother’s girlfriend in the family home no less. Could they have been forgiven if the cheating had taken place elsewhere? We’ll never know. These two decided to do it in the family home. The siblings kicked these two cheaters to the curb. "I’ve never had to deal with a cheater in real life let alone two, but man is it PATHETIC when they get caught," she added. "I literally had to hold back a laugh when Cole started crying because why are you the one crying when I’m the victim?" I know it’s a weakness of mine. I’m aware, I acknowledge it, I’m working on it. But I can’t help myself. I’m holding out hope that this story is told from Cole and Sage’s point of view to a house full of their grandchildren. Wouldn’t that be special? CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK CULTURE COVERAGE This Week In True Romance Follow True Romance on Twitter and Facebook. Corrections worker found love with an inmate on Facebook A former department of corrections employee is in trouble with the law for loving the wrong person at the wrong time. He’s accused of having an illegal sexual relationship with an inmate, The Wichita Eagle reports. This wasn’t just any inmate to Jonah K. Bundy. This inmate was one he allegedly told in jail phone calls and emails that he loved and that he "would go to jail for her" and "wished there were conjugal visits." Their relationship began like a lot of others do, with a friend request on Facebook, according to the inmate. She says she sent him that friend request in December 2025. The affidavit says that she was in the Sedgwick County Adult Residential and Work Release Facility in Wichita at the time, and he worked there during the third shift. Bundy reportedly responded to the request with a message giving the inmate his phone number. They started texting, and the affidavit states the messages "were sexual in context" and that "they would specifically talk about sex." The two allegedly started seeing each other away from the facility. He would pick her up from her job, and they even went to a restaurant together before she eventually "went to Bundy’s house to have sex with him," the inmate told investigators. The affidavit says the two considered themselves to be boyfriend and girlfriend. But it was a relationship that Bundy knew was illegal, according to the inmate. He ended up quitting his job, but it was too late. Authorities found out about the relationship in January and arrested Bundy in March. He was then charged with two counts of unlawful sexual relations. He’s due in court on June 1. If only they would have met on the outside. What’s your most unhinged non-negotiable when it comes to dating? If you ask me, there are far too many people with unrealistic standards they expect others to live by. If they don't check all the boxes, they move on. Having said that, and given that these are supposedly "unhinged non-negotiables," I find these expectations to be very reasonable. For example, a person who can't enjoy a ceremonial mask collection as much as you do, probably isn’t someone you want to spend a lot of time around. Nobody wants to date a twin either. If you can't enjoy the art of filmmaking, just say that. There's no reason to call "Shrek 2" overrated. And since when is it okay to put wooden handled knives in the dishwasher? Don't get me started on dinosaurs. Here are some of those dating unhinged non-negotiables, which I find reasonable, via Reddit: Sex Addiction - Anonymous writes: I had a beautiful German wife very intelligent and outgoing, but she could not turn down a good looking guy for sex. She rated the extra marital sex like innocently having coffee with them. I should have realized what she liked as I was sexing her daily when she was married. Soon after marriage sex was just 2 times a week. So phycology she got more exit d when cheating. I think it is the excitement of doing something wrong and getting away with it. There are millions of husbands who frequent strip clubs. Where everything happens except sexual intercourse. That might be a good article. Go interview as one strippers and they can tell that the lap dances are only part of the satisfaction , that flirting and making the man feel wanted is of equal value. SeanJo Thanks for reaching out. Loving too much is something a lot of people struggle with. I hope you've found someone who has eyes for only you. Best of luck and I'll toss that stripper interview idea around and see where it lands. ------------- That's it for the final Thursday of May. I'll see everyone next week. Hopefully, I will have gotten a start on my summer tan by then. Feel free to reach out, anonymously if you prefer, at sean.joseph@outkick.com and send me stories of your cheater ex-wife or anything else you want. Go follow along on Twitter and on Facebook, where the DMs are always open. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a189a41ee6011c3f4e8e5ec Jemele Hill's sidekick Cari Champion finally admits she 'doesn't like' WNBA star Caitlin Clark te 2026-05-28T19:40:49.913Z Jemele Hill's sidekick Cari Champion finally admits she 'doesn't like' WNBA star Caitlin Clark There was a time when the mean girls of the WNBA and sports media denied their disdain for Caitlin Clark. "No one dislikes Caitlin. We are just telling the truth," they’d say. Now, some of them openly brag about it. Former ESPN host and failed broadcaster Cari Champion admitted as much this week during a podcast with Jemele Hill. "That type of blatant favoritism annoys the hell out of me," Champion said while discussing Clark dismissing the controversy surrounding her late scratch from a home game last week. "I don’t know if this is her fault, because I think it might be unfair for me to say that this is her fault. But at the same time, it’s like, why is she getting this special treatment? It’s, yet again, another example of the league and its fans being so precious with her." Champion then admitted she simply doesn’t like Clark as a person. "The more we get to catch these glimpses of Caitlin Clark, I’m like, ‘I don’t like you. I don’t like the way you behave on the court,’" Champion stated. And what about the players who target Clark with cheap shots, hard fouls and obvious resentment? ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Specifally, Champion says she dislikes Clark's "entitlement." "The way that you behave, this entitlement, the way you are talking to your coaches… you enjoy that. So if that’s what you enjoy, if you want to be the villain, if you want to be the tough person, then let it be. Because we’re coming at you the same way we could come at anyone else." Except you aren’t. Like most self-appointed WNBA analysts, Champion coddles nearly every player except Clark, including Angel Reese and DiJonai Carrington, both of whom have openly positioned themselves against her. Amusingly, Champion is best known as Jemele Hill’s sidekick. Yet, in many ways, she is even less likeable. Hill plays a character. Her outrage toward White athletes, voters and America often feels performative. Off camera, Hill chooses to work with, socialize with, and live around the very people she publicly condemns. Champion, on the other hand, comes across as genuinely bitter. JEMELE HILL TRIES USING THE RACE CARD TO DEFEND ABDUL CARTER FOR CRITICIZING JAXSON DART AND TRUMP That reputation followed her at ESPN, where colleagues often viewed her as miserable and difficult. She also appears deeply frustrated by her lack of success in sports media. OutKick reached out to Champion for comment. If she responds, we will update this story. In recent years, Champion has tried pivoting into political commentary on CNN. The transition has not gone well. She routinely sounds unprepared and uninformed when discussing real-world political issues. Here’s one example from a debate with a CNN conservative commentator: Not great. In many ways, Champion herself comes across as entitled, the exact term she used to vilify Clark. Still, we appreciate her admitting she "doesn’t like" Clark. The next time the mean girls insist no one has it out for the Fever guard, we can point to Champion’s own words. We now know for certain that Cari Champion does. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a189a2bee6011c3f4e8e5cb Memphis Residents Sue Federal Agents Over Arrest Tactics Amid Crime and Immigration Crackdown te 2026-05-28T19:40:27.351Z Memphis Residents Sue Federal Agents Over Arrest Tactics Amid Crime and Immigration Crackdown A federal task force in the city has been targeting crime and undocumented immigrants since October. Observers say they have faced retaliation for trying to track the agents’ work. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a189812ee6011c3f4e8e56c Paulina Porizkova says she's being evicted from her apartment just four days before her wedding in Italy te 2026-05-28T19:31:30.385Z Paulina Porizkova says she's being evicted from her apartment just four days before her wedding in Italy Paulina Porizkova is getting evicted from her home of six years just days before her wedding to Jeff Greenstein. During a recent episode of their podcast, "Twenty Good Summers," the couple — who got engaged in July 2025 — opened up about their recent housing crisis and explained how they plan to "start over" in their sixties. "We are both over 60, and we are starting again," Porizkova said. "We're starting over completely, both of us, because we are about to move out of this apartment that I love so much, that has kept me safe, and where I've sort of grown up to be a woman, I feel." "And we're kind of getting evicted because my landlord did not want to, no matter how great of a tenant I was for six years, he didn't really want to give us an extension on the lease, even though I begged and pleaded," she continued. "And so we have to move out of here four days before we get married in Italy. Not great. Not great. And we also come back from our wedding, and we have nowhere to live." DENISE RICHARDS, AARON PHYPERS HIT WITH $84,000 LAWSUIT AS LANDLORD MOVES TO EVICT ESTRANGED COUPLE Despite the unusual circumstances, Porizkova admitted she and her soon-to-be husband are very "privileged" in that they have plenty of options. "We're very privileged souls," she said. "I do have a country house that I co-own with my sons [Jonathan and Oliver]. And so we can move up there, which is kind of further away from New York City. Or we still have [Jeff's] house in L.A., which we are in the process of selling, but for the time being, we can go there." "We cannot complain, but it is an unexpected happenstance," Greenstein chimed in. "This is not how we would have drawn it up. Getting kicked out of this apartment four days before the wedding and coming back to nothing in New York is not what we planned." LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "We are coming back to, for better or worse, literally for richer or poorer, right? We will be embarking on a new life together. It won't look like the old one," he added. APP USERS CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO Earlier this week, the couple took to social media to share the news. "Friends, we’re getting kicked out of our apartment four days before our wedding — thanks, Unsympathetic Landlord! — which, along with some relevant emails from our faithful fanbase, spurred us to do an episode about moving: when to move in together, how to harmonize lives and tastes, and all the emotions such transitions unleash. Pack a box and join the fun!" Porizkova was previously married to Cars singer Ric Ocasek for nearly thirty years before calling it quits in 2018. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER Last year, after sharing a video of herself crying on the fifth anniversary of the Cars frontman's death, the supermodel took to social media to explain why she chose to be so vulnerable with her fans. "Last week I posted a video of myself crying," she wrote at the time. "It was the five-year anniversary of my husband’s death. In some ways, it was a day made even more difficult by the fact in all the previous years I pretended I was fine. That I ‘had pulled it together.’" "For the benefit of my loved ones, I thought I had to act strong. To keep helming the ship. So no one but me would be afraid of drowning. The result of which, as I mentioned, was that everyone around me thought I was fine, and no one knew how hard my life was or how much I needed a hand." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1897feee6011c3f4e8e563 WATCH: Dem senator says Platner's struggles speak to ‘regular people’ amid backlash over resurfaced posts te 2026-05-28T19:31:10.412Z WATCH: Dem senator says Platner's struggles speak to ‘regular people’ amid backlash over resurfaced posts Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., is sticking by Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, claiming voters are resonating with his "regular people" struggles. It comes as Democrats face pressure over whether to distance themselves from Platner over resurfaced Reddit posts belittling a U.S. soldier and making crude sexual remarks about masturbation. The controversy threatens Democrats' chances of flipping Maine’s Republican-held seat to try to regain control of the Senate. "It seems like the people of Maine like the fact that he's talking about the struggles that regular people are going through," Murphy told Fox News Digital when confronted about the controversy.  "And don't like the fact that their current senator seems to be empowering a pretty corrupt agenda in this administration," he added. VETS TORCH DEM SENATE HOPEFUL WHO CALLED ARMY ‘FAT, LAZY TRASH,’ MOCKED SOLDIER SHOT FOUR TIMES Murphy, who has not yet formally endorsed him as a candidate, was asked whether he would rescind his support for Platner give the thousands of now-deleted Reddit posts. "I’m supporting him," the Connecticut senator told Fox News Digital. Before Platner’s troubling past came to light, Murphy referred to his progressive campaign as "killer" and said the candidate "seems pretty impressive." When asked whether he would continue backing the Democratic candidate, Murphy first deflected by pointing to Platner’s polling numbers. "What’s the polling in Maine right now?" Murphy asked, adding: "I think he’s still winning, right?" DESPITE INFLAMMATORY COMMENTS, PLATNER HOLDS 9-POINT LEAD OVER COLLINS IN NEW POLL A new public opinion poll shows Platner currently leading over Republican Sen. Susan Collins, who was first elected in 1996 and is the longest-serving Republican female senator. Platner stands at 51% support among likely Maine voters, with Collins at 42%, according to a Pine Tree State poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire. But she's pulled through when polling odds have fared worse in past elections — and Collins isn't backing down from seeking a fifth re-election bid. The moderate senator is running unopposed for the Republican nomination. The same poll shows Platner holds 76% support among Democratic primary voters, with 3% going for former state and federal government official David Costello. Platner’s main opponent in the Democratic primary was former Maine Gov. Janet Mills, but she suspended her campaign in late April — making the Marine Crop veteran the presumptive Democratic candidate. Mills will still appear on the ballot since she dropped out so soon before election day, but she only holds 10% support, according to the Maine poll. MAINE GOV JANET MILLS DROPS OUT OF DEMOCRATIC RACE FOR SENATE, SIGNALING SHE STRUGGLED TO RAISE ENOUGH MONEY Murphy’s comments continuing his support for Platner come as Democrats weigh whether the candidate's online history could become a liability in a race that will play a key role in the party's effort to regain control of the Senate. Republicans currently hold a slim 53-47 majority. The election in Maine is expected to be one of the most closely watched races in the country. The Cook Political Report currently rates the race as "Lean Republican," highlighting both the competitiveness of the race and the high stakes for Democrats as they try to flip one of their top Senate targets in 2026. Democrats have mostly avoided publicly distancing themselves from Platner amid backlash over the resurfaced Reddit posts under the moniker "P-hustle." Maine’s primary election takes place on Tuesday, June 9. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1897eaee6011c3f4e8e55a Socialist Zohran Mamdani launches Elon Musk-style ‘COGE’ chaired by Soros-aligned Dem te 2026-05-28T19:30:50.466Z Socialist Zohran Mamdani launches Elon Musk-style ‘COGE’ chaired by Soros-aligned Dem Several months into his administration, New York City socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani is taking a page from Elon Musk’s book by launching a city Commission on Government Efficiency, or "COGE." Mamdani’s commission, however, will be staffed by a group of progressives and Democrats, including a George Soros-aligned chair, according to a statement from New York City. The mayor said on Thursday that the commission "will find ways for our city to work smarter, faster, and more effectively for working people." He emphasized that "New Yorkers deserve a city government as careful with their money as they are." A statement by the city said COGE will be chaired by Patrick Gaspard, a longtime Democratic operative who formerly worked as executive director of the Democratic National Committee and president of the Soros family’s Open Society Foundation. MAMDANI AVOIDS QUESTION ON KEN GRIFFIN, ADMITS NO RESPONSE AFTER TRYING TO WALK BACK ATTACK ON THE BILLIONAIRE The statement said Mamdani has charged the commission with reviewing the "entire New York City Charter" to determine ways to "better support public excellence by improving efficiency, modernizing city government and ensuring government keeps pace with New Yorkers’ needs." According to the statement, COGE is expected to remove "outdated bureaucratic barriers that slow infrastructure projects and delay services"; equip city agencies with the authority, enforcement tools and flexibility they need to deliver programs effectively; and modernize government to improve efficiency and savings, reserve and budget practices. The commission will also hold 10 public hearings across New York’s five boroughs, after which proposals will be brought to voters through the upcoming November ballot. Mamdani emphasized in the statement that "for too long, bureaucracy has stood in the way of delivering the housing, transit, child care and public services our city needs." He added that "restoring faith in government starts with proving government can actually deliver." This comes after Mamdani met with current Open Society Foundation board chair Alex Soros, George Soros’ son, at his Manhattan residence. 'WASTEFUL DISTRACTION': EXPERTS SLAM MAMDANI'S TAXPAYER-FUNDED GROCERY STORES The city wrote on X that it is "excited" to work with Gaspard on the commission. Gaspard, who chaired the Open Society Foundation between 2017 and 2020 and previously served as a senior advisor to former president Barack Obama, said that "New Yorkers deserve and need a government of the possible — one that can urgently build infrastructure, promote small business growth, and make the city more livable with accessible childcare and affordable groceries." Gaspard added, "I am grateful to Mayor Mamdani for the opportunity to chair this commission, and I look forward to listening to New Yorkers to develop the charter for the 21st century government we need." In an Open Society Foundation statement announcing his departure in 2020, Gaspard called it a "profound honor" to lead the Soros-linked organization. He wrote that "fundamental social change doesn’t customarily occur in a revolutionary moment. Instead, what is needed is the partnership of activists, government, and the nonprofit sector, collaborating over time and space in unity and solidarity." "This is what I worked to do at Open Society," he said, adding, "My commitment now will be to re-enter the world of politics and ideas, where I can continue the struggle against oppression everywhere." According to the city, the commission will also include Susan Kang, a member of the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America and author of the book "Human Rights and Labor Solidarity: Trade Unions in the Global Economy." Theodore Moore, executive director of ALIGN, a progressive advocacy organization, where the city said he has focused on "setting the organization’s strategic vision for worker power and climate justice." NYC MAYOR ZOHRAN MAMDANI RELEASES AUDIT ACCUSING FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AGENTS OF MISLEADING TACTICS Besides them, there were several other activists and community leaders, most of whom are associated with the Democratic Party in various forms. Notably absent from the commission, however, were any New York Republicans. Joe Borelli, a former Republican New York City councilmember who has long advocated for city government reform, responded to COGE’s launch by commenting on X, "How haven’t I been appointed to this already, @ZohranKMamdani?" Borelli told Fox News Digital that "as the new mayor and his team are taking socialist governance out for its American test drive, they are realizing that there needs to be a constant source of revenue to pay for all." "Ironically," he continued, "they are coming to see that it’s big government that stands in the way of most economic growth." Fox News Digital reached out to the mayor's office, the Open Society Foundation, Gaspard, Moore and Kang for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1897d2ee6011c3f4e8e526 Bluesky embraces long-form content to counter X Articles te 2026-05-28T19:30:26.397Z Bluesky embraces long-form content to counter X Articles In its latest update, Bluesky is getting into long-form content. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1895a5ee6011c3f4e8e4da Israel accuses UN of placing it on same sexual violence blacklist as Hamas terrorists, severs ties te 2026-05-28T19:21:09.351Z Israel accuses UN of placing it on same sexual violence blacklist as Hamas terrorists, severs ties Israeli officials blasted the United Nations (U.N.) after accusing the body of adding Israeli entities to a sexual violence blacklist that also includes the terrorist group Hamas. "We are done with this UN Secretary-General. Guterres has put Israel on the same blacklist along with Hamas, ISIS and the most depraved terrorist organizations in the world. This is a moral disgrace that proves that Guterres has lost all credibility," Israel's ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon said in a statement shared with Fox News Digital. A spokesperson for Danon said that Israel was officially freezing relations with the secretary-general's office as long as Antonio Guterres holds the position of secretary-general. Danon claimed Guterres decided to include Israeli entities on a blacklist regarding sexual violence in conflict zones, prompting the ambassador to freeze relations with the U.N. Secretary-General's Office. UN DRAFT REPORT ON CHILDREN IN CONFLICT ZONES RAISES EYEBROWS WITH FRAMING OF ISRAELIS "We are a strong democracy. We invited the representatives of the U.N. to come to Israel to check those ridiculous allegations. They chose not to come. They chose to continue with the campaign against Israel. We saw the lies in The New York Times, and now we see another lie coming from the U.N.," Danon said in a video shared with Fox News Digital. "We are done with this Secretary-General," he concluded. The United Nations has not confirmed the inclusion of Israel on a sexual blacklist. The U.N. did not respond to an inquiry from Fox News Digital. Fox News Digital also reached out to The New York Times for comment. ISRAEL FOREIGN MINISTRY CONDEMNS NEW YORK TIMES PIECE AS 'ONE OF THE WORST BLOOD LIBELS' IN MODERN PRESS The Jerusalem Post first reported Wednesday night that the Israeli Prison Service will be included on the U.N.'s list of countries that commit sexual violence in conflict zones. In early May, The New York Times published an opinion piece from writer Nicholas Kristof accusing Israeli prison guards of conducting institutionalized sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners. Kristof cited a 2025 U.N. report that called alleged Israeli sexual abuse of Palestinians "standard operating procedures towards Palestinians." Israeli officials strongly rejected the piece's premises and accused Kristof and the Times of blood libel, threatening to sue the outlet in American courts. THE UN’S BETRAYAL AND ISRAEL’S FIGHT FOR TRUTH "In an unfathomable inversion of reality, and through an endless stream of baseless lies, propagandist Nicholas Kristof turns the victim into the accused. Israel -— whose citizens were the victims of the most horrific sexual crimes committed by Hamas on October 7, and whose hostages were later subjected to further sexual abuse -— is portrayed as the guilty party," the Israel Foreign Ministry wrote in a post on X in response to the Times piece. The Israeli Foreign Ministry further commented Thursday on the reported UN blacklisting. "Over the past year, Israel's Ambassador to the UN and the Israeli delegation held a series of meetings with U.N. representatives and provided documents, data, as well as a detailed response to all the allegations that were raised. Despite this, the U.N. Secretary-General chose to advance a political decision and include Israel alongside Hamas and terrorist organizations," the foreign ministry wrote in a statement shared with Fox News Digital. "The shameful and absurd U.N. decision to include Israeli entities in the annex to the CRSV report is further proof of the UN’s true nature: a politicized and corrupt organization that has abandoned its founding principles and systematically targets Israel as its primary mission. This decision is yet another example of the UN’s long-standing, institutionalized hostility toward Israel. Today’s decision must be understood in its true context: an attempt to create a fake symmetry between Israel and the real sexual atrocities committed by Hamas. This is its sole motivation. The person behind this farce is Antonio Guterres," the statement continued. "This is the same Guterres who sought to 'contextualize' the October 7 massacre, who covered up the involvement of UN employees in those atrocities, and who has dragged the UN to its lowest point. Guterres is now exploiting his final months as Secretary-General to fabricate baseless accusations against Israel, completely devoid of any factual merit. Israel has comprehensively, thoroughly, and unequivocally refuted these allegations. Given that António Guterres has chosen to violate every standard of honesty, integrity, and professionalism, Israel has decided to sever all ties with the Secretary-General’s Office and will wait until a new UN Secretary-General is appointed," the statement concluded. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a189591ee6011c3f4e8e4d1 New Jersey senator dares DHS to pepper-spray him again as Mullin slams 'political theater' te 2026-05-28T19:20:49.357Z New Jersey senator dares DHS to pepper-spray him again as Mullin slams 'political theater' New Jersey Democratic Sen. Andy Kim fired back after DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin accused him of engaging in "political theater" following a chaotic protest outside Newark’s Delaney Hall detention facility, where Kim was struck by pepper-ball spray while confronting federal officers. Kim and other New Jersey Democrats, including Gov. Mikie Sherrill, have sharply criticized conditions at Delaney Hall, an immigration detention facility in Newark operated by a private contractor. DHS officials, meanwhile, accuse the lawmakers of escalating tensions and undermining ICE enforcement efforts. The clash intensified after Kim was hit with pepper-ball spray during demonstrations outside the facility earlier this week. "Secretary Markwayne Mullin in a cabinet meeting today said that I was complaining about being hit by a pepperball spray at Delaney Hall and he said that I shouldn't be there -- I just want to say this was never about me," Kim said in a response on social media later Thursday. "I was willing to take that risk. I'm not complaining about the pepperball spraying — for me, I'm complaining about what the treatment is to my constituents, to Americans and to civilians that were in harm's way." ANTI-ICE AGITATORS THROW WOODEN PALLETS, MATTRESSES AT FEDERAL AGENTS DURING CHAOTIC NJ DETENTION CENTER CLASH Kim said Mullin’s agency is overseeing inhumane treatment of the illegal immigrants inside the facility and is wrongfully awarding a lucrative contract to a Boca Raton-based company to manage it. "So again, this isn't about me. I was willing to take on that risk. I'd do it all over again," he said. He said he would do "anything that I can to keep my constituents and to keep people safe." When asked about Kim's response, Mullin told Fox News Digital on Thursday that he was sorry to see Kim spread fallacies and inflame the situation unnecessarily. "It’s unfortunate that Senator Andy Kim (who I’ve had a good relationship with) is spreading this FALSE narrative and adding fuel to the fire for no other reason than political theater," Mullin said. "This isn’t a Holiday Inn. Illegal aliens are at this detention facility because they broke our nation’s laws. ICE has arrested brutal criminals in New Jersey, including murders, rapists, sex offenders, child predators, and drug traffickers. "They are provided medical treatment, a clean place to sleep, and 3 meals a day plus commissary," he added. DHS CHIEF BLASTS DEMOCRATS FOR STAGING 'ALL FOR SHOW' PROTEST AT NEWARK ICE DETENTION FACILITY ON MEMORIAL DAY "Contrary to what liberal politicians and the leftist media want you to think: DHS does NOT make the laws that govern the United States. Our officers are simply enforcing the laws passed by Congress. "If these sanctuary politicians in Congress don’t like our nation’s laws, they have the ability to change them." Mullin said the behavior of Kim and other Democrats put their "radical left… priorities" on full display, adding that rapists, child predators and drug dealers are among those the protesters want released back into society. New Jersey Assemb. Paul Kanitra, R-Toms River, told Fox News Digital in a separate exclusive interview Wednesday that the food vendor at Delaney Hall is also contracted at nearby Giants Stadium, quipping that if the food is good enough for Big Blue, it should be good enough for the inmates. Mullin also appeared to fault Newark city government for its hands-off law enforcement approach. He said ICE has had to conduct typical law enforcement behavior like removing barricades and preventing protesters from restricting ingress and egress – something that Mayor Ras J. Baraka’s Department of Public Safety and Homeland Security should be in charge of. Baraka announced in 2015 that the Newark Police and fire department now fall under that new agency, for which he appoints the leader. TOP DEM GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE ARRESTED FOR TRESPASSING AT ICE DETENTION CENTER Kim’s actions have raised ire on both sides of the aisle for opposing reasons, as Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., posted a split image of Kim washing his eyes out with protesters’ water bottles and Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., being detained while attempting to confront then-DHS Secretary Kristi Noem during a Los Angeles meeting. "When even U.S. Senators are targeted, every American should understand: no one is safe from ICE’s abuses," Schumer said in a statement. "It’s why I’m fighting tooth-and-nail against additional funds for Trump’s rogue police forces." Meanwhile, New Jersey Assemb. Dawn Fantasia likened Kim’s and other Democrats’ actions to the "Choose Your Own Adventure" books popular among young people in the 1990s. PADILLA CUFFED, MCIVER INDICTED: CAN CONGRESS COME BACK FROM THE BRINK? "The Pepper Spray of Destiny," Fantasia, R-Sussex, entitled her faux-book in a social media post. The book’s cover shows Schumer with a speech bubble calling the chaos a "peaceful protest," a dumpster full of trash and barricade material, an ICE agent shooting a pepperball gun and Kim superimposed on the image with an outstretched arm as if to say "no." "Federal lawmakers in NJ are out here treating riots like Choose Your Own Adventure books," Fantasia said. "Instead of going through proper channels, they keep choosing every option labeled ‘This is a terrible idea’." "If you'd like to skip Memorial Day ceremonies in favor of an ICE protest, turn to page 3. If you'd like to insert yourself into a volatile situation, turn to page 7. If you'd like to help protesters drag debris from a dumpster to illegally block the entrance, turn to page 11," she said. "If you’d like Senator Schumer to explain why none of this was your fault, turn to page 18. If you'd like the mainstream media to call you "courageous" for it, turn to page 20." Agitators returned again Thursday morning to Delaney Hall, according to witnesses on scene. From about sunrise to mid-afternoon, the protests have been largely peaceable this week thus far. As sundown approaches each day, older daytime protesters often give way to black-clad protesters wearing goggles and masks at night. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18957dee6011c3f4e8e4c8 Fuddruckers became the 'Blockbuster' of burgers, and now it's nearly gone te 2026-05-28T19:20:29.435Z Fuddruckers became the 'Blockbuster' of burgers, and now it's nearly gone Despite claiming to serve the "world's greatest hamburgers," Fuddruckers has shrunk from hundreds of locations nationwide to just 44 restaurants today. "Fuddruckers is the Blockbuster of the burger world," Las Vegas-based business coach Brad Sugars told Fox News Digital. Restaurateur Phil Romano, founder of Romano's Macaroni Grill, opened the first Fuddruckers in Texas in 1979, and the chain expanded rapidly during the 1980s.  Fuddruckers operated between 200 and 500 locations at its peak in the late '80s, according to Tasting Table. PIZZA HUT BRINGS BACK VINTAGE VIBES AS FRANCHISEES EMBRACE NOSTALGIC MAKEOVERS The company began to struggle and changed owners multiple times.  Luby's acquired Fuddruckers in 2010 after its parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Luby's announced it would liquidate Fuddruckers in 2020, and entrepreneur Nicholas Perkins — through his Houston-based company, Black Titan Franchise Systems — bought the chain in 2021 for a reported $18.5 million. "I think with a new, reinvigorated management team, with a strategic plan ... we are going to be able to put our brand on offense and not be so much on the defense like we have been in recent years," Perkins told the Houston Chronicle at the time. The COVID-19 pandemic took its toll on Fuddruckers, as it did on many restaurants. The National Restaurant Association reported that six months into the pandemic, 100,000 restaurants had closed — either permanently or long-term. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES Sugars, who owns two restaurants, said Fuddruckers failed to adapt to changing customer preferences — both in the food consumers want and how they want to consume it. "One of the biggest challenges in the restaurant game is moving with the times, and the bigger the business, the harder it is," Sugars said. "It's a rare brand that continues over 10, 20, 30, 40 years without changing." Sugars pointed to Domino's as an example of a restaurant chain that listened to customers and evolved accordingly. After admitting its pizza quality had declined, Domino's improved its food while adding wings, pizza bites, hot sandwiches and other menu items, Sugars said. The company also built customer loyalty by becoming "a technology company that sells pizza," Sugars said — while creating an app that's "way better" than competitors. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER "In a world where delivery is now something everyone expects from every restaurant, Domino's went from competing with other pizza companies to competing with every single type of food that can be delivered from Postmates, Grubhub, etc.," he said. Domino's has also invested in researching customer habits, Sugars said. Much like Amazon, Domino's knows "what you're going to buy and when," allowing it to target consumers more effectively. "I don't see a Fuddruckers app," Sugars said. Still, Fuddruckers has some fans left.  A Reddit forum a year ago asked, "What happened to Fuddruckers? I thought the food was really good, but it looks like they are all closing." Commenters suggested Fuddruckers' large, warehouse-style atmosphere — similar to a "theme restaurant" — fell out of favor with customers. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Someone who claimed to have managed the first franchise wrote that "specialized concepts have a shelf life. As unique as the original Fudds was, it probably ran its course." Fox News Digital reached out to Fuddruckers and Black Titan Franchise Systems for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a189362ee6011c3f4e8e44d Boston mayor's office facing backlash for promoting ‘Trans Period Pride’ event for ‘trans menstruators' te 2026-05-28T19:11:30.633Z Boston mayor's office facing backlash for promoting ‘Trans Period Pride’ event for ‘trans menstruators' Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s Office of LGBTQ+ Advancement is facing backlash online after promoting a "Trans Period Pride" event at a public library centered on "menstrual equity" and transgender experiences with menstruation. A Tuesday post featuring a graphic with a pink tampon and blue menstrual pad read, "Join MASS NOW and the MA Trans Political Coalition for a consciousness-raising discussion on menstrual equity and the experiences of trans menstruators."  'MENSTRUAL MUTUAL AID' WORKSHOP FOR 'NON-CIS MENSTRUATORS' HOSTED BY UC DAVIS LGBTQIA The free event will be held in June at the Boston Public Library’s Copley Branch. The event, which includes a catered dinner and "free period underwear provided to all attendees," is supported by the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Advancement, the Boston Alliance of LGBTQ+ Youth (BAGLY), MASS NOW and the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition. On its website, the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Advancement says it "develops policies, community-oriented programming, and provides resources for the City’s diverse LGBTQIA2S+ community." In the Instagram post, the event is described as a "consciousness raising conversation around transgender experiences with menstruation."  DEM CITY USES 'BAIT-AND-SWITCH' TACTIC TO APPROVE HOMELESS SHELTER, LOCALS ERUPT Wu has denied reports in the past that city funds were used to support a program offering LGBTQ migrants up to $500 in "wellness" perks, after a local advocacy group advertised the benefits and later scaled back its description amid backlash. OUTnewcomers, an LGBTQ group in Boston, subsequently announced it returned city grant funding to Wu’s office after its plans clashed with the local government's expectations for the funding. Many users commented on the Tuesday Instagram post sharing surprise and disbelief, with one user writing, "This cannot be real……." while another said, "Is this a joke?" and a third wrote, "Yall have lost your minds." BOSTON'S WU ORDERS RELEASE OF ICE SURVEILLANCE AND BODY CAM FOOTAGE, SAYS FED GOVERNMENT 'HIDES BEHIND MASKS' Fox News Digital reached out to Wu and the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Advancement for comment but did not immediately receive a response. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18934dee6011c3f4e8e42e Watchdog Agency Seeks to Reverse Its Own Win Against a Crypto Firm te 2026-05-28T19:11:09.203Z Watchdog Agency Seeks to Reverse Its Own Win Against a Crypto Firm The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed jointly with a company run by the Winklevoss twins to overturn their settlement. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a189339ee6011c3f4e8e425 Supreme Court Says Death Row Inmate Can Challenge Exclusion of Black Jurors te 2026-05-28T19:10:49.674Z Supreme Court Says Death Row Inmate Can Challenge Exclusion of Black Jurors Terry Pitchford was convicted in 2006 for his role in the murder of a shopkeeper by a 12-member jury that included one Black member. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a189323ee6011c3f4e8e409 Hackers are trying to steal Signal users’ backups in new wave of phishing attacks te 2026-05-28T19:10:27.750Z Hackers are trying to steal Signal users’ backups in new wave of phishing attacks A new hacking campaign is trying to trick Signal users to give up their secret recovery key, which can be used to access online backups containing past messages. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a189117ee6011c3f4e8e3d3 Gardening Etcetera: How plants cope with heat: Lessons for our gardens te 2026-05-28T19:01:43.512Z Gardening Etcetera: How plants cope with heat: Lessons for our gardens This week's edition of the Gardening Etcetera column, written for the community by certified Master Gardeners of the University of Arizona's Coconino County Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Program. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1890fcee6011c3f4e8e3aa Spencer Pratt explodes in fundraising charts as desperate ex residents bankroll campaign to reclaim LA te 2026-05-28T19:01:16.385Z Spencer Pratt explodes in fundraising charts as desperate ex residents bankroll campaign to reclaim LA Disillusioned Los Angeles voters are fueling a fundraising surge for mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt, who is challenging Mayor Karen Bass and Nithya Raman in next week's election. Speaking on "Fox & Friends" Thursday, Pratt revealed his campaign hauled in millions following his debate performance earlier this month. "The reason why all that money was raised, that was right after the debate. And they saw me destroy these two terrible politicians for an hour straight," Pratt said. "Everybody realized, ‘Oh, finally somebody [is] telling the truth.’" According to campaign documents filed with the L.A. Ethics Commission from mid-April to mid-May, Pratt is outpacing his competitors in fundraising. Pratt said a large portion of his campaign fundraising is coming from former residents who left California, who are hoping to eventually move back. WHY SPENCER PRATT’S LOS ANGELES CAMPAIGN HAS AMERICA PAYING ATTENTION "A lot of it's from all over the country because people forget over 50,000 people a year leave Los Angeles because it's so terrible," Pratt said. "These are actually former Angelenos that got forced out of this city that Mayor Bass has destroyed. And that's why they're donating, because they want me to be mayor so they could move back." He reiterated that while he identifies as a Republican, the race itself is nonpartisan. Pratt added that despite his political leanings, much of his local support has come from Democratic voters dissatisfied with current leadership. LA TIMES OWNER SAYS ENDORSING KAREN BASS WAS A ‘MISTAKE' DUE TO INCOMPETENCE "I'm a registered Republican, but my supporters are all Democrats because Los Angeles is all Democrats. All the people financing me are Democrats. All the meetings I take every day are Democrats," Pratt said. "Democrats are very angry with what happened to Los Angeles. They were fed a bunch of lies by Mayor Bass, who said she was [going to] literally solve homelessness. She was [going to] do all these things she didn't do. So they, all of the people that put her actually in office, are now behind me," he added. Pratt announced he was running for mayor in January after gaining support for his comments following the Palisades Fire, which destroyed his home in 2025. The former reality star has gained traction for his viral campaign ads following his debate performance. MAYOR BASS FACING BLOWBACK OVER EXPLOSIVE REPORT THAT SHE ALTERED WILDFIRE REPORT TO DOWNPLAY CITY'S ROLE Earlier this week, Pratt accused Bass of violating election law by campaigning near a voting location. Under California election law, candidates cannot campaign within 100 feet of a ballot box. In a post on X, Pratt responded to a video posted by Bass, writing: "Karen Bass just violated election law here. She is so accustomed to breaking the law with no accountability, she even filmed herself doing it. Well, those days are over. We just filed a formal complaint for illegally gaming the election. We must protect our democracy." A spokesperson for Bass told Fox News Digital, "Spencer is just mad that his supporters are AI cartoons, and we have real Angelenos. We follow the rules." The spokesperson, Alex Stack, added, "His complaint is blatantly false. There were two locations filmed for this video, one 200-plus feet away from the ballot box (with signs) and one next to the ballot box (no signs)." Fox News Digital’s Brie Stimson contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1890e8ee6011c3f4e8e3a1 What to know about thyroid cancer prognosis following Pam Bondi's diagnosis te 2026-05-28T19:00:56.314Z What to know about thyroid cancer prognosis following Pam Bondi's diagnosis Former Attorney General Pam Bondi was diagnosed with thyroid cancer shortly after leaving the Department of Justice last month, according to a report. Bondi, 60, who left her role at the Justice Department in early April, underwent treatment and is recovering, a source stated. The thyroid is a gland located in the neck. It makes hormones that are then secreted into the blood, which help the body "use energy, stay warm and keep the brain, heart, muscles and other organs working as they should," according to the American Thyroid Association. PAM BONDI DIAGNOSED WITH THYROID CANCER WEEKS AFTER DEPARTING AS TRUMP'S ATTORNEY GENERAL: REPORT Thyroid cancer is relatively uncommon compared to other cancers. Even so, as of 2023, more than one million people in the U.S. are living with the disease. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) predicts that there will be an estimated 45,260 new cases in 2026. While more common in women, thyroid cancer can affect both sexes. Those with a family history may be more likely to develop it, as well as those between the ages of 25 and 65. Exposure to radiation is also a risk factor, according to the National Cancer Institute. NOT ALL CANCERS SHOULD BE TREATED RIGHT AWAY, MEDICAL EXPERTS SAY — HERE'S WHY Signs of thyroid cancer may include lumps or swelling in the neck, trouble breathing, trouble swallowing, hoarseness and pain when swallowing, per the above source. Anyone experiencing these symptoms should seek medical attention. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER If thyroid cancer is suspected, a doctor can diagnose it in several ways. A laryngoscopy is a procedure where the doctor checks the voice box with a mirror or laryngoscope — a thin, tube-like instrument with a light and lens, per NCI. Blood hormone studies – where a blood sample is checked to measure hormone levels – can also reveal indicators of thyroid cancer. Ultrasounds and CAT scans are then used to check for tumors in the body. Surgery, radiation, chemotherapy and hormone therapy are the main ways doctors treat thyroid cancer. A new type of therapy, immunotherapy, is being tested in clinical trials. "Surgery is the primary therapy, followed by regular surveillance and thyroid hormone replacement," Dr. Marc Siegel, Fox News senior medical analyst, told Fox News Digital. If the thyroid must be completely removed, patients will take hormones to replace the gland's natural function. CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES "Radioactive iodine is added in extensive or more aggressive cases," Siegel said, but noted that it is "usually not needed." The prognosis for thyroid cancer is generally positive and depends heavily on how the cancer responds to treatment, according to NCI. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Some types are much milder and slower-growing than others. Doctors will also consider the stage of the cancer's progression. The best-case scenario is when a surgeon can completely remove the tumor during surgery. Doctors will also factor in whether this is a brand-new diagnosis or if the cancer has returned after previous treatment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1890ccee6011c3f4e8e366 Anthropic raises $65 Billion, nears $1T valuation ahead of IPO te 2026-05-28T19:00:29.024Z Anthropic raises $65 Billion, nears $1T valuation ahead of IPO Anthropic has closed a $65 billion Series H round at a $965 billion post-money valuation, marking what could be the AI startup's final private fundraise before a highly anticipated IPO. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a188e73ee6011c3f4e8e2ea Dell Gets a $9.7 Billion Defense Contract. Trump’s Portfolio Stands to Benefit. te 2026-05-28T18:50:27.354Z Dell Gets a $9.7 Billion Defense Contract. Trump’s Portfolio Stands to Benefit. The president’s family says his stock purchases are automatically timed, but recent acquisitions of the computer company’s shares raise questions. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a188c4fee6011c3f4e8e2ab Deer Valley school board member under fire for holding up a 'Nazi' salute during meeting te 2026-05-28T18:41:19.586Z Deer Valley school board member under fire for holding up a 'Nazi' salute during meeting At the end of this week's board meeting, Kimberly Fisher said 'heil' and raised her arm up in a Nazi salute. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a188c32ee6011c3f4e8e27b FBI seizes record-setting $8 billion in cryptocurrency amid intercontinental 'scam compound' crackdown te 2026-05-28T18:40:50.944Z FBI seizes record-setting $8 billion in cryptocurrency amid intercontinental 'scam compound' crackdown FIRST ON FOX — The FBI says it has seized a record-setting $8 billion in cryptocurrency and arrested hundreds of suspects as part of an intercontinental crackdown on "scam compounds" and organized crime, including one group known as the "Democratic Karen Benevolent Army." They have been blamed for a global wave of theft from Americans, including as much as $3 million from a single U.S. citizen who fell victim to an online scam.  The FBI confiscated more than 127,000 bitcoin during the arrest of one leader, Chen Zhi, the CEO of a Cambodian enterprise called the Prince Holding Group. That's worth more than $8 billion — possibly more than $15 billion a the time of seizure — and officials are calling it the largest forfeiture in the history of the U.S. government's history.  The Democratic Karen Benevolent Army is an armed militia named after a region in Myanmar with alleged ties to the Chinese mob and currently facing sanctions from the U.S. Treasury for prior large scale scamming operations. It has been designated a transnational criminal organization by the government.  DEA, FBI SEIZE $10 MILLION IN CRYPTOCURRENCY 'DIRECTLY LINKED TO THE SINALOA CARTEL' More compounds in Asia, Africa and the Middle East have allegedly been tied to Chinese organized crime and were specifically targeting Americans, and operations to dismantle additional centers remain underway globally, an FBI official told Fox News Digital Thursday.  "Scam compounds are not just call centers. They are organized criminal enterprises built to steal from Americans, launder money, and exploit people at scale," FBI Director Kash Patel said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "The FBI has been leading the charge, from taking down Prince Group in Cambodia to Operation Sand Dollar in Dubai. We helped free nearly 2,000 trafficked workers, shut down more than $8 billion in scam center fraud, and arrested nearly 300 people," Patel said. "If you target Americans, we will find you, disrupt your network, and bring every available tool of the federal government down on you." In Thailand, photos show the FBI seized thousands of smartphones, as well as office equipment from an operation there. In Dubai, local police and the FBI arrested 275 people, six of whom will be extradited to the United States to face federal charges, the FBI said. FBI RAIDS HOLLYWOOD MANSION IN $17.4M MORTGAGE SCAM TARGETING SENIORS, 11 ARRESTED INCLUDING IRANIAN NATIONAL Each of the nine compounds raided there were allegedly taking in $6 million in fraud proceeds a year.  The Prince Group is accused of running similar guarded compounds around the world, authorities said.  Zhi faces federal charges of wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy.  An FBI official told Fox News Digital that the bureau has been prioritizing crackdown on these groups for the past 12 months. The official said the $3 million case involved one person who was the victim of a romance scheme, noting that other fraud schemes have been linked to several suicides, historically including extortion cases that were mostly targeting teenagers. Some of the groups allegedly relied on human trafficking victims for labor, according to the bureau. Scammers often entice individuals with promises of good income and work visas to lure them into the scam operations, then force them to conduct scams by threat of beatings or other torture methods. CONNECTICUT MAN LOSES LIFE SAVINGS IN CRYPTO SCAM The FBI partnered with Starlink, providing the Elon Musk-owned satellite company with geolocation data to help identify scammers using Starlink terminals to engage in fraud. Through the partnership, Starlink suspended more than 7,000 terminals in Myanmar, according to the bureau. The operation sprung from a series of complaints the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received in 2025. Over the course of the year, IC3 received nearly 72,000 complaints detailing losses of more than $7.5 billion related to cryptocurrency investment fraud. The FBI estimates those figures wildly underrepresent actual losses. An estimate from the United States Institute of Peace suggests that criminal syndicates steal approximately $64 billion every year. The overarching Operation Blackout included at least four separate operations including the aforementioned investigation into the Prince Holding Group, called Operation Zephyr Exodus. Other operations included Operation Sand Dollar, an investigation targeting scam compounds operated by organized crime elements throughout Asia that preyed on American citizens in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Another operation was Operation Haochen, an investigation into the Tai Chang scam compound in Kyaukhat, Myanmar, an area controlled by the DKBA. The compound was allegedly connected to Chinese criminal actors. The FBI seized $30 million tied to Tai Chang and other scam compounds. The Shunda Compound Takedown involved a joint task force including the FBI and Thai partners. The investigation led to the arrest of two subjects in Thailand and the seizure of a Telegram channel used to recruit forced labor into a Cambodian law enforcement impersonation scam. The FBI also enacted a proactive measure, Operation Level Up, an initiative that identifies victims of cryptocurrency investment fraud and notifies them of scams. Through the operation, the FBI has already notified 8,935 victims, 77 percent of whom were unaware they were being scammed. The notifications have prevented $562 million in losses. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a188c1aee6011c3f4e8e24a Just like gold and oil, we’ll soon be able to trade AI token futures te 2026-05-28T18:40:26.866Z Just like gold and oil, we’ll soon be able to trade AI token futures Large exchanges are designing derivative products around AI tokens, which are increasingly being considered less a computational output and more a raw material input, like electricity or bandwidth. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a188a57ee6011c3f4e8e228 Bats or Arms: Arizona State and Ole Miss will settle baseball’s oldest debate te 2026-05-28T18:32:55.193Z Bats or Arms: Arizona State and Ole Miss will settle baseball’s oldest debate PHOENIX – Batter vs pitcher. It’s the core on which baseball was built, and the key matchup in Arizona State’s opening-round game of the Lincoln Regional against Ole Miss on Friday in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship at 6 p.m. on ESPN2. The Rebels’ highly regarded pitching staff looks to slow down the Sun Devils potent lineup, and can turn to any of its three starters to do so.  Ole Miss coach Mike Bianco is keen to use that to his advantage. “We’ll decide (the starting pitcher) probably later tonight or tomorrow,” he told reporters Tuesday at a pre-regional press conference shared on the Rebels’ YouTube channel, noting that he and pitching coach Joel Mangrum will keep the decision under wraps until the last minute. The expectation is that Bianco will employ his usual rotation and open with ace Hunter Elliott at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park in Lincoln, Nebraska. Elliott, the only remaining player from Ole Miss’ 2022 national championship team, knows what it takes to win in the postseason. “You have to lay it all out there,” he told reporters. “This time of year it’s so much more about the team and not really much of it’s about you. The only thing that matters is winning at the end of the day.” Elliott has no shortage of postseason experience, having started four games during the Rebels’ title run, including the Super Regional-clinching and College World Series-clinching games. Last season, he won a start and fired a scoreless inning of relief in the Oxford Regional. “He’s seen all sides of it,” Bianco said of the lefty. “Not just through that run, but from the injury standpoint, from a side where we weren’t good and he’s grown a lot.” If not Elliott, the Rebels can turn to a right-handed option and throw Golden Spikes Award semifinalist Cade Townsend, the No. 21 MLB Draft prospect this year. He relishes the opportunity to silence opposing crowds. “I love pitching away,” he told reporters. “I like everyone hating you and you just gotta compete, and that’s what this postseason is. So we’re going to just deal with it and go on from there.” The Rebels’ final starter, Taylor Rabe, is equally capable of shutting down a lineup. He’s the No. 119 MLB Draft prospect, but teammates who have faced him think he should be ranked higher. “He doesn’t get enough recognition nationally as the other two, but I think he should,” first baseman Will Furniss told reporters. “I think he’s probably one of the best starters in the country, and he’s kind of proven that the last couple weeks.” Any of the three options – Elliott, Townsend or Rabe – will prove difficult for Sun Devils batters, but ASU feels confident in its offensive abilities regardless of who is on the mound.  “Early challenge there, our first game is one that we’re going to look forward to, and have to play our best baseball,” ASU coach Willie Bloomquist said. “If we play our game, we can play with anybody. We know that.” ASU ranks sixth nationally in batting average (.320), eighth in hits (626) and 10th in home runs (108) this season. The Sun Devils are brimming with confidence. “No matter where they put us, I think our offense stacks up good,” said outfielder Landon Hairston, who broke the ASU all-time single-season home run record with his 28th on May 21 against Cincinnati in the Big 12 Tournament. “We got all the talent in the world to show for it, so we’re looking forward to it.” If Ole Miss’ front-end arm quality weren’t enough, the whole staff will be well rested after the Rebels were upset by Missouri in the first round of the SEC Tournament. That includes All-SEC First Team reliever Walker Hooks, who finished third in the conference with seven saves. “The body feels really good,” Elliott said. “I think Joel (Mangrum) did a really good job getting us enough work, but making sure this rest was really important and that we feel better coming out of it.” Ole Miss hopes to turn its loss into motivation for this year’s postseason push. “You hope that it’s going to have the reverse effect where you kind of get your legs back underneath you,” Bianco said. “Obviously we would’ve liked to still be playing, but I think the guys, the mindset, once we got back was a good one, and we got some good work done.” The Lincoln Regional can be considered this year’s “group of death”, with Nebraska (No. 20), Ole Miss (No. 18) and Arizona State (No. 22) all ranked in the Top 25. The Rebels find no difference between this and facing SEC teams all season long. “Obviously, we have a lot of confidence going in there after playing an entire season in the best conference in America,” third baseman Judd Utermark told reporters. “No matter if we’re playing in a backyard stadium, or whether we’re playing in Omaha, we’re going to come with a lot of juice and a lot of energy to play. It’s postseason, so obviously this is my last ride and I can’t wait to get it started.” Not only has SEC competition prepared Ole Miss for top-tier opponents, it has taught the team the importance of every game, and that one misstep could be the end. “That’s life in the SEC. You’ve heard me say it all year long: If you don’t play well, you lose,” Bianco said. “Well, guess what? That’s the way it is in a regional, if you don’t play well, your season’s over.” “We’ve done it before, obviously, but it takes a special group, a special team but the most important thing is, you have to play well.” Arizona State went 1-4 against SEC teams this season, splitting a series with Oklahoma before getting swept in the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series at Globe Life Field. Despite the early-season struggle, ASU’s confidence remains high. “Obviously, we didn’t play our best at Globe Life, but we still think our best playing days are ahead of us,” Hairston said. “We’re super excited to show the nation what we got.” Despite the Sun Devils’ record against SEC opponents, Bianco knows ASU isn’t a team to overlook.  “Certainly a big ace on the mound, one of the best offensive players in the country and so a really good offense, 108 home runs,” Bianco told reporters. “We play a lot of people who have more home runs than us, so (it’s) a team that certainly is going to be a big challenge for us.” The post Bats or Arms: Arizona State and Ole Miss will settle baseball’s oldest debate appeared first on Cronkite News. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a188a43ee6011c3f4e8e21f Arizona’s Tommy Lloyd leads coaches’ pushback as Big 12 weighs 20‑game conference basketball schedule te 2026-05-28T18:32:35.265Z Arizona’s Tommy Lloyd leads coaches’ pushback as Big 12 weighs 20‑game conference basketball schedule PHOENIX – Tommy Lloyd didn’t wait long to make his position clear.  The Arizona men’s basketball coach opened the Big 12’s spring business meetings by drawing a sharp line between where coaches stand and where the league appears to be headed on conference schedule expansion. The divide centers on whether the Big 12 should keep its current 18-game conference schedule or expand to 20. “You know us coaches,” Lloyd said. “I think there’s kind of a general consensus. We’re really happy with the 18. We think that gives us the best flexibility for us to schedule accordingly with our nonconference schedules based on the needs of our program. “There’s going to be a push from the conference level to get 20 games because they want more content, more content. When we do become media free agents in 2030, obviously, they think more content equals more value.” The Big 12’s annual spring business meetings, held this week in Frisco, Texas, brought together men’s and women’s basketball coaches with league officials to discuss a wide range of issues shaping the conference’s future.  Topics included NIL, international competition, NCAA Tournament expansion, and the aforementioned conference expansion. “For me, I’m a strong proponent for the 18-game schedule,” Lloyd reiterated, “but unfortunately, I don’t know if I get a vote on the issue.”  While Lloyd made his stance clear on one end, West Virginia coach Ross Hodge seemingly liked the possibility of a 20-game campaign.  “I think any time you get a chance to schedule more aggressively without feeling like it’s hurting you is good for your brand individually and collectively, the strength of the league,” Hodge said. “So with the additional games, with an expansion, you know, it just allows for more big swings. And if you take big swings, you are going to miss some, but you don’t feel like you’re getting punished for swinging and missing.” The Big 12’s chief basketball officer, Brian Thornton, acknowledged internal discussion of conference schedule expansion.  “I think it’s on the table,” Thornton said. “No decisions have been made. This week was the first time we really dove into that conversation. We understand that people have to plan accordingly, and if we decide to move in that direction, it needs to happen fairly judiciously and quickly.” Even if conversations have only occurred recently, it’s clear that the idea has been brewing for some time.  “I think the conversations around why we’re even talking about it are around the fact that, one, we have media free agency coming up in 2030, and the more quality games, the better,” Thornton said. “It’s been proven, based on the ratings and whatnot, that our conference games have a significant rating, whether they’re on any of our media partners.” Taking coaching concerns into account, Thornton concluded by encapsulating the dichotomy of the schedule expansion discussion.  “We certainly understand the flexibility that takes place with our coaches’ desire to build out their schedules,’ he said. “Also understanding that the world is changing around us and that there is a desire of our institutions to play more.” While the men’s side engages in a tug-of-war, the women’s schedule is not expected to change. Big 12 vice president of women’s basketball Dayna Scherf said “right now, there is no expanding beyond 18” for women’s basketball, noting that the men’s schedule often affects the women’s cadence and TV windows.  Beyond the looming possibility of a 20-game season, NCAA Tournament expansion was seen as a net positive for both the men’s and women’s game.  “It’s the greatest experience that we have in college athletics,” West Virginia women’s coach Mark Kellogg said. “To give – whether it’s players, coaches, fans – opportunities to experience and whatever that looks like in your situation is fantastic.” Oklahoma State coach Jacie Hoyt built on that sentiment. “Great opportunities for so many,” Hoyt said. “I think with our conference in particular being as competitive as it is and kind of all beating up on each other and feeling like there were arguably a couple teams in our conference who very well could have been in the tournament this year, it’s going to open up those opportunities for teams like that.”  Among other topics discussed at the meetings, roster construction in the revenue‑sharing and loosened transfer portal era was a shared concern. Hoyt said coaches are “learning on the fly” as programs evolve to include GM‑style roles and adapt to new recruiting responsibilities with NIL.  Kellogg described the landscape as “changing by the minute,” adding that coaches must remain adaptable because “it hasn’t necessarily gone the way we thought.” While the NIL era hasn’t gone as smoothly as many thought, Thornton noted that implementing a true hard cap to provide some stability is difficult because “as long as there’s outside money, the cap is never going to be hard.” International games also surfaced as a growth opportunity. Lloyd noted how Arizona’s upcoming three-game series against European teams in Lithuania in August reflects the Big 12’s push to expand its global footprint.  “These guys do think big,” he said of league leadership. “They want big things, and they take big swings.”  On the women’s side, Kellogg praised neutral‑site and overseas games for helping elevate programs and the league. “It’s all about exposure and growing the brand,” he said. “You want as many opportunities in front of as many eyes as you can.” Coaches also weighed in on the proposed 5‑and‑5 roster rule, which would limit annual player movement.  “Just tell me what the rules are and let’s go,” Lloyd said.  Exposure and media reach were also recurring themes, especially for women’s basketball. Scherf said the league made “great strides” last season, with eight games on ESPN’s main network and record attendance at the Big 12 tournament. Hoyt furthered that sentiment, saying coaches are aligned on continuing to push visibility: “We all understand that the rising tide lifts all ships.” While the topics varied, the emerging theme of this year’s meeting can be summed up in one word: expansion. The college basketball landscape is ever-evolving. Big 12 Conference officials and coaches understand they must balance the stability coaches want against the dizzying desire to innovate, increase revenue and keep up with the times.  The post Arizona’s Tommy Lloyd leads coaches’ pushback as Big 12 weighs 20‑game conference basketball schedule appeared first on Cronkite News. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a188a2dee6011c3f4e8e205 Man suspected of murdering ex-wife identified as Tucson chiropractor te 2026-05-28T18:32:13.197Z Man suspected of murdering ex-wife identified as Tucson chiropractor Brian Schnurr was found dead in the desert near a car where his two children had been left alone. His ex-wife was found dead at a residence. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a188a14ee6011c3f4e8e1f2 Trump administration backs state GOP proof of citizenship push te 2026-05-28T18:31:48.632Z Trump administration backs state GOP proof of citizenship push Key Points: Trump administration asks U.S. Supreme Court to let Arizona block voters without proof of citizenship Arizona wants to regularly check voter rolls and purge non-citizens from registration Arizona’s 2022 voter ID law was blocked by lower courts from taking effect The Trump administration is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow Arizona to block people who do not provide “documented proof of citizenship” from registering to vote for president. And it wants to clear the way for Arizona to be able to regularly check — and purge — voter rolls of those who other databases say are not citizens. In a new filing, the Department of Justice is asking the high court to overturn lower court rulings which restricted the ability of the state to enforce certain requirements for citizenship and residency. The federal attorneys also want to pave the way for county election officials to purge voter registration rolls of those who they say “were never eligible to register in the first place.” “When noncitizens, with no right to shape American government, vote in American elections, the ballot box no longer speaks for the people, because its tally no longer reflects their voice,” the agency argued. At the heart of the multi-year battle is the 1993 National Voter Registration Act which requires states to provide “simplified systems for registering to vote in federal elections.” That, in turn, led the federal Election Assistance Commission to design a form for voters to use in those elections. Crucially, the law requires states to “accept and use” the federal form to sign people up to vote in federal elections. And that form has no obligation to provide proof of citizenship, requiring only that applicants avow, under penalty of perjury, that they are citizens. There also is language in the NVRA about how much a state can require on its own forms to vote in a federal election. None of this affects Arizonans who have signed up to vote in all elections. They fall under a 2004 voter-approved law that requires proof of citizenship to vote in state and local elections. But in 2022, the Republican-controlled Legislature enacted a series of provisions adding new requirements to those who sign up to vote in only federal elections, including proof of citizenship and proof of residency. Those were overturned the following year by U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton, a decision upheld by a majority of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Republican legislative leaders are asking the Supreme Court to intercede, saying the lower courts got it wrong. And now the Trump administration has weighed in on their side, making many of the same arguments.  The scope There are only a relative handful of Arizonans — about 43,000 at last count — who have not provided what lawmakers demanded in 2022. And, armed with lower court decisions, election officials have signed them up as “federal only” voters. But proponents of enforcing the law have argued the numbers are irrelevant. They have pointed to the 2020 presidential election which showed Joe Biden outpolled Donald Trump in Arizona by just 10,457 votes. In fact, Trump’s loss by that margin was cited when Republicans in 2022 pushed through the change to expand the proof-of-citizenship requirements to all voters. There were claims — never proven — that the 2020 race was affected by votes from noncitizens. State election officials, however, have repeatedly said that most of those who fail to provide documented proof of citizenship are those who do not have easy or immediate access to their birth certificates, mainly college students and members of Native American tribes. “Reality has proven that, as a general rule, those who are not citizens do not register to vote,” said Pima County Recorder Gabriella Cázares-Kelly in a previous response to queries by a Republican-aligned group. “In rare cases where someone who is not eligible actually attempts to register to vote, there are safeguards and laws to ensure that only eligible persons can vote.” In prior orders, the Supreme Court has refused to disturb the lower court findings and barred the state from enforcing the 2022 law in the 2024 election. But the high court has never actually ruled on the merits of the 9th Circuit decision. And the Department of Justice said that leaves the issues unsettled with “further review is warranted.” The arguments now before the Supreme Court about what Arizona can do to determine if registrants are citizens are even more complex. One related issue is another 2022 Arizona law which requires county election officials to regularly check their voter rolls against available databases to ensure that noncitizens are not registered to vote. The 9th Circuit concluded that procedure runs afoul of another provision of the NVRA which restricts the ability of states to remove “ineligible voters.” That, the Department of Justice is arguing, is wrong and should be overturned. “The NVRA’s protections for registered voters do not apply to those who were ineligible and improperly registered to vote in the first place,” the government lawyers told the high court. Instead, they said, it protects only people who were eligible to vote but have since died, moved, been convicted of a crime or determined to be mentally incapacitated. “Otherwise, the act would never allow for the removal of noncitizens once registered,” they said. “That absurd law is not the one Congress enacted.” There is one related issue where the Department of Justice is not in lockstep with the Republican lawmakers. In a ruling last year, the 9th Circuit concluded not only that the 2022 laws were unenforceable ,but that there was evidence that Arizona legislators acted with discriminatory intent when they initially approved the measures. Appellate Court Judge Ronald Gould said the evidence shows that lawmakers knew there had been no voter fraud, the justification GOP legislators cited when passing the laws. That includes the results of a so-called “audit” of the 2020 election returns commissioned by the Republican-controlled Senate — with the findings showing that Biden had, in fact, received more votes. “Yet the legislature proceeded to enact legislation aimed at remedying the voter fraud that was contradicted by its own findings,” Gould wrote. He also cited what he called the state’s “history of discriminating against minorities and of voter discrimination.” The Republican legislative leaders want the Supreme Court to overturn that finding of discriminatory intent. But the Department of Justice is urging the justices to sidestep the issue, saying that it can be decided by Bolton if they eventually send the case back to her. The post Trump administration backs state GOP proof of citizenship push first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1889faee6011c3f4e8e1cd Texas man allegedly threatened to bomb Turning Point USA event and kill CEO Erika Kirk in online posts te 2026-05-28T18:31:22.956Z Texas man allegedly threatened to bomb Turning Point USA event and kill CEO Erika Kirk in online posts A Texas man allegedly made online threats directed toward an upcoming Turning Point USA event and the CEO of the conservative nonprofit, Erika Kirk. Jacob Wenske, 26, is charged with a third-degree felony count of making a terroristic threat involving public fear of serious bodily injury or public disruption. UNIVERSITIES CRACK DOWN ON EMPLOYEE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS CELEBRATING, DEFENDING KIRK'S DEATH An investigation into Wenske began after a local newspaper published a Facebook post promoting the TPUSA Women’s Leadership Summit scheduled for June, which features Kirk as a keynote speaker. The event is set to take place June 5–7 at the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter on the River Walk. "I know exactly where to bomb," Wenske allegedly replied to the post. DEATH THREAT TOWARDS TPUSA CHAPTER AT ILLINOIS COLLEGE SPARKS INVESTIGATION, FORCES LEADERS TO LEAVE CAMPUS In a separate post within the same thread, Wenske wrote, "I can’t wait to be the valet for her escort," authorities said, according to a report from KSAT-TV. "Death to Erika Kirk and every single speaker there!! America will live on without those scum on this earth. Every Christian nationalist shall perish in the bombing that will take place at every single Turning Point rally and event," he allegedly wrote in a subsequent email. In a statement to Fox News Digital, a TPUSA spokesperson said the organization takes all threats seriously. "The safety of our attendees, speakers, and staff is always our top priority. All TPUSA events include enhanced, multi-layered security measures enforced by both private security and local police," the statement said. "We refuse to let threats silence us. We look forward to a successful and inspiring gathering June 5–7 in San Antonio for 2,500+ ladies attending the Women's Leadership Summit!" Fox News Digital has reached out to the Bexar County Sheriff's Office for comment. Erika Kirk, who took over the leadership role at TPUSA following the public assassination of her husband and co-founder, Charlie Kirk, at a TPUSA event in Utah last year, has faced a wave of threats since taking the helm. In April, she canceled a planned appearance at a TPUSA event at the University of Georgia after receiving what organizers described as "very serious threats." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1889e1ee6011c3f4e8e197 Former judges accuse Trump of deceiving court with fraudulent ‘anti-weaponization’ settlement te 2026-05-28T18:30:57.911Z Former judges accuse Trump of deceiving court with fraudulent ‘anti-weaponization’ settlement Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1889c0ee6011c3f4e8e188 Debate tonight: Republican candidates for Arizona Attorney General te 2026-05-28T18:30:24.711Z Debate tonight: Republican candidates for Arizona Attorney General Republican candidates for Arizona Attorney General face off tonight at 6 p.m. Candidates Rodney Glassman and Warren Petersen are competing for the party’s nomination. The winner of the primary election will face Democratic incumbent Kris Mayes, who is unopposed in her party’s primary. Early voting begins June 24. Primary Election Day is July 21. Watch the debate live here at 6 p.m. The post Debate tonight: Republican candidates for Arizona Attorney General appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a188840ee6011c3f4e8e16b Former Habitat for Humanity director convicted of embezzlement, fraud in Arizona te 2026-05-28T18:24:00.313Z Former Habitat for Humanity director convicted of embezzlement, fraud in Arizona The Habitat for Humanity chapter in Prescott lost an estimated $826,000 in relation to crimes committed by its former executive director, prosecutors said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a188815ee6011c3f4e8e15a Boulder City airport gets grant to build traffic control tower te 2026-05-28T18:23:17.352Z Boulder City airport gets grant to build traffic control tower Boulder City Municipal Airport will get an air traffic control tower by 2028 thanks to receiving a $10 million federal grant. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a188800ee6011c3f4e8e151 World’s tallest thermometer, between Las Vegas and LA, is for sale te 2026-05-28T18:22:56.304Z World’s tallest thermometer, between Las Vegas and LA, is for sale World’s tallest thermometer, between Las Vegas and LA, is for sale Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1887e4ee6011c3f4e8e12b Forget the 2026 NBA Playoffs: Bet the Caitlin Clark, Indiana Fever at Golden State Valkyries Thursday instead te 2026-05-28T18:22:28.312Z Forget the 2026 NBA Playoffs: Bet the Caitlin Clark, Indiana Fever at Golden State Valkyries Thursday instead Have you ever noticed the Indiana Fever (4-2) plays better without Caitlin Clark? I know she’s the biggest star in the WNBA. But the Fever went the distance with the Las Vegas Aces in the 2025 WNBA Semifinals without Clark and she didn’t play in Indy’s biggest win this season, 90-73 vs. the Portland Fire, May 20.  Clark is "probable" to play through her back injury Thursday in the Fever’s road game vs. the Golden State Valkyries (4-2), tipping off at 10 p.m. ET. There is an obvious "Clark Tax" because Golden State is only a -130 on the moneyline at DraftKings and -1.5 favorites (-110) at the time of writing. I say "only" since the Valkyries lead the WNBA in net rating through their first six games at +12.4, whereas the Fever are third with a +7.9 net rating. BETTING OUTLOOK: THUNDER VISIT SPURS WITH A CHANCE TO PUNCH THEIR TICKET TO NBA FINALS Granted, Indy has a three-game winning streak with its previous victory coming against Golden State, 90-82, this past Friday. However, I'm using the zig-zag theory handicapping angle for this game because it's tough beating the same team consecutively in basketball. The Fever do have a rest edge and has been off since playing the Valkyries, while Golden State’s previous game was Monday. Yet, the Valkyries are fully healthy; they crushed the Connecticut Sun 97-70 in their last game and four of Indy’s starters didn’t play in the fourth quarter. Furthermore, the Fever are the most-bet team to win the 2026 WNBA Championship at BetMGM by a significant margin, according to John Ewing via X, which kind of explains the aforementioned "Clark Tax." Indy is getting 26.1% of the bets to win the title, compared to the reigning WNBA champion Aces, who have 12.3% of the ticket count. This highlights the Indy’s popularity among bettors and I doubt that’s all sharp action.  ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Nevertheless, Golden State should throttle Indiana in the "battle for possessions". The Valkyries average 11.4 more field goal attempts than their opponents this season and have better turnover and rebounding margins. Also, both are a "jump-shooting" teams, which usually favors the home team, and Golden State are a better outside shooting team. The Valkyries are second in the WNBA in 3-point percentage and the Fever are 10th. Lastly, Indiana has only played one road game this year, but last regular season, its true shooting rate — which accounts for 2-point, 3-point and free-throw shooting — went from 57.1% at home to 53.5% on the road.  _____________________________ Follow me on X @Geoffery-Clark, and check out my OutKick Bets Podcast for more betting content and random rants. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1887d0ee6011c3f4e8e122 Fox News ‘Antisemitism Exposed’ Newsletter: Mob rule at UCLA te 2026-05-28T18:22:08.386Z Fox News ‘Antisemitism Exposed’ Newsletter: Mob rule at UCLA Fox News' "Antisemitism Exposed" newsletter brings you stories on the rising anti-Jewish prejudice across the U.S. and the world. IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER: - Portnoy scorches Platner operative with punishing takedown after odd request - Democrat who called for ‘Zionists’ to be imprisoned toppled after backlash - Israeli ambassador compares France's far-left leader's rhetoric to Hitler TOP STORY: A federal lawsuit alleges that Jewish UCLA students were brutally beaten with sticks, pepper-sprayed, and trampled by an anti-Israel campus mob. The filing alleges university officials stood by as "Jew-free zones" were established, blocking students from classes. This searing legal challenge accuses the administration of enabling a violent, discriminatory environment, demanding accountability for a total failure to protect Jewish students. VIDEO: Former CENTCOM Cmdr. Gen. Joseph Votel discusses President Donald Trump’s push to expand the Abraham Accords and diplomatic efforts to secure a peace deal with Iran on ‘The Story.’  WATCH HERE: DAVE WON'T PLAY: Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy scorched a political operative who pitched a collaboration with Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner. After a strategist suggested teaming up to bash Red Sox ownership, Portnoy—who is Jewish—blasted the "Nazi" candidate for his Totenkopf tattoo. Mocking the tone-deaf request, Portnoy shut down the pitch, refusing to "play footsy" or "glamorize" the controversial politician. DEFEATING HATE: Texas Democrat Maureen Galindo was crushed in a primary runoff after her "vile" proposal to imprison "American Zionists" sparked national outrage. Even top Democrats like Hakeem Jeffries and AOC disowned the candidate, labeling her rhetoric "disqualifying." Voters ultimately rejected the extremist liability in favor of moderate Johnny Garcia, proving that some lines—even in a redrawn district—cannot be crossed. HISTORY REPEATS: Israeli Ambassador Joshua Zarka has sounded the alarm, comparing French far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s divisive rhetoric to that of Adolf Hitler. As antisemitic incidents in France triple, Zarka warns that Mélenchon exploits Jew-hatred for votes, mirroring historical tactics of targeting a singular enemy. With Jews hiding their identities to survive daily life, the "antisemitic hydra" is officially back.  GUEST EDITORIAL: Moshe Davis, former executive director of the NYC Mayor’s Office to Combat Antisemitism, argues that Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s anti-Israel crusade is devastating New York. By rescinding antisemitism protections and severing Israeli business ties, Mamdani prioritizes grievance politics over governance. Davis warns these radical moves threaten 27,000 jobs, weaken cyber defenses, and shrink pensions, repeating history's mistake of scapegoating Jews. QUOTE OF THE WEEK: "The way [LFI leader] Jean-Luc Mélenchon speaks in front of a crowd reminds me of Hitler. The way he uses the idea of uniting against one enemy by speaking of Israel is similar to the way Hitler used to speak about the Jews." - Israeli Ambassador to France Joshua Zarka. - Looking for more on this topic? Find more antisemitism coverage from Fox News here. - Did someone forward you this email? Subscribe to additional newsletters from Fox News here. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1887bcee6011c3f4e8e119 Fox News AI Newsletter: Chatbots' left-wing bias te 2026-05-28T18:21:48.394Z Fox News AI Newsletter: Chatbots' left-wing bias IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER: - Conservatives say AI chatbots are being weaponized with left-wing media bias as millions rely on them - Pope Leo warns AI risks becoming tool of 'domination, exclusion, death' in new encyclical - Meta lays off nearly 1,400 Washington employees in latest tech workforce cut DIGITAL GATEKEEPERS: Conservatives are raising alarms over artificial intelligence chatbots, arguing they are being weaponized with left-wing media bias. As millions of Americans increasingly rely on these tools for information, critics warn that the underlying algorithms reflect partisan perspectives, shaping public discourse and potentially skewing user interactions. DIGITAL RECKONING: Pope Leo delivers a stern warning about the dangers of artificial intelligence in a new encyclical. The pontiff cautions that without ethical oversight, AI risks evolving into a tool of domination, exclusion, and death, urging global leaders to ensure technological progress aligns with human dignity and moral responsibility. META PHYSICS: Meta has laid off nearly 1,400 employees in Washington state as part of its latest round of tech workforce cuts. The significant reduction highlights the ongoing structural shifts and cost-cutting measures within the technology industry, as major companies streamline operations amidst economic uncertainties and pivoting business strategies. NEVER CLOCKS OUT: In a recent trial, humanoid robots were put to the test working nonstop to handle and process packages. The continuous operation aims to evaluate the endurance and efficiency of these advanced machines in logistics, offering a glimpse into a future where autonomous robots could dominate warehouse environments without the need for breaks. TERMINAL UPGRADE: An AI-powered hologram is now assisting travelers by answering questions in real time at LaGuardia Airport. The innovative system is designed to streamline customer service, offering flyers an interactive and efficient way to navigate the terminal and access vital flight information. BIG BROTHER BOSS: The New York Times is facing accusations of deploying artificial intelligence surveillance technology on its staff without providing prior notification to their union. The move has sparked internal pushback and concerns over workplace privacy, as employees demand transparency regarding how the publication monitors their digital activities and productivity. UNHOLY ALLIANCE: A progressive pope takes aim at artificial intelligence, cautioning that its rapid advancement risks diminishing the spiritual and miraculous aspects of life. The commentary explores the intersection of faith and technology, reflecting on the potential moral costs of a highly automated world. WORKPLACE SHIFT: As tech layoffs surge and the adoption of artificial intelligence accelerates, workers are experiencing mounting automation anxiety. The report highlights the growing fears among employees across various sectors who worry their jobs may become obsolete as companies increasingly integrate AI solutions to cut costs and improve efficiency. NEXT-GEN PITCH: Looking ahead to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Lenovo's AI-powered 3D avatars, an enhanced referee view and other technological innovations are set to transform the sporting event. These advancements promise to deliver an unprecedented and immersive experience for both fans and officials, reshaping the future of global soccer broadcasts. NEW WAY TO INVEST: Robinhood CEO and Chairman Vlad Tenev joins "Mornings with Maria" to discuss the company’s new AI products, expansion into private markets and partnership on Trump accounts. Facebook Instagram YouTube X 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/6a1887a8ee6011c3f4e8e110 NHL great Claude Lemieux, 60, dead just days after making an apperance at the Eastern Conference Final te 2026-05-28T18:21:28.465Z NHL great Claude Lemieux, 60, dead just days after making an apperance at the Eastern Conference Final Legendary NHL star Claude Lemieux has died just days after making an appearance at Montreal's Bell Centre ahead of Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final. He was 60. Lemieux was regarded as one of the greatest pests in NHL history, but also had an uncanny ability to come up clutch in big moments. He broke into the league with the Montreal Canadiens and was part of their Stanley Cup-winning team in 1986. He won four Stanley Cups in his career and in 1995 and 1996 became the 10th player in NHL history to win back-to-back Stanley Cups with different teams, first with the New Jersey Devils and then with the Colorado Avalanche. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE After the 1995 Stanley Cup Final, Lemieux was also awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy. In his postseason career, Lemieux had 158 points (80G, 78A) in 234 games played. Lemieux retired in 2009 after attempting a comeback with the San Jose Sharks. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! In all, he appeared in 1,215 NHL games for the Canadiens, Devils, Avalanche, Phoenix Coyotes, Dallas Stars and Sharks, and Sharks. He went on to become a player agent, and oddly enough, according to North State Journal, represented Carolina Hurricanes goalie Frederik Andersen. Andersen was between the pipes for the Hurricanes, while Lemieux carried the ceremonial torch into the arena for the Canadiens ahead of Game 3. Lemieux's brother, Jocelyn Lemieux, appeared in just under 600 NHL games, while his son, Brendan, played in just over 300 games for the Winnipeg Jets, New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia Flyers and Hurricanes. He currently plays for Swiss club Davos HC. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18878fee6011c3f4e8e0dc Flesh-eating screwworms head for American livestock te 2026-05-28T18:21:03.997Z Flesh-eating screwworms head for American livestock Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18877cee6011c3f4e8e0d3 States could purge voter rolls close to elections if Supreme Court takes Trump’s side in Arizona case te 2026-05-28T18:20:44.073Z States could purge voter rolls close to elections if Supreme Court takes Trump’s side in Arizona case Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a188767ee6011c3f4e8e0c8 Rio Nuevo faces June 30 deadline as budget fight continues te 2026-05-28T18:20:23.040Z Rio Nuevo faces June 30 deadline as budget fight continues Downtown Tucson is getting a new grocery market, a speakeasy and four food trucks. Whether Rio Nuevo will be around to fund what comes next is less certain. Rio Nuevo's board is bracing for another fight with the Republican-led legislature over its funding, even after Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a repeal earlier this year. Hobbs vetoed a Republican budget proposal in May that would have eliminated Rio Nuevo by diverting its sales tax revenue back into the state treasury, but budget negotiations are ongoing and the legislature has until June 30 to pass a new plan. "We doubled the tax base by investing in projects that create new tax (revenue)," said Chair Fletcher McCusker during the board's May 12 meeting. For every $2 of taxpayer dollars invested by Rio Nuevo, $6 are invested by private businesses in Tucson, including restaurants, hotels, retail stores, mixed-use properties and more. The investment is less of a handout to businesses and more of a catalyst for private development, McCusker said. "If for some reason our income stops, it's just going to be a legal nightmare," McCusker said. "I don't think they understand anything about how we work." Fiscal projections from 2026 show a decrease in Rio Nuevo's tax base, not nearly as severe as the decline during the COVID-19 pandemic, but noticeable given the project's previous year-over-year growth. The board attributes this loss to what McCusker called "the Amazon Factor." Amazon has historically disrupted Arizona's tax revenue base. Due to the decentralized nature of its business, the company was able to sidestep transaction privilege taxes that traditional brick-and-mortar stores face. Amazon paid a $53 million settlement to the state for lost tax revenue. Now the new disruption is the tax exemptions and incentives provided to companies for data center construction. Hobbs previously supported such incentives but has since reversed course, denying future data center subsidies and attempting to repeal existing ones. Those same TPT funds are helping finance the reopening of Gibson's Shopping Market in downtown Tucson. The reopened storefront will include an upstairs bar operated by Highwire Tucson, a speakeasy downstairs, a coffee bar inside and four food trucks outside: Kaiju Burger, Samurai Sushi, Don's Ribs and Barbecue and Barrio Bites. The project's projected tax revenue jumped from $1.5 million to $8.9 million. Despite running over budget and behind schedule, Gibson's is projected to open in July. "It's been … lately, a lot of harsh words and hurt feelings," said Nick Wayne, who presented project details to the board. Wayne said he has had many difficult conversations with contractors whose estimates were inaccurate. The Friedman Block has sat vacant and deteriorating for three and a half years, drawing concern from city officials and legislators. Arilynn Hyatt / Tucson Spotlight. Wayne said he was not concerned about opening during Tucson's slow season, pointing to the successful June 2015 launch of Highwire Tucson as precedent. "I know Fourth Avenue and the university suffer in the summer," Wayne said. "I think locals feel more comfortable coming downtown when students aren't here. So we, just in any of our other businesses have not seen a drastic drop because of summer." The Gibson's delays pale in comparison to those of the Friedman Block project, which has sat vacant and deteriorating for three and a half years, drawing concern from city officials and legislators. "We're certainly willing to continue the fight and go through the processes of making the Friedman Block a workable and viable project here in Tucson," said restaurateur and Union Hospitality Group owner Grant Krueger. Rick McLain, a partner at Repp + McLain Design and Construction, estimated 12 to 14 months for construction and another 9 to 12 just for permitting. Nothing has begun due to a lack of a development agreement, delays in the city permitting process and unresolved parking issues around the lot. Krueger said the project has moved more slowly than the Solot shopping center because, unlike that project, the Friedman Block does not have a neighboring lot like the DeConcini parcel that was willing to provide additional parking. Given the mounting pressure, the board gave Krueger and his team a 90-day deadline to draft a development plan and approved fencing off the Friedman Block to address concerns about the property's condition. Quentin Agnello is a University of Arizona alum and freelance journalist in Tucson. Contact him at qsagnello@gmail.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/6a188540ee6011c3f4e8e079 Team USA falls to Canada at worlds, but Olympic sweep keeps Americans on top of hockey te 2026-05-28T18:11:12.398Z Team USA falls to Canada at worlds, but Olympic sweep keeps Americans on top of hockey Canada got its revenge. Sort of. Three months after Team USA stunned Canada in overtime to win Olympic gold, the Canadians beat the Americans, 4-0, in an IIHF World Championship quarterfinal on Thursday in Fribourg, Switzerland. Canada won this one. But it doesn’t erase the fact that the United States took home the much bigger prize. The Americans entered the World Championship as the defending tournament champions and fresh off their Olympic breakthrough, but this was not the same Team USA group that reached the top of the hockey world in February. The roster included Matthew Tkachuk, one of the faces of American hockey and one of the sport’s premier big-game players, but it did not include the full best-on-best roster that won gold. No Auston Matthews. No Jack Eichel. No Quinn Hughes. No Connor Hellebuyck. No Jack Hughes, whose overtime goal against Canada delivered the Olympic title. In fact, Tkachuk was the only player on both the gold medal-winning Olympic roster and the IIHF World Championship roster. Canada, meanwhile, looked like a team that treated the World Championship as an opportunity to make a point. Sidney Crosby, Macklin Celebrini, John Tavares, Mark Scheifele, Evan Bouchard, Morgan Rielly and Darnell Nurse gave Canada a roster that felt far closer to a statement team than a typical post-NHL-season World Championship group. And they played like it. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! But before Canada broke through on the scoreboard, the game had its nastiest moment in the first period. Team USA defenseman Ryan Lindgren was ejected after an illegal check to the head or neck on Bouchard, who stayed down on the ice and had to be helped off. He did not return to the game. Canada eventually took control late in the first period when Celebrini opened the scoring on the power play. Dylan Holloway made it 2-0 in the second, and Connor Brown and Sidney Crosby added empty-net goals in the third to finish off the Americans and advance to the semifinals. The U.S. never found its footing, which was true for most of the tournament. Team USA lost to Switzerland, Finland and Latvia in group play, while beating Great Britain, Germany in a shootout, Hungary and Austria to claim Group A’s final quarterfinal spot. Still, the bigger-picture reality hasn’t changed. The United States remains atop the hockey world because the Americans won when the sport’s biggest prize was on the line. Not just in men's hockey, but in women's as well. Canada can celebrate Thursday’s result, and it should. Beating the Americans in an elimination game always matters, especially after watching the U.S. celebrate Olympic gold at Canada’s expense. But if the question is which country would rather trade places, there’s no debate. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Canada got the World Championship quarterfinal. Team USA got the Olympic gold medals. Those are the ones that matter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a188528ee6011c3f4e8e049 A security lapse at prison payphone service Pay Tel publicly exposed over 300K callers’ driver’s licenses te 2026-05-28T18:10:48.797Z A security lapse at prison payphone service Pay Tel publicly exposed over 300K callers’ driver’s licenses Pay Tel secured the publicly exposed data after security researchers discovered the leak containing callers' sensitive ID documents and inmate communications. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a188514ee6011c3f4e8e040 H1 secures $40M from CVS, proving SaaS startups can still attract investment te 2026-05-28T18:10:28.548Z H1 secures $40M from CVS, proving SaaS startups can still attract investment CEO Ariel Katz argues that while AI can replicate workflow SaaS, it can't copy H1’s unique doctor data. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1882e2ee6011c3f4e8dfd1 AZFEC: The Damage From Katie Hobbs’ Illegal Housing Moratorium Is Only Beginning te 2026-05-28T18:01:06.231Z AZFEC: The Damage From Katie Hobbs’ Illegal Housing Moratorium Is Only Beginning By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | For decades, Arizona has been a national model for how to responsibly manage and develop water resources. As a result, our state has enjoyed years of economic growth while welcoming millions of new residents to live and work here.  Then, Governor Katie Hobbs came along.  In 2023, the Hobbs administration imposed sweeping new water rules that effectively halted new home construction across much of the Valley, under the guise that it was needed to “save water.”  Now, a court has struck down the policy, ruling that state regulators ignored the law when creating the rules behind it. But the fallout from this disastrous decision is only beginning. And Arizona taxpayers could soon be forced to pay more than $1 billion for the damage.  Arizona Is Not Running Out of Water  Despite the alarmist rhetoric coming from Hobbs and the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR), our state is not running out of water.   In fact, our state uses less water today than it did in 1990—even though our population has doubled to more than 7 million residents. That’s not a typo. Over the past three decades, Arizona has welcomed millions of new residents while reducing total water consumption.  How is that possible? Through better water management, technological advancements in conservation and reuse, and the gradual conversion of agricultural land to residential development. The result is a system that has allowed Arizona to grow responsibly while protecting its long-term water supply.   But instead of building on this successful model, Hobbs declared a sweeping housing moratorium—halting new single-family housing construction across much of the Phoenix metropolitan area.   A Manufactured Crisis With Real Consequences  In addition to destroying billions in economic activity and further exacerbating the housing shortage crisis, Hobbs’ moratorium created a number of additional problems… >>> CONTINUE READING >>> The post AZFEC: The Damage From Katie Hobbs’ Illegal Housing Moratorium Is Only Beginning first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1882c1ee6011c3f4e8df6e Logan Paul shows off gruesome aftermath of tricep surgery, says he was 'wide awake' during operation te 2026-05-28T18:00:33.113Z Logan Paul shows off gruesome aftermath of tricep surgery, says he was 'wide awake' during operation Logan Paul wrote on social media on Wednesday that he was awake when he underwent surgery to repair his torn triceps, which he tore during WWE's Saturday Night’s Main Event. Paul also showed the scar on his left arm. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! "Tore my tricep, got surgery while wide awake, told doc I wanna feel it all," he wrote in a post on X. "Still the Tag Team champ just FYI. They’re telling me 6 month recovery but I don’t believe them, I’ll be back in a couple weeks with some PRIME shake (32g protein)." Paul was one-half of the tag team champions with Austin Theory. Paul Heyman said on "Monday Night Raw" that Theory wouldn’t have to relinquish the title and that it was The Vision who are tag team champions, so anyone could step in. Bron Breakker would be the one to step in for Paul, while he was on the mend. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Paul was on the receiving end of a front flip attack from Angelo Dawkins of the Street Profits during their match for the World Tag Team Championship. It appeared Paul was grabbing his left arm immediately after Dawkins landed on him. Still, Theory was able to pin Montez Ford and retain the tag titles for The Vision. But Paul was hurt in the ordeal. Theory was on a tear after he learned he could still remain a champion. He vowed to take out "every single person that was involved in hurting" Paul. Theory was unleashed and attacked Dawkins and Joe Hendry during the night. It’s unclear whether The Vision will have another person to take Paul’s spot. Theory already named one person he could see as a potential prospect in an interview last week with Fox News Digital. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a187e64ee6011c3f4e8da13 The Pentagon says Trump’s Iran war has cost $29B. Democrats want CBO to check the math. te 2026-05-28T17:41:56.873Z The Pentagon says Trump’s Iran war has cost $29B. Democrats want CBO to check the math. Plumes of smoke rise following an explosion on March 5, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. Democrats in the U.S. Senate on May 27, 2026, asked that the Congressional Budget Office provide the "true costs" of the Iran war. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — A group of U.S. Senate Democrats has sent a letter to the head of the Congressional Budget Office, asking him to include outside projections for the cost of the Iran war in the agency’s official cost estimate.  “The American people deserve to know the true costs of this conflict, and they deserve transparency and honesty when their government commits the nation to war,” the senators wrote in the May 27 letter to the nonpartisan agency. “Your timely and comprehensive estimate of the immediate and long-term budgetary consequences will help ensure that the Iran war remains subject to rigorous and appropriate legislative oversight.” House Budget Committee ranking member Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., sent a letter to the CBO in early March, asking the agency to estimate what the conflict would cost “under several scenarios, including scenarios of the war lasting longer than 4 to 5 weeks and deploying U.S. troops on the ground in Iran.”  The senators’ letter asks CBO Director Phillip Swagel to “take into consideration the significant divergence between the administration’s public estimates and those produced by independent analysts and investigative journalists.” The senators wrote that while Pentagon officials said in mid-May they believed the war had cost about $29 billion, other estimates placed its total costs much higher.  “It is essential that Congress and the American public receive accurate, comprehensive estimates of the costs of the war in Iran,” they wrote.  Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, California Sen. Alex Padilla, Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, Connecticut Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff, Illinois Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, Maryland Sens. Angela Alsobrooks and Chris Van Hollen, Massachusetts Sens. Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and Andy Kim, New York Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, Oregon Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, Vermont Sen. Peter Welch and Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine all signed the letter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a187e4cee6011c3f4e8d9f3 Unprepared college students forced to relearn 'middle school mathematics,' California professors reveal te 2026-05-28T17:41:32.796Z Unprepared college students forced to relearn 'middle school mathematics,' California professors reveal Hundreds of University of California (UC) professors signed a letter demanding the reinstatement of SAT/ACT mathematics requirements for students after revealing they are re-teaching basic math to incoming students. More than 500 faculty members across California campuses signed a letter requesting UC regents and leadership to reinstate the academic standards for the 2027 admissions cycle, revealing that eliminating standardized testing requirements has forced professors to help students with "middle school" math. "We now observe preparation gaps so severe that instructors must re-teach middle school mathematics while simultaneously teaching the material students need for sciences, engineering, economics and other quantitatively demanding fields," the letter read. UNC OFFICIAL SAYS CONCERNS STANDARDIZED TESTS ARE RACIALLY DISCRIMINATORY ARE NOT 'SUPPORTED BY THE EVIDENCE' Though the faculty members acknowledged UC's history of helping "under-resourced students" succeed in STEM fields, they pointed out that the university system can only help so many students with finite resources, and the effort could actually backfire for underprepared students. "Furthermore, the widening spread between underprepared and well-prepared students creates polarized courses, weakening the foundation available to many students and making it harder to teach at the level required for advanced STEM work. UC is increasingly unable to provide students with the education needed to become leaders in California’s scientific, technological and economic future," they wrote. "We are already seeing the warning signs: longer pathways through prerequisite material, reduced readiness for advanced coursework, and growing pressure to dilute quantitative rigor," the professors continued. "Left unaddressed, these trends will lead to declining graduation rates, longer time to degree and reduced completion of STEM majors with consequences for California's highly skilled STEM workforce." SAT DEFENDED FROM 'MISGUIDED' ATTACKS AS TEST INCREASINGLY BECOMES OPTIONAL FOR STUDENTS In a comment to Fox News Digital, Ahmet Palazoglu, chair of the UC Academic Senate, said, "In light of concerns raised by UC faculty about student preparedness for undergraduate study, in March I called upon our systemwide faculty Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools (BOARS) to address timely topics tied to students’ college readiness and UC’s admission process."  The University of California agreed to no longer consider SAT or ACT scores when making admissions and scholarship decisions after a settlement for a 2019 lawsuit filed on behalf of low-income students of color and students with disabilities.  The lawsuit argued that low-income students of color were at a disadvantage because standardized test questions often contain inherent bias that more privileged children are better equipped to answer, and wealthier students often take expensive prep courses to boost scores that others cannot afford. It also argued that students with disabilities could not easily travel to exams and class sites. SAN FRANCISCO RESTORES 8TH-GRADE ALGEBRA AFTER EQUITY EXPERIMENT BACKFIRES The UC Board of Regents previously voted in 2020 to drop the SAT and ACT tests as admission requirements through 2024 and eliminate them for California residents after that. A 2025 UC San Diego Senate-Administration Workgroup on Admissions report found that between 2020 and 2025, roughly one in eight entering students fell below middle school math levels. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a187e38ee6011c3f4e8d9ea WATCH: Police absent from Delaney Hall chaos as agitators block ICE vehicles and agents use pepper spray te 2026-05-28T17:41:12.799Z WATCH: Police absent from Delaney Hall chaos as agitators block ICE vehicles and agents use pepper spray Mayor Ras Baraka’s police department was nowhere to be found as tensions rose late Wednesday outside the Delaney Hall illegal immigrant detention center. Protesters took over roles typically reserved for police, while ICE agents deployed pepper spray after a federal vehicle entered the premises and sparked chaos among the crowd. Baraka, who lost the 2025 Democratic gubernatorial primary to Gov. Mikie Sherrill, had previously been arrested outside Delaney Hall during similar mayhem last year and has been defiant in demanding state and federal officials take action to close the facility. As Fox News Digital returned to the scene late Wednesday, hundreds had already gathered outside the vehicle entrance to Delaney Hall’s sally port, while the other entrance — where Manhattan Democratic Reps. Jerrold Nadler, Daniel Goldman and Adriano Espaillat had legally gained entry — was lined with a protester medical tent and apparent commissary. Doremus Avenue, a trash-strewn industrial boulevard, was reduced to one lane — though not by Newark Police or the Essex County Sheriff’s Office, but by protesters dressed as fire police. BLUE STATE ICE FACILITY RAMPS UP SECURITY WITH NEW BARRICADES AMID CLASHES WITH PROTESTERS By 9PM ET, Doremus Avenue’s southbound lane had been completely blocked by protesters, as reflective-vest-wearing "protester police" directed two-way traffic that often included large vehicles such as big rigs and goosenecks. A single Essex County Sheriff’s deputy drove by the area rather quickly at one point, announcing that protesters should move to the sidewalk, but he was gone in a matter of seconds. Some protesters appeared to break off from the group and quietly collect trash along the east side of the avenue, where a line of freight tracks ran. STREET TAKEOVERS AND TRAFFIC CONTROL BY AGITATORS IN MINNESOTA CROSS LEGAL LINES, RETIRED DETECTIVE SAYS As unmarked Delaney Hall transport vehicles approached from the south with flashing blue lights signaling they intended to enter the facility, protesters surged toward the entrance while others emerged from the direction of the freight tracks carrying several large items. Some protesters called out to offer "goggles and tape; goggles and tape," portending what came next. Two mattresses, a shredded orange highway bollard, tree branches and a sandbag were pushed toward the entrance and tossed into the middle of Doremus Avenue as ICE agents could be heard demanding the crowd move back to no avail. As an Irvington-bound New Jersey Transit bus approached, it was briefly stuck in the suddenly unmanaged traffic lane while agents released pepper spray, dividing the scene around the trapped bus. Once the bus was able to pass, a tear gas or pepper spray canister could be heard "popping" as another wave of irritant filled the air. All the while, not a single Newark Police Department vehicle appeared on scene to help quell the mayhem. TOP DEM GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE ARRESTED FOR TRESPASSING AT ICE DETENTION CENTER Shortly thereafter, as Fox News Digital returned downtown, Newark Police cruisers and officers on foot lined streets near the Prudential Center as concertgoers exited the venue — far from the escalating confrontation outside Delaney Hall. Baraka consolidated Newark’s police and emergency management apparatus under mayoral authority in 2015, forming an "Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security" that remains under his direct control, according to a source familiar with the department’s hierarchy. "[This] merger enhances public safety by making the operations of these essential services more efficient and effective," Baraka claimed in a statement on the city’s website. Baraka did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on the absence of Newark Police officers outside Delaney Hall. In March, Baraka declared "sanctuary cities" like Newark to be the "new Thin Blue Line in America." Baraka’s comments at the time in a New Jersey Globe column appeared to foreshadow why his officers remained hands-off during the chaos at Delaney Hall. DOJ SUES NEW JERSEY OVER EXECUTIVE ORDER LIMITING ICE COOPERATION, EXPANDING SANCTUARY STATUS He said cities like Newark are "fighting to stop ICE to agents from violating the Constitution of our residents and ignoring local ordinances and law enforcement policies." Instead of offering his city’s assistance to help ICE quell such anarchy, he boasted of an executive order requiring all city employees to instead report ICE activity that "seems abusive, unconstitutional" or that appears to be outside Newark law enforcement policies. "It also prohibits our police and other law enforcement personnel from cooperating in immigration enforcement activities without a warrant or judicial order." Fox News Digital also reached out to the police department and Essex County Sheriff Amir Jones’ office for comment on the balance of enforcement responsibilities between the two agencies. While he did not respond to Fox News Digital’s inquiry about the absence of his police force at the scene, Baraka released a lengthy statement criticizing the federal contractor operating Delaney Hall and calling on New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport to take legal action. "For the past year, the City has been engaged in litigation with the GEO Group due to its failure to comply with municipal ordinances when it began operating Delaney Hall. Our concerns remain unresolved, as critical city agencies, including the Health Department, Fire Division, and Code Enforcement, have repeatedly been denied access to inspect the facility," Baraka said. Baraka said detainees "smuggled out" letters that speak of inferior conditions and lack of medical treatment. Nadler and Goldman said in a separate news conference outside Delaney Hall that inmates told them they were only offered Tylenol (acetaminophen) for any ailments. Baraka said Davenport and Sherrill must "immediately investigate Delaney Hall." Sherrill appeared at the center on Tuesday – voicing similar objections. "It is imperative that we take all necessary steps to uphold the rule of law, ensure accountability, and protect the dignity and rights of some of the most vulnerable individuals in our care," Baraka said in his statement. Fox News Digital's Hannah Brennan and Kiera McDonald contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a187e20ee6011c3f4e8d9b8 In just 3 weeks, StrictlyVC is coming to Los Angeles te 2026-05-28T17:40:48.715Z In just 3 weeks, StrictlyVC is coming to Los Angeles StrictlyVC Los Angeles is on June 18. Join for meaningful networking and fireside chats with leaders from Mach Industries, Shinkei Systems, and more. Register here. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a187e0cee6011c3f4e8d9af Why Paris may be the most important AI city outside Silicon Valley te 2026-05-28T17:40:28.236Z Why Paris may be the most important AI city outside Silicon Valley Europe’s startup ecosystem has matured significantly; its founders are increasingly willing to scale companies domestically instead of immediately looking to relocate to the U.S. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a187bfcee6011c3f4e8d98d Mom pleads guilty to theft for continuing to collect ESA money after moving to Texas te 2026-05-28T17:31:40.711Z Mom pleads guilty to theft for continuing to collect ESA money after moving to Texas The defendant will be ordered to pay $28,433 in restitution to Arizona's ESA program after pleading guilty to theft. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a187be5ee6011c3f4e8d97c Water collaborations exhibit launches at Northern Arizona University te 2026-05-28T17:31:17.111Z Water collaborations exhibit launches at Northern Arizona University "Our Water: Innovations and Collaborations in Arizona" held its opening reception at Northern Arizona University on May 15 and was sponsored by the Arizona Water for All (AW4A) Program. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a187bcfee6011c3f4e8d973 Wolkowinsky highlights area snowboarders with wins at USASA Nationals te 2026-05-28T17:30:55.665Z Wolkowinsky highlights area snowboarders with wins at USASA Nationals Riley Wolkowinsky led many local Grand Canyon Series riders who competed on the national stage in Colorado. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a187bb5ee6011c3f4e8d94a Redistricting war intensifies as GOP suffers setbacks in two states te 2026-05-28T17:30:29.035Z Redistricting war intensifies as GOP suffers setbacks in two states House Republicans were hit with a minor setback this week in the redistricting war when two states set to redraw maps changed course.  Alabama and South Carolina were primed for new maps, but a court order and move to buck the process by state lawmakers in the Palmetto State have, for now, nixed the act. It comes as both sides of the aisle are in an arms race to redraw their maps to gain an advantage in the upcoming midterm elections.  While the South Carolina legislature opted against redistricting, Republican leaders in Alabama have asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on their new map after a lower court halted the process.  At stake in both states are two new seats in the House that could benefit Republicans as they vie to keep and grow their razor-thin majority. BLOCKBUSTER SUPREME COURT VOTING RIGHTS RULING IGNITES REDISTRICTING WAR ACROSS SOUTHERN STATES But compared to the gains the GOP has made across the country in redistricting, particularly after the Supreme Court's Voting Rights Act decision in April, Republicans aren’t sweating the setback.  "House Republicans are competing from a position of strength, remain on offense in key battleground districts, and continue to benefit from a battleground that is far more favorable than Democrats want to admit," Mike Marinella, a spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee, told Fox News Digital.  On the broader scoresheet in a battle triggered by President Donald Trump and met in kind by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Republicans have the advantage. REDISTRICTING BATTLES BREWING ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS PARTIES COMPETE FOR POWER AHEAD OF 2026 MIDTERMS After the Supreme Court’s decision that effectively tossed out the new map in Virginia that Democrats spent millions to enact, Republicans are now looking at a possible gain of 16 seats compared to Democrats’ six.  That comes from successes in Texas and North Carolina, and new maps in Florida, Ohio, Missouri, Tennessee, Louisiana and Alabama — should the Supreme Court side with Republicans in Alabama.  Democrats, though hit with a major setback in Virginia, gained five favorable seats in California and are eyeing a battle in Utah to gain at least one more. BATTLEGROUND GOP LAWMAKER MOVES TO BLOCK WHAT HE CALLS DEMOCRATIC REDISTRICTING 'POWER GRAB' Still, Democrats are confident they can gain ground in the fall.  Viet Shelton, a spokesman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, told Fox News Digital in a statement that voters "are ready to reject Trump and Republicans for their broken promises on the economy, and they know it." "It’s why they’ve given up on trying to win over voters fair and square, so they’re resorting to rigging the midterms through illegal gerrymanders and voter suppression," Shelton said. "The American people won’t stand for it, and Democrats are poised to take back the majority in November." Meanwhile, in the House, the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus launched a gerrymandering working group, co-chaired by Reps. Jeff Hurd, R-Colo., and Ed Case, D-Hawaii, to tackle the issue that has "led to extreme partisan gerrymandering across the country." Hurd said in a statement that redistricting should be approached with "transparency, consistency and respect for the rule of law."  "Congressional representation should reflect the people and communities being served, not the political interests of whoever happens to be in power," Hurd said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a187973ee6011c3f4e8d8d6 Federal HR office pulls back curtain on sweeping NDA plan aimed at curbing government leaks te 2026-05-28T17:20:51.196Z Federal HR office pulls back curtain on sweeping NDA plan aimed at curbing government leaks The Trump administration is advancing a proposal for federal agencies to use standardized nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) with employees as part of a broader push to stop internal discussions from leaking to the press.  "This is going through the full regulatory process, so people can give notices and comments," said Office of Personnel Management (OPM) director Scott Kupor to Fox News Digital in a Zoom interview on Wednesday. "We'll respond to all those things as well … I'd be surprised, if at the end of the day, we aren't successful in showing people that this is important for preserving deliberative decision-making in the government." The proposal would create a template NDA for federal agencies to use with employees, requiring workers to acknowledge existing confidentiality rules as the Trump administration intensifies its crackdown on internal leaks following incidents including the Venezuela raid leak and the doxing of ICE agents. Officials said the policy is meant to protect sensitive internal discussions, while critics question whether it could chill whistleblower protections and employee speech. DHS FIRES SENIOR CBP OFFICIAL FOR LEAKING SENSITIVE INFORMATION Kupor pointed to a "simple example" of why he said the NDAs are needed. OPM functions as the federal government’s human resources agency, overseeing personnel policy and workforce rules for federal employees. "I had a meeting today … we had 10 people in the room … it's really hard to run the organization if we have that conversation and then nine out of those 10 people go call the media and say, ‘hey, let me just tell you what we talked about in this conversation.’"  "It just puts us in a situation where you can't run an organization. You can't have a reasonable conversation with your team. It isolates decision-making to a place that I think is just not good for anybody," he added. Federal employees are already required to safeguard certain confidential and sensitive government information obtained through their work. OPM said the proposed NDA would not create new substantive restrictions on employee speech, but instead establish a standardized process for federal workers to acknowledge existing legal and regulatory obligations regarding confidential information. Kupor said the proposal of NDAs is to encourage open and honest dialogue in meetings.  PENTAGON ANNOUNCES INVESTIGATION INTO LEAKS, WHICH COULD INCLUDE POLYGRAPH TESTS "We're just trying to avoid situations where people feel like they won't express an opinion in a meeting because they are worried that's going to show up on the front page of the newspaper tomorrow. I just don't think that helps us actually run the organizations on behalf of the American people," said Kupor. Critics have argued the agency is expanding oversight in an effort to control damaging narratives emerging from inside the administration. Gilbert Employment Law, which specializes in federal employment issues, partner Kevin Owen told the Government Executive that "OPM is now trying to become this super personnel office that centralizes its authority over all federal employees, ostensibly at the direction of the White House. By now controlling how federal employees are even able to communicate about matters of political concern, it’s one further step toward enacting a spoils system and making the civil service a political arm of the White House." The proposal also stated that the agreement would explicitly preserve employees’ rights to make disclosures authorized under federal law, including protected whistleblower complaints. "I think people are thinking [it's] another way to get rid of people, or we're trying to squelch people from saying what they want," said Kupor. "That's the farthest thing from the truth. People can say whatever they want. The issue is, if we're having a conversation at work … I think it's very reasonable for us to say you shouldn't go basically publish what is otherwise essentially a deliberative process of conversation out there." Kupor said the administration should be able to achieve discussions without media leaks and, once it's decided, journalists can FOIA the information. "People can appeal that to the [U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board] and forward and stuff like that. That's how we work today. We're not taking away any rights anybody has for any other kind of workplace related adverse actions," said Kupor.  "If you read the NDAs, it's very expressed that nothing here interferes with traditional whistleblower issues with people going to the inspector general." Kupor said he is unsure whether the proposal was discussed during the first Trump administration or under previous administrations but argued the rapid expansion of the media landscape has made agencies more vulnerable to leaks. JUDGES V TRUMP: HERE ARE THE KEY COURT BATTLES HALTING THE WHITE HOUSE AGENDA "Particularly with the rise of social media and everything else, [federal employees] feel like they want to help people outside the world, understand what we're doing. And none of this is intended to like to stop that. It's just intended to allow us to have an open, honest conversation among folks. And if people want to be citizen journalists, they can do that," said Kupor. With the Trump administration already facing a series of legal challenges to its policy agenda, Kupor said he expects the NDA proposal could draw scrutiny as well. "Unfortunately, there are lots of lawyers and organizations who make a living out of basically finding whatever they don't like with the Trump administration and suing. But in this case I feel very, very comfortable," he said. The proposal is open for public comment on or before June 26, according to OPM. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18795bee6011c3f4e8d8a3 Corgi announces $106M raise at $2.6B valuation — double what it was worth three weeks ago te 2026-05-28T17:20:27.596Z Corgi announces $106M raise at $2.6B valuation — double what it was worth three weeks ago Insurance tech Corgi announced today an $106 million Series B1 raise, valuing the company at $2.6 billion, just three weeks after announcing a $160 million Series B. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18771aee6011c3f4e8d85b Tim Walz pardons illegal alien convicted of armed robbery before ICE deportation to Laos te 2026-05-28T17:10:50.633Z Tim Walz pardons illegal alien convicted of armed robbery before ICE deportation to Laos Minnesota's Democratic governor on Wednesday pardoned an illegal alien previously convicted of armed robbery before he could be deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Jai Vang, an illegal alien from Laos, was convicted of aiding and abetting and armed robbery in Hennepin County in 1994, according to FOX 9. The incident occurred when he was 18 years old. He served his prison term, and was released back into the United States. He was arrested by ICE as part of Operation Metro Surge in the Minneapolis area in January, according to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) release from the time. ILLEGAL ALIEN WITH 24 CONVICTIONS AMONG ‘WORST OF THE WORST’ ARRESTED IN MINNESOTA ICE OPERATION: DHS When Walz learned of Vang's arrest by the federal government, and that Vang had requested clemency to avoid being deported in June, the governor called a special session of the state's Board of Pardons' Clemency Review Commission to ensure the case was reviewed before Vang's deportation could be completed. The Clemency Review Commission, which was joined by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and state supreme court Chief Justice Natalie Hudson, voted unanimously to pardon Vang. The commission reasoned that Vang hadn't committed further crimes since he was released from prison, had started a family and owns a local painting business. DHS BLASTS MINNESOTA BOARD FOR UNANIMOUSLY PARDONING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CONVICTED OF 3 ASSAULTS During the hearing, Walz inaccurately referred to Vang as a "citizen." He said Vang has become a "critical member of the community" since his release from prison. "I can find no reason how Minnesota will be safer or better if Mr. Vang is deported to a country he has not been to since he was a child. I do not see how it would serve his family, nor the economic interest where we have a taxpaying citizen who is creating job growth and living a life free from any criminal activity," Walz said. TIM WALZ COMPARES MINNESOTA ICE ACTIONS TO HOLOCAUST AND ANNE FRANK: 'HIDING IN THEIR HOUSES' Ellison, who joined by phone, noted that he reviewed Vang's file and agreed with board members' comments supporting Vang's petition for clemency. Walz bitterly fought the federal government during Operation Metro Surge, echoing far-left rhetoric that compared ICE agents to Nazis. He referred to agents as President Donald Trump's "modern-day Gestapo," which drew a sharp rebuke from then-Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons. Lyons implored Walz to tone down the rhetoric, saying, "if the governor doesn’t like the laws, he’s free to advocate that Congress change them, but he should refrain from putting ICE officers in danger by likening them to one of the most appalling groups in history." Fox News Digital reached out to Walz's office. Fox News' Peter Pinedo contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a187706ee6011c3f4e8d852 Liberal CNN anchor lashes out at Democrats' deceit after Jill Biden's admission about Joe's debate showing te 2026-05-28T17:10:30.793Z Liberal CNN anchor lashes out at Democrats' deceit after Jill Biden's admission about Joe's debate showing Former first lady Jill Biden was lambasted by critics Wednesday over her admission in a new interview that she thought former President Joe Biden was having a stroke during his infamous 2024 debate. One of those critiques came from CNN's Abby Phillip, who called out the deceptiveness of Democrats at the time. Phillip said during her show, "I appreciate that we now get to see at least some version of a truth that she’s putting out there, because I think, yeah, the conversation should be had about the deceptiveness that was behind this. Like that’s the conversation that I think ought to be had." "The autopsy that the Democrats did didn’t delve into that, but it should. What kind of political system covers that up? And makes it OK to lie to people about what everybody knows is true?" she asked. Biden spoke to CBS News ahead of the release of her new book and was asked by Rita Braver if she was horrified by what she saw unfold in the debate, which ultimately led to the former president getting forced out of the race. SOCIAL MEDIA ERUPTS AFTER JILL BIDEN REVEALS SHE WAS 'HORRIFIED' WATCHING JOE'S DISASTROUS DEBATE "I wasn't horrified, I was frightened," Jill Biden replied. "Because I had never, ever seen Joe like that before or since." "I don't know what happened," she said, responding to a question about what happened. "I mean, as I watched it, I thought, ‘Oh my God, he's having a stroke,’ and it scared me to death." Right afterward, however, the then-first lady gushed over her husband's performance in front of supporters. However, the debate set off a chain reaction of panic in the Democratic Party that led to the president leaving the 2024 race. He was replaced as the Democratic nominee by Vice President Kamala Harris, who went on to lose the general election. Phillip also noted that The Wall Street Journal had released a report about former President Biden's health and was attacked viciously by the White House at the time. Another panelist, podcast host Kmele Foster, argued that the next question in the interview, which will air on CBS "Sunday Morning" in full on Sunday, should be about why she lied at the time. JILL BIDEN SHOULD HAVE TO ANSWER FOR 'COVER UP' OF FORMER PRESIDENT'S DECLINE, WHITE HOUSE SAYS "What I‘m concerned about, the thing I‘m wondering is what the next question in that interview is, because it ought to be ‘So why did you lie at the time?’ And I‘m not certain that that‘s what‘s going to be asked. If I could wager out this on Polymarket, I probably wouldn‘t bet in favor of that question being asked, which I think is an indictment of our industry," Foster said. JOE AND JILL BIDEN FIRE BACK ON 'THE VIEW' AGAINST ACCUSATIONS OF HEALTH COVER-UP, CALL STORIES 'WRONG' Biden is releasing a new book on June 2, titled "View from the East Wing: A Memoir." Biden was called out by both sides over the admission, as many pointed to her statements and defense that immediately followed the debate. Conservative commentator Kevin Dalton followed up on Thomson’s observation by noting that Jill Biden’s alarm seemed to have been absent in the moments immediately following the debate. "Of course, moments after the debate a clearly not frightened Jill Biden praised Joe for answering all the debate questions like a toddler," Dalton said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE "Sorry, but this is such BS. If she genuinely was ‘frightened’ that he was having a stroke then any rational wife would have insisted he go straight to the hospital," New York Post columnist Miranda Devine said on X. "Instead she dragged him off to a Waffle House and patronized him on stage like a baby: ‘Joe – you did such a great job.’ We saw his incapacity for years. Don't try to rewrite history." "This woman is pure evil. And an awful liar," OutKick founder Clay Travis posted on X. Fox News' Leo Briceno contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a187502ee6011c3f4e8d7d6 Wisconsin teacher fired after social media post advocating to 'make Americans great assassins again' te 2026-05-28T17:01:54.465Z Wisconsin teacher fired after social media post advocating to 'make Americans great assassins again' A Wisconsin teacher has been fired after a controversial social media post about the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump triggered widespread backlash. Fox 11 News reported Wednesday that the Kaukauna Area School District Board of Education voted 6-1 to fire Patrick Meyer, a social studies teacher at Kaukauna High School in Wisconsin, "after more than nine hours of discussion — the vast majority of it in closed session."  In a since-deleted post on X last month, Meyer wrote, "I am not impressed with recent presidential assassins. It's f---ing embarrassing! Booth, Guiteau, Czolgosz, Oswald must all be spinning in their graves! MAGAA (make Americans great assassins again)! Sad!" UNITEDHEALTHCARE FIRES WOMAN OVER ‘AWW, THEY MISSED?’ COMMENT ON TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT Meyer’s social media post came after the April 25 shooting during the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, where he suggested that previous presidential assassins would be disappointed in Cole Tomas Allen, the alleged shooter. The Kaukauna Area School District announced in an April 27 Facebook post that Meyer had been placed on leave.  "The Kaukauna Area School District has been made aware of a situation involving an employee’s social media post," the school district said in the Facebook post. "The District has placed the employee on administrative leave and is taking additional action to review the matter in accordance with its policies and procedures." Allen was arrested April 25 after authorities said he opened fire at the Washington Hilton Hotel during the dinner, which Trump was attending for the first time as president. PROFESSOR FIGHTING DISMISSAL FOR CALLING CHARLIE KIRK A 'NAZI' HANDED LEGAL WIN, FUELING FREE SPEECH DEBATE Fox 11 News reported, "In their reasoning, the district stated, ‘Mr. Meyers' social media post created actual material disruption to district and school operations."  The outlet also quoted Charles West, the only board member to vote against Meyers being fired, who said, "The First Amendment is really important to me. I think we really probably should support that first one." FROM TRAINED ASSASSINS TO RALLY STAGE-RUSHERS, HERE'S EVERY KNOWN ATTEMPT ON TRUMP'S LIFE SINCE 2016 West added, "I do understand all the concerns from parents. I am a parent of two high school students, very soon. I think that First Amendment is super important." Fox News Digital reached out to the Kaukauna Area School District and attempted to reach Meyer for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1874eeee6011c3f4e8d7cd Kirk Cameron praises Nashville's 'good values' after ditching California over cost of living, politics te 2026-05-28T17:01:34.792Z Kirk Cameron praises Nashville's 'good values' after ditching California over cost of living, politics Kirk Cameron says he left his native California for Tennessee two years ago because of its liberal policies and high cost of living. "When you're a kid in California it's great because your parents are paying for everything," the "Growing Pains" star explained to Adam Carolla on his podcast Tuesday. "So, you go to the beach, you're hanging out, you're going snow skiing, you get to eat an In-N-Out burger, you get to get some, you know, hot dogs downtown in Hollywood. It's great. You're having a good time." But he said once his kids got out on their own, they realized how expensive it is in the Golden State. GARY SINISE SAYS HE MONEY WOULD BE 'MOVING A LOT FASTER OUT THE DOOR' IF HE STILL LIVED IN CALIFORNIA "They realize how terrible the politics are and all of the other things that make it difficult to raise a family there," he said. "And so all of a sudden it's like, ‘Oh my gosh, we gotta move. We gotta go someplace where we can actually thrive and maybe even just survive.’" LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS After having mentioned earlier that he was missing California’s weather, Cameron said he hoped to return someday, "because pound-for-pound, I think California has just so much to offer. Although Tennessee is getting better." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER He added that people are "coming from New York and California like crazy to Tennessee, especially this middle Tennessee Nashville area. It's pretty cool." "There's so many creatives here that have good values. They love their family," he said. "They're proud of their country — and the whiskey is great. So, if you like whiskey and hot chicken, Nashville is the place to be." The 55-year-old grew up in Los Angeles before rising to fame as a teenager on "Growing Pains." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1874d6ee6011c3f4e8d79b Waymo’s newest robotaxi is Chinese-made, built to make money, and now accepting riders te 2026-05-28T17:01:10.717Z Waymo’s newest robotaxi is Chinese-made, built to make money, and now accepting riders The launch of the Ojai minivan robotaxi comes after years of development and testing, but arrives amid a challenging time for Waymo. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1874c2ee6011c3f4e8d792 Anthropic releases Opus 4.8 with new ‘dynamic workflow’ tool te 2026-05-28T17:00:50.231Z Anthropic releases Opus 4.8 with new ‘dynamic workflow’ tool The new Opus model comes with a tool called Dynamic Workflows, for coordinating swarms of subagents. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1874adee6011c3f4e8d789 Arizona tribal agricultural generates over $750 million in total economic output, new analysis finds te 2026-05-28T17:00:29.436Z Arizona tribal agricultural generates over $750 million in total economic output, new analysis finds Arizona tribal agricultural generates over $750 million in total economic output, new analysis finds mittank Thu, 28 May 2026 - 09:33 Arizona tribal agricultural generates over $750 million in total economic output, new analysis finds Today Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a187257ee6011c3f4e8d740 US and Iran reach ceasefire extension deal pending Trump's final approval te 2026-05-28T16:50:31.354Z US and Iran reach ceasefire extension deal pending Trump's final approval U.S. and Iranian negotiators have reached an agreement on a 60-day memorandum of understanding extending the current ceasefire and launching negotiations on Iran's nuclear program, but the deal still needs President Donald Trump's final approval, U.S. sources confirmed to Fox News. Axios first reported about the memorandum of understanding being reached earlier Thursday. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18702fee6011c3f4e8d6f2 $200K Powerball ticket sold in Cottonwood te 2026-05-28T16:41:19.025Z $200K Powerball ticket sold in Cottonwood A Powerball ticket worth $200,000 from was sold at a grocery store in Cottonwood. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18701aee6011c3f4e8d6e9 Grand Canyon deploying a dog to scare other animals away from park visitors te 2026-05-28T16:40:58.951Z Grand Canyon deploying a dog to scare other animals away from park visitors Elk and bighorn sheep have apparently become a safety hazard in the Grand Canyon's developed areas, and park officials are using a dog to keep them out. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a187002ee6011c3f4e8d6d8 Senate advances new regulations for vapes and e-cigarettes te 2026-05-28T16:40:34.384Z Senate advances new regulations for vapes and e-cigarettes Key Points: Bipartisan coalition seeks new regulations over vape industry Some Democrats says the bill doesn’t go far enough HB 4001 awaits final House approval before going to governor Arizona lawmakers are taking their “first step” to regulate vapes and e-cigarettes — with advocates saying it’s long overdue. On May 26, the Arizona Senate passed House Bill 4001, a measure to enact new regulations for alternative nicotine products including vapes. It passed with overwhelming support from both parties, 24-2, despite only a handful of House Democrats voting with Republicans to pass an earlier version of the bill in March. Sens. Mitzi Epstein, D-Tempe, and Theresa Hatathlie, D-Tuba City, held the only two Senate votes opposing the current measure. Epstein said that she didn’t think the bill went far enough. “This bill is allowing big tobacco to try to regulate themselves,” Epstein said. “It is not nearly the solution that we need.” HB 4001 would also give the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control the enforcement responsibilities to address any violations that occur while also requiring the department to inspect distributor and manufacturing facilities.  Sen. Shawnna Bolick, R-Phoenix, said the bill has been significantly workshopped by lawmakers since it originally passed the House, adding a near 40-page amendment that further clarified the liquor department’s role and regulations for distributors and manufacturers. That amendment, according to lawmakers, was the key to the supermajority vote in the Senate.  The bill also establishes a tiered penalty system for any enterprise that sells an alternative nicotine product to anyone under 21, starting with a fine of at least $500 and a court-approved tobacco-retailer educational course and up to a $10,000 fine and a one-year license suspension after a fourth subsequent violation.  Rep. Cesar Aguilar, D-Phoenix, said in March that he didn’t think the $10,000 fine was sufficient and thought companies might just see it as “the cost of doing business.” But Republican and Democratic lawmakers have grown frustrated over the lack of language in statute defining alternative nicotine products as vapes. “It is a step forward in the right direction,” said Senate Minority Leader Priya Sundareshan, D-Tucson. “I will continue to watch to make sure that we are able to include further steps to make sure that it is an effective measure.” Rep. Jeff Weninger, R-Chandler, said on the House floor that he believes Arizona is about a decade late in addressing regulations for alternative nicotine products. “The status quo is kids are in the high school bathrooms vaping and smoking,” Weninger said.  Epstein said she’d like to see alternative nicotine products receive the same regulation as tobacco products, arguing for a retail license that covers all nicotine products and alternative nicotine products. One of her main concerns with the bill doesn’t state what other substances may or may not be put into an alternative nicotine product. “This says vape is special. It’s different, and it’s not,” Epstein said. Some Democrats have also advocated for a vape tax intended to recover lost revenue for First Things First, an early childhood education program, established by voters in 2006. That program is currently funded by an 80-cent-per-pack tax on tobacco products approved under Proposition 203. But when voters approved that tax in 2006 they didn’t anticipate the rise of alternative nicotine products, and vapes currently do not contribute to the funding of First Things First. The program got about $165 million annually from tobacco tax revenue, but that number has since lowered to around $90 million. Rebecca Gau, director of the childhood education advocacy organization Stand for Children, said the revenue loss of First Things First since 2006 is significant and the organization has supported restoring its revenue to something that voters had intended two decades ago.  “The nicotine delivery system is no longer tobacco. It’s the vape product, and with the legalization of marijuana, there’s a whole other product that people are substituting,” Gau said.  Passing a new tax under a Republican-controlled House and Senate is a difficult task. Weninger said earlier in the legislative session that a tax would be a “poison pill” at the Legislature that would lead to the bill not being considered.  The measure must now return to the House for final approval from the chamber before going to Gov. Katie Hobbs to sign or veto.  The post Senate advances new regulations for vapes and e-cigarettes first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a186dceee6011c3f4e8d640 Famed NFL agent breaks down Jaxson Dart-Trump controversy, how 'Athletes for Obama' fell apart te 2026-05-28T16:31:10.318Z Famed NFL agent breaks down Jaxson Dart-Trump controversy, how 'Athletes for Obama' fell apart Legendary NFL agent Leigh Steinberg, who has represented a record eight first-overall draft picks and is the subject of the hit sports movie "Jerry Maguire," has revealed his judgment on Jaxson Dart's decision to introduce President Donald Trump at a recent rally. Steinberg also revealed he once helped with a coalition called "Athletes for Obama," but it was canceled before it was even announced, and why. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Steinberg agreed that the recent backlash against Dart by the mainstream media is "overblown." "I do, because again, there's a long history of athletes backing Democratic candidates," Steinberg said when asked if he believed the backlash was "overblown." "Athletes like LeBron James and Stephen Curry have openly backed Democratic candidates, with little comparative comparable backlash." Dart's presence at the Trump rally was limited to the quarterback leading a simple "Go Big Blue!" chant and then introducing Trump with the phrase, "I'm grateful, I'm honored, I'm pleasured to introduce the 45th and 47th President of the United States of America, President Donald J. Trump!" Dart did not make any political statement at the rally. Steinberg believes that making a political statement is a line that Dart was smart not to cross. "If he had gotten up and done a partisan speech, that would have been a step too far... we like athletes to be accessible to people of all political persuasions," Steineberg said. "Traditionally the President of the United States has various roles. On the one hand he is partisan and on the other hand, he is apolitical, he is the  representative of our country. If the president is not partisan in the event then it is particularly appropriate to introduce him." Steinberg was only concerned for Dart at a moment during the event when Trump was speaking, and invoked Dart in a bit that appeared related to the issue of trans athletes in women's sports. Trump asked Dart how he would fare competing against women, before saying "this is not a good thing for women," during the speech. "The President evidently talked about transgender issues, and that's another particularly polarizing issue," Steinberg said. "I would not want Jaxson Dart to be in the middle of a controversy about transgender athletes." Ultimately, from a business perspective, Steinberg believes that Dart's introduction of the president can be advantageous to the quarterback's brand and marketing potential. "He's making friendships, making contacts meeting business people doing a variety of things," Steinberg said. GIANTS' JAXSON DART BALKS AT BUYING PREFERRED JERSEY NUMBER FROM TEAMMATE, SUGGESTS PRICE TAG WAS 'TOO MUCH' "There's endorsements that can come because of elevated profile. There are plenty of people who backed the president who owned businesses that could he could have equity in or own or do endorsements with. "And public speaking is always the skill and being able to connect with the crowd, and so there are a lot of ways in which you could help him." Steinberg said that back in 2008, as an NFL super agent, he was helping to organize an interest group called "Athletes for Obama." However, after Obama's Republican opponent, the late John McCain, began using campaign tactics to portray Obama as a "celebrity" candidate, the interest group was canceled, per Steinberg. "They never announced the organization because it came at a time where McCain kept making the point that he was a 'celebrity,'" Steinberg said. "They never announced it because McCain made a big political issue out of the fact that this was a 'celebrity' candidate, that he wasn't serious about stuff." However, Steinberg said that each of the athletes that originally committed to "Athletes for Obama" ended up endorsing Obama individually anyway. "There were a whole lot of athletes who endorsed Obama when he ran for president. Of course he was the perfect athletic candidate, because he was Black, he was young, he was athletic himself," Steinberg 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/6a186dbaee6011c3f4e8d637 Could the 7-Eleven breach affect you? te 2026-05-28T16:30:50.316Z Could the 7-Eleven breach affect you? You may stop at 7-Eleven for coffee, gas, snacks or a quick drink. What you probably do not expect is to see the company's name tied to a data breach involving personal information. That is what happened after breach notification service Have I Been Pwned added 7-Eleven to its database. The service says the breach exposed about 185,000 unique email addresses. The exposed data also included names, dates of birth, phone numbers and physical addresses. The company later said the breach involved certain 7-Eleven systems used to store franchisee documents. That detail is important because the exposed data appears tied to franchise-related records, rather than ordinary store purchases. Still, if your information was part of the leak, the risk can feel very personal. Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Report Plus, you'll get instant access to my Ultimate Scam Survival Guide free when you join. CONDUENT DATA BREACH HITS MILLIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE STATES According to Have I Been Pwned, 7-Eleven was targeted in April 2026 by a "pay or leak" extortion campaign linked to ShinyHunters. The data was later published that same month. Hackers claimed they had stolen data and threatened to release it unless they were paid. 7-Eleven's chief information security officer, Jim Kastle, said an unauthorized third party accessed an internal server that contained franchisee documents. The company said the incident involved certain systems used to store those records. That makes this breach different from a typical customer checkout breach. Based on the company's notification language, the affected records appear connected to franchise applications or franchisee documents. 10 SIGNS YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS BEING SOLD ONLINE Have I Been Pwned says the breach exposed 185,000 unique email addresses. The exposed information also included: Some breach filings also pointed to more sensitive details in certain records. Those details included Social Security numbers and driver's license numbers. That extra information raises the stakes. Names and addresses can fuel phishing. Dates of birth can help scammers sound convincing. Social Security numbers and driver's license numbers can create a higher risk of identity theft. THINK YOU'RE SAFE? IDENTITY THEFT COULD WIPE OUT YOUR ENTIRE LIFE’S SAVINGS You may wonder, "I only buy coffee there. Should I care?" For most everyday 7-Eleven shoppers, this breach may not involve store purchase history. However, anyone who applied to become a franchisee, handled franchise documents or shared personal information through that process should pay close attention. Even when a breach affects a limited group, the exposed data can still spread. Once hackers publish personal records, scammers can reuse them in many ways. Fake emails could mention 7-Eleven by name. Phone calls may include your name, number or address to sound legitimate. Scammers could also send messages that pressure you to "verify" your identity after the breach. That is where the real damage often begins. MICROSOFT 'IMPORTANT MAIL' EMAIL IS A SCAM: HOW TO SPOT IT Hackers do not need every detail about you to cause trouble. A few personal facts can make a scam feel believable. For example, a scammer might send an email that claims to be from 7-Eleven, an identity theft protection company or a breach response team. The message may say you need to click a link to activate identity protection. It may also ask you to confirm your Social Security number, upload your driver's license or enter banking details. That kind of message can feel urgent. Scammers count on that reaction. They know people act quickly when they feel scared. They may use phrases like "final notice," "account locked," or "breach claim pending" to push you into clicking before thinking.  DIY IDENTITY PROTECTION VS PAID SERVICES: WHAT WORKS IN 2026 7-Eleven reportedly notified affected individuals and arranged identity theft protection for up to 24 months. If you receive a notice, read it carefully. Use the official instructions in the letter. Avoid clicking links in random emails or text messages that claim to offer breach help. Instead, type the official website address into your browser yourself. You can also contact 7-Eleven through a verified channel. We reached out to 7-Eleven for comment, but did not hear back before our deadline. CHECK IF YOUR PASSWORDS WERE STOLEN IN HUGE LEAK A breach can feel out of your hands. However, you still have several smart moves available. Go to Have I Been Pwned at haveibeenpwned.com and search your email address. The service lets you see whether your email appears in known breach databases, including the 7-Eleven listing. If your email appears, do not panic. Treat it as a signal to tighten your accounts and watch for targeted scams. When done, come back here for Step 2. Start with your most important accounts, such as email, medical and banking. Use strong, unique passwords with letters, numbers and symbols. Avoid predictable choices like names or birthdays. Never reuse passwords. One stolen password can unlock multiple accounts.  A password manager makes this simple. It stores complex passwords securely and helps you create new ones. Many managers also scan for breaches to see if your current passwords have been exposed.  Check out the best expert-reviewed password managers of 2026 at Cyberguy.com. Be careful with emails, texts or calls that mention 7-Eleven. Scammers may use the breach as bait. Do not click links from unexpected messages. Instead, go directly to the company's official website. Also, avoid opening attachments unless you fully trust the sender. The best way to protect yourself from malicious links is to have strong antivirus software installed on all your devices. This protection can also alert you to phishing emails and ransomware scams, keeping your personal information and digital assets safer. Get my picks for the best 2026 antivirus protection winners for your Windows, Mac, Android & iOS devices at Cyberguy.com 19 BILLION PASSWORDS HAVE LEAKED ONLINE: HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF If your Social Security number or driver's license number was exposed, consider a credit freeze with Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. A credit freeze makes it harder for criminals to open new accounts in your name. You can lift it when you need to apply for credit. A fraud alert can also warn lenders to take extra steps before approving new credit. Leaked information can become even more dangerous when scammers combine it with details already floating around online. Data brokers may list your home address, phone number, relatives, age and other personal details. You can remove your information manually from individual data broker sites, though that process takes time. A data removal service can help automate opt-out requests and continue monitoring for your information when it reappears. 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 If your Social Security number or driver's license number was exposed, identity theft protection may be worth considering. These services can monitor your credit, alert you to suspicious activity and help with recovery if someone tries to open accounts in your name. If you receive an official breach notice from 7-Eleven, review any identity protection offer carefully. Go through the official letter or verified company website rather than clicking links in random emails or texts. See my tips and best picks on Best Identity Theft Protection at Cyberguy.com Watch for unfamiliar bills, credit cards, loans or government notices. Also, review your bank and credit card statements. If you see something suspicious, report it right away. The sooner you act, the easier it can be to limit damage. INSIDE A SCAMMER’S DAY AND HOW THEY TARGET YOU If someone calls and claims to help with the breach, slow down. Do not give out your Social Security number, driver's license number or banking details over the phone. Hang up and call the company back using a verified number. Data breaches have become so common that it is tempting to shrug them off. That can be risky. Personal details such as your name, address, date of birth and phone number can give scammers a running start. The 7-Eleven data breach may not affect every customer who has ever bought a Slurpee or filled up at one of its stores. However, for the people whose information was exposed, it can create a long tail of fraud risk. The best move now is simple. Verify before you click, strengthen your accounts and assume scammers may try to use this breach as a conversation starter. Should companies face tougher penalties when personal data tied to job, franchise or business applications ends up in hackers' hands? 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/6a186da2ee6011c3f4e8d601 U.S. says troops were targeted with location data, as senator warns ad industry is a ‘national security threat’ te 2026-05-28T16:30:26.316Z U.S. says troops were targeted with location data, as senator warns ad industry is a ‘national security threat’ One leading privacy lawmaker said it was time to "start treating the adtech industry as a national security threat." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a186b77ee6011c3f4e8d5bb Country music star Riley Green fires up fans with epic new summer jam 'Think As You Drunk' te 2026-05-28T16:21:11.031Z Country music star Riley Green fires up fans with epic new summer jam 'Think As You Drunk' Riley Green's new song "Think As You Drunk" has arrived. Green is the definition of a country music superstar, and he's built an incredible career in the industry. One of the reasons the "Jesus Saves" singer is so unbelievably popular is because his music spans the entire genre. It can be incredibly emotionally moving and sad, and his tracks can also be perfect for a party. The latter is why we're here today. COUNTRY MUSIC STAR CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY WITH SPICY SWIMSUIT PHOTO Green released his new song "Think As You Drunk" for fans on Thursday, and this one definitely is going to be a hit at the bars all summer long. COUNTRY MUSIC STAR ANNOUNCES MAJOR CAREER NEWS, FIRES UP FANS WITH VIRAL VIDEO FOR NEW ALBUM The country sensation perfectly blended a party vibe with a little bit of throwback spirit. Give it a listen below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. Now, that right there is the definition of a great summer jam, and the brief Toby Keith appearance was the cherry on top. It also didn't take long for people to flood into the comments with reactions. One person wrote, "This is really good." Another added, "I love the beat of this song and I got a feeling this is gonna be another number one." Something tells me that "Think As You Drunk" is about to be Riley Green's next monster hit, and I know country music fans are here for it. Let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a186b63ee6011c3f4e8d5b2 Jannik Sinner's winning streak ends with stunning loss at French Open after being one game away from victory te 2026-05-28T16:20:51.105Z Jannik Sinner's winning streak ends with stunning loss at French Open after being one game away from victory Top-ranked tennis pro Jannik Sinner was a single game away from defeating Juan Manuel Cerundolo in straight sets in the second round of the French Open on Thursday. Then, the overwhelming Paris heat took hold of him, and the Italian ultimately had his impressive winning streak snapped in stunning fashion. Sinner entered Thursday's match against the unseeded Argentine on a 30-match winning streak going back to February. In the early stages of the match, it appeared that the 24-year-old was going to cruise to victory after winning the opening two sets with ease and grabbing a 5-1 lead in the third. Then, things changed, and in a hurry. NAOMI OSAKA'S ALL-BLACK FRENCH OPEN OUTFIT RIVALS HER JELLYFISH-INSPIRED LOOK FROM THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN Just minutes away from securing the straight-set victory, Sinner unthinkably lost 18 points in a row with the temperature, both literally and figuratively, rising on the court. Serving for the match at 5-4 in the third set, Sinner seemingly couldn't go anymore, abruptly bent over on the court, and was attended to by medical staff. Sinner claimed that he felt sick, which led to him being allowed to leave the court for a period of time to have his blood pressure taken. After returning to the court following what some may claim was preferential treatment, he lost the set 7-5. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! While dealing with cramps and clear heat exhaustion, he essentially went through the motions while dropping 18 of the remaining 20 games in the match, falling 6-1, 6-1 in the final two frames. The temperature at the start of the Sinner-Cerundolo match was 84 degrees Fahrenheit before jumping to just above 90 degrees in the later stages. Entering the event, Sinner was the overwhelming favorite to run through the bracket at Roland Garros to complete the career Grand Slam, especially considering that Carlos Alcaraz was not competing due to injury. Now, he'll have to wait another year to try to become just the 10th men's player to complete the career achievement. Thursday's defeat was not the first time Sinner has struggled mightily in high temperatures. In January, he came out flat against American Elio Spizzirri at the Australian Open. The roof of the arena was eventually closed during the third-round match, and Sinner was able to win in four sets before ultimately falling to Novak Djokovic in the semifinals. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a186b4fee6011c3f4e8d5a9 Newsom wants to claw back Trump fund cash as California burns billions on rail and other boondoggles te 2026-05-28T16:20:31.116Z Newsom wants to claw back Trump fund cash as California burns billions on rail and other boondoggles California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is pushing a 100% tax on Californians who receive money from President Donald Trump’s new Anti-Weaponization Fund, a move that comes as critics accuse Newsom of running "slush funds" of his own. "Anyone from California that receives any of those funds," Newsom said at a Wednesday news conference. "We want to tax 100% of those proceeds and that's an action the state of California can take. It's an action we look forward to taking." Newsom’s staunch opposition to the newly created $1.78 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund, which supporters describe as nonpartisan, comes as he is widely viewed as a potential 2028 presidential contender. Critics have dubbed the fund a "boondoggle" created to line the pockets of Trump's allies. APOLOGIES AND CASH HEADED TO ALLEGED ‘WEAPONIZATION’ VICTIMS IN BILLION-DOLLAR TRUMP SETTLEMENT The chief complaint from Newsom and other Democrats is that the fund could be used to compensate people convicted or indicted in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. On his first day back in office, Trump pardoned or commuted the sentences of more than 1,500 rioters. "He pardoned all of those folks that were beating up cops and absolved them, providing them 1.776 billion dollars. So not only do you get a pardon, you get rewarded," Newsom wrote on X. "That’s why this is needed." But Newsom’s criticism of Trump’s fund has also drawn accusations of hypocrisy from Republicans and conservative critics on social media, who have long accused the California governor of overseeing politically connected spending programs and "slush funds" of his own. Among the programs that faced scrutiny was a $25 million California legal fund created to combat what Newsom described as "legal warfare" from the Trump administration. California Republican Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones later deemed the fund a "slush fund." Newsom also faced scrutiny during California’s 2021 recall campaign over the state’s use of no-bid COVID-19 contracts. A Kaiser Health News investigation found California awarded billions of dollars in emergency contracts to firms tied to donors, political allies and well-connected insiders. Critics argued the state’s emergency procurement system allowed taxpayer-funded contracts to be awarded with limited competition and oversight. Newsom's proposed plan to implement a 100% tax on Californian recipients of the fund comes as the state faces a roughly $2.9 billion shortfall for the 2027 fiscal budget. DUFFY MOCKS NEWSOM’S ‘BRIDGES TO NOWHERE’ AS CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CROSSING OVERRUNS BY $21M Under Newsom's leadership, California has spent billions of taxpayer dollars on unfinished public works projects, including the state's high-speed rail project, which carries an estimated cost of $128 billion even though a single track has yet to be laid. Newsom also faced scrutiny in March over an unfinished wildlife crossing bridge in the Golden State that is running $21 million over budget. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy dubbed the project a "bridge to nowhere." Since the Justice Department announced the creation of the Anti-Weaponization Fund last week as part of a lawsuit settlement between Trump and the Internal Revenue Service, Democratic members of Congress from New York have proposed legislation to block the fund, while a Connecticut state lawmaker has also pushed to implement a 100% tax on the proceeds. Fox News Digital reached out to the White House and Newsom's office for further comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a186908ee6011c3f4e8d519 Is Trump the President the Framers Feared? te 2026-05-28T16:10:48.797Z Is Trump the President the Framers Feared? The drafters of the Constitution hoped for energetic but accountable presidents. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1868f1ee6011c3f4e8d4fa Hobbs veta presupuesto que eliminaba Río Nuevo te 2026-05-28T16:10:25.828Z Hobbs veta presupuesto que eliminaba Río Nuevo Leer en inglés La gobernadora Katie Hobbs vetó a principios de este mes la propuesta presupuestaria de la Legislatura republicana, salvando potencialmente a Rio Nuevo de su eliminación. Sin embargo, el destino del Friedman Block y de docenas de otros proyectos de reurbanización en el centro de Tucson sigue siendo incierto, a medida que las negociaciones presupuestarias se prolongan sin que se vislumbre un acuerdo. Rio Nuevo es un distrito de financiamiento por incremento de impuestos, creado por el estado, que canaliza una parte de los ingresos por impuestos sobre las ventas del downtown Tucson de vuelta hacia la reurbanización. La propuesta presupuestaria de $17,900 millones de la Legislatura, controlada por los republicanos, habría desviado los ingresos por impuestos sobre las ventas de Rio Nuevo de regreso a las arcas estatales, como parte de un paquete más amplio de recortes de gastos diseñado para compensar más de $1,400 millones en reducciones de impuestos. Hobbs vetó la propuesta a principios de este mes, calificándola de "imprudente y desequilibrada." Durante la reunión de la junta directiva de Rio Nuevo celebrada el 28 de abril, los miembros argumentaron que la Legislatura no comprende sus funciones ni la forma en que recibe su financiamiento. "Nosotros no recibimos una asignación presupuestaria estatal. Somos un distrito fiscal," afirmó el presidente, Fletcher McCusker. Por cada dólar de impuestos que recibe Rio Nuevo, una cantidad equivalente fluye tanto hacia el estado como hacia la ciudad de Tucson, creando una fuente incremental de ingresos fiscales vinculada al éxito de los proyectos que financia, explicó McCusker. La taquilla de los Tucson Roadrunners en el Tucson Arena. El equipo de la American Hockey League recibe parte de su financiación de Rio Nuevo. Diana Ramos / El Foco de Tucson. Sin esa financiación aprobada por los votantes, advirtió McCusker, las consecuencias se extenderían mucho más allá de Tucson. "Pondrá fin a todos los proyectos en los que estamos trabajando y, en última instancia, generará un enorme déficit para el estado," afirmó. Los miembros de la junta coincidieron en que, sin el respaldo de Rio Nuevo, muchos inversores privados y empresas locales se retirarían de los proyectos del downtown de la ciudad, los cuales dejarían de ser financieramente viables. Rio Nuevo ha financiado parcialmente proyectos como el Hotel Moxy, las renovaciones del Museo del Presidio San Agustín del Tucson y el Anexo del Mercado San Agustín; asimismo, proporciona cierta financiación a los Tucson Roadrunners. Entre las obligaciones actuales de Rio Nuevo se encuentran la financiación de proyectos ya en marcha y el pago de la deuda existente. Un corte repentino de los fondos dejaría impagos numerosos contratos y obligaciones. Sin Rio Nuevo, el Friedman Block tal como se encuentra actualmente, una estructura vacía y hueca, podría ser un anticipo de lo que depara el futuro de la reurbanización del centro de Tucson. Grant Krueger, propietario de Union Hospitality Group, está planeando un concepto de patio de comidas para el Friedman Block como parte del proyecto de reurbanización Sunshine Mile de Rio Nuevo. El proyecto se ha visto estancado por múltiples razones. El código municipal exige una plaza de aparcamiento por cada 300 pies cuadrados de superficie construida. Dado que el Friedman Block suma un total de 42,000 pies cuadrados, el proyecto requeriría al menos 140 plazas de aparcamiento. Ante la escasez de espacio disponible a lo largo de la Sunshine Mile, los urbanistas están evaluando diversas opciones para crear aparcamientos adicionales, incluida la demolición de las secciones traseras de la manzana para liberar espacio. El Friedman Block, situado a lo largo de East Broadway Boulevard, es uno de los proyectos de reurbanización del centro de Tucson que se encuentran en la balanza, mientras Rio Nuevo enfrenta un futuro incierto en medio de las negociaciones presupuestarias estatales en curso. Arilynn Hyatt / El Foco de Tucson. El proyecto también requiere renovaciones integrales y una reconstrucción completa de las instalaciones de servicios públicos, incluido el cableado eléctrico y la fontanería. Sin embargo, aún no se ha iniciado ninguna demolición ni renovación, dado que la plaza figura en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos. Cualquier alteración de gran envergadura debe ser aprobada por la Comisión Histórica del Condado de Pima y la ciudad de Tucson. Los contratistas han comunicado a la junta directiva de Rio Nuevo que este bloque, que se extiende a lo largo de East Broadway Boulevard, desde South Plumer Avenue hasta South Tucson Boulevard, representará la renovación más compleja de toda la Sunshine Mile. Krueger ha estado negociando con los propietarios de inmuebles colindantes, entre ellos, los apartamentos Council House y la escuela secundaria Teenage Parents High School, con el fin de asegurar espacios de estacionamiento adicionales. Asimismo, propuso demoler la sección trasera del bloque para habilitar más plazas de aparcamiento. Una vez aprobadas, tanto la demolición como la subsiguiente renovación garantizarían una oferta de estacionamiento más que suficiente para la plaza comercial. Krueger afirmó que la ejecución de la obra es ineludible y que el equipo ya ha negociado un contrato para el vallado del terreno. Aún no se ha establecido un cronograma definitivo para la finalización del proyecto; no obstante, Krueger estima que transcurrirán entre 14 y 16 meses desde el inicio de la construcción hasta la firma de los primeros contratos de arrendamiento, basándose en la experiencia de otros proyectos similares, como el de Solot Plaza. Quentin Agnello es exalumno de la Universidad de Arizona y periodista independiente radicado en Tucson. Puede contactarlo a través de la dirección qsagnello@gmail.com. Esta nota fue traducida por Diana Ramos, exalumna de la Universidad de Arizona, Directora de Iniciativas Bilingües y reportera del Foco de Tucson. Contáctala en diana@tucsonspotlight.org.    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/6a1866b6ee6011c3f4e8d4a3 China-linked spy site expansion in Cuba raises alarms near key US military bases te 2026-05-28T16:00:54.239Z China-linked spy site expansion in Cuba raises alarms near key US military bases As the Trump administration ramps up pressure on Cuba, renewed scrutiny is falling on expanding intelligence infrastructure on the island that analysts say could help China and Russia monitor sensitive U.S. military activity near Florida. New reporting and satellite analysis of a major Cuban signals intelligence facility outside Havana have intensified concerns about foreign surveillance capabilities positioned near Key West naval operations, Homestead Air Reserve Base and launches from Cape Canaveral. Recent reporting, including a Wall Street Journal report citing U.S. officials who believe Chinese and Russian intelligence personnel and capabilities in Cuba have significantly expanded in recent years, has renewed focus on the island’s role in foreign intelligence gathering against the United States.  CHINA'S SPYING IN CUBA SPARKS ALARM ON CAPITOL HILL AFTER FRESH SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW SURVEILLANCE BUILDUP Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently acknowledged that Cuba hosts Russian and Chinese intelligence presence near Florida, while Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., warned the facilities pose "a big threat" to nearby military operations. "They’re 90 miles from our coast. They’re friends with our enemies," Scott told Fox News Digital. "It’s a big threat. … It’s very significant risk to us." Analysts caution that highly sensitive U.S. military communications likely are encrypted and difficult to intercept directly. But facilities like Bejucal, Cuba, can still help adversaries track how U.S. military assets move, communicate and operate over time by monitoring electronic signatures and communications patterns.  "You might not know what one system talking to another system is saying, but you know that they talk to each other," CSIS fellow Matthew Funaiole told Fox News Digital. "Over time that helps reveal operational patterns." Funaiole said the facilities likely are more useful for mapping military activity and identifying electronic signatures than directly intercepting sensitive communications.  "That helps you understand where assets are operating, how systems communicate and whether there’s unusual activity taking place," he said. The renewed focus comes as the Trump administration sharpens its crackdown on Havana through expanded sanctions, criminal charges against former Cuban leader Raúl Castro and tougher warnings about Chinese and Russian influence operating near the U.S. mainland. Scott pointed specifically to military operations at Naval Air Station Key West, which supports military aviation training and testing, and Homestead Air Reserve Base, which hosts fighter aircraft and homeland defense missions, and testing ranges in the Gulf of America.  The renewed attention also follows a May 2025 analysis from the Center for Strategic and International Studies identifying new construction at the Bejucal, Cuba, signals intelligence site outside Havana, including a significantly larger circularly disposed antenna array, or CDAA, which analysts say could improve the facility’s ability to monitor air and maritime activity across the region. CHINA EXPANDS SPACE FOOTPRINT IN LATIN AMERICA, RAISING MILITARY ALARMS IN AMERICA’S BACKYARD The Bejucal, Cuba, site has undergone visible changes in recent years. In its May 2025 report, CSIS identified a new circularly disposed antenna array under construction at the facility replacing an older and smaller array previously located nearby.  Circularly disposed antenna arrays are used for high-frequency direction finding, allowing operators to identify the origin of radio signals across long distances. CSIS said the systems can potentially track signals from thousands of miles away. Funaiole noted the technology dates back to the Cold War, when the Soviet Union operated extensive intelligence infrastructure in Cuba aimed at monitoring the United States. "CDAAs are old technology," he said. "But China clearly sees a value" in them. CSIS previously identified similar Chinese-built CDAA facilities at military outposts in the South China Sea, including on Mischief Reef and Subi Reef. Analysts and U.S. officials have long suggested China has access to or involvement with Cuban intelligence facilities, though publicly available evidence has not definitively established direct Chinese control of the sites. Rubio recently said Cuba hosts "Russian and Chinese intelligence presence" near the United States, while the Biden administration acknowledged in 2023 that Chinese intelligence collection activity tied to Cuba was an "ongoing issue" and said Beijing had upgraded intelligence collection facilities on the island in 2019. "I’m not going to comment on military matters or national security threats directly linked to the United States with specificity," Rubio told reporters May 21. "Here’s what I can tell you. Cuba not only has weapons that they’ve acquired from Russia and China over the years, but they also host Russian and Chinese intelligence presence in their country not far from where we’re standing right now."  "So Cuba’s always posed a national security threat to the United States." The White House referred to Rubio's comments when asked for comment. The Pentagon, Cuban embassy and Chinese embassy did not return a request for comment.  China repeatedly has denied involvement in surveillance facilities in Cuba, while Cuban officials have dismissed allegations of Chinese spy operations on the island as "totally untrue" and politically motivated. Funaiole cautioned that expanding infrastructure does not necessarily mean large numbers of foreign personnel are physically operating at the facilities full-time. "There’s certainly more capabilities, and you’re going to need personnel to support that in one way or the other," he said. "But you don’t physically have to be on the ground to benefit from these facilities." Cuba has long played a role in foreign intelligence gathering against the United States. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union operated the Lourdes signals intelligence complex near Havana, which monitored U.S. military and communications activity for decades. Analysts say the same geographic advantages that once made Cuba valuable to Soviet intelligence continue to make it attractive to U.S. adversaries today. "Physical distance matters," Funaiole said. "If you’re trying to monitor the U.S. as an adversary, it makes sense to try and have access to facilities in Cuba." That proximity places Cuban intelligence infrastructure near a dense concentration of sensitive U.S. military and aerospace activity, including U.S. Southern Command in Doral, Florida — the military command responsible for operations in Central and South America and the Caribbean. Funaiole said facilities like Bejucal, Cuba, may be especially useful for identifying shifts in military activity over time. "If there’s an anomaly, if there’s more activity and systems are talking to each other that haven’t before, what could that potentially signal?" he said. Still, analysts caution against overstating the capabilities of the Cuban facilities or drawing firm conclusions about Chinese control of the sites. In its May 2025 report, CSIS noted there is "no smoking gun" in the unclassified space directly linking China to the facilities, even as U.S. officials have repeatedly suggested Beijing has access to intelligence infrastructure on the island. Experts also emphasize that the value of facilities like Bejucal, Cuba, may lie less in directly reading encrypted communications and more in understanding how U.S. military systems operate, identifying electronic signatures and monitoring operational patterns over time. The intelligence concerns likely are to strengthen calls from some Cuba hawks for a more aggressive U.S. posture toward Havana, which they argue has become an increasingly important platform for Chinese and Russian influence near the U.S. mainland. Scott told Fox News Digital that indicted former Cuban leader and de facto power broker Castro should either flee the island or face what he described as a "Maduro-style operation" to bring him to justice. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1866a2ee6011c3f4e8d49a Cab-less electric trucks hit Ohio roads te 2026-05-28T16:00:34.314Z Cab-less electric trucks hit Ohio roads A freight truck with no driver, no cab and no one sitting behind the wheel is starting to sound more familiar. In fact, this summer, that is exactly what is happening on local roads in Marysville, Ohio. EASE Logistics, an Ohio-based logistics company, is partnering with autonomous truck technology company Einride to deploy two cab-less electric trucks between EASE warehouse locations. The two companies recently announced the proof-of-concept service. The trucks will operate on EASE property and local public roads. They will move goods between warehouse locations while the companies collect data on warehousing, distribution and transportation operations. The project is part of the Ohio Department of Transportation's DriveOhio Truck Automation Corridor Project, in partnership with the Indiana Department of Transportation. The goal is to study how autonomous trucking affects operations, safety and freight efficiency. Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Report Plus, you'll get instant access to my Ultimate Scam Survival Guide free when you join. AI TRUCK SYSTEM MATCHES TOP HUMAN DRIVERS IN MASSIVE SAFETY SHOWDOWN WITH PERFECT SCORES These are not regular trucks with a driver waiting to take over. Einride's vehicles are electric, autonomous and cab-less. That means there is no traditional driver's seat, steering wheel area or cab built for a human operator. The trucks use SAE Level 4 autonomous technology. In other words, the vehicle can drive itself under specific approved conditions without a human driver inside. However, the trucks will still have human oversight. A remote operator will monitor them from off-site and can intervene when needed. The companies say that setup helps keep operations running safely and smoothly during the test. The trucks will move freight between EASE Logistics warehouses in Marysville, Ohio. They will operate during the summer of 2026 on private property and local public roads. That detail makes a difference because many autonomous vehicle tests happen in controlled settings. This project moves closer to normal freight work. These trucks will operate inside daily logistics EASE says the deployment will generate data on how autonomous trucks affect warehouse movement, distribution timing and transportation operations. The companies want to see how this technology performs in the real world, where freight schedules and traffic conditions rarely behave perfectly. THE ROAD TO PROSPERITY WILL BE PAVED BY AUTONOMOUS TRUCKING Ohio has become an active testing ground for truck automation. This deployment extends the Ohio Department of Transportation and DriveOhio's Truck Automation Corridor Project, in partnership with the Indiana Department of Transportation. The project is designed to evaluate how autonomous technology affects operations, safety and freight efficiency. EASE President and CEO Peter Coratola, Jr., said, "EASE is proud to continue advancing the Truck Automation Corridor Project alongside DriveOhio and innovative partners like Einride." He added, "Deployments like this help move autonomous trucking from controlled pilots into daily freight operations, where safety, reliability, and efficiency can be evaluated at scale." This also marks EASE Logistics' third autonomous trucking deployment with DriveOhio. That puts the company among a small group of logistics providers testing multiple autonomous freight platforms in live operations. When people hear "driverless truck," their first thought may not be efficiency. It may be, "What happens if something goes wrong?" That reaction is fair. These vehicles are large, heavy and operate near the public. So safety will shape how people judge this project. Einride CEO Roozbeh Charli said, "Deploying these autonomous trucks in daily logistics operations with EASE reflects years of rigorous development and real-world validation." He added, "Safety is not a feature we add to our technology; it is the foundation everything is built on." The companies also say a remote operator monitors the trucks off-site and can intervene if needed. That detail helps, but the public will still want clear answers about routes, oversight, emergency response and how remote operators step in. Those answers will become more important as autonomous trucks leave closed test areas and enter everyday traffic. For logistics companies, the appeal is easy to understand. Electric autonomous trucks could help move freight with fewer emissions, more predictable scheduling and tighter warehouse coordination. Short warehouse-to-warehouse routes also make sense for early autonomous deployments. The route is limited. The operation is easier to study. The company can collect useful data without starting with long-haul trucking across several states. Still, the rollout will need to prove itself. Trucks must handle traffic, road conditions, pedestrians and unexpected behavior from human drivers. Those moments will test whether autonomous freight can deliver on its promise. Autonomous trucking has moved from bold promise to real-world testing. Yet the industry still has to earn public confidence. This Ohio deployment gives EASE, Einride and transportation officials a chance to gather useful data. It also gives the public a closer look at what driverless freight looks like. The cab-less design may be the most striking part. Removing the cab signals a bigger shift. These trucks are built around the idea that the vehicle, software and remote operations team can handle the job. That marks a major change in how freight has worked for generations.  TESLA BUILDS A CAR WITH NO STEERING WHEEL. NOW WHAT? You may not live near Marysville, Ohio. Still, this test matters because it shows where freight transportation is heading. If the project works well, more companies could look at autonomous trucks for warehouse-to-warehouse routes. That could change how goods move before they ever reach store shelves or your front door. It could also raise new questions for workers. Logistics companies may need more people who can monitor, maintain and manage autonomous systems. At the same time, drivers and warehouse workers will want honest answers about how these trucks could affect jobs over time. For consumers, the biggest issue may be trust. People will want proof that these vehicles can operate safely around regular traffic. They will also want transparency when something goes wrong. Your phone holds your email, passwords, photos, banking apps and personal data. In this free, live online class, Kurt the CyberGuy will walk you step by step through simple phone security fixes you can do in real time. You’ll learn how to improve your privacy settings, spot the latest phone scams, use trusted security tools and walk away with a simple checklist to stay protected. Register here: CyberGuyLive.com Cab-less electric trucks on Ohio roads may sound alarming at first. But this project shows how quickly autonomous freight is moving into real logistics work. The EASE and Einride deployment still has plenty to prove. Safety, public trust, worker impact and day-to-day reliability will all matter. However, this summer's test could give the trucking industry a clearer look at what comes next. Driverless freight may start with short warehouse routes. Over time, it could reshape how goods move across the country. Would you feel comfortable sharing the road with a cab-less electric truck if no driver was inside, but a remote operator was watching from miles away?  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/6a186475ee6011c3f4e8d434 Judge lets Trump’s mail-in voting order stand for now, setting up bigger fight ahead te 2026-05-28T15:51:17.196Z Judge lets Trump’s mail-in voting order stand for now, setting up bigger fight ahead A mail ballot drop box is seen at a polling station on Nov. 4, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. D.C. District Court Judge Carl Nichols on May 28, 2026, declined to block, for now, an executive order by President Donald Trump on mail-in voting. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) A federal judge on Thursday declined to block President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail, finding that it was too early to challenge the directive. The decision by D.C. District Court Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, represents a setback for Democratic groups, lawmakers and other groups including the NAACP that have sued to stop the order ahead of the midterm elections in November. The March 31 order faces at least five lawsuits.  The executive order directs the postmaster general, who leads the Postal Service, to propose a rule that would block states from sending ballots through the mail except to voters on lists provided by the state to the Postal Service. Under the order, the proposed rule is due this week. The order also instructs the Department of Homeland Security to compile lists of voting-age U.S. citizens in each state, with the help of the Social Security Administration. Democrats allege the Trump administration is building an unauthorized national voter list, despite the U.S. Constitution giving states the responsibility of running federal elections. The Department of Justice had told the judge that the federal government hadn’t yet implemented the directive. The judge’s opinion, released just after midnight in Washington, D.C., makes clear that he could arrive at a different decision if the Trump administration moves forward with enforcing the order.  “The Court recognizes that the Postal Service may ultimately issue a final rule that directly affects Plaintiffs or their members, or that the Government may develop State Citizenship Lists that omit specific individuals due to particularized flaws,” Nichols wrote in a 26-page opinion.  “Plaintiffs may, of course, renew their motions if and when those future actions occur,” he wrote. “Until then, however, Plaintiffs cannot show that preliminary injunctive relief is warranted.” Implications for midterms Nichols’ decision is the first ruling in what is likely to be a protracted legal battle that could eventually reach the U.S. Supreme Court. Thursday’s opinion dealt only with whether the executive order should be blocked immediately — the underlying lawsuit to decide if the directive is unconstitutional and illegal will continue. Whether Trump can successfully implement the order holds major consequences for the midterm elections. If the White House is able to block the Postal Service from sending or receiving mail ballots from voters not on state-provided lists, it could upend elections in states where voting by mail is the norm and disrupt procedures in others.  About 30% of voters cast mail ballots in 2024, according to data gathered by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission. Trump has framed the order as a needed measure to combat noncitizen voting, though it’s exceedingly rare. The directive marks the White House’s latest effort to assert authority over elections as the SAVE America Act, which would require voters to show documents proving their citizenship, stalls in the U.S. Senate. Democrats and voting rights advocates argue the executive order is unconstitutional. Under the U.S. Constitution, states administer elections and Congress has the power to pass regulations on them, but the president has no power to act unilaterally.   Postal Service targeted The battle over the executive order also carries ramifications for the future of the Postal Service. While the president used to appoint the postmaster general, since 1970 the Postal Service has operated as an independent corporation — a change intended to shield mail delivery from politics. Postal law experts say that if Trump is able to enforce an order against the postmaster general, who now is appointed by a Postal Service Board of Governors, it will shatter the agency’s independence.  The White House and Elias Law Group, which represents the Democratic plaintiffs, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. A group of Republican state attorneys general has also intervened in the case to defend the order. They argue that Trump has authority to gather and organize information within the executive branch. They say Trump can direct the Postal Service to propose rules. Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, who is leading the Republican legal effort, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on Nichols’ decision. Opponents look to Massachusetts With Nichols’ decision, a federal judge in Massachusetts offers opponents their next opportunity to quickly halt the directive.  Massachusetts District Court Judge Indira Talwani, appointed by President Barack Obama, will hold a hearing on Tuesday in a legal challenge brought by Democratic state attorneys general, led by California, along with the League of Women Voters and other civic groups. Some legal analysts anticipate states may have an easier time challenging the order because its requirements, such as requiring states to submit lists of voters to send ballots through the mail, directly affect them. David Becker, director of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation & Research, wrote on social media that the states have “much stronger standing claims” heading into the hearing. After federal agencies begin acting on the order, the challenge in Massachusetts “will be the case to watch,” he wrote. ‘Maximum amount of confusion’ At a mid-May hearing before Nichols, lawyers for the Democratic National Committee, Democratic leaders U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, and other interest groups had argued that, with the midterm elections less than six months away, there was no time to see how the Trump administration executes the order. The proposal would result in a “maximum amount of confusion” and be a “nightmare for election officials,” Danielle Lang, who argued on behalf of the League of United Latin American Citizens, told Nichols. “Waiting will only erode public confidence in elections.” At the time, Nichols warned Justice Department lawyers to notify him of “anything even approaching a material change” on implementing the order. Justice Department senior trial counsel Stephen Pezzi told Nichols the plaintiffs have a right to “prepare for the darkest fears,” but, he argued, they can’t win a preliminary injunction based on speculation about error-prone citizenship lists and a postal rule not yet created. Ultimately, Nichols agreed. “In any event, given that the Executive Order does not command Plaintiffs to do anything, and that no agency has yet acted pursuant to the Order in a way that could harm Plaintiffs,” Nichols wrote, “they have not suffered any harm at present, much less harm that is ‘certain,’ ‘great,’ and imminent.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18645dee6011c3f4e8d414 Kevin Knight addresses Darby Allin attack on AEW 'Dynamite,' MJF faces first challengers and more te 2026-05-28T15:50:53.997Z Kevin Knight addresses Darby Allin attack on AEW 'Dynamite,' MJF faces first challengers and more Kevin Knight did the unthinkable on Sunday at All Elite Wrestling (AEW)’s Double or Nothing pay-per-view when he added insult to injury following Darby Allin’s world title loss. Knight came out of the back and rushed to the ring as Maxwell Jacob Friedman (MJF) was celebrating an AEW World Championship win over Allin in a hair vs. title match. Knight went to the top rope and hit a UFO Splash on Allin as he was tied down on a stretcher. He then tipped the stretcher over. It was one of the more shocking things to happen during the show. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Knight addressed his actions during Wednesday’s AEW "Dynamite" episode. The Philadelphia crowd was already filled with animosity, yelling "F--- you Kevin." "You know I shouldn’t expect anything less from you meat head sickos," Knight started. "Ever since this past Sunday, ‘The Jet’ has heard one word and one word only and that’s ‘why?’ You guys been asking me why did I do what I did this past Sunday? Listen, I told Darby Allin not to let ‘The Jet’ down. I told him not to let you people down. And guess what he did? He blew it. "You know what? Darby Allin, he blew it. Just like the Sixers did against the Knicks – he let us all down. Philly, I’m with y’all. I’m on your side. He let us all down. I decided I wasn’t going to trust the process anymore. I decided I was going to take matters into my own hands and I did what I had to do. Let’s keep it tall, let’s keep it a buck, let’s keep it real, who was the last person MJF was looking up at? Who was the last person that humbled MJF? Me, ‘The Jet.’ So, with that being said, it shoulda been me in that main event this past Sunday. But instead, I was in the back, watching from the sidelines, watching from the bench. Do I look like a bench player to y’all?" Knight said he wasn’t going to sit on the sidelines anymore and he was going to "take over this whole damn company." He recalled what Allin told him when he first got into AEW, "Don’t waste any time." A similar sentiment he revealed to Fox News Digital in a recent interview. He suggested he was just doing what Allin told him to do and left him in a "pool of his own blood." He smiled as he recalled that moment. Knight’s tag team partner, "Speedball" Mike Bailey, came out to address him. He said he heard what he heard was Knight was saying and knew how ambitious he was. He warned Knight about getting ahead of himself and making mistake. Bailey said Knight made a "mistake" with his assault on Allin. He said it can be fixed if Knight apologized. He put his hand out to embrace Knight. Instead, Knight gave him a shoulder bump and hit Bailey with a clothesline. Knight hit another move on Bailey before leaving the ring. It appeared the tag team duo of Jet Speed was no more, too. Is it Knight’s time? MJF’s world title celebration MJF joined an exclusive club on Sunday when he achieved his third world title reign by the age of 30 when he defeated Allin for the AEW World Championship. On Wednesday, he entered Philadelphia on a throne for his celebration. MJF basked in the glory of beating Allin after only losing the belt a month prior. He reminded the crowd that only eight men have been world champion three times by the age of 30. "They’re going to be writing about me in the history books," he declared. "They’re going to be talking about me until the sun explodes. I really hope you dumb, ignorant, worthless shmucks are even remotely cognizant of how fortunate you are, of how truly, truly lucky you are to get to witness the greatness that is me in real time. "You are living in the greatest era imaginable and it’s the greatest era because it’s all about me. I am a three-time, three-time, three-time champion of the world. The best wrestler in the world. The most complete professional wrestler in the world. No. 1, ain’t nobody close, a generational talent." Before fans had time to "bow" to MJF’s greatness, Mark Briscoe came out to confront the champion. He said MJF didn’t "fit in" in Philadelphia because he’s not tough enough. He reminded MJF that it wasn’t too long ago that he pinned him and wanted a title shot. MJF declined Briscoe’s challenge because AEW wasn’t just a sport, but also a business. And that it was "bad enough" Allin was a champion. He laughed at the fact that Briscoe believed he was good enough to hold the AEW title. "You are nowhere near on the level of the devil," MJF said. Rush, after winning his four-way match, also stepped up to MJF. He called MJF a "chicken s---," reminding MJF that he almost beat him as well. MJF said if anyone’s earned a title shot, it was Rush. He asked Rush if he wanted to wrestle him for the title in Philadelphia and then took it away. But said a match was on next week. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM The Dogs attack Cope and Cage While MJF had his own celebration, it was supposed to be a celebratory night for Adam Copeland and Christian Cage as they became the AEW tag team champions. It was their first pro wrestling tag titles in 25 years after beating FTR at Double or Nothing. Cage gave FTR their praise, saying they are "top guys" and one of the best tag teams they ever faced. But they aren’t on the "tippy top." Copeland said that it was time to "live in the now." Copeland and Cage hit the right notes that fans have come to expect. They were going to hit a five-second pose for the benefit of those with flash photography. Copeland even brought out disposable cameras for the moment. The moment, however, was gone in a flash. David Finlay and Clark Connors came out and attacked the tag champions before the special moment could take place. They seemed to declare themselves the next ones to step up and take aim at the belts. Owen Hart Tournament update Claudio Castagnoli and Brody King met in their quarterfinal matchup. The two big men went chop-for-chop and slam-for-slam. It was King to advance over Castagnoli in a hard-hitting affair. King advanced in the tournament and will take on Swerve Strickland, who beat Bandido at Double or Nothing. It was a rematch between the AEW national champion, Mark Davis, and the former AEW national champion, Jack Perry, in the Owen Hart tournament. Both men were coming off of a Stadium Stampede match at Double or Nothing, looking to continue their dreams of earning a shot at the AEW world title. Perry and Davis battled throughout the last 15 minutes of the show. He went for a running knee strike but Davis caught him and connected with a a vicious clothesline. Perry kicked out of a pin, but Davis kept up his attack and eventually picked up the win. Davis will take on Will Ospreay in the semifinals. Meanwhile, Alex Windsor was set to face Willow Nightingale in the tournament before the TBS champion had to withdraw and relinquish her belt due to an injury. Windsor was asked about preparing for her wildcard opponent. She said she had been preparing for her big moment for her entire career and all she wanted to be was "the best" in women’s wrestling. "I am on a path to prove that when it comes to being the best in the world, Alex Windsor is part of that conversation. A path that ends exactly where it started – my home. It’s a path I’m not walking alone because my darling, my Billy (Will Ospreay), he is chasing his Wembley dream and so am I," she said. "So, wildcard, whoever you are, you better have some skin in the game because my whole heart is in mine." Windsor will take on her wildcard opponent next week on "Dynamite." Samoa Joe taking time off Following his loss to Will Ospreay at Double or Nothing, Samoa Joe told his Opps brethren he was going to step away for a bit. "Once again, opportunity calls, and Hollywood’s ringing," he told his team. "Gentlemen, I’ll be stepping away for a few months. But y’all know how this works. I expect you to hold it down." Hook and Anthony Bowens appeared to step up at the same time to take Joe’s spot, suggesting some potential friction to come for the group. "Dynamite" match results: Chris Jericho def. Ricochet. Rush def. Lio Rush, Orange Cassidy and Mark Davis. Brody King def. Claudio Castagnoli in the Owen Hart Men’s Tournament quarterfinals. Anna Jay and Tay Melo def. Ava Everett and Allie Katch. Mark Davis def. Jack Perry in the Owen Hart Men’s Tournament quarterfinals. "Collision" match results: Will Ospreay, Jon Moxley and Pac def. Dezmond Xavier, Zachary Wentz and Myron Reed. Andrade El Idolo def. Ace Austin. Kris Statlander def. Hikaru Shida. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a186449ee6011c3f4e8d40b Democrat infighting erupts as Colin Allred slammed for defeating LGBTQ congresswoman te 2026-05-28T15:50:33.995Z Democrat infighting erupts as Colin Allred slammed for defeating LGBTQ congresswoman Democratic infighting erupted after a handful of prominent lawmakers railed against former Rep. Colin Allred following Tuesday’s runoff election win, citing the Black Democrat’s decision to unseat Texas’ sole openly lesbian lawmaker.  Reps. Mark Takano, D-Calif., and Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., co-chairs of the Democrat-aligned Equality Caucus’ political arm, sharply criticized Allred for challenging Rep. Julie Johnson in the Democratic primary for a deep-blue Dallas-anchored House seat.  "It’s no secret that, without Julie, Texas — and likely the entire South — will lose openly LGBTQ representation in Congress," the Equality PAC co-chairs wrote in a statement Wednesday. "Many in our community remain deeply hurt by Colin Allred’s decision to challenge one of our own." "As he moves forward, he bears a responsibility to help heal those divisions and rebuild trust with the communities impacted by this race," they added. JASMINE CROCKETT BACKS COLIN ALLRED IN TEXAS DEMOCRATIC US HOUSE PRIMARY RUNOFF The statement marked a notable rift in the party that has embraced identity politics, pitting a Black Democrat who is straight against a White lesbian lawmaker.  Prominent Democratic-aligned commentators blasted the statement as unhelpful to the party's election efforts.  "Oh my god, this kind of whining is so off-putting. Straight people are allowed to run for office," journalist Josh Barro wrote on social media. "Leave this s--- in Woke 1, besties," Tré Easton, a former senior aide to Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., said in response to the Equality PAC statement. The Equality PAC’s attack on Allred also comes as House Democratic leadership has accused Republicans of trying to gut Black representation in Congress by pursuing redistricting in southern states.  "In addition to trying to rig the midterm elections, they want to decimate Black and Latino representation in Congress," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said of Republicans on MS NOW earlier in May. CENTRIST DEMS TURN ON FAR LEFT AFTER THE ELECTION: 'IDENTITY POLITICS' IS 'ABSOLUTELY KILLING US' The Equality PAC contributed at least $484,000 to Johnson’s campaign, the Texas Tribune reported. Johnson also serves as a vice-chair of the group. Allred comfortably defeated Johnson Tuesday by a nearly 8-point margin in the Democratic primary runoff election. The decisive victory ends Johnson’s short-lived career after she succeeded Allred in the House when he launched a failed Senate bid against Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in 2024. The former congressman chose to challenge Johnson late last year after suspending his campaign for Texas’ 2026 Senate race. Spokespersons for Allred and Johnson did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a186268ee6011c3f4e8d390 DAVID MARCUS: Florida senator's wave of anti-fraud bills should be slam dunk te 2026-05-28T15:42:32.953Z DAVID MARCUS: Florida senator's wave of anti-fraud bills should be slam dunk Florida Republican Sen. Ashley Moody has spent the last few months introducing and co-sponsoring a slate of legislation aimed at helping the Trump administration root out billions of dollars in fraud and theft of federal funds, and it is a welcome chance for the upper body to actually act. Vice President JD Vance is spearheading the White House effort, targeting everything from Medicare fraud in Minnesota to fake hospice centers in Los Angeles, and the scale of the money lost, billions and billions of dollars, is staggering. In March, Moody, who was Florida's attorney general when she was appointed last year by Gov. Ron DeSantis to finish the term of Marco Rubio after he left to serve as secretary of state, introduced the Stop Fraud in Medicaid Act. That law would give Medicaid Fraud Control Units the ability to expand investigations to people receiving fraudulent claims, not just those handing them out. She also introduced the Punishing Health Care Fraudsters Act, which would increase fines and penalties. If that wasn’t enough, Moody has introduced the No Aid For Ghost Students Act, which targets a kind of grift we have heard less about, in which fraudsters submit fake or stolen identities to receive federal student aid benefits. Like Indians butchering a deer, these thieves use every part of the federal budget. GOP SENATOR LAUNCHES EFFORT TO CLOSE MEDICAID LOOPHOLE ALLOWING FRAUDSTERS TO RAKE IN MILLIONS I asked Moody why she chose to focus so much of her energy on the issue of fraud. "I’ve spent most of my career tackling fraud one way or another," she said. "As a prosecutor, judge, and as Florida’s attorney general, it was part of the job." GOP leadership in the Senate would be wise to push Moody’s anti-fraud bills not just to the floor, but to the fore of the national conversation. Voters have been expressing anger at incumbent Republican senators for not getting things done; helping Vance fight fraud would help to soothe them. "VP Vance, our whole government, and state AGs need every tool available to go after scammers and fraudsters, and I’ve got the toolbox ready with a slew of legislative proposals to enhance prosecutorial efforts," Moody said. "Let’s get it done." So far, Vance has correctly laid out the two main victims of federal fraud: first, the taxpayer who is stolen from, and second, the people who really do need these services. But there is another argument that Republicans should be making. The vast scale of this fraud, with some estimates as high as hundreds of billions of dollars, is such that not only would stopping it be justice served to criminals, it would also be a massive windfall for federal coffers. WALZ’S MINNESOTA MESS COULD SPARK THE TOUGHEST FRAUD REFORMS IN DECADES Maybe the Senate can succeed in some of the areas where the Trump administration’s Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency ran into roadblocks. After all, it is the Senate that passes the funding. Its members should also be the ones protecting it. For conservative voters across the country who don’t want to pay for foreign-born fraudsters, Congress is the only hope we have, because once those federal dollars flow out the door to blue states and cities, it is Katie bar the door on ridiculous spending and fraud. We have seen now in state after state what happens when the federal government punts its responsibility to protect federal dollars from fraud. Blue state governments just close their eyes and let it happen. MINNESOTA'S $70 MILLION FRAUD EXPOSES HOW DEMOCRATS BUILT A SYSTEM DESIGNED TO BE ROBBED Note that not a single Democratic state attorney general attended Vance’s meeting to discuss fighting fraud this week, just as anti-fraud hearings in Congress are often skipped by every Democratic member. The biggest problem facing Republicans in the Senate right now, owing to the unwillingness of Majority Leader John Thune to attempt to nuke the 60-vote threshold of the filibuster, is that they are seen as getting nothing done. These bills are a chance to change that. Thune operates by pinning bad votes on the Democrats, a very last-century tactic. But it's what he does, and he hopes that the Save America Act is so popular that Democrats refusal to get on board will hurt them in November. GOP TRIGGERS MARATHON SENATE FIGHT TO EXPOSE DEMS' OPPOSITION TO TRUMP-BACKED VOTER ID BILL The problem is that the Save America Act is something voters think about, while the massive fraud being committed, often by foreigners, is one that American voters feel deep in their gut. It is one thing for Democrats to say during this election season that the Save America Act had this or that provision they didn’t like. It is quite another to say, "Let’s not be too hard on the Somali fraudsters." Since Trump took office for his second go-round, almost all of the conservative wins have been his and his alone: the border, cleaning up DC, Venezuela, etc. Only the Big Beautiful Bill really involved Congress. But that can change. It is time for Senate Republicans to join Vance in his fight against fraud, and Moody’s bills are a way to start doing that, right now. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM DAVID MARCUS Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a186254ee6011c3f4e8d37e Ex-counterterrorism chief warns of 'major problem' that could force US 'back into the war on Iran’s terms' te 2026-05-28T15:42:12.952Z Ex-counterterrorism chief warns of 'major problem' that could force US 'back into the war on Iran’s terms' Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent claimed that by having military assets in the vicinity of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the U.S. is at risk of being compelled "back into the war on Iran's terms." "A major problem w/ the status quo of having our forces within reach of the Iranians is that we could easily be forced back into the war on Iran’s terms," Kent asserted in a Thursday post on X. "If we withdraw now we retain the ability to strike from a distance & take away Iran’s ability to draw us back into the war. Thankfully it appears that we didn’t take casualties, we won’t always be so fortunate," he added. IRAN CLAIMS URANIUM ENRICHMENT AS 'RED LINE' IN TALKS WITH TRUMP AS US DOWNS DRONES OVER HORMUZ Kent, who quit the counterterrorism post in March because of his opposition to the Iran war, made the comments when sharing a post issued by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). "At 10:17 p.m. ET on May 27, Iran launched a ballistic missile toward Kuwait that was successfully intercepted by Kuwaiti forces. This egregious ceasefire violation by the Iranian regime occurred hours after Iranian forces launched five one-way attack drones that posed a clear threat in and near the Strait of Hormuz. All drones were successfully intercepted by U.S. forces which also prevented a sixth drone launch from an Iranian ground control site in Bandar Abbas," CENTCOM's Thursday post noted. TRUMP SAYS IRAN IS 'NEGOTIATING ON FUMES,' BELIEVES REGIME THOUGHT THEY COULD OUTWAIT HIM "U.S. Central Command and regional partners remain vigilant and measured as we continue to defend our forces and interests from unjustified Iranian aggression," CENTCOM added. Kent has suggested that it would be in America's interests to withdraw its forces from the area. TOP COUNTERTERRORISM OFFICIAL RESIGNS IN PROTEST OF US WAR AGAINST IRAN "Operation Midnight Hammer proved we can strike inside Iran from the U.S. without relying on our bases in the region. Operation Epic Fury proved that our bases in the region are a liability not an asset. Our bases give Iran easy to reach targets. Pulling out now works in our favor, not Iran’s," he wrote in a post. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a186241ee6011c3f4e8d375 Despite inflammatory comments, Platner holds 9-point lead over Collins in new poll te 2026-05-28T15:41:53.036Z Despite inflammatory comments, Platner holds 9-point lead over Collins in new poll The intense media scrutiny and Republican attacks facing Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner of Maine over his controversial and inflammatory past online comments and his now-removed but well-publicized tattoo on his chest that resembled a Nazi symbol don't appear to be slowing him down. A new public opinion poll shows Platner holding an upper single-digit lead over longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine in a race that is among a handful that will likely decide if the GOP holds its slim 53-47 majority in the Senate in this year's midterm elections. Platner, a progressive candidate backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, stands at 51% support among likely Maine voters, with Collins at 42%, in a Pine Tree State poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire. Six percent of respondents were undecided, with 2% backing other candidates. The survey is the latest public opinion poll to indicate Platner, an oyster farmer and Army and Marine veteran who served in combat in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, leading Collins, a moderate Republican who is seeking a sixth six-year term in the Senate representing left-leaning Maine. WHAT MAINE VOTERS TOLD FOX NEWS DIGITAL ABOUT GRAHAM PLATNER'S CONTROVERSIES Ninety-one percent of Democrats questioned said they'd vote for Platner in the general election, with 87% of Republicans backing Collins. The senator held a slight 47%-44% edge over Platner for the support of independents. The poll was released two weeks ahead of Maine's primary. Platner is considered the Democrats' presumptive nominee after two-term Democratic Gov. Janet Mills, who was backed by Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer and other establishment leaders, suspended her campaign a month ago. Mills cited fundraising concerns and polling woes for her decision to end her bid. But the governor's name will remain on the primary ballot. According to the poll, Platner stands at 76% support for the Democratic nomination, with Mills at 10% and longshot Senate contender, David Costello of Brunswick, who spent decades working in state and federal government, at 3%. Collins faces no challengers for the Republican Senate nomination. PLATNER CONFRONTED OVER PAST ON-LINE CONTROVERSIAL COMMENTS Platner, who advocates an economically populist agenda as he takes aim at corporate influences and advocates for the working class as he runs for the Senate, has been criticized by Collins and other Republicans as too extreme for Maine. "I believe that will be the conclusion of Maine voters. But, obviously, I don't take anything for granted," Collins said when asked in a Fox News Digital interview earlier this month if Platner was too far to the left. But Platner, in a Fox News Digital interview a week later, argued, "What's radical is somebody like Susan Collins, who, for decades now, has made sure that we pass policies that are going to help corporations and billionaires to the detriment of working people, supporting over and over and over again, illegal and insane foreign wars." Platner, amid a slew of media stories, has come under fire from Republicans in recent weeks over his past controversial comments from last decade, after he returned from combat tours of duty, as well as more recent comments earlier this decade, that he made on Reddit. WHAT GRAHAM PLATNER SAID IN A FOX NEWS DIGITAL INTERVIEW Platner apologized for his controversial Reddit posts after they made headlines last fall soon after he launched his Senate campaign. But confronted by Fox News Digital last week near his home in Maine, Platner declined to apologize both to voters and a Purple Heart recipient when asked about a deleted Reddit post where he said the wounded soldier "didn’t deserve to live." Meanwhile, Platner has said he got the skull and crossbones tattoo in 2007 while drinking with fellow Marines stationed in Croatia. He said that he covered up the tattoo with a new design after learning last year that it resembled a Nazi symbol. DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB It's not just Republicans who are taking aim at Platner over the comments and the tattoo. A few Democrats are also speaking out. Democratic Rep. Jake Auchincloss of Massachusetts this week reiterated his criticism of Platner. "As I said months ago, I find Platner’s Nazi tattoo and his commentary about it personally disqualifying," Auchincloss wrote Tuesday in a social media post. "If it were me, I’d vote for someone else in the Maine Democratic primary." The Pine Tree Poll was conducted May 21-25, with an overall sampling error of plus or minus 2.6 percentage points. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18622dee6011c3f4e8d36c California track and field championship to be overshadowed by trans drama for second year in a row te 2026-05-28T15:41:33.033Z California track and field championship to be overshadowed by trans drama for second year in a row California's high school track and field state finals kick off in Clovis on Friday, with an expected protest presence for the second straight year. The California Interscholastic Federation's (CIF) state finals will include a prominent transgender athlete competing in the high jump, long jump and triple jump. Last year, the athlete's presence prompted competing protests, a plane with a flyover banner, ejections from the venue, and a person with a trans flag was even arrested after allegedly assaulting an opposing protester. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Clovis Mayor Pro Tem Dianne Pearce placed the blame for the pending protests on the CIF and Gov. Gavin Newsom. "Because the CIF, Governor Newsom, and the state legislature continue to fail and ignore our female athletes there is a distraction that hangs over this weekend’s events for a second year in a row. The abject failure of the adults in control of these policies is outrageous and ridiculous. A survey done in April 2025 by the Public Policy Institute of California showed that over 70% of California’s public school parents support only biological girls competing in girls’ sports divisions," Pearce told Fox News Digital. Pearce reflected on the chaos that occurred at last year's event. "We saw so many people come out to show their support for the female athletes last year and the only arrest was a trans-activist who assaulted someone who was leaving the area after standing in support of the girls competing. I call on everyone to be respectful of the athletes and their families who have worked so hard and sacrificed for years to reach this level of competition," Pearce added. "I know our police department will ensure a safe environment and it is my hope that the female athletes feel the support from this community. But, again, it is unacceptable for CIF, the state legislature, and Governor Newsom to allow another State Championship to come around without having restored the integrity of the girls’ divisions and respecting and protecting our girls’ sports and spaces." CALIFORNIA TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP SEES ARREST AND AERIAL BANNER AMID TRANSGENDER CONTROVERSY The trans athlete, AB Hernandez of Jurupa Valley High School, has dominated the girls' high jump, triple jump and long jump throughout the postseason leading up to finals, taking first place, often by large margins, in each of the first three rounds this month. The CIF has re-implemented a policy change that was used for last year's state finals, where any female athlete that finishes behind Hernandez is bumped up by one spot. The change resulted in images of Hernandez sharing podium spots with female competitors who finished behind the trans athlete at last year's finals and the last two postseason rounds this year, and prompted criticism from those on both sides of the argument. The controversy around last year's finals was stoked when President Donald Trump sent a post on Truth Social in the days leading up to the event, calling out Newsom for allowing males to continue competing in girls' sports in the state. This year, several politicians have weighed in as the controversy around the podiums has been renewed, including GOP congress members Nancy Mace, Tim Burchett and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Meanwhile, on the other side of the aisle, Newsom's office addressed the protesters in a controversial statement prior to the start of the postseason with the phrase, "stand with all kids and stand up to bullies," and California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer recently backed trans athletes in an interview with Jennifer Welch. "There are more important things than whether you start on your high school basketball team, and that is standing up for people who are under threat of death," Steyer 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/6a186214ee6011c3f4e8d338 Slate Auto will start taking orders for its low-cost EV on June 24 te 2026-05-28T15:41:08.952Z Slate Auto will start taking orders for its low-cost EV on June 24 The Bezos-backed EV startup has yet to announce final pricing for its vehicle, which is supposed to start shipping by the end of this year. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a186200ee6011c3f4e8d32f Sesame, the conversational AI startup from Oculus founders, launches its iOS app te 2026-05-28T15:40:48.550Z Sesame, the conversational AI startup from Oculus founders, launches its iOS app Sesame’s new iOS app brings its conversational AI agents to the public, offering more natural back-and-forth interactions designed to feel less like traditional chatbots and more like talking to a person. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1861ebee6011c3f4e8d326 How long is Anthropic’s lease with SpaceX? Opinions vary. te 2026-05-28T15:40:27.625Z How long is Anthropic’s lease with SpaceX? Opinions vary. Elon Musk is publicly reframing xAI’s massive Anthropic compute deal as short-term and cancellable, despite SpaceX’s own S-1 filing describing payments through May 2029. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a185faeee6011c3f4e8d2ef ‘Super El Niño’ could make Arizona’s already brutal summers even worse, climate scientists warn te 2026-05-28T15:30:54.874Z ‘Super El Niño’ could make Arizona’s already brutal summers even worse, climate scientists warn (Photo by Getty Images) Experts say that Arizona this year is likely to see more of the record-breaking heat, deadly flooding and intense wildfires that have marked recent summers — and it could be even worse, thanks to the strong El Niño expected.  “It has been one of the biggest weather stories we have seen,” Shel Winkley, a meteorologist at Climate Central told reporters Wednesday about the “Super El Niño” that has been forming in the Pacific Ocean. Winkley, along with other climate scientists, spoke with reporters as part of a panel put on by Climate Action Campaign.  GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE El Niño is the term used for a climate pattern that forms in the Pacific Ocean associated with warming of ocean temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific that impacts weather worldwide. A strong El Niño is often associated with dryer and warmer conditions in the northern United States, while causing increased flooding in the Gulf region and Southeast.  The El Niño currently forming is breaking all records and could be the largest ever, potentially creating unprecedented weather extremes. The last significant El Niño was in 2023, which saw record-breaking summer heat; those records were later shattered in 2024 when the max temperature in Phoenix sat at or above 100 degrees for approximately 30% of the year.  In 2024, Phoenix experienced 113 consecutive days of 100 degrees or hotter, the longest run ever recorded. The next highest run was 76 days in 1993, followed by 66 days in 2023.  The state itself has seen a 3.4 degree Fahrenheit shift in the annual average temperature since 1970, according to Winkley and Climate Central. That upward trend has also been associated with a sharp decrease in annual precipitation, which has dropped 2.7 inches in the same time frame.  Forecasts for this summer show that the state is likely to experience drier and hotter temperatures, with a potential for increased precipitation towards the tail end of the summer.  “We are waiting on pins and needles to see how this comes together,” Michael Crimmins, a climate science professor at the University of Arizona, told reporters, adding that the precipitation outlooks have offered a “little hope.”  While the predictions suggest that Arizona could see higher precipitation in June, July and August, Crimmins said he believes that it is likely to be delayed to late August or early September, based on his analysis of past El Niño years.  In 2023, when the state was breaking heat records the state was experiencing a “moderate El Niño,” which was much less intense than this year’s “Super El Niño” that climate scientists anticipate will have far-reaching global effects.  These extreme weather events have real world consequences for Arizonans.  Just last year, Globe experienced major flooding that killed four people and devastated the small mining community. The town has been trying to get state funds to repair the damage as the Federal Emergency Management Agency has refused to assist the tiny town.  That lack of help from FEMA is part of why people like Juan Declet-Barreto with the Union of Concerned Scientists are calling this summer the “triple danger season.”  “We are seeing a compromised (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) that is still reeling from staffing cuts and shortages,” Declet-Barreto told reporters, noting that FEMA and other federal agencies have seen deep budget cuts at President Donald Trump’s direction.  NOAA has largely been responsible for helping predict large storms as well as other climate related events, including in space. Trump’s administration has proposed to cut the agency by 40% ahead of hurricane season.  Extreme weather, attacks on the scientific community and adding in a lack of affordability for housing or energy creates that “triple danger” that Declet-Barreto is worried about for Arizonans heading into the summer months.  Climate change and the increased heat, drier conditions and stronger storms will have other impacts, as well.  Vector-borne illnesses — those transmitted by mosquitoes, ticks and fleas — are seeing a rise due to man-made climate change. Shifting climate patterns have allowed for the insects that carry diseases to spread farther and wider than ever before, impacting new populations.  Illnesses like malaria, Lyme disease and the West Nile virus have all seen their numbers increase, with climate change being cited as a major contributing factor.  Add to Arizona specifically that more heat, less rain and more construction also translates to an increase in coccidioidomycosis, also known as Valley fever, which is caused by an airborne fungus. Its spread is exacerbated by heat, dry conditions and construction in desert areas.  Those impacted by those diseases may get little reprieve as well as wildfires, made more aggressive by the drier conditions created by climate change, are likely to get bigger. And the number of days that the state is at risk of wildfire has increased between 40 to 60 extra days a year due to those drier conditions, Winkley said. YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a185f97ee6011c3f4e8d2ce Astros vs Rangers getaway day features two dominant pitchers in a battle of Texas rivalry te 2026-05-28T15:30:31.834Z Astros vs Rangers getaway day features two dominant pitchers in a battle of Texas rivalry We have a getaway day in the baseball schedule. There are only six games on the diamond today, and just one of them is the start of a new series. I often think about the mentality of players on getaway days – some guys are headed home, others are just in the middle of a trip. In this one, we get a getaway day and a battle of Texas as the Astros take on the Rangers. The Houston Astros are expected to be one of the teams that miss the playoffs this year. However, counting them out seems a bit foolish because the team tends to do anything they can to win. That is not a shot at them for being proven cheaters, but more a reflection that no matter who is on their roster, they win games. This year, they are reasonably below .500, but no one in their division is all that impressive. They have a chance to make a deal at the deadline or do something that could give them a winning streak and position themselves for a shot at the division. One person they likely won’t alter or do anything with is their starter for today. Taking the ball is Spencer Arrighetti, a solid right-handed pitcher who has been great for them in limited innings. He is 6-1 for the season with a 1.32 ERA and a 1.20 WHIP. If he had enough innings, that would be the league leader. He had a later start to the season, but he hasn’t allowed more than two earned runs in any game this season. He has also allowed just three hits and no runs over his past 12.1 innings. Of those, 7.1 innings came against the Rangers. Speaking of the Texas Rangers, they are also below .500 and will need to make some adjustments if they want to get themselves in a spot to win their division. I don’t know that this team has a ton of capital to make a push, but they are just a few years removed from a World Series win, so they still have pieces in place that can make a difference. I like the Rangers' lineup, but recognize they could use another bat. Their pitching staff is a strength, and I think one that they can ride down the stretch. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM One of those arms they will ride is tonight’s starter, Nathan Eovaldi. For the year, Eovaldi is 5-5 with a 3.65 ERA and a 1.14 WHIP. His numbers are a bit uglier than normal due to a few bad early-season starts. He allowed 11 earned runs in his first two games of the season and has allowed 15 over his past eight starts. He was locked in a couple of weeks ago against these Astros as he allowed five hits over seven scoreless innings. There is only one way to play this matchup in my opinion. I’m taking the under through five innings. I feel like both pitchers are going to be dialed in. I normally fade pitchers that face a team twice in a short span. If they did well in the first, I usually take the over. If they did poorly, I usually take the under. However, in this situation, I think both of these guys are too good to just assume they will fail. Give me the under through five innings because I don’t want to deal with the bullpens blowing it for a full game. For more sports betting information and plays, follow David on X/Twitter: @futureprez2024 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a185d3eee6011c3f4e8d259 Husband’s phone GPS data prompts feds to search 25-foot-deep Bahamian waters for Lynette Hooker: sources te 2026-05-28T15:20:30.158Z Husband’s phone GPS data prompts feds to search 25-foot-deep Bahamian waters for Lynette Hooker: sources FIRST ON FOX: Data from Brian Hooker's phone led United States investigators to plan to search a new area in 25-foot-deep Bahamian waters in the search for missing Lynette Hooker, sources familiar with the investigation told Fox News Digital. Brian Hooker and Lynette Hooker initially left shore at Hope Town in the Bahamas at around 7:30 p.m. on April 4, with the husband telling local authorities that rough waters caused his wife to fall off their dinghy. However, GPS data from Brian Hooker's phone obtained by authorities allegedly shows a discrepancy between what he first told law enforcement, sources familiar with the investigation told Fox News Digital. That discrepancy prompted federal U.S. authorities to seek permission from Bahamian authorities to search a new area in the Sea of Abaco with 25-foot-deep waters, the sources added. LYNETTE HOOKER MISSING IN BAHAMAS: TIMELINE OF MICHIGAN WOMAN’S DISAPPEARANCE, HUSBAND’S ARREST Authorities obtained data from Brian Hooker's phone, specifically GPS data from a marine navigation app that was used while the couple was on the dinghy, the sources said. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST The couple was headed back to their sailboat Soulmate, their full-time home in retirement, when Lynette fell overboard. They frequently sail around the U.S. and Caribbean, according to their social media pages. Karli Aylesworth, Lynette Hooker's daughter, told Fox News Digital that the Coast Guard has asked her family to submit DNA samples to help with their investigation. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? FIND MORE ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB The Coast Guard seized the couple's sailboat, Soulmate, in early May and took it to Fort Pierce, Florida, but it was recently moved to Fort Lauderdale, as authorities couldn't pull it from the water. SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER Brian Hooker was previously detained for five days by Bahamian police after his wife disappeared, but wasn't charged. Brian Hooker's Michigan-based attorney asked Americans in an earlier interview to give him the benefit of the doubt in an interview with ABC News. "I would ask those watching to treat him the way you would want to be treated, to give him the benefit of the doubt, and to consider that not all of us, nor you, considering your own relationships, the way you speak to one another, we all handle things in different ways," Crystal Marie Hauser said. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X Fox News Digital reached out to the Coast Guard and Hauser for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a185afaee6011c3f4e8d1da Levin issues warning on ‘ruling class,’ urges Americans to 'fight back' to save country te 2026-05-28T15:10:50.559Z Levin issues warning on ‘ruling class,’ urges Americans to 'fight back' to save country Fox News host Mark Levin warned America is approaching a critical breaking point as antisemitism surges nationwide, anti-ICE protests continue to erupt and concerns over cultural division dominate the political landscape. In an appearance on "Hang Out with Sean Hannity," Levin argued the United States is facing a cultural and political crisis unlike anything he has witnessed before, but he insisted the country can still be saved if freedom-loving Americans unite and fight back. "The rubber has hit the road right now, but there's still tens of millions of us who know that, who reject what's taking place," Levin said. "And, as long as we talk to each other, stay united, organize, push back, clean out this ruling class, bring in a new ruling class that has the guts to do what a Trump does or a Ted Cruz does or several other people do, we can save this republic." ANTISEMITIC VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN AMERICA AS SOME INVOKE INTIFADA AND TARGET JEWS Levin pointed to protests in the streets, escalating anti-Americanism and concerns about assimilation and national identity as signs the country is moving further away from its foundations. These "grave times," he argued, signal a greater need to focus on principles. He noted instances throughout America's history that prioritized the principles of freedom and justice, including the American Revolution and the Civil War. SARA CARTER REVEALS THE EXACT MOMENT SHE KNEW THE FBI WAS SPYING ON THEN-PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP "Principles matter ... history matters even though it's being taught less and less. We need to push it at the breakfast table, at the dinner table," he added. "I feel we do a great job of that on conservative talk radio." Levin and Hannity also discussed the increasingly left-wing trajectory of today's Democratic Party, with Levin circling back to the 2024 election cycle in which President Donald Trump faced an onslaught of accusations and legal challenges. Levin called on Republicans to stand tall in the face of what he described as increasingly volatile opposition from the far left, warning that if the GOP wears "mittens" while Democrats wear "boxing gloves," the former risks getting "slaughtered." "I think that what Donald Trump has showed, and when people step away, and they really look at this, is you've gotta fight back." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a185ae6ee6011c3f4e8d1d1 Phone GPS data prompts US investigators to search 25-foot-deep Bahamian waters for Lynette Hooker: sources te 2026-05-28T15:10:30.634Z Phone GPS data prompts US investigators to search 25-foot-deep Bahamian waters for Lynette Hooker: sources FIRST ON FOX: Data from Brian Hooker's phone led United States investigators to plan to search a new area in 25-foot-deep Bahamian waters in the search for missing Lynette Hooker, sources familiar with the investigation told Fox News Digital. Brian Hooker and Lynette Hooker initially left shore at Hope Town in the Bahamas at around 7:30 p.m. on April 4, with the husband telling local authorities that rough waters caused his wife to fall off their dinghy. However, GPS data from Brian Hooker's phone obtained by authorities allegedly shows a discrepancy between what he first told law enforcement, sources familiar with the investigation told Fox News Digital. That discrepancy prompted federal U.S. authorities to seek permission from Bahamian authorities to search a new area in the Sea of Abaco with 25-foot-deep waters, the sources added. LYNETTE HOOKER MISSING IN BAHAMAS: TIMELINE OF MICHIGAN WOMAN’S DISAPPEARANCE, HUSBAND’S ARREST Authorities obtained data from Brian Hooker's phone, specifically GPS data from a marine navigation app that was used while the couple was on the dinghy, the sources said. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST The couple was headed back to their sailboat Soulmate, their full-time home in retirement, when Lynette fell overboard. They frequently sail around the U.S. and Caribbean, according to their social media pages. Karli Aylesworth, Lynette Hooker's daughter, told Fox News Digital that the Coast Guard has asked her family to submit DNA samples to help with their investigation. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? FIND MORE ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB The Coast Guard seized the couple's sailboat, Soulmate, in early May and took it to Fort Pierce, Florida, but it was recently moved to Fort Lauderdale, as authorities couldn't pull it from the water. SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER Brian Hooker was previously detained for five days by Bahamian police after his wife disappeared, but wasn't charged. Brian Hooker's Michigan-based attorney asked Americans in an earlier interview to give him the benefit of the doubt in an interview with ABC News. "I would ask those watching to treat him the way you would want to be treated, to give him the benefit of the doubt, and to consider that not all of us, nor you, considering your own relationships, the way you speak to one another, we all handle things in different ways," Crystal Marie Hauser said. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X Fox News Digital reached out to the Coast Guard and Hauser for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18589cee6011c3f4e8d157 Dems in Maine's Trump-friendly district back Platner despite party backlash te 2026-05-28T15:00:44.156Z Dems in Maine's Trump-friendly district back Platner despite party backlash Democrats running to replace retiring Rep. Jared Golden in Maine’s Trump-friendly 2nd Congressional District are lining up behind controversial Senate candidate Graham Platner despite mounting backlash from centrists within their own party. After Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, exited the Senate race in late April, the three leading Democratic contenders vying for the open House seat backed Platner, the presumptive Democratic nominee, ahead of the June 9 primary. Unlike the Democrats seeking to replace him, Golden has not publicly backed Platner and indicated to the Portland Press Herald that he does not plan to get involved in the Senate race. Maine State Auditor Matt Dunlap and former congressional aide Jordan Wood explicitly endorsed Platner’s campaign. State Sen. Joe Baldacci, a Democrat with establishment support, also signaled support in a statement criticizing former Gov. Paul LePage, R-Maine, who is running unopposed for the GOP Senate nomination. DEMOCRATS BREAK WITH SCANDAL-PLAGUED GRAHAM PLATNER, WARN OF 'CIVIL WAR' IN PARTY But the candidates have been largely silent on Platner’s inflammatory social media posts and controversy over his covered-up tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol — issues that have fueled backlash from some elected Democrats. Fox News Digital reached out to Baldacci, Wood and Dunlap's campaigns and did not hear back. Their alignment with Platner could complicate Democrats’ already difficult path to holding the swing seat vacated by Golden, who won re-election in 2024 by fewer than 3,000 votes, despite the district’s Republican tilt. The nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates the open House race "Likely Republican," citing the rural district’s red hue and Golden’s decision not to seek re-election. Dunlap, who is seeking to occupy the contest’s progressive lane, is scheduled to appear with Platner at a get-out-the-vote rally next week. The event is being headlined by left-wing populist Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., who has endorsed both Dunlap and Platner. "With Graham Platner now the clear choice, I am prepared to rally behind his candidacy," Dunlap wrote on social media. "He will be a phenomenal United States senator." BERNIE SANDERS DEFENDS MAINE SENATE CANDIDATE UNDER FIRE FOR REDDIT COMMENTS "He is the kind of leader Maine has been waiting for, as demonstrated by the strong support he has generated," he continued. The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), House Republicans’ campaign arm, is seeking to exploit the candidates’ ties to Platner in one of the reddest districts held by a Democrat in the country. "By continuing to embrace Graham Platner, Matt Dunlap and Joe Baldacci have shown a stunning lack of judgment that Mainers will not overlook," NRCC spokeswoman Maureen O’Toole told Fox News Digital. Their support for Platner stands in stark contrast to centrist Democrats, such as Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass., who have sharply rebuked Platner’s campaign. Auchincloss, a Jewish Democrat, has argued that Platner’s Nazi-linked tattoo and his remarks defending it are "personally disqualifying." Meanwhile, senior Democrats in Washington have largely declined to comment on Platner’s slate of controversies or distance themselves from the Senate hopeful. Melissa DeRosa, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s chief of staff, told Fox News’ Bret Baier earlier this week that disagreement over Platner’s candidacy among Democrats is indicative of a burgeoning rift within the party. "The Maine race really demonstrates the civil war that's happening within the Democratic Party, and there are a lot of Democrats, moderate Democrats like myself, who will not cry tears should we lose Maine," DeRosa said. "I mean, that would be a pickup to begin with." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a185673ee6011c3f4e8d0c4 GOP lawmakers urge Treasury to press ahead with probe of Hasan Piker over Cuba trip te 2026-05-28T14:51:31.673Z GOP lawmakers urge Treasury to press ahead with probe of Hasan Piker over Cuba trip Republican lawmakers are cheering on the Treasury Department's investigation into whether Marxist political influencer Hasan Piker broke any laws on his recent trip to Cuba, while a Jewish advocacy group asked the Justice Department to probe the Twitch streamer for allegedly serving as an unregistered agent for the communist nation. Piker faces a federal administrative subpoena from the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, a probe that Piker says stems from a broader investigation into Americn-born, Shanghai-based tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham and the pro-communist nonprofit network he bankrolls. In Washington, D.C., many lawmakers, all of them GOP, cheered the investigation.  "It’s no mystery why the man who said America deserved 9-11 has rocketed to stardom as the voice of the Democrat left — and openly discussed the money and strategy that makes up the progressive protest industrial complex," Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., told Fox News Digital. REP ILHAN OMAR'S DAUGHTER STRIKES HARD-CORE COMMUNIST POSE AS MOM BATTLES CLAIMS SHE IS RICH "There’s no way Congress will look away from what we’re learning about financing from Neville Singham or a scandal that’s now hiding in plain sight," Issa added. Over the weekend, Fox News Digital reported that the Treasury Department subpoenaed Piker and CodePink co-founder Susan Medea Benjamin as part of a wider investigation into whether U.S. organizations and leaders violated U.S. laws and sanctions in supporting Cuba's communist regime. CodePink, an organization co-founded by Singham’s wife and funded by Singham himself, sponsored a trip to Cuba for far-left influencers in March. Minnesota Democratic Rep.Ilhan Omar’s daughter, Isra Hirsi, also went on the trip, though officials from Omar’s office told Fox News Digital that her daughter paid for the trip herself and didn’t stay at a five-star hotel with other political activists. PROGRESSIVE STREAMER BACKING MAMDANI SAYS CUBANS ARE ‘PARTYING IN THE F------ STREETS' AMID ENERGY CRISIS During a livestream on Monday, Piker directed investigators to Singham as a target, saying Singham’s "operation" in the U.S. includes the openly Marxist ANSWER Coalition and the Party for Socialism and Liberation, known as PSL. "I think that ultimately the target is probably Singham and his operation from PSL to ANSWER Coalition to CodePink — like anything that he has ever financed," Piker said. "Not sure how much money he has now, but he's been a funding vehicle for a lot of political movements in the country, like a lot of activism, and they hate that s---, so they're trying to jam them up." REVOLUTIONARY TOURISM:: INSIDE THE $600M MARRIAGE OF DARK MONEY AND FAR-LEFT AGITPROP A Fox News Digital investigation found that Singham has pumped $285 million into six organizations: $22.44 million to the People’s Forum, a hub for communist organizing in New York City; $1.33 million to CodePink; $68.7 million to Justice and Education Fund Inc., a nonprofit that funnels money to anonymous projects overseas; $1.098 million to BreakThrough BT Media, a propaganda arm; and $16.76 million to Tricontinental Ltd., a pro-communist think tank. The Party for Socialism and Liberation and ANSWER Coalition share office space at the People's Forum and share leadership with the People's Forum. The Treasury Department is seeking financial, logistical and communications information surrounding the trips to Cuba via  "Requests for Information," or "RFIs." "Good," Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., posted in response to news of the subpoena. "Hasan Piker and Code Pink went to Cuba, stayed in five star hotels, cozied up with thugs in the communist regime, and completely IGNORED the innocent political prisoners being starved and tortured,". 'CHEERLEADING FOR TERRORISM': TWITCH STAR CALLED FOR NEW 9/11, DISMISSED HORROR OF OCT 7 "They should be thoroughly investigated and held accountable for ANY laws broken in doing so," Scott added.  Scott and Piker have clashed before. When describing the GOP targeting of fraud from the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress, Piker said, "If you cared about Medicare fraud or Medicaid fraud, you would kill Rick Scott." Piker’s radical views and increasingly popular base are part of a growing radicalism  in the Democratic Party, Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., told Fox News Digital. DAVID MARCUS: RISE OF MARXISM IS A HYRDRA DEMOCRATS CREATED BUT CAN'T CONTROL Fine said Piker’s influence on the Democratic Party has changed the Congress he saw more than 30 years ago while serving as a page in Washington, D.C.  "The parties had different views about how to make America great, but both parties wanted to make America great," Fine said. "Democrats, 35 years ago, loved America. They just wanted to get there differently than Republicans did. And everyone wanted a successful America." "Times are changing. When I look across the aisle, I see people who I serve with who are in Congress to destroy the country," Fine added. TOP GOP SENATOR CALLS OUT CODE PINK, THE PEOPLE’S FORUM ALLEGEDLY PUSHING CCP PROPAGANDA IN US Questions have risen as to whether Piker should have to register as a foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). The National Jewish Advocacy Center told Fox News Digital the organization called on the Justice Department to investigate Piker over FARA rules on Thursday. Last week, Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart, R-Fla., who was born to parents exiled from Cuba, told Fox News Digital that he shared the concern over political activists supporting communist regimes without registering as foreign agents. "How they're not registered under FARA is hard to understand because they're very consistent. I mean, let's at least give them credit for that," he said. FOX NEWS ‘ANTISEMITISM EXPOSED’ NEWSLETTER: WHO IS HASAN PIKER AND WHY CAN'T DEMOCRATS CONDEMN HIM? "It should be no surprise that folks associated with the Communist Party of China or, frankly, other anti-American groups, would be funding these groups in the United States [These groups’] sole role is pretty evident, to protect, defend and support anti-Americans," he added. "Whether it is terrorist groups [or] terrorist regimes like the one in Iran or the one in Cuba." So far, a lone Democratic member, Rep. Delia C. Ramirez, D-Ill., posted to X following Fox News Digital’s report of the federal subpoena, calling the move "‘Red Scare’ tactics."  "The Trump administration is branding dissenters as ‘domestic terrorists’, ‘communists’, ‘Marxists’ in order justify the targeting, persecution, and violation of their rights," Ramirez posted.  "But this isn't the 1950’s and we won't fall for "Red Scare" tactics," she added. "We are fighting back against their authoritarian, imperialistic agenda." Piker’s fanbase has criticized other Democratic leaders and members for not siding with him, referring to Dems not standing up for Piker as "Blue MAGA." Fox News Digital reached out to Piker and Benjamin but have not received responses. 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U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, an appointee of President Donald Trump, ruled that the plaintiffs' request for an injunction against the order came too early.  "Given that the Executive Order does not command Plaintiffs to do anything, and that no agency has yet acted pursuant to the Order in a way that could harm Plaintiffs, they have not suffered any harm at present," Nichols wrote. "For the foregoing reasons, the Court denies Plaintiffs’ Motions for a Preliminary Injunction." WITHIN MINUTES OF TRUMP SIGNING VOTER DATABASE ORDER, DEM STATES THREATEN LAWSUITS Democrats and voting rights groups argued that, under the Constitution, state legislatures and Congress are responsible for regulating federal elections, not the president. The order, according to the plaintiffs, could also force USPS to make rules about elections that go beyond its authority. Trump’s executive order, meanwhile, frames itself as an attempt to enforce federal voting laws, which the president says the executive branch is obligated to do under Article II of the Constitution. Though Democratic plaintiffs claimed in court that the order could infringe on the constitutional rights of states to regulate their own elections, Nichols ruled the claim too speculative at the current moment. The judge, however, did not rule on the merits of the Democratic arguments and said that they could demand an injunction again once the federal government begins the process of actually implementing the executive order. REPUBLICAN SENATORS BLAST DEMOCRATS FOR 'FEAR-MONGERING' OVER ELECTION SECURITY SAVE ACT "The Court recognizes that the Postal Service may ultimately issue a final rule that directly affects Plaintiffs or their members, or that the Government may develop State Citizenship Lists that omit specific individuals due to particularized flaws," the judge wrote. "Plaintiffs may, of course, renew their motions if and when those future actions occur. Until then, however, Plaintiffs cannot show that preliminary injunctive relief is warranted," he added. POSTAL SERVICE THRUST INTO MAIL-IN BALLOT FIGHT AS TRUMP ORDER GETS TIED UP IN COURT One of the primary concerns raised by Democrats is that the executive order directs DHS to use Social Security Administration data, which they claim contains errors and could therefore deprive eligible voters of ballots. Trump’s order requires that the citizenship lists be transmitted to states within 60 days of federal elections and provides opportunities for individuals and states to correct the lists as necessary in order to address concerns about data inaccuracies.  Trump has long claimed mail voting is vulnerable to widespread fraud, while election officials and voting experts have said such fraud is rare. Large numbers of voters identifying with both major parties have reported voting by mail, but Democrats do so more often.  The White House did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Thursday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a185197ee6011c3f4e8cf95 Judge Declines, for Now, to Block Mail-In Voting Changes Ordered by Trump te 2026-05-28T14:30:47.192Z Judge Declines, for Now, to Block Mail-In Voting Changes Ordered by Trump The ruling allowed the Trump administration to continue to pursue changes that include enlisting the Postal Service in checking voters against a national database. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a184f29ee6011c3f4e8ceff Startup Battlefield 200 application deadline extended to June 8 after overwhelming demand te 2026-05-28T14:20:25.434Z Startup Battlefield 200 application deadline extended to June 8 after overwhelming demand After overwhelming demand from founders around the world, TechCrunch has extended the Startup Battlefield 200 application deadline to June 8. Nominate a standout startup or apply yours today. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a184d15ee6011c3f4e8cecf Massachusetts town cancels July 4 celebration citing lack of 'adequate public safety staffing' te 2026-05-28T14:11:33.427Z Massachusetts town cancels July 4 celebration citing lack of 'adequate public safety staffing' Rutland, Massachusetts announced on Wednesday that it will cancel the town's annual 4th of July celebration without refunding donations because of a lack of "adequate public safety staffing." "Although the 4th of July Committee successfully raised the funds needed for the event, the celebration cannot take place without adequate public safety staffing," a letter from the Rutland 4th of July Committee read. "Police, fire, and EMS personnel are essential to ensure the safety of attendees, manage traffic, and maintain emergency response coverage throughout the town." It continued, "Due to anticipated staffing limitations, our Police and Fire Chiefs have determined that they cannot safely support both the event and routine emergency services at the same time. Moving forward under these conditions would put both attendees and the broader community at risk." THE LEFT IS CELEBRATING JULY 4 WITH PROTESTS WHILE THE RIGHT SEES A PATRIOTIC REVIVAL The committee explained that while the town had explored the possibility of outside personnel staffing, there were concerns over creating additional safety hazards without a unified command structure and coordinated operations. The town also added that the decision was not "intended as a response to any community viewpoints" on the celebration. Regarding funding, however, the committee announced that it would not be refunding donations already given for the celebration, pointing out that they have already been spent on event-related measures. Instead, remaining funds will be preserved to fund future celebrations for future July 4 activities. VIRAL 1976 COCA-COLA COMMERCIAL SPARKS NOSTALGIA FOR A MORE PATRIOTIC AMERICAN CULTURE "After consultation with Town Counsel, the Town has determined that donations should not be refunded. Some of the funds have already been used for event-related expenses, including printing, deposits, and fundraising costs, and all donations are held in a municipal gift account for the sole purpose of supporting Rutland’s 4th of July celebrations," the letter read. It added, "Because funds are pooled and expended collectively, it is not feasible to determine or return individual contributions. Instead, all remaining funds will be preserved to support future 4th of July celebrations." BIDEN CLAIMS CONSTITUTIONAL SAFEGUARDS ARE BEING 'TRAMPLED ON' AHEAD OF AMERICA'S 250TH Rutland, Massachusetts will also continue to host community activities such as the Junior Olympics and the volleyball tournament. However, major events such as the annual parade and fireworks show have been canceled. Fox News Digital reached out to the Rutland 4th of July Committee and Rutland town administrator for comment. Rutland police and fire unions warned that the annual July 4 celebration would be put in jeopardy earlier this month after the town failed to pass a Proposition 2½ tax override vote to cover a $3 million budget deficit. Without the proposition, the Rutland police department is expected to cut at least four full-time officers and three part-time police officers. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a184cfeee6011c3f4e8ceaf Spencer Pratt claims Leonardo DiCaprio and Jamie Foxx privately endorsed his mayoral bid te 2026-05-28T14:11:10.956Z Spencer Pratt claims Leonardo DiCaprio and Jamie Foxx privately endorsed his mayoral bid Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt is name-dropping some A-list celebrities who are allegedly in his corner. During an interview with Us Weekly, the former reality TV star — who announced his candidacy in January — opened up about his newfound purpose and why he believes certain celebrities are backing him. "I don’t name-drop, but I had two of my favorite people ever support me. Leonardo DiCaprio and Jamie Foxx both said, ‘Please, Mr. Mayor, we want these streets safe again.’ If their reps try to deny this happened, I have multiple witnesses. It was an out-of-body experience," he said. SPENCER PRATT SAYS A-LISTERS PRIVATELY CHEER HIS CRITICISM OF CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP, FEAR CAREER FALLOUT Fox News Digital understands that DiCaprio has not publicly or privately endorsed any candidate. A representative for Foxx did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. Earlier this year, Pratt opened up to Fox News Digital about the private endorsements he's allegedly received from multiple celebrities. "I know actual A-list stars support what I do, because I’ve been at restaurants, and they sit down at the table, and they quiz me about everything that I know for 20 minutes and thank me," Pratt said. "But these people know if they do that publicly, they risk losing their careers that some of them have been working for 30 years to have." Throughout his campaign, Pratt has emphasized issues such as homelessness, public safety and government spending, positioning himself as a political outsider challenging the status quo in Los Angeles and drawing support from voters dissatisfied with current leadership. In recent weeks, Pratt's campaign has gained momentum after receiving high-profile donations, including a contribution from Lakers owner Jeanie Buss, and earning support from Hollywood stars like Katharine McPhee, David Foster and more. SPENCER PRATT’S MAYORAL RUN BACKED BY PARIS HILTON, KRISTIN CAVALLARI AS CELEBRITY DIVIDE DEEPENS "I think Spencer running for mayor is f---ing genius," Kristin Cavallari said on the April 21 episode of her "Let’s Be Honest" podcast. "Because I think everyone in politics — I don’t care what side you’re on — everyone is corrupt." Paris Hilton backed Pratt with a simple comment. Pratt uploaded a video showing himself giving a tour of the Airstream trailer where he now lives, parked amid the rubble of his Pacific Palisades property after it was destroyed in the L.A. fires. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "Spencer for Mayor," Hilton wrote, adding a raised hands emoji. During Wednesday's episode of Fox News' "The Story with Martha MacCallum," Billy Bush backed Pratt as well.  "We feel, you know, there's a sadness that comes and an empathy that comes from homelessness, but aggravated angry drug addicts who are in your face and scaring people, that's not OK," he said. "And under Karen Bass, it has gotten worse and worse. It is a terrible situation. And, you know, this guy stepped up. Who else stepped up? He's the best chance Los Angeles has. And we're getting behind him." Other stars have called out the former reality TV star, including Chelsea Handler and Drew Carey. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER During an appearance on "Today" in April, former "Hills" co-star Lauren Conrad — who famously feuded with Pratt for years — quickly sidestepped whether she would vote for him. "I'm not a resident of Los Angles," said Conrad, who was promoting the upcoming reunion of "Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County" at the time. WATCH: SPENCER PRATT BLASTS FAILED DEMOCRATS ON CRIME, HOMELESSNESS "If I’m not gonna get elected mayor because I never apologized to LC, I’ll take that," Pratt, who feuded with Conrad for years, recently told Vanity Fair. "So you can put that in bold… people can die on the streets because LC got paid millions because I boosted our show and I took the fall as the full villain, and she got to be the poor damsel in distress." Of his mayoral run, Pratt told Us Weekly he never thought he'd be here. "I truly never imagined I would actually probably [become] the mayor. I just wanted somebody to [tell] the truth, and I wanted to have that platform as a candidate against [Bass] to get the truth. You can just get away with lying if you don’t have somebody saying that’s not true." "The interactions I have with people are what continue to drive me," he added. "It doesn’t matter if I have all these viral videos — [it’s about] what I feel from people in the streets around L.A. That energy shows me how much support [I have]. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a184ce6ee6011c3f4e8ce7c Visa invests in Replit to power agentic payments for developers te 2026-05-28T14:10:46.871Z Visa invests in Replit to power agentic payments for developers Visa said that over 1,000 employees has been using Replit for prototyping and development Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a184cd2ee6011c3f4e8ce73 2 days left: Lock in ticket savings of up to $410 to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 te 2026-05-28T14:10:26.394Z 2 days left: Lock in ticket savings of up to $410 to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Savings of up to $410 on TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 tickets end tomorrow, May 29, 11:59 p.m. PT. Register now to save and join 10,000+ tech leaders on October 13-15 in San Francisco. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a184a9aee6011c3f4e8ce4b Two Sedona mayoral candidates clash at forum te 2026-05-28T14:00:59.031Z Two Sedona mayoral candidates clash at forum Brian Fultz and Henry Silbiger outline to voters their competing priorities Keep Sedona Beautiful hosted a forum on Thursday, May 21, featuring current Sedona Vice Mayor Brian Fultz and political newcomer Henry Silbiger — both of whom are seeking to become the next mayor of Sedona. About 25 resident Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a184a7fee6011c3f4e8ce23 Three wounded in Swiss train station 'bladed weapon' attack, phrase 'Allahu Akbar' allegedly shouted te 2026-05-28T14:00:31.029Z Three wounded in Swiss train station 'bladed weapon' attack, phrase 'Allahu Akbar' allegedly shouted A man suspected of attacking three individuals at a train station in Switzerland on Thursday morning has been arrested, according to Zurich Cantonal Police. "About 30 meters away, I heard a man behind me shout 'Allahu akbar' five or six times, very emotionally and agitatedly," one witness reported recalled to the outlet Blick. "Shortly after 8:30 a.m., a man injured three people with a bladed weapon at Winterthur train station. The suspected perpetrator was arrested by police. He is a 31-year-old Swiss national," Zurich Cantonal Police said. DEADLY SUICIDE BLAST RIPS THROUGH PAKISTAN TRAIN ROUTE, KILLING AT LEAST 23 The three wounded Swiss nationals, ages 28, 43 and 52, were transported to the hospital, according to the release. 2 JEWISH MEN STABBED IN LONDON ATTACK CLASSIFIED AS TERRORISM "The motive for the attack is under investigation," the release added. Zurich Cantonal Police did not provide Fox News Digital with additional information on the incident besides saying a press conference is planned Thursday afternoon about the incident. OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY ROTC CADETS DISARM ISIS SUPPORTER SHOUTING 'ALLAHU AKBAR' DURING SHOOTING: OFFICIALS "Together with the Zurich cantonal police, the Winterthur city police, the SBB transport police, the rescue service of the Winterthur cantonal hospital and Zurich protection & rescue were deployed. More information will follow this afternoon," the press release noted. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a184826ee6011c3f4e8cdaa Bone-chilling preview released for Steven Spielberg's highly anticipated UFO movie 'Disclosure Day' te 2026-05-28T13:50:30.561Z Bone-chilling preview released for Steven Spielberg's highly anticipated UFO movie 'Disclosure Day' The final preview is out for Steven Spielberg's upcoming UFO film "Disclosure Day." Basic info: There has been significant buzz surrounding "Disclosure Day" with Emily Blunt leading the way, and it's not hard to understand why. STEVEN SPIELBERG PUT THE KIBOSH ON ‘E.T.’ SEQUEL BACK WHEN HE 'DIDN'T HAVE ANY RIGHTS' Steven Spielberg has a storied history when it comes to producing stories about UFOs and aliens. We are talking about the man who created "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial." Now, he's bringing moviegoers his latest story in the genre, and this one has a very ominous and different vibe. The final preview for the film was released on Wednesday, and it's very intense. Give it a watch below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. UFO DOCUMENTARY DIRECTOR SAYS US IS AT A 'TURNING POINT' FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL EXPLORATION To tell you how much hype there is for "Disclosure Day," the trailer above has more than 4.3 million views in under 24 hours on YouTube. That's an outrageous amount of attention for a film. That's the effect of Steven Spielberg returning to the well with UFO/alien content. There might not be a person on the planet who does the genre better. Throw in Emily Blunt as the leading star, and all signs point to the film being a monster hit. You can catch "Disclosure Day" in theaters starting June 12. Let me know your thoughts on the preview at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a184145ee6011c3f4e8cc59 Clarence Thomas puts Dems on clock as Alabama GOP emergency map bid stalled te 2026-05-28T13:21:09.506Z Clarence Thomas puts Dems on clock as Alabama GOP emergency map bid stalled Justice Clarence Thomas declined to immediately hand Alabama Republicans a win Wednesday, but ordered their voting rights challengers to quickly defend a court-drawn congressional map that helped Democrats flip a deep-red state House seat. Alabama's Republican Attorney General requested emergency relief, asking the Supreme Court to immediately revive the state's 2023 legislature-drawn congressional map after a lower court blocked it, ruling that the state must continue using a special-master map approved by the courts that created a second Black-opportunity district and helped elect Democratic Rep. Shomari Figures in 2024.  On Wednesday, Justice Thomas, who is assigned to the 11th circuit, declined to immediately restore the 2023 congressional map but also ordered the case's voting rights plaintiffs to provide an explanation by Monday on why that legislature-drawn map should not be used. Thomas's ruling is the latest in a years-long redistricting saga that was given new life following an April Supreme Court ruling that narrowed the interpretation of a provision in the Voting Rights Act used by Democrats in their redistricting fights. Prior to the April ruling, the Supreme Court upheld a challenge to the state’s 2020 census-drawn map and a court-approved special-master map preferred by Democrats was implemented, which reshaped the state's 2nd District and flipped a solidly GOP-held seat that gave Democrats another House seat. CNN COMMENTATOR SNAPS AT KEVIN O'LEARY TO NOT 'BE A D---' DURING HEATED DEBATE OVER SUPREME COURT RULING In its emergency application, Alabama argued an immediate stay was needed because the lower-court ruling "defies Callais, manipulates the Purcell principle, and offends the Constitution’s promise of equal protection for all." Alabama is leaning on the Supreme Court’s recent April ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, which gave Republicans a new weapon against maps from left-wing voting rights activists by making it harder for them to force additional primarily minority districts under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The decision from the Supreme Court ultimately fueled a wave of fresh redistricting efforts in GOP-led states, including Alabama, which used the Supreme Court’s new Louisiana v. Callais ruling to ask the justices to revisit the lower-court orders blocking the 2023 legislature-drawn map. JACKSON PROTESTS AS SUPREME COURT USES LOUISIANA GERRYMANDERING RULING TO INSTRUCT LOWER COURTS In response to the Louisiana case's ruling, the Supreme Court ruled earlier this month on May 11 that the lower court's judgment blocking Alabama's 2023 map should be vacated and sent back for another look. However, on Tuesday, the three-judge federal district court blocked the 2023 map and ordered the court-approved special master map to continue to be used, leading to Alabama's request for emergency relief on Wednesday that was ruled on by Justice Thomas. The timing of Thomas’ order comes as Alabama officials have already tried to prepare for a rapid switch back to the 2023 map.  After the Supreme Court’s earlier May 11 order sent the case back to the lower court, Gov. Kay Ivey called Aug. 11 special primaries for the affected 1st, 2nd, 6th and 7th Congressional Districts, saying the state was ready to move forward with its Alabama legislature-drawn map. Fox News Digital reached out to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall and the American Civil Liberties Union, which is acting as counsel for the left-wing voting rights plaintiffs in the case, but did not receive a response from either parties in time for publication. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a184131ee6011c3f4e8cc4f Aaron Rai shares the unthinkable thing his father was doing during his PGA Championship victory te 2026-05-28T13:20:49.510Z Aaron Rai shares the unthinkable thing his father was doing during his PGA Championship victory Aaron Rai's father was not in attendance at Aronimink Golf Club to see his son hoist the Wanamaker Trophy following his three-shot victory at the PGA Championship. The Englishman's old man not being on site to witness Rai become a major champion isn't necessarily a surprise, but what Mr. Rai was doing during the moment was legitimately mindblowing. During an appearance on Golf Channel's "5 Club" program, Rai shared that shortly after earning the life-changing victory, he picked up the phone and called his dad. However, his father didn't pick up, and not because he was out running in the streets celebrating his son's win, but because he was asleep. "He was actually asleep," Rai said with a laugh. "He's got a camper van, and he loves being out in that and traveling around the UK in his camper van. And then the time difference, he'd actually fallen asleep for probably the last hour, hour and a half of that round." ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! With the PGA Championship taking place just outside of Philadelphia, the time change was a very real thing with London being five hours ahead. Nevertheless, falling asleep while your son is coming down the stretch to win his first major title is almost impressive. PGA TOUR EVENT AT TRUMP DORAL GETS HUGE BOOST WITH NEW SPOT ON RESTRUCTURED 2027 SCHEDULE Not many family members, let alone fathers, of a golfer would be able to calm the nerves and slow down the heart rate enough to catch some z's in a moment like that. Rai set off fireworks over the course of his final few holes at Aronimink while his dad was sleeping, most notably a 70-foot putt for birdie on the Par 3 17th hole. Rai has been on the record countless times about how much his parents have meant to him throughout his entire golf journey, specifically the sacrifices they made during his junior playing days before he ultimately turned professional in 2012. While his old man didn't pick up when he called after securing his PGA Championship victory, Rai explained that he did leave a voicemail for him to wake up to, expressing his thanks for all he has done for him over the years. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18411dee6011c3f4e8cc46 Daniel Jones, girlfriend Nicole Elattrache are the newest NFL power couple, pitcher pukes, plus a Ueck mural te 2026-05-28T13:20:29.517Z Daniel Jones, girlfriend Nicole Elattrache are the newest NFL power couple, pitcher pukes, plus a Ueck mural The sun is out, the weather guys say an Omega block trough has set up shop over where I live in NW Ohio and Thursday Screencaps is off and running with news that Colts quarterback Daniel Jones has himself a girlfriend and she's not the shy type. News broke Wednesday night that "Danny Dimes" is dating former Duke volleyball player Nicole ElAttrache. If that last name rings a bell, it's because her father is Dr. Neal ElAttrache, the team physician for the Rams and Dodgers. He's also the doctor who repaired Aaron Rodgers' Achilles in 2023. Online, Jones is being hailed as a "genius" for not only finding love, but for also elbowing his way into having a personal surgeon, if needed*. Is Dr. Neal going to pass up working on Nicole's boyfriend to get Geno Smith, or some other QB of that caliber, back on the field? No chance. Imagine Thanksgiving at the ElAttrache house if Dimes is sitting there in shambles while Geno is just out of surgery. Things are so serious between the NFL's newest power couple –– Jones signed a two-year, $88 million contract this offseason that guarantees him $60 million and possibly up to $100M –– that Nicole even dropped a public "I love you" on Instagram to celebrate "Danny Dimes'" 29th birthday on Wednesday. MALLORY EDENS SIZZLES ON THE BEACH WHILE EX AARON RODGERS EYES A RETURN, X-FILES' HANTAVIRUS WARNING & ALIENS! Folks, we have ourselves a new NFL power couple. Moving along...this message goes out to the Millennials who have a Costco Executive membership and are about to get sucked into the Olipop world. DON'T DO IT. The cans are going to claim to taste like root beer and other flavors that sound amazing. Your brain will start to think these would make for great patio drinks this summer. "Absolutely horrible," Mrs. Screencaps told me this morning. "It was sadness in a can." NEW YORK MAGAZINE WRITER WANTS TO BRING BACK SMOKING FOR VERY NIHILISTIC REASONS She's not lying. Honestly, I have no idea how Olipop is in business. There isn't a single person on this planet who, with a straight face, can tell me that crap is enjoyable. READ Sara's email here: Paige Spiranac dials in her golf game with a mesmerizing speed iron drill, buy Rousey's UFC gear & MEAT! – Brad S. says: Sara 'stick-up-her-butt' sounds like the typical purple-haired liberal woman. She probably found 'Caps doing oppo research on the FoxNews website for Mother Jones or some Chi-Com NGO she works for.Ignore the haters, especially Sara 'SUHB'! You know you're over the target when you're getting the most flak.Keep the pedal to the metal and keep"America's best daily column" cruising at warp speed! – Pete in Golden, Colorado writes: Clearly, Sara doesn't understand the wide-ranging influence of Screencaps. On a personal level... 1) I am just an average guy from Wisconsin who happens to currently live in Colorado...Screencaps is entertaining and informative, and an essential part of my morning ritual. There is no other daily website that I follow as closely as Screencaps. I don't miss a single day! 2) I am constantly amazed that you not only read the emails that I send to you, but that many of them get published. Your connection to your readers is unmatched because you are responsive, credible, and relatable. In a world where a person can't reach customer service for any issue with any company, Screencaps is a lone bright spot. I am deeply impressed that a site as expansive as Outkick/Screencaps/Fox News has a personal connection with its readers and even publishes things that I send in. And like the outlaw News Carver of Butch Casidy/Sundance Kid (The Wild Bunch) fame, I love to see my name in the newspapers! 3) A real sign of your influence is that I don't even have a lawn and I still mow (re: hack down the weeds) on Thursdays. The soil here is too poor, the elevation is too high, the climate is too arid, and there is not enough natural rain to grow a lawn suitable for a Thursday Night Mowing League call-out. Nevertheless, I keep a suitable fire break around the house so I need to mow some grass but mostly weeds and it makes perfect sense to do it on Thursdays. I must agree...Sara is "clueless to the powers of Screencaps" and clearly doesn't understand the Screencaps audience or purpose. Keep up the great work and I look forward to seeing Screencaps on the iPad tomorrow morning. 📩 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 – Rob in Florida defends my honor: A quick shout out to Sara, glad to see she has found the column. Years ago my friends and I started a cigar club. We would meet on Thursday nights ( we wouldn’t mow, but we would mow down some great cigars) and sit around a pool and discuss life. The conversations generally stuck to three things, women, sports and cars. We only had a couple of rules. This is where I get to Sara. Sara, you, and women like you, are the reason that we did not allow women at our meetings. You, and women like you, ruin everything, you just do. Joe has many female readers of this column, I’m not sure if any of them have written in to voice their displeasure about the content, maybe they have, I just don’t remember. Congrats, you may be the official first, a badge of honor in your circle I’m sure. Here is a suggestion, don’t click on the link. See, wasn’t that easy? But here’s the thing, you won’t take that advice, you’ll continue to click on the link, continue to complain and continue to be offended. You’ll continue to e-mail your displeasure about the content, you’ll continue to go out of your way to be offended. You know what? I’m here for it, please, keep clicking and being offended, I insist. Sara, you didn’t graduate from Notre Dame did you? Because, if you did, I have some thoughts…… – Dan from AZ gets it: Haven’t written in a while. I got quite a good laugh reading that email that new reader Sara sent you. "Not a REAL journalist" hahaha. That’s gotta be the best compliment you’ve received all year right?!? You must be rolling at some of the emails you’ve been getting since the merger. Lot of confused people out there who haven’t been exposed to our wonderful little part of the internet that YOU created. Keep doing what you're doing (obviously you will) and tell the haters to pound sand or go read MSNBC if they want to torture themselves. Quick report from the Valley of the Sun. The side-by-side has been parked in the garage for summer after getting some good rides in during the beautiful spring months. Below are a couple pics, including an old timey western ghost town that we rode to for lunch. Place was straight out of a John Wayne movie, minus all the people taking selfies with their phones. Now it’s full on pool season with temps in the 90s here. Time to enjoy those pool days in the backyard. Thanks as always for brightening our day Joe. – Harvey D. in the 419 says:   I bet Sara has a cat or 10. – Jim T. in San Diego has my back: Sara reminds me of the retired high school English teachers who would mail me copies of the opinion page I was editor of, with typos and punctuation errors all marked up in red ink like I was in their class. One of these teachers actually submitted a commentary for consideration at one point, and It was so horribly written I was tempted to mark IT up and mail it back - but my managing editor took it away from me, wisely not trusting me. What Sara misses is that you're a COLUMNIST. A cross between a humor columnist and a three-dot columnist. SC is a hybrid, like if Dave Barry and Mike Royko had a baby. Or, because you're from Dayton, D.L. Stewart and Bob Batz. (For your non-J School readers, a "three-dot" column is a column that covers a handful of different topics, with only a paragraph or two devoted to each item, with the items separated by an ellipses - ". . ." Herb Caen from San Francisco and Mike Royko from Chicago were two of the best known, along with Meyer Berger from New York. Max Miller in San Diego was one of the first, and a collection of his columns he published in book form - "I Cover the Waterfront" - was even turned into a decent flick, so Hollywood may yet be in your future, Joe!) Even the legendary sports columnists wrote about themselves all the time! Each summer, the great Red Smith from New York went on an extended fishing trip with Si Burick from the Dayton Daily News and Jack Murphy of the San Diego Union. Upon their return, each of them wrote a column or two about the trip - about themselves! That was a tradition the late Bryce Miller, whom we lost far too young last year, continued at the San Diego Union-Tribune, writing about his annual fishing trip with his buddies. As for the great humor columnists - Erma Bombeck from our hometown of Dayton - Lewis Grizzard, Dave Barry, etc., - ALL wrote / write about themselves! It's WHY they - and ScreenCaps - were/are so populars: They touched a chord in readers' own lives. Most of us in SC Nation have coached our kids, have helped a spouse tackle the yard and garden, have had road trips with our kids or parents. Don't you dare change a thing about ScreenCaps! – Guy G. in western NY, who has been with me for years, emails: Sara is the worst. Same with a lot of the comments now available. You people know that you don’t have to click the article, right?! Much like how to avoid being ‘cyber bullied’…log off once in a while.She probably makes her husband mow on Saturdays, right when the neighbors fire up the grill. – Kevin in Toboso has my back: Joe here is why I love this column and sarah doesn't get it. I asked two years ago for some help with boat flooring. Screencap readers delivered and I am now on the water catching fish. I probably will never meet any of the folks who told me to call them and gave me good ideas and advice. That's what makes it a great community. Sarah will never understand and probably still loves Bud Light. – Cocks fan Mark W. in Tennessee suggests: Nashville got a Super Bowl for 2030. If you are doing any coverage, know that you will always have a place to stay. We are outside of Nashville (about 35 miles west), so there is a commute. But we will feed you well and have some good local adult beverages. ELIZABETH HURLEY TRADES IN BIKINIS FOR DENIM AS HER TENNESSEE FARMING CAREER TAKES OFF, VINTAGE ANDRE & MEAT Kinsey: We've all seen Mark's new grass at his new house. It's a massive spread with plenty of room to land a helicopter. Now, which one of you owns a helicopter with service into downtown Nashville? Guys, I need you to stop falling for these headlines. The classic locations have been around for years. Classic locations aren't new. It's just that Pizza Hut headquarters stopped any promotion of Classics until the Internet deemed them cool and showed a serious interest in visiting these existing locations. What is new is that Pizza Hut's Yum Brand executives finally figured out that these locations are worth marketing and that there is a deep desire for society to feel a connection to experiences that are dying out. If McDonald's brought back Playlands, you'd have grown Disney dork couples flocking to Playland locations. That's why I have BEGGED Wendy's to bring back ONE Superbar location and place it in Tipp City, Ohio. On the west side of I-75. That would be about seven miles from the Crossroads of America where I-70 and I-75 meet. But, Wendy's has chosen its path and it's sad. BACKSEAT GRILLMEISTERS ARE THE ABSOLUTE WORST AND OTHER PETTY COMPLAINTS ABOUT BBQING ###################### That is it this morning on a massive edition. We're talking nearly 2,300 words as you guys unloaded on Sara. Don't forget, it's the last Thursday of May. It's TNML time. Get it in. End the month on a high note and get the spread dialed in for the weekend. I'm off to a Zoom meeting. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a183f03ee6011c3f4e8cbc8 Grammy winner Lauren Daigle says a label exec asked why she had 'to be Christian' despite 'superstar' status te 2026-05-28T13:11:31.599Z Grammy winner Lauren Daigle says a label exec asked why she had 'to be Christian' despite 'superstar' status Christian singer Lauren Daigle remembers the moment that a mainstream executive questioned her commitment to her faith like it was yesterday. During an interview with Fox News Digital at the 13th Annual K-LOVE Fan Awards, Daigle opened up about the time a label head approached her in New York City and asked, "You're a superstar. Why do you have to be Christian?" "It was this moment of me laughing so hard because I knew what she was trying to say," she said. "Like, we could really do something with this if you weren't Christian. And, but I love the fact that I get to share this message." Daigle and Sadie Robertson Huff co-hosted the 13th Annual K-LOVE Fan Awards live at the OPRY House on May 24. The awards show is set to be broadcast on May 29 at 7:30 pm ET on Trinity Broadcasting. Diagle shared that she's felt pressure from both sides as she navigates her music career. CHRISTIAN SINGER SAYS SUPER BOWL PERFORMANCE IS 'VINDICATION' AFTER BEING CANCELED BY NEW ORLEANS MAYOR "I feel like pressure can exist both ways. Like, are you staying Christian enough for the Christians? Are you cool enough for mainstream world, you know? All of the pressures can be spinning. But I think if you stay authentic, those pressures get a lot smaller," she began. Diagle continued, "They decrease in intensity, and that's what I actually delight in. And then you get the right people around you. If you get right people around you, then you'll steady the course." Daigle first gained major attention after releasing her debut album, "How Can It Be," in 2015. The album reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Christian Albums chart and featured hit songs such as "Trust in You," "First," and "O’Lord." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER Her breakthrough into mainstream popularity came with her 2018 album "Look Up Child." The album included her biggest hit, "You Say," which became one of the most successful Christian songs of all time and crossed over onto the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The album earned her two Grammy Awards, including Best Contemporary Christian Music Album. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Daigle and "Duck Dynasty" star Sadie Robertson Huff hosted the 13th Annual K-LOVE Fan Awards on May 24, with the show airing on May 29 at 7:30 p.m. ET on Trinity Broadcasting Network. Speaking to Fox News Digital, Robertson Huff explained that this award show feels more like a worship service than the typical ceremony. "Gosh, I've said this before and I'll say it again, like I remember the first time I was at an award show seeing Lauren worship just in the crowd and being so inspired by that and then getting to know all of these people in a personal way," she began. "It doesn't feel like anybody's striving. It doesn't even feel like you're here to perform or just celebrate, be together, worship together. And that's really rare, you know? That's really weird in an award show, but I really feel that here, and that's very exciting," Robertson Huff concluded. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a183eebee6011c3f4e8cb92 Has the hunt for AI compute uncovered the next Cerebras? te 2026-05-28T13:11:07.585Z Has the hunt for AI compute uncovered the next Cerebras? General Compute is betting SambaNova will be the next breakout chipmaker. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a183ed4ee6011c3f4e8cb7e “Do we take care of one another?”: “Donde Termina el Verano” explores friendship and the borderlands te 2026-05-28T13:10:44.553Z “Do we take care of one another?”: “Donde Termina el Verano” explores friendship and the borderlands Elma Correa believes literature begins with a persistent question about women’s experience in a world that, at times, seems to reject their existence. From that seed, her book “Donde Termina el Verano” explores relationships between women, how they face hostility, and whether, in the process, they manage to weave networks of care and community. “I’m interested in women’s experience in a world that seems to hate us all the time, that seems not to like that we exist,” Correa says in Spanish. “I’m interested in exploring the relationships we have among ourselves.” One afternoon in April, the writer from Mexicali speaks at a panel about her award-winning novel, recipient of the 2026 Premio Biblioteca Breve. She spoke to an audience of more than 200 people at the Feria Internacional del Libro of the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California The literary award recognizes unpublished novels in Spanish and seeks to support emerging authors. Throughout its history, it has become a key platform for contemporary Spanish-language literature and a cultural bridge between Spain and Latin America. “Donde termina el verano” explores relationships between women, the ways they confront constant hostility, and whether, in the midst of it, they are able to build networks of care and support. Credit: Monserrat Gaytán Correa’s book explores friendship, guilt and pain along the border between México and the United States, where the childhood of two girls is marked forever. “It’s a story I love. It’s a story that runs through me,” Correa says, with a smile that reveals two dimples on her tan face. Her abundant hair contrasts with her small, incisive, and bright eyes. She then clarifies: “It’s not my life. Nothing I write has to do with me directly.” Correa lets out a sharp laugh before speaking frankly about her stories: “I’m a professional liar. It’s one of my favorite activities: to trick and deceive.” She insists that the themes in her writing matter deeply to her: “The things I’m most interested in in the world are women, girls, my friends.” “Donde termina el verano” explores relationships between women, the ways they confront constant hostility, and whether, in the midst of it, they are able to build networks of care and support. Credit: Monserrat Gaytán Correa strings together her thoughts with the force of a machine gun: “Do we really weave networks and build community and take care of each other? Or not? When does that happen?  How does it happen? Why does it happen? And why is it so great when it does? And when it doesn’t happen, why doesn’t it happen? Why is it so tragic and terrible when it doesn’t happen?” Then, without breaking the thread, she adds: “That’s what interests me. It torments me. It haunts me and obsesses me. Many of my short stories before this novel were about that, and now this novel simply extends it and expands it through the form of the novel.” Correa spoke with Arizona Luminaria and says the most important thing about “Donde Termina el Verano” is the novel itself.  The author has no reservations about speaking about her life, as she considers herself “very talkative,” though she wants readers to understand her novel is not autobiographical. Correa falls silent, as if arranging her thoughts, then says, “I think there are many things wrong in the world and there are structures that prevent all of us who are not white heterosexual men from moving forward even a square in the monopoly of life.” “I believe that women and dissidents and racialized people, and in border/transborder contexts, migrants — all of us who fall into those categories — have historically been subordinated. All of that is always part of my discourse because I truly believe it.” Irene Neri sits in the front row during Elma Correa’s panel at the UABC International Book Fair on April 19, during the presentation of the book “Donde termina el verano.” Credit: Monserrat Gaytán Correa is fascinated by the fact that the setting of her novel is the Alamitos neighborhood, the place where she grew up, a working-class, dusty neighborhood on the outskirts of Mexicali. “Pure ‘ABC Barrio Cadáver,’ that’s my zip code,” she says with a laugh, referring to the cultural slang of neighborhood cholos. She recalls the graffiti with those phrases on the walls of her childhood. “I love that Alamitos has reached so far, I never would have imagined it, but I also find it beautiful that people are now reading about that neighborhood in Spain or Argentina, or even in other parts of México,” she says. The novel unfolds in that neighborhood of workers and farm laborers who cross the border every day for jobs and return with money to pay their bills. It is a place of hunger, where Romani families, American preachers and volunteer nurses coexist as they try to help their communities. The story follows Aimé, but also Elisa, her best friend. Two 12-year-old girls growing up. “It’s a novel that talks about friendship between girls, about how we face this terrible world we’ve been given, and it talks about the North, it talks about the border,” Correa says. The novel, she says, carries an “interwoven soundtrack” of corridos by men, those of “old potbellied men who used to go out to drink beer in the neighborhood.” The music she heard as a child. “I hated it, because I thought I was very special, I thought I had to have been born in London or Barcelona,” she recalls with a laugh. “But when I grew up and matured and understood, now no one can make me stop listening to those corridos belonging to Mr. Potbelly.” With a blend of conviction and lightness, she says: “I think it’s a story that, if people give themselves the chance to read it, resonates beyond being a purely local story, because it speaks to human things about how we relate to each other or react to certain things.” She says that “at some point” the book will be translated into English. And she adds, laughing: “Also, it’s a novel that has kittens.” Why kittens? “Well, you’ll have to read it — if I tell you, it’s a big spoiler.” The post “Do we take care of one another?”: “Donde Termina el Verano” explores friendship and the borderlands appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a183ec0ee6011c3f4e8cb75 “Nos cuidamos las unas a las otras?”: “Donde Termina el Verano” explora la amistad y la frontera te 2026-05-28T13:10:24.305Z “Nos cuidamos las unas a las otras?”: “Donde Termina el Verano” explora la amistad y la frontera Elma Correa cree que la literatura parte de una pregunta persistente sobre la experiencia de las mujeres en un mundo que, a veces, parece rechazar su existencia. A partir de esa idea, su libro “Donde Termina el Verano” explora las relaciones entre mujeres, cómo enfrentan la hostilidad y si, en el proceso, logran tejer redes de cuidado y comunidad. “Me interesa la experiencia de las mujeres en un mundo que parece que nos odia todo el tiempo, que parece que no le gusta que existamos”, dice Correa. “Me interesa explorar las relaciones que tenemos entre nosotras”. Una tarde de abril, la escritora originaria de Mexicali habla en un panel sobre su obra ganadora del Premio Biblioteca Breve 2026. Habló ante una audiencia de más de 200 personas en la Feria Internacional del Libro de la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. El premio literario reconoce novelas inéditas en español y busca apoyar a autores emergentes. A lo largo de su historia, se ha convertido en una plataforma clave para la literatura contemporánea en español y en un puente cultural entre España y América Latina. “Donde termina el verano” explora las relaciones entre mujeres, la manera en que enfrentan una hostilidad constante y si, en medio de ello, logran construir redes de cuidado y acompañamiento. Credit: Monserrat Gaytán El libro de Correa explora la amistad, la culpa y el dolor a lo largo de la frontera entre México y Estados Unidos, donde la infancia de dos niñas queda marcada para siempre. “Es una historia que me encanta. Es una historia que me atraviesa”, dice Correa, con una sonrisa que revela dos hoyuelos en su rostro canela. Su abundante cabellera contrasta con unos ojos pequeños, incisivos y brillantes. Luego, aclara: “No es mi vida. Nada de lo que escribo tiene que ver conmigo directamente”. Correa suelta una carcajada aguda antes de hablar con franqueza sobre sus historias: “Soy una mentirosa profesional. Es una de mis actividades favoritas: engañar y mentir”. Ella insiste en que los temas de su escritura le importan profundamente: “Las cosas que más me interesan en el mundo son las mujeres, las morras, mis amigas”. “Donde termina el verano” explora las relaciones entre mujeres, la manera en que enfrentan una hostilidad constante y si, en medio de ello, logran construir redes de cuidado y acompañamiento. Credit: Monserrat Gaytán Correa encadena sus pensamientos con la fuerza de una ametralladora: “¿Realmente tejemos redes y hacemos comunidad y nos cuidamos las unas a las otras? ¿O no?  ¿Cuándo sucede eso, cómo es que sucede y por qué sucede?  ¿Y por qué es tan genial que suceda?  Y cuando no ocurre, ¿por qué no ocurre?  ¿Por qué es tan trágico y tremendo que no ocurra?”. Luego, sin soltar ese hilo, añade: “Eso es lo que me interesa. Me atormenta. Me persigue y me obsesiona. Muchos de mis cuentos antes de esta novela trataban sobre eso, y ahora esta novela simplemente lo extiende y lo desborda a través de la forma de la novela”. Correa habló con Arizona Luminaria y dice que lo más importante de “Donde Termina el Verano” es la novela misma. La autora no tiene reservas al hablar de su vida, pues se considera “muy hablantina”, aunque quiere que los lectores entiendan que su novela  no es autobiográfica. Correa guarda silencio, como si ordenara sus pensamientos, luego, dice: “Creo que en el mundo hay muchas cosas mal y existen unas estructuras que impiden que todos los que no somos un hombre blanco heterosexual avancemos alguna casilla en el monopolio de la vida.  “Creo que las mujeres y las disidencias y las personas racializadas y en los contextos fronterizos/transfronterizos, los migrantes, todos los que entramos en esas categorías hemos sido históricamente subordinados. Todo eso forma parte de mi discurso siempre porque lo creo de verdad”. Irene Neri, sentada en primera fila durante el panel de Elma Correa en la Feria Internacional del Libro de la UABC el 19 de abril, durante la presentación del libro “Donde termina el verano”. Credit: Monserrat Gaytán Correa está fascinada con el hecho de que el escenario de su novela sea la colonia Alamitos, el lugar donde creció, un barrio obrero y polvoriento en las afueras de Mexicali. “Puro ‘ABC Barrio Cadáver’, ese es mi código postal”, dice entre risas, refiriéndose al argot cultural de los cholos del barrio. Recuerda los grafitis con esas leyendas en las bardas de su infancia. “Me encanta que la Alamitos haya llegado tan lejos, nunca me lo hubiera imaginado, pero me parece precioso también que ahora estén leyendo sobre esa colonia en España o Argentina, o incluso en otros lugares de México”, dice.  La novela se desarrolla en ese barrio de obreros y jornaleros que cruzan la frontera todos los días para trabajar y regresan con dinero para pagar sus cuentas. Es un lugar de hambre, donde conviven familias romaníes, predicadores estadounidenses y enfermeras voluntarias que intentan ayudar a sus comunidades. La historia sigue a Aimé, pero también a Elisa, su mejor amiga. Dos niñas de 12 años creciendo. “Es una novela que habla de la amistad entre morras, habla de cómo las morras enfrentamos este mundo terrible que nos ha tocado vivir, y habla del norte, habla de la frontera”, dice Correa.  La novela, dice, lleva una “soundtrack entretejido” de corridos de hombres, esos de “viejos panzones que salían a tomar cerveza en el barrio”. La música que escuchaba de niña. “La detestaba, porque yo me creía muy especial, pensaba que tenía que haber nacido en Londres o en Barcelona”, recuerda entre risas. “Pero cuando crecí y maduré y comprendí, ya no hay quien me haga dejar de escuchar esos corridos de señor panzón”. Con una mezcla de convicción y ligereza, dice: “Creo que es una historia que, si se dan la oportunidad de leerla, les resonará más allá de una historia totalmente local, porque habla de cosas humanas que tienen que ver con cómo las personas nos relacionamos o cómo reaccionamos ante ciertas cosas”.  Dice que “en algún momento” la novela se traducirá al inglés. Y agrega, riendo: “Además, es una novela que tiene gatitos”. ¿Por qué gatitos? “Pues tienen que leerla; si te digo sería un super ‘spoiler’”.  The post “Nos cuidamos las unas a las otras?”: “Donde Termina el Verano” explora la amistad y la frontera appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a183c71ee6011c3f4e8cb2d Anti-ICE agitators throw wooden pallets, mattresses at federal agents during chaotic NJ detention center clash te 2026-05-28T13:00:33.593Z Anti-ICE agitators throw wooden pallets, mattresses at federal agents during chaotic NJ detention center clash Demonstrations outside Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, New Jersey, turned violent Wednesday night when keffiyeh-clad agitators clashed with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, hurling objects across a barrier as tensions continued to escalate. The agitators, engaging in the fifth night of demonstrations against allegedly poor conditions for illegal aliens held at the detention center, wielded mattresses and large traffic cones as makeshift shields. Video obtained by Fox News Digital shows agitators shouting "kill yourself, bro!" and "how do you live with yourself?" while tossing mattresses and other objects at agents. The ICE agents deployed batons, pepper spray and threw objects back, in one instance tossing a wooden pallet at an agitator after yanking it away, according to video from the scene. PROTESTERS CLASH WITH ICE AS NJ DETENTION FACILITY DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE ICE agents also deployed pepper balls against the crowds, according to journalist Oliya Scootercaster. The agitators used cement blocks and sandbags to reinforce their line, videos and pictures obtained by Fox News Digital showed. Crowds also blocked the surrounding street, a busy industrial corridor, and prevented trucks from moving through, social media video shows. One truck driver got out of his car and castigated the agitators. "Come on! What's wrong with y'all?" the driver yelled, according to video posted by Scootercaster. BLUE STATE GOP LEADER REVEALS WHO IS BENEFITING AFTER DEMS CLASH WITH ICE The Wednesday night clashes follow similar confrontations Tuesday night that saw ICE agents beat back agitators with batons and deploy chemicals. ICE agents reacted after agitators attempted to stop vehicles from leaving the facility. Authorities made two arrests stemming from the incident after agitators sprayed unknown substances on law enforcement agents. "ICE law enforcement officers were assaulted by anti-ICE rioters who sprayed law enforcement with an unknown chemical substance," DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin wrote in a post on X. Demonstrations have been ongoing for days after detainees in the facility wrote an open letter claiming they were not being fed, not receiving proper medical care and not being allowed to speak to their families. SOMETHING TO HIDE? ICE UNDER FIRE FOR SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS AT FOR-PROFIT DETENTION CENTER "We are being tortured physically and psychologically due to the poor food resources provided in these detention centers," the letter read. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) refuted these claims in a statement. "The facts are all detainees are provided with 3 meals a day, clean water, clothing, bedding, showers, soap, and toiletries. Illegal aliens also have access to phones to communicate with their family members and lawyers," the agency said in a statement. Protests picked up steam when prominent New Jersey lawmakers showed up on Memorial Day. Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., and Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill visited Monday and attempted to enter the facility. WHITE HOUSE BLASTS DEMS ‘CROSSING THE LINE’ BY STORMING ICE FACILITY Kim was granted access to conduct congressional oversight, though Sherrill was not. Kim detailed his entry into the facility in a series of X posts, calling the conditions "unacceptable" and citing a carton of milk he saw that was set to expire the next day. Mullin responded on X. "It’s unfortunate that Senator Andy Kim (who I’ve had a good relationship with) is spreading this FALSE narrative and adding fuel to the fire for no other reason than political theater. This isn’t a Holiday Inn. Illegal aliens are at this detention facility because they broke our nation’s laws," Mullin wrote. Mullin also criticized the state's leadership during a Thursday morning appearance on Fox & Friends for not supporting federal efforts with local law enforcement. "We called local police, we called state police multiple times. Listen, I know the law enforcement there would love to respond, but because of Governor Sherrill's behavior what the governor is doing, she's not allowing public officers and state officers to respond," Mullin said. He also said a continued lack of cooperation could lead to a slowdown at local airports. "If they're not allowing it then we gotta prioritize federal police officers and that may affect international flights coming in and out of their airport. Because I'm gonna have to pull Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers out of being able to process international flights and put them helping our ICE agents," Mullin said. Fox News Digital contacted DHS and ICE for additional comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a183a2aee6011c3f4e8cab1 Betting outlook: Thunder visit Spurs with a chance to punch their ticket to NBA Finals te 2026-05-28T12:50:50.305Z Betting outlook: Thunder visit Spurs with a chance to punch their ticket to NBA Finals The NBA Playoffs have been relatively drama-free in both conferences. We did have some great battles in the first round, but the second round was fairly lackluster. Now the New York Knicks have already found their way into the NBA Finals for the first time in decades. Their opponent is still to be decided as the Oklahoma City Thunder are a game away, and the San Antonio Spurs need to win the remaining two. The Thunder continue to be the team everyone loves to hate. It happens with most champions or dynasties, but this isn’t a dynasty. The Thunder have won one championship and have all the pieces and picks they need to be successful for the next few years. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has won back-to-back MVP awards. But, it is too early to call this a dynasty. This team is not liked because they play a brand of basketball that people just don’t seem to like. I suppose there is some reason to understand it. Gilgeous-Alexander does fall down a lot. He does look for fouls to be called. He doesn’t have a ton of flash, and sure, he probably wears what most would consider weird clothes to the game. But what I find most funny is that people complain about the amount of threes players take. Gilgeous-Alexander is one of the few mid-range guys in the league, and people hate his game. Sometimes you can’t win – especially with those who just watch a couple of clips on X to form their opinion. The Spurs are definitely the people’s team right now. The reality is that everyone will get sick of them, too. It really isn’t a question of if they will win championships; it is how soon it will happen and how many they will get. The Spurs have all the talent they need and just need the team to mature a little. Stephon Castle, who is a very solid defender, has been a bit of a walking turnover. Dylan Harper has to improve his scoring. These are things that should improve as they get older. 2026 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS ODDS, BEST BETS, SERIES SPREAD: SAN ANTONIO SPURS VS OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER Victor Wembanyama has been great in the series and will continue to be great. He is a walking defensive problem. However, if his outside shot doesn’t fall, he is at least a little easier to deal with. The same can be said about pretty much any player. However, with Wemby, if his outside shot is falling, he is impossible to guard. This feels like a series that will go seven games, especially considering the ratings the games have pulled in. The Thunder won Game 3 on the road, and I thought that would be one if the Spurs got a favorable whistle. I still think they will get one here after some worse things happened in Game 5. The Spurs didn’t get a challenge request – but I feel like you’re supposed to call a timeout first to challenge, so maybe it shouldn’t have been granted. There was a goaltending call that was missed, and the typical flopping situations that people sometimes correctly point out. The only bad thing is that it looked like Wemby told his teammates to go foul Thunder players hard when he was subbed out with a few minutes to go, so the league may ignore any of the "balancing" of calls in this one. This game should come down to which team hits more threes. Most of these games have been high scoring, though, and I expect a lot of free throws, which means more stopped clocks. Give me the over 218.5. 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/6a183a16ee6011c3f4e8caa8 Rays pitcher vomits on the mound few pitches into team debut te 2026-05-28T12:50:30.396Z Rays pitcher vomits on the mound few pitches into team debut Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Jonathan Heasley appeared to be dealing with nerves in more ways than one when he made his team debut against the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night. Heasley produced one of the most shocking moments of the 2026 season. He vomited on the mound three pitches into his outing. It was a tough scene to watch, but probably not the worst of it. He continued through the rest of the game but the Orioles hit him hard. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Baltimore jumped on him for five runs on eight hits in four innings, completing a series sweep 11-2. It was Heasley’s first appearance in the big leagues since May 2024 when he was with the Orioles. He was called up from Triple-A hours before first pitch. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "Obviously would love to see a little bit better results out there, but at the end of the day, I think just kind of putting things in perspective and kind of remembering what it took to get here and just how much it means to get back out there," he told reporters after the game, via MLB.com. "For me there’s definitely some reward in that." Rays starter Steven Matz also felt the full force of the Orioles’ offense. Baltimore tagged him for six runs on seven hits in only three innings of work. Gunnar Henderson hit two home runs in the game, driving in three. Blaze Alexander also had a home run. Baltimore improved to 26-30 on the season. Tampa Bay fell to 34-19. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a18356cee6011c3f4e8c9b5 Dem rep denies that Graham Platner's tattoo is 'disqualifying,' says candidate 'took responsibility for it' te 2026-05-28T12:30:36.639Z Dem rep denies that Graham Platner's tattoo is 'disqualifying,' says candidate 'took responsibility for it' Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., remarked that he didn't think Maine candidate Graham Platner's Nazi-linked tattoo was "disqualifying" in contrast to what his fellow Massachusetts Rep. Jake Auchincloss said just days prior. "Look, Graham [Platner] clearly made a mistake and I've been on CNN saying that what I appreciated about him is he owned that mistake," Moulton said on "CNN News Central" on Wednesday. "He took responsibility for it and I don’t think that that’s disqualifying." He continued, "You know what is disqualifying is having a senator in Maine who just does Donald Trump‘s bidding. That‘s not in the interests of the United States of America. That‘s not in the interest of Maine voters. Maine voters will have to make this decision, not politicians from Massachusetts. But I think the single disqualifying person in this race is Susan Collins. And given the energy behind her campaign, it sounds like a lot of Mainers agree with that assessment." DEMOCRATIC MAINE SENATE CANDIDATE GRAHAM PLATNER CONFRONTED BY MS NOW HOST ABOUT TATTOO CONTROVERSY Moulton was responding to Auchincloss' comments made on the same CNN show on Monday where he remarked that he found Platner's tattoo and past controversial statements to be "personally disqualifying." "I find that tattoo and his commentary about it to be personally disqualifying. I hope Maine voters agree with me," Auchincloss said. He continued, "I think it would be a mistake for the Democratic Party to think that Graham Platner’s brand of the Democratic Party is what wins us durable majorities throughout this country." Fox News Digital reached out to both Moulton and Auchincloss' offices for comment. Moulton himself has yet to endorse Platner. TIME MAGAZINE COVER ON GRAHAM PLATNER RAISES EYEBROWS ONLINE Platner, the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee in the battleground Senate race, has faced months of scrutiny over the controversial chest tattoo that he had for most of his adult life. In addition, he has also come under fire for old Reddit posts in which he made offensive statements towards women and military officers for nearly a decade. Though Auchincloss was one of the few Democratic lawmakers who have publicly come out against Platner, he later softened his stance in a statement Tuesday, clarifying that he did not support Platner's presumptive opponent, Republican Sen. Susan Collins. "Susan Collins is a rubber stamp for the worst admin in history. Claims that I would endorse her, implicitly or otherwise, ignore my track record supporting Democrats to take back both chambers," Auchincloss wrote on social media Tuesday. "As I said months ago, I find Platner's Nazi tattoo and his commentary about it personally disqualifying. If it were me, I'd vote for someone else in the Maine Democratic primary." MICHIGAN DEM REP DECLINES TO SUPPORT PLATNER AFTER RESURFACED RAPE COMMENTS "Regardless of what happens in Maine, Democrats need to take back the Senate, and I'll keep working hard to make it happen," he added.  Auchincloss received backlash from both the left and the right regarding this shift. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a183101ee6011c3f4e8c8a4 Construction workers clearing old bombs unexpectedly find 'important' ancient sanctuary te 2026-05-28T12:11:45.195Z Construction workers clearing old bombs unexpectedly find 'important' ancient sanctuary Construction crews working on a highway in Italy unexpectedly uncovered the remains of an ancient sanctuary — sparking an archaeological investigation. The discovery was announced by the Italian Superintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape in a May 19 press release. The sanctuary was found in Ponso, a town some 45 miles southwest of Venice. ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNEARTH STRANGE HEAD DEPICTING ROMAN GOD BENEATH CATHOLIC BASILICA Construction workers from Veneto Strade S.p.A. were building a new road from Borgo Veneto to Carceri when they uncovered the site, which dates back to the fifth century B.C. The workers were carrying out wartime ordnance clearance operations when the first artifacts were discovered. Eventually, archaeologists uncovered large rectangular foundation structures believed to be temples, including one that appears to have been surrounded by a row of columns. Though some inscriptions were in Latin, many more were written in Venetic script — an ancient language used by the Veneti people of northeastern Italy before Roman rule. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Many of the inscribed stones "appear to have been reused in a paved flooring structure whose function is still uncertain, while some remain in their original position," officials said in a translated statement. "The paving appears to have been constructed during the 1st century A.D., according to evidence currently under study," the release noted. "As excavations continued, new large rectangular foundation structures identifiable as temples emerged, one of which displays characteristics of a peripteral temple, surrounded by a row of columns on all sides." Photos from the site show ancient Venetic inscriptions, along with partially buried column fragments and stone blocks believed to be part of the temple complex. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES Some inscriptions have a "votive character," meaning they likely served a religious purpose. Archaeologists believe a branch of the Adige River flooded the area at some point in antiquity. Officials said early findings suggest "continuity of use and transformation over time, rather than abandonment." "The site appears to have retained an important function during Roman times as well, although expressed through different forms and cultural frameworks than in the earlier phase," the statement added. Researchers are actively investigating the area. The discovery adds to a growing list of recent archaeological finds across Italy. Last year, archaeologists in Trento found a massive Iron Age necropolis, or "city of the dead," with burials dating back nearly 3,000 years. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Earlier in 2026, archaeologists uncovered an ancient Roman city near the historic Appian Way, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1830e9ee6011c3f4e8c86d Oura unveils its Ring 5 with a thinner, lighter design starting at $399 te 2026-05-28T12:11:21.115Z Oura unveils its Ring 5 with a thinner, lighter design starting at $399 The ring is 40% smaller than its predecessor, and comes with more accurate sensing, enhanced battery life, and more. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a182e7cee6011c3f4e8c82c Flagstaff Event Almanac for May 28 te 2026-05-28T12:01:00.790Z Flagstaff Event Almanac for May 28 May 28 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a182e62ee6011c3f4e8c805 Iran issues blunt nuclear ultimatum as tensions spike with Trump and more top headlines te 2026-05-28T12:00:34.152Z Iran issues blunt nuclear ultimatum as tensions spike with Trump and more top headlines 1. Iran issues blunt nuclear ultimatum 2. 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What's it looking like in your neighborhood? Continue reading…   Facebook Instagram YouTube Twitter LinkedIn      Fox News First Fox News Opinion Fox News Lifestyle Fox News Entertainment (FOX411) Fox Business Fox Weather Fox Sports Tubi Fox News Go Thank you for making us your first choice in the morning! We'll see you in your inbox first thing Friday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a182758ee6011c3f4e8c69f Social media erupts after Jill Biden reveals she was 'horrified' watching Joe's disastrous debate te 2026-05-28T11:30:32.153Z Social media erupts after Jill Biden reveals she was 'horrified' watching Joe's disastrous debate Former First Lady Jill Biden is raising eyebrows online for comments she made to CBS, recounting the alarm she felt in 2024 as she watched then-President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance against President Donald Trump. "I wasn’t horrified, I was frightened," Jill Biden recalled in a recent interview. "I had never, ever seen Joe like that before or since. I don’t know what happened. As I watched it, I said, ‘Oh my God, he’s having a stroke.’ It scared me to death." The former first lady’s recollections are just the most recent in a long line of commentary surrounding Joe Biden’s debate — a performance Republicans pointed to as evidence that the president, then 81, had declined too much to continue as the nation’s commander-in-chief. FLASHBACK: THE DEBATE NIGHT AGAINST TRUMP THAT THREW BIDEN'S REELECTION CAMPAIGN INTO A FREE FALL During that debate, Joe Biden had whispered his way through questions, famously said his administration had "defeated Medicaid" and repeatedly lost his train of thought. Democrats maintained that the debate was an outlier, a momentary lapse for an otherwise capable Joe Biden. Even as Jill Biden’s comments seemed to continue to make that case almost two years later, Alex Thompson, an Axios Reporter, shed doubt on her characterization. "Biden aides told Jake Tapper and me that they had seen him act that way before and after. Those moments became more difficult to predict and conceal," Thompson said, referring to comments gathered during the writing of Original Sin, a book covering President Biden’s decline. 'ORIGINAL SIN' CO-AUTHOR EXPOSES 'FRANTIC EFFORTS' TO HIDE BIDEN'S COGNITIVE DECLINE "And Jill joined Biden for several campaign events after the debate, including a rally the next day," Thompson added. Conservative commentator Kevin Dalton followed up Thomson’s observation by noting that Jill Biden’s alarm seemed to have been absent in the moments immediately following the debate. "Of course, moments after the debate a clearly not frightened Jill Biden praised Joe for answering all the debate questions like a toddler," Dalton said. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said that he recalled marveling at just how bad the president’s delivery had been. "Jill Biden thought her husband was having a stroke the night he debated Donald Trump in 2024. I kept wondering whether someone had drugged him," Lee said in a post of his own. Benny Johnson, a conservative media personality, bashed Jill Biden, arguing that her own characterization of the moment was evidence that she knew the president’s condition was worse than she was letting on. JILL BIDEN SHOULD HAVE TO ANSWER FOR 'COVER UP' OF FORMER PRESIDENT'S DECLINE, WHITE HOUSE SAYS "She covered it up. She didn’t tell the American people. She didn’t pull him from the race. She kept playing puppet master with the presidency," Johnson said. "This woman let a man she believed was having a stroke continue as president of the United States. Can chalk this up as another case of elder abuse and another cover-up on the Democrats' roster," he added. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1824ffee6011c3f4e8c5e9 NBA moving toward AI-automated officiating system to eliminate replay delays, Adam Silver says te 2026-05-28T11:20:31.040Z NBA moving toward AI-automated officiating system to eliminate replay delays, Adam Silver says The NBA’s primetime product has become increasingly difficult to watch, and Commissioner Adam Silver is finally waking up to the issue. During an appearance on "The Pat McAfee Show" on Wednesday, Silver confirmed the league is moving toward automation in its officiating, particularly for objective replay calls that routinely slow games to a crawl during the playoffs. Or as we all know it: flopping. "I think in terms of replay, we’re going to get to the point fairly quickly where, for example, on out-of-bounds plays … those kinds of calls will become automatic," Silver told McAfee. HOW FREQUENTLY HAS SHAI GILGEOUS-ALEXANDER ACTUALLY FLOPPED TO GET FOUL CALLS IN THE NBA PLAYOFFS? "We’re going to move to a system like that where that whole category of calls will be automated," Silver explained. "Those calls will be handled by an AI automated system with cameras lined around the court. It’ll be instantaneous and automatic." Silver hopes automation will eliminate replay delays. Additionally, fans have been increasingly frustrated with foul baiting, and flopping continues to show up on the hardwood during the Western Conference playoffs, specifically. At the center of much of that criticism is Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. SGA’s playoff run has highlighted the NBA’s growing embellishment problem, where most drives seem to feature exaggerated head snaps or flailing arms. MLB VOTES TO ALLOW ROBOT UMPS FOR CHALLENGES DURING 2026 SEASON Silver also acknowledged the frustration around foul baiting. "I would only say there’s a difference between selling a call, exaggeration, and a true flop," Silver said. "If they’re not fooling the referees, it’s more like players being taught to sell calls these days." "Because there’s often contact on every play," Silver noted. "That doesn’t necessarily mean there’s a foul." WARRIORS' STEVE KERR CALLS FOR NBA REFEREES TO WHISTLE MORE TRAVELING VIOLATIONS: 'IT'S A PROBLEM' "I think technology is really going to be helpful here," he added. For years, the NBA has tilted officiating rules toward offensive players. Carrying violations are barely enforced, moving screens happen in plain sight and defenders often get punished for breathing in the same zip code as the ballhandler. Silver’s comments made it pretty obvious the NBA is looking for technology to clean up some of the chaos that has taken over its playoff product. Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1822f5ee6011c3f4e8c567 Harvard appointment of Nicholas Kristof’s wife to key role draws criticism from students, alumni te 2026-05-28T11:11:49.755Z Harvard appointment of Nicholas Kristof’s wife to key role draws criticism from students, alumni Harvard is facing criticism after naming Sheryl WuDunn, the wife of embattled New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, as vice chair of the Board of Overseers' executive committee. The Board of Overseers is made up of Harvard alumni who "bring to bear their best judgment and deep commitment to Harvard’s overarching academic mission and long-term institutional interests," according to the university. It is one of its two governing boards and is said to play a key role in the governance of the university. WuDunn's appointment was announced alongside the election of Judge Raymond Lohier as board president. Both were praised by Harvard University President Alan Garber as "distinguished alumni whose devotion to the University shines through their service." "They share a deep commitment to the well-being of our students, as well as a keen interest in strengthening our visitation process," Garber told The Harvard Gazette. ISRAEL FOREIGN MINISTRY CONDEMNS NEW YORK TIMES PIECE AS 'ONE OF THE WORST BLOOD LIBELS' IN MODERN PRESS "At a moment when higher education faces extraordinary challenges and scrutiny, I believe the role of the Overseers in helping safeguard the University’s academic excellence, integrity, and long-term mission has never been more important," WuDunn told The Harvard Gazette. Kristof found himself at the center of controversy after the publication of his column on May 11, which contained several claims of alleged abuse by Israeli guards against Palestinian detainees. The piece included claims that Israel trained dogs to rape humans. The piece drew significant backlash and even threats of a lawsuit from the Israeli government. While WuDunn has not publicly been identified as playing a role in the controversial column, she did repost a New York Times statement defending her husband's work as a "deeply reported piece of opinion journalism." The statement also said that details in the piece were "extensively fact-checked." JEWISH DEM LAWMAKER PANS NY TIMES, SUGGESTS PAPER ON 'HAMAS' PAYROLL' FOR PALESTINIAN PRISONER DOG RAPE REPORT WuDunn and Kristof have collaborated professionally in the past. The two won the Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting in 1990 for their on-the-ground coverage of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and the military crackdown that followed. They also co-authored the books "Tightrope" and "Half the Sky." Kristof also celebrated his wife's appointment to the role, writing in a post on X, "Congrats to @Harvard University on having Sheryl @WuDunn as the new vice chair of the board of overseers. In my purely objective analysis, she’s a fantastic choice! She always holds up half the sky." Given her husband's heavily scrutinized column, critics have said that the timing of her appointment was questionable. "The university knew exactly what type of backlash this would receive and decided after the article had already been published to reveal this information," Harvard alumnus Alexander "Shabbos" Kestenbaum told Fox News Digital. "I don't judge her necessarily by the actions of her husband, but it's really the timing that seems odd, to put it mildly." OPINION: HARVARD IS FIGHTING THE WHITE HOUSE HARDER THAN IT EVER FOUGHT ANTISEMITISM Kestenbaum said the move was particularly telling amid Harvard's battle with the Trump administration, particularly when it comes to the administration's efforts to combat antisemitism on university campuses. "They've been fighting the administration with far greater alacrity and seriousness than they ever even pretended to fight against antisemitism," he said. "I think this is just a stupid example of how the university is not aware of the real resentment and anger that so many of its Jewish community members have against it." Jerome Comar, Harvard class of 2029, said that WuDunn's appointment contradicted the university's values. "WuDunn’s appointment to the Board of Overseers, on the heels of her defense of her husband’s libelous and fabricated claims, is a move in the wrong direction for a Harvard that holds Veritas (truth) as its motto. It doesn’t take a Harvard degree to figure that one out," Comar told Fox News Digital. Kristof and the New York Times have stood by his work in several public statements. A Jewish Harvard undergraduate student who spoke with Fox News Digital on the condition of anonymity dismissed Kristof's controversial piece as "thinly veiled antisemitism masquerading as journalism." "It's deeply concerning that Harvard has elevated the wife and frequent co-author of a commentator who pushes blatant antisemitic tropes," the student said. Media personality and Harvard alumna Samantha Ettus also slammed the university in a post on X that has since gone viral. "Harvard’s antisemitism problem isn’t getting better. It’s getting promoted into leadership," Ettus wrote. "Sheryl WuDunn, MBA ’86, will serve as vice chair of the Board of Overseers executive committee for 2026-27... She is married to blood libelist Nicholas Kristof. Harvard knew. Harvard chose her anyway.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​" Harvard has faced substantial scrutiny over its handling of antisemitism on campus in the wake of Hamas' Oct. 7 attacks in Israel. University leadership was questioned on Capitol Hill and the school drew backlash from several donors. Fox News Digital reached out to Harvard, WuDunn, and Kristof for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1822e1ee6011c3f4e8c55e DAN GAINOR: Gen Z is right to be angry, but Boomers are not the real enemy te 2026-05-28T11:11:29.830Z DAN GAINOR: Gen Z is right to be angry, but Boomers are not the real enemy I’m a Boomer – a few months older than former President Barack Obama. But say that online today and it’s like admitting to a war crime. The news is full of socialists calling for more taxes, wealth taxes, etc., that would let big government keep taking from successful people for being … successful. The New York Times just ran "The Case for California’s Billionaire Wealth Tax," which officials are learning is also the case for millionaires to move to saner states. Going Galt apparently is a real thing. For months, social media has witnessed a generation gap the size of the Grand Canyon. Many in Gen Z are venomously angry at the Boomer generation over financial issues. But nothing set them off more than "Shark Tank" star Kevin O’Leary, who blamed young people for foolish spending. "I can't stand it when I see kids that are making 70 grand a year spending $28 for lunch. I mean, that's just stupid," he said. It was the comment that launched a billion replies. And counting. It landed after criticism of excess Starbucks and DoorDash spending among young people. This was the last straw. Gen Z responded that Boomers had it easy in post-WWII America: low housing costs, cheap college, infinite jobs. Boomers knew that was wrong. Because we lived it. WHY GEN Z IS SUDDENLY SKIPPING THE $15 BURRITO BOWL But the thing is, the young people aren’t entirely wrong about their own situation either. Because they are living it. Both sides need to listen to one another. So let’s start with a history lesson, in slightly more orderly fashion than a Billy Joel song, for my fellow Boomers. Boomers grew up after World War II, but we were the first to live under the constant threat of nuclear war. My generation dove under desks to practice hiding from nuclear attack. (Good luck with that. But we did it.) We lived through the constant riots and unrest of the 1960s – Vietnam War protests, assassinations of leaders from John F. Kennedy to Martin Luther King Jr. DAVID MARCUS: GEN X KNOWS THE ONLY FORCE THAT CAN DEFEAT VIOLENT LEFTIST PROTEST CULTURE We sat in gas lines during the Arab Oil Embargo or watched others do it, when you had to buy gas on alternate days. We lived through Watergate and endured the Jimmy Carter presidency of sweaters and malaise. We had 10% unemployment and 18% mortgage rates. Throw in the Cold War, the dot-com crash, 9/11, the Great Recession, COVID-19 and who knows what else. Most of us don’t have pensions. We got 401(k)s in 1981. Pensions stopped working because workers either switched jobs and lost their retirements or the companies went under. 401(k)s were designed to be portable so you could have a retirement even after you left. Except the responsibility got dumped on us to fund them. We didn’t have air conditioning; we had fans. We had a couple of TV channels, not hundreds. Hand-me-down clothes were a fact of life. There were few meals out, day trips, no long vacations, store brands, black-and-white TV and more. We didn’t grow up with cellphones, streaming services, the internet and home computers. All that hit during our careers, and we had to adapt. AMERICANS HAVE NEVER HAD ACCESS TO MORE LUXURIES, BUT WHY DO WE FEEL SO POOR? Doesn’t sound easy, does it? But it was easier than our parents had it. Our parents were from the Great Depression. They knew true hardship. They lived through 25% unemployment, and a stock market crash so enormous it scarred people for generations. There was no safety net. They endured because they had no other choice. When things got better, they saved. Boomer adults tried to do better for themselves and their kids. But now, Gen Z blames them for the ills of the world – especially the prices of housing, health care and inflation. GEN Z IS STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE — AND REPUBLICANS CAN'T AFFORD TO LOOK AWAY They are right that all of those things are insane right now. Let’s point a few fingers, though. ● Housing gets a lot worse when you let in 20 million illegal immigrants. They might not be buying those houses, but they are living somewhere, and that creates pressure on prices. Thank Team Biden for much of that. ● Health care is an epic problem, but Obamacare made it massively worse. Even if we liked our doctor, we didn’t get to keep him. And the price of a basic policy now costs the arm and the leg you want the doctor to treat. ELIZABETH WARREN'S SCARY REMARK ABOUT UNITED HEALTHCARE CEO'S MURDER IS LATEST OF HER MANY CRAZY COMMENTS ● Education has snowballed in cost. Government loans made it easy for leftist-run schools to keep raising the cost of education because it seemed like young people would keep paying. And they did. Big government, socialist policies hurt in the long run, and the long run takes us to current events. Instead of fighting, we should all want to make things easier on Gen Z, just as our parents wanted things to be better for us. First, everyone should stop wasteful spending. Not just Gen Z. We did. I packed a lunch most days for my entire career. Most people I know did. Being frugal is smart. WHY YOUR PARENTS COULD AFFORD A HOUSE ON ONE SALARY – BUT YOU CAN’T ON TWO But no amount of saving is going to fix this. So, let’s start with the No. 1 problem young people have – student debt. We should let every American with a college loan refinance it at 0.0% interest as long as they keep paying reliably. You agreed to the cost, so you have to pay it. (That should satisfy Boomers.) But we don’t want to cripple you. Pay for the refinancing by taxing college and university endowments over $100 million at 50%. Harvard University’s endowment was $56.9 billion at the end of 2025. It isn’t a university; it’s a stock portfolio with students. They’ll survive with $28.4 billion. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION While we are at it, we should get government out of student loans entirely. Make colleges responsible for future loans. And make them eligible for discharge in bankruptcy. That’s a start, but it barely scratches the surface. That’s because young people are worried in ways that you might have seen before a huge war. They are operating under a dark cloud and fear not just for their jobs, but their survival. Will AI make every career choice a bad one? Will anyone hire them? Or will they get stuck begging Uncle Sam for a handout? They are right to be worried about an AI future. I lived through the collapse of journalism and watched several places I had worked go out of business and friends lose their jobs. That was just one sector of the economy. AI could reset every sector, and young people don’t know what that will mean. No one does. That’s why we need to address all these things … together. Generational warfare doesn’t help anyone. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM DAN GAINOR Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1822cdee6011c3f4e8c555 Federal government’s landlord joins Vance fraud crackdown as White House widens hunt: 'Critical force' te 2026-05-28T11:11:09.832Z Federal government’s landlord joins Vance fraud crackdown as White House widens hunt: 'Critical force' FIRST ON FOX: The federal agency that oversees more than $126 billion in federal contracts is joining Vice President JD Vance’s anti-fraud task force, expanding the White House crackdown into the federal government’s contracting system. The General Services Administration (GSA) calls itself the "engine of government" and serves as the federal government’s central contracting and real estate agency, overseeing the buildings, services and goods agencies rely on to operate. By joining the task force, GSA gives one of the Trump administration’s highest-profile accountability efforts access to its procurement data, acquisition expertise and cross-agency reach as the White House seeks to root out fraud in public programs. "GSA sits at the center of the federal acquisition and contracting ecosystem, making us a critical force in the fight against fraud," GSA Administrator Edward C. Forst said in a press release obtained by Fox News Digital.  VANCE-LED TASK FORCE CUTS OFF $1.4B FROM HOME HEALTH, HOSPICE PROVIDERS SUSPECTED OF FRAUD "We are proud to join Vice President Vance and this Task Force to aggressively identify abuse, strengthen oversight and protect the integrity of federal procurement. GSA will bring advanced analytical capabilities, investigative support and cross-government coordination to help expose high-risk fraud patterns and stop bad actors from exploiting taxpayer-funded systems," Frost continued.  The White House’s task force is a coalition of federal agencies created by President Donald Trump through an executive order to coordinate efforts to reduce fraud, waste and abuse in federal programs. Chaired by Vice President JD Vance, the task force focuses on improving eligibility verification, strengthening payment controls, sharing data across agencies and helping law enforcement disrupt fraud schemes. DOGE ERA OVERHAUL: GSA TOUTS $60B IN SAVINGS AS TRUMP SHRINKS GOV'T FOOTPRINT: 'RESULTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES' The GSA has historically had some problems with improper payments.  In February, for instance, the agency’s Office of Inspector General released a report finding that "federal customer agencies relying on GSA pricing on schedule contracts are at risk of overpaying" due to failures from government contracting officers or inaccurate information submitted by contractors. JD VANCE SPEARHEADS 'WAR ON FRAUD,' PROMISES TO ROOT OUT TAXPAYER MONEY 'STOLEN' BY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS The White House fraud task force was established in March, and has racked up a few early wins in the weeks since. Law enforcement, working in conjunction with the task force, arrested eight people in California on suspicion of defrauding public healthcare services out of more than $50 million. The task force also withheld $1.4 billion in federal funding from home health and hospice providers suspected of defrauding the government. "GSA’s participation reinforces a whole-of-government strategy focused on restoring accountability, strengthening operational integrity and ensuring federal programs deliver results for the American people," the press release reads. "By combining the Task Force’s investigative mission with GSA’s government-wide infrastructure and procurement expertise, the administration is accelerating efforts to increase transparency, improve efficiency, and reinforce public trust in federal operations." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1822b9ee6011c3f4e8c54c Tick bite ER visits hit highest seasonal level in years as doctors warn of disease surge te 2026-05-28T11:10:49.833Z Tick bite ER visits hit highest seasonal level in years as doctors warn of disease surge Tick bite-related ER visits are at their highest seasonal levels since 2017 across most U.S. regions, raising concerns about increased Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses. That’s according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Tick Bite Tracker, which monitors weekly emergency department visits associated with tick bites across the country. For every 100,000 ER visits, approximately 71 were related to tick bites in April 2026, compared to a historical seasonal average of roughly 30 per 100,000. DOCTORS REVEAL KEY SIGNS OF LYME DISEASE AS TICK SEASON INTENSIFIES ACROSS US Some of the highest rates of tick-based ER visits were among children younger than 10 years and adults between 70 and 79 years. "Over the past three decades, the geographic range of the blacklegged tick has expanded significantly, and with it, the risk of Lyme disease and other Ixodes-transmitted infections," Dr. Steven Goldberg, MD, a family medicine physician who practices urgent care and family medicine at UofLHealth in Louisville, Kentucky, told Fox News Digital. ‘RABBIT FEVER’ CASES RISING IN US AS CDC WARNS OF ZOONOTIC BACTERIAL DISEASE "The Ohio River Valley region is one of the most striking examples — Lyme disease cases in Ohio have increased roughly 10-fold over the past decade, likely driven by the convergence of Northeastern and Upper Midwestern tick populations meeting in that corridor." States like Virginia and West Virginia, as well as areas south of the traditional endemic zone, are reporting increasing tick abundance and disease cases, the doctor noted. "The lone star tick is also expanding its range northward beyond its traditional stronghold in the Southeast, which means diseases like ehrlichiosis and alpha-gal syndrome are appearing in regions where clinicians may not yet be thinking about them," he warned. Some climate studies predict that the blacklegged tick's suitable habitat could expand by over 200% by the end of the century, Goldberg noted, including into Canada and across the central and southern U.S. "Warmer, wetter conditions allow ticks to survive in habitats that previously would have been too cold," Saggar said. "Milder winters also extend the lifespan of both ticks and the animals they feed on, accelerating tick reproduction and shortening their life cycles." Areas that historically experienced longer, colder winters or significant snow cover are now more hospitable to ticks, the doctor noted. COPPERHEAD SNAKE BITE LEAVES MAYOR’S WIFE IN 'EXCRUCIATING PAIN,' HE REVEALS "As temperatures rise and precipitation patterns change, ticks are able to spread northward and thrive in new ecosystems," he said.  Another contributing factor is increased land development and human expansion into wooded and grassy areas, as well as reforestation of formerly agricultural land. "The recovery and expansion of white-tailed deer populations — critical hosts for adult blacklegged ticks — has been a major driver," Goldberg added. "Deer density is positively associated with Lyme disease incidence. Small mammal communities, particularly white-footed mice that serve as key reservoir hosts for Borrelia burgdorferi, also play a central role." Tick bites are known to transmit numerous illnesses, the most widespread of which is Lyme disease, a bacterial infection. "Lyme disease cases alone have increased roughly two- to threefold over the past 20 years," Saggar said. Approximately 476,000 Americans are diagnosed and treated for Lyme disease each year, per CDC surveillance data. MOSQUITO-BORN DENGUE FEVER CASES SURGE AT POPULAR US VACATION DESTINATION Also common are anaplasmosis and ehrlichiosis, two different types of bacterial infections, according to the doctor. Tick bites can also cause babesiosis, a malaria-like parasitic disease that infects and destroys red blood cells. "Another growing concern is alpha-gal syndrome, a condition in which a (lone star) tick bite triggers a serious allergic reaction to red meat," Saggar said. "In rare cases, people have died from anaphylactic reactions linked to alpha-gal syndrome following a tick bite." Ticks can also transmit viruses, including the Powassan virus, which can cause severe neurologic injury. "Powassan virus disease is arguably the most concerning emerging tick-borne infection," said Goldberg, who is also chief medical officer at HealthTrack. "It's transmitted by the same blacklegged tick that carries Lyme disease, but unlike Lyme, it can be transmitted within minutes of tick attachment." Powassan can cause severe encephalitis with a roughly 10% to 15% fatality rate, and more than half of survivors have lasting neurological deficits, Goldberg noted. In the Rocky Mountain states, the Rocky Mountain wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni) transmits Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Colorado tick fever. CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES "In the Southeast and South-Central U.S., the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum) drives a different set of concerns: ehrlichiosis, tularemia, and two emerging viral threats — Heartland virus and Bourbon virus," said Goldberg. Some common symptoms of tick-borne illness include fever, chills, fatigue, headaches, muscle aches and joint pain, according to Dr. Suraj Saggar, chief of infectious disease at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, New Jersey. Another sign is the classic "bullseye" rash associated with Lyme disease, known medically as "erythema migrans."  "Because testing can sometimes be falsely negative early in the disease process, doctors may treat patients based on symptoms and exposure history rather than waiting for laboratory confirmation," Saggar noted.  TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ "If you think you have been bitten by a tick, you should seek medical attention if you develop symptoms after a known tick bite or after spending time in tick-prone areas, especially during the spring, summer and fall." As there are no vaccines currently available for any tick-borne disease in the U.S., prevention is the most effective strategy. Goldberg shared the following recommended prevention strategies. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER "The longer a tick is attached, the higher the risk of disease transmission — for Lyme disease, transmission generally requires at least 36 hours of attachment," Goldberg said. "The Powassan virus can be transmitted much more quickly." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1822a5ee6011c3f4e8c543 Clint Dempsey invokes broken nose, heart procedures to show how much playing for USMNT in World Cup meant te 2026-05-28T11:10:29.837Z Clint Dempsey invokes broken nose, heart procedures to show how much playing for USMNT in World Cup meant Every player representing their country in the 2026 FIFA World Cup will do whatever it takes to see victory on the world’s biggest stage in soccer. For the United States men’s national team (USMNT), it means a little bit more being that the World Cup will be played on home soil this summer. All 26 men who was announced to the official roster know what’s at stake, as the home fans are ready to cheer for the Stars and Stripes in an opportunity of a lifetime for these players. In turn, Clint Dempsey, a three-time World Cup participant with the USMNT, believes this group will do what he did on this stage during his playing days. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "As you can see, I’ve already gave my nose. Broke that. I’ve already come back from two heart procedures to try to qualify for 2018 [World Cup]. There’s a lot of sacrifices people make to represent their country. I think there’s no greater honor," Dempsey told Fox News Digital, while highlighting his work as a mentor for the "Abbott Dream Team," a program from global health leader Abbott and soccer club Real Madrid. During the 2014 World Cup, Dempsey was hit in the face, and blood rushed from his nose which he suspected to be broken. He was correct, but that wasn’t figured out until after the match. Dempsey, the team’s captain, led by example as he played through the pain during the U.S. victory over Ghana, 2-1. He scored the first goal just 34 seconds into the match, and it didn’t matter an accidental shin hit him square in the face. He wasn’t leaving the pitch. Then, Dempsey underwent two separate heart procedures to solve an irregular heartbeat. The U.S. didn’t qualify for the World Cup in 2018, but Dempsey tried his hardest to get back into that uniform to represent his country. USMNT CAPTAIN TYLER ADAMS READY TO BE IN 'PATRIOTIC MOOD' PLAYING ON HOME SOIL FOR 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP After all, it has always been his dream to play in the World Cup for his nation, and even if he had done that already three times, he was going to do his best to play again. "As a kid , that’s what I prayed about when I went to sleep – playing for my country and playing in World Cups," he added. For some on the USMNT, including Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie and Tyler Adams, this will be their second time having the privilege of doing so. For others like Ricardo Pepi, Alex Zendejas and Sebastian Berhalter, their dreams will be fulfilled on June 12 against Paraguay at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. But it’s much more than just stepping foot on that grass and taking on countries from around the globe. The opportunity to write this USMNT into the history books, on home soil, is ever present for the 26 men embarking on this World Cup journey. Dempsey knows this group has what it takes to make a run, and he also has complete faith they will take pride in their country and use the home fans to their advantage just like he would. DIEGO LUNA, WHO WAS IN NIKE'S WORLD CUP PROMOTIONAL ADS, SHOCKINGLY LEFT OFF USMNT ROSTER While it’s about the love of the game, the World Cup is also a showcase of tremendous pride in where someone comes from. For Dempsey, patriotism runs deep, and always will. "I was on the podcast the other day with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard, and I think there’s no truer thing to say than they were talking about, ‘If you were with a club team, what club team would you have picked among all the teams you were with?’ I was like, ‘How about we put it like this, if you were going to bury me in a coffin, what jersey would I have? It would be the U.S. jersey,’" he said. "So, that lets you know how I feel about representing my country and how much that meant to me." THE ABBOTT DREAM TEAM For the second straight year, Dempsey is helping Abbott and Real Madrid with the "Abbott Dream Team," a program encouraging young soccer players aged 18-19 throughout the U.S. to participate in a once-in-a-lifetime development experience with one of the best soccer clubs in the world in Madrid. Selected participants will be training with Real Madrid’s coaches at the team’s facilities, while enjoy unique experiences like attending a match at Bernabéu Stadium and meeting some team legends. Abbott’s health experts and Real Madrid’s medical team will also continue providing those players with the latest advancements in sports health and nutrition, helping them better understand their bodies, build healthier habits, and reach their peak performance on and off the pitch. "It’s awesome, man. Any time you can give back and give kids the opportunity to chase their dreams, that’s what it’s all about," Dempsey said about his role in this. "I have kids of my own, and that’s what I’m trying to do. I’m trying to help them accomplish their dreams, take them to all their soccer practices, and give them the best chance possible to do something great. This is one of those things where you have a tryout, you have Real Madrid coaches here watching you, and no matter what, you take something away from this experience. "Just being here, letting [the players] know this is important, and I’m proud of them for betting on themselves and putting themselves out there to even try out for something like this." Other than Dempsey, Real Madrid legend Marcelo will also join this year’s Abbott Dream Team as a mentor. Tryouts have already taken place in Miami, Washington, D.C. and Houston, where Dempsey was on Wednesday morning. There are still tryouts set for Kansas City (June 2), Los Angeles (June 4) and Chicago (June 9). Watch 3 Days of the FIFA World Cup for Free after 5/18 or before. Start your free trial or try it free. 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/6a181df4ee6011c3f4e8c444 These Are Some of the Trump Justice Dept.’s Targets te 2026-05-28T10:50:28.317Z These Are Some of the Trump Justice Dept.’s Targets When he returned to office, President Trump vowed revenge against those he said had challenged or defied him. Here’s an incomplete list of the people his Justice Department has targeted. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a181b9fee6011c3f4e8c3da Pentagon slashes NATO combat commitments as Trump pushes Europe to defend itself te 2026-05-28T10:40:31.095Z Pentagon slashes NATO combat commitments as Trump pushes Europe to defend itself The Pentagon recently informed European allies it plans to reduce some U.S. military capabilities available to NATO during a crisis as part of a broader push to shift more of the alliance’s conventional defense burden onto Europe. The Trump administration plans to reduce certain available capabilities by roughly one-third to one half, officials confirmed to Fox News Digital, including strategic bomber planes, fighter jets and some naval assets.  Pentagon official Alexander Velez-Green informed officials of the coming changes at the NATO Defense Policy Directors’ meeting in Brussels Friday, according to two officials familiar with the matter. The Pentagon declined to confirm details about the changes, but chief spokesman Sean Parnell acknowledged the shift in a statement to Fox News Digital, framing it as part of a broader effort to pressure allies to assume greater responsibility for Europe’s defense. PENTAGON OFFICIAL FLAGS RETURN OF 'COLD WAR MENTALITY,' AS TRUMP ADMIN RESHAPES NATO ALLIANCE "The Department of War announced changes to U.S. contributions to the NATO Force Model at the Defense Policy Directors’ meeting in Brussels," he said. "These changes represent an opportunity for allies to demonstrate that they have heard President Trump’s call for them to step up and take primary responsibility for Europe’s conventional defense."  "Spending more on defense is one thing — and our allies must do so as quickly as possible, consistent with their Hague Summit pledge. It is vitally important, however, for our NATO allies to focus increased defense spending on the combat-credible capabilities most required for Europe’s defense. The Department of War’s announcement offers allies an opportunity to do exactly that." The move comes ahead of the NATO leaders’ summit in Ankara, Turkey, in July, where President Donald Trump is expected to intensify pressure on allies to shoulder more of Europe’s defense burden while Washington shifts military focus toward the Indo-Pacific. RUBIO ARRIVES IN BRUSSELS FOR NATO TALKS AMID UNEASE OVER TRUMP’S AGENDA While European officials largely have avoided publicly criticizing the changes, several have expressed concern to Fox News Digital about the pace and clarity of the administration’s evolving Europe posture plans. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte sought to reassure allies in recent days, saying any adjustments would occur "over time, in a structured way" and insisting "the U.S. will stay involved in Europe." NATO foreign ministers meeting in Helsingborg, Sweden, also grappled with uncertainty surrounding recent U.S. troop announcements in Europe.  Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard described the situation as "confusing indeed," while Secretary of State Marco Rubio said "it is well understood in the alliance that the United States troop presence in Europe is going to be adjusted." Regional officials told Fox News Digital they are still seeking clarity on whether future U.S. troop movements in Poland would expand the current American footprint, replace paused rotations, or involve repositioning forces from elsewhere in Europe. PENTAGON CUTS BRIGADE COMBAT TEAMS IN EUROPE AS TRUMP PRESSURES NATO ON SPENDING Defense officials increasingly describe the broader shift as part of a post-Ukraine-war restructuring of NATO focused on territorial defense, rapid mobilization and greater European burden-sharing, while the U.S. redirects more military resources toward Asia. The U.S. currently maintains its largest European troop presence in Germany, where roughly 36,000 American troops are stationed, along with approximately 12,000 troops in Italy, 10,000 in the United Kingdom and an estimated 10,000 in Poland. The Pentagon in 2025 withdrew an armored brigade combat team from Romania following a temporary deployment tied to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, part of a broader effort to rebalance the U.S. military footprint in Europe. More recently, the Trump administration announced plans to withdraw roughly 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany throughout the next year as part of its ongoing Europe posture review, raising new questions among allies about the future scale of the American military presence on the continent. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1816edee6011c3f4e8c2ee SEC coaches say they feel 'misled' after voting to make their conference schedules harder te 2026-05-28T10:20:29.595Z SEC coaches say they feel 'misled' after voting to make their conference schedules harder The SEC has, for years, enjoyed a significant non-conference schedule advantage over its competitors in college football. The former iteration of the Pac-12 played nine conference games, as does the current Big Ten. The Big 12 is requiring its teams to play nine conference opponents. But until now, the SEC allowed its schools to play just eight. Four non-conference games, eight against other SEC opponents. Some schools took advantage of this by giving themselves a "free" win with that extra non-conference game. In fact, in a recent interview, Lane Kiffin bragged about his scheduling of practices while at Ole Miss. His teams went 20-0 in non-conference games, because he specifically avoided tougher opponents. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! That strategy meant his teams started each year 4-0. That meant his teams needed to go just 5-3 in the SEC to win nine games, or 6-2 to reach 10 and put themselves in position to reach the College Football Playoff. Even more impressive was that Kiffin and others in the SEC frequently scheduled an FCS opponent for late November. Essentially giving his team an extra late-season bye, while avoiding the pitfalls of recency bias among poll voters that can stem from a November loss. FLORIDA STATE-GEORGIA SERIES CANCELLATION IS OMINOUS SIGN FOR FUTURE OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL Well, those days are now officially over. The SEC is moving to nine conference games going forward, creating tougher schedules in the process, and a more consistent comparison with its competitors. And the coaches aren't happy about it. In fact, some said this week that they felt "misled" about the results of voting for a nine-game conference slate. "Talking to the other coaches, they felt like by going to nine games, they felt like it would shift the playoff model (to 16 from the current 12), but it didn’t," new Florida Gators head coach Jon Sumrall told Brett McMurphy. "They felt misled." Eli Drinkwitz, the Missouri Tigers head coach, said something similar. "The discussion was about going to an eight or nine-game schedule," he said about the SEC meetings in 2020. "I remember being so anxious thinking ‘When are we going to discuss this? When are we going to vote?’ And it took us six years to get to nine games. "Shoot, I remember last year we were told if we went to nine games the Big Ten would vote for a 16-team playoff in 2026 and, I think, we’re still at a 12-team playoff." So SEC coaches voted to move to nine conference games on the assumption that the playoff would expand to 16 teams, giving them a greater likelihood of making it, even if their schedules were harder. And then the two power conferences couldn't agree to it, leading to a stalemate and the continuation of the current playoff status quo. There's plenty to unpack about these arguments, and it's also possible that this is post-hoc justification. Last season, for example, one weekend in November was loaded with awful games set up to give teams a breather before rivalry week. GREG SANKEY MAKES IT CLEAR THAT SEC DIDN’T START THE 16-TEAM CFP FORMAT DISCUSSION, THAT'S ON THE BIG TEN On Nov. 22, 2025, Texas A&M played Samford, Georgia played Charlotte, Alabama played Eastern Illinois, Auburn had Mercer, South Carolina played Coastal Carolina, and LSU played Western Kentucky. None of those are going to move the broadcast needle. With ESPN as a broadcast partner, it's possible some pressure was applied to move away from this practice. Now with nine conference games, and the end of cupcake weekend, November will be full of meaningful, must-see matchups. As it should be. Though the downside to nine conference games is that non-conference schedules are going to get dramatically less interesting moving forward. There's little reward for Texas, say, to play Ohio State or Michigan, when they now have an extra SEC game to worry about. Particularly when coaches are now judged on making the playoff. So on the one hand, some SEC teams will no longer get that extra fourth free win. On the other hand, they're going to be even more adamant about getting three free wins, because suddenly a three-loss conference season is a lot harder. And good news for Drinkwitz and the other coaches is that we might be heading to a 24-team playoff anyway. At least if ESPN gets out of the way. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1814e6ee6011c3f4e8c207 Super Bowl champion Joe Theismann weighs impact of Jaxson Dart-Abdul Carter Trump controversy on locker room te 2026-05-28T10:11:50.737Z Super Bowl champion Joe Theismann weighs impact of Jaxson Dart-Abdul Carter Trump controversy on locker room While the Jaxson Dart-Abdul Carter discourse has run wild, Super Bowl champion Joe Theismann was unconcerned about the impact it could have on the locker room. Dart introduced President Donald Trump before his speech in Suffern, New York, on Friday, and New York Giants teammate Abdul Carter took issue with it. Theismann said that while players in a locker room have different opinions, the focus is on football, and that the Dart-Carter discourse won’t have any effect. "It doesn't (have any effect). It's going to be it's going to be football. I mean, politics is one thing and sports is another, and we're starting to see them cross over. People have different opinions of a lot of different things in a locker room," Theismann told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "A locker room is like a giant family. It's not 53 guys, it’s 80 guys because you’ve got practice squad people, you've got people in and out. So, everybody has a lot of different opinions. I think when it comes to football, guys focus on football." While Dart and Carter seem to have different political opinions, they appeared to squash any potential rift when Carter posted to X in a since-deleted tweet that they were "good." "Me and JD6 are good! We spoke earlier as Men," Carter wrote. "Y'all can keep y'all narratives." Dart, 23, set the stage for Trump’s speech with a chant before welcoming the president onto the stage. "Big Blue Nation, it’s a pleasure to be here. I got to start this off with a ‘Go Big Blue,’" Dart said, and then led the chant for a few moments before proceeding to introduce Trump. "What an honor, what a privilege it is to be here, and without further ado, I’m grateful, I’m honored, I'm pleasured to introduce the 45th and 47th president of the United States America, President Donald J. Trump." Trump and Dart then shook hands on the stage before the 23-year-old departed. ABDUL CARTER DELETES CRITICISM OF TEAMMATE JAXSON DART EVEN AS NEW YORK RADIO HOST SHREDS HIM ON AIR Carter began the firestorm by reposting a video of Dart introducing Trump on X and captioning the tweet, "Thought this s--- was AI, what we doing man." He has since deleted the tweet. The discourse over Carter’s repost of Dart’s appearance with Trump was rampant on social media. Theismann called social media as one of the worst thing to happen to athletics. "If you like somebody, you like somebody. If you don't like somebody, you don't like somebody. Probably the worst thing that's happened to athletics to a degree is social media. We've seen a lot of people just get cooked by it. I think everybody's entitled to their own opinion, but I don't see it affecting a locker room," Theismann said. Theismann played in the NFL for 12 seasons, spending all of them with the then-Washington Redskins. He said that politics were never brought up in the locker room. SUPER BOWL CHAMPION JEROME BETTIS HAS MESSAGE FOR JAXSON DART, ABDUL CARTER AFTER TRUMP RALLY CONTROVERSY "Never. We talked about family. We talked about football. We talked about the opponent coming up. I can't ever recall a conversation where we sat down and talked about something in politics. I really can't. And it was it was sort of a safe haven for I think a lot of us to be able to get away from, you know, especially in Washington, D.C.," Theismann said. "You're in the heartland of all the political elements of life and it was a place where it was safe to go." In the locker room, Theismann said you interact with so many different kinds of people who have different opinions on life, yet they never talked about politics. The 1983 MVP winner said that it was a different time then, and people are more sensitive now. "It was a different time and I think guys are sensitive now. They get caught up in the sensitivity of life and sometimes. It's nice to sort of take a step back and just let life exist and not get try and get too worked up over it," Theismann said. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! This will be the 37th American Century Championship, and Joe Theismann has played in 36 of them. He said he used to be a 2-handicap, but is now a nine, as he doesn’t hit the ball as far. He will look to turn back the clock when he plays in the tournament from July 10-12 at Edgewood Golf Course in Lake Tahoe. He said the American Century Championship is the lone thing that you really want to participate in. "The American Century Championship has evolved to one of those things that if you love golf at all and you happen to be in that quote-unquote celebrity world, it's the thing you really want to participate in. You get to measure your game. You get to pull back the curtain on so many wonderful people and you get to see those that you watch on TV because I'm a fan of everything. But now you get a chance to see them up close and personal and you get a chance to meet them and get to know them and it's exciting," Theismann said. The 76-year-old said he gets to visit people on the range. He mentioned Jerry Rice, Tony Romo, and Miles Teller as people he has had conversations with, calling himself a ‘fanboy’ of Teller’s. Theismann said "Top Gun: Maverick" is his favorite movie of all time. The tournament has raised more than $8 million for regional and national charities. American Century Investments donates 40% of its profits to the Stowers Institute for Medical Research and activates fundraising at the tournament to drive direct donations to Stowers each year. Theismann credited CEO Jonathan Thomas for the tournament’s charitable work. Theismann credited CEO Jonathan Thomas for the tournament’s charitable work. The tournament will be broadcast on NBC and Peacock. 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/6a1814d2ee6011c3f4e8c1fe Former Prince Andrew, Sarah Ferguson dubbed royal family’s ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ as Epstein fallout grows: author te 2026-05-28T10:11:30.867Z Former Prince Andrew, Sarah Ferguson dubbed royal family’s ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ as Epstein fallout grows: author Former Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson were once coined the "happiest divorced couple" — but one royal author said they were more like "Bonnie and Clyde," bound by scandal, chaos and nonstop drama. Andrew Lownie’s extended version of his 2025 book, "Entitled," revisits Andrew and Sarah’s decades-long relationship as scrutiny surrounding Andrew’s ties to Epstein continues generating headlines in Britain and abroad. Fox News Digital reached out to the former couple for comment about Lownie’s book and its claims. A spokesperson for Buckingham Palace previously told Fox News Digital that it does not comment on books. FERGIE WOULD MARRY EX PRINCE ANDREW 'ALL OVER AGAIN' DESPITE SCANDALS "The reason that they’ve stayed together is a professional business relationship," Lownie told Fox News Digital. "I describe them as Bonnie and Clyde. He was her calling card for money, and I think maybe he had a sentimental loyalty to her. She, of course, was one of the last people to remain loyal to him and supportive of him. And I think he felt grateful for that." "He’s sort of a playboy, but he also likes the comfort of being a married man with a family," Lownie said. "And so, he got the best of both worlds — at least the impression that they were a happy family while still being totally independent." Despite years of controversy, Andrew and Sarah have frequently presented themselves publicly as a close-knit family focused on co-parenting their daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie. WATCH: ROYAL AUTHOR DETAILS FORMER PRINCE ANDREW, SARAH FERGUSON'S UNUSUAL DYNAMIC Sarah became the Duchess of York when she married what many described as Queen Elizabeth II’s favorite son in 1986. However, a happily ever after wasn't to be. Over the years, the marriage was dogged by tabloid rumors of extramarital relationships. Andrew earned the nicknames "Air Miles Andy, "Playboy Prince" and "Randy Andy" for his lavish lifestyle and womanizing reputation. Meanwhile, Sarah was romantically linked to Texas oilman Steve Wyatt, which Vanity Fair reported was an open secret in royal circles. There was also "Toegate" in 1992, when the Daily Mirror published photos of a topless duchess with John Bryan, another businessman from Texas, while vacationing in the South of France. Andrew and Sarah officially divorced in 1996. The relationship between the former couple didn’t end there. Despite Sarah’s numerous commercial ventures, she and her ex-husband continued living together. "They lived in a very big house, so they were at opposite ends," Lownie said. "They were more business partners than a couple. I think a lot of the romance had gone. They were having affairs even during the marriage, both of them. So I don’t think there was a huge sense of, shall we say, fidelity there," Lownie alleged. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER "She hung in there because he was a member of the royal family, and that was her calling card for business," he claimed. "So, it was just a myth that they projected." Lownie said he was not surprised by reports that Andrew allowed Sarah to entertain alleged romantic partners in their shared home even after they called it quits. "He was much more generous when it came to her having her own relationships," he claimed. Lownie, who has written extensively about the royal family, said he believes Andrew relied heavily on Sarah’s loyalty during periods of public backlash. "He had other preoccupations," said Lownie. "… [Meanwhile], she often went off and stayed with boyfriends," Lownie claimed. Over time, the eyebrow-raising arrangement between the exes became increasingly controversial. Sarah endured recurring financial scandals, including debt issues and the 2010 undercover "cash-for-access" sting in which she appeared to offer access to Andrew in exchange for money. Andrew faced criticism over lavish taxpayer-funded travel, questionable business associates and his reputation as a royal playboy. Rather than distancing themselves from each other as scandals mounted, they remained publicly loyal and closely connected, creating the perception that they were still a united royal family. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "The reason that Fergie continued to live with Andrew was because she moved back in after she ran up a huge number of debts renting very expensive properties," Lownie said. "And I think they felt the solution was that if she moved in with him, that would solve the problem. He was away a lot, and she was away a lot promoting Weight Watchers and Wedgwood in the States. He was on naval bases or ships. So it made sense for them to live together." Sarah has previously described Andrew publicly as one of her closest confidants and has insisted their post-divorce relationship remained rooted in friendship and family. While Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II were reportedly opposed to the former couple continuing to live together, Lownie claimed Sarah persuaded Andrew that maintaining the arrangement would benefit their two daughters by ensuring both parents remained closely involved in their lives. "I think the queen was keen that Sarah and Andrew were happy for the sake of her grandchildren," Lownie said. "She was the one who encouraged them to divorce, saying it looked terrible that they were having these affairs in public. She kind of forced it on them. I think she was fond of Sarah, but she had no illusions about what she was like. Prince Philip certainly had no illusions." Lownie noted that while the late queen may not have approved of some of the women Andrew was linked to, he did not believe that it necessarily meant she wanted him to reunite with Sarah. But their connection to Jeffrey Epstein, an American financier and convicted sex offender, ultimately eclipsed every scandal that came before it. On Feb. 19 — his 66th birthday — Andrew was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office during an inquiry linked to his ties to Epstein. After being held for 11 hours, Thames Valley Police confirmed to Fox News Digital that he had been released. Andrew has repeatedly denied wrongdoing related to Epstein and has not been criminally charged in connection to the case. Six companies linked to Sarah were shut down amid renewed attention surrounding her past ties to Epstein. It's understood that no creditors were owed money. An email from Sarah about "desperately" needing money surfaced after the Department of Justice (DOJ) released more than three million records related to Epstein, including his personal emails. Inclusion in the files does not necessarily imply wrongdoing. Like Andrew, Sarah claimed she had cut off all contact with Epstein. Fox News Digital previously reached out to her representative for comment about the DOJ’s release. Epstein died in custody in 2019. SARAH FERGUSON ALLEGEDLY BEGGED JEFFREY EPSTEIN FOR JOB AS 'HOUSE ASSISTANT' IN NEWLY REVEALED EMAILS Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who said she was trafficked by Epstein, accused Andrew of sexually abusing her when she was 17. The American woman filed a civil lawsuit alleging she was forced to have sex with the disgraced duke three times. The case was settled out of court in 2022. Andrew has consistently denied Giuffre’s allegations and said he had no recollection of meeting her. The settlement agreement stated it was not an admission of liability. The 41-year-old died in 2025. Her posthumous memoir, published in October, reiterated her claims. Andrew announced in October that he was giving up his royal titles, and the palace confirmed later that month that King Charles III had "initiated a formal process to remove the style, titles and honours of Prince Andrew." The decision followed Andrew’s initial step back from public life in 2019 after his BBC interview, in which he discussed his relationship with Epstein. On Feb. 3, Andrew vacated Royal Lodge three months after the king ordered him to surrender his lease. A spokesperson for Sarah previously told The Guardian: "The duchess spoke of her regret about her association with Epstein many years ago, and as they have always been, her first thoughts are with his victims." FORMER PRINCE ANDREW ‘SHAKEN’ BY MASKED MAN THREAT, BUT MORE SECURITY WOULD SPARK ‘PUBLIC BACKLASH’: EXPERT "It’s a waiting game at the moment," Lownie said. "I think [Andrew] may well end up in the Middle East. That would solve a lot of problems for the royal family, keep the story under wraps and get them away from public view." Lownie speculated about what Sarah’s future relationship with the royal family could look like financially. Before the Epstein fallout, friends and insiders believed the former couple considered remarrying. "Sarah Ferguson is clearly not going to make money in the way she did. So it’s going to be a question of how she supports herself. Will she eventually be paid off by the royal family with some sort of pension to keep her quiet? Will she find another rich benefactor or husband? She’s no longer the figure she once was." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1814beee6011c3f4e8c1f5 Massachusetts town cancels July 4 celebration citing lack of 'adequate public safety staffing' te 2026-05-28T10:11:10.864Z Massachusetts town cancels July 4 celebration citing lack of 'adequate public safety staffing' Rutland, Massachusetts announced on Wednesday that it will cancel the town's annual 4th of July celebration without refunding donations because of a lack of "adequate public safety staffing." "Although the 4th of July Committee successfully raised the funds needed for the event, the celebration cannot take place without adequate public safety staffing," a letter from the Rutland 4th of July Committee read. "Police, fire, and EMS personnel are essential to ensure the safety of attendees, manage traffic, and maintain emergency response coverage throughout the town." It continued, "Due to anticipated staffing limitations, our Police and Fire Chiefs have determined that they cannot safely support both the event and routine emergency services at the same time. Moving forward under these conditions would put both attendees and the broader community at risk." THE LEFT IS CELEBRATING JULY 4 WITH PROTESTS WHILE THE RIGHT SEES A PATRIOTIC REVIVAL The committee explained that while the town had explored the possibility of outside personnel staffing, there were concerns over creating additional safety hazards without a unified command structure and coordinated operations. The town also added that the decision was not "intended as a response to any community viewpoints" on the celebration. Regarding funding, however, the committee announced that it would not be refunding donations already given for the celebration, pointing out that they have already been spent on event-related measures. Instead, remaining funds will be preserved to fund future celebrations for future July 4 activities. VIRAL 1976 COCA-COLA COMMERCIAL SPARKS NOSTALGIA FOR A MORE PATRIOTIC AMERICAN CULTURE "After consultation with Town Counsel, the Town has determined that donations should not be refunded. Some of the funds have already been used for event-related expenses, including printing, deposits, and fundraising costs, and all donations are held in a municipal gift account for the sole purpose of supporting Rutland’s 4th of July celebrations," the letter read. It added, "Because funds are pooled and expended collectively, it is not feasible to determine or return individual contributions. Instead, all remaining funds will be preserved to support future 4th of July celebrations." BIDEN CLAIMS CONSTITUTIONAL SAFEGUARDS ARE BEING 'TRAMPLED ON' AHEAD OF AMERICA'S 250TH Rutland, Massachusetts will also continue to host community activities such as the Junior Olympics and the volleyball tournament. However, major events such as the annual parade and fireworks show have been canceled. Fox News Digital reached out to the Rutland 4th of July Committee and Rutland town administrator for comment. Rutland police and fire unions warned that the annual July 4 celebration would be put in jeopardy earlier this month after the town failed to pass a Proposition 2½ tax override vote to cover a $3 million budget deficit. Without the proposition, the Rutland police department is expected to cut at least four full-time officers and three part-time police officers. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1814aaee6011c3f4e8c1ec Nearly 40% of Americans admit they've gone on a date just to score a free meal te 2026-05-28T10:10:50.871Z Nearly 40% of Americans admit they've gone on a date just to score a free meal Out on a date at a restaurant? The person across the table may be there mainly for the free food. That's according to a recent survey by JG Wentworth, a financial services company based in Pennsylvania, which found that 39.9% of respondents admitted they have gone on a date on at least one occasion just to get a free meal. "Just over a quarter (27.5%) say they have never gone on a date just to get a free meal, but they have considered it," the survey stated, while 32.6% said they haven't even considered it. EATING OUT GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE AS AMERICANS HIT 'MENU PRICE FATIGUE' NATIONWIDE These results correspond with a recent Wall Street Journal report that said 20-somethings are driving the comeback of the traditional dinner date. "Love on a Budget: Are Americans too broke to date?" asked 1,538 U.S. adults a range of questions related to "the cost of modern romance." Among their other key findings, the researchers noted that the average American spends $93 on a first date.  Most modern-day daters (60.1%) also think "spending expectations around dates are higher now than they were in the past." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER So if money concerns have affected your love life — you're far from alone. "Almost three in 10 people (29.5%) have turned down a date because they couldn't afford it," the survey found, "while 85.7% have turned down a second date because they felt they didn't align financially with the other person." Professional development expert Jan Goss, based in Texas, told Fox News Digital the trend of dating for a free meal is a reflection of a larger shift in human behavior. "Whether it's a first date, a business meeting or a friendship, relationships are built on trust," Goss said. "And so the moment we show up with this hidden agenda, we damage the foundation before it ever starts." We live in a culture, said Goss, that "often celebrates getting something for nothing" — and the date-for-food trend may be considered a "life hack." "There is an economics conversation around it, because times are tough for many and inflation is real," Goss said. "People are struggling. But financial struggle doesn't give us permission to compromise our integrity." Proper etiquette is that whoever extends an invitation pays, Goss said. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ "That's protocol," Goss said. "If someone asks you to dinner, then the understanding is they're going to pay." To avoid miscommunication or being taken advantage of, it is perfectly acceptable to clarify things up front and ask your meal companions what the expectations are, Goss said. If paying for the meal yourself isn't an option, then tell the other person, "It's not in my budget this week," Goss advised. Another rule of thumb for Goss: Always be able to pay for your meal when you go out to eat. Don't assume the other person will pick up the check. "I always have the means to pay for myself," Goss said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES "To take care of your own meal is polite, especially if it's a first date, and you don't really know which way it's going to go," she said.  "First of all, be careful what you order. But then, secondly, when the bill comes, I would politely say, 'I'm more than happy to split this with you.'" Setting expectations from the beginning is critical, Goss said. When she invites her group of friends out, she lets everyone know they'll be taking care of their own expenses. "Show up well, be honest and respect the person across the table," Goss concluded.  "Or stay home. The issue in this whole thing isn't who pays for dinner. It's whether we're treating people as human beings or opportunities." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a181496ee6011c3f4e8c1e3 MLB owners already pushing back on players' first CBA proposal as work stoppage looms after 2026 season te 2026-05-28T10:10:30.875Z MLB owners already pushing back on players' first CBA proposal as work stoppage looms after 2026 season It's a widespread expectation in and around Major League Baseball that there will be a work stoppage at the end of the 2026 season. The Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Players Association and the league’s owners expires in early December, and unlike some labor talks, there are significant questions both sides want to address before a new deal is reached. Those negotiations have actually already started, with the two sides meeting in New York City to set the table for further conversations. While initial reports suggested that these conversations would be mostly speculative, there's now some detail coming out about where both sides are in the negotiations. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! ESPN reported on Wednesday that the Players Association side submitted its first proposal on how to adjust baseball's financial situation moving forward. And unsurprisingly, the ownership side doesn't seem very happy about it. ESPN's Jeff Passan's post said that the players' first proposal focuses on one of the biggest problems plaguing the league right now: cheap owners refusing to spend money on their teams. Instead of a salary cap that limits earnings, they've proposed a "competitive-integrity tax."  For teams like the Miami Marlins, Pittsburgh Pirates, Tampa Bay Rays, Milwaukee Brewers and Cleveland Guardians who look to limit spending and maximize profits, MLBPA wants to essentially force owners to try to compete. Any team that doesn't reach $150 million in player payroll would be subject to a tax. That's the biggest topline proposal. The others would increase the minimum salary from $780,000 to $1.5 million, and raise the first threshold in the competitive balance tax from $244 million to $300 million. Essentially allowing teams to spend more money on players before getting punished for it. Other details Passan reported included adjusting the existing revenue-sharing distributions. Local television rights, which have become a point of contention for smaller markets, would go up. But the distribution of money brought in from a team's home stadium would go down. The idea there being that it would incentivize owners to, you know, try to win more games. HERE'S WHAT THE SAN DIEGO PADRES RECORD $3.9 BILLION SALE MEANS FOR MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL More wins mean more fans buying tickets, which under this proposal would mean more revenue staying put. While increasing the distribution from local TV rights would remove some of the advantages teams like the Los Angeles Dodgers or New York Yankees have over smaller markets. There's another revenue-sharing side to the proposal. The players want to punish teams that bring in revenue-sharing dollars and refuse to spend it. Something that's already written into the rules, but is almost completely ignored by Commissioner Rob Manfred. If they don't reach certain payroll levels, revenue-sharing teams would forfeit a percentage of their distribution money. But those that win more games would receive more money. Incentivizing small-market teams to spend more and try to win. All of this sounds reasonable enough; it penalizes cheap owners, takes more money away from big teams like the Los Angeles Dodgers and Yankees, and incentivizes winning. Sure enough, the owners' side hates it, and is already weaponizing misplaced fan sentiment to start its arguments. Here's where the issues start, though. MLB spokesman Glen Caplin issued a statement in response, saying, "We appreciate the union making a set of proposals and we look forward to continuing the bargaining process and working towards solving the competitive balance problem our fans are telling us needs to be addressed. "We understand their proposals are designed to benefit players. Unfortunately, they do not address and in fact exacerbate the competitive balance problem our fans are telling us we must address. The MLBPA’s proposal would reduce the amount transferred to lower-revenue Clubs, weaken the Competitive Balance Tax, and lead to even more payroll disparity than exists today. For example, under the Union’s proposal, the Dodgers would pay less in luxury tax payments, giving them an additional $70 million to spend on payroll." Ah yes, there are the magic words. "Competitive balance problem our fans are telling us we must address." This is why some have spent the winter arguing that the league does not have a competitive balance problem, because it doesn't. And because owners were always going to use complaints over free agency spending to justify a lockout and salary cap. Which, of course, does nothing to address competitive balance. MLB ALL-STARS REACT TO DODGERS' MASSIVE $400 MILLION PAYROLL FOR 2026 SEASON: 'I F---ING LOVE IT' Ignored by the league's statement is the fact that while lower luxury tax penalties might help LA spend more, increased revenue sharing from their television deal would also hurt their bottom line. Also unmentioned in the statement is the fact that a salary cap would not prevent the Dodgers from outspending small-market teams. There's two important components to address. One is the fact that baseball does not have a competitive balance problem. The Rays lead the American League East over the Yankees. The Guardians are in first place in the AL Central ahead of larger markets like Chicago, or even Minneapolis, which has 1.6 million more people in it than Cleveland. The Seattle Mariners are in first place in the AL West despite sharing a division with teams in Dallas, Los Angeles (Anaheim) and Houston, all top five markets. The "Sacramento" Athletics are ahead of both those teams as well. Milwaukee Brewers are once again running away with the NL Central, despite playing in literally the smallest market in the sport. The Cubs, meanwhile, despite having the advantages of the Chicago market, are in dead last having lost 10 games in a row. Two of the three wild-card spots in the NL are currently held by teams from San Diego and Phoenix. Four of the bottom five payrolls in the sport are either in playoff position or are less than a game out of a wild-card spot. The Cardinals and Pirates have the sixth and seventh-lowest payrolls, and both are either in a wild-card spot or half a game out. Meanwhile, teams from New York and San Francisco are a combined 44-67 with an -85 run differential. Fans are caught up in the outcome of the World Series, but the MLB playoffs are the least meaningful measure of a team's quality. Regular season success is. The Rays have reached the World Series the exact number of times as the Yankees over the last 17 years, after all. The Guardians have reached the World Series more recently than the Mets. The Kansas City Royals have won more recently than the Yankees or New York Mets. And the league could not have picked a worse season to claim that the only way to achieve "competitive balance" is a salary cap. The other component to address is that a salary cap will mean nothing without a significant salary floor. As the players proposed. But a significant salary floor will never be accepted by the cheaper owners. There are nine teams with a payroll of $107 million or less. They're never going to sign off on a floor that reaches into the $150 million to $175 million range. Even though that's what would be required to meaningfully close the gap. For example, say the cap is set at $264 million, the second CBT threshold. If the floor is set at $110 million, the Dodgers will spend $264 million and the Guardians will spend $110 million. LA will still wind up with more of the best available free agents, while Cleveland will focus on younger, cheaper players. The only difference in that scenario will be that the players who choose to sign with LA will get lower salaries. Which does nothing for competitive balance, only increases franchise values and benefits ownership. This fundamental disagreement is going to lead to a lockout. But the bigger problem is that owners believe they have fans on their side, because fans don't like the Dodgers. And they're going to use it to potentially cancel games for a system that only benefits them. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a181242ee6011c3f4e8c084 Former Braves star Bob Horner, who hit four home runs in a single game, dead at 68 te 2026-05-28T10:00:34.156Z Former Braves star Bob Horner, who hit four home runs in a single game, dead at 68 Atlanta Braves great Bob Horner, who once hit four home runs in a single game, has died, the team announced on Tuesday. He was 68. Horner was the National League Rookie of the Year in 1978 and made his first and only All-Star team in 1982. The Braves released a statement on Horner’s death on social media. The team did not announce a cause of death. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! "Bob Horner built a career out of being first. He was the first overall pick in the 1978 draft after an illustrious collegiate career. He was the first Braves draftee to skip the minor leagues entirely and debut directly in the majors. And he was the first Atlanta player to ever hit four home runs in a single game when he did so against the Montreal Expos in 1986," the team said. "The National League Rookie of the Year in 1978 and an NL All-Star in 1982, Horner teamed with Dale Murphy to form one of the most feared power duos in the game for nearly a decade. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "The Atlanta Braves extend sincere sympathies to his wife, Chris, two sons, Tyler and Trent, and his numerous friends and fans across the game." Horner played nine of his 10 years in the big leagues with the Braves, spending his final year in the majors with the St. Louis Cardinals. He played in 1,020 games, hit 218 home runs and never struck out more than 75 times in a single season. Atlanta selected him with the No. 1 overall pick of the 1978 MLB Draft out of Arizona State after a stellar career with the Sun Devils. He was later inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame as part of the first class. He was the 1977 College World Series MVP and won the first Golden Spikes Award as the top player in college baseball in 1978. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a180908ee6011c3f4e8be91 MORNING GLORY: Republicans, stop fighting each other. We can't let Democrats seize the Senate te 2026-05-28T09:21:12.075Z MORNING GLORY: Republicans, stop fighting each other. We can't let Democrats seize the Senate Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. John Cornyn after Paxton handily won the runoff against Cornyn on Tuesday. When President Donald Trump endorsed Paxton late in the race, the campaign was effectively over. It is President Trump’s GOP, and his endorsement in a primary is the decider. Period. Had Cornyn been the nominee, his re-election would have been a layup. Paxton’s race against Texas state Rep. James Talarico will be much more like a contested 3-pointer in the NBA than a layup. Talarico is indeed, as President Trump nicely summed it up, "weird." But even given that, Paxton will need to raise a ton of money because the engines of the Democratic fundraising machine are already at top speed for the hard-left Talarico. Paxton should win, but even Golden State Warriors star and future NBA Hall of Famer Steph Curry hits only slightly more than 42% of his shots from beyond the arc. Curry may be the best ever, but it’s a tough task to drill that shot. So too is Paxton’s task. The entire Texas GOP will need to get behind him quickly, and Paxton will need Cornyn’s half-million runoff voters and his financial supporters. The whole GOP will need to swing behind Paxton, even though Cornyn is respected and admired by longtime conservatives like me who value his knowledge of the Constitution, his work on the Judiciary Committee in every tough fight there over decades, and his tenure as GOP whip. But party loyalists have to know that ours is a two-party system and Winston Churchill’s admonition, "Trust the people!" applies in every fair contest. So too does the wisdom of another brilliant prime minister of Great Britain — Benjamin Disraeli, whose years as leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservatives came in the 19th century. MAGA TRIUMPH: TRUMP ALLY KEN PAXTON DEFEATS JOHN CORNYN IN BITTER TEXAS GOP PRIMARY WAR "It is not becoming in any Minister to decry party who has risen by party," Disraeli declared long ago. "We should always remember that if we were not partisans, we should not be Ministers." The same applies to every elected member of the GOP Senate stung by the defeat dealt their friend by the Lone Star State’s Republican voters. The Senate majority is very much up for grabs in the fall. Republicans must defend four seats in which Democrats will mount well-financed campaigns, even if their nominees are weak. Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Jon Husted of Ohio face hard-left Democrats in Graham Platner and former Sen. Sherrod Brown. Platner is quickly becoming an albatross for Democrats across the country, as well as in Maine, but Maine is a purple-to-blue state. Brown is as formidable a candidate as Democrats can field in ruby-red Ohio. 10 SENATE RACES THAT COULD DECIDE CONTROL OF THE CHAMBER IN THE 2026 MIDTERMS Republicans also have to defend an open seat in North Carolina. Former national GOP chairman Michael Whatley has considerable skills and financial backing, but he drew the best candidate of all the Democrats in 2026’s close races: former Tar Heel State Gov. Roy Cooper. Democrats have a vulnerable incumbent in Georgia, where Sen. Jon Ossoff is still very much the "accidental senator," but he is as hard-left as Democratic activists and donors want. Michigan, Minnesota and New Hampshire are all seats held by retiring Democrats, and Republicans should nominate excellent candidates not just against Ossoff but also in these three states. So while the GOP’s current margin in the Senate is three, and control would flip to Democrats only if their nominees win four of the seven seats "in play," that’s not an impossible result, especially in the sixth year of any presidency. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION The actual accomplishments of all presidents eventually get reduced to two or three lines in American textbooks. TR, for example, is best known for the Great White Fleet, the national park system — and the election of Woodrow Wilson and all the ill that was brought down upon the country because of Roosevelt’s decision to split the GOP in 1912. Richard Nixon’s three are summed up as opening China, détente with the Soviets and Watergate. It pretty much works that way for everyone not named Lincoln or Washington. Right now, President Trump’s tentative trio is saving the Constitution with his three Supreme Court nominees, the war with Iran and his remarkable 2016 upset and 2024 comeback. If the Senate flips, that record is going to change dramatically, as the lawfare Trump faced while out of office will pale next to the procession of articles of impeachment from the House and never-ending trials in the Senate — none of which would succeed in removing Trump from office but all of which will drain the last two years of his tenure of joy and of other possible legislative accomplishments. Holding on to the Senate majority is vital to the president, the party and especially the country. The Democrats have collectively embraced an agenda of extreme policy and rhetoric. So, whatever your feelings about any of the GOP’s Senate nominees, put them aside and realize — once again — it is the party with the majority in the two chambers of Congress that sets much of the agenda. There simply isn’t any room to brood over tough losses. Hugh Hewitt is a Fox News contributor and host of "The Hugh Hewitt Show" heard weekday afternoons from 3 PM to 6 PM ET on the Salem Radio Network, and simulcast on Salem News Channel. Hugh drives Americans home on the East Coast and to lunch on the West Coast on over 400 affiliates nationwide, and on all the streaming platforms where SNC can be seen. He is a frequent guest on the Fox News Channel’s news roundtable, hosted by Bret Baier weekdays at 6pm ET. A son of Ohio and a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Michigan Law School, Hewitt has been a Professor of Law at Chapman University’s Fowler School of Law since 1996 where he teaches Constitutional Law. Hewitt launched his eponymous radio show from Los Angeles in 1990. Hewitt has frequently appeared on every major national news television network, hosted television shows for PBS and MSNBC, written for every major American paper, has authored a dozen books and moderated a score of Republican candidate debates, most recently the November 2023 Republican presidential debate in Miami and four Republican presidential debates in the 2015-16 cycle. Hewitt focuses his radio show and his column on the Constitution, national security, American politics and the Cleveland Browns and Guardians. Hewitt has interviewed tens of thousands of guests from Democrats Hillary Clinton and John Kerry to Republican Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump over his 40 years in broadcasting. This column previews the lead story that will drive his radio/ TV show today. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM HUGH HEWITT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1808f4ee6011c3f4e8be88 I treat sepsis. NASCAR icon Kyle Busch’s death shows how fast it can kill te 2026-05-28T09:20:52.072Z I treat sepsis. NASCAR icon Kyle Busch’s death shows how fast it can kill The sudden death of NASCAR icon Kyle Busch from pneumonia complicated by sepsis is a heartbreaking tragedy that has stunned the sports world and the nation. Known for his fierce competitiveness and athletic endurance, Kyle represented strength and passion. His passing is a sobering reminder that infections can become deadly, even in young healthy, high-performing individuals. Professional race car drivers are exposed to some unique medical and physiological health risks because of extreme gravity forces, heat, speed, vibration, fumes. This can cause respiratory irritation, heat illness, dehydration, electrolyte abnormalities, and, also, cardiac strain as adrenaline surges during a race leading to increased blood pressure and heart rate. Racers can sweat more than a gallon during a race. It’s an intense sport. Cardiovascular strength and endurance, head, neck and core strength are vital to thrive in racing.  So, when infection hits, it can be dangerous without proper early intervention. Pneumonia remains one of the most common infectious illnesses in the United States and is a leading cause of sepsis, a life-threatening medical emergency that occurs when the body’s response to infection spirals out of control and begins damaging its own organs and tissues. It impacts more than 300,000 Americans each year. HOW PNEUMONIA PROGRESSES TO SEPSIS: DOCTORS EXPLAIN AFTER KYLE BUSCH'S DEATH Sepsis can progress rapidly, sometimes within hours, leading to organ failure, shock and death if not recognized and treated early. Pneumonia, urinary tract infections, abdominal infections and skin wounds are some common types of infections that could lead to sepsis without appropriate early intervention and treatment. Death from pneumonia and sepsis usually happens in those over the age of 65. In Kyle’s case, he had an aggressive infection that spread from his lungs into his bloodstream. President Bill Clinton was hospitalized for urosepsis stemming from a urinary tract infection. He was immediately given IV fluids and IV antibiotics, preventing his condition from turning into septic shock. Boxing Legend Muhammad Ali was reported to have died from septic shock after being hospitalized with a respiratory illness. Actress Sharon Stone nearly passed from sepsis due to an abscess infection in tissue that had spread. CATHOLIC INFLUENCER'S 5-YEAR-OLD SON DIES AFTER 11-DAY FLU BATTLE FOLLOWED BY THOUSANDS Many Americans mistakenly believe sepsis only affects the elderly or critically ill. While older adults and people with chronic medical conditions are certainly at higher risk, sepsis can also affect younger, active people if they pick up an aggressive infection that spreads with delayed treatment and insufficient time for healing, rest and recovery. Bacterial pneumonia, influenza, rsv, skin infections and urinary tract infections are common illnesses that can sometimes lead to sepsis but this is usually seen in those over age 65 or under 1. Infections that begin as "just a cold," a sinus infection, or a respiratory illness can sometimes worsen unexpectedly and fast. Whether I'm working in the ER or clinic, these are the warning signs I tell my patients should never be ignored. KYLE BUSCH 911 CALL REVEALS DRIVER WAS COUGHING UP BLOOD, STRUGGLING TO BREATHE ON BATHROOM FLOOR One of the dangers of sepsis is how quickly it can escalate. The body’s immune system becomes chaotic and uncontrolled, triggering widespread inflammation, blood vessel damage, clotting abnormalities and impaired oxygen delivery to vital organs. In severe cases, patients can develop septic shock, respiratory failure, kidney injury or acute respiratory distress syndrome in a matter of hours. The blood pressure drops, heart rate can shoot up, fever may be present. It's serious and should never be "slept off." SURGE IN WALKING PNEUMONIA AFFECTS THESE HIGH-RISK GROUPS, SAYS DR. MARC SIEGEL This is why it’s important to listen to your body and do not delay seeking medical care. Competitive talented athletes like Kyle Busch may sometimes push through illness, fatigue, dehydration, physical stress, travel demands and intense training schedules. While exercise and fitness are generally protective for overall health, no one is invincible to aggressive infections. Athletes may also dismiss early symptoms or delay seeking care because they are accustomed to performing through discomfort. The good news is there are important steps people can take to lower their risk: CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Do not ignore difficulty breathing, worsening cough, chest pain, confusion or coughing up blood. Sepsis is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, yet public awareness remains low. Early recognition and fast treatment with antibiotics, oxygen, fluids and supportive care can save lives. As we all mourn the loss of Kyle Busch, we can use this moment to educate the public about the seriousness of pneumonia and sepsis. His death is not only a tragedy for racing fans, but a reminder to every American that infections can happen to anyone and that recognizing the warning signs early can save a life. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1808e0ee6011c3f4e8be7f Billionaire Bezos suggests no taxes for half the nation. Is that crazy or overdue? te 2026-05-28T09:20:32.235Z Billionaire Bezos suggests no taxes for half the nation. Is that crazy or overdue? Billionaire Jeff Bezos just detonated a financial hand grenade in the middle of America’s tax debate. The Amazon founder recently suggested that the bottom half of American earners should pay zero federal income tax. Not lower taxes. Not a temporary rebate. Zero.  And whether you love billionaires or hate them, you have to admit something uncomfortable about Bezos’ proposal. A whole lot of Americans heard that idea and thought, "Honestly … why am I paying taxes at all?" BILL MAHER CALLS OUT BERNIE SANDERS, SAYS HE'S TIRED OF HEARING THE RICH DON'T PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE OF TAXES That’s because the middle class feels financially exhausted. Meanwhile, millions of Americans feel like they’re running on a treadmill set to 11 while Washington keeps telling them to sprint faster. THIS IS WHY YOU MAKE SIX FIGURES AND STILL LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK Bezos pointed out that the bottom half of earners contribute only a tiny fraction of total federal income tax revenue compared to top earners. A few weeks ago, I told you that the bottom 50% of taxpayers in America pay only 3% of federal income taxes. Here’s the part nobody wants to say out loud. Many lower-income Americans already effectively pay little or no federal income tax after deductions and credits. So, what Bezos is really proposing isn’t just a tax cut. It’s a psychological reset for America. DAVID MARCUS: TAX-FREE OVERTIME COULD BE MIDTERM MAGIC FOR GOP He’s saying, "What if work actually paid again?" That’s political dynamite. Imagine a nurse making $75,000 suddenly keeping several thousand extra dollars every year: TRUMP BEAT BACK ANTI-FAMILY TAXES IN 2025. HERE’S WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN NEXT Actual breathing room. And maybe an answer instead of a future of universal basic income. And frankly, in the richest country in the history of the world, is it fair to ask, "why are we squeezing people who are barely getting ahead?" But here’s where the conversation gets dangerous. And what really concerns me is paying more than my fair share already. SEN DEB FISCHER: THE EV SCAM THAT STUCK TAXPAYERS WITH THE BILL FOR ELITE PERKS Because somebody still has to pay for the government. Washington spends money like a silly teenager with their parents’ credit card. AMERICA'S $39 TRILLION DEBT BOMB COULD BE MORE PAINFUL THAN YOU THINK So, if half the country stops paying federal income taxes, then one of three things happens: The wealthy pay dramatically more. Check. The government cuts spending dramatically. Not likely. Or America borrows and prints even more money. Check. Just like Meat Loaf sang years ago, two out of three ain’t bad. Or is it? DAVID MARCUS: WHY NOBODY WANTS TO CUT THE NATIONAL DEBT DESPITE EVERYONE SAYING THEY SHOULD Here’s the reality of our political world. Politicians hate cutting spending because spending buys votes. So, historically, Washington chooses Option C. Debt. Lots of it. America is already sitting on more than $39 trillion in national debt will cross $40 trillion before year end, and interest payments alone are the third-largest line item in the federal budget. THE NATIONAL DEBT IS ABOUT TO HIT A TERRIFYING NUMBER NO MATTER WHAT WE DO That’s not sustainable math. That’s financial Ozempic. It temporarily masks the pain while the underlying problem gets worse. And this is where both political parties are being dishonest with Americans. The left acts like billionaires alone can fund the modern welfare state forever. They can’t. The right acts like tax cuts magically pay for themselves. They usually don’t. DOGE REVEALS WHAT YOU GET FOR THE HALF MILLION YOU'LL PAY IN TAXES OVER YOUR LIFETIME The truth is uglier. America has a spending addiction and a tax code nobody understands. That’s why Bezos’ comments hit such a nerve. Because deep down, millions of Americans feel the system has stopped rewarding productive behavior. At our 250-year anniversary, do we really want to stop rewarding hard work, productivity and capitalism? 'ZOHRANOMICS': NYC MAYOR ZOHRAN MAMDANI’S SOCIALIST MATH DOESN’T ADD UP People don’t mind paying taxes when they believe the system is fair. They revolt emotionally when they feel like the rules are rigged. And that’s exactly where we are right now. This debate also exposes something even bigger. America may be slowly shifting from an income-tax society toward a consumption-tax society. In other words: Tax spending more. Tax work less. How about flat tax and VAT tax (a value-added tax)? JASON CHAFFETZ: 2028 ELECTION WILL BE A REFERENDUM ON OUR AI-DOMINATED FUTURE That’s why ideas like national sales taxes, VAT taxes, luxury taxes and "consumption-based" taxation are suddenly gaining traction in both political parties. Because if AI, automation and globalization continue reshaping work, taxing labor may become harder and harder politically. But before Americans start chanting "zero taxes," they should ask one critical question. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Do you want Scandinavian-style taxes with Scandinavian-style benefits? Or American-style taxes with American-style freedom? Because eventually, math always wins. Personally, I’m a capitalist and not ready to give that up anytime soon. Jeff Bezos may have started the conversation. But the real fight isn’t about billionaires versus workers. It’s about whether America still knows how to pay for the country we want to become over the next 250 years. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM TED JENKIN Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1806d5ee6011c3f4e8bdea ‘Up for Grabs’: Can Democrats Sway Young Men Who Have Soured on Trump? te 2026-05-28T09:11:49.761Z ‘Up for Grabs’: Can Democrats Sway Young Men Who Have Soured on Trump? Many Gen Z men who voted for the president are dismayed by his time in office. But they are not hearing an appealing pitch from Democrats, either: “Both parties kind of get it wrong.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1806c1ee6011c3f4e8bde1 Our Reporter on What Happened When Texas Increased School Police te 2026-05-28T09:11:29.831Z Our Reporter on What Happened When Texas Increased School Police After the 2022 mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the state passed a law mandating police presence in schools. Our reporter Clare Amari describes how some students in Texas have experienced physical force by school police officers since then. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1806acee6011c3f4e8bdd8 ‘Vibrant as Ever’: Harvard’s Jewish Life Thrives as Trump Investigates te 2026-05-28T09:11:08.310Z ‘Vibrant as Ever’: Harvard’s Jewish Life Thrives as Trump Investigates Trump officials have focused on episodes during protests over the war in Gaza at Harvard and other schools. Jews on campus describe a changed atmosphere. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a180698ee6011c3f4e8bdcf These Drivers Found Cheap Gas te 2026-05-28T09:10:48.312Z These Drivers Found Cheap Gas It’s in Valley Center, Calif., on tribal land. Customers relish every penny saved. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a180684ee6011c3f4e8bdc6 Texas School Police Investigation: 5 Takeaways te 2026-05-28T09:10:28.384Z Texas School Police Investigation: 5 Takeaways The state’s ambitious school policing initiative has few safeguards to prevent overreach by officers. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a17fd5cee6011c3f4e8bb5c Hamadeh Backs House Bill Expanding Parental Rights, Restricting Gender Ideology In Schools te 2026-05-28T08:31:24.476Z Hamadeh Backs House Bill Expanding Parental Rights, Restricting Gender Ideology In Schools By Matthew Holloway | Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to expand parental rights in education and prohibit federal education funds from being used to advance what the bill characterizes as radical gender ideology. Rep. Abe Hamadeh (R-AZ08) voted in support of the measure. H.R. 2616, the Stopping Indoctrination and Protecting Kids Act, passed the House by a recorded vote of 217-198 under Roll Call 184 following adoption of an amendment in the nature of a substitute. The legislation has since been received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. According to a statement from Hamadeh’s congressional office, the Arizona congressman supported the legislation as part of an effort to “defend parental rights, protect America’s children, and ensure that families are empowered to make decisions about their children’s upbringing and education.” 🇺🇸NEW🇺🇸 Congressman Hamadeh Applauds Passage of Bill to Protect Children from Radical Indoctrination Read Press Release⤵️https://t.co/61oVsnwbgq pic.twitter.com/EFFgvRsTmQ — Office of Congressman Abe Hamadeh (@RepAbeHamadeh) May 26, 2026 The legislation was introduced by Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT) and advanced with support from Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI). According to Hamadeh’s office and congressional materials, H.R. 2616 incorporates provisions from previously introduced legislation, including the PROTECT Kids Act and the Say No to Indoctrination Act. Among its provisions, the bill would require schools receiving federal funds to maintain communication with parents regarding significant decisions involving their children and would prohibit federal funding from being used to promote concepts or instruction characterized in the legislation as “radical gender ideology.” The bill would also codify executive actions issued during President Donald Trump’s administration recognizing two sexes. Hamadeh said the legislation addresses what he views as increasing ideological influence within public education. “Indoctrination of any kind does not belong in the classroom; education does and little of it is occurring due to the fact that too many administrators and predatory teachers have turned our classrooms into incubators for radical thought,” Hamadeh said. Hamadeh said he supported the legislation because of what he described as growing ideological influence in public education. “Our students are supposed to be exposed to the wonders of science and the elegance of math; instead, they are being turned into foot soldiers for the extreme left.” Kim Miller, founder and president of Arizona Women of Action and America’s Women, showed support for the bill, citing both religious and constitutional arguments for parental authority in education and referencing the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Pierce v. Society of Sisters. “Parents have the fundamental liberty to direct the upbringing and education of their children,” Miller said. “As Proverbs 22:6 reminds us, ‘Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old, he will not depart from it.’ The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed this principle in Pierce v. Society of Sisters, declaring that ‘the child is not the mere creature of the State.’ Bills like the Stopping Indoctrination and Protecting Kids Act rightly restore parental authority and ensure classrooms teach truth rather than radical ideology.” H.R. 2616 now heads to the Senate for further consideration. Matthew Holloway is a senior reporter for AZ Free News. Follow him on X for his latest stories, or email tips to Matthew@azfreenews.com. The post Hamadeh Backs House Bill Expanding Parental Rights, Restricting Gender Ideology In Schools first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a17fd47ee6011c3f4e8bb53 PCC Approves $5.9M Gift While Confirming Elimination Of Sustainability Director Position te 2026-05-28T08:31:03.440Z PCC Approves $5.9M Gift While Confirming Elimination Of Sustainability Director Position By Matthew Holloway | Pima Community College (PCC) approved a restricted $5.9 million workforce-development gift agreement with Beale Infrastructure Group while later confirming that its Sustainability Director position will be eliminated as part of an organizational realignment. According to PCC Governing Board records, trustees approved a Restricted Gift Agreement with Beale Infrastructure Group, LLC during the board’s May 13 meeting by a 4–0 vote, with board member Kristen Randall abstaining. The Board’s approved-items agenda lists the agreement but does not include its value or terms. Beale Infrastructure is the project developer for the proposed “Project Blue” data center complex under construction on 290 acres outside of Tucson near the Pima County Fairgrounds. The company is also pursuing construction of the “Luckett Road Data Center,” a 600-acre data center development in Marana, where it became embroiled in a legal battle with the town over two rejected referendums related to the project, according to AZPM News. Anti-data center protests getting physical here in Tucson @Jason @chamath. “According to a Beale Infrastructure representative, a masked group marched through the offices loudly banging drums, shouting threats and pulling items from desks.”https://t.co/3BGthcSxQP — Nicholas De Leon (@nicholasadeleon) May 8, 2026 Board Chair Theresa Riel Taylor introduced the item as a five-year restricted gift agreement beginning June 1, 2026, with the possibility of extension and additional funding. Amanda Evans, PCC Assistant Vice Chancellor for Workforce Development and Strategic Partnerships, described the agreement as “a significant philanthropic investment in Pima Community College.” During the presentation, Evans confirmed the Beale donation totals $5,912,992 and is structured as a restricted workforce-development gift. “The funds are specifically designed for areas of need for Pima to support student access and success,” Evans told the board. According to Evans, the funding will support expansion in information technology and cybersecurity, including three full-time faculty positions, along with scholarships for several workforce programs. “Those areas include supporting expansion in IT and cybersecurity by funding three full-time faculty members,” Evans said, adding that scholarships will support “Pima Fast Track Electrical, our building and construction technology programs, IT and cyber programs, and our computer aided drafting… and welding as well.” Evans said the gift also provides support for transportation, housing, and childcare assistance, along with funding for veterans services, high-school transition programs, and career-placement efforts. “The gift also provides additional funds to help remove barriers for students — things like transportation, housing and childcare,” Evans said. Evans told trustees the agreement carries a five-year term beginning June 1 and includes the possibility of additional future funding. “The initial term does begin on June 1st. It does go for five years, with a subsequent gift of approximately $6.8 million,” Evans said. “That could be something that Beale Infrastructure chooses to enter into an agreement with us.” The board agenda identified the item only as a “Restricted Gift Agreement” and did not publicly list the donation amount or program details in its approved-items summary. Calling for a vote to approve the agreement, Taylor addressed the public controversy surrounding Project Blue: “I just want to acknowledge that I understand the environment of controversy in which this happens in terms of the data center development and… and what Beale is involved with. But, you know, tonight we’re facing a choice between a philosophical statement about data centers and a tangible investment in our students. And so I want to be clear that whether this board accepts this gift or rejects it, the development of that data center project continues. It has absolutely nothing to do with the development of that project. “All that voting ‘no’ tonight does will… Voting no tonight wouldn’t stop a single brick from being laid, or a single drop of water from being used in that data center project. It only stops those resources from reaching our classrooms. And I don’t think I can, in good conscience, tell our students, who have now faced nearly two decades of disinvestment from the state and now millions in federal disinvestment over the last year, that we turned away millions of dollars for their success to make a symbolic gesture that will have zero impact on the project in question. So it’s definitely something I’ll be voting in favor of tonight. And I think it’s something that fits within the core of our mission and our purpose to help students achieve their educational outcomes.” Board member Kristen Randall praised PCC’s sustainability efforts during her trustee report. Randall highlighted the college’s Climate Community Day and cited sustainability programming as an area of growth. “Climate and sustainability aren’t just subjects,” Randall said while discussing the event. “They are lenses for seeing the world.” Later in the meeting, Randall abstained from the vote on the Beale gift while the remaining trustees voted in favor of the agreement. PCC Provides Confirmation: Sustainability Director Position Eliminated AZ Free News contacted PCC administration, the Office of Sustainability, and Governing Board members to seek clarification on the future of the sustainability office, whether staffing or budget changes have been approved, and whether any connection exists between those decisions and the Beale gift agreement. Justin Kree, Director of Media Relations for Pima Community College, responded on the college’s behalf. Kree confirmed PCC approved the agreement May 13 and said the $5.9 million gift will support workforce-development programs in IT, cybersecurity, electrical training, and skilled trades, with the Pima Foundation serving as fiscal agent. Kree also addressed questions regarding the future of PCC’s sustainability programs, the Sustainability Director position, and the Climate Action and Sustainability Plan. AZFN: Has PCC eliminated or otherwise dissolved the Office of Sustainability/Director position? Has PCC eliminated or reduced the sustainability program budget for FY2027? If so, please provide details regarding funding levels and changes. PCC: The College remains fully committed to sustainability, climate action, and environmental responsibility. As part of an organizational realignment, the College decided to eliminate the Sustainability Director position, effective June 30, 2026. Sustainability remains an institutional priority reflected in the College’s strategic principles, and Climate Action and Sustainability courses, faculty-led initiatives, and operational efforts, including energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives, remain ongoing. The College’s sustainability initiatives and academic offerings continue to receive institutional support. Students continue to have access to Climate Action & Sustainability (CAS) courses focused on environmental challenges, sustainable futures, and practical solutions. CAS course offerings and student enrollment are, in fact, growing. Summer and Fall 2026 offerings include CAS 110: Food, People and the Planet and CAS 120: Systems, Logic & Sustainability. Enrollment in this area has doubled over the past year, with the program serving more than 340 enrolled students during the most recent academic year. AZFN: Has PCC formally concluded or discontinued implementation of its Climate Action and Sustainability Plan, or is the June 2026 conclusion part of a previously scheduled planning cycle? PCC: The College’s Climate Action and Sustainability Plan (CASP) will reach the end of its planned cycle in June 2026. The conclusion of this plan is part of its established timeline and does not represent a discontinuation of the College’s sustainability efforts. PCC is currently developing the next CASP to guide sustainability initiatives in the upcoming academic year. Sustainability remains an institutional priority and is reflected in the strategic principles approved by the Governing Board in May 2026. PCC remains committed to the goals established in the CASP, including reducing greenhouse gas emissions, expanding climate and sustainability education, pursuing sustainability certification, and advancing long-term climate action planning. In 2026, the College will reaffirm its commitment to the Second Nature Presidents’ Climate Commitment, further demonstrating PCC’s continued focus on sustainability and environmental stewardship.  AZFN: Does PCC’s proposed FY2027 budget or pending bond proposal contain sustainability-related capital, infrastructure, or operational funding? If so, please identify those allocations. PCC: Yes. Both the proposed FY2027 budget and the pending bond proposal include funding that supports PCC’s broader sustainability efforts through personnel, facilities, infrastructure, and operational investments. While sustainability-related funding is not always identified as separate, standalone line items, sustainability practices and goals are integrated throughout the College’s planning and operations. This includes support for personnel, facility improvements, infrastructure modernization, energy efficiency considerations, curriculum integration, and capital projects designed to improve long-term environmental performance and resource stewardship across the College. In addition, bond-funded facilities projects are being planned and evaluated with sustainability principles in mind, including opportunities for efficient building systems, modernization, and responsible campus development. Later in the meeting, faculty and students urged PCC leadership to reconsider reported changes involving the college’s sustainability programs, including reports that the Office of Sustainability could be dissolved or substantially restructured. Katie Brown, a faculty member who said she has taught at PCC for more than 25 years and now teaches climate action and sustainability courses, told the board she learned the Office of Sustainability faced elimination. “I was astounded and dismayed… to hear that the Office of Sustainability is planned to be eliminated, along with much of that program,” Brown said. “That is horrifying to me.” Brown praised PCC’s Climate Action and Sustainability Plan and said the college had developed a national reputation for climate and sustainability programming. “The Climate Action Sustainability plan that you have is amazing,” Brown said. “It is an example to many other places.” Brown also read a statement from Dr. Crystal McKenna, whom she identified as a faculty member and the Department Chair in Climate Action and Sustainability at PCC. “I’m here today to respectfully request a pause and reconsideration of the decision to dissolve the Office of Sustainability,” Brown read from McKenna’s statement. McKenna’s statement argued that the office played a central role in implementing the college’s sustainability initiatives and coordinating environmental planning. “The Office of Sustainability has been the structure that made that work possible,” the statement said. McKenna further argued that dissolving the office would raise concerns about institutional consistency and credibility. “This request is not simply about a single office,” Brown read. “It is about institutional alignment, accountability, and our credibility as a college.” Student speaker Mary Jane Blanton, who said she is enrolled in climate and sustainability coursework, also urged the board to preserve the program. “The sustainability department has changed that for me,” Blanton told trustees, describing herself as previously disengaged and “nihilistic” before taking climate coursework at PCC. PCC’s public sustainability webpage currently states that the Office of Sustainability oversees implementation of the college’s Climate Action and Sustainability Plan. The college’s published Climate Action and Sustainability Plan states the current planning cycle was already scheduled to conclude in June 2026, following a previously approved extension. At the time of publication, AZ Free News received no direct responses from the Governing Board Members. Matthew Holloway is a senior reporter for AZ Free News. Follow him on X for his latest stories, or email tips to Matthew@azfreenews.com. The post PCC Approves $5.9M Gift While Confirming Elimination Of Sustainability Director Position first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a17fd31ee6011c3f4e8bb4a Rep. Ansari Demands ICE Be Abolished In First State Of The District Address te 2026-05-28T08:30:41.996Z Rep. Ansari Demands ICE Be Abolished In First State Of The District Address By Staff Reporter | Democratic Rep. Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) again demanded that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) be abolished in her first State of the District address on Wednesday. The address — which was not livestreamed or posted to any of Ansari’s social media accounts — was largely an indictment of President Donald Trump and his administration.  “We are living through the most corrupt and the most authoritarian administration in American history, led by a lunatic with no regard for human life,” said Ansari.  Ansari advocated for the immediate abolition of ICE. She claimed the agency was a murderous, chaotic, cruel entity lacking accountability.  “It is absolutely clear that we must do everything in our power to stop and abolish ICE as quickly as possible,” said Ansari. “Immigration enforcement [is not] locking up tens of thousands of people into what can only be described as concentration camps run by private prison companies designed to profit off of human suffering.”  The congresswoman has made similar calls for immigration enforcement abolition throughout her freshman tenure. At the Munich Security Conference in February, Ansari advocated for abolishing all immigration enforcement in addition to implementing a wealth tax and subsidizing healthcare, homeownership, and childcare. During her State of the District, Ansari also announced her endorsement of a ballot proposal to gut universal school choice in Arizona, the Protect Education Act. Present for this recommendation were the state’s largest teacher’s union, the Arizona Education Association (AEA), and the activist group Save Our Schools Arizona. Featured speakers at Ansari’s first State of the District were Reyna Montoya, founder and CEO of Aliento Arizona; Mike Renaud, president and CEO of Valle Del Sol; Marisol Garcia, president of the AEA; Karyleni Alburquerque, Ansari’s former ambassador for the 3rd congressional district; Dr. Matthew Whitaker, executive director of the George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center; and Jake Hylton, executive director of Lookout Publications. Andrew Simek, Ansari’s field representative and community manager, claimed in a LinkedIn post that Ansari has attended over 300 community events, hosted over a dozen town halls, logged over 1,000 volunteer hours, and engaged with over 77,000 constituents.  On that last point — it was unclear whether that total for constituents included any illegal aliens facing detainment or deportation, since Ansari has claimed this class as part of her “historically underserved and underrepresented” constituency.  Ansari disclosed during her address that she prioritized community outreach to these underserved and underrepresented populations, specifically calling out the Afghan refugees, Iranian students, and Sudanese and Asian communities. The congresswoman also advocated for government-run pharmacies, taxation on excess profits by oil companies, expansion of government-run housing, expansion of government-subsidized rent, government subsidies for house down payments, double wages for overtime, and universal healthcare.  Ansari also laid claim to securing over $17 million in federal funding for community projects, or Community Project Funding: $2.1 million for the city of Phoenix Fire Wildland Urban Interface;  $2 million for the Arizona State University Center for Heat Resilient Communities;  $2 million for the Arizona State University CHIPS and Domestic Manufacturing Research Initiative;  $2 million for the city of Phoenix’s Real Time Crime Center;  $2 million for the town of Guadalupe’s Biehn Colony Park Reconstruction;  $1.1 million for the city of Tolleson Wastewater Digester No. 4 Project;  $1 million for the city of Tolleson Multi-Modal Path Lighting Project;  $1 million for the Arouet Foundation’s 2026 Reentry Prosperity Model;  $1 million for the Valley Metro Community Safety Project;  $850,000 for the city of Glendale Transportation Improvements; $830,000 for the city of Phoenix Central Arizona Shelter Services’ Single Adult Shelter Renovations; $800,000 for the city of Phoenix Alternative Fuel Vehicle Fires Mitigation; $580,000 for Axiom Community of Recovery’s Transition to Recovery and Reentry Program; and $250,000 for Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport Improvements Ansari introduced 32 bills and cosponsored over 450 bills. None of her bills have advanced beyond introduction. Two bills propose to overhaul and defund ICE. AZ Free News is your #1 source for Arizona news and politics. You can send us news tips using this link. The post Rep. Ansari Demands ICE Be Abolished In First State Of The District Address first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a17f87cee6011c3f4e8ba23 Late-spring freeze devastates Northeast farms, threatening peach and apple crops te 2026-05-28T08:10:36.395Z Late-spring freeze devastates Northeast farms, threatening peach and apple crops Farmers across the Northeast are facing devastating losses after a rare late-April freeze destroyed hundreds of millions of dollars worth of crops, wiping out entire apple and peach harvests in some areas. At Terhune Orchards in Princeton, New Jersey, orchard owner Tannwen Mount says the damage is unlike anything her family has experienced before. "It was really a catastrophic loss for our whole region, not just here at Terhune Orchards," Mount said. Usually, spring at the orchard is marked by budding apple trees and the beginning of a busy growing season. But this year, many trees are showing little sign of life after temperatures plunged during a critical stage of crop development. PREVIOUS CROP LOSS FOR FARMERS IN THE NORTHEAST Agriculture officials say the freeze hit at nearly the worst possible moment. "This is what we call a generational freeze," said New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Ed Wengryn. "Almost like a hundred-year storm — almost a perfect event." According to the New Jersey Department of Agriculture, farmers across the state lost an estimated $300 million worth of fruit crops because of the freeze. Apples and peaches were among the hardest hit. Mount says the widespread nature of the damage makes this season especially difficult. "Never have we lost multiple crops all at once for the season," she said. NEBRASKA RANCHERS STRUGGLE TO RECOVER FROM HISTORIC WILDFIRES AS DROUGHT WORSENS CRISIS The freeze also impacted neighboring Pennsylvania, one of the nation’s top peach-producing states, raising concerns about reduced fruit supplies throughout the Northeast and beyond. "There’s just not going to be any peaches from this region," Wengryn warned. In response to the losses, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill has requested federal disaster relief to help struggling farmers stay afloat.  State officials say low-interest federal loans could provide critical support as growers attempt to recover from a season with little or no fruit to sell. CONGRESS MUST NOT DERAIL THE FREIGHT RAIL LIFELINE FOR AMERICA'S FARMERS "It’s an inexpensive source of money to help pay your bills and kind of carry you through this growing season," Wengryn explained. "Because you're not going to have a product to sell to get your next year going." Despite the damage, some farmers are finding ways to adapt. At Terhune Orchards, Mount says surviving crops like strawberries, blueberries, blackberries and vegetables could help offset some of the losses. "We’re in the middle of our strawberry season. Blueberries and blackberries look great, and this is the year for pick-your-own vegetables," Mount said. "So we’re doing things a little bit different." She’s also encouraging consumers to support local agriculture during a difficult year for farmers across the region. "This is the year to really support your local farmers," Mount said. "Come out and buy local produce." The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced relief assistance for Pennsylvania farmers affected by the freeze. USDA officials say New Jersey’s request is still under review. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a17ea9eee6011c3f4e8b75c Gas prices May 28 te 2026-05-28T07:11:26.071Z Gas prices May 28 National average: $4.49 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a17ea7eee6011c3f4e8b71c California teacher Samantha Watson arrested for alleged sexual conduct with student at charter school te 2026-05-28T07:10:54.311Z California teacher Samantha Watson arrested for alleged sexual conduct with student at charter school A California teacher was arrested after allegedly engaging in inappropriate sexual conduct with a minor, authorities said. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office Special Victims Unit said it is investigating allegations involving inappropriate contact with a student at a school in Moreno Valley, California. The teacher, identified as Samantha J. Watson, 41, of Eastvale, was charged with sending harmful material to a juvenile, oral copulation and digital penetration. Investigators said the alleged conduct occurred between 2017 and 2018. CALIFORNIA MIDDLE SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL NABBED IN CHILD SEX STING Authorities allege Watson had inappropriate contact with a student while employed as a teacher at a charter school located in the 23000 block of Sunnymead Boulevard in Moreno Valley. Authorities did not identify the school where Watson allegedly worked. Fox News Digital has reached out to schools in the area for comment. EX-TEACHER FACES 25 CHARGES INCLUDING RAPE AND ABUSE AS INVESTIGATION WIDENS Authorities said the investigation into Watson began in January following allegations of inappropriate contact involving a student. Investigators executed a search warrant May 22 at a residence in the 14000 block of Silent Stream Court in Eastvale, authorities said. Watson was taken into custody without incident. "This is an ongoing investigation, and no additional details are available at this time," the sheriff's office said in a statement. Investigators said they believe there may be additional victims. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a17ea66ee6011c3f4e8b6e7 Vertu wants CEOs to run companies from an AI foldable starting at $6,880 te 2026-05-28T07:10:30.793Z Vertu wants CEOs to run companies from an AI foldable starting at $6,880 Built on top of the open-source Hermes project, Vertu's new foldable combines AI-agent workflows, enterprise integrations, and ultra-premium luxury finishes. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a17dc61ee6011c3f4e8b40c NAU ROUNDUP: Eric Heins becomes 8th NAU Inductee into Big Sky Conference Hall of Fame te 2026-05-28T06:10:41.756Z NAU ROUNDUP: Eric Heins becomes 8th NAU Inductee into Big Sky Conference Hall of Fame A look at news and results from NAU. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a17c55bee6011c3f4e8af1e Ninja Warrior obstacle course to debut at 2028 Olympic Games te 2026-05-28T04:32:27.837Z Ninja Warrior obstacle course to debut at 2028 Olympic Games A stalwart for more than 100 years, the equestrian leg of the Modern Pentathlon will officially be replaced at the 2028 Olympic Games with an obstacle course known as the Ninja Warrior. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a17c547ee6011c3f4e8af15 SPORTS-OLY-ATH-2028-PENTATHLON-NINJAWARRIOR-FILEPIC-MCT te 2026-05-28T04:32:07.355Z SPORTS-OLY-ATH-2028-PENTATHLON-NINJAWARRIOR-FILEPIC-MCT At age 61, Glenn Davis made it through many obstacles on the June 30, 2025, episode of "American Ninja Warrior. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a17c532ee6011c3f4e8af0c NAU summer basketball camps open to kids at all skill levels te 2026-05-28T04:31:46.392Z NAU summer basketball camps open to kids at all skill levels NAU head coach Shane Burcar will be holding K-12 summer basketball camps in June as he looks to build a community in and around Flagstaff. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a17c51dee6011c3f4e8af03 Shane Burcar basketball camp te 2026-05-28T04:31:25.443Z Shane Burcar basketball camp Northern Arizona men's basketball coach Shane Burcar holds his phone up during one of his summer kids camps at Rolle Activity Center. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a17c508ee6011c3f4e8aefa NAU basketball camp te 2026-05-28T04:31:04.043Z NAU basketball camp Kids take a group photo after participating in an Northern Arizona University men's basketball camp hosted by head coach Shane Burcar at Rolle Activity Center. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a17c4e4ee6011c3f4e8aea1 James Talarico Opens Texas Senate Campaign Against Ken Paxton With Houston Rally te 2026-05-28T04:30:28.811Z James Talarico Opens Texas Senate Campaign Against Ken Paxton With Houston Rally Personal attacks and a packed campaign rally set the tone for what is likely to be a rancorous contest for U.S. Senate between James Talarico and Ken Paxton in Texas. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a17c035ee6011c3f4e8ada6 How to Watch the Scripps National Spelling Bee te 2026-05-28T04:10:29.278Z How to Watch the Scripps National Spelling Bee Nearly 250 contestants from around the nation and the world traveled to Washington for a chance at glory and a $50,000 cash prize. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a17bb8fee6011c3f4e8ace1 DPS seizes machine guns, ammunition believed to be headed to Mexico te 2026-05-28T03:50:39.186Z DPS seizes machine guns, ammunition believed to be headed to Mexico Troopers found several guns and 5,000 rounds of ammunition during a traffic stop near Marana, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a17b937ee6011c3f4e8ac57 SR 87 closed near Strawberry due to brush fire te 2026-05-28T03:40:39.122Z SR 87 closed near Strawberry due to brush fire There is no estimated time for the road to reopen, officials say. Here's what we know. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a17b225ee6011c3f4e8aa76 Caitlin Clark listed as probable for Fever-Valkyries rematch following early season back issues te 2026-05-28T03:10:29.759Z Caitlin Clark listed as probable for Fever-Valkyries rematch following early season back issues The latest development in Caitlin Clark’s closely followed season arrived about 24 hours before tip off of the Indiana Fever’s latest game. Clark was listed as probable ahead of Thursday’s matchup with the Golden State Valkyries as she continues to deal with a back issue early in the WNBA season. Meanwhile, all signs point to teammate Bree Hall also being available to suit up. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Caitlin Clark was a late scratch for the Fever’s May 20 matchup against the Portland Fire, marking her first missed game of the season. Even without Clark, Indiana rolled to a 90-73 victory. The Fever hit the 90-point mark again last Friday, this time in a win over the Valkyries. While there were some concerns about Clark’s availability leading into last week’s Fever-Valkyries game, those worries proved short-lived. Clark returned to the starting lineup and scored a team-high 22 points to help lift Indiana to its third consecutive victory. Clark’s promising start to her WNBA career was interrupted by injuries in 2025. After appearing in 40 games and winning Rookie of the Year in 2024, Clark was limited to just 13 appearances last season due to a groin strain and ankle-bone bruise. WNBA COACH DOUBLES DOWN ON JALEN BRUNSON DOUBTS DESPITE KNICKS REACHING NBA FINALS On Wednesday, during the Fever’s off day ahead of Thursday’s Golden State-Indiana rematch, Clark was spotted about a mile from the Valkyries’ home arena attending the San Francisco Giants' game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Clark attended the game alongside her boyfriend, Connor McCaffery, the former Iowa basketball player. McCaffery and Clark were seen wearing Giants hats at Oracle Park, though Clark has previously acknowledged her Phillies fandom — even if the team was not originally her top choice. "My boyfriend grew up a really big Phillies fan, so I kinda had to like the Phillies. I do like them, I love Bryce Harper. I still like the Cubs, I like the Yankees. I’m not like a diehard any baseball team. My dad was a big Royals fan," the two-time WNBA All-Star said in 2024. "Kansas City was like a professional sports team to us. I liked the Chiefs before the Chiefs were really good too, so I’m not a bandwagoner either. I like the Phillies, so I’ll cheer for them this postseason." 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/6a17afe4ee6011c3f4e8a9f5 Kendrick Perkins involved in altercation at son's AAU basketball game after player was allegedly body slammed te 2026-05-28T03:00:52.716Z Kendrick Perkins involved in altercation at son's AAU basketball game after player was allegedly body slammed Former NBA center and current ESPN analyst Kendrick Perkins was involved in an altercation at one of his son’s recent AAU basketball games in Norman, Oklahoma. Perkins is known on-screen as someone who doesn’t mind having a verbal argument about sports with his colleagues, but a video from the AAU game via TMZ Sports shows the 6-foot-10 big man being held back as he screamed at someone not seen in the video. Perkins coaches his son’s YPG Perkins team, and things were getting chippy against their opponent, Swaveway Playaz. However, a non-basketball foul sent the 2008 NBA champion over the edge. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Perkins can be seen yelling toward someone, while coaches on his team were pushing him away to alleviate the tension. As the video went viral, Perkins responded to it on social media. "Damn right, and it probably won’t be the last time!" Perkins wrote on X. "I’m going to protect every single kid in my organization like they’re my own." KENDRICK PERKINS ACCIDENTALLY EXPOSED THE NBA'S BIGGEST PROBLEM DURING ESPN'S 'FIRST TAKE' Perkins also addressed the altercation during an appearance on ESPN’s "The Pat McAfee Show," where he made the stance he was trying to protect his players. "We’re in a tournament; it’s a heated game. 17U, they’re going back and forth or whatever," Perkins said. "We end up winning the game, all right cool. The other team, they had this guy who’s like 7-foot, 400 pounds. After the game, he comes and he body slams one of my kids who plays for my team. I stay seated and then I get up ‘cause everybody’s running around. The players, they’re about to fight. So, as a responsible owner of the organization, I get up and, ‘Hey man, y’all need to chill,’ X-Y-Z. I’m grabbing my players. I tell the coach of the other team, ‘Hey bro, get your players. I got mine.’ He pops off. ‘I ain’t getting nothing, I ain’t getting nothing. Who the hell are you.’ "The kid that got slammed to the ground, his parents weren’t at the game. So, his parents trusted me with their child. So, I gotta protect that child as if he’s mine. I’m going to stand up for him, even though I didn’t go over there with bad intentions, I gotta make sure that kid is OK and he makes it back home to his parents. He’s a young man, but again, he plays in my organization. So, I gotta make sure, by any means necessary, that he’s safe." Before Perkins was on-air talking about the NBA, the Texas native played 14 seasons in the league, helping the Boston Celtics win the 2008 title. He spent eight of those seasons in Boston, averaging 6.4 points and 6.1 rebounds per game, developing into a starting center for his squad. During the 2010-11 season, Perkins was traded from the Celtics to the Oklahoma City Thunder, where he spent five seasons. He also played for the Cleveland Cavaliers and New Orleans Pelicans before retiring from the league. 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/6a17afceee6011c3f4e8a9d4 Massie Visits Greene in Costa Rica for Fishing and ‘Spicy’ Political Talks te 2026-05-28T03:00:30.712Z Massie Visits Greene in Costa Rica for Fishing and ‘Spicy’ Political Talks The two Republican critics of President Trump — Thomas Massie, who lost his House primary last week, and Marjorie Taylor Greene, who resigned from Congress — met up in the tropics. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a17ab30ee6011c3f4e8a8ea Bomani Jones becomes latest commentator to criticize Jaxson Dart for introducing Donald Trump: 'embarrassing' te 2026-05-28T02:40:48.946Z Bomani Jones becomes latest commentator to criticize Jaxson Dart for introducing Donald Trump: 'embarrassing' Surprisingly, New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart has become the story of the 2026 NFL offseason. Particularly among some commentators or media members who have a specific political association that heavily impacts their feelings toward certain athletes. Dart introduced President Donald Trump at a recent rally, giving a mostly unremarkable, brief speech. And in doing so, set off a firestorm of criticism. Criticism that is rarely levied at athletes who speak out in favor of left-wing politicians. For example, former player and current NFL analyst Emmanuel Acho said it was "pretty stupid" for Dart to introduce Trump. It's impossible to believe that Dart would receive the same criticism if he introduced Barack Obama, Joe Biden, or Kamala Harris. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Well, add former ESPN commentator Bomani Jones to the list of commentators who have jumped in to criticize Dart while ignoring other athletes' political endorsement. "This idea that we don't care about the politics of athletes...yes, we do," Jones said in a recent episode of his "The Right Time with Bomani Jones" show. "Now, whether you care enough about the politics that it affects whether or not you root for them on your team, that becomes a different situation and that becomes just a little bit tricky. Like, will you, if you are a Giants fan, will you stop rooting for the Giants because Jaxson Dart is a Trumper? Probably not. But don't tell me you don't care." He continued by saying he doubts it'll "fracture" the Giants' locker room, despite Abdul Carter's comments. "What struck me about this — and I also want to be clear about this — the whole 'this is going to fracture the locker room' thing. NFL locker rooms are wild, segregated, and full of white players who support Trump and black players who support Trump. Okay, that is no revolutionary rule. That's not how the NFL works." GIANTS STAR ABDUL CARTER TAKES ISSUE WITH TEAMMATE JAXSON DART INTRODUCING TRUMP AT NEW YORK RALLY But Jones then goes after Dart by implying he's "embarrassing" other players and that "standing" with Trump is an outsized offense compared to other politicians. "...And this is what I'm saying to Jaxson Dart: 'Take that monkey s--- off. You embarrassing us,'" Jones said. "And what I'm talking about is this, you in here, think about all the love that he got for them chains when he out here doing dances and all of this stuff. I guarantee you it's a few cats in there that was like, 'Oh, he cool.' "I do think that it is important to note that Trump is not the same as any other politician. Like, standing with Trump, and people having a problem with it is not just, 'I disagree with your politics.' Somebody went up there and stood with Curtis Sliwa during the mayoral election...it's not going to be a thing. This is very particularly about this very particular man." That's the problem. Left-wing commentators, like Bomani Jones, treat Trump as though he is an unimaginable evil. Then create rules around behavior based on their wildly inaccurate opinions. While also ignoring that the left also compared Mitt Romney, a very moderate Republican figure, to Hitler. Of course Dart would receive criticism from sports media for introducing any right-wing politician, because sports media is dominated by the political left and they do not tolerate opposition. Jones would never criticize Abdul Carter, to use a relevant example, for joining Kamala Harris on stage. Because he supports Kamala Harris and views her policies and positions as reasonable and necessary. He refuses to accept that a sizable portion of the United States feels the same way about Trump's policies and positions. Dart must be chastised, because Trump is uniquely unacceptable. Even though just a year and a half ago, he won the popular vote and carried 31 of the 50 states. Harris is not uniquely unacceptable to Jones, so therefore she is not divisive. It's predictable, ridiculous, and absurd. In short, it's the perfect example of modern left-wing sports commentary. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a17a693ee6011c3f4e8a815 RFK Jr. responds to snake-handling critics with new video showing him wrangling a venomous rattlesnake te 2026-05-28T02:21:07.433Z RFK Jr. responds to snake-handling critics with new video showing him wrangling a venomous rattlesnake Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shared another snake-handling video Wednesday after social media users raised concerns over his earlier encounter with a pair of black racer snakes. Kennedy Jr. posted an Instagram video captioned, "In response to the many comments about venomous snakes, this video shows how Cheryl and I handled a recent rattlesnake rescue." The clip begins with Kennedy Jr. sitting in his home office before someone alerts him to a snake in the driveway. "Hold on, guys. I'll be back in a flash," he says before grabbing a bucket and a small net and heading outside. RFK JR BAREHANDS A PAIR OF SNAKES ON DR. OZ'S PATIO IN WILD VIDEO The HHS secretary then carefully scoops up the rattlesnake as onlookers react in amazement. After placing the snake in a bucket, Kennedy Jr. later pins it behind the head and lifts it toward the camera while explaining how to identify the reptile. "His fangs are in there. I don't want to touch them," he said. "This is a beautiful snake. This is a Western Diamondback. You can tell by these rings at the end of his tail." Kennedy Jr. then asked his wife, actress Cheryl Hines, to bring him a pillowcase before transporting and releasing the snake back into the wild. ACTRESS CHERYL HINES CLASHES WITH 'THE VIEW' OVER HER HUSBAND RFK JR’S RECORD SERVING AMERICANS The Instagram post appeared to respond directly to criticism and concern sparked by another snake video Kennedy Jr. shared Tuesday on X. In that clip, Kennedy Jr. grabbed two black North American racer snakes with his bare hands while visiting Dr. Mehmet Oz's patio as Hines watched in apparent horror. "Honey, honey ... why?" Hines yelled as Kennedy Jr. cornered the snakes. Kennedy Jr. then lunged at the reptiles and eventually lifted both by their tails as they repeatedly bit his hands. CHERYL HINES SHARES HARROWING EVACUATION FROM WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS' DINNER AS GUNSHOTS RANG OUT "Black snakes, they're biting me," Kennedy Jr. said with a smile. The snakes continued striking at his hands as Hines pleaded, "Bobby, please! Bobby, Bobby, please," before later telling him, "You are nuts." Kennedy Jr. later posted the video to X with the caption, "Cheryl cheerleads the removal of a pair of Black Racers from Dr Oz's patio." According to the Florida Museum of Natural History, black racer snakes are nonvenomous and generally harmless to humans, though they will "readily bite to defend themselves." The earlier video showed Kennedy Jr. handling nonvenomous snakes, while Wednesday’s Instagram clip focused on a venomous Western Diamondback rattlesnake, prompting some social media users to question whether the HHS secretary was taking unnecessary risks. Fox News Digital's Robert McGreevy contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a17a67fee6011c3f4e8a80c Caitlin Clark spotted at Giants game before heated Fever-Valkyries showdown in Bay Area te 2026-05-28T02:20:47.440Z Caitlin Clark spotted at Giants game before heated Fever-Valkyries showdown in Bay Area WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark is in the Bay Area and drawing crowds before even stepping onto the hardwood. On Wednesday afternoon, the Indiana Fever superstar took advantage of an off day to catch some MLB action at Oracle Park. Unfortunately, she had to sit through Giants baseball, but McCovey Cove's picturesque views certainly made the detour worth it. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Clark and her boyfriend, former Iowa basketball player Connor McCaffery, were spotted sitting in the premium owners’ seats next to the San Francisco Giants’ dugout during their game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Naturally, the TV cameras found her immediately. Clark sported a silver-scripted "SF" Giants hat. JEMELE HILL DISMISSES CLAIMS CAITLIN CLARK IS BEING TARGETED IN WNBA To further showcase her WNBA star power, Clark's appearance at Oracle only added more buzz to Thursday night’s highly anticipated matchup at Chase Center, where the Fever will face the Valkyries. WATCH: The matchup will bear some tension following last Friday’s heated game, when Clark silenced critics by returning from a back injury to post 22 points and nine assists in an Indiana victory. After clashing with Clark during the game, Hayes was caught on a hot mic complaining that officials were favoring the Fever star. Hayes later drew criticism online after interacting with hostile posts about Clark, including one exchange where she appeared to laugh at a fan suggesting a physical threat against the Fever star. WNBA fans have since called for disciplinary action from a league that critics say has repeatedly looked the other way when tensions involving Clark boil over. The Fever-Valkyries rematch tips off Thursday night. Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a17a43eee6011c3f4e8a79d EXCLUSIVE: Veterans turn war stories into music at Trump Kennedy Center in powerful patriotic showcase te 2026-05-28T02:11:10.553Z EXCLUSIVE: Veterans turn war stories into music at Trump Kennedy Center in powerful patriotic showcase The Trump Kennedy Center hosted a packed house Wednesday night as veterans and active-duty service members transformed war stories into music during an emotional patriotic showcase just days after Memorial Day. "These are veteran independent artists, and it was an honor to have them perform for a full house at the Trump Kennedy Center," Roma Daravi, vice president of communications for the Trump Kennedy Center, told Fox News Digital. "Supporting our veterans is especially important coming off the Memorial Day weekend as we remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom," Daravi added. The performance, titled "From Military to Music," featured Brooks Herring, Brennan Clements, Jackson Perkins and Torv, veterans and active-duty musicians performing songs inspired by combat, trauma and healing during a showcase at the Trump Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage. KID ROCK EMBRACES AMERICAN PRIDE, BREAKS DOWN WHY PERFORMING FOR VETERANS IS 'MOST REWARDING' WORK HE'S DONE "Art remains essential to the fabric of our nation, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," Daravi said. "We are proud to honor its role in our 250-year history through veteran shows here at America’s cultural center." Audience members packed the venue for the intimate performance, which blended live music with personal reflections on military service, loss, resilience and recovery. CreatiVets, the nonprofit behind the event, works with veterans struggling with trauma and the difficult transition to civilian life by pairing them with professional songwriters and artists. TRUMP KENNEDY CENTER'S BOARD VOTES UNANIMOUSLY TO APPROVE $257M RENOVATIONS AND TWO-YEAR CLOSURE The showcase comes during a major transition period for the Trump Kennedy Center as leadership prepares to temporarily shutter the iconic arts institution for a sweeping $257 million renovation project tied to broader restoration efforts ahead of America’s 250th birthday celebration. The Trump Kennedy Center’s board voted unanimously earlier this year to approve the renovation project and a planned two-year closure beginning after July 4. Officials have described the overhaul as a long-overdue restoration effort aimed at addressing decades of deferred maintenance, including deteriorating infrastructure, water damage, failing HVAC systems and structural concerns throughout the building. TRUMP LAUNCHES MASSIVE ‘FREEDOM 250’ PUSH TO IGNITE AMERICA’S 250TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Fox News Digital previously obtained images and internal materials showing rusted electrical systems, cracked concrete with exposed steel supports and extensive water infiltration beneath the facility. President Donald Trump has framed the project as part of a broader mission to restore the Kennedy Center to what he called the "highest level of success, beauty, and grandeur." "Subject to board approval, I have determined that the fastest way to bring The Trump Kennedy Center to the highest level of success, beauty, and grandeur, is to cease entertainment operations for an approximately two-year period of time," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post earlier this year. The administration and Kennedy Center leadership have increasingly emphasized patriotic programming as part of a broader effort to reshape Washington’s cultural landscape ahead of the nation’s semiquincentennial celebration. "From Military to Music" streamed live from the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage in Washington, D.C. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a17a42aee6011c3f4e8a794 Nebraska K9 sniffs out 525 pounds of cocaine during routine traffic stop, leading to California man's arrest te 2026-05-28T02:10:50.546Z Nebraska K9 sniffs out 525 pounds of cocaine during routine traffic stop, leading to California man's arrest More than 500 pounds of  suspected cocaine were discovered during a Nebraska traffic stop after a police K9 alerted troopers to the odor of a controlled substance coming from the vehicle, authorities said. The Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) said troopers arrested a suspect Wednesday after finding approximately 525 pounds of suspected cocaine and 9.3 grams of suspected heroin inside the vehicle. Authorities credited the discovery largely to K9 Gable. "Amazing work today by Troopers and K9 Gable, who sniffed out 525 pounds of cocaine during a traffic stop on I-80," the NSP posted on X. INSIDE THE TEXAS DPS K-9 PROGRAM: STRENGTHENING BORDER SECURITY AND COMBATING CRIME "The nose knows," the agency added. The Nebraska State Patrol K9 Division also praised the operation. "Our handler and his PSD had an AMAZING traffic stop today," the unit posted on X. "PSD Gable assisted in locating approximately 525 lbs of suspected Cocaine." POLICE DOG FOLLOWS HIS NOSE TO FIND MISSING AUTISTIC TEEN SCREAMING FOR HELP "Our handlers and their PSDs will find you," the post added. According to authorities, a Nebraska trooper stopped the vehicle Wednesday morning after observing it following too closely behind a semi-truck. During the stop, K9 Gable alerted troopers to the odor of a controlled substance coming from the vehicle, police said. OVER 190,000 "LETHAL" DOSES OF COCAINE SEIZED IN VALENTINE'S DAY WEEK BUST AT SOUTHERN BORDER Troopers later searched the vehicle and discovered hundreds of pounds of suspected cocaine along with suspected heroin, authorities said. The driver, identified as 23-year-old Gurarppan Gill of Yuba City, California, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession with intent to deliver. The seizure comes after several law enforcement agencies across the country have reported major K9-assisted drug busts in recent months. Last month, a Florida Highway Patrol K9 helped troopers uncover more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana hidden inside an RV during a traffic stop, Fox 35 Orlando reported. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a17a1d0ee6011c3f4e8a72d Josh Allen surprises kids at recess and the reaction from young Bills fans is pure joy te 2026-05-28T02:00:48.704Z Josh Allen surprises kids at recess and the reaction from young Bills fans is pure joy Josh Allen is one of the most recognizable players in the NFL today, especially in the Buffalo community. No matter how young or old you may be in West New York, you know Allen when you see him. A prime example of the love and respect Allen has gotten as the Bills' MVP quarterback was on display when he visited a school full of kids waiting to see their favorite player on Wednesday. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM The Bills’ social media team showed the moment Allen surprised kids at recess. "Hi, guys!" Allen yelled over the fence. BILLS FAN SNAGS JOSH ALLEN'S ERRANT PASS, IMMEDIATELY LEAVES WITH FOOTBALL "It’s Josh Allen!" the kids screamed as they ran to the fence to great Allen. Some of the taller students were able to jump to give Allen a high-five, but everyone got a chance to meet the quarterback. "Yes, I’m Josh Allen. That’s me!" he said, high-fiving all the kids on the turf field he visited. "You’re my favorite football player," many of them said. Allen quickly jumped into a game with the kids, the classic, "I’m thinking of a number between 1–100," which they started to quickly shout out. Allen was thinking of his jersey number, No. 17, which a few of the kids were wearing during the sunny day. One of the kids finally called out 17, and the group went crazy as Allen confirmed it was his number. While Allen has always been one to impact the Buffalo community, he recently became a father himself with his wife, actress and singer Hailee Steinfeld. Steinfeld gave birth to their baby girl last month, and Allen noted already feeling the effects of fatherhood on a daily basis. "I think it definitely changes the mindset a little bit. I am very excited," He said, via the team’s website. "I do think this is going to be the best version of myself in all aspects in my professional career and my personal life. …That ‘want to win’ will never change. The ‘why I want to do it’ has." Allen added that he wants to show his family, especially his daughter, how hard you need to work to accomplish your dreams and goals. Allen’s work ethic has never been questioned since the Bills drafted him in the first round out of Wyoming in 2018. Yet a Super Bowl appearance, despite Allen’s greatness and Buffalo’s success, has remained out of reach since he entered the league. However, Allen’s spirit has never wavered, and no matter what happens on the field, he has always worn his heart on his sleeve during events like these with kids. Kids who will always remember the day they met their favorite player. 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/6a179d23ee6011c3f4e8a665 Trump says Delaney Hall protesters are ‘paid’ as clashes escalate outside NJ ICE facility te 2026-05-28T01:40:51.677Z Trump says Delaney Hall protesters are ‘paid’ as clashes escalate outside NJ ICE facility President Donald Trump on Wednesday dismissed protesters outside Delaney Hall as "fake" and "paid for" as demonstrations continued at the Newark ICE detention facility and Democratic lawmakers increased pressure over conditions inside. "These aren’t protesters; these people are fake, they’re all paid for," Trump said during a Cabinet meeting Wednesday. "We run the finest facilities anywhere in the world of their type." Trump’s comments came after days of protests outside Delaney Hall, where detainees and family members have alleged overcrowding, poor living conditions and inadequate medical care inside the facility. Some detainees have also launched a hunger strike, according to Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J. The controversy escalated Wednesday as Reps. Daniel Goldman, D-N.Y., and Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., were escorted into the facility amid growing scrutiny surrounding conditions inside the detention center. PROTESTERS CLASH WITH ICE AS NJ DETENTION FACILITY DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE Protests outside Delaney Hall began Friday and have continued throughout the week, at times turning chaotic as demonstrators clashed with ICE agents outside the facility. On Sunday night, protesters attempted to block vehicles from entering and exiting the detention center. On Monday, officers deployed tear gas and forcibly removed protesters during confrontations outside the facility. Video from the scene showed officers throwing one protester to the ground and dragging another away from the entrance. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin also defended conditions inside Delaney Hall and dismissed criticism from detainees and Democratic lawmakers. SOMETHING TO HIDE? ICE UNDER FIRE FOR SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS AT FOR-PROFIT DETENTION CENTER "This isn’t Holiday Inn," Mullin said when asked about complaints surrounding the facility. Mullin also criticized elected officials who have appeared outside Delaney Hall, including Kim, who said he witnessed deteriorating conditions firsthand during a recent visit. "I’m sorry, you probably shouldn’t have been there," Mullin said when asked about Kim being pepper-sprayed outside the facility. Kim told CNN detainees showed him spoiled food and described worsening conditions inside the center. "A detainee handed me a carton of milk, and I looked at it, and it was just congealed solid, I mean it was absolutely disgusting," Kim said. ICE officials have denied allegations that detainees are being held in unsafe or inhumane conditions at the facility. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a17985eee6011c3f4e8a56c Super Bowl champion Parris Campbell retires from NFL at 28, Cowboys announce te 2026-05-28T01:20:30.877Z Super Bowl champion Parris Campbell retires from NFL at 28, Cowboys announce Wide receiver Parris Campbell is joining a growing list of players stepping away from football. Following his retirement decision, the Dallas Cowboys placed the 28-year-old on the reserve/retired list Wednesday. "Parris Campbell is hanging up his cleats in 2026. The veteran wide receiver has made the decision to officially retire from the NFL, also ending his time with the Dallas Cowboys, and will be moved to the team’s Reserve/Retired List," the Cowboys said via their team's official website. Campbell spent time on injured reserve and the practice squad last season and did not appear in a regular-season game for Dallas before signing a reserve/futures contract in January. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Campbell’s most recent NFL regular-season action came with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2024, when he caught six passes across five games and won a Super Bowl. A.J. BROWN TRADE RUMORS: LATEST NEWS CONCERNING EAGLES' STAR WIDE RECEIVER Before entering the NFL, Campbell starred at Ohio State. The Indianapolis Colts selected him in the second round of the 2019 NFL Draft. Campbell finished his four seasons in Indianapolis with 983 receiving yards, including a career-best 623-yard campaign in 2022. He joined the New York Giants in 2023. Dallas now has two open roster spots on its 90-man roster, with one opening existing before Campbell’s retirement decision. Parris Campbell will turn 29 in less than two months. The Cowboys open voluntary organized team activities in June. 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/6a179666ee6011c3f4e8a50b Essay contest focuses on ethical dilemmas te 2026-05-28T01:12:06.074Z Essay contest focuses on ethical dilemmas High school students from across Arizona are invited to enter the Ethical Torch Essay Scholarship Contest, presented by the BBB and sponsored by Swiss America and Kiwanis. Students in grades nine to 12 who are in the graduating classes of 2027 to 2030 can enter the annual competition, which is designed to challenge high school students to analyze the ethical dilemmas that confront them. As Faustine Chan, Community and Business Programs director at the BBB noted, to enter the contest, students should write an essay of no more than 500 words about an ethical issue that they faced, and how they handled it. “The essay should also analyze what it has taught the student about ethics and themselves,” Chan said. “Over the years, we have found that the most engaging and thought-provoking essays often reflect on a meaningful experience or lesson learned in one’s life that focuses on an ethical reflection.” Five scholarships will be awarded to the winners: $500 for fifth place, $750 for fourth place, $1,000 for third place, $1,250 for second place and $1,500 for first place. The application deadline is 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 11. Applications can be submitted at torchessay.bbbcommunity.org. The winners will be recognized and will receive their scholarships at the Torch Awards for Ethics on Thursday, Nov. 19, in Phoenix. For more information about the Ethical Torch Essay Scholarship Contest, call 602-212-2228 or email scholarships@bbbcommunity.org. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a179638ee6011c3f4e8a4fe Warehouse rezoning near The Shops at Havasu advances after split vote te 2026-05-28T01:11:20.471Z Warehouse rezoning near The Shops at Havasu advances after split vote A proposal to bring industrial warehouse zoning to vacant land north of Lake Havasu City is headed to the Mohave County Board of Supervisors after county planning commissioners recommended approval despite concerns from nearby residents. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a179623ee6011c3f4e8a4f2 Hotel employee found napping in unoccupied room, cited for theft te 2026-05-28T01:10:59.511Z Hotel employee found napping in unoccupied room, cited for theft A Lake Havasu City hotel employee was cited on misdemeanor theft charges this month, after she reportedly fell asleep in a vacant room after her shift. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a17960fee6011c3f4e8a4e9 Victim, 3, in stable condition after boating accident in Needles te 2026-05-28T01:10:39.026Z Victim, 3, in stable condition after boating accident in Needles San Bernardino County officials say a 3-year-old girl is now in stable condition, after a boating accident left her with serious injuries in the area of Park Moabi, in Needles. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1793b0ee6011c3f4e8a449 Feds plan new Bahamas search for Lynette Hooker after GPS data allegedly torpedoes husband’s story: source te 2026-05-28T01:00:32.788Z Feds plan new Bahamas search for Lynette Hooker after GPS data allegedly torpedoes husband’s story: source Federal investigators have reportedly reopened the search for the Michigan woman who disappeared in the Bahamas after newly obtained forensic data suggests inconsistencies in her husband’s recollection of events from the night she went missing.  United States authorities are asking the Bahamas for clearance to send a dive team to search new areas in the Sea of Abaco for the remains of Lynette Hooker after newly discovered GPS data allegedly contradicted her husband’s version of events surrounding the night she vanished, CBS News first reported and a source confirmed to Fox News Digital.  A source reportedly told the outlet that GPS data retrieved from an electronic device belonging to Brian Hooker showed a discrepancy with his story to investigators, and that the device provides investigators with locations that have not yet been searched.   Investigators are also reportedly working to extract data from devices aboard the vessel – including an infrared camera – that may contain additional clues surrounding Lynette Hooker’s disappearance. SAILBOAT TRACKING DATA WENT DARK FOR 11 HOURS THE NIGHT MISSING AMERICAN VANISHED IN THE BAHAMAS A source in the Bahamas told Fox News Digital that the new search, if approved by Bahamian authorities, will focus on an area of the Sea of Abaco with waters reaching 25-foot depths. The renewed efforts are based on GPS data from Brian Hooker's phone, in which he was using a marine navigation app. The Hookers' dinghy allegedly visited the same area, a U.S. official confirmed to Fox News Digital. The Hookers' boat, Soulmate, has been moved from Fort Pierce to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, because authorities did not have the capability to pull it from the water in Fort Pierce, a U.S. official told Fox News Digital. The data shows the device on the water, stopping in the Sea of Abaco and later returning to shore, CBS News reported. The newly obtained data provides investigators with a more precise area to search, the source reportedly added. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X Family members of Lynette Hooker confirmed to Fox News Digital that they have provided DNA samples to aid in the investigation. LYNETTE HOOKER MISSING IN BAHAMAS: TIMELINE OF MICHIGAN WOMAN’S DISAPPEARANCE, HUSBAND’S ARREST Additional evidence in the case continues to be processed at the FBI’s lab in Quantico, CBS News reported. SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER The development comes nearly two months after Lynnette Hooker vanished while on vacation with her husband on April 4, while also raising new questions surrounding Brian Hooker’s version of events.  Brian Hooker initially told investigators he and his wife were on a nighttime boat ride when she fell from a small dinghy and was swept away, Fox News Digital previously reported. SEND US A TIP HERE  He said he was forced to paddle back to shore because his wife was carrying the ignition key when she went overboard, authorities said. HUSBAND OF MISSING AMERICAN WOMAN WILL REMAIN IN BAHAMAS AFTER JAIL RELEASE, ATTORNEY SAYS Despite a weekslong search, investigators were unable to find Lynette Hooker. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST Brian Hooker was detained for five days by Bahamian police after his wife disappeared, but was never charged with a crime. He subsequently returned to the U.S. to tend to his "very ill" mother, his Bahamian attorney previously said. Last month, investigators with the Coast Guard Investigative Service seized the couple’s shared sailboat and brought it to Fort Pierce, Florida, Fox News Digital reported. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? FIND MORE ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB After Lynette Hooker went missing, Brian said in a Facebook post that he was "heartbroken." "I am heartbroken over the recent boat accident in unpredictable seas and high winds that caused my beloved Lynette to fall from our small dinghy near Elbow Cay in the Bahamas," he wrote. "Despite desperate attempts to reach her, the winds and currents drove us further apart. We continue to search for her and that is my sole focus." Brian Hooker has not been charged with a crime by American authorities.  Fox News Digital reached out to Brian Hooker’s attorney for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1791dcee6011c3f4e8a3f1 Scene pkg May 27 te 2026-05-28T00:52:44.150Z Scene pkg May 27 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1791c7ee6011c3f4e8a3e8 Scene pkg May 27 NDS te 2026-05-28T00:52:23.672Z Scene pkg May 27 NDS Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a179193ee6011c3f4e8a3a9 Feds seize $40M in gold bars, cash, Rolexes from former CIA official who faked being a Navy pilot te 2026-05-28T00:51:31.425Z Feds seize $40M in gold bars, cash, Rolexes from former CIA official who faked being a Navy pilot A former senior U.S. government official with top secret security clearance was arrested after the FBI raided his Virginia home and discovered a staggering $40 million stash of gold bars, $2 million in cash and 35 luxury watches, court documents reveal. David J. Rush was arrested May 19 and is facing federal charges for theft of public money after allegedly swindling the government out of tens of millions of dollars while posing as a highly decorated Navy Reserve captain and Air Force test pilot. He held a senior position with the CIA until recently, according to a report from The New York Times. According to an unsealed criminal complaint and FBI affidavit, the grift unraveled after Rush made multiple requests to his agency between November 2025 and March 2026 for a "significant quantity of foreign currency and tens of millions of dollars in gold bars."  Rush claimed the payout was strictly for "work-related expenses," but an FBI search of his home on May 18 turned up roughly 303 one-kilogram gold bars, $2 million in U.S. currency and dozens of luxury watches, many of which were Rolexes, according to court documents. CBP DIRECTOR FACES CHARGES FOR ALLEGEDLY DEFRAUDING FEMA AND LYING TO FEDS A federal investigation revealed that despite holding a Senior Executive Service (SES) rank and Top Secret/SCI clearance, Rush routinely lied about his military background and education. In applications for his high-level job, Rush claimed he was a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and the "current director of test for a 145-person, 18-aircraft joint Army/Navy weapons test organization," according to court documents. However, military records show Rush was never a pilot and held no FAA licenses; his actual duties in the Navy included working as an information systems technician. FORMER STATE DEPARTMENT ANALYST PLEADS GUILTY TO EMBEZZLING MORE THAN $650K He also allegedly faked his educational credentials to boost his federal salary, claiming he held a bachelor’s degree from Clemson University and a master's degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, according to the filings. Registrars from both universities confirmed to the FBI they have no record of Rush ever attending their schools. Further, the FBI claims that Rush scammed the government out of $77,000 in fraudulent military leave, claiming 744 hours of paid time off by telling his employer he was actively serving as a Navy Reserve captain (O-6) through September 2025.  Rush was honorably discharged a decade earlier, in February 2015, as a lieutenant (O-3), according to court documents. He is currently being held in federal custody by the U.S. Marshals after a judge initially denied his request for release. Rush recently waived his right to a preliminary hearing, and a magistrate judge found probable cause to move the case to a grand jury.  The FBI and CIA did not immediately respond to inquiries from Fox News Digital. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a17917fee6011c3f4e8a39f Father admits leaving handgun within reach of young daughters before toddler fatally shot baby sister te 2026-05-28T00:51:11.353Z Father admits leaving handgun within reach of young daughters before toddler fatally shot baby sister A Kansas father admitted he left a handgun within reach of his young daughters before his 3-year-old child fatally shot her 1-year-old sister inside the family’s Wichita home, according to court records and a police affidavit. Michael Tejeda, 26, pleaded guilty last week to second-degree murder, criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon and two counts of aggravated child endangerment in connection with the February 2025 shooting, according to Sedgwick County court records. As part of the plea agreement, prosecutors dropped a more serious charge of first-degree murder committed during the commission of a felony. The shooting happened Feb. 28 at the family’s home in Wichita. According to an arrest affidavit obtained by Wichita-based ABC affiliate KAKE, Tejeda called 911 after the shooting and told dispatchers his older daughter had shot his younger daughter. DC POLICE INVESTIGATING 5-YEAR-OLD SHOT BY YOUNGER SIBLING INSIDE APARTMENT: 'UNFORTUNATE SITUATION' Authorities said Tejeda later admitted he had fallen asleep while watching the children while their mother was away from the home. Investigators said he told police he had been carrying a handgun in a prop holster that did not properly secure the firearm. Tejeda told investigators he eventually removed the handgun and placed it on the mantel above the living room fireplace before going into a bedroom to change clothes, according to the affidavit. "I knew better, should've put it somewhere else," Tejeda told investigators, according to court documents. ATTORNEY SAYS VIRGINIA SCHOOL MISSED WARNINGS BEFORE 6-YEAR-OLD SHOT TEACHER Moments later, Tejeda told police he heard a loud bang and saw his 3-year-old daughter crying before discovering the 1-year-old suffering from a gunshot wound to the head on a couch in the living room. "He went into the living room and found [the 1-year-old] with a gunshot wound to her head while she was lying on the couch," the affidavit states. "Tejeda said he found his firearm lying on the couch next to [the child]." Investigators said Tejeda acknowledged his older daughter had previously shown curiosity about the firearm before the shooting. OHIO DAYCARE WORKER CONVICTED OF HORRIFIC PHYSICAL ABUSE OF TODDLERS SENTENCED TO YEARS IN PRISON The surviving child was later taken to a child advocacy center for a forensic interview, according to the affidavit. Authorities said the girl did not discuss the shooting during the interview. Both prosecutors and defense attorneys are expected to recommend a midrange sentence under Kansas guidelines, with the sentences running consecutively, according to local NBC affiliate KSNW. Tejeda is scheduled to be sentenced July 9. Representatives for both the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office and Wichita Police Department did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a179167ee6011c3f4e8a365 Google engineer charged with insider trading after making $1.2M on Polymarket te 2026-05-28T00:50:47.269Z Google engineer charged with insider trading after making $1.2M on Polymarket According to the complaint, a Google engineer risked over $2.7 million on wagers related to Google's 2025 Year in Search campaign. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a17914fee6011c3f4e8a34e Berger Performing Arts Center to remain open — despite ASDB move — as Saguaro City Music Theatre takes over te 2026-05-28T00:50:23.756Z Berger Performing Arts Center to remain open — despite ASDB move — as Saguaro City Music Theatre takes over When he walked across the Berger Performing Arts Center stage in 1992, Steven Dewakuku received his high school diploma from The Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. As part of the first ASDB class to celebrate graduation at Berger, Dewakuku also played drums in the Berger Performing Arts Center. Dewakuku, who is visually impaired, remembered how cool the building was and when ASDB announced earlier this year it would close its west side campus and move to Oro Valley, the fate of the Berger Center was up in the air.  Now, the site of many ASDB musicals, local concerts, plays and more has signed a one-year agreement to partner with Saguaro City Music Theatre. The building is a smooth fit for the nonprofit theater company started in 2021, which uses the Berger Center’s accessibility and parking for its student shows, featuring actors and musicians with disabilities.  Berger was built in 1991 and holds nearly 500 people. It was used last week for ASDB’s graduation ceremony.  Saguaro offers tuition-free inclusive arts education to kids ages 7 to 17, and up to 40% of them have mobility, auditory and visual impairments, Humphrey said. “We are really trying to keep our organization barrier-free cost-wise and have programming that is able to adapt to children of all abilities,” Drew Humphrey, Saguaro’s CEO and producing artistic director, told Arizona Luminaria.   “We would have to change 90% of our business model if we went somewhere else,” Humphrey said. “We have 63 kids coming for summer camp this month and we can only do that because of the way the Berger is structured. We can have children with mobility issues that are able here to get from front of house to backstage without having to go through an elevator or navigate stairs, so that’s crucial.” If Saguaro had to find another venue, it would have had to shift down to serving about 20 to 30 kids, he said. Saguaro has 44 entities that have reached out about booking or confirming bookings for next year, Humphrey said.  First up for Saguaro will be a production of “The Addams Family,” which runs June 26-28. Then, the new space could allow Saguaro to add an additional production next season, Humphrey added.   He’s grateful to keep telling stories and knows the building and the theatre will need support. “No matter what a child’s diagnosis is, no matter what a child’s developmental issue, it might be shyness even, what they’re not lacking is their ability to understand a story and to tell a story. And when you unlock that, it does feel like a little bit of a magic trick.” Dewakuku, now 53, recalled how enchanting it was when he first entered the building as a teen.  “I remember the school saying that this will be a performing arts center and will have all the bells and whistles installed for that time,” he said. “It’s a beauty. It has real good acoustics in there. The theater used to have a baby grand piano too.” Teacher raises begin July 1 Teachers are getting a $3,000 raise after the Tucson Unified School District Governing Board unanimously approved the move at Tuesday night’s meeting. Just over $12 million from taxpayers will go to teachers, including a 4% raise for substitute teachers, after voters approved a $45 million override last year. A key part of the override was the money making its way to educators, who currently make about $15,000 below the national average. A new teacher starting with base pay will now make $51,400 a year compared to $48,400 before the raise, TUSD Chief Financial Officer Ricky Hernández said Tuesday night. Free summer meals for students are here At least four area school districts will offer free meals to students this summer. TUSD has free breakfast and lunch at more than 50 schools, community centers and other locations. Hours vary at each. Find menus and more information here. The Sunnyside, Flowing Wells and Marana Unified School Districts will each offer breakfast and lunch. Find locations and times at each link above. Get free food with a $120 grocery voucher from the Arizona Department of Education. Families can check their eligibility for the SUN Bucks program here.  Read the whiteboard ☎️ An upgrade to the TUSD phone system means the phones are down. The district says phones should be restored by June 1. Visit school websites for contact info. 🎓 Actor Harrison Ford told Arizona State graduates to “build something that didn’t exist yesterday.” 👩🏽‍🎓 Arizona Western College awards a record 3,200 credentials. 💰 Student loan borrowers must choose a new way of repaying loans by July 1 or the government will find one for them. The post Berger Performing Arts Center to remain open — despite ASDB move — as Saguaro City Music Theatre takes over appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a178effee6011c3f4e8a30a WNBA coach doubles down on Jalen Brunson doubts despite Knicks reaching NBA Finals te 2026-05-28T00:40:31.999Z WNBA coach doubles down on Jalen Brunson doubts despite Knicks reaching NBA Finals Knicks fans are hoping to break their 53-year championship drought, knowing a title would also silence one of Jalen Brunson’s biggest critics. Yet even with New York officially in the Finals, Becky Hammon still isn’t ready to admit she was wrong. Brunson has already played his way into Gotham lore, spearheading the franchise’s first playoff series victory since 2013 in his debut season and now leading the Knicks to their first Finals appearance in 27 years. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Still, fans are waiting for Hammon to eat crow after she questioned whether the guard could truly be the No. 1 player on a championship-caliber team. She’s not quite there yet. WATCH: When asked recently if she was willing to take back her past comments, the Las Vegas Aces coach stood her ground: "I speak from experience. Allen Iverson got MVP, and he lost in the Finals. I think the two best teams are probably in the West, but I’m up for being proven wrong. NEW YORK READY TO COMBUST AS NYPD SHUT DOWN KNICKS WATCH PARTY OUTSIDE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN "That’s the other thing. I think Jalen Brunson’s a hell of a player, a hell of a player. I’m speaking historically on the NBA with what I said. "I don’t know why everybody’s so stuck on that. I said it two years ago. I said what I said. If he proves me wrong, he proves me wrong." To understand why fans are still so hung up on it, you have to revisit Hammon’s original "brass tacks" assessment of the Knicks’ ceiling: "They don’t have enough personnel, they don’t have the manpower that they need to hang with those guys. "I think you’re going to get a consistent team like they’ve been. They’re a pretty good team. "They’re well-coached, they’re going to be on their defensive game, but at the end of the day, they don’t have a dude. "You gotta have a 1A dude, and they’re missing that at the end of the day if we’re just getting down to brass tacks." At the time, Hammon’s comments reflected a common belief around the NBA ... that Brunson was talented, tough and reliable, but not the type of superstar capable of carrying a franchise to a championship. Now, Brunson is one of the biggest reasons the Knicks are four wins away from ending decades of heartbreak. The truth is, unless Brunson wins a championship for New York, Hammon’s skepticism will continue to shadow him. But if Brunson brings a title back to the Big Apple, Hammon’s comments won’t age well. He would not only prove her wrong, but he’d cement himself as a Knicks legend forever. Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a178d01ee6011c3f4e8a2b8 The hopes of a nation: US Soccer reveals 26-man roster for 2026 FIFA World Cup te 2026-05-28T00:32:01.940Z The hopes of a nation: US Soccer reveals 26-man roster for 2026 FIFA World Cup NEW YORK – U.S. Soccer and Fox had big plans on Tuesday at Pier 17 at South Street Seaport. The historic, lower Manhattan maritime district at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge was the site of the nationally broadcast, men’s national team roster reveal. By the time the event arrived, however, the cat was out of the bag. The 26 players who made the team and will compete in the 2026 FIFA World Cup were notified on Friday. By Saturday, the picks were confirmed and reported by The Guardian and The Athletic, among other outlets.  That didn’t matter to the hundreds of fans who turned out. They still packed the rooftop to catch a glimpse of the players on stage in a live presentation, or take selfies with new U.S. Soccer mascot, Banner, or collect a free, screen-printed T-shirt with roster-reveal specific designs. Two fans wearing Ricardo Pepi jerseys pose for a photo ahead of the United States men’s national team presenting Pepi as a member of the summer’s FIFA World Cup squad, Tuesday, May 26, 2026, in New York. (Cronkite News/Shelby Evans) Before the roster presentation, U.S. Soccer also hosted a fan celebration where attendees were encouraged to write messages on signs for the players while prints with the “Never Chase Reality” campaign message were handed out.  The event was intended as a showcase of the players hand-picked by coach Mauricio Pochettino, but U.S. Soccer hopes it will be the first of many events and matches showcasing the growth of soccer in the nation since the U.S. last hosted the World Cup in 1994.After the event, the players headed to Arthur M. Blank U.S. Soccer National Training Center just south of Atlanta to begin final preparations before a pair of exhibition matches against Senegal and Germany – in Charlotte, North Carolina and Chicago, respectively – and their opening World Cup Group D match against Paraguay on June 12 in Los Angeles. Tim Weah, left, and Mark McKenzie exchange a handshake on stage after being announced as members of the United States men’s national soccer team playing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup Tuesday, May 26, 2026, in New York. (Cronkite News/Shelby Evans) Mark McKenzie shows excitement on stage during the announcement of the United States men’s national team roster for the 2026 FIFA men’s world cup, Tuesday, May 26, 2026, in New York. (Cronkite News/Shelby Evans)v Defender Tim Ream stands on stage after being presented as a member of the United States men’s national soccer team selected to compete in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Tuesday, May 26, 2026, in New York. (Cronkite News/Shelby Evans) Christian Pulisic stands on a riser after being announced as a member of the 2026 United States men’s national soccer team ahead of the FIFA World Cup, Tuesday, May 26, 2026, in New York. (Cronkite News/Shelby Evans) Midfielder Tyler Adams is presented as a member of the United States men’s national soccer team selected to compete in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Tuesday, May 26, 2026, in New York. (Cronkite News/Shelby Evans) A fan wearing a Sebastian Berhalter jersey poses with a U.S. Soccer scarf before the United States men’s national team 2026 FIFA World Cup roster reveal on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Shelby Evans/Cronkite News) George Weah hands a fan back their sharpie after signing an American flag. Weah was the 1995 Ballon d’Or recipient and president of Liberia from 2018-2024. He was attending the U.S. Soccer men’s national team reveal to watch his son, Tim Weah, be named to the team, Tuesday, May 26, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Shelby Evans/Cronkite News) A fan wears an eagle mask, United States national soccer team jersey and is using a model FIFA World Cup Trophy to hold a cup at the Pier 17 Fan event ahead of the United States men’s national soccer team FIFA World Cup roster presentation, Tuesday, May 26, 2026, in New York. (Cronkite News/Shelby Evans) The post The hopes of a nation: US Soccer reveals 26-man roster for 2026 FIFA World Cup appeared first on Cronkite News. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a178cceee6011c3f4e8a27a Clint Dempsey admits USMNT roster has 'some surprises,' but explains optimistic mindset about World Cup squad te 2026-05-28T00:31:10.996Z Clint Dempsey admits USMNT roster has 'some surprises,' but explains optimistic mindset about World Cup squad Clint Dempsey had the honor of representing the United States in three World Cups, and there were likely times during all three where questions about the roster came about once it was revealed before the tournament. The same goes for this year’s 2026 USMNT squad, which had their official roster reveal Tuesday in Manhattan. The spectacle not only confirmed previous reports about what the squad would look like, but manager Mauricio Pochettino’s first World Cup team led to some defense from the coach already. Dempsey, speaking to Fox News Digital while highlighting his work as a mentor for global health leader Abbott’s Dream Team alongside Real Madrid, admitted this USMNT roster comes with some surprise. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "There’s definitely some surprises," he said. "It looks like we do have a defensive-heavy roster, especially in that right back position. But look, I’m not the one selecting this team. I still think this team can perform really well, but you’re going to need some big performances from people like Chris Richards, Antonee Robinson, Tyler Adams, Weston McKennie, Christian Pulisic and [Falorin] Balogun. Not to say there’s no other forwards that can contribute and other players, but to me, those players jump off the roster to me." Dempsey pointed at two players others were shocked to see left out -- Diego Luna and Tanner Tessman – who he said you naturally "feel bad" for. However, Dempsey isn’t going to discredit what others who made their first World Cup roster bring to the table. USMNT ROSTER TAKES SHAPE UNDER MAURICIO POCHETTINO AS US PREPARES TO HOST WORLD CUP: REPORTS "You look at other players that got in. Shoutout to [Alex] Zendejas, how well he’s played at Club América. That left foot he has, his finishing abilities, but also his ability to assist and whip in balls with that left foot. He scored a really good goal against Japan in one of their friendlies. "I think a surprise for some people may be Gio [Reyna], but if you look at his form with the national team, it’s up there at the top in terms of his production rate and what he gives to this team." It’s rare that the roster will change ahead of FIFA’s June 1 deadline, meaning this is the 26-man squad that Pochettino believes in, and this will be the group that has the privilege of representing their country on home soil during the World Cup. Dempsey said he used to pray before bed as a kid that he got to wear the Stars and Stripes on his jersey in a World Cup, and he was able to do so more than once. But to play in front of your home country, Dempsey is now praying that the team gets off to a hot start against Paraguay to kick off their Group D play on June 12 in Los Angeles. "I just think get off to a good start, get the fan base behind them like what you saw in the Winter Olympics with the men’s and women’s hockey teams. I’m sure there are other examples I could draw from, but to me, that’s something that I definitely noticed from the outside looking in. Hopefully that’s something they can connect with these fans and create that 12th man. That’s what’s need to push you along in big moments," he said. THE ABBOTT DREAM TEAM For the second straight year, Dempsey is helping Abbott and Real Madrid with the "Abbott Dream Team," a program encouraging young soccer players aged 18-19 throughout the U.S. to participate in a once-in-a-lifetime development experience with one of the best soccer clubs in the world in Madrid. ALEXI LALAS DOESN'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT TEAM USA PRESSURE DURING HOME WORLD CUP: 'CRY ME A RIVER' Selected participants will be training with Real Madrid’s coaches at the team’s facilities, while enjoy unique experiences like attending a match at Bernabéu Stadium and meeting some team legends. Real Madrid’s medical team will also continue providing those players with the latest advancements in sports health and nutrition, helping them better understand their bodies, build healthier habits and reach their peak performance on and off the pitch. "It’s awesome, man. Any time you can give back and give kids the opportunity to chase their dreams, that’s what it’s all about," Dempsey said about his role in this. "I have kids of my own, and that’s what I’m trying to do. I’m trying to help them accomplish their dreams, take them to all their soccer practices, and give them the best chance possible to do something great. This is one of those things where you have a tryout, you have Real Madrid coaches here watching you, and no matter what, you take something away from this experience. "Just being here, letting [the players] know this is important, and I’m proud of them for betting on themselves and putting themselves out there to even try out for something like this." Other than Dempsey, Real Madrid legend Marcelo will also join this year’s Abbott Dream Team as a mentor. Tryouts have already taken place in Miami, Washington, D.C. and Houston, where Dempsey was on Wednesday morning. There are still tryouts set for Kansas City (June 2), Los Angeles (June 4) and Chicago (June 9). 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/6a178cbbee6011c3f4e8a271 Feds seize $40M in gold bars, cash, Rolexes from senior US gov't official who faked being a Navy pilot te 2026-05-28T00:30:51.027Z Feds seize $40M in gold bars, cash, Rolexes from senior US gov't official who faked being a Navy pilot A former senior U.S. government official with top secret security clearance was arrested after the FBI raided his Virginia home and discovered a staggering $40 million stash of gold bars, $2 million in cash and 35 luxury watches, court documents reveal. David J. Rush was arrested May 19 and is facing federal charges for theft of public money after allegedly swindling the government out of tens of millions of dollars while posing as a highly decorated Navy Reserve captain and Air Force test pilot. According to an unsealed criminal complaint and FBI affidavit, the grift unraveled after Rush made multiple requests to his unnamed government agency between November 2025 and March 2026 for a "significant quantity of foreign currency and tens of millions of dollars in gold bars."  Rush claimed the payout was strictly for "work-related expenses," but an FBI search of his home on May 18 turned up roughly 303 one-kilogram gold bars, $2 million in U.S. currency and dozens of luxury watches, many of which were Rolexes, according to court documents. CBP DIRECTOR FACES CHARGES FOR ALLEGEDLY DEFRAUDING FEMA AND LYING TO FEDS A federal investigation revealed that despite holding a Senior Executive Service (SES) rank and Top Secret/SCI clearance, Rush routinely lied about his military background and education. In applications for his high-level job, Rush claimed he was a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and the "current director of test for a 145-person, 18-aircraft joint Army/Navy weapons test organization," according to court documents. However, military records show Rush was never a pilot and held no FAA licenses; his actual duties in the Navy included working as an information systems technician. FORMER STATE DEPARTMENT ANALYST PLEADS GUILTY TO EMBEZZLING MORE THAN $650K He also allegedly faked his educational credentials to boost his federal salary, claiming he held a bachelor’s degree from Clemson University and a master's degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, according to the filings. Registrars from both universities confirmed to the FBI they have no record of Rush ever attending their schools. Further, the FBI claims that Rush scammed the government out of $77,000 in fraudulent military leave, claiming 744 hours of paid time off by telling his employer he was actively serving as a Navy Reserve captain (O-6) through September 2025.  Rush was honorably discharged a decade earlier, in February 2015, as a lieutenant (O-3), according to court documents. He is currently being held in federal custody by the U.S. Marshals after a judge initially denied his request for release. Rush recently waived his right to a preliminary hearing, and a magistrate judge found probable cause to move the case to a grand jury.  The FBI and CIA did not immediately respond to inquiries from Fox News Digital. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a178ca3ee6011c3f4e8a247 U.S. Is Said to Open Criminal Inquiry of E. Jean Carroll Over Accusations Against Trump te 2026-05-28T00:30:27.993Z U.S. Is Said to Open Criminal Inquiry of E. Jean Carroll Over Accusations Against Trump The investigation is said to center on whether Ms. Carroll committed perjury in civil lawsuits against Donald J. Trump, whom she accused of sexual assault. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a178a77ee6011c3f4e8a1da Conservatives erupt after DNC lashes out at top White House official with vulgar personal attack te 2026-05-28T00:21:11.038Z Conservatives erupt after DNC lashes out at top White House official with vulgar personal attack The official Democratic National Committee (DNC) X account ignited a social media firestorm on Wednesday afternoon in a profanity-laden online spat with President Donald Trump’s chief policy advisor, Stephen Miller. "Shut up, you ugly f---" @TheDemocrats wrote. The comment was made in response to Miller’s own jeering of James Talarico, the Democratic Senate candidate in Texas. "The Democrats made history in Texas by nominating their first transgender senate candidate," Miller said, needling Talarico over his physical appearance. WHAT THE F----? DEMOCRATS TURN TO PROFANITY INSTEAD OF POLICY The moment quickly drew reactions from conservative onlookers online. Stephen Miller’s wife, Katie Miller, wasted no time and went straight for the DNC’s social media handler. "Paulina Mangubat is who runs the Democrats’ account. She’s 30, unmarried with no kids. Put your name on it next time," Miller said. "This is what a sad, unhappy female liberal looks like. It’s why Pew reports 50% of them have been diagnosed with a mental condition," she added, referring to the Pew Research Center. TEXAS SENATE HOPEFUL TALARICO IN HOT SEAT FOR CALLING MEN IN WOMEN’S SPORTS A ‘FAR RIGHT CONSPIRACY’ Conservative media personality Benny Johnson also weighed in. "This is the party that spent years lecturing America about civility, unity and healing. The party that cried when Trump was ‘mean’ on Twitter. This is who they really are. And they wonder why they keep losing," Johnson said. "The official Democratic Party," the Libs of TikTok wrote in its own post, highlighting the spat. "I'm sure this will get the votes you need," conservative radio host Dana Loesch posted on X. "Hilarious these are the same people that complain about Trump being mean," conservative influencer Caleb Hull posted on X. "This is where the median Democratic staffer's comms instincts are," Manhattan Institute VP Jesse Arm posted on X. When asked about the post, Talarico's campaign referred Fox News Digital to their own response online, calling Miller's comments "Talarico Derangement Syndrome," a riff on "Trump Derangement Syndrome," a favorite phase of the president's to describe his critics. The exchange also drew some scrutiny for Miller from accounts like Occupy Democrats, a left-leaning account that offered a defense of Talarico. "To point out the incredibly obvious here: James Talarico is not transgender. He is a cisgender, heterosexual Christian man with a loving girlfriend. Of course, even if he were trans (or nonbinary or gay or any other identity), that would in no way affect his ability to serve the people of Texas. What matters are his politics." But at least one Democratic strategist decried the post. SELECTIVE OUTRAGE: TRUMP, DEMOCRATS MAINLY DENOUNCE THE OTHER SIDE’S SCANDALS "As a lifelong Dem who’s donated free consulting to House Dem staffers, I find this so, so embarrassing for us. We complain about the right’s behavior, and now we’re doing stuff like this? Come on, Democrats. Do better," Jack Appleby wrote in a post of his own. The DNC did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a178a63ee6011c3f4e8a1d1 Feds plan new Bahamas search for Lynette Hooker after GPS data allegedly torpedoes husband’s story: report te 2026-05-28T00:20:51.034Z Feds plan new Bahamas search for Lynette Hooker after GPS data allegedly torpedoes husband’s story: report Federal investigators have reportedly reopened the search for the Michigan woman who disappeared in the Bahamas after newly obtained forensic data suggests inconsistencies in her husband’s recollection of events from the night she went missing.  United States authorities are asking the Bahamas for clearance to send a dive team to search new areas in the Sea of Abaco for the remains of Lynette Hooker after newly discovered GPS data allegedly contradicted her husband’s version of events surrounding the night she vanished, CBS News first reported and a source confirmed to Fox News Digital.  A source reportedly told the outlet that GPS data retrieved from an electronic device belonging to Brian Hooker showed a discrepancy with his story to investigators, and that the device provides investigators with locations that have not yet been searched.   Investigators are also reportedly working to extract data from devices aboard the vessel – including an infrared camera – that may contain additional clues surrounding Lynette Hooker’s disappearance. SAILBOAT TRACKING DATA WENT DARK FOR 11 HOURS THE NIGHT MISSING AMERICAN VANISHED IN THE BAHAMAS A source in the Bahamas told Fox New Digital that the new search, if approved by Bahamian authorities, will focus on an area of the Sea of Abbaco with waters reaching 25-foot depths. The renewed efforts are based on GPS data from Brian Hooker's phone, in which he was using a marine navigation app. The Hookers' dinghy allegedly visited the same area, a U.S. official confirmed to Fox News Digital. The data shows the device on the water, stopping in the Sea of Abaco and later returning to shore, CBS News reported. The newly obtained data provides investigators with a more precise area to search, the source reportedly added. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X Family members of Lynette Hooker confirmed to Fox News Digital that they have provided DNA samples to aid in the investigation. Additional evidence in the case continues to be processed at the FBI’s lab in Quantico, CBS News reported. SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER The development comes nearly two months after Lynnette Hooker vanished while on vacation with her husband on April 4, while also raising new questions surrounding Brian Hooker’s version of events.  Brian Hooker initially told investigators he and his wife were on a nighttime boat ride when she fell from a small dinghy and was swept away, Fox News Digital previously reported. SEND US A TIP HERE  He said he was forced to paddle back to shore because his wife was carrying the ignition key when she went overboard, authorities said. HUSBAND OF MISSING AMERICAN WOMAN WILL REMAIN IN BAHAMAS AFTER JAIL RELEASE, ATTORNEY SAYS Despite a weekslong search, investigators were unable to find Lynette Hooker. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST Brian Hooker was detained for five days by Bahamian police after his wife disappeared, but was never charged with a crime. He subsequently returned to the U.S. to tend to his "very ill" mother, his Bahamian attorney previously said. Last month, investigators with the Coast Guard Investigative Service seized the couple’s shared sailboat, the "Soulmate," as it was docked in Fort Pierce, Florida, Fox News Digital reported. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? FIND MORE ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB After Lynette Hooker went missing, Brian said in a Facebook post that he was "heartbroken." "I am heartbroken over the recent boat accident in unpredictable seas and high winds that caused my beloved Lynette to fall from our small dinghy near Elbow Cay in the Bahamas," he wrote. "Despite desperate attempts to reach her, the winds and currents drove us further apart. We continue to search for her and that is my sole focus." Brian Hooker has not been charged with a crime by American authorities.  Fox News Digital reached out to Brian Hooker’s attorney for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a178a49ee6011c3f4e8a192 Why Google’s AI can’t spell Google (or anything else) te 2026-05-28T00:20:25.590Z Why Google’s AI can’t spell Google (or anything else) Google is embarrassing itself, again. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a17881fee6011c3f4e8a142 TPUSA reporter says family charged with assaulting her is now trying to silence her with restraining orders te 2026-05-28T00:11:11.106Z TPUSA reporter says family charged with assaulting her is now trying to silence her with restraining orders TPUSA reporter Savanah Hernandez says the family charged after an altercation with her at an anti-ICE protest has now filed restraining orders against her and is attempting to stop her from discussing them publicly on social media. In a new video posted Tuesday, Hernandez gave an update to the case, after a federal grand jury indicted Minnesota family Christopher, Deyanna and Paige Ostroushko last month in connection with the April 11 incident outside the Whipple Federal Building in Minnesota. Hernandez was there covering an anti-ICE protest when she said the crowd turned hostile after learning she was affiliated with Turning Point USA and that the Ostroushkos assaulted her as she attempted to leave the area. Chris Ostroushko, his wife DeYanna and daughter Paige have all pleaded not guilty to the charges. Hernandez said each family member also filed separate restraining orders against her, which she characterized as full of "lies" portraying her as the aggressor, including describing her as 5'9" tall when she says she is actually 5'4". TPUSA REPORTER ATTACKED AT ICE PROTEST WARNS A DARK NEW LINE HAS BEEN CROSSED IN AMERICA’S POLITICAL WARS Hernandez claimed the restraining orders are an attempt to prevent her from speaking publicly about the family or reporting in Minnesota in the future. "All three of them have basically been alleging that I started a harassment and doxing campaign against them, and that I am continuing to engage in this behavior by reporting on them," she said. "And what these restraining orders are essentially trying to do is get me to stop being able to post about anything or quite frankly step foot in Minnesota." She added, "Now, on top of Chris stating that I am waging this war against the family, he also is requesting that the court straight-up bans me and any of my family members from entering an entire county in Minnesota where he lives. He also wants me to be prohibited from the Whipple ICE Facility." MINNESOTA FATHER WHO SHOVED CONSERVATIVE REPORTER AT ANTI-ICE PROTEST SAYS FAMILY IS 'ABSOLUTELY NOT VIOLENT' Hernandez also said Paige Ostroushko’s petition accused her of backhanding Paige twice and punching her in the face. "None of that happened. That's actually what she did to me. And it's all on camera," Hernandez said. Hernandez further claimed Chris Ostroushko’s petition falsely accused her of publishing the family’s private information online. WOMAN SEEN ON VIDEO ALLEGEDLY BLOCKING MINNESOTA ICE OPERATION WITH CAR AS AGITATORS SURROUND AGENTS "Not once have I posted this family's private home address, phone numbers, and since the beginning of this case, I have continued to have the mindset, and still do, that I want to see the justice system play out," she said. "It's why I filed a civil suit," she continued. "It's why I was extremely happy and grateful when the DOJ stepped in and brought this forward in front of a federal grand jury, who did find probable cause for those charges." CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE Hernandez also said police officers have visited her home multiple times to serve the restraining orders. "Chris and DeYanna were already granted theirs and now I have to go fight in court and prove that what they are alleging in here is false, which should be very easy because there is not one tweet in existence of me doxing them or even calling for other people to go and hurt these people in any way, shape, or form," she said. "But that is the level of delusion that we are dealing with here." Attorney James Cook, who represents the Ostroushko family, told Fox News Digital that he cannot provide comment on the content of Hernandez's video because there is pending litigation. During a previous court hearing, an attorney for the Ostroushkos told the court they planned to seek a gag order on Hernandez, according to FOX 9. Before the federal indictment, Chris Ostroushko defended his family’s actions in a podcast interview, saying, "We are absolutely not violent people." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a17880bee6011c3f4e8a139 Fort Worth principal pick faces backlash, investigation over social media posts defending Sharia law te 2026-05-28T00:10:51.111Z Fort Worth principal pick faces backlash, investigation over social media posts defending Sharia law A newly appointed Texas high school principal is facing backlash and a district investigation after her alleged past social media posts defending Sharia law and supporting progressive causes resurfaced online. Shayma Alzubi, currently identified as an assistant principal for ninth grade at Southwest High School in Fort Worth, was selected by Fort Worth ISD as the next principal of Western Hills High School and announced the news in a recent Facebook post that now appears to have been deleted. Alzubi’s appointment faced criticism online after screenshots from her past social media posts surfaced.   TEXAS REPUBLICANS LAUNCH 'SHARIA FREE AMERICA CAUCUS' AIMED AT DEFENDING 'WESTERN CIVILIZATION' A Jan. 23 post shared by Alzubi appeared to defend Sharia law by comparing it to other religious ethics and standards like "biblical principles."  An August 2021 repost from FWISD 4 ALL demanded people vote for mask mandates at a 2021 Fort Worth ISD school board meeting, as well as a photo of Alzubi and another person with "BLACK LIVES MATTER" banner text.  Another photo featured banner text that read, "I am #WithDreamers I SUPPORT DACA," which refers to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, as well as an image of Alzubi accompanied by text that states, "Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine."  In a Tuesday post on X, State Board of Education member Julie Pickren called for an investigation into Alzubi, writing, "I am calling on @teainfo to do an investigation into Shayma Alzubi for violations of Texas Code of Ethics for Administrators. Furthermore, I am asking for an investigation into Dept. Commissioner of School Governance Steve Lechelop who oversees the Fort Worth ISD Board of Managers." TEXAS TEACHERS' UNION SUES STATE OVER INVESTIGATION INTO CONTROVERSIAL CHARLIE KIRK POSTS In a Tuesday update on X replying to her initial post, Pickren shared a statement she said came from the Fort Worth ISD suggesting that Alzubi could be reassigned pending an investigation.  MAMDANI BACKS CANDIDATE WHO CALLED 9/11 ‘A TERROR ATTACK A COUPLE OF PEOPLE DID’ Brandon Hall, a member of the State Board of Education, told The Dallas Express, "I am very concerned to see the extreme content that was apparently posted on social media by Shayma Alzubi," and in a Tuesday post on X wrote, "As a State Board of Education member representing FWISD, you better believe I am on top of this situation. Stay posted." In a statement to Fox News Digital, Fort Worth ISD said, "Yesterday, May 26th, Fort Worth ISD was made aware of multiple social media posts from the past by a finalist for a principal position in the district. After review, it was determined that the posts may not align with the district’s social media policy and expectations for staff. Therefore, the candidate will be reassigned pending the outcome of an investigation. As such, the district will not comment further on an open investigation." "Fort Worth ISD is in full compliance with state law and per statute TEC 28.0022, FWISD administration ensures that all issues of public policy or social affairs be explored objectively and in a manner free from political bias," the statement continued. "Our district leaders, educators and staff will not inject personal political perspectives into classrooms. Fort Worth ISD serves a wide array of families and students that are civically engaged and maintain a variety of perspectives. As a taxpayer funded entity, we will remain focused on our mission of providing a high quality education for all students."   Fox News Digital reached out to Alzubi and Pickren for comment but did not immediately receive responses. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1787f4ee6011c3f4e8a10d U.S. Is Said to Open Criminal Inquiry of E. Jean Carroll Over Accusations Against Trump te 2026-05-28T00:10:28.075Z U.S. Is Said to Open Criminal Inquiry of E. Jean Carroll Over Accusations Against Trump The investigation is said to center on whether Ms. Carroll committed perjury in civil lawsuits against Donald J. Trump, whom she accused of sexual assault. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a17859dee6011c3f4e8a07b California Tries to Block Trump Involvement in Election Procedures te 2026-05-28T00:00:29.915Z California Tries to Block Trump Involvement in Election Procedures Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation that tries to stop outside officials from taking ballots or getting involved in ballot processing. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/home